Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 480 An Army Against One Man

The flower...had bloomed, an army of undead sailed the sea with Aran riding at the head of the astral ships. His command of them inalienable, their bones creaked when he deemed it so and the ships steered to his line of sight. Absorbing the necroflower as he'd done the souls of his enemies, Aran had turned himself into a monster capable of striking down lesser gods with a single slice of his great sword.

A menace already before absorbing the flower, he was well known for ill-mercy. And now that his warriors had been struck down, he stood at the head of the ship and stared into the souls of the warriors at Lanetherm's bay. Counting them like sheep, he was getting himself ready to strike them down and consume their souls, their memories, their powers–everything for the blasphemy they'd committed by standing against him.

As for the warriors at bay, they couldn't help but quiver at the sight of a lone man marching with an undead army of pirates on ships that couldn't be sunk. Staying firm were only the main members of the party and Mono, although in the case of the queen–she was simply too ignorant of battle to realize the threat they were facing.

"Everyone's off the island, right?" Grabbing Erika's hand, Raven tried to make sure one last time that the islanders had been successfully teleported to Elanavia for the battle. Nodding back at him, Erika laid his concerns to rest, however, as he turned to Riyanzah and Seraphim, concern grew in his heart again. "You two sure about this?"

Nodding at him as well, the sisters who'd been somewhat welcomed into the group locked hands with each other and melted into a single person. Burning a blue flame with pearl-like eyes, finns at their elbows and a mermaid dress with many frills and glistening scales, the sisters had merged into one to help Raven and Raven specifically in this battle.

'This is gonna feel weird...'

Holding his hand forward, Raven let the girls touch him. As soon as their fingers made contact with him, their bodies melted into his core and disappeared inside him for a moment. However, feeling something rise from the bottom of his stomach, Raven could feel the girls coming out of his back and arching above his head with half of their bodies melting into his back. Covering his mouth to prevent himself from vomiting at the strange sensation, it took him a moment to get used to the feeling.

'Y-yeah I was right.'

He thought while wiping his lips and turning to check on the rest of their army.

The first person to land in his sight was Mel and Aria both of whom seemed worried about the sudden change in him. Brushing the strained expression off of his face, he tried to ease their worry by squeezing them by the arm.

"We need both of you to do your best," looking at Mel first, he nodded. "We're gonna need a lot of summons, use as many mana potions as you need, we'll worry about the effects later."

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"I'm not dying nor letting you die until we make those cute puppies together, alright?" Chuckling to herself, she moved Raven along to the next person–which just so happened to be Mono and the makeshift automatons made by Shamisha.

"Any order for me, coach?" Mono joked, still not taking the situation all that seriously.

"Yeah, lead the automatons and make sure not to go too far by yourself," worried that Mono would get herself as well as their allies hurt by trying to prove her strength, Raven urged her to stay in the back and only help when it was absolutely necessary.

Keeping things brief with the queen, Raven finally let the monster girls out as well as Cerberus who seemed to have taken a liking to Mino and just wouldn't leave her alone.

"Are you sure I should be out?" Still worried that Libyan might possess her, Maine wanted to go back into the jewel, but with everyone's lives being at stake, Raven couldn't allow her to sit back in the jewel.

"I'm sorry, but we need all hands on deck," and with that, it was time for him to mantle and face the dreaded King Aran riding towards them.

Even Arche's tall presence hadn't hindered his pace one bit, and instead of seeming worried, he drew his sword back like a spear and let it thunder towards the Arachne's queen. Wide-eyed everyone watched as Arche too was struck with fear, she tried to catch the weapon as it flew towards her face, but severing her finger the blade grazed her face and went on by.

"GAUHHH!" Her scream sent ripples from the sea and as her finger fell into the ocean a tall wave washed over the warriors at bay. However, keeping their legs firmly planted on the ground, everyone braved the wave.

Standing drenched in water, a moment of calm took over the army–however as the blade began flying back toward Aran, its sharp whistle spurred everyone into action.

"CHARGE!" Scream Raven and thus began a mortal fight.