Odyssey of the Blind God
Chapter 184 Fortified

After everyone snapped back to reality and finally regained their composure, the situation on the military camp's plaza first turned extremely chaotic.

The number of Dryx, who emerged from the teleportation circle steadily increased but so did the number of young Originals, who began to participate in the killing spree.

Being innately on the weaker side, the Dryx were not able to fight against Originals at the same rank as them. That was the case, as long as the Originals knew that they had to pierce both the Dryx's heart and mana core within a short period to kill the Dryx.

Unfortunately, not many young Originals knew about this at first, which made things very difficult for the men and women, who were giving their utmost efforts to preserve and kill the Dryx, who had infiltrated the military camp.

Only after seeing Nial, Bella, and Mathias piercing the Dryx's heart and mana core in short succession did the first group of  Originals realize where the Dryx's weakness was.

The tides of the battle were slowly changing and the Origin ranked Dryx were swiftly taken care of.

In a matter of half an hour, only 1000 Dryx were approximately left behind and none of them were at the Origin rank.

,m This was a great accomplishment because the plaza's area was now fully occupied with more than ten thousand Dryx corpses.

"Start collecting the corpses." Nial suddenly ordered, his voice sweeping through the entire plaza despite him speaking in a low voice.

Nobody could understand why Nial gave them such an order, after all, there were still around 1000 Dryx left.

They were not as powerful as ordinary beasts or as the Originals with the same number of Origin rings.

That was why Yves, many other young and powerful Originals, along with Jase, wanted to fight against the Prym-ranked Dryx.

In their opinion, helping the Instructors and the others was the most important, simply because the threat posed by the corpses was not exactly high.

"Fuck off, Nial! You're not our boss!" Jase simply shouted, ignoring Nial's order as he slashed his sword at a Low Prym ranked Dryx, who had one Advanced Origin ring.

Jase's slash was extremely fast and lethal. It was further accelerated by [Blade Intent], [Holy aura] and [Monstrous Strengthening].

His strength after using the three abilities was even stronger than an ordinary Low Prym ranked Beast. The strength of his slash was even more terrifying as his blade severed through the air.

But, the blade failed to cut through the body of the Low Prym ranked Dryx that merely lifted its arm.

*Tink*

Jase's eyes widened in shock, while everyone else, who already believed to have a good understanding of the Dryx's weak strength felt similar.

The powerful attack of the Sword Master's son had been easily blocked by the Dryx's arm. Droplets of dark blood trickled down the longsword but that was the only thing his attack achieved.

'Only a small scratch?!' Jase nearly shouted out. He realized that something had gone wrong, and attempted to jump backward.

However, the moment he tried to move, the Dryx's other hand pierced out.

'So fast!'

Like a flash, the Dryx's hand reached for Jase's heart at a speed that was not even visible to the eyes of numerous young Originals.

Luckily, Jase could clearly perceive the hand of his opponent and he knew that his life was on the line. His defenses were not strong enough to block the attack and he could already see his life flashing past his eyes.

The fear of death flooded him, making his heart thump erratically. Yet, even if he wanted to do something, it was impossible for Jase to move right now.

His hands were still tightly wrapped around the longsword and the Dryx's hand was less than half a meter away from him.

'I don't want to die, you bastard!!' He screamed in his head while forcefully focusing his [Holy Aura] on the Dryx.

This slowed it down a little bit, providing a fraction of a second to allow Jase to think of a way to escape death.

His gaze locked with the Dryx's pitch-black eyes, and he could perceive its bloodthirst and the desire to annihilate the entire human race gleaming in those eyes.

His legs felt extremely heavy at that moment and he broke into a sweat.

Just at this moment, a golden flash shot past him, as two razor-sharp daggers were embedded in the Dryx's hand that had been pierced into its flesh.

The attack of the stupefied Dryx had been nullified with brute force and the usage of a unique type of mana.

Bella's hair fluttered in the wind. Her [Celestial transformation] was unleashed to the highest extent she could endure while [Outburst] was activated as well.

Her mana was extremely potent as it was transmuted by both her ability and Innate ability. The holy light of the Celestial transformation's mana was compressed and even stronger than Jase's [Holy aura] as long as it was used against a single opponent.

Thus, Bella's Tier-1 daggers easily pierced through the Dryx's arm, forcefully halting its attack.

Following Bella's intervention, others joined the fray as well.

The stone foundation below the Dryx's feet suddenly burst open and earthen hands reached out for the Dryx's leg before the soil below the beast turned into quicksand.

In an instant, the Low Prym ranked Dryx's feet disappeared under the ground, locking it in place.

While it struggled to free itself, it missed on noticing that a searing hot black flame engulfing a razor-sharp spear tip had already been pierced through its heart.

In a smooth motion, Nial's Dragonflame Spear had pierced the Dryx's heart.

To ensure that he created enough lethal damage to kill the Dryx, Nial released more mana in order to ignite the dark energy flames which he created with his Tier-1 weapon.

Without wasting time, which would otherwise allow the Dryx to regenerate from the lethal injury it had sustained, Nial retracted the Dragonflame Spear a fraction of a second after he had pierced it before thrusting out once again.

The trajectory of the second thrust was slightly averted but that was only obvious. After all, Nial's target was not the Dryx's pierced heart but the mana core.

He had located it in an instant and pierced through it the moment he had detected it.

Warm, dark blood gushed out of the first lethal injury Nial had inflicted when he had already pierced through the mana core, ending the miserable life of the Low Prym-ranked Dryx.

But even after Nial had killed the Dryx, whose rank was much higher than his own, it was impossible for him to feel satisfied.

Through all of his senses, Nial could clearly determine that a few dozen Dryx, including the Low Tritan ranked Dryx with seven Advanced Origin rings began devouring their own people or their mana core to be precise!

"Shit! Why couldn't you just listen to me?! Prevent them from consuming their brethren's mana cores!! Their strength increases after they devour them!"

Nial's loud voice reached every corner of the plaza. The Originals who had believed that their job was already done, and now they only had to defeat the Dryx were stupefied.

The fortified strength of the Low Prym ranked Dryx was more than enough to show that it was not that easy to overcome the dreadful situation.

Jase had attacked a Dryx, who had eaten the shattered mana cores of three Dryx. This had already been enough for it to defeat Jase easily.

Only after Nial and his friends worked together was it possible to defeat the Low Prym ranked Dryx in no time.

Nial had already used his spatial ring to store the Dryx's corpse to prevent other Dryx's from devouring its mana core.

Clearly seeing what Nial, Bella, and Mathias had been doing, and sensing the true extent of the strength behind the three young Originals, the other men and women could tell that they stood no chance in the fight against the strengthened version of the Low Prym ranked Dryx.

With that understanding, the majority of Originals began to run around, and hastily stored the Dryx's corpses that were scattered all over the plaza.

This was not easy owing to the Dryx's tactic of devouring their brethren's mana core whenever they felt slightly exhausted.

That was why many Dryx had already absorbed the mana core of their brethren several times in succession, allowing them to reach a combat power that was even higher than their rank.

If it was already considered dangerous for Prym-ranked Dryx to become stronger by consuming the mana cores of their brethren, the enhancement received by the Seclon-ranked Dryx was even more terrifying.

There were not many Originals present whose combat power exceeded five Advanced Origin rings.

In the end, this meant that each of the Seclon ranked Dryx was capable of fighting the strongest present Originals as long as they consumed more than a dozen mana cores.

The only reason for the representatives, the Instructors, and the Soldiers to be able to maintain a calm mind was the fact that the Witch of the South had already appeared.

Wielding a black wooden wand with golden engravings covering the majority of the wand, she looked no less than a God of Destruction, who began obliterating the Seclon ranked Dryx the moment they attempted to consume the mana cores.

She avoided fighting the Low Tritan ranked Dryx by stalling it but that was the max she could do by herself.

Her abilities were not very effective on the Dryx, who had seven advanced Origin rings. Commander Ullyr was much better in this regard.

His strength was amplified by more than 30 abilities that had been used on him to increase his strength, perception, mana control, and so on.

That was why Commander Ullyr was able to control the Low Tritan ranked Dryx. The combined power of the military was nothing to scoff at, after all!

'If anyone thinks that they can annihilate the human race that easily, we should show them what we're capable of when we start working together!!'