YM778.TV Chapter 274 Underwater [4]
With the obsidian wall of the vault behind them, Alya had realized and decided to use it to their advantage.
With her ice sword, Alya manifested ice pillars that stretched all the way from the ground to the ceiling of the underground space.
The pillars covered the left and right sides of the main cast, meaning the djinns could only attack from the front.
The main case that created a funnel for the djinns.
After Zach made first contact with the djinns, temporarily stunning them with the power of his battle axe, Liam and Kevin made their moves.
Like a wolf hunting for its prey, Kevin would pounce forward with his sword, which was covered in a dark red hue.
His dark red hue would slice at the djinns\' stomach, forcing them to turn away from Zach and face him.
While his attacks were nowhere near fatal, they still stunned the djinns and forced them to look away from Zach.
However, just as the djinns stopped attacking Zach and went for their attacker, Kevin immediately retreated back behind Zach.
On the other hand, Liam was like a lion, openly using his light-blue covered sword without showing any sign of moving forward and coming back.
Liam simply stayed still, forcing the djinns to come to him.
His light-blue sword cleaved through the hordes of djinns flooding toward them, making the room shine a light blue.
These djinns, overwhelmed by their desire to get inside the vault, didn\'t take a step back and make a new plan.
Instead, they continued flooding into the tunnel just as the main cast had planned.
Behind the physical weapon users, the magic casters of Alya, Ruby, Irene, and Lily stood with their wands shining.
Their goal was to support Zach, who was at the forefront of their plan.
In other words, if Zach fell, everyone would fall as the djinns would flood into them.
Ruby and Irene, the fire element users, synchronized their spells so that they could save both mana and time.
Ruby would only attack once Irene\'s flame spell had worn out and vice versa.
This meant that, in order to reach Zach, the djinns had to step throughs fire and lava, weakening them even further.
On the other hand, Alya used all her energy to maintain the ice barriers surrounding them.
Some djinns were beginning to attack and scratch at the ice pillars, so Alya had to be constantly on guard to repair them before any holes were made.
If Alya\'s ice walls were broken, their entire strategy would fall apart as the djinns would swarm them from all sides.
Right now, they were just being attacked from one direction, so it would be relatively manageable if they all worked together. However, if they were contested from all directions, their downfall would be inevitable.
Finally, Lily worked on slowing the pace of djinns.
Shooting beams of water over the heads of Zach, Liam, and Kevin, Lily aimed them right before the wall of fire made by Irene.
The pools of water not only slowed the pace at which djinns flooded through as they slipped and fell, but Lily had also added a special effect.
That wasn\'t just any water under them.
It was acid water.
Although its appearance on the outside was normal, if you took one step on it, you would be in for a world of pain.
The djinns felt like they were walking on flaming hot charcoal. Stay connected through m-v l|e\'-NovelBin.net
The djinns were first forced to walk on acid water, slowing their pace and harming their feet.
Next, they had to walk through a wall of fire, which would shred all of their clothing and put burn marks on their entire body.
And then, if they even managed to get this far, they would be immediately faced with a gigantic battle axe that was bigger than them.
Finally, they would also have to simultaneously deal with two sword attacks, one who attacked and ran while the other constantly fought.
Needless to say, the journey to the vault for the djinns was a painful one.
However, it was not an impossible one.
Looking at the strategy of the first years, Kazuki immediately recognized the problem that would lead to their downfall.
Surprisingly, it had nothing to do with energy or mana problems.
On that part, they were actually doing quite well as they saved mana by synchronizing spells and conserved energy by switching out physical attackers.
The problem had to do with the size of the vault\'s obsidian door entrance.
The main cast was only blocking a small portion of the obsidian wall that led into the vault.
Sooner or later, the djinns would realize that.
Then, instead of going through a world of pain and fighting through the main cast, they would simply go up.
By making a hole in the upper portion of the wall, which was not protected in the slightest, the djinns could easily bypass the main cast.
And the first-years couldn\'t even do anything about it as if they moved from their already fragile situation, chaos would ensue.
Putting his hand on his forehead, Kazuki silently hoped that the principal would return soon before heading ahead.
Instead of sneaking at the djinns as he was completely behind them, Kazuki simply ignored them.
Thanking the water caster of the first-years for creating the small body of water, Kazuki took one last step forward.
The next moment, his figure disappeared from his previous spot.
And within the next second, his head and only his head were visible...on the opposite side of the djinns.
It was a bizarre sight, to say the least.
Kazuki\'s head peeked up through the pool of acid water that Lily had created, making it seem as if there were just a decapitated head lying around in the water.