What seemed like a ridiculous plan of mine was actually the cruelest way to kill me. For Ömdiroken, this was a situation of life and death.
The ripples of forbidden spells in front of me were becoming more and more intense. The gigantic yellow monster behind me was currently digging into its nest. It seemed that going forward or backward would only lead to death.
And, my allies … were untrustworthy.
No matter how strong a contract was, it would be unable to withstand the passage of time.
Would he calmly die in battle because of a contract signed by his grandfather or ancestor? No one would be so foolish as to run away after fighting for a while. The sand dragons and stone giants also discovered that their opponents were difficult to deal with, so they started fighting peacefully. Most of them circled around the battlefield, and very few of them fought to the death.
Ömdiroken had been gone for far too long. Thousands of years had passed, and his most trusted subordinates had long since disappeared. If he had enough time — three hundred — no, thirty years — Ömdiroken was absolutely confident that he would be able to reestablish his own faction and gather enough subordinates, but unfortunately …
"How can I give you time? Am I so foolish as to nurture a tiger that will only invite calamity?"
Of course, I knew what Ömdiroken was thinking. From a certain standpoint, we were the same type of people. We were both narrow-minded people who wouldn't feel comfortable if we didn't take revenge. If we had an enemy, we wouldn't be able to sleep well until we eliminated them completely.
[I'll just say that you're narrow-minded and hold grudges. By the way, is it really okay to have such an unrighteous male lead? You're actually a Myth-ranked hero? Are the historians blind? You're the antagonist.]
"Shut up!"
I did my best to suppress my anger. Recently, my System's existence had been far too strong. It seemed that ever since it reactivated, it had been in high spirits and was always looking for opportunities to make me angry. If I continued to comment, I would fall into this damned System's trap.
But from a certain standpoint, my System wasn't wrong. I was indeed narrow-minded. The fresh blood on the snowy ground from that day was still fresh in my mind, and the warrior's dying words were still fresh in my ears. How could I be at ease as long as Ömdiroken didn't die?
"Checkmate! Both sides are aiming for your vitals, the Elemental Throne. I think you should focus on that side. Do you think you're Sun Wukong, capable of creating clones? "
Looking at the scene in front of me, I spat out a mouthful of blood. Unknowingly, I had really jinxed it.
With a twist of its body, the huge stone giant split into three smaller stone giants that ran in two different directions. As it ran, the stone giant absorbed the earth element to grow stronger, then split again, and evolved again … In a short ten seconds, more than thirty Ömdiroken had appeared!
"Impossible! How are we supposed to deal with so many Earth Elemental Gods? "
Some people panicked.
"That's impossible. If every doppelganger was as strong as Ömdiroken, he would have used it long ago. No, as long as each doppelganger has half of its strength, we won't be able to win. That must be a fantasy. "
Some of them were slightly calmer, but their trembling legs betrayed their lack of confidence.
"Humans are humans, demons are demons, and elemental creatures have elemental creatures' mothers. But I'd like to ask one more thing. Ömdiroken, what's your mother's surname?"
Yet, I was speaking viciously. However, my seemingly useless nagging was actually the most painful part of elemental creatures. It was also my understanding of what was happening before me, as well as my disdain for Ömdiroken.
Apart from top-level elemental creatures that were capable of transforming into humanoid form, ordinary elemental creatures didn't even have a gender. Naturally, they didn't have a normal method of reproduction.
Their method of reproduction was to rely on cloning and splitting like low-level creatures. That was why it was quite common for earth elemental creatures to split off certain parts of their bodies to create clones.
However, such simple clones wouldn't have any sense of self. They would be nothing more than puppets controlled by the earth elemental. In order to create a new life and consciousness and complete reproduction, the earth elemental creature would need to split its soul and split off half of its power to create a new physical body.
Low-level elemental creatures would naturally be born in places with high elemental density. More than 90% of the elemental creatures in the Elemental Planes were low-level elemental creatures that relied on their instincts. They lacked intelligence and knowledge. Even if they instinctively split off, they would be able to quickly absorb the elemental energy from the outside world to replenish their bodies. Most of the time, they would naturally reproduce. However, high-level elemental creatures would be more troublesome.
Every time an elemental creature naturally split off, it would be at its weakest. High-level elemental creatures also had their own instincts to reproduce. This would be quite difficult to control. If they couldn't suppress it at the right time and their enemies came looking for them …
That was why old Earth Elemental Lords would do their best to suppress their instincts to split off unless absolutely necessary. If they couldn't suppress it and ended up splitting off a young body, it was highly likely that their enemies would ambush them and kill them.
In order to prevent their enemies from discovering their weakened state, some shameless Elemental Lords would unhesitatingly devour their newly split heads. This way, not only would they be able to make up for their losses, but they would also greatly increase their overall strength.
From a certain standpoint, every naturally intelligent high-level elemental creature's first enemy would likely be their own "parents."
Originally, only elemental creatures existed, so this type of living habit was quite normal. However, after coming into contact with the outside world, they gradually understood how the outside world viewed it. High-level elemental creatures viewed "devouring their own children" as an ugly behavior. Asking them who their parents were would be no different from asking them how they killed their own parents to survive.
In the library, we looked through a large amount of information and all agreed that Ömdiroken had the ability to create clones. Apart from being an elemental creature's instincts, there were even more records of Ömdiroken appearing in different locations at the same time.
"I've seen at most three clones, and every single one of them is incredibly strong. And the strange part is that destroying any one of them doesn't cause any damage to Ömdiroken's main body. It's as if they're completely unrelated to each other. "
This was Kamdiran's original words. Based on this, we made many guesses, such as that Ömdiroken was actually a triplet, that he had several sons that formed a father and son team with him, that his natural talent ability allowed him to create clones, and so on. There were over a hundred guesses.
However, all of these guesses were shattered by reality. Every single "Ömdiroken" had similar but slightly different energy waves from Ömdiroken's main body. They also had their own independent mana source, so it was obvious that they weren't clones. It was as if …
"… It's as if they're his own children. These energy waves are basically his split off body. There's only one explanation for this. He devoured his own split off children and transformed them into his own clones. He's always carrying them on his body, intending to use them as consumables at a critical moment. How is this any different from a foolish ogre? No, even an ogre wouldn't eat their own species and their own children! "
The Water Elemental Goddess Ailos had a fatigued expression after she finished setting up the magical traps. However, her expression towards Ömdiroken also contained a hint of disdain. Not every elemental creature was capable of being so completely devoid of humanity. As Stonevilla's wife, Ailos had many descendants. Although most of them had already died, they had experienced the love life of a normal life. She was filled with disdain towards Ömdiroken's actions.
Even though she despised Ömdiroken's actions, an even harsher reality was right in front of us. Our opponents were far stronger than we had expected.
Due to the difference in age, these thirty-some Ömdiroken's power levels were vastly different. The strongest Ömdiroken's elemental energy waves were only a third of Ömdiroken's, while the weakest Ömdiroken was probably only slightly stronger than Earth Elemental Lords. However, when it came to quality, with Ömdiroken as the benchmark, the number of Ömdiroken's elemental energy waves was already quite impressive, especially since all of them were clones of a martial arts master. Not only that, they also had bodies that were practically impenetrable.
Although these Ömdiroken's physical bodies were different, they were all controlled by the same will. They split into two groups and broke out of the encirclement. There were seventeen or eighteen Ömdiroken on each side, and as they broke out of the encirclement, they actually displayed a well-practiced and well-coordinated combat teamwork. Some Ömdiroken kicked, some Ömdiroken punched, and some Ömdiroken crashed into each other. Every Ömdiroken had their own responsibilities and cooperated with each other, instantly breaking out of the encirclement.
"The Eighteen Arhats? Or are they planning on filming a martial arts movie? Just what year is this old joke? "
There were people who wanted to stop the Earth Elemental God from breaking out of the encirclement, but they always mysteriously died. Only we, who had a bird's eye view of the entire situation, were able to see the black shadow that suddenly flashed behind the Earth Elemental God's back.
"How shameless. Not only is he hiding among his own clones, he's even ambushing an opponent who's much weaker than him."
Should I say that shameless people were undefeatable? That "Arhat Formation" seemed quite powerful, but the worst part was that Ömdiroken himself was hiding his own power level. He would appear to be about the same level as his own clones, but if he really happened to fight against his clones, he would suddenly explode forth with power to instantly kill his opponents, and then use his abnormal ability to sneak back into his clones.
"That's indeed quite powerful, but it's meaningless against us."
* Snap! *
With a snap of my fingers, the traps that had already been set up were activated, and several catapults were pushed out. However, the catapults that were thrown out were all green buckets.
* Boom! * * Boom! *
The buckets exploded one by one, and black oil splashed everywhere before being set on fire.
This was the refined oil that I had obtained from the gnomes. The raging flames transformed into an angry volcano that devoured everything around it. The fire borrowed the power of the oil, and a boundless sea of flames devoured everything.
But soon, with an angry roar, the flames were extinguished, and numerous pitch-black figures appeared in the flames. When I did a quick count, there was actually not a single one missing.
This type of fire would be fatal to ordinary humans, but it would be a little troublesome for Elemental Lords. But for Emordilorcan and his clones, this type of low-level physical fire could basically be ignored. The only result was that their body temperature would rise slightly and their faces would be covered in a layer of black smoke.
However, I laughed. Ignoring them was already the best.
* Snap! * Another snap of my fingers.
How could it be possible that the Water Elemental God would only work on this trap once after working so hard for so long? A flood of water poured down on their heads, and a mudslide wiped them all out. This was indeed a completely boring trap, but sometimes, it was fine as long as it was useful. This trap that was specially made to deal with creatures with brute strength was indeed quite effective.
“ICE！”
The ice trap activated again, directly freezing them in ice.
"Roar!"
Emordilorcan roared furiously as he instantly broke through the ice barrier. This sort of attack had no effect on him at all, and it was basically just a shower for him. Instead, it made him exceptionally angry. In his mind, this sort of mischievous attack was a form of humiliation.
* Snap! *
Several hundred green buckets flew over to me as my answer, and the raging flames enveloped them once more.
This time, the oil was no different from the previous one, and the result was the same as before. Soon, a group of stone giants with angry expressions appeared, but this time, it was slightly different.
* Crack! *
The sound of stone cracking wouldn't be much on the battlefield, but for me, who had long since been waiting for this, it was heavenly.
* Snap! *
The flood came again.
* Snap! *
The ice froze again.
* Snap! *
The sea of flames appeared once more.
* Crack! * * Crack! * *
This time, the sound of cracking was abnormally obvious, and many of the stone giants' bodies were already covered in cracks.
One of the youngest of Emordilorcan's children had already collapsed. He directly shattered into pieces and turned into white rubble, ending his long life as a puppet.
"Impossible!! This sort of attack can't possibly break through our magic defense! "
Looking at the angry roars and shocked expressions of my old opponent, my mood became even better.
"Hmph, does this have anything to do with magic defense? It's just that the sudden change in temperature causes heat to expand and cold to contract. It's very easy for stones to become brittle and explode under repeated changes of heat and cold. This is a basic property of an object. If you have the ability, change this property as well."
* Snap! *
Although the other party had asked, I wasn't so stupid as to explain the battlefield to the enemy. Since this method was effective, I might as well silently make a fortune and continue.
Another baptism of ice and sea of flames occurred, and this time, another five sons of Ömdiroken collapsed.
* Snap! *
After this process, there weren't many left. Ömdiroken had already given up on his disguise and was trying to break out of the encirclement at all costs. However, the thunder eagle formed from lightning blocked his path. A meat shield like Adam was meant to be used at a critical moment when he lost control. The furious Kamdiran also began tossing lightning bolts to suppress him.
* Snap! *
This time, another dozen or so sons of Ömdiroken collapsed.
* Snap … *
After three more cycles, only Ömdiroken himself was left standing. All of the clones he had accumulated over the past several tens of thousands of years had been destroyed, and his white jade-like body was now covered in cracks. The powerful Ömdiroken seemed to have been forced to the brink, but his vicious eyes showed that he had no intention of giving up.
"… Although it's nice to gather all the small monsters together for an AOE attack, it's far too ineffective against a boss. It seems that it won't be so easy to deal with him."
* Boom! *
Only the continuously digging yellow duck meant that time was on our side, forcing Ömdiroken to go all out. No matter what trump cards he had, he had to use them now.
"Come, come! I'll show you what it means to be a mage's slyness and shamelessness … Cough, cough, that's wrong, it should be a mage's knowledge and wisdom!" Seeing Marguerite and Amelia suddenly glaring at me angrily, I managed to correct myself in time.
[Um, since you've finally used modern knowledge to bully the natives, doing something that transmigrators should do …]
"There's a reward? Is it a title or a point? Wonderful, you've finally started doing something that my System should be talking about. I believe that it won't be long before I level up, wield a God Equipment, become a boss, marry a beautiful, rich, and beautiful woman, and reach the peak of my life. Just thinking about it makes me excited! "
[… Let me sing you a song. Actually, I've been preparing this song for many years. The transmigrator's loudspeaker has begun to broadcast! We transmigrators have power. This power is iron, this power is steel …]
Alright then, I was really too weak to have any expectations for my System.
"Shut up, your singing is even worse than Gria's!"
[… You insulted the System, deducting 100 Fate Points!]
"This is the first time I've had my points deducted, and you actually have this function! Are you that displeased that I said your singing is bad? "
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