Chapter 34 - Protecting Our Friends
As Ais tried to protect Bell from the overpowered Ein, the main battle turned substantially in their favor.
First, Gareth landed his kill shot against the level 7. This caused a substantial cascading effect, as Gareth then went to help Bete/Tiona against their level 9 foe. This then allowed Bete to help Ottar with his level 9.
Ottar already had gained a clear advantage over his level 9. With the armor advantage, Ottar was still uninjured while landing several damaging hits against his enemy. When Bete arrived, he was able to get a good rip at the level 9 from his back.
Finn/Tione also had a clear advantage over the other level 9. The ability to take chances was critical, as the enemy was unable to cause any actual damage inspite of landing quite a few hits. Suddenly, Raul (formerly invisible) got a significant back stab against the level 9.
Allen was starting to gain an advantage over his level 7 as well. His enemy did managed to draw blood once, but Allen landed at least 6 damaging hits on the level 7.
Lefiya continued to launch Fusillade Fallarica attacks that continue to distract and cause small amounts of damage to the enemy.
Riveria ran towards Bell and Ais to help against Ein.
Asterius, the Xenos and the perimeter 1 group also have gained a substantial advantage. They now completely outnumber the 9 remaining level 6 fighters. Lefiya's magic attacks also seemed to have the most effect on this group. Strangely, the level 6 fighters were completely focused on fighting despite their situation. It appears that they are truly an army of the dead.
As Ein started attacking Ais, Riveria arrived to provide assistance. Ais and Riveria were still no match for Ein but that bought time for Wiene to join in. Wiene annouced her presence with a claw to his back. While Ein did jump out of the way, it did cause significant damage. Infuriated with the sneak attack, Ein focused on Wiene. To draw Ein away from Bell and Ais, Wiene flew away from the furious Ein. The maneuver succeeded as Ein chased after Wiene. With Wiene's maneuver, Riveria immediately started healing Bell as Ais poured her remaining elixir on him. With Bell still unconscious, Ais desperately did everything she could to resuscitate Bell.
Even though Wiene put up a good fight, Ein was clearly overpowering her and landed numerous hits. However, the armor protected her until Ein was able to land a deep slash on her neck. That caused Wiene to crash onto the ground. With Wiene defeated, Ein headed back to Riveria, Ais and the still unconscious Bell.
Wiene's crash was very loud, but Mikoto (formerly invisible) suddenly appeared next to her. She poured all her elixir on Wiene's deep wound, while feeding what appeared to be 2 magic stones into Wiene's mouth. With the elixir and the energy from the magic stones, Wiene was starting to recover. At that time, Lili (disguised as snake) suddenly appeared next to the dead level 9 to retrieve his magic stone.
Ein suddenly noticed what was going on with Mikoto and Lili. Realizing the implications, he immediately ran to Lili to stop her. Just as Ein reached Lilli, she was able to throw the level 9's magic stone towards Mikoto and Wiene. Unfortunately, Lili was stabbed by Ein as she threw the stone. Thus, the magic stone landed harmlessly far from its intended target. At that point, Filvis (formerly invisible) suddenly appeared and successfully threw the magic stone to Wiene, who snatched it out of the air and consumed it instantly. Suddenly, the level 9's magic stone caused a significant power surge in Wiene, who got up and was ready for a rematch. As Wiene ran towards Ein, Mikoto and Filvis followed, hoping to get a chance to help Lili.
Since Ein was concerned with Lili and then Filvis, that bought a little time for Bell, who finally woke up. With most of his wounds healed by Riveria and the elixir, he started charging argonaut again despite having just used a full charge to kill the level 9.