Elemental Cats



Toz ignored the atmosphere among the troops and combatants on the void metal sheet and concentrated on expanding it so that the troops still on the ground would have a place to stand when they arrived through the portal. The Death Knight, while weak, was still intimidating enough to make sure no one rashly approached him.

However, Toz got a bad feeling. The Blood Fiend should be getting quite close to the troops on the ground. It had taken it pretty slow in the beginning since it was confident that it would catch up, especially when the Alliance of Kingdoms' army stopped moving. But it should have realized that they were escaping and picked up its pace.

The others on the sheet also knew that the Blood Fiend wasn't far from the troops on the ground. And since barely half the army was through, it was inevitable that they would be worried about how it was going to go. That was one of the reasons so many were upset with Kahglia and how she closely inspected everyone for the valuables and grimoires they needed to pay in order to get a chance at living.

Fortunately for Toz, he had gotten most of the grimoires at the beginning of the escape. So, he didn't have to worry about any of that being left behind.

With the stress on the void metal sheet in the Void building continuously, the troops continued streaming through the portal with increasingly anxious faces. It was obvious that the Blood Fiend wasn't far from the army.

Eventually, it became that the Blood Fiend had closed the distance. The troops pushed each other through the portal while screaming like strangled cats.

However, it didn't take long until the troops were replaced by a wave of sticky blood, led by a soldier's lifeless torso.

At that, Merr promptly closed the portal before the Blood Fiend could try and attack them through it. The Blood Fiend probably wouldn't be able to fit through the portal, but its attacks could certainly pass through and affect Toz's magic, which could lead to everyone except Toz dying. Only a few drops of blood passed through the portal before Merr closed it, and they accompanied the dead body into the Void through a hole in the sheet that Toz made and unmade.

Merr breathed a sigh of relief. But Merr couldn't relax for long before Kahglia lightly tapped his head.

"Get a move on. That fucker isn't going to stay down there."

Merr realized what Kahglia meant and started helping Derada transport the void metal sheet by shrinking space. It was just that the metal sheet was large enough to fit more than half an army. He had to shrink a lot of space just to move the sheet a little bit.

However, the smallest amount helped. And now that Toz didn't need to expand the metal sheet anymore, he could soon begin helping Merr. he just had to secure the lives of everyone by sealing the sheet and turning it into something that looked like a gigantic shiny biscuit of shiny metal.

When he had done that, Toz didn't need to maintain the magic protecting everyone from the pressure of the Void anymore. And since everyone, almost everyone at least, had some sort of way to light up their surroundings, they weren't trapped in darkness for more than a moment.

Of course, sealing the void metal sheet like that prevented them from looking around them. The void metal even prevented them from sensing unless they were noticeably capable or had some special means.

Thankfully, since there weren't very many like that, panic regarding the Blood Fiend's rapid approach didn't spread very far. However, people couldn't help but notice how those who were famous for their detection abilities curled up in fetal positions and started sucking their thumbs.

Even with Toz, Derada, and Merr working together, it was impossible to outrun a transcendent being using only the powers of high level mages when transporting several thousand people.

Derada was doing her best to fill the void metal shuttle with enchantments and propel it forward, while Toz and Merr did their best to use their magic to increase how quickly it traveled. But there was a limit to how much they could do.

A few of the troops and combatants tried to help, but there was a limit to what mages and fighters with lacking skills could contribute, and the Blood Fiend was steadily gaining on them.

Toz was beginning to get ready to dump everyone he didn't want to save since it would be a lot easier bringing along less than twenty people instead of an army. And based on the Lightning Rascals' and the others' movements, they were also getting ready. General Scoll and most of the people who knew Toz would save them had sour expressions. But they knew that they would rather live than die because of a bunch of strangers they didn't even know.

It was callous, but it was also an understandable choice.

However, it was still possible that they would be able to escape the Blood Fiend since it should be tied to the magic circle on the battlefield. Not that it showed any signs of slowing down or losing strength, even after leaving the battlefield behind. If anything, the chances of the Blood Ancestor returning seemed to disappear because of the increasing distance between the battlefield and the Blood Fiend.

At the same time, it would probably be difficult for the Blood Fiend to regenerate if they managed to destroy it. But there was no one capable of that.

General Scoll sighed.

The Blood Fiend was so close that even the ones at the back of the void metal biscuit could sense the ominous aura emanating from it. In their fear, they couldn't help but try and scramble to the front. It was useless since they would die in the end. Thankfully, the fear of the wolves that were Kahglia and the Death Knight prevented the sheep-like mentality from taking over, and the three mages could concentrate on their flight.

However, if the Blood Fiend got much closer, it would be able to grab hold of Toz and the others, even if they dumped the army.

Toz was right about to cut off the majority of the biscuit and save only the people clustered around him when his eyes flashed.