Chapter 116: Against Two Nagas

While Nexus and the two kappas fought.

The four ladies were together roaming the deserted city. 

They passed by broken buildings that looked to have been hit by waves. Corpses littered the ground. They weren't that many, but there were still a good number of them. Deep cracks on the roads were also all over the place.

"I can't believe we've already defeated thirty of those creatures." Zoey tiredly sighed.

They have fought for an hour or so. The ground was wet and the sky was dark. 

However, the dark sky didn't last long as Emily raised a moon on top of them, illuminating their surroundings and attracting a few creatures in the process. Emily made sure not to raise her conjured moon too high, as to keep themselves a bit safer.

Eva nodded. "They served quite a good temper exercise for you. How are you feeling?"

Most of those monsters they fought were late-stage Elites. They made Zoey fight almost twenty-five of those monsters, while they fought the remaining five.

"Tired, mostly." Zoey softly chuckled. She fought waves of monsters. Her prowess did improve over time as she identified her mistakes. She now realized why this type of training was one of the best ways to improve.

"That's normal after what you have gone through. You'll feel the effects of this tempering exercise after." Eva was the one who suggested Zoey take on all of those creatures. The two ladies Emily and Erika agreed. 

Since they would bring Zoey with them, she needs to start training hard. Tempering like this was one of the quickest ways to make her get stronger. They were also hoping she would retain her memories. 

Erika might not have been close with her in the past, but they would still see each other and do a bit of small talk.

"Do you also do these kinds of things often?" Zoey asked. She couldn't imagine training this way all the time. It felt like torture.

The three women looked at each other and then turned to Zoey as they nodded.

They did this often in the past when they were young. However, this kind of training stopped as they grew stronger.

"No wonder you three are powerful." Zoey stared at them.

"You'll be as powerful we are if you just keep pushing yourself too," Emily assured her.

Zoey nodded. "I know, nothing is ever free in this world."

The four soon walked on the wet cracked roads. 

"There are a few coming this way." Eva stared at the broken buildings in front of her.

"How many?" Emily asked. She turned in the direction where Eva was looking.

Erika readied her scepter. She held onto the emerald-colored 16 inches long handle. At the tip of the scepter was a floating emerald-colored gem. It glowed as it waited for its wielder's command. 

Emerald-colored energy closely roamed around the emerald-colored gem of the scepter.

Erika pointed the scepter forward and mumbled. "Nether's Warding Eye."

On the ground, a black inked drawing started to form into an eye. An emerald-colored orb materialized and floated on top of it.

"Is that, the Eye of Horus?" Zoey stared at the drawing on the ground with an emerald-orb floating on top of it. She, as a human, of course, knew what the Eye of Horus is shaped like. 

"That's just for added protection for us." Erika turned her head towards her and smiled. 

Zoey nodded. She knew quite a bit of history which is why knew that the Eye of Horus was a symbol of protection, among other things.

"They are getting closer. Zoey, stand behind us. The ones coming right now are too much for you to handle." Eva spoke. The ones coming right now are middle-stage Commanders and no Elites.

"How about you three?" Zoey still doesn't know about Eva and Emily being ranked 4 Commanders.

"We'll be fine, just stay back." Emily smiled. "Oh, and whatever it is you're going to see, don't tell anyone."

For this fight, they had to go all out, or else they wouldn't even last longer than two minutes. 

Zoey was quite puzzled but nodded nonetheless. She moved a few meters behind the group.

Erika was also a late-stage Elite, but she will also be fighting. She'll be supporting Eva and Emily from behind.

It didn't take long before they could see two figures slithered towards them. Emily and the others soon identified them as nagas, two female nagas who had dark blue skin. Emily, Eva, and Erika could guess that the nagas cultivation was around rank 5 Commander Stage.

"I told you there were still humans in this direction." One of the nagas who held a trident, spoke.

The other naga shook her head. "Diabel, that was only a lucky guess."

Diabel, the one who first spoke turned her head to the naga who stood beside her. "Arielina, what should we do with these people?"

Arielina, the naga who was clutching a sword in her right hand, softly chuckled. "We kill them of course."

"Sounds like a great plan." Diabel smiled.

Their voices weren't soft at all. It was a hundred percent audible making Emily and the other girls hear every word they said.

"Can I ask why you attacked the city?" Eva asked. Since these were Commander-ranked nagas they are bound to know something.

"Why? You're asking that question after you humans bombarded our home with spells?" Diabel scoffed. 

Eva scrunched her brows. 'Someone attacked them first?'

Emily summoned her glaives. 

"Ready for battle are we?" Arielina chuckled. "Alright, we'll play with you before ending your lives."

"Try, if you can." Emily readied her stance and so did Eva. 

Erika from behind summoned another 'Nether's Warding Eye' just right beside the old one.

Diabel and Arielina closed their eyes for a second.

Their lower body started to change. It was no longer that of a snake. They now have legs, human legs. Their skin turned white and they were now blue revealing battle outfits.

Diabel dashed forward with her trident in her hands. She went straight to Emily. 

Arielina brandished her sword as she ran towards Eva.

Emily didn't stand idle. She threw one of her glaives forward. It landed on the ground as Diabel jumped. 

However, Emily wasn't finished yet. She threw her other glaive forward and followed it with a lunar beam from her palms.

Diabel blocked the glaive with her trident. She then casted a water barrier in front of her.

None of the attacks thrown by Emily hit, but Diabel still received damage.

She felt a stinging pain after casting the water barrier. She then saw emerald-colored energy released from her body and went straight towards the floating emerald-colored ball behind her enemies.

'What was that?' She wondered.

Erika who was behind Eva and Emily smiled. 

That was the work of her 'Nether's Warding Eye'. She would lock the eye onto the targets and whenever they cast a spell, a few of their life energies would be sapped and be placed inside the emerald-colored ball. The life energy that was sapped could either be taken in by her or be given to the people around her.

Only one of the two eyes would work whenever the target casts a spell. So it would be whichever eye gets to activate first.

Eva conjured light weapons to float around her. Yellow-colored axes, swords, spears, and other kinds of weapons. They all hovered near her.

Eva gestured her hand forward making the weapons made by light magic move forward. They rushed towards Arielina who was running towards her.

Arielina slashed every weapon that came her way. She didn't even stop rushing. 

She then casted a spell. Water covered the ground where she was dashing. She now moved faster than before. 

However, she too felt a stinging pain after she casted a spell. She then saw an emerald-colored energy flow out of her and went straight to the emerald orb.

She wondered what happened but she didn't let it distract her. 

Eva moved back as she made tiny balls of light float around her. She then covered it with holy flames and once again gestured with her hands forward making the balls of light fly towards Arielina.

Arielina, who had no idea what the small balls could do, jumped back a few times. 

The fiery small balls made of light exploded, creating deep holes on the road.

Arielina scrunched her brows. She actually planned on slicing those balls. 

'Thankfully I changed my mind.' Arielina thought as she readied herself to attack once more.

Diabel and Emily's fight never stopped.

Diabel felt that every time she cast a spell, she became a bit weaker. She figured that it had something to do with the emerald orbs that were placed behind her enemies.

She then told Arielina about it through soul sense.

To which they agreed to try to destroy it before casting any spells again. 

Diabel and Arielina rushed their opponents.

Zoey was behind watching everything. She could feel the aura of Commanders fighting in front of her. The shocked expression on her face stayed for quite a while as she saw Emily and Eva fight.