The large Dark Lizard howled as it noticed the terrible situation it was in. The Dark Lizard that retreated only informed him that several Golems and the boy were at their tail. But now, it looked like it wasn't just several Golems. The large Dark Lizard could sense the numerous presence that matched the number of Lizards he had! But now, the battle was tilting to the lizard's disadvantage.

Kyros retrieved his torch and allowed the place to succumb to darkness. It was no use revealing the torch, and Kyros planned to reveal it at a critical moment.

The Char Vermillion Lizards couldn't fight a Rock Golem solo. And those at the front were already Iron Golems. A single punch from these could render the Vermillion Lizards squirming in pain. Some of the more deadly punches could shatter the ribs and bones of the lizards with one punch.

The Golems fought in great coordination, and the golems were standing so near each other and had other golems supporting from the back. 

The long tail whips of the Lizards would even lead to their disadvantage as the strike did little damage. The force of their attacks would be distributed as the golems stood so close to each other that the attack would strike at least two Iron or Rock Golems.

Stoph had so much force that his punches would blow up the head in one stroke. If Stoph aimed for the body, his punches penetrate deep into the lizard's body, and with a quick back toss, the body would be thrown to the golems at the back. The presence of the Ruby Golem made ranks of the lizards break since those in front of Stoph would hesitate in attacking him. i

The shadow ghouls also kept on their harassment. Even though their attacks would only be like a bee sting to these lizards, it still was sufficient to add to the collapsing rank of the lizards.

All these factors enraged the large Dark Lizard. The smaller dark lizards had already sent shot after shot, but the meat shields absorbed all the blow.

A simple glance of the battlefield, the Dark Lizard, realized that it was facing annihilation, so it began to shoot its attack. The tactic the large Dark Lizard decided on was to wilt down the golems with their ranged attacks.

Upon noticing the large Dark Lizard, Kyros had already given his orders to the Clay Golems, who were carrying several of the Char Vermilion Lizards to wait for his signal.

When the Dark Lizard began to shoot, Kyros gave the signal, and several Clay Golems at the back suddenly threw the dead bodies of the lizard towards the small space. The force of several golems throwing a lizard was strong, and it struck at the right moment.

BANG! BANG!

The bodies burst in midair, but the dark bolt exploded in the air. The golems were also ready and braced themselves from the exploding debris of the lizard.

The Clay golems immediately 'reloaded' their meat shield as new lizards were brought to the front and would be catapulted when commanded.

The dark lizards kept shooting, but the meat shields just prevented them from attacking. 

Kyros began to count the Dark Lizards shooting them and frowned.

"That's all of them right here... What happened? Why aren't some lizards moving forward to use the small path?" Kyros thought for a bit and realized what most likely happened.

"Uncle! Don't tell me you guys are still fighting and blocking off that path?" Kyros frowned.

His plan was to attack the lizards from this area so that the lizards would be a force to run out of the small tunnel. This would have created combat on the exit of the tunnel. Any golems that would have died there wouldn't be pinned to Kyros as he wasn't there. But now, the zeal and desire of his Uncle to fight are disrupting the plan!

"Is Uncle fighting because he could not bear me fighting alone and wants to help me? The fool! They would risk their own life!" Kyros cursed. The more he tried to see through the darkness and attack the Dark Lizards, the more he confirmed that all the dark lizards he saw were here. No one was supervising the lizards at the other side.

Although the large Dark Lizard couldn't slip through the narrow path headed to the room where Aron was, the rest could.

"It could be Fate." Calaminus suggested.

Kyros realized Calaminus was right.

"Fate might have deceived my Uncle and made his Warriors Instinct work against him! By staying and fighting in that small room, not only is he risking their lives, but it's making it harder for me to win this battle without losing a golem. I have to act fast!" Kyros cursed.

Kyros kept harassing them and was forcing the Dark Lizards to be more aggressive. The arrows could penetrate through their scales and cause them to squirm in pain as the attacks were very precise and aimed at the lizards' vital organs.

Kyros had already known their anatomy from the many lessons of Calaminus and his observations of the body from his previous encounters.

The Dark Lizards began to move closer and shoot more of their dark bolts at the group, but the large Dark Lizard ordered them to maintain their position.

"Damn it! It wants to fight a battle of attrition! Just how many bolts can it send out!"

Kyros then gave a new set of orders which Stoph also cascaded.

The effects of the plan became immediately apparent. The Char Vermillion Lizards were now standing at a higher ground as the Golems slowed down on their charge. This made it difficult for the Dark Lizards to shoot as they might hit the Char Vermilion Lizard.

Instead of charging forward after killing the next enemy, the Golems only took a few steps forward and waited for the lizards to attack. The lizards would then soon be stepping on top of their fallen ally to approach them.

Occasionally, Kyros would sneak in and touch a body of a dead lizard and expend mana to send the dead body into the Temple Storage place. The sudden disappearance of a body would cause the lizards standing on top of these corpses to fall or stumble, which naturally led to their death.

Kyros kept using his blood blade to get more and more blood which replenished his mana.

Kyros also began to use the Basic Earth Core to channel Earth Energy straight into the Iron Golems, who was at the front. The effects were minimal, but Kyros could tell it was healing them. Kyros then began to make orders to switch some of the Iron Golems with the Rock Golems.

Yet as all these were happening, Kyros could not help but worry about the state of his Uncle.

"It's too slow! We have to force that large lizard to move closer!" Kyros decided.

"Stoph! Taunt that lizard!" Kyros ordered. Stoph nodded immediately.

"You are going to die, Lizard Prince! Your men are quickly dying!" Stoph laughed.

The Dark Lizard finally cried out angrily.

"What are you after, Ruby?!" The Dark Lizard shouted in Serpentari.

"Stoph! Our goal is to either kill that monster quickly or make these lizards surrender!" Kyros decided to use the intellect of the large lizard that Stoph called the Lizard Prince to his advantage.

"What do I say?"

"Ask it to surrender or die."

Stoph nodded.

"Char Black Lizard Prince! Surrender now, or die!" Stoph called out in First Word.

"Never!" The Char Black Lizard Prince howled back as it shot more dark bolts.

Kyros cursed. They were running out of lizards to use as shields, and the dark magic of the Char Black Lizard Prince seemed to be endless. 

"Keep saying it!" Kyros ordered Stoph, who kept calling the lizard, to surrender.

Yet even then, it wasn't working. Oration and Taunt didn't work through Stoph.

"Char Black Lizard Prince! Surrender now, or die!"

"Char Black Lizard Prince! Surrender now, or die!"

"Char Black Lizard Prince! Surrender now, or die!"

Stoph did so several times, but it didn't change. The Char Black Lizard Prince didn't budge and kept shooting.

"I guess we're referring to the Dark Lizard as Black Lizard, right?" Calaminus murmured.

DUH.

"Calaminus! Help me out here. I have to do the taunt myself! Only by Oration or Taunt can I draw that lizard here!" Kyros decided.

"Alright. How do you plan to do it?"

"Is my pronunciation correct?" Kyros spoke the same taunt Stoph gave.

"A little off. But you didn't say anything weird."

Kyros began to mimic Stoph's words again and again, and Calaminus would help him. After a few attempts, Kyros decided to shout the very same phrase Stoph kept repeating and repeating.

Kyros did his best not to mess up. He managed to complete the first word correctly, but Kyros slipped and mispronounced the word as he reached the second. As that word had already been murdered, Kyros decided just to go ahead and say the rest of the sentence. Then, the phenomenon where people managed to perform better occurred, and Kyros perfectly said the rest of the words.

The only word Kyros mispronounced was the word, 'black.' But what Kyros didn't know was that the word he said a word was an offensive term that should never be referred to a large black lizard. In the world of the lizards, saying this term was politically offensive and very racist for the black lizards.

[Taunt Skill Activated.]

The Char Black Lizard Prince froze as it heard the evil 'N' word. The nearby Black Lizard was visibly startled at the insult.

"Oh snap! You called him the N-word!" Calaminus was horrified.

"The N-word?" Kyros didn't know what he said in First Word as he was trying to say 'black.'

"ROAR!" The other Char Black Lizards shouted and began to shoot more bullets.

Kyros disregarded the confusion he had and focused.

"It's working! Say it again! Say that N-word that offended the lizard! Say the second word I said by accident!" Kyros ordered Stoph. He didn't know why it worked, but Kyros decided to capitalize on it. 

Stoph nodded and readied to say the N-word again.

Stoph channeled the energy within him so he could deliver a powerful shout. When the energy was ready, Stoph let lose the loudest shout he could manage to say the nefarious N-word.

"NEWT!"

"NEWT!

"NEWT!"

Stoph shouted the racist N-word that mockingly called the distinguished reptilian lizards the water-loving amphibian of the salamander race.