Chapter 178: Breach Pt.1
Lake was walking in the formation near the back right next to Freed and Julie with Grendia in front of him and Peter at the very front. If you were to see it you might think they were trying to guard him but in all actuality it was just the formation that made the most sense for them.
He was an unknown so they hadn't put him in a strategic position and had just decided to leave him in the middle but he was pretty sure someone like him would be used as a forward scout in a team he had been part of for a long time. He hadn't been with them for long enough though for them to know where he should be used in a team and with this team he didn't think the rest of them were even necessary but he was about to see.
Once they were at the door Lake saw Peter take out his sword and after raising it above his head Peter slashed it downwards towards the stone door. Seeing the sword slice through the door, Lake started to raise his expectations of them. He knew slicing through stone without it shattering couldn't be easy even if it was only a thin piece being used as a door.
The sword itself must also be of high quality and that meant Peter had been able to afford it with the work he was doing for the guild. Taking the first few steps in it wasn't long before Lake heard the people inside responding to what they had done. All the Demon Worshipers were down in the basement so they weren't in a real fight yet but as soon as they found the staircase down they would be dealing with 14 Demon Worshipers and there were only 5 of them.
Lake saw the only door in this room was also closed so they only had one option to go deeper and Peter seemed to have no plans to stop here and directly sliced through it as well. As the top portion of the door fell to the floor Lake saw that they were about to enter a narrow hallway which meant only Peter would be able to fight if he was to go first with his big frame so Lake said. "Grendia go first, I'll back you up."
Grendia was short enough that he would be able to fire spells over her or even switch with her if he thought she was going to succumb to the enemies they were about to be fighting. As they went into the hallway Lake started to charge his mana with stone because he thought it was the best choice he had.
Switching on Mana Vision Lake told the team. "Don't worry about any of the doors in the hall. There aren't any people in them." Once he said this they quickly passed through the whole hallway and after Grendia smashed the door at the end of it they saw the stairs down and the people climbing them.
The black robes gave away their identities and even though he knew it wasn't the best time to think about it because of the battle he couldn't help but wonder why they were wearing them inside their own base. Surely there was no point and being dressed normally would be of great use if someone was to somehow see them.
The only use he could think of was the fact it would keep them from getting covered by blood if they were playing with corpses here like they had been in the last place he had seen Demon Worshipers in their natural environment. Getting his spells ready he saw a brown flash form around Grendia as well and he heard her say. "Stone Control."
Right after she cast this spell he saw the stairs in the staircase start to move almost like they were the waves on top of an ocean. Lake smiled as soon as he saw this and not just because all the Demon Worshipers fell onto the ground but because she had just done what he wanted to learn how to do.
He was going to have to ask her about it later but for now he needed to start killing the Demon Worshipers she had flopping around in the staircase. Aiming for heads, Lake started using Stone throw over and over again until all of them had their heads smashed and he knew they were all dead from the amount of times he had felt himself gain Exp.
"They're dead, we can go down." After he said this the stairs stopped moving and Grendia said. "Didn't think you were a mage." Lake shrugged and said. "It was faster than pulling out my bow, and It's not like it's hard to get as much earth mana as you want down here." She nodded and started to climb the stairs down.
He and the rest quickly followed behind her and it seemed she had purposely left the staircase slightly widened because they had a bit more room to spread out on the way down. At the bottom of the stairs they found a metal door that had been built into the stone and while he was sure they had a few ways to deal with this he said. "I'll do it." And moved in front of the group.
Using Crunch Lake slit the door from top to bottom near the middle before he tried to kick it in. His foot passed through it like it was nothing and remembering the effects of Barrage he pulled his foot back out and kicked at it again. This time the effects of crunch had worn off so he was able to kick it and send it flying into the room inside.
Lake didn't look back to see the others because he didn't have time because with the door gone the fight was on. He had been able to see a few robed people as soon as the door was gone and it was extremely dark inside the basement so he didn't want the others to be surprised by the attacks he was sure would be thrown at anyone who came through the door.
Using a skill he felt was perfect for a situation like this Lake used Barrier twice and like he expected the soft blue light the mana shields put off lit up the insides of the basement and gave them a way to defend whatever was being cast by the Demon Worshipers inside. "Unholy bolt." Only one of the three who cast a spell said the name of it out loud but he could tell that they were all probably the same spell by the way they looked.
Using his shields Lake blocked the three spells and then moved his shields aside to cast three spells of his own. Sending three stones at the heads of each of them Lake was able to hit only one of them and feeling the Exp he knew he had killed the one he hit but the other two were now hidden behind cover.
Lake took the time to say. "I'm going in." Before he rushed into the room heading for the first of the two hiding. Lake still had Mana Vision on so he knew exactly where all the Demon Worshipers were at in the basement and knew he didn't have to worry about any sneak attacks from any of the ones deeper inside.
He didn't know what they were doing but they were clearly getting something ready while the others bought them time and with how fast they were running around in the next chamber he knew they saw it as urgent so he wanted to get there before it was done.
Hopping over the short barrier the Demon worshiper was behind, Lake was able to use one of his two barriers to crush them and then used the other to block the spell that had come from the other Demon Worshiper that had seen him as he was jumping over.
They had already attacked him so they didn't have time to cast another spell before he was already on them. Using both barriers Lake hit one into their head and the other into the chest. [Level max] Lake didn't really have any time to think of the job he wanted to switch to so he chose Earth Mage so he wouldn't waste any Exp and said. "Grendia, can you make us a different entrance into the next room?"
Lake was worried about a trap or something so he wanted to enter the room in a way the people inside wouldn't suspect and when he heard Grendia say. "Yep." And one of the walls next to the door they needed to enter start to change shape, he got ready to pass through as fast as possible.
As soon as a passage big enough for him to enter formed he held up his two shields in front of him and ran towards the passage. There were still six alive inside so he planned to give the others a chance to kill something so he just ran into the room and even though he needed to focus on the battle, what he saw once he was inside almost made him stop to take it in.
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