Avoiding Death in an Otome Game

Chapter 49: Chapter - 49: Bigger Problem

Right at the moment after Elena fought back the second earthworm by using her magic core ability ’Wings of Nightmare’ and hit by a sudden exhaustion of using the ability second time in the battle and that is in such a hurry, the third earthworm seized the opportunity and attacked Elena from her left.

”Elena!” Lily screamed in horror.

The earthworm’s open mouth was only a few inches away from Elena, she barely had any time or power to cast a spell before the creature reached her.

”Sweesh...” But the next moment, a sharp sound of something flying past is heard as the girls saw a bluish color object attacking the earthworm that was about to attack Elena, pinning the creature down for a moment.

Then they sensed a figure approaching them at a very fast speed.

”Barrier! Now!” They heard a rough voice. But knowing the owner of the voice, the four girls Elena, Hina, Candice and Grusha hastily created barriers to cover themselves and others.

Then the figure finally became clear as it reached near them. It was obviously Kai, but what the girls saw was not just him flying their way but also a storm twice the size of Kai himself following over his head and being pulled by the magic staff he was holding.

Kai closed the distance in just a few seconds and finally slowed down as he swung his magic staff downward at the earthworm that was already injured by Elena’s previous attack.

The magic staff which is not usually that heavy to wield for Kai, now feels like carrying an elephant from the force of the ’storm hammer’ as he attacked the earthworm with it.

”Whack!” The moment Kai’s storm hammer makes contact with the earthworm, a heavy smashing sound is heard as the already injured body of the earthworm squeezes under the impact of the attack, meeting its demise.

At the same time the earthworm that was pinned down nearby by the will arrow was also caught under the impact of the storm hammer being blown apart after the attack hit the previous earthworm.

The creature got pushed away several meters by the impact of the storm leaving only one earthworm that had popped out of the ground before and being held in place by more poisonous vines that had grown out under the effect of Lily’s magic.

Hina seeing the situation turning safe, made her move and again used her magic core ability despite knowing that it would leave her almost exhausted. The glowing formation of light is shone again as the beam hits the earthworm being held under the vines.

”Die!” Candice yelled angrily as she again cast the spell that created an ice sword and sliced the weakened earthworm in two.

Meanwhile Kai hasn’t stopped in his actions even for a moment. The instance he killed an earthworm with his storm hammer and regained his balance from the recoil of the attack, he again launched himself towards the last earthworm that was pushed away from the attack.

Kicking the air three times, in an instant Kai reached several meters above the earthworm and cast magic.

Several miniature storms are created before Kai’s floating figure. The next moment the miniature storms transformed into several smaller versions of ’Storm Spear’ and attacked the earthworm whose body is already being by ’Will Arrow’ preventing it from escaping.

It was ’Piercing Storm Needles’, as its name suggests, the large needle of winds created from the miniature storms pierced through the flesh of the blackskin earthworm, causing its black blood to flow out.

But that wasn’t all. Just when the attack ended, Kai kicked back at the compressed air behind him, propelling himself forward.

At the same time more wind energy is gathered at the tip of his staff which he swung like a sword and a six feet long blade of wind energy is released, accurately hitting the most damaged part of the earthworm, slicing its body apart.

”Huff..huff...” Kai took several deep breaths. He has been moving his body at high speed while constantly using magic to run, fly and fight.

But his mind is not filled with the thought of resting nor the scenes of the battles, there’s only one thing in his mind.

”--Elena.”

Catching his breath, Kai immediately turned around and looked at the group and immediately spotted the person he was worried for.

*Phew... She’s safe.*

He let out a sigh of relief but the next moment all his relief was swept away as he felt the ground below him tremble faintly. All his senses screamed, telling him to move and so he did.