"You're not Adrian, who are you?"
Ados raised his staff and pointed it at Adrian who had fallen to the ground.
His expression was unprecedentedly serious.
Tony was stunned by this sudden scene.
However, in the next moment, he saw that the other three members of the team were equally shocked. Their expressions instantly turned serious as they drew their weapons and stood beside Ados, looking at Adrian who was bleeding profusely.
Tony immediately understood, and instantly shifted his gaze, his gaze landing on the young mage who had fallen to the ground.
The young mage's eyes were wide open.
He lowered his head and looked at the wound on his chest that was bleeding. He slowly raised his head and coughed out blood while looking at Ados with a sad and disbelieving gaze.
"Fa … Father … I … I'm Adrian …"
"Wh … Why?"
His eyes were filled with sorrow.
Ados' expression showed a hint of pain.
He took a deep breath and gently closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze was firm.
"No …"
"My son is dead …"
"You're not my son, you're the monster in the ice castle!"
After hearing Ados' words, the young mage's gaze became even more sorrowful.
He coughed out blood and struggled to reach out to Ados. His gaze was filled with strong attachment and sadness.
"Father … Father …"
"Father … Father!"
He repeated it over and over again, his voice getting louder and louder.
As he repeated the process, his skin gradually bulged with wriggling lumps of flesh.
Blood gushed out from the wound in his chest, but … it was no longer a dark red color, but a foul stench of filth and filth …
"Father … Father!"
He kept repeating it. His body started to swell and his expression became ferocious. His clothes were torn and his limbs started to grow black hair and scales … Soon, his body grew to almost three meters tall.
At the same time, his aura started to grow along with his body.
"Attack together! Kill it! "
Ados roared.
As soon as he finished speaking, the people who were already prepared for battle roared and charged at the monster that was disguised as Adrian.
The battle instantly broke out.
However, just as the two sides clashed, the monster let out a furious roar.
A powerful aura emanated from its body, and its thick arms grabbed the giant axe that Boles was waving. Then, under his horrified gaze, it threw the Heavy Armor Warrior and his giant axe away as if they were toys, crashing directly into the wall in the distance.
A muffled sound could be heard as Boles let out a muffled groan. He slowly slid down the cracked wall and fell unconscious.
"Bolsi!"
Ramis exclaimed in surprise.
However, before he could do anything, a gust of wind blew over. Before he could react, he was punched in the chest by the monster.
With the sound of bones breaking, Ramis spat out a mouthful of blood and flew out like a broken sack, smashing into Muriel who was chanting a spell.
The metal armor crashed into the female mage's body, and a series of bone-shattering sounds were heard. The huge inertia threw the two of them out, and they also crashed into the wall.
They slowly slid down and never got up again …
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
When Tony, who lacked battle experience, reacted, the whole team had already lost half of their combat power. Only he and the old mage Ados were left.
Looking at the ferocious and terrifying monster, Tony was stunned, and his mood instantly sank to the bottom.
"Ramis! Muriel! "
Tony called out in a low voice and hurried over. When he touched their noses and found that they were still breathing, he instantly heaved a sigh of relief.
"Roar —!"
A roar came from the monster's mouth.
A terrifying aura accompanied by a foul stench came, and at the same time, Tony's stomach churned. He could not help but tremble, and his heart was in shock.
"Silver …!"
Ados's expression was very ugly.
He gripped his staff so tightly that his nails were almost digging into his flesh.
"Father … why …"
The monster was still roaring.
It had completely turned into a behemoth covered in scales and steel hair. Its yellow-green eyes, which were squeezed by lumps of flesh, stared at the old mage crazily. Thick, stinky mucus kept flowing out of its huge mouth with sharp fangs.
Looking at its gradually solidifying horrifying appearance, Ados' gaze became more and more complicated.
"Devouring Shadow Scourge … Adrian … I'm late."
He sighed slightly.
Devouring Shadow Scourge!
Tony's heart skipped a beat, and his mind immediately flashed back to the battles these days. He crammed on the knowledge related to the monsters in the Western Continent.
Among all the fallen monsters, this monster was mentioned.
This monster was usually formed by the fall of mages. It was powerful and had an astonishing amount of magic.
They thirsted for flesh and magic. Every time they devoured a new creature, they would turn into the other party's appearance, and obtain part of the other party's soul and memory.
And as they continued to devour, they would also continue to improve their own intelligence.
Thinking of this, Tony instantly understood the meaning of Ados' words.
I'm afraid … this monster that turned into Adrian was right. Adrian was indeed the last human mage, but … in the end, it was not him who defeated the monster, but the monster who devoured him.
Not only that, the monster's strength was at least at the level of a Silver!
This was no longer something that he and Ados could fight against.
Even if he had the Silver Skill [Eagleshot], he could only use it once.
When they first arrived, it was because the Silver-tier monster was heavily injured and he ambushed it. At the same time, he was extremely lucky to be able to kill it. But in reality, when they met new Silver-tier monsters, they could only take a detour and run …
But, the monster's location was blocking the path to the ice tower. If they could not go deeper and turned to run, they would lose the chance to break through the God Lamentation Wall …
No.
Even if they ran, they might not be able to escape.
Tony heard from Bolles that when facing a fallen monster that was more powerful than himself, never think of running away.
Because you can't run at all, you can only fight with your life …
Although it was not a one-on-one situation, Tony knew that with just him and the old mage's strength, running away would be useless.
After fighting for so long, he was no longer the noob he used to be. With his experience and the perception-type skill that he exchanged, he could sense that the monster's strength was not just any Silver-tier.
And at this moment, Tony realized that the monster suddenly shifted its attention and looked at him.
To be more precise, it was the package on his waist.
Inside it was the Magic Gathering Core that they were escorting.
Looking at the monster's greedy eyes, Tony instantly understood.
The Magic Gathering Core was filled with magic.
To the Devourer Shadow Scourge, this was also a fatal attraction.
I can't let this core fall into the monster's hands, or else … it would most likely be devoured and destroyed!
Tony thought in his heart.
He glanced at the coordinates of his Celestial Empire teammate and shouted to Ados.
"Ados! I'll hold him back! You take the Magic Gathering Core and go into the ice tower to close the God Lamentation Wall! Our reinforcements will be here soon! "
As he spoke, he pulled open the package on his waist and threw it at Ados.
However, just as he threw the package out, Ados raised his hand, and the package returned to Tony's hand under his astonished gaze as though it had been lifted by a force.
"No, Sir Tony, you go into the ice tower, I'll hold him back."
He said with a determined gaze.
Tony was stunned and instinctively wanted to reply that he did not know the structure of the ice castle and was not a mage. He also did not know how to close the God Lamentation Wall.
However, as if guessing his thoughts, Ados continued to speak.
"The core is at the highest point of the ice tower."
"As for how to close it … Just destroy it forcefully."
"What about you! How can you withstand such a powerful monster?! "
Tony shouted anxiously.
Ados smiled.
"That's something I need to worry about."
He said softly.
After he finished speaking, he threw his tattered mage hat on the ground and straightened his back.
In the next moment, blue magic power started to burn on his body, and his aura instantly skyrocketed.
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