The Elemental Tower - Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Damaged Soul

Alice did not bring down the tank in the first turn. The tank was later killed by Avina’s follow-up attack.

Having lost the defense provided by their tank, the entire enemy team’s formation instantly lost their only source of protection and revealed their own weaknesses.

In the process, Lin Ke had also realized that Alice’s rage could grow rapidly, each time she killed an enemy, her rage would be filled to the brim. Then she would unleash her Skill upon her enemies, attacking the team as a whole.

However, when Avina killed an enemy, her rage would only be filled halfway through, thus unable to activate her Skill.

Lin Ke thought that this was due to Alice’s own skill’s effects, perhaps she had the ability to multiply her rage.

To be honest, it was an incredible Skill to have. In the arena, the heroes mainly relied on their Skills to inflict damage, and their Skills could only be mobilized once their rage had been filled.

Hence, when Alice could multiply her rage, it also meant that she could also multiply the usage of her Skills on the battlefield. Naturally, this meant even more destructive damages.

Then, how should Alice’s Skills be reflected in reality?

Avina’s Skill could also be used as she pleased. At most, it only had a few seconds of cooldown.

However, as the same Dark-gold grade hero, Dra’s performance in the arena was inferior in comparison.

Lin Ke definitely did not think that she was weak, but she was inferior because of her position on the battlefield.

As a half-tank and half-damage dealer, Dra’s performance should be measured by her ability to withstand damage from the enemy’s team instead of her damage output.

Although Dra’s damage was high, it was all unit-targeted attacks, a huge contrast to the Area of Effect combat technique used by Alice.

Besides, Dra did have a formidable defensive ability. The same attack that would instantly floor put Lin Ke would have minuscule effects on Dra. She would just stand there with ease and let the enemies have their way.

Only with a rigid shield like that in the team that other members could feel assured unleashing their attacks.

Having won another 10 rounds of challenges, Lin Ke was ranked at 688th place. He hesitated whether to spend some diamonds in purchasing more challenge passes.

If they won, the rewards from climbing up the leaderboard would surely compensate for the loss of diamonds. However, upon closer consideration, Lin Ke did not feel it was worth purchasing.

It was because the rewards were all the same between the 500th rank and the 1000th rank. Purchasing the passes meant spending 20 diamonds for no additional benefits.

If he was just playing a game last time, he would not think much about spending that amount of diamonds. Unfortunately, this was now his reality. Every use of resources needed to be done with the most meticulous of plannings, such a purchase would be unwise.

Lin Ke resisted his temptation and decided to decline. He then prepared to leave the arena.

Halfway through his walk, Lin Ke suddenly stood still. The female heroes that followed behind were all surprised and stopped as well. Then, they saw Lin Ke collapsing on the floor.

“My lord!”

“Lord!”

The heroes rushed beside him and saw Lin Ke shutting his eyes. His face was frail and pale.

His body was also shaking and cold sweat formed everywhere.

Lin Ke could only feel that his head was about to burst from the intense pain. However, the pain had also severed his nerves, causing his inability to even groan.

Anguish and suffering were all Lin Ke had felt at that moment.

It was unclear how long Lin Ke’s pain had lasted, after what sounded like a loud rumble, Lin Ke lost his consciousness.

Whereas from Dra and the heroes’ perspectives, the once trembling body of Lin Ke suddenly ceased its movement.

They were shocked at this sight that they immediately placed their fingers near his nostrils and on his chest. The mild gasps for air and the slight movement indicated that Lin Ke had not died yet.

“How did this happen? Why would such a thing happen to our Lord!”

Avina panicked and was lost. She was unsure whether to carry Lin Ke to his dormitory, worrying that moving Lin Ke would only cause more harm to him.

Dra lowered her head and was silent, she had not been in a situation like this before.

If Dra and Avina were already behaving that way, what more for Kara and Lucy. They were less experienced and could only frantically pace around. They had even attempted to lift Lin Ke up before Avina stopped them. When she explained why not to, they panicked even more in the face of not knowing what to do.

“Huh, this is why I said that you’re all useless.”

When most of the group were panicking, they heard the utterance of a malicious remark. They lifted their head and saw Alice carefully squatting to lift Lin Ke’s body.

“Move away, useless bastards!”

Once she ended her insult, Alice and Lin Ke vanished in the blink of an eye to an unknown location.

“Go to the dormitories!”

Dra was silent for a moment before she instructed everyone to split up and find them.

Lin Ke moved the dormitories so that they would be on the same level, hence it would not take long for everyone to look in each dormitory.

“Over here!”

Lucy called before entering a dormitory room.

Dra and the rest rushed to her location and entered the room together.

At that moment, Alice had already placed Lin Ke on a wooden bed, removed her housemaid uniform and covered Lin Ke, supplying him with an ample amount of warmth.

“Stop right there!” Alice got up and stopped them by extending her arm when she saw Dra and the group rushing into the room,

As the group had been stressed seeing how Alice had easily defeated Dra not long ago, her gesture was enough to hold them in their places.

“Alice, what is this about? Why won’t you let us come near our Lord?”

Avina stood at the frontmost position, her worries for Lin Ke’s condition had brushed off any fear she had for Alice. Her eyes widened as if she was ready to fight at any moment.

“That’s true, what right do you have to stop us from coming over?!” Lucy and Kara were angry. To them, Alice’s action had clearly crossed a line!

Dra did not utter a single word. Instead, she prepared herself, her anger flickering and rising with each passing second. She could release the strongest amount of energy at any moment to destroy the enemy who had once defeated her!

That was right, Dra had made Alice as her sworn enemy!

“Hmph, why won’t I let you all near Master?”

Alice chuckled as if she had just heard a good joke. She at the side of the bed, caressed Lin Ke’s short hair on his temple and said, “Why else did you all think that Master would suffer such an injury if it wasn’t because of you stupid bastards who had brought danger to him!”

Alice lifted her head and looked at Dra. “Do you know what kind of injury this is?”

Dra did not reply. Indeed, she did not know the answer.

Alice waited for a while and saw that Dra was unresponsive. She mockingly laughed for a good moment before she softly revealed the answer, “A weakened soul.”

“A weakened soul,” Dra softly repeated the answer.

“A weakened soul!” Avina was visually appalled.

“A weakened soul?” Kara and Lucy were confused about it.

“Master’s soul has been damaged, it’s partially torn, which is why he’s injured and has collapsed this time.” Alice looked at Dra, her tone emphasizing her rage and resentment. “So, all of you good for nothings should stay away from Master, do what you do best and go kill all the enemies in our surroundings! I can handle taking care of Master all by myself.”

You all are the cause of Master’s weakened soul in the first place!