The soldiers and mages bombarded us with attacks. Those soldiers swung their blades, but those swords bent as soon as they ca into contact with the shield. And those mages fired their spells, but none of them went through. The ice, fire, and rocks coating the walls were enough to stop their attacks, protecting us from doing nothing at all. It was as if she made this barrier with unique elents. which was actually the truth.
As soon as the cloud disappeared, the king and his fellow pawns widened their eyes in disbelief. It was their first ti seeing such an overpowered spell that negated almost every attack.
However, that shield ca with a price, and it all showed on rleen's face. Since she was the mage who controlled the spell, that girl also poured her arcane onto the barrier. I did not know the amount she used, but I knew rleen gave a lot of her arcane.
"Do you want to pour my arcane too?" I asked.
But rleen shook her head and replied, "No. Besides, you don't have any mana to help ...."
Although rleen's words hit the nail, those words felt like an attack directed towards my brain. It was my first ti regretting my class. I was a knight and not a mage. And knights did not have any arcane to spare, considering that we use swords instead of staves.
It would be odd if a soldier cast spells like a mage. I would even describe them as a wizard and not soone who would want to join our chivalry.
rleen slowly lost her strength as she fell to the ground. Those blizzards she created outside finally worn out, leaving us with only a few layers left before those attacks could reach us.
"It's going to be alright, rleen... I need your support. When I dash towards that entrance, I want your magic protecting , okay?"
rleen nodded at my suggestion and readied her magic circles once more. She had a determined look on her face while adding her light elent around the rock. Instead of using the elents I introduced to her, rleen uses her light as a shield. She coated the rock and ford a barrier that would block anything but darkness.
The light erged within seconds and protected us. The dazzling yellow colour gave us hope, which made my heart pound twice as fast as before.
My plan had a simple layout. rleen and I had to work together without the help of Fenrir and rchant. Those two were just dead weight in our plan that we also needed to protect and escape from this citadel.
I would play the vanguard and tank all those spells in our direction. Since I gained an imdiate boost from Clarent, I had to use my power and bring the soldiers down without killing them.
My sword granted the power to cut down a barrage of arrows and even slashes from other knights. But I did not know when this power would leave my presence, which beca a double-edge sword for this sche.
I told rleen to support my back and cast defensive magic around . She would also use her light magic to pierce through any attacks from those mages who wanted to attack my figure.
We only had one rule for this fight.
"Kill no one but knights and mages who would hurt civilians."
That sentence was my golden rule. If I had to resort to killing these people, I would do it for the sake of protecting the weak But if there was a way to defend them taking no lives, that would be better.
"Are you sure about this, Arthur?" rleen asked. "Will you be alright on your own out there?"
"I don't have a choice. If I stay inside here, you're the one who's going to fall. And if you fall, I'll be the only one to defend all of you. Working together is better than working alone," I answered, while gripping my sword tighter in my hands.
rleen twirled her fingers and opened up an entrance for to walk outside. After a few seconds, I t the soldier's gaze, together with the mages waiting for to attack.
I launched myself forward and swung my sword at everyone who deed as an enemy. Those knights who blocked my way did not stand a chance.
Every ti those soldiers struck with their swords, Clarent blocked them. My enhanced attack and defence protected from danger. But the worst finally ca to .
The mages discharged their blitz and aid at rleen and . rleen used her light magic and coated the two of us with the golden luminance. After taking a hit from those spells, the yellow light faded away, leaving rleen more exhausted.
She used up most of her arcane to shield everyone. And if rleen planned on pushing herself for more, she would end up unconscious with the rest of them! If I had to guess, rleen only had one chance to protect and the rock. But I did not want that to happen.
"rleen, protect yourself! Just leave be if those mages direct their attacks at !" I said, while turning my face in her direction.
"But, Arthur!" rleen retorted.
After a few seconds, arrows ca raining down towards us. Those rocks that rleen prepared shielded everyone except for . Since I was outside that barrier, those arrows would definitely hit .
I launched myself forward and spun my blade in every direction. Thanks to Clarent, one swing of my sword destroyed all the arrows. Those darts turned into millions of shredded woods that hit the knights from below. Those twigs entered their uniforms, forcing them to take those plates off to save themselves from minor cuts.
Those soldiers revealed their faces to while brushing off all the wooden contents that entered their skin. Their actions bought us enough ti to exit the place.
However, the king finally made his move and stopped us using his magic.
The kings in this ga were the strongest characters that players wanted to avoid. But they refused to fight anyone except a strong opponent in a duel. So players who tried facing them in a duel. ultimately lost those fights. I never clashed against them and gauged their powers, considering how busy I was before. But if there was one thing that I rembered, every king had stupidly powerful abilities.
And right now, rleen and I were up against one! The King of Caerleon stood behind our back as he launched his magic spell in our direction.
"rleen, whatever you do, don't cast any defensive spells!" I ordered, and flew towards her behind.
We were already near the exit, but this happened. The only thing that we had to do now was to flee from this place without clashing swords with this king. But since the occurrence had already escalated, we had no choice but to ward off the crown.
The magic that the king cast was a dark spell disguised as an elent of terra. The king gave it away since the stone's shadows bulged from the ground. Only a few knew how, so the king had the confidence to use it in front of a crowd. If these people knew he could wield shadow arts, they would have burned him to a stake. He must have also thought that I was a worthless adventurer who did not do my howork.
But little did the king know that I already understood the form of his magic. And the only way to counter the arcane was a steel heart That was the problem of this ga. Shadow arts were the most overpowered thing that the ga developers created.
When used in the wrong hands, dark magic could beco a powerful weapon in this world.
Mages were the only ones who could use magic. Roughly only 2% of the player's population (mages) unlocked the shadow arts. Those players got this as a raffle event from the ga. Like any other gacha, the chances were slimr than a model.
I duelled a player before who used dark magic. It was not a pretty mory for to rember. That girl played with the world's shadow, restraining with a darkened force that I could not witness.
But I eventually trampled my opponent with my extraordinary strength. Since knights had more health points than others, I tanked almost all the mage's spells before I could die. Hence, my victory over the duel.
However, that event only happened when I used my main account. Now that the ga forcefully placed inside this smurf account, I had no other choice but to rely on luck.
"You're using dark magic," I exclaid, as I charged forward with my Clarent.
The king widened his eyes upon hearing my statent. He lost his focus and missed his attack, inviting to co one step closer to his fore. Now that I had the upper hand, I finally slashed him using my sword while avoiding his vital organs.
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