Chapter 276
Chapter 276 The Hunt
Three slim and beautiful silhouettes were gathered together deep in the back ranks of the harpy army as the adepts recklessly exterminated the attacking harpies. It seemed they were in the middle of some sort of discussion.
“It is almost time!” A head witch with a pair of snow white feet and a red feather robe draped over her shoulders instructed, “Lana, make sure you act quickly later. Catch as many as you can once Natalia breaks through the barrier with her innate ability. You must leave the moment you receive the signal. Otherwise it would be a troublesome affair trying to save you after the barrier closes. Do you understand?”
“Understood!”
“Understood!”
The two witches standing beside her bowed respectfully.
Ordinary harpy witches were similar to the apprentice adepts in human society. They had some elementium casting ability, but their Spirit was still insufficient for their spirit origin to be elevated to the next level. Only harpy witches that had reached First Grade could change their appearances.
An ordinary harpy witch would shed their feathers when they advanced to First Grade. When they advanced to Second Grade, their trademark claws would also morph into human feet. If they were fortunate enough to advance once more and turn into Third Grade harpy witches, their physical bodies would be no different from a human adept. The only difference would be in their bloodline.
The Second Grade Silver Union adept who was silently guarding the magic arrays at the core of the ship raised his head up in shock. He could sense a breach in the defensive barrier.
What was happening? Had the defensive barrier been destroyed? No, everything was still functioning!
A strange flux suddenly appeared on the deck of the floating battleship as the adept was still recovering from the shock. The space had been shattered and a rift had opened in mid air. Two strange harpy witches walked out of the rift and appeared before the human adepts.
Some adepts were still caught up in slaughtering the harpies on the outside. The two harpy witches with perfect figures and light blue wings moved before the adepts had even noticed the trouble behind them.
A sharp and piercing scream filled the entire ship. All of the adepts affected by the strange soundwave felt their vision blur. They were no longer able to control their bodies or draw upon their magical powers.
The two Second Grade harpy witches used their agility to dive towards the adepts, quickly capturing several adepts and throwing them into the spatial rift before coming back for more. They had already caught five human adepts in a matter of seconds.
All the adepts on the ship started to panic as this occurred. They threw their most powerful spells at the enemy that had mysteriously appeared on board, while desperately avoiding capture by the harpies.
However, any adept would be hard-pressed to escape the piercing screams and agile shapes of these Second Grade magical creatures. Greem was an unfortunate one as well. He was right within the hunting range of the two harpy witches!
A creaking sound started to ring out in the air. The spatial rift that had been forcibly torn open was slowly closing under the powerful regenerative ability of space itself. The rift trembled slightly. It was obvious that it couldn’t last much longer.
A massive wave of runic energies surged forth around the hole in the defensive barrier, reducing the massive opening into a small hole the size of a fist. The defense system of the ship would once again be complete the moment this hole disappeared. At that point, the two harpy witches would no longer be able to escape using the spatial rift.
“You two hurry up… I can’t keep it up for much longer!” Natalia shouted at the two harpy witches as she did her best to maintain the hole in the barrier.
The two harpy witches looked at each other and made a decision.
“We will capture one last round of adepts!”
The two silhouettes let out another piercing scream as each of them dashed towards a target of their own, quick as lightning.
And the target of the head witch was Greem!