"Father!" Kaiya, alongside the others, came to Londyn's side, and gave his father a questioning look.

Londyn shook his head gently. "We can't deal with these monsters alone. Take your mother and run away. If you stay and there's a fight, none of us will be able to leave here alive. So, you must leave, now. I will try my best to buy you time, and hopefully, reinforcements will arrive sooner than expected. "

Kaiya was shocked when he heard his father's words. This antherion leader's level was higher than his father's? He suddenly felt a chill in his heart as if it was drenched in cold water. He knew they were now in a bad situation. Since the antherions were not leaving, he was afraid it was going to lead to a fight.

Kaiya took a half step backward and whispered to his wife. "Kiara, take my mother, along with our teachers, and run. I will stay with my father to see if I can help."

Baldwin was also shocked when he heard it. With his power level, he might be able to fight against a gold-level antherion, but he couldn't even fight against anything above that.

But when things came to this, Baldwin was not the one to cower out. As soon as Kaiya finished speaking, also said to Shannon. "Shan, you protect Kiara and Kaiya's mother. Now leave. The three of us can try to hold on until the reinforcements arrive, but we can't do that with you here."

After the two women heard this, they became apprehensive, but no one moved. They knew that in the face of attacks from these high-ranking antherions, these three men would only be cannon fodder. So how could they agree to this?

"We must stay together."

"If we have to die together, so be it."

When Kaiya and Baldwin saw the persistence in the eyes of these two women, they couldn't help but have a sense of pride. With wives like them, what more could they ask for?

So for the two women's firm determination to die with them, the two men no longer insist on them leaving. If time would not allow their women to enjoy happiness, then they would gladly accompany them to face death. The two of them quickly turn their despair nto battle rage.

Kaiya's mother was not a conveyor, so she was being protected by the clansmen at the rear. Hence they didn't know anything about the decisions being made and the severe consequences facing their clan.

After the five of them made up their minds, Londyn ordered some warriors to immediately notify the remaining clansmen to escape through the canyons.

Baldwin, who had already learned of arts of War, immediately devised a battle plan. He whispered: "Patriarch, please, let me handle this. Kaiya is a fire mage, but Kiara and Shannon are light mages. Since I'm a dual mage, we can use magic combination to fight. All of you only need to activate the power of your essence crystals, and I will control everything from there. Is that okay?"

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The others nodded in acknowledgement. Among the five of them, Baldwin had the highest level of power base. So it was reasonable to focus on him, so everyone did not object. Since their opponents were platinum-level antherions, they couldn't compare in terms of individual strength. Perhaps the combination of their power could bring a glimmer of hope.

It didn't take long afterwards for the clansmen to flee the area to the distance. Now, there were only five people left in front of the two antherions. Floating above them were their essence crystals. Baldwin had seven crystals, Londyn and Shannon had six amethysts, Kaiya and Kiara had four.

When Germeyes saw the power levels of the opposing humans, he couldn't prevent himself from laughing loudly. "Hahaha, Londyn, do you still want to fight against me with just the five of you? Don't you think that's suicide?"

After he finished speaking, Germeyes picked up his mace and was about to start attacking them, but Harbonok raised his hand to stop him. "Wait, Germeyes. Why don’t you leave these ones to me. I can use some challenges to hone my skills. If you want, you can chase after those who have escaped."

Germeyes was also a smart person, and he understood Harbonok's intention as soon as he heard the words. Harbonok had been stuck in the platinum level for hundreds of years. He had been harnessing essence of ether but nothing was working. If he was a human, it would have been easier for him, but he wasn't. Perhaps, fighting the humans could trigger something in him to facilitate his advancement to the next level.

So Germeyes nodded in understanding, and said. "Okay, then, they are yours, Secondborn. But be careful, human beings are so cunning. Please, be precise and end them quickly."

"No need to worry. These human beings have no defence against me. Although I haven't observed them yet, there's no need to worry. It's time to make this territory ours."

Germeyes laughed, let out a bullish roar, and charged after the fleeing humans. Then Harbonok walked slowly towards the crowd with a calm expression on his face.

As for the plan of the two antherions, everyone heard it clearly. But due to their current situation, they knew there was nothing they could do about it. There was no way they could split themselves so they could cover many grounds. They could only hope for a miracle that would let the clansmen escape to safety.

There were not many other clansmen with essence power base in the tribe since they were mainly based on hunting. They didn't need many advanced warriors to guard their hunts. They knew that if there was no war, the antherions wouldn't attack them. It was all in the agreement. Nonetheless, every now and then, high-level adventurers would take residence in the village.

Enough reasons why Germeyes, was not too arrogant after he first entered the tribe's territory. Originally, the two antherions planned to transform into a human form and come to the Ironwood tribe to take a look. If there was nothing to gain, they would then leave quietly. Because after the high-level antherions were transformed into humans, it was difficult to distinguish whether they were humans or antherions. Only in a fight, when essence crystals were manifested, would they be able to distinguish whether it was a human or an antherion.

Although he claimed to be smart, Germeyes was simple-minded. He was easily provoked by some humans telling him to wait if he wanted to buy some magical fruits. As a leader, he was used to giving orders from a high position. So when the group of humans disagreed with him, he got angry and attacked them, forgetting his purpose of coming.

But when Londyn and others arrived, the antherion leader calmed down again. There could be many conveyors with high-level power base in the village, and he knew the implications of that. So instead of attacking immediately, he began to chat with Londyn.

While Londyn was delaying time to wait for the rescue team, Germeyes delayed to see how many high-level conveyors would emerge from the village, and then make plans. After all, he knew it was impossible for any conveyor to hide after such a fight scene, a few minutes ago.