"This would just hurt like a scratch... that cos from hell," I said, while injecting my hand inside the barrier.
Clipped in my hand was my Clarent blade, which had the sa calibration as the Excalibur. People cannot wield this sword if they are not worthy of its power. If I had to recall the conditions of my sword, it only needed one thing.
"Heroicness.."
When my fingers ca into contact with the barrier, a warm sensation heated my skin. It almost burned my hair follicles if it were not for my passive abilities, helping overco its trauma.
As I gingerly pressed my hand against the darkened protection, the obsidian elent latched onto . Since my hand beca free with the darkened ability, those energies tried to kill . But thanks to the little energy I stored within , my hand went past the barrier as I quickly tossed the weapon on the other side.
"USE IT!" I shouted.
I never thought of soone wielding my favourite weapon and taking my spotlight on the stage. I always wanted to beco the hero that saved the day when the people needed the most. However, I could not do that part this ti, considering our circumstances.
But despite my jealousy, I still played a vital role and lent my weapon to Green. As soon as that knight wanted to protect the people, he had earned the right to wield my sword.
"CATCH!"
Upon hearing my voice, Green caught the sword and wielded it with his dominant hand. He grabbed his original bastard sword in his non-dominant hand, making him use two swords at once for this battle, both equipped with the dark enhancent.
"With this, I could finally break through your dark shield!" Green announced, and wasted no ti.
He went for the direct attack and slamd Clarent sword in front, while sliding the bastard sword as a flank attack. The king could only defend one position, which beca an opening for Green. As soon as Green seized his opportunity, the king tumbled backwards from the damage.
A cloud of smoke erged as soon as the king crashed against the wall. It covered the site for a mont before revealing the crowned man still standing on his ground, with his shield intact. But after taking a hit from two weapons, a crack ford at the centre of his shield, showing us that Green breached his defences.
"Give it up, king! You cannot rule this kingdom with your twisted ideals!" Green shouted, while pointing Clarent, the sword of peace, at the ruler. "My team supported your cause! Everyone believed in you! You even created the agricultural land that all the kingdoms copied! That plot saved and fed thousands of families starving from this famine. I.. I treated you as my hero. You're the one who told that the king must protect your people! The villagers are our king, not the rulers, right? That's why you hated the king of Calot, since he claid himself as a king!. And yet, you threw it all away."
"You can't save all of them, Green. You need to be efficient! All of you must know the consequences of saving everyone!" insisted the king. "Only a primitive mind would think like that! If your friends had not ddled with my plan, they would have been alive right now!"
"No. You're wrong.. Once you killed those people, you beca the famine of this kingdom."
After the two exchanged lines, Green finally went towards the king to slice his head. However, that line of thought ca back biting against him.
Green wanted revenge against his comrades, not to help those people who needed him. He wanted to avenge his dead teammates with the price of the crowned man. But upon flooding his thoughts with this personal stain, Clarent lost its power and electrocuted him, temporarily damaging his arm.
That soldier did not make it through near the king and fell to the ground. We all stared in disbelief when Green failed to stop our common enemy.
When the king finally realised his circumstances, the guy kicked Green in the abdon and rolled him to the side. Green beca the king's punching bag as he received dozens of blows all over his body. And as soon as the king had enough, he spitted at Green and took the last laugh.
"I never treated you as soone special. You were son to ...you're a disgrace to this kingdom. This town doesn't deserve soone like you. Think about the people who wanted to live for once? Those who pay for their taxes are the ones needed to be saved, not these... barely alive people," the king growled at Green before turning his back.
As soon as he grabbed the montum, the king conjured dozens of magic circles in the shelter's room. He planned to kill everyone in sight, including the injured people beside . The only thing we had to do was to stop his attacks... But we did not know how.
Galehaut also walked at the gate's front and prepared so protective asures that he knew. However, those spells were nothing but plastic bags covering the room behind him. It would barely even block those darkened abilities, despite using all of his mana.
But beggars did not have the luxury to choose within these circumstances. Even the injured villagers rose from their deathbeds and summoned any magical barrier that they could to protect themselves from the blast.
Fenrir stood in front of the entrance and stretched her arms. She kept mumbling to herself about transforming into her second form. But alas, Fenrir couldn't achieve what she wanted, which troubled her mind.
All the rcenaries who could still fight stood with us, despite Fenrir being around. They placed their emotions aside to protect the people behind this door, giving everything they had!
With the last ounce of my strength, I crawled my way in front of the door and raised my hand, compiling all the dark energy surrounding us. However, my spell's cooldown hindered from using my ability, making useless in this fight. I also did not have the Clarent's abilities, which would pull us back, eventually.
Within a few seconds, the king fired those dark spheres in our direction, while adding everything he had. He already computed the damage that those spells would give. And those magic abilities would specifically destroy the outer side of this village.
But before the dark energy crashed against us, a shield made of light erged in front of us. As I followed the origin of this magic, a figure of a girl kissing the ground welcod my eyes.
It was the injured rleen, desperately protecting everyone from the darkened energy. Despite her sluggish body, rleen kept shielding when I needed her help. If I had to say it, she was also my hero in this world.
"You ca." I whispered, while smiling in her direction.
Regardless of the distance, rleen looked at and smiled back. She could not speak for the ti being, since she preoccupied herself with the magic circles surrounding her hands. But with that one glance, I knew she heard my voice.
Fortunately, we obstructed the dozen dark spheres aid at us. With the help of everyone present in this fight, we survived the initial attack of the king.
However, that ruler had more mana to spare. After defending our ground, the king discharged again an entire fleet of shadow particles cruising in the air. These dark shells had denser arcane compared to the ones we destroyed earlier.
"H-How do we stop this, Arthur?" Fenrir asked, as she slowly lowered her hand, accepting our defeat.
Galehaut and the rest of the people had lost all hope against these dark matters. I was the only one raising my hand, hoping to block everything in our way.
There was no chance for us to survive this blast. But if there was... a glimr of hope, I would like to have it right now.
I was a man without powers. I could even admit that I was the weakest man present inside this room. Even the injured people had more mana and experience than , who played this ga every ti I had free breaks.
But despite these limitations, I wanted to be a hero. I did not care if I had overpowered abilities or not... The only thing important right now was the people placing their bets on ... on us.
"I. failed.." Within a few seconds, I closed my eyes and accepted defeat.
Everyone expected to disappear and et with their loved ones on the other side of this world. An abrupt death was the only thing that could save us from this unbearable pain from the dark spheres.
However, the world answered my prayers when these dark bubbles vanished from sight. As I opened my eyes, Green stood tall in front of , staring into my eyes.
"We won."
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