Doomsday Pillars

Seeing Alex's stunned state due to Hafiz's outstanding 'products', the fruitful result of the countless experiments he had been doing with the professor. Hafiz felt he now had the upper hand and was sure he could easily finish off Alex anytime he wanted to.

"Infidel! Make a reckon of your transgression and repent! Return to the path of righteousness and you shall be forgiven by our God!" 

"..." Alex wasn't sure how to react to the abrupt sermon. The sermon was so out of the place he could only stand there awkwardly staring at Hafiz, who was waiting for his answer. 'Is it normal to preach in the middle of a battle?" Alex thought confused.

After a few seconds of pure silence passed, Alex opened his mouth, "Alright. So, if I say I'm sorry, you will let me leave. Is that the case?" Alex said with a smile, which looked like a mocking smile to Hafiz.

Hafiz's face fell when he saw Alex's response to his 'gracious' offer. 

"Blasphemy! How dare you make fun of our God?!" One of the Heavenly Gate Magus, who got up from the ground, exclaimed.

Upon hearing that, Alex's expression immediately changed, as he waved his hand frantically. "No, no, no. Do not misunderstand me. There is no way I dare to make fun of your 'god'." With a mocking smile, Alex added, "Actually, I was just making fun of all of you."

This time, Hafiz's face instantly turned dark, as he banged his hand on the table in front of him and roared, "Kill him!!!"

Although at first glance Alex still appeared calm and joking around, in truth, he was currently assessing the situation. Thanks to the unexpected variable of those zombie-like figures, Alex needed to weigh his chances of success again. Eyes wandering around the room, Alex silently calculated in his mind.

There were 30 opponents in the room, 5 of them were fighters in black suits, therefore he could probably cross them out. However, Alex decided to still keep an eye on them, lest they tried to do anything funny. Hence, the situation left him with the 5 slightly injured Sky realm Magus fighters and 20 of those grotesque-looking, veins-bulging, black-skinned monsters with huge red arteries all over their bodies.

Meanwhile, on his own side, Alex was accompanied by 20 stone golems,which could easily take care of dozens of Earth realm fighters at once. But unfortunately, those crazy zombie-like monsters would be able to pin down his golems.

Even though tier 2 golems had defensive capabilities on par with Sky realm fighters, even exceeding them slightly, their offensive capabilities were truly lacking, only at the level of high stage Earth realm fighters. Therefore, these golems were excellent choices for a defensive approach or to stall enemies.

However, it appeared these golems would not be able to achieve Alex's intended effect in this battle, as they would be locked by those monsters. Thanks to their bizarre transformation, the strength of those monsters was heightened to the level of Sky realm fighters, allowing them to fight with the golems.

Upon hearing the order, the Heavenly Gate devotees immediately made their move. The five Sky Magus immediately prepared themselves to resume the attacks, while the human monsters quickly pounced at the golems. In short, the situation didn't look too good for Alex.

Seeing the battle was about to start again, Alex immediately took the initiative.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

A dozen of [Magic Bullet] were fired towards the annoying Sky realm Magus, especially the one who immobilized him using [Entangle]. Noticing Alex aimed his revolvers at them, the Earth Magus swiftly casted [Mud Wall] to block the bullets. Ten bullets were successfully blocked by the wall, but the last two managed to hit the magus. 

Although the bullets were deflected by the protective vest the Earth Magus wore, Alex knew the energy in the protective vest must be on the brink of being depleted, as their artifacts were outclassed by his.

Seeing the bullets being blocked by his spell and artifact, the Earth Magus sneered, "Your bullets won't work on us!"

Meanwhile, the other four immediately began casting their own spells. Colorful lights appeared, as the chants needed for the spells were being completed.

[Ash Blast - Tier 2 Earth Spell]

[Wind Sphere - Tier 2 Wind Spell]

[Chain Lightning - Tier 2 Lightning Spell]

[Vine Whip - Tier 2 plant Spell]

Elements materialized in the air, as they swiftly formed into myriads of attacks and shot towards Alex. Looking at the incoming attacks, Alex immediately casted [Shield Barrier] making a white translucent barrier instantly appear in front of him. As Alex reached the high stage Sky realm, his spells became stronger, thus his decision to only cast [Shield Barrier].

Unfortunately for Alex, his spell wasn't that strong where it could simultaneously receive spell bombardment from four magus and still remain intact. As a result, the barrier shattered into pieces before vanishing.

The moment Alex casted the [Shield Barrier] spell, he also swiftly reloaded his revolvers. Therefore, when the barrier disappeared and showed Alex's figure, he was ready to shoot more bullets. Aiming his revolvers once again, Alex proceeded to fire.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

Again, only two bullets out of a dozen managed to hit the Heavenly Gate Magus, with the same result of the bullets being deflected by the protective vest. Another volley of spells immediately flew toward Alex, followed by the appearance of the same translucent barrier.

Seeing the situation where Alex couldn't do anything to his Magus fighters, Hafiz laughed. "Hahaha! It's obvious that you won't be able to defeat them!"

While Alex and the five Magus exchanged attacks, the golems were slowly but surely being crushed by the human monsters. The reason was because the monsters who already won their battle would help the others to bring down the other golems. If this kept going on, the golems would be defeated very soon, leaving Alex alone surrounded by enemies.

Seeing the situation tipped on their side, the five magus became even more confident, as they were becoming more eager to bring Alex down. As they casted their spells, the five magus walked a few steps closer to Alex, trying to push and pressure him. But, despite his barrier being broken and his ineffective attacks, Alex still flashed his easygoing smile.

Once again, Alex reloaded the revolvers and was about to fire at the 5 Magus. Seeing Alex raising his revolver, the Earth Magus flashed a mocking smile, "Hahaha! You fool! It won't work!"

BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!

The Earth Magus and the other four, who also had a ridiculing grin on their faces, were shocked when Alex fired the revolvers. The bullets zoomed towards them at four times the previous speed, causing them to be unable to react fast enough to either dodge or block them.

Therefore, they had to receive the bullets with their protective vests like before. However, before they could have a sigh of relief, their expressions immediately changed when they noticed the bullets were far stronger than the previous ones.

BOOM!!!

As if they were hit by a truck moving at 100 kilometers per hour, the five Magus were thrown backwards before their bodies crashed into the wall behind where Hafiz was sitting. The five Magus fell to the ground, it was unknown whether they were still alive or not.

The reason for this sight was apparently because Alex added the [Accelerate] spell onto 6 of his [Magic Bullets]. There was also the fact the bullets Alex fired were enchanted with the tier 3 [Smite] spell and were made with a high grade monster material. Hence, the result was a specially-crafted bullet with twice the power of normal [Magic Bullet].

Alex had also depleted their protective vests' energy little by little, until he was sure they wouldn't be able to withstand the trump card he unleashed. The reason Alex let the fight go into a stalemate was to allow the Magus to become overconfident. Seeing Alex's attacks were ineffective on them, they became confident that, even if they didn't manage to dodge the bullets, their protective vests would be able to withstand one or two more of Alex's bullets.

Alas, Alex had completely fooled them, so they now had to face the consequences of their actions. Out of the five magus only the two Earth Magus with [Stone Skin] spell managed to get up, albeit wobbly, while the other three remained lying on the floor, unconscious and heavily injured.

The abrupt turnaround made Hafiz extremely furious. He immediately ordered the human monsters to ignore the golems and focus their attacks on Alex. Half a dozen of them, who managed to crush their golems immediately dashed towards Alex, followed by the two Earth Magus.

Seeing the incoming enemies, Alex swiftly stored his revolvers in the storage ring before he took a step back and pulled the wooden sword out of the floor. The formation array was a channeling spell, therefore as long as the spell was active Stroke would not be able to cast another skill. However, despite the inability to use a skill, Stroke was still a tier 5 weapon artifact, something extremely lethal.

Brandishing Stroke, Alex shouted, "Come!"

[Hexagram Technique - stage 4]

Stomping his feet against the ground, Alex darted towards the approaching monsters and Magus. Utilizing his movement technique, he flickered between the monsters, as he swung the sword horizontally.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

None of the Heavenly Gate people managed to touch Alex, while he effortlessly moved through the crowd, slashing and stabbing the enemies. One of the monsters launched a fist towards him, but Alex swiftly ducked before thrusting his sword towards its stomach. 

Another one wanted to slam its body at Alex. Seeing that, Alex quickly pulled his sword and spun his body, allowing the monster to pass him before he swung his sword toward the limb of the monster, severing it.

Realizing he was going to be surrounded, Alex took a step back and retreated, as he tried to recover his position for the next attack. However, much to his surprise, Alex saw the wound on the monster's stomach was healing at a visible speed, while the one who got its limb severed was quickly regrowing it.

Seeing that, Alex couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Oh, man… What the hell did you create??!"