Chapter 71: 72. A Healer That Can Fight?

And so, using her newfound skills, Frost propelled herself forward and left behind a grand explosion of flames. Like Calfasio, she combined Flame of a Fleeting Ember with Final Onrush to increase her speed to tremendous levels. It also greatly helped that she only needed to move forward, further increasing her speed as a blazing afterimage followed.

The grass singed in her wake, and the air heavily distorted all around her. Before even 20 seconds elapsed, she suddenly found herself in the thick of the swarming creatures, annihilating them with her mere presence alone until she finally took one of the Collectors into her hand and thrust it into the ground, splitting it cleanly.

The resulting explosion wiped out another couple dozens more, leaving behind a scorched wasteland just a good twenty meters away from the 5 who struggled to keep themselves afloat with all these creatures at hand.

“YOU FIVE! I CAN KEEP THE FRONT CLEAR FOR YOU! YOU’RE HEADING FOR THE TOWN RIGHT!? JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD!” Frost commanded them, inflicting Scrutiny an entire approaching legion much to their shock.

“H-Help? 1^st Apostle? No – YOU HEARD HER! Get our Flock Captain straight to the healer once we’re there! Focus on the rear and our sides!” A woman relayed, entrusting their front entirely to Frost as she paved the way for them with a sweeping combination of her new skills and her Scrutiny. “Left is mine, take right! You, take the rear and you rotate as they make the calls!”

“YES VICE CAPTAIN!” A composed choir of battle cries filled the air.

How they managed to survive until now baffled her. She didn’t know if these people were foolish, suicidal, or needed to follow through with an unknown mission out here in the dead of night.

Whatever the case was – they were heavily injured, and their apparels were even worse for wear.

Frost feared that her heat would end up killing them if she moved too close. It was the downside of using the Iron Candle. Nav also warned that it would take a complete 24 hours before it could be worn again once taken off, leaving her little choice but to defend them until they at least made it to the town.

Either that or to make them give up just like what they did with the town.

They were all Justica Arms Public Defenders, each at around level 80. Stronger than Furio, but in the end, there were simply too many enemies to face at once.

 

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