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Aelrinder's spear was spun above his head as a massive tornado swirled around him. All the creatures that had dared stay on the platform till now were blasted away by the fierce gale before Aelrinder suddenly stopped spinning his spear and stabbed upwards, aiming at the sky, sending the massive tornado there.

As the giant came closer, it stared at Aelrinder who glanced at him and smirked before suddenly stabbing down with his spear. The clouds above the fortress, as sparse as they were, parted as the tornado reached them before suddenly stopping and then crashing down, heading straight to the giant who sensed it and looked up.

The tornado fell, enveloping the giant, causing thousands of wind blades to slash at the giant from all sides, mincing his giant body apart before a figure broke through the tornado from outside, the wind blades never touching him as he fell down, his spear stabbing deep into the forehead of the giant, breaking through its skull with ease as the power of the wind gave it unmatched sharpness and speed.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The tornado disappeared and Aelrinder jumped back to the platform, ready for more.

Tank on the other hand had jumped high up in the air before crashing down on the giant as his body turned into a large ball of bronze that broke the nose and cracked the skull of the giant before he bounced off and turned back to normal.

Right after doing so, Tank swung his axe with all his might, sending a powerful crimson axe light down at the giant that struck it, passing through its body and splitting it in half.

Greenie had decided to simply smash the giant that came close to him. With his hammer in hand, he spun in place before throwing the hammer, hitting the giant in the head before the [ Gravity Strike ] skill was activated, causing a powerful gravitational field to expand from the hammer, pulling the giant's skin, muscle tissue, flesh, and even bones toward it, grinding it to dust.

Greenie then arrived with his large body which seemed tiny when compared to the giant. He landed on the head right after the gravitational field ended and started punching, each punch causing the entire head to tremble as bones broke.

Shadow had called forth his darkness, shrouding the platform with it once more before manipulating it into creating a huge drill that started spinning quickly.

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Sweat dripped down his forehead as he realized it was more difficult to control it than he thought, and then, he launched it at the giant coming closer to him, hitting it in the chest, the drill easily ripping the tough skin and flesh apart, breaking even the bones in pieces.

A huge hole was left in the chest of the giant, with the flesh turning black as the darkness started spreading through the body. If the wound didn't kill the giant, the darkness would.

Laura had activated multiple pentagrams that she had created before grabbing the Dark Tome in her hand and casting a spell. It took her only a short while to cast it as she had decided to use the [ Spear of Annihilation ], the spell she knew the best, other than the [ Dark Fireball ].

Still, in order to make it more powerful in a short period of time, she used the power emanating from the pentagrams she activated, manipulating the powerful attacks and demonic energy hidden inside to fuse with the spear before launching it as it started cracking thanks to the immense power contained within it.

Had she had more time to continue casting the spell, reinforcing the spear further, she could have made it even more powerful, but this much would be enough.

The spear struck the giant and exploded, causing the ground to shake. It destroyed the giant's chest before it toppled down to the ground, and the immense power of the spear actually blew the upper torso away from the rest of the body.

"A bit too much, huh?" Laura asked herself as she panted slightly, her fingertips shaking a bit. Thanks to the life force she had taken from the creatures that were attacking her, she was able to use a lot more power, but it did take a toll on her.

Jin, his fists seemingly blazing with yellow flames, was standing at the edge of the platform, staring at the giant that was coming closer. He took a deep breath, took a horse stance, and placed both of his hands on his hips, both hands covered in the yellow flames, which was actually his mana taking the form of flames, but not truly burning.

He stood still for a moment and then opened his eyes, his aura flaring up for an instant. Suddenly, the yellow flame that was wrapped around his left hand disappeared, and the one around his right became larger and more intense.

It was in that moment that he struck, a sharp inhale echoing around him as his arm seemingly disappeared, a shockwave spreading around him as his fist broke through the sound barrier, moving at Mach 6.

The moment the punch ended, the flame disappeared, and then, the giant glanced down, only to see a yellow light as an earth-shattering explosion appeared right in front of Jin's fist, one that was contained so well that it looked like a beam.

It struck the chest of the giant, pushing it back and burning through its body before incinerating it. In mere seconds, a huge hole was left in the chest, and the giant collapsed while Jin grinned, satisfied with his attack.

Beast on the other hand used Blackie and jumped high up, gathering a ton of mana and all the wind around him on the arrow that was notched on his bow. The bowstring, which was bright green thanks to the mana Beast had poured into the bow, was pulled all the way back while the seemingly regular arrow was aimed at the giant.

Beast then let go of the string, and the arrow disappeared, arriving in front of the giant in an instant, hitting its face.

The arrow was not a regular one, in fact, it was not even really an arrow. Beast had poured a ton of mana and controlled it incredibly well to take the shape of an arrow. The arrow that was created by that was purely green, with barely any details.

It was an arrow that was formed by pure wind, and when unleashed, its speed was unmatched, and when it struck the giant, it exploded, causing a gale to erupt.

The arrow had already stabbed through the head of the giant and Beast had only allowed it to collapse and explode when it was inside, thus, the powerful gale that erupted from it came from within the head of the giant, cutting it apart and destroying the head with ease.

Everybody managed to destroy the giant closest to them, and they managed to do so in one hit. The giants were huge after all, so to kill them, one had to go big, otherwise, it would take too long, but that was not the issue, however.

"Dammit, only 6 minutes have passed, if we use the marks right now … will we be able to last that long?" Wolf asked as he stared ahead.

They did kill the giants, that much was true, but the problem was the fact that tens of those giants still marched toward the fortress, each of them getting closer and closer to them.

To kill one giant, they had to use a lot of mana and energy, creating a powerful attack that would deal huge damage. Even using such an attack once was taxing, let alone multiple times.

Reign and the others hated to admit it, but they knew that without the marks, they wouldn't be able to destroy the giants before they got to the fortress, there were simply too many of them marching.

And that was not even the worst of it.

Right behind the giants were the true horrors, the powerful abominations that were calmly marching forward, as if not caring about the fortress at all.

The entire army had actually slowed down as if waiting to see what would happen with the giants before attacking again.

It was clear to them that the system had done so on purpose, giving them a chance to rest for a short moment and not have to face the endless horde while facing the giants as well.

'The abominations behind the giants will be an issue, but we will all be able to use our marks when they move, hopefully.' Reign thought as he stared ahead before taking a deep breath.

'Those 4 auras however, are much more powerful, I'll need to be in my Nephilim form if I wish to kill one of them by myself, perhaps I would be able to hold off two of them, but the others will be in danger, not only because of the remaining two, but also because of the other monsters which will definitely continue attacking.'

'Tch, will we really be fine?'