Chapter 35 - As the Tables Turn...
In the main battle, Asfi was finally able to provide headquarters with an update, as the battle seemed very much in their favor. This allowed Loki, Freya, Hermes and others to take a collective deep breathe. Loki also informed Hestia, who can finally stop hyperventilating.
As they shared the good news, Ottar and Bete just defeated the level 9. Ottar then quickly extracted the magic stone and ran towards Bell's group. Immediately, Bete got a good rip at the backside of the level 7 fighting Allen.
The back stab by Raul was a major score on the level 9 fighting Finn and Tione. Afterwards, Finn/Tione/Raul landed many more hits on their badly-injured foe.
Gareth/Tiona have also gained an advantage on the last level 9. Making matters for the enemy, Lefiya fired an arcs ray at her.
Meanwhile, Asterius, the Xenos and the perimeter 1 group have killed 2 more level 6 foes. There were only 7 badly-injured level 6 enemies remaining. However, as Asfi reported, these level 6 fighters seemed to be almost mindlessly fighting back.
At the same time, Ein was now surrounded. Bell had been charging argonaut. Ais was mostly recovered from her injuries. Riveria was next to Ais ready to protect the princess. Finally, Wiene was angry and ready to battle. At the same time, Mikoto and Filvis had reached Lili and were pouring elixir on her. Unfortunately the cut was very close to the heart and caused a lot of internal bleeding. The elixir would help a great deal but she should be taken immediately to the infirmary.
Bell, Wiene, Riveria and Ais combined to get many hits on Ein, but Ein continued to battle. As Riveria noticed, Wiene seemed to be fighting substantially above her 'level'. Even including the 2 level 6s' magic stones and the level 9's magic stone, Wiene should be at most a level 7 in pre-boost power. The armor made a big different as it allows the combatant to take big chances. However, that alone did not explain her apparent power level of a level 9 post-boost from Riveria's viewpoint!
With Wiene kept Ein mostly occupied, Bell was able to fully charge argonaut. Almost in a dream-like state, Bell launched his full argonaut attack with the Hestia knife, which broke Ein's weapon before penetrating. As Ein tried to struggle, Wiene had a huge talon strike that finished him off. In victory, Riveria congratulated everyone on beating a level 10 enemy. At that point, Bell collapsed after having used 2 full-charge argonaut strikes within 10 minutes of each other.
Allen soon landed the kill shot against the level 7 whom recoiled from Bete's strike from the backside. Finn/Tione/Raul finished off the level 9 with Tione's successful deep slash. Gareth/Tiona took down the last level 9 with a mighty slash of her urga. Meanwhile, Asterius, the Xenos and the perimeter 1 group also finished the last of the 7 badly-injured level 6 enemies, who just kept fighting until the last blow.
With the apparent victory, the gods at the headquarters roared in approval. Hestia was also jumping for joy when Ais told her that although Bell suffered from mind-zero, he should recover. While the wounded were being treated, a headcount revealed miraculously that only 4-5 fighters from perimeter 1 perished in the battle. In the mean time, Ottar gave Wiene the level 9's magic stone, and she also received Ein's magic stone.
After their wonderful victory, Finn and Ottar started asking where is Revis? What about Enyo? Are there demi-spirits?
As they were debating what to do next and what other enemies could remain, communications was suddenly cut off from the headquarters.
Furthermore, almost everyone may have instantly lost all of the power from their Falna...