Time ticked by, and suddenly a faint undercurrent appeared to his right rear. Was it that? Or was it just sulfur gas? Unas focused all his mental energy on sensing the movements within the lava, and several faint undercurrents appeared and disappeared.
Lucifron seemed to be testing his will, not actually appearing for a long time, perhaps trying to break the mortal's spirit by constantly creating pressure.
But Unas remained unmoved, entering a Meditation state, becoming extremely sensitive to his surroundings, and would not react unless a real threat appeared.
After an unknown amount of time, the waves carried Unas further and further away from the island. Ahead lay a black reef about three square meters in size. At this point, his luck changed; climbing it would be much safer. But would Lucifron tolerate this situation?
The answer was no. The magma behind him was suddenly agitated with a powerful tremor. Unas did not rush to attack. The turbulent flow suddenly changed direction and shot towards him from the right.
Unas thrust his sword straight forward, accurately piercing something hard, feeling like the scales of a Flamewaker. Before he could even rejoice, a surge of undercurrents rushed from behind, and two dark blades, like venomous snakes, bit towards his back and nape.
There was no time to dodge or parry. He desperately slid through the lava to try and avoid vital points, while simultaneously activating Divine Protection. A golden shield spread across his entire body. The anti-magic effect of Lucifron's twin blades still had some residue. The shield only blocked the blow to his neck. The other black blade shattered the shield and pierced deeply into Unas's back, almost piercing through his chest.
Fortunately, his struggle and the slight obstruction from his shield caused his opponent to deviate from his heart, otherwise he would have been killed on the spot!
Unas endured the excruciating pain, turned around and threw a left punch, while simultaneously raising his right sword. Lucifron was retreating hastily with his sword drawn, suddenly lost his balance, and his body seemed to be pulled backward by a tremendous force.
Unas seized the opportunity, turning his fist into a claw and grabbing its neck. He raised his sword to stab it, but at that moment, a tail that was twisting and struggling desperately was lifted out of the lava by the Firekiss.
It turns out that Lucifron had used his tail as a feint. If he could kill Unas with this, sacrificing a piece of his tail wouldn't be a big deal, since it could grow back anyway. However, he didn't expect it to be pierced through. In the crisis, Unas only wanted to raise his sword to kill the enemy and accidentally pulled on his tail, causing Lucifron to lose his balance.
Neither of them anticipated the coincidence that occurred in that instant. The tail, which was struggling desperately on the Firekiss, also slowed down Unas's thrust. Lucifron seized the opportunity to counterattack. It was almost suffocated by the iron-like grip and subconsciously placed its attack target there.
Three deep, bone-revealing wounds instantly appeared on Unas's left arm. He quickly pulled back his hand before the entire arm was severed. Lucifron, whose neck was now free, breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel as if his entire body had lost its weight.
Unas withdrew his left hand and immediately grabbed its tail tightly. At the same time, he withdrew his Firekiss, freeing his right hand. With both hands, he pulled the Flamewaker's entire body out of the lava and threw it high into the air. Then he began to spin, with Lucifron spinning above his head like a propeller.
The Flamewaker was able to struggle at first, but as the spinning speed increased and the centrifugal force grew stronger, it could do nothing but roar and scream in the air.
Unas was also in poor condition. Blood kept gushing from the wounds on his back and arms as he swung his body at high speed and exerted force. He gradually felt dizzy and lightheaded due to excessive blood loss.
But he had to maintain control of the enemy, kicking with all his might as he swam toward the reef, hoping to slam Lucifron into it and inflict the greatest damage.
Using the force of the waves, he finally reached the reef just before he could give up. Unas was almost unconscious. With his last bit of strength, he slammed the Flamewaker hard onto the dark Rocks.
After a deafening roar, Lucifron's head was smashed into a bloody mess, and he lay motionless on the scorched rock. But it wasn't over yet; the absence of any light indicated that he was not dead.
Unas climbed onto the reef, and in a daze, he pulled out the Firekiss and inserted it directly into the Flamewaker's mouth, driving it into its head through the upper palate. He churned the brains into a mess, and finally, a small point of light emerged from its body and merged into Unas's body, but the upgrade effect did not appear for a long time.
He checked the experience panel; it was only at 76%. He had really overestimated this stupid beast...
After letting out this helpless sigh, Unas finally couldn't hold on any longer, lost consciousness, and fell backward onto the edge of the reef. He gradually slid into the lava and drifted with the current, soon disappearing into the distance of the lava sea.
On the other side, at the lava pool on the island, Unas lured away four teams of Flamewaker, and Nightmoon lured away one team, leaving only two teams of Flamewaker to guard the area. Under the cover of the Dwarf brothers, Angela successfully built a fortress made of ice walls to welcome one combatant after another who came through the space passage.
Once the number of Flamewaker reached twenty, the temporary commander Marcus, issued the order to counterattack. The two teams of fire demons were routed by the elite force equipped with high-explosive shells and water Archmages. At this moment, Nightmoon returned with the team of Flamewaker that had been pursuing her, only to run right into the line of fire and be defeated along with them.
After Lucifron went into the sea to pursue them, the Flamewaker that were besieging Unas also detoured to the coast and sent out a few "good swimmers" to chase after them, but all they found was the chieftain's corpse.
To make matters worse, a series of bad news followed: the defeated remnants brought news of a human invasion. The shock of Unas's shot had not yet subsided, and their fear of humans was now incomparable.
After a struggle, the newly elected chieftain managed to suppress the panic among his people and gathered their forces to tentatively attack the human fortress.
There were no good solutions before, and there are even fewer now. Every two minutes, a new human soldier joins the fight, while the Flamewaker only dwindle in number. Once the human population surpasses the Flamewaker, the counterattack will begin.
The outcome of the battle was self-evident. After losing half their numbers, the remaining Flamewaker lost all will to fight. Most were captured, and the few who escaped were hunted down and killed by the Elf Rangers and Nightmoon.
But the human army felt no joy in victory, for the Warden had vanished. A search of the entire island yielded no results, and interrogating the Flamewaker yielded no information. It seemed that all those who Common had been killed in the battle.
In the end, Natasha risked exposing her identity as a Shadow Priest and used a little trick to extract the prisoner's memories. Only then did everyone know the Warden's whereabouts. However, faced with the endless sea of fire, no one had any way to search for him, not to mention that Unas's chances of survival were extremely slim.
Only Huoye insisted that his Fire Protection Potion had a very long-lasting effect and could definitely Warden's life, but how many people believed him, only heaven knows.