Ascension of the Nephilim

The arrows fired from the great heights of the World Wood Tree shouldn't be able to reach the position of the Brimstone beasts. Even during the previous attacks, the Brimstone Beast had already known the furthest distance to which the elves could shoot their bows.

But now, the archers have taken a much higher position! That position would cause the arrows to fly randomly and be tossed by the wind. It was impossible to take a clear shot even with Force Energy.

And yet, these arrows crossed the distance and fell with such power as if the wind did not resist it!

FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! FWIP!

The arrows landed with tremendous force that it wounded the Brimstone Beast, and even some had died from being attacked by so many arrows.

The arrows managed to travel a long distance that they fell on the areas where not even the Siege Cultivators could set up their attacks!

Several Siege Cultivators were struck and killed even before they reached the position to be in range to attack the tree.

The elves at the top cheered as they saw their arrows fly a distance so great. At the top of the tree, their arrows had incredible range!

Kyros smiled as he saw the gloriously beautiful seen.

"Science!" Kyros bragged to the amazed members near him.

"The arrows had such power!" Aubrey was amazed. They never had the chance to try these weighted arrows on the Brimstone Beast.

Kyros only chuckled. He invented the arrows to have a design that allowed them to fly the distance, but as it drew near and would be affected by the Brimstone power and the increasing gravity that it brought, these arrows would fall quickly.

"It's not 9.8 meters per second squared since the Planesworld has 10.3. But because of the Brimstone beast, gravity has increased all the more. So those weighted arrows should be like sharp rocks falling, and from the height, we shot them, each arrow would pack quite a punch!" Kyros smiled.

"No reader cares for the math, Kyros. No need to go over the height of the World Wood Tree and sine and cosine. Not everyone is interested in geometry."

"I was talking physics! If you must mock me, do it right!" Kyros complained.

Back down, Histerion's figure appeared once more.

"Oh? Tremendous knowledge. Calaminus's other incarnations helped them create innovative inventions and designed the arrow with unique traits, and Kyros's intelligence did the rest. To think they could create such powerful arrows that can be shot at such heights and still land to its intended target area..."

"It seems I'll have to take this a bit more seriously." Histerion raised his arms and ordered the Brimstone Beast to spread out.

The Brimstone Beasts abandoned the tightly formed ranks and arranged themselves in a much wider form to cover and spread his army to the far sides that they were almost at sea.

The elves could somehow see the army change their formation.

"They are spreading out!"

"Keep firing. Divide the platoon to target specific areas. Have someone dictate which side of the field has an advanced the furthest it keeps them moving. We still have the advantage of distance." Kyros ordered.

Aubrey gave the orders out and the team followed.

Some of the elves with little cultivation and strength became the eyes that scoped out the entire area. Elves had naturally amazing eye-sights. But with the crystal scopes, they could see the battleground below.

And while the attack range was wider, the Brimstone Beast was still so far that even their Siege Cultivators could not attack!

The archest continued to send out more of its attack, and the constant barrage was killing the Brimstone Beast.

The flying Brimstone Beasts did not attack but continued to wait.

Histerion continued to send more and more of his forces without worry.

"It's working!" Aubrey cheered.

"Let's not get too hopeful. This will be warfare you have never seen before. Look. All the Brimstone Beasts are gathering and dying in the same location." Kyros answered.

Everyone observed the changes.

"What does this mean?" Listrel asked.

"Kyros... I sense that the Brimstone Energy is... gathering!" Mechiel felt the powers of Fire and Earth gathering on several points.

"You got it. Brimstone purges. And the purging won't stop until nothing in creation remains. Everything, even the neutral earth element, are things that it can purge. We are in a world that fuels the fire of the brimstone. And right now, we see how it can be used."

"Fuels the fire? You mean the dead are creating more Brimstone Beast?!" Listrel asked.

"It means we are facing an enemy that can recover or recycle a huge portion of the lost powers. The earth itself is our enemy."

Suddenly, the fallen Brimstone Beasts that were clumped up together in death started to move.

A strange fire and magma burned, and a larger beast stood up. It was nearly three times the size of the other Brimstone Beasts, and it gave a powerful roar.

"Attack! Focus your attacks on those reforming beasts!" Aubrey ordered.

The archers took aim and shot at the location of the rising beasts. It walked on four legs, and it had a strange bulky back. It took the shape of various monsters and creatures from wolves, behemoths, and even large insect-like creatures.

FWIP! FWIP! FWIP!

The arrows were loosed, and the rain of arrows fell.

But as the arrows struck it, the damage wasn't that great as the arrows no longer penetrated through the tough exterior.

None of the beasts fell from the archer's attacks.

One of the massive beasts that were formed had a larger mouth. The place where this beast rose was the same spot where a Siege Cultivator used to stand.

"Ah... Quite creative. It reformed to have harder defenses that could withstand our attacks. The core of the beast is now placed on its belly. We can't hit it from our direction." Kyros smiled as he observed it.

"What do we do, Lord Miracle?"

"We wilt that hard rock down. Shoot one round of water arrows with twenty men. Its size is big. Just make sure to hit it." Kyros ordered, and Aubrey passed on the order.

With Mechiel's assistance, Kyros was able to add water elements to the arrows. It was the process of enchantment. Mechiel managed to take over and became the primary enchanter who spent most of her time harnessing the power to control water and officially received the job [Enchanter]. Even without the power of the Celestial Code, Mechiel gained the skill of [Water Wielder] and kept on improving it through Kyros's training.

The army had another set of arrows that they created enchanted with water.

Members of the High Bows aimed and gathered Force Energy to cover their bows.

The High Bows were the best in the entire elven army. Before the Codes and Corruption disappearance, the High Bows had the job class known as Master Bowman. This was a class that could be acquired once the archer achieved mastery of the other disciplines. A True Aim Archer focuses on aim. A Force Bow Archer is an archery Job that emphasizes offense. And a Quick bow archer emphasizes speed and arrow control to make their attacks curve and move at unpredictable angles.

And High Bows mastered these three job classes, and the higher the mastery, the better the level of their Master Bowman class. These people were the very first to learn and manage to revive their control over Force. Each was geniuses of their own right.

The group aimed and shot almost together, which showed their equal skill.

FWIP! FWIP! FWIP!

The arrows flew, and they moved with great accuracy and landed at the back of the beast, with each arrow having equal gaps between the other.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Each arrow was designed to explode like a water spell of a mage.

"ROAR!"

The Brimstone beast roared in pain as the attacks managed to penetrate and create holes in it!

The arrows exploded with great force, and the power of water doused the burning back of the beast.

"Shoot at it with normal arrows! The back isn't so strong now!" Kyros ordered, and the archers turned their sights on the massive beasts.

More of the arrows struck, and this time, the arrows began to leave visible damage as chunks of the rocks began to fall off from the force-empowered arrows.

Soon, the entire armored shell fell off and revealed the main body.

After another round of attacks, the giant beast finally died and fell to the ground.

"Keep those attacks up! We have to keep wilting them down! Our goal is to force Histerion to launch an all-out attack. And then we can initiate Timber Protocol." Kyros ordered.

And so, with Kyros leading the group and the usage of water enchanted arrows, the archers were still able to eliminate the bulky beasts that emerged.

Histerion watched in surprise.

"Impressive. To think, in such a short time, the Nephilim have managed to amass numerous such weapons. I guess I have to send them."

Suddenly, several large Brimstone Beast began to merge far away from the range the arrows could reach.

Kyros watched curiously and sighed.

"Oh, great. Dragons. He's creating dragons!" Kyros sighed.