The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

205  Killing stroke (II)

At the start of the day, while the entire army thought that Cain remained in the encampment, he had actually marched alongside them, hidden among the rest of the soldiers. He suppressed his battle power, making everybody on both sides think he was just another Level 4 Wave Warrior.

When Antony gave the order to pull back, Cain used Void Breath to hide his presence and made his way to the Lightning-Fall Mantisʼ cave, which he found using his sense of smell.

That was where Cainʼs hidden movements ended, but those of the rest of the military force just began. Antony guided the entire military force back to the encampment. The instant they were outside the range of the aerial Wave Beasts, he took the five hundred strongest soldiers and marched under cover of the night.

It was not easy, as they needed to advance thousands of kilometers in less than two hours and do it without alerting the horde. The one that had the most defiant and crucial job was no other than Orin.

She had to remain in the enemy territory, scan the area, and wait until the last moment before placing the bombs. If she did it too early and a Wave Beast detected a single one, Cain would have lost his escape route and most likely perished under the hordeʼs might.

Considering her battle power, if any Wave Beast were to detect her, there was no way she could have survived, so the danger she faced was no less than Cainʼs.

Despite all the danger and the narrow window of time, Orin did a flawless job, avoiding the detection of the Wave Beasts and placing all the bombs in the right place.

”Kill everybody!” Cainʼs voice echoed across the battlefield as he reached the ground. There was no more Blood Energy inside him, and his Astral Wave would follow suit, so he did not hesitate before flashing away.

”Protect the Hunt Leader!”

”Kill!”

Those two orders emerged from Antony and Orin. The first one led the Essence Wave Cultivators into unleashing a sea of spells against the Wave Champion Beasts.

On the other hand, Orin led a group of fifty Astral Wave Cultivators and those specialized in furtive attacks, butchering all the Wave Beasts around Cain, leaving this one an empty path toward the encampment.

Cain did not look back and only smiled as he left the horde behind and flashed away from the battlefield.

Once Orin saw that Cain was out of danger, she led the group toward where the Earthfiend Monkey was supposed to be. The explosion surely harmed the Early Wave Champion Beast, but she did not think it would have been enough to kill it. Orin, Levi, and Lurin reached the area of the initial explosion, and they could not hide their shock as they saw the state of the Earthfiend Monkey.

The Early Wave Champion Beastʼs eyes were full of disbelief, and its heart was no longer beating. Its back was a bloody mess, but that was not the reason for its demise.

There was a small hole the size of a finger on the Earthfiend Monkeyʼs forehead that destroyed its brain.

Orin, Levi, Lurin, and the others looked at the fading figure of Cain in the distance, and there was a sense of absolute awe and admiration in their hearts.

Cain must have had less than a second to concentrate his energy on his finger and land the killing blow on the Earthfiend Monkey before redirecting his Blood Energy and Astral Wave to protect his body from the blast. Not only did that require a mastery over the Four Wave Arts that reached a simply outrageous level, but it also required the courage to risk his life to kill the Middle Wave Champion Beast.

The group of fifty only dared to fight the Earthfiend Monkey because this one was injured, but none of them would even think of fighting against it alone.

Levi stepped forward and put his hands over the Early Wave Champion Beast before sending it into his space ring.

”I will hand it over to the Hunt Leader.”

An Early Wave Champion Beastʼs corpse was a treasure, but no one said anything. No one would dare to fight against Cain for it.

Once that was over, Orinʼs energy and that of the rest exploded as they marched deeper into the wild horde, killing everything in their path.

Antony had not remained still, commanding the Essence Wave Cultivators to fire more and more spells on the Early Wave Champion Beasts.

The Astral Wave Cultivators descended from the mountain ranges just in time to blaze across the Wave Beasts that were just a second ago under a rain of spells.

Despite the low number of soldiers, those who took part in this mission were the best of the best. There was no one among them beneath Level 4, and a considerable portion had reached Level 5.

The explosion had caused chaos in the wounded Wave Beast horde, leaving them vulnerable to the soldiers. Additionally, the loss of the Lightning-Fall Mantis and Earthfiend Monkey only made things worse.

Antony and the other Vice-Captains did not lose time, and after unleashing one final tide of explosions over the horde, they charged toward the Early Wave Champion Beasts full of killing intent.

Cain had already left the battlefield behind him and calmly walked toward the encampment with a wave crystal in his right hand and a heart in his left. He was extremely tired, and it took everything he had to fulfill this mission, but it was worth it. Cain accomplished an impressive feat by tricking thousands of Wave Beasts into a death trap and even deadly injuring a powerful Middle Wave Champion Beast. However, what truly mattered to him was the lesson he learned. A loss did not signify the end. He understood that with determination and persistence, anything could be achieved!

The red light in Cainʼs eyes began to burn with an even brighter light as his willpower grew stronger.