Baifeng Uesugi no longer had the leisure to worry about Pulisi's imminent arrival. He sat on the ground, breathing heavily and taking a short rest. Just now, under thirty times the normal gravity,
he had forcibly killed Toris and the other man. Even with the aid of enhancement magic, it had taken a heavy toll on his body.
After Baifeng Uesugi had rested briefly, Pulisi and the others arrived.
Looking at Toris and the others lying on the ground, Pulisi showed no expression, as though the four people on the ground had nothing to do with him.
"Baifeng Uesugi, you must be exhausted by now. Let's see how you deal with all five of us at once."
Pulisi spoke coldly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Your companions died right in front of you, and you don't care at all?"
He would stall for as long as he could. Baifeng Uesugi desperately needed time to recover for the battle ahead.
"That's enough, Baifeng Uesugi. I know what you're planning. Do you think I'd let this hard-won opportunity slip by? Besides, it was their honor to give their lives for the organization."
Pulisi spoke.
"All right, then. Are you prepared to give your lives for your organization?"
Baifeng Uesugi asked helplessly.
"You talk too much. If you want to suffer less, surrender quietly. Otherwise, I don't mind taking a corpse back, though that might be a little troublesome."
Pulisi spoke.
"Do you think that's possible, dumbass?"
Baifeng Uesugi immediately gave Pulisi another standard international gesture of friendship.
"Hmph. All of you, attack. Dead or alive."
Pulisi snorted coldly.
The original plan had been to capture him alive, but with Toris and the other three lying on the ground, that was somewhat impossible. They could only take a corpse back.
Although that would make gathering information from Baifeng Uesugi's brain more difficult, the situation no longer allowed for anything else.
Pulisi and the other four spread out and surrounded Baifeng Uesugi, preventing him from escaping.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You're not giving me any way out, are you?"
Baifeng Uesugi said helplessly.
"If I give you a way out, someone will take my life."
At the thought of how the organization punished those who failed their missions, Pulisi could not help shuddering.
"Attack."
Pulisi ordered the other four.
All five launched magic attacks at Baifeng Uesugi at the same time.
"Shadow Binding Kill."
"Rock Thrust."
"Lightning Strike."
"Wind Blade."
"Fireball Technique."
Seeing that he had nowhere to dodge, Baifeng Uesugi had no choice but to use defensive magic to block them.
"Boom."
The five magic attacks struck the magic shield Baifeng Uesugi had formed with a tremendous crash.
Dust flew everywhere, severely obscuring the five men's vision and hiding Baifeng Uesugi from sight.
Baifeng Uesugi took advantage of the moment to get behind one of them. He did not know the man's name, only that he was the one who had used Fireball Technique.
"Ice Cone Thrust."
Baifeng Uesugi immediately attacked with magic.
Pulisi was the first to spot Baifeng Uesugi's attack and hurriedly formed a magic shield for the man.
But time was short, and in his haste, he fed it too few Psions, leaving the shield too weak.
When Baifeng Uesugi's attack struck the magic shield, it shattered, but it still reduced much of Ice Cone Thrust's damage.
The man endured his injury and fired off a spell with a backhand motion.
"Flame Burst."
Flames erupted beneath Baifeng Uesugi's feet.
Fortunately, Baifeng Uesugi had already moved after unleashing Ice Cone Thrust.
"Kamaitachi."
Baifeng Uesugi promptly gifted him another wind-element magic attack.
"Fire Shield."
The man reacted quickly, immediately forming a fire-element magic shield.
But he might have forgotten that fire became violent when it met wind.
The Fire Shield he had formed exploded as soon as it was hit by Baifeng Uesugi's wind-element magic.
The man was caught in the explosion and sent flying.
"Damn it."
Seeing someone injured so soon after the fighting began, Pulisi spoke in anger.
"Athos, how are you? Can you keep fighting?"
"Pulis, I'm all right. Just some light injuries. I can still fight."
Pulis struggled to his feet and replied.
"All right. Everyone, be more careful from now on. Don't give him a chance to seriously injure you."
Pulis warned them.
"Yes." x5.
Pulis quickly got up and rejoined the fight.
Watching Pulis rejoin the fight, Baifeng Uesugi looked as though he were facing a formidable enemy.
But inwardly, he was a little pleased. After all, Pulis was now a weak point he could exploit.
He did not believe Athos had suffered only light injuries in that explosion. He was merely suppressing them by force.
Baifeng Uesugi kept maneuvering against Pulis and the other four, but whenever he had a chance, he pressed Athos.
His goal was to worsen Athos's injuries until he could no longer fight. With one less opponent, things would be much easier for him.
A faint dawn appeared on the horizon, and the pitch-black night seemed to be slowly brushed with a layer of pale gold. Gradually, the light grew brighter, tinting the entire sky with a delicate hue. It was like the magic of nature, enchanting to behold.
Baifeng Uesugi and the others had been locked in combat for a long time, and the battlefield had shifted from the plain where they began into the mountains.
After a night of fighting, Athos, who had already been injured, was now pale and utterly exhausted under Baifeng Uesugi's special attention.
Baifeng Uesugi was covered in wounds as well. If he had not treated himself with healing magic, he would have passed out from blood loss.
Pulis and the others were not in good condition either, and they were all injured.
Baifeng Uesugi found an opening in Athos's defenses and punched him squarely in the chest.
As for why he used his fist, it was because Baifeng Uesugi had few Psions left in his body, though Pulis and the others were much the same.
Now it was purely hand-to-hand combat.
The spot he struck was not chosen at random. He had planned it: it was where Athos had been injured in the earlier explosion.
After taking Baifeng Uesugi's punch squarely in the chest, Athos could no longer hold on. He collapsed motionless to the ground, his consciousness gradually fading.
"Athos! Athos!"
Pulis shouted Athos's name frantically.
But no matter how he called his name, all that answered him was the howling wind and the sounds of fighting nearby.
He had never expected Baifeng Uesugi to be so tenacious. Even with his Psions nearly depleted, he could still hold his own under their combined assault.
"Pulis, it's time to end this."
Baifeng Uesugi spoke.
"Heh, it is time to end this."
Pulis spoke as he looked toward a shadowed spot nearby.
"Come out, all of you."
As soon as Pulis finished speaking, more than ten low-level magicians appeared around them.
These were the low-level magicians who had survived the earlier assault on Baifeng Uesugi at the base.
Since they were not as strong as Pulis, they could not intervene in the ensuing battle, so Pulis had ordered them to hide.
It was all for this very moment.
Looking at the dozen or so people who had suddenly appeared, Baifeng Uesugi was somewhat surprised. He had not expected any low-level magicians to have survived his earlier area attack, much less that Pulis had arranged for them to appear now.
He did not have many Psions left, and even facing these low-level magicians would be difficult.
"Baifeng Uesugi, I told you, this time we're determined to take you back, dead or alive."
Pulis spoke.
"Everyone, attack. Dead or alive."
Pulis and the other three, together with the dozen or so low-level magicians who had just appeared, charged at Baifeng Uesugi at the same time.
"In that case, I'll give you a surprise."
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