The Fourth Secret: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (Divine Apostasy Book 4) A. Kay (best management books of all time .TXT) 📖

Even with Bliz’s five levels, Melt wouldn’t work in time. Ruwen said a prayer and channeled thirty Energy into the Worker insignia that powered his Crazor. The light blinded everyone in the Shed and a Healer quickly wrapped the bottom of Ruwen’s Crazor with a bandage, shielding everyone from the brightness.

The other nine Workers powered their Crazor’s as well, and the Shed wall disintegrated, revealing the terium alloy bars of the portcullis and the enhanced steel door behind it.

A small gap between the top of the Shed and the gate allowed a yellow liquid to drip down. The enemy had poured something on their Shed, and when the liquid struck the Crazors it vaporized, instantly filling the Shed with fumes.

Analyze told Ruwen it was a sulfur-based acid, and before he could speak, a quick thinking Worker stopped his Crazor and sucked in the vapors. The drop in pressure however, pulled more of the liquid into their Shed. Ruwen stopped his Crazor and released a small amount of fresh air he’d stored, balancing the pressure and slowing the acid.

Ruwen activated the level eight Worker ability Insect Repellant, creating a hundred-foot sphere which he decreased until it encompassed just the Shed and the gap above them. The barrier kept the acid from entering, and they all focused their Crazors on the bars again.

As Ruwen had feared, the terium alloy bars resisted even the level five Harden powered Crazors.

“Pair up,” Ruwen said. “Focus your beams on the same spot. A pair on top and bottom, each working toward the center. Bliz and I will take the center.”

The focused Crazors overcame the bars’ durability, and they began to melt. The air in the Shed grew hot, and Ruwen realized he hadn’t planned for that. To cool down, they would be forced to open their structure, exposing themselves.

Phoenix sat cross-legged behind Ruwen and closed his eyes. A moment later the temperature dropped as Phoenix Cultivated the heat. The Shed shuddered as something massive struck the roof. Willow looked at the ceiling and then placed an acorn on the floor. The acorn grew with every blink, as Willow fed it Spirt until it reached the roof. Its branches crawled along the ceiling and down the walls of the Shed. More heavy objects struck the Shed, but the structure only vibrated.

Ruwen loaned Bliz Sift’s Fighter insignia, and Bliz assembled his Crazor like Ruwen’s. Bliz couldn’t power the insignia as much as Ruwen, but it still worked better than Glow. The two of them generated far stronger beams from their Crazors and melted the terium alloy bars of the portcullis in seconds. The heat they generated was so intense that the enhanced steel gate behind the portcullis also melted.

With thirteen minutes left, they had cut through eighty percent of the portcullis. It was taking longer than Ruwen wanted, but they would finish before the counter reached zero.

Metallic clicks echoed in the Shed as the gate locks released, and a heartbeat later the severely damaged enhanced steel gate slid into the wall, leaving just the portcullis.

Last Breath triggered as the disappearing gate revealed two hundred enemies with weapons drawn.

Chapter 80

Before Ruwen could enlarge his Void Band, the enemy attacked, and over a hundred crossbow bolts raced toward them. Ten feet from the portcullis they struck an invisible barrier created by the twenty Mages in the breach group.

“Finish quickly,” Ruwen told the Workers. “Bliz, keep me updated.”

Ruwen had captured over six hundred attacks with his giant Void Band shield as the breach team had raced toward the gate. Glancing at his Inventory, he noted the slot where the objects started, stuck his left hand between the bars, and opened his Void Band a foot. Without looking to see what the positions contained, he channeled ten Energy into blocks of ten slots, waited a second, and did the next ten.

Moving the Void Band back and forth, Ruwen showered the enemy with their own crossbow bolts, arrows, and elemental spells. The breach team’s Mages were in a deeper layer of his party structure so he couldn’t see their Mana reserves. He loved his Warlord capabilities, but the Emissary Specialization would have given him the ability to see and speak with anyone in his entire chain. Eventually, with his essence recipes, he would have it all, but today he needed to work with what he had.

The enemy had retreated from Ruwen’s barrage, but at his current pace, he’d exhaust his Inventory in another twenty seconds.

“Cycling,” one of the Mages said.

Ruwen winced. It meant the Mages were low on Mana and would alternate between powering the shields and drinking Mana potions. Three crossbow bolts reached the Shed. One bounced off a warrior with a metal clang, another struck Willow’s support tree, and the last struck a Healer who collapsed.

Thistle stepped up next to Ruwen. “Make room, Overlord. I need to find a weak mind.”

The front of the Shed stretched thirty feet, and there were already ten people against the bars. Ruwen and Bliz moved over enough for the small woman to join them. Thistle studied Ruwen intently for a second, and then turned toward the enemy.

Ruwen felt pressure on his Core as Thistle weaved her essence.

“Ninety percent,” Bliz said. “Thirty more seconds.”

Ruwen used Chat to notify his Commanders. Full advance in ten.

The army would start their attack in ten seconds and should arrive shortly after they’d breached the gates.

The pressure against Ruwen’s Core from Thistle’s casting became uncomfortable, but he couldn’t see anything happening. He wondered which of the twelve essences were currently pouring out of the woman.

“They’ve breached the walls,” Thistle whispered.

Ruwen looked down at the woman, worried the pressure of the battle had made her crazy. A voice shouted from inside the city, repeating Thistle’s words exactly. “They’ve breached the walls.”

Many of the attacking enemy turned and looked around.

“Everyone to the west wall,” Thistle whispered.

“Everyone to the west wall,” a distant voice shouted.

An enemy Fighter, currently attacking the breach team, screamed and threw himself to the