The Amber Sword

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Requiem(23)

“Amandina, get away from here, I’ll attract it’s attention….” Brendel let go of her hand and said softly without looking back.

“Master Lord, please be careful.” Amandina replied, and obediently took a few steps backward.

She had countless things to say to Brendel after coming back from the dead. But she knew that at this time, everyone must try their best to fight against Aouine’s fate.

Brendel raised the Halran Gaia and let out an angry roar. Like a lion, he charged at the Titan Statue. It was an unprecedented battle, he was facing the Titan Statue’s fist which was as large as a mountain.

It was a war between ants and giants.

The Titan’s arm had turned into a bundle of electricity in mid-air, he smashed his fist to where Brendel was, but Brendel did not dodge it and instead faced it head-on.

Amandina let out a cry of surprise and covered her mouth.

The Titan trembled violently within the bright light.

Brendel was roaring at the sky, or rather, he was screeching in pain. The pain overwhelmed his perception ability, and with all the strength left in him, he uttered a cry, “Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”

Brendel used his last bit of sanity to stick out his left hand with the Crimson Red Blessing and stabbed it into the cracks in the Titan’s chest.

Then he raised his Halran Gaia and started furiously attacking the Titan’s exposed Lightning core.

Now.

Both sides could only meet one end, to kill or be killed. Even the manipulator inside the Titan still held a wisp of hope, Brendel knew better than. At least within ten minutes, this huge thing could not kill him.

Could the Titan withstand full blown attacks from itself for nearly ten minutes?

The answer was obviously no.

The Titan would be killed by its own attacks, which would make it the most pathetic death in the history of Titans.

Yet it could not turn back.

Brendel had lost the ability to think, completely sinking into a crazed state. He was like a beast that was only relying on his instincts to attack this giant beast. The pain he was suffering right now gave no room for thinking, his last bit of clarity could only let him shout, “Amandina, run! Right now, run ! The portal!”

His voice spread far away.

……

Amandina pressed her hand on her chest. She watched the ball of light become as bright as the sun. She knew that Brendel was fighting a precarious battle with that terrifying enemy.

She was powerless to change anything and could only silently pray.

Until she heard Brendel shouting.

“Amandina, run! Right now, run! The portal!”

Amandina shook, that roar was not like the voice of her Master Lord, it was like a beast howling in pain. She felt a pang in her chest but she immediately turned and dashed towards the portal.

A hundred of meters was merely a blink of an eye away.

But she never expected that the moment she took a step, dazzling light suddenly burst out from the Titan Statue. The light flashed violently ,and suddenly, all the lightning was extinguished one by one.

Amandina turned back subconsciously and saw Brendel who had lost all his power, fall from the sky and crash into the ground.

“Ah!”

She screamed with worry and then noticed that the terrifying Titan Statue had cracks all over it and was shaking unsteadily.

Did he win?

Amandina could not help but widen his eyes, but her heart sank immediately because she saw the Titan Statue stand up shakily, as if it could fall and shatter at any time. However, it was not completely destroyed.

On the other hand, Master Lord held no traces of life.

Master Lord lost….

Amandina felt an uncontrollable pain in her heart, and when she finally realized something, tears started bursting out. Amandina had thought many times that she would die in this war, that Aouine would fall, but she had never thought that Brendel would die.

Master Lord was omnipotent, he was like the hope that guided everyone to move forward. But she never thought that even the last candle would be extinguished.

Brendel also didn’t think so—-

Halran Gaia was indestructible because of the attributes of his elemental power, so he may not have ever considered a chance of Halran Gaia breaking. And indeed, it wouldn’t. Even under the attack of the Titan, Harlan Gaia remained intact.

But this made him forget one thing.

Not every piece of equipment he had on him was called Halran Gaia.

When he saw his Crimson Red Blessing turning red, melting and then finally breaking into pieces, he finally realized that.

“I’m done for.” At that moment, he had only one thought.

Then he was blown away by lightning and landed on the ground with a heavy thud. He felt like he had been embedded into the ground, and his Unyielding Talent was burning the last flame in his body, but it would extinguish soon.

He had no energy to move, his eyelids became heavy, and exhaustion haunted him.

Is it all over…

He wanted to take another look at Amandina, but all he saw was darkness. Because his blood vessels were ruptured, his field of vision was completely red, like a scene before the apocalypse.

Everything seemed to be muted.

Suddenly, he saw another bolt of lightning come down from the sky and turn into another Titan. Well, I guess disasters don’t come in ones. It’s over. He thought

Until a familiar and loud voice pierced through his dark thoughts.

“Brendel!”