Rise My Elementals!

Chapter 759 Defeating Edgar Pierce part 1

Author: M_W Cancer

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

At that moment, Edgar Pierce realized that Guild Leader Loki never intended to go for a frontal clash from the moment he took out a dagger. It was merely for distraction purposes, so he could use whatever method he had utilized to cause that explosion to happen. And now, the latter has the high grounds, which he can fully use with his bow.

"I'll have to distract Guild Leader Loki until my Golems arrive and assist me," Edgar Pierce thought to himself. 

Since it is impossible for him to attack Guild Leader Loki using his lance from his location unless he throws it to him, Edgar Pierce decided to use Magic spells to substitute for his lack of weapons to use.

"Guild Leader Loki would no doubt immediately shoot me with his arrow once I reveal myself," Edgar Pierce muttered under his breath. He continued, "After that, it would be the perfect opportunity for me to launch my counterattack,"

Just when Edgar Pierce planned to execute his plan, he suddenly paused and remembered something.

"However, Guild Leader Loki is not an inexperienced archer. So, there's a fifty-fifty chance that he would expect what's coming for him, and use it against me instead," Edgar Pierce assumed. He had revealed himself previously, thinking that Guild Leader Loki had no more arrow nocked onto his bow. Fortunately, he had his lance on his hand prepared back then, that's why he was able to easily block the latter's attack. Surely, since he won't repeat the same mistake once more, Guild Leader Loki would also do the same thing. As such, there's no telling what the latter would do if ever a similar situation would repeat.

"I'll have to think of another plan. Something that Guild Leader Loki won't expect, or even if he expects it, he would only think that there's a little possibility for that to be the case. The only problem is, what would that method be…." Edgar Pierce fell into a dilemma. He knows what he should do, but he just doesn't know how he can do that. 

Edgar Pierce had already tried plenty of plans before to force Guild Leader Loki into a frontal assault. But time and time again, they were all proven to be futile and useless as Guild Leader Loki could easily counter all of them. Because of that, he's now hesitating whether his plan would work or become useless once again.

Nevertheless, Edgar Pierce didn't choose to give up. He started to look at his surroundings, trying to find a better way to effectively launch an attack against Guild Leader Loki without ultimately getting countered by him.

"I can sense that you are planning something in your mind!" Leo exclaimed loudly to purposely let Edgar Pierce hear. He intends to know the latter's exact location by determining it through where his voice would be coming from. Needless to say, he's already expecting that Edgar Pierce would know about this. He's just silently hoping that the latter would get careless and forget about this method due to some unforeseen circumstances.

Unbeknownst to Guild Leader Loki, Edgar Pierce was totally aware of what he intended to do. But regardless, he doesn't mind it because he had never left his spot, "You better prepare yourself, because I am trying to think of a plan to catch you off guard,"

Edgar Pierce purposely revealed to Guild Leader Loki what he intended to do so that the latter would start overthinking in hopes of finding out about his plan in advance and not getting caught unprepared by it. 

Honestly, Edgar Pierce wouldn't have thought of this kind of plan if he had not personally experienced fighting against Guild Leader Loki yet. The latter was always able to counter all of his plans because he had already guessed it beforehand based on his actions and behavior alone. 

With that in mind, Edgar Pierce plans to let Guild Leader Loki keep on guessing what he plans on doing until he starts overthinking, which would then allow him to execute what he is really planning on doing. As to what exactly he planned to do, that would be shown later on as long as he succeeded with what he is currently hoping to achieve.

It was exactly as what Edgar Pierce had expected…

After hearing Edgar Pierce's words, Leo started thinking inside his mind what the former would be planning to do next. Considering that he has foiled all of Edgar Pierce's plans before, he's expecting the latter would try to think of a much bigger and grander scheme to trick him.

"Just like what I did to all your previous schemes, I will counter what you plan on doing again," Leo confidently proclaimed in his mind. After saying that, he started running his mind with what possible plans Edgar Pierce could think about to win.

Leo thought, "Firstly, Edgar Pierce has always been intending to force me to go for a frontal clash. So, whatever he is planning on doing, all of them would have the same purpose at the end; to force me to throw away my long-range advantage with my bow and use a melee weapon instead,"

"Secondly, there are only a few methods that Edgar Pierce could use if he decides to stay in his current location. He could either attack from the top of the earth wall or from both sides. Whichever it would be, I have already taken note of them, so it doesn't matter,"

"Lastly, Edgar Pierce's Golems are still a significant distance away from our location. With how complex the pathways of this place I've built are, it would still take tens of minutes before they will arrive. So, they aren't a problem yet,"

"With those factors taken into consideration, there could only be one way for Edgar Pierce to succeed, and that is to move to another place and think of another method to force me into a frontal clash,"

Leo paused from his thinking as he raised his hand and pointed it to the direction of the vines that wrapped around the earth wall that Edgar Pierce is currently hiding behind. He exclaimed, "To be honest, it doesn't matter whatever method you will use against me next. Because from the moment I've completed my plan against your two Sword Mantises, and you have fallen from the earth wall, your defeat has already been determined!"

Without any hesitation, Leo cast, "Fireball!"

"I hope that you can say that word before you get burned to death by the flames," Leo whispered to himself before leaving the place where he was standing.

As soon as Leo's figure disappeared, an explosion echoed at the opposite side of where Edgar Pierce was hiding. A fire started burning through the vines and weakening their hold of the nearby earth walls in the next moment.

As the vines continued burning, some of the earth walls started swaying left and right, unable to continue standing still. This was because not all of them were ever built on an even ground. Some of them were created from the existing earth walls from the start, and the only thing that's been holding them together was the vines that wrapped around their bodies and the earth spikes that further reinforced the hold of the vines.

With the vines weakened by the flames and the earth spikes having nothing to hold anymore, those earth walls could no longer remain standing still.

Not long after, one of the earth walls fell to the side and smashed onto the earth wall next to it. The powerful force created by the first earth wall caused the second earth wall to smash onto the third earth wall. This process repeated over and over again, slowly destroying the place that Leo had created.

Moreover, as more and more earth walls fell to the ground, the fire increasingly grew bigger and bigger as well, until it eventually consumed an even larger space.

At this moment, Edgar Pierce is already running away from the fire while looking for a way to get out of this place. Initially, his previous location was already very close to the edge. But because the fire had started from the edge, he could no longer use it and would have to look for another place to get out.

Although Edgar Pierce can use the Earth Burst spell to destroy an earth wall nearby him since he is still at the edge of this place. Meaning to say, the earth walls around him is the only thing that separates him from the exit. But that would only be possible under the condition that there are no longer any vines holding the earth walls. 

Edgar Pierce had already seen it with his very own eyes before what would happen if he does that, and no matter how he looked at it, it's useless to change his current situation… Well, not entirely. Supposed he used his Earth Burst spell to destroy the earth wall and use that as a stair to go up. In that case, he'd be able to get out of this place quickly. 

However, Edgar Pierce is aware that he'd still have to get a considerable distance away from the location of the fire since it would take some time before the earth wall is destroyed.. If he's close to the fire, then regardless of him making a stair to get out, he would be unable to use it nonetheless. After all, he can't climb when the stair is burning, right?