Doomsday Pillars

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KABOOM!

The bluish dome flickered again, as another tank shell hit the barrier. This time, the barrier was rattled as cracks appeared on it. Fortunately, the cracks were only visible for a moment, before the shield turned flawless again. However, Theo knew the situation was turning bad and they were gonna die if they didn't do anything.

[Defensive Formation - Tier 2 Artifact]

[Energy Shield 589/1000]

Feeling the tremor because of the explosion, Rick couldn't help but shout, "We are sitting ducks here!"

Realizing their situation wouldn't get better without their initiative, Theo tried his best to look calm and make a decision. They had to make one, otherwise they would be soon blasted by the tanks.

"Alright! I guess we have no other choice than to escape. Let's just break out and make our way to the Doomsday Pillar.. That way, even though we will still be surrounded, bombarded, and may possibly die on the way, at least some of us will manage to escape and update our situation to others."

"Sounds like a terrible plan. But I guess we have no choice here." Melissa replied with a wry smile.

Seeing everyone nodding their heads, agreeing with this reckless plan, Theo immediately turned to Daisy, "Daisy, can you infer the best escape route for us? The one with the most chance of success. It's important to know exactly how they spread their Sky realm fighters. So, we are counting on your abilities and analyses."

Daisy immediately casted her [Detect Lifeform] spell to the best of her abilities. The result she received made her frown.

"They distribute their fighters evenly, Brother Theo. There are roughly an equal number of fighters on all sides."

Upon hearing that, Theo's face fell. He then rubbed his forehead, while sighing deeply.

"Alright then. If that's the case, let's attack this side." Theo said, pointing his finger in one direction.

The direction Theo chose made Rama smile. "Good choice, Theo. Let's do it."

The side Theo meant was the one where the tanks were.

"We can get out of here while disabling or destroying their tank units in the process. Two birds with one stone. This also can be beneficial if we are going to fight against them again later on."

After the direction was decided and the plan was concocted using the intel provided by Daisy, all of them immediately prepared to carry out their attack, even the two wounded fighters. While the others were excited for the battle, courtesy of the bombardment they had endured. Theo, on the other hand, specifically instructed Daisy to focus her attention on protecting the 5 Yemeni soldiers and General Nasser from harm using her [Halo] spell.

Daisy realized without protection these five soldiers, who were still at earth realm would not survive the fight. She would also try her best to protect them from harm. After they were prepared and ready to show their fangs, Theo immediately ordered the others to move out.

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When the bluish dome blocking the tank shells suddenly disappeared, the insurgents were confused at first, especially those inside the tanks. However, their surprise didn't last long, as they could see the infidels rushing out of the now nonexistent house in three separate groups. Seeing that, the insurgents immediately fired their weapons and their cannons.

Theo and the others decided to split themselves into 3 groups to confuse the insurgents. Thanks to their separated position, the barrage of bullets they received were split into three thirds, letting them withstand them with ease. 

Meanwhile, they immediately moved out of the way, when they saw the tank cannons pointing in their direction, avoiding them completely. Against mostly sky realms fighters running at full speed, tanks were way too slow, they weren't made to be able to hit super humans.

The 3 groups swiftly dashed and zoomed through the village, as they made their way towards the hill where the tank units were. When the distance between the three groups and the hill were only 100 meters, the groups immediately merged and shot towards the insurgents who surrounded the tanks.

The first to arrive was Ardeth, the Egypt fighter, as he was the fastest among the group. Enhanced by his [Windwalk] spell, Ardeth swiftly took down a few of the Heavenly Gate's Sky realm fighters by surprise using [Airblade] spells. Dozens of razor-sharp greenish blades appeared and shot towards the enemies, decapitating them. While the insurgents were shocked by the abrupt death of many Sky realm fighters, Ardeth quickly cut more of them down with his tier 3 knives.

The opening strike by Ardeth was quickly followed by the others, as the group began to rampage among the insurgents. The tanks, who saw the enemies were in their ranks, couldn't shoot their cannons as they were afraid of friendly fire. So, the tanks could only stare, as Theo and the others did their best to make their way towards the tanks by annihilating everything on their path.

Within the short time, the groups were already deep within the insurgents' ranks and reached the location where the tanks were. Without wasting any more time, they started destroying them. Breaking the barrels or damaging the tracks should be enough to make them unusable for a few days. With only a dozen or so tanks in here, it should only take them one minutemto finish the job and escape.

Just like the previous battle, Rama leaped into the air and descended to the most congregated place, as he began to wreak havoc. Circle of flame appeared around him as Rama casted his [Fire Aura] spell and proceeded to zoom across the battlefield, thrusting and striking his spears to the insurgents. 

Meanwhile, Theo, who was right behind him, quickly controlled his [Sword Formation] to make sure none of the enemy's bullets would hit his allies. Every insurgent who raised their firearm in a 100 meter radius around him would be gifted with one strike from one of his five flying swords.

The group was winning for a few minutes, as their charge was led by these three outstanding fighters. Until suddenly, their momentum was broken when a figure managed to catch one of Theo's flying swords, another figure dashed and blocked Rama's spear with his bare hand, and Ardeth was knocked down by a lightning bolt coming out of nowhere.

"Ardeth!"

Theo immediately sent his two swords towards the third figure, just when the figure in red robe was about to cast another spell towards the knocked Ardeth. To Theo's shock, the two swords abruptly stopped a meter away from the figure and dropped to the ground.

Theo tried to send his remaining two swords towards the figure. Alas, the lightning bolt already left the figure's hands and shot towards Ardeth, who was just about to stand again. Dazzling light appeared, as the bolt hit Ardeth.

BAM!

When the light receded, they saw Ardeth stood there unscathed, except the wounds from the first lightning bolt. Daisy had Fortunately managed to cast [Shield Barrier] in the last second, protecting Ardeth. However, the lightning bolt was so strong the barrier was instantly destroyed by it.

Meanwhile, Rama, whose spear got blocked by a figure in stony skin, immediately swung his spear upwards as he made the figure lose his grip on the spear. He then spun his body and swiftly launched a powerful thrust to the figure.

Clank!

Sounds of metal hitting hard material was heard as the spear was unable to penetrate the figure's body. At the same time, the figure who caught Theo's sword casted a spell: a salvo of ice spikes were sent flying towards Theo. Rama was then forced to jump back in retreat. Theo, Ardeth, and Rama quickly retreated back, as they carefully observed these new threats.

Three red robed figures with Sky Magus level of power stood there in front of them. The skinny-looking Lightning Magus, the bald Earth Magus, and the Ice Magus with curly hair.

Daisy quickly told Theo all the three were in the middle stage of Sky realm, not inferior to Rama or Ardeth. She also mentioned the Lightning Magus was the most powerful among them.

With their abrupt arrival, hundreds of insurgents that were previously retreating, quickly ran towards them. To make things worse, the Sky realm enemies around them began to drink their red vial. Theo could see dozens of them start to transform as their eyes turned red.

"We… are definitely in trouble now."

As more enemies came and attacked them, Theo and the others began to be pushed back.

The Lightning Magus opened his hood and said, "You all now surrounded, infidels! Just surrender and accept your doom."

Daisy, who noticed Melissa starting to panic quickly hold her hand. "Don't be afraid."

Upon hearing the Lightning Magus's ultimatum, Theo responded, "We don't want to! Come here! Let us drag more of you down with us!"

"Then you infidels will face my wrath!" The Lightning Magus was suddenly surrounded by electric currents. He then raised his artifact, a hammer into the air.

"Face the wrath of me! The god of thunder, THOR!"

"..."

The whole group suddenly turned silent when they heard the brown-skinned skinny man, claiming to be the Norse's god of thunder. Some of them even stumbled to the ground due to the incredulousness of the statement.

"I'm sorry, guys. I've let you down. How could we get surrounded by these crazies… of all the people in the world." Theo said with his head lowered.

Rama grabbed Theo's shoulder to show his support and then raised his spear again, ready to fight. The group quickly took their stances again, when suddenly, Daisy felt something approaching fast from the sky.

She looked up into the sky and spotted a shadow falling. Realizing Daisy's weird behaviour, everyone without exception looked up at the sky as well.

"What is that?"

"Is that a plane?"

"No! That's a bird!"

"No, dumbass! It's a man!"

"It's Alex!"