Rise My Elementals!

Chapter 753 Earth Elementals versus Sword Mantises

Author: M_W Cancer

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Leo already knew what Golem Engineer implies as he had read about them during his free time in his office before. Although the Mischievous Lion Guild doesn't have anyone who has such talent, but just to be safe, he replied, "No, but I do know a Golem Engineer. And that person was the one who gave me the Memory Crystals for my Golems,"

Needless to say, this was obviously just a lie. He doesn't know any Golem Engineer. And as a matter of fact, he hasn't even met one in his entire life and the only time he learned about them was when he arrived in the Emerald Tree Kingdom. Evangelion, who was the one who taught him about Golems, wasn't a Golem Engineer, but merely someone who knew some basic stuff about Golems and just happened to know the design of how to make a Bedrock Kong form of a Golem.

Honestly, this was the exact reason why he didn't think of having his Earth Elementals disguised themselves as Golems in a Bedrock Kong form. By doing that, it would end up becoming even bigger trouble once someone pointed out about the Golem Engineer, especially considering the fact that this design came from the Dragon Horn Empire. 

People might just start speculating that he is related to the Dragon Horn Empire. And by then, the spies of the Dragon Horn Empire in the Emerald Tree Kingdom would report about his identity. Supposed that wound indeed happen, then his intention of not getting noticed by them would be all for nothing.

"Oh, then I would really like to meet with that person one day, if you permit," Edgar Pierce remarked as he ordered his two remaining Golems to retreat by his side.

"Unfortunately, that person didn't come with us, nor is he a member of the Mischievous Lion Guild," Leo said as he also ordered his three Golems to retreat by his side in order to prepare to fight against Edgar Pierce's Sword Mantises.

"Too bad, I was thinking of getting to know that person," Edgar Pierce could only express his helplessness since there is no chance for him to request to make a similar set of codes to command his Golems to execute the same attack pattern as Guild Leader Loki's.

"Anyways," Edgar Pierce changed the topic, he continued, "Now then, ATTACK!!!"

Hearing Edgar Pierce's command, the two Sword Mantises and the two Golems immediately charged towards Guild Leader Loki's direction.

Seeing this, Leo quickly cast, "Earth Wall!"

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh!"

A few earth walls started rising from the ground in front of the approaching two Sword Mantises and two Golems, hindering their path forward to their target.

"That's useless!" Edgar Pierce sneered after seeing the earth walls.

It was exactly like what Edgar Pierce had said; the earth walls only hindered the two Golems' path, whereas the two Sword Mantises started jumping on top of them while they continued making their way forward. 

To begin with, Edgar Pierce was only planning to use his two Golems to assist his two Sword Mantises. So, it doesn't really affect anything that much in his plan whether the former two are still present or not.

Edgar Pierce thought, "As long as my two Sword Mantises could reach Guild Leader Loki, it would still turn the tables around to my favor," 

However, unbeknownst to Edgar Pierce, that was actually what Leo intended to do right from the very start. 

He is more aware than anyone else that his five Earth Elementals won't be able to handle fighting against four opponents at the same time, especially considering that one of them is a 2-Star level Sword Mantis. But if he tries to decrease the amount into two, specifically only the two Sword Mantises, then there would be a fair amount of chance for his Earth Elementals to be able to handle them. 

To be more precise, what he is intending to do here is to take the initiative to fight, instead of defending. 

He believes that if he chooses to defend, it would in turn give Edgar Pierce a lot of opportunities to attack him. And that includes cornering him and making him fall into a trap. On the other hand, if he takes the initiative to attack, Edgar Pierce would have to worry about attacking him and at the same time defending from his attacks. Though he would similarly worry the same thing as well, at least there won't be anyone having any advantages, and their fight could remain in a stalemate until the perfect opportunity comes for them to change their situation. 

  Nocking an arrow to his bow, Leo pointed it towards the direction of Edgar Pierce before letting go.

Whoooosh! Whoooosh!

Sensing the danger coming from his front, Edgar Pierce quickly duck away, narrowly dodging from the two arrows that Guild Leader Loki had shot at him.

"Remember, this fight is not against our summons, but rather it is between the two of us," Leo reminded Edgar Pierce as he nocked another batch of arrows onto his bow, intending to continue attacking the latter and distract him from focusing on his two Sword Mantises. As for him, he doesn't have to worry about his Earth Elementals for the meantime as they have their own consciousness and could therefore think of what to do and not to do on their own.

Taking a glimpse to his two Sword Mantises, Edgar Pierce soon notices that they are currently busy fighting against the five Golems of Guild Leader Loki and can't seem to break out from the encirclement, "Since that's the case, all I have to do is to wait until my two Sword Mantises destroys all of his Golems. While waiting for that, though, I'll have to fight against Guild Leader Loki and prevent him from defeating me and ending this round,"

"I agree," Edgar Pierce nodded his head. But despite saying that, he still ordered his two Golems to not bother helping his two Sword Mantises, since he is confident that they would be able to soon destroy Guild Leader Loki's Golems. Rather, they should direct their attention to Guild Leader Loki, and help him fight against him.

"I didn't know that the great genius Edgar Pierce would have a shameless side in him. You truly opened my eyes that members of Noble Households could also disregard their honor," Leo remarked jokingly.

"Say the guy who keeps on playing tricks," Edgar Pierce rolled his eyes.

Booom! Booom! Boooom!

Whooosh! Whoooosh! Whooosh!

While Leo and Edgar Pierce were fighting, the five Earth Elementals were also fully focused on fending off against the two Sword Mantises. 

They continued exchanging attacks one after the other, but the Earth Elementals could hardly land any attacks onto their opponents as the two Sword Mantises were very agile in their movements and kept on dodging away. Honestly, if it wasn't because there are five Earth Elementals fighting against them right now, then they could have long already escaped from their encirclement.  In addition to that, because the stage was flat ground, the Sword Mantises couldn't also make use of their advantage, which is their speed and flexibility, to the fullest.

However, the Earth Elementals also have their own advantages as well. Unlike ordinary Golems, their defensive capability is many folds higher. And because of that, although they can hardly land any hit to the two Sword Mantises, the latter likewise could hardly cause any damages to them. This wouldn't have been made possible if not for the fact that the cultivation level of Leo's Earth Elementals right now is peak 1-Star level. 

That was one of the biggest reasons why the Earth Elemental's defense could hold on against a 2-Star level Magical Beast. This was such important news for Leo, as this means that he doesn't have to worry anymore about his Elementals getting one shot with a Fireball spell-like in the past.

As for the other reason, it's the difference between the Elements of the Earth Elementals and the Sword Mantis. 

As one could notice, the Earth Elementals are made of rock, or just like what its own name suggests, Earth, which is more commonly known as extremely durable and tough to break type of Element. That's the reason why Mages normally use Earth Element Magic spells for defensive purposes. 

On the other hand, the Sword Mantises are a combination of Wind Element and Nature Element. These two elements are commonly known as not really that strong when it comes to offensive attacks, especially if one would consider their cultivation level. To be more precise, the only Sword Mantis that could deal considerable damage to the Earth Elementals is the one with the cultivation level of 2-Star level, while the attack of the Sword Mantis with 1-Star level cultivation is as if a stick hitting onto hard rock.

But there is still one important thing that the two Sword Mantises can't compare to the Earth Elementals. And that is their unique capability to self-heal as long as Leo would supply them with sufficient Earth Element Mana.

These factors were something that Edgar Pierce had failed to consider nor was he able to imagine such a case before he decided to leave the two Sword Mantises to fight against Guild Leader Loki's Golem.. If he knew about this from the start, he'd surely order his two Sword Mantises to get out of the encirclement of the Golems, as it would be next to impossible to destroy them no matter how many times they attack.