Archdemons appear from time to time, and these demons are more powerful than regular ones.
It's not impossible to kill Archdemons with the help of four saints, but Saruman and Leonard's team knew well that this wasn't just any ordinary Archdemon, it was also one of the statue type.
The Archdemon standing in front of them was one of the rarest monsters to ever appear in history, making it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any saint.
The more ferocious and powerful is the creature, the greater the rewards extracted from the essence of its soul.
"Fuck, Leonard! Couldn't you have told us we were going to face an Archdemon?" Park looked a little tense.
Lamar glanced at Leonard and sighed. "You knew this all along, didn't you? But you hid the truth from us."
Leonard grinned mischievously. "What's the matter guys? Don't you feel excited to tear this ugly thing into pieces?"
Lamar and Park replied simultaneously, "Absolutely not!"
Saruman stepped forward, unconcerned. "We'll discuss this later."
Leonard was a collector of soul fragments, crazy enough that he didn't care whether the creature was a Archdemons or not.
He had simply lied to his team, taking advantage of the presence of all the other saints for his own benefit.
When rare Chaos creatures are defeated, a crystal known as a Soul Shard is extracted.
Soul Shards are later used to craft deadly weapons, superior to ordinary ones making them highly wanted by many Awakened.
Leonard knew full well that if everyone learned the creature appearing was an Archdemon , one of the three saint factions would send their armies to handle it.
But Leonard wanted this Soul Shard for himself, so he turned to Saruman, who was also greedy and only looked out for his own interests.
"Park, Watch out !" Lamar shouted.
At that moment, the statue's sword lunged swiftly toward Park's neck.
But with his titanium-reinforced arm, Park simply caught the blade and deflected it to the right.
He smiled at the demon in front of him. "Take this, you ugly thing!" Then he lifted his leg and kicked the statue's chin with full force, sending it backward.
The demon plunged his sword into the ground to slow its momentum, creating friction against the surface.
Then the statue tilted its head up to find Lamar's scythe moving directly to his eyes.
Lamar's scythe struck the statue's head hard, but it was so thick that it only caused a scratch.
"Tch, he's tanky!" Lamar muttered, leaping backward with agility.
The demon quickly raised his sword from the ground and charged toward Lamar, swinging his sword strongly that sends sparks flying to her directions.
But Leonard moved like a storm in front of his sister, parrying every spark.
He swung his sword left and right, deflecting each spark from the statue's blade.
Then Saruman, who seemed to hover in the air, said, "Get away from here! "
At that moment, everyone quickly moved away from Saruman's target, who was hovering over the statue.
The statue's crimson eyes stared right at Saruman above him.
Saruman grabbed his katana with both hands and swung it hard in a horizontal strike over the statue's head. A crescent of purple fluid shot toward him, hitting him and the ground with a massive explosion.
The impact shook the ground so violently that the creature is now covered in purple liquid and was staggered.
"Follow me, Park!" Lamar shouted as she rushed toward the creature.
She didn't give the demon a chance and charged like crazy, swinging her scythe at him multiple times.
The creature blocked every hit with his sword, but Park was already behind him, grabbing the statue's left leg and lifting it off the ground, so the statue fall onto his stomach with a strong crash.
"Booof !"
"Now's your chance, Leonard!" Park yelled.
In that instant, Leonard dashed like a ghost from the right side, jumped onto the exposed back of the statue, then he shove his swords into him with full force.
The demon leaned back, staring at the swords stuck in his back.
Then black smoke began to rise from his stone body...
Leonard looked at the smoke and shouted, "shit, everyone, get out of here quickly !"
He drew his swords back from the demon back then jumps back backwards, and sprinted at full speed.
Everyone else did the same, and then the ground began shaking strongly.
Thick smoke filled the area, creating a heavy fog.
A huge crack started appearing along the city walls, slowly breaking them apart.
"Fuck, the walls are collapsing!" Park cursed as he ran as fast as he can...
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Jennifer, Orusawa , Victor, Sumo, and the other three saints watched the top of the walls as it is covered with thick smoke like fog.
At that moment, the city walls began cracking, and pieces started falling apart.
"Crap,i should get out of here," Sumo cursed, slinging his bow over his shoulder and start to run away, running as fast as he could since he was close to the walls.
The city walls began collapsing onto the heads of many golems. Since the golems have no awareness and they are lower kind of creature so they didn't really have their own mind, many of them were crushed as huge chunks of the walls fell on top of them.
The crash of hundreds of golems caused a tremendous noise, shaking the ground around them.
" Booof ! "
"Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck !" Jennifer was running, jumping over the heads of the golems and ignoring them, as she is trying to avoid the stones falling from the walls.
The walls finally collapsed, and a massive pile of rubble crashed down onto the city, turning it into a huge cloud of dust and debris.
Saint Victor was bleeding from his right leg after a massive stone fragment struck him while he was running.
In front of him lay the bodies of two Awakened whose skulls had already been crushed by the falling stones.
Victor frowned and said quietly, "May God have mercy on your kind souls."
No one knew what happened to the others…
The smoke rising from the demon, mixed with the dust from the collapsing walls, covered the entire city.
Everyone had scattered in different directions, making the demon like a ghost no one could see—ready to strike anyone at any moment.
Moreover, everyone was now on the same level as the ground, where dozens of remaining golems were present.
Everyone was at risk to be killed at any moment, and no one could help anyone else...