Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Mursoth made it clear that he was attacking Soara again. His entire body and both of his weapons were pointed at her. He darted over the ground toward her.

That was the only indication something was different compared to his other attacks. He didn't flash over to her in an instant. Mursoth wanted the three to know who he was targeting.

The last step before he could lunge forward and try to thrust his daggers into Soara, Mursoth suddenly changed directions. He turned on a coin and suddenly appeared in front of Zach. He was just to the side of Zach so that he could slip between him and the wall.

Mursoth's foot pressed against the ground. He was a little thankful for the surface dwellers efforts that had dried the ground. If it had been as slippery as last time, he wouldn't have gotten as much force and power when he tried to push off the ground.

Mursoth's leg extended like a spring.

It launched him straight into an invisible barrier and squished his face flat.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

He was no longer thankful for the increased grip that led to greater speed. It had only served to launch him harder into a barrier harder than stone. It was hard enough to crack the surface of the short, stubby but pointy horns in his forehead and break his nose.

Mursoth was stuck in place, stunned by the impact to his head.

Slowly, he fell back from the barrier and stumbled backward. He raised a hand to his nose. He was surprised to see it come away with dark blood. He looked at Zach in shock more than anything.

After he hit it, Mursoth could tell that the barrier was small. That was why it was so strong. Zach had to have known in advance where Mursoth was going. He had to have put it up in advance to make it strong enough to withstand the underworlder's sharp horns.

"...not…possible…" Mursoth rejected it. He wanted to reject it. There was no way Zach could have anticipated his movements. Merely reacting wouldn't have let Zach put up the barrier in time. He had less than a second to react from when Mursoth changed paths from Soara to next to Zach.

Mursoth refused to believe a weak human who had just recently stopped suckling on his mother's teats could read his movements.

He glared at Zach as he wiped away the blood running down his lips. Underworld energy coursed through his body, restoring his nose and stopping the bleeding.

"How did you do that?" Mursoth couldn't let it go. Before he killed Zach, he had to know.

Zach smiled with his hands behind his back and didn't say anything. He, Yanael, and Soara took a step forward.

Mursoth took a step backward. The underworld energy was working on fixing his horns. He grabbed his daggers tightly.

Zach, Yanael, and Soara took another step forward.

Mursoth took another step backward. He was gathering his strength. He had been surprised by Zach's wall last time. This time, he could either use his daggers to break through or go for another opening between the three. He was not trapped. There was no way the three of them, who couldn't deal with him on their own, had trapped him in the sewers.

Mursoth glanced behind Zach and the others to look at the tunnel into the Underworld. The underworld energy was still bubbling down there, preparing for another eruption.

Mursoth just had to stall for time.

That was why he continued backing away without engaging in a direct fight. That wasn't even what he excelled in. He was better with assassinations and sneakier tactics.

It looked like Zach wasn't even thinking about the tunnel of underworld energy behind him. As soon as it rushed out, he and the other two would turn around in surprise, exposing their backs and necks to Mursoth.

Mursoth controlled his expression so that the three wouldn't realize his plan. He just had to stall for time. After a few minutes, he could get his revenge on Zach and Soara for scaring and embarrassing him.

He was excited and focused on controlling his expression and watching Soara.

He didn't stop to wonder. He didn't stop to question.

What did Zach and his familiars gain by backing him deeper into the sewers? Was it to get him further away from the underworld energy so that he couldn't regenerate as quickly?

No. The remaining talismans around the tunnel and the ones in the sewers were keeping all the underworld energy out. It was even enough to annoy Mursoth.

After a minute of slowly inching backward, Mursoth was one step away from a t-crossing. He sensed the sewers open up behind him. He could use that to his advantage.

Mursoth took a deeper breath than usual as he took the final step backward. The torches in the sewer cast Mursoth's shadow to the side.

He frowned. That breath had felt a little hotter than the one before. And why was only one side of the sewer tunnel lit? He looked toward the light. He tilted his head in confusion.

Why was there a wall of ice in the middle of the lit tunnel?

He hurriedly looked back toward Zach and his familiars. He couldn't afford to let his guard down against Soara. Zach's barriers were hard and difficult to get through, but he wasn't a threat to Mursoth's safety. He was just an annoying obstacle.

But the three of them hadn't made a move.

They just looked at Mursoth with varying expressions of pity. Mursoth didn't understand.

'Wait. Ice?'

Mursoth glanced at the wall of ice again.

If there was ice in the tunnel, why was the air getting hotter? His eyes opened wide and he looked toward the tunnel that was darker than night.

A shiver ran down Mursoth's short spine.

A moment later, bright red light broke through the veil of darkness and blasted through the air straight at Mursoth.

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