(Looks like the damage is quite considerable at the corner of the town, huh...) (Lyan)
On the east side of the town, there are more broken houses, burnt land, and traces of blood. Lyan noticed that there had been so attempt on concealing the remains of the tragedy, but several days are not enough to clean up the place perfectly.
Because of the goblin king's uprising, there are lots of n dying and won getting raped. Setting aside the rcenaries, the local people that lived from foraging, farming, and other local activities were the ones that experienced the most damage from the goblin king's uprising the most.
With the considerable hit to the population, the people need to work harder for a while to revive and maintain the economy within the town.
"I guess this is far enough?" Lyan asked the royal knight captain following behind him.
"Indeed. If it's here where there are no people and filled with debris from the battle with the goblins, it will be very convenient for , Evocatore," Julius's right hand slowly went to the hilt of the sword on his waist.
(That glaive... He didn't use one at the battle with the goblin king...) (Julius)
Looking at the big and heavy-looking glaive on Lyan's hand, Julius couldn't help but get curious about his choice of weapon.
(It looks like it's very heavy, but yet, he's holding it like it's nothing. As expected, his strength is sothing that can't be underestimated) (Julius)
"You see, I believe that you shouldn't put too much focus on right now, you know?" (Lyan)
"Indeed," (Julius)
!!!
Sensing danger coming, Julius swiftly tilts his head backward.
*Thrust!*
Failing to land on Julius's head, the knife continue to fly over and stuck to the wall of a broken house.
"How embarrassing. I got too focused on tailing you and in our conversation and ended up didn't notice that I was getting tailed as well. It seems that I keep on showing you my pathetic side," Julius uttered with a wry smile as he unsheathes his sword.
"Not really. I rember so of their faces. So of them had already been glaring at since the first ti I entered the town. It seems that my presence inside this town had already been anticipated. Well, I do openly state that I'm going to have a journey to the north, so I guess it's not surprising, huh?" Lyan shrugged as he stared at the crown that started to unconcealed themselves.
(Warriors, archers, no magicians, huh?) (Lyan)
"There are about 40 of them. Judging from the knife throwing, it seems that their weapons are sared with poison. I'm not sure whether they are the remaining mbers of the [Crows] or not, but judging from how they leisurely make a slow entrance when they should have taken advantage of the elent of surprise, they seem to be confident with their strength," (Julius)
"Hou..." Lyan noticed the glow at Julius's ring.
"So you're finally going to use that card you've been hiding. Are you sure it's fine?" (Lyan)
"I owe you not just my life, but the lives of the crown prince and my comrades as well. And since back at the goblin king's lair, you've shown your secret as well. I think that it will not be fair if I don't do the sa," As Julius gathered more mana on his right hand, his ring started to shine brighter. As if gravity disappeared, his red hair and the pebbles around him slightly float in the air.
(That... Is not just a simple reinforcent magic...) (Lyan)
Suddenly, violent winds started to appear around them.
(Wind? This is wind magic?) (Lyan)
(Gale fortification... Such a high-leveled and complex spell... That kind of spell was imbued on such a ring?) (Sylphia)
Hearing the wind's great spirit, Sylphia's reaction. Lyan unconsciously made a big grin on his face.
"Looks like the title of [Captain of the Royal Knights] is not just a re title!" (Lyan)
*Whoosh!*
Dozens of arrows flew aiming at the both of them. There are only 6 archers, so each of them must have shot more than 1 arrow simultaneously.
"Tch!" One of the archers clicked his tongue as the arrows easily lost their montum because of the violent winds. But their attack doesn't finish there.
"Eat this!" A big man suddenly threw a boulder aid at Julius with great montum.
"Trying to stop the magic, huh? Hm?" Julius easily dodged the boulder, but the mont he landed at the side, three swordsn had already waiting for him with their swords ready.
(Their reaction speed is great, but-) (Julius)
"You're still too slow," (Julius)
Julius skillfully lunged to the right and evaded the sword of the man at the knight before making a clean cut to the bare stomach of the man with a spin. But his attacks don't stop there, wind mana gathered combined with his non-attributed mana gathered on his feet, and just like a wind.
*Whoosh!*
Julius skillfully killed not just the three, but the other four people that attempted to ambush him in such a short duration as well.
But when he was about to continue to the next target, an unexpected thing occurred. The ground suddenly shooks, and Julius felt a sense of danger coming from below him, making him to jump back in reflex.
"Wha-" (Julius)
His instinct turns out to be spot on. The ground where he was standing before suddenly splits and a big earth stake appeared from the ground with terrifying montum.
(Earth magic? Is there a magician?) (Julius)
Julius searched for a magician amongst the crowd, but rather than stopping at a person, his eyes stopped at a certain item instead.
(The gauntlet that masked huge guy is using... There is a big magic stone embedded in it. They even have a magic item with them?) (Julius)
"As expected of the Astellia Kingdom's famous royal knight captain. Your strength and reaction speed are on another whole level," A bumptious voice appeared from the masked big man. He's holding a greatsword with both of his hands, and it's visible that he's a whole different league from the ones Julius just killed.
"Magic items and well-equipped mbers... You, you're one of those dark rcenary troupes, aren't you?" (Julius)
Dark rcenary troupes. They are rcenary troupes that are not registered in any rcenary guild, and they especially avoid the city of rcenaries and rchants of Arkansas to avoid getting bound by the law of the rcenary guild. They mostly took shady jobs that involves bounty, assassination, and dirty jobs from wealthy people.
"Hm... So you knew. *Snap!*"
Not long after the man snapped his fingers, even more mbers appeared and surrounded them.
(Their number increased... It was only around 30 before, but it's about 100 people now...) (Julius)
"You look very calm, Mr. Royal knight captain. I wonder how long could you maintain that calm expression of yours. Archers! Loose!!"
More arrows than before loosened and aid toward him. Getting even a single hit from those poisoned arrows would an the end, so once again, he unleashed the wind mana stored on the ring and blocked all of the arrows.
"Hahaha!! How long will that wind magic of yours remain, I wonder!? Now, how about we aim at your friend there as well? Aim at the famous rcenary Evocatore too!"
Following the man's words, another group of archers appeared on the other side.
*Tch!*
(It's impossible to block the arrows from two directions at the sa ti. And our distance from each other is too far to begin with) (Julius)
"Loose!!"
*Whoosh!*
"I won't make it!" Because of the wind mana source is the magic ring and not his natural mana, he can't manipulate the mana skillfully enough to make a wind barrier on two sides at the sa ti. But sohow, he doesn't feel so agitated. Rather-
His eyes couldn't help but stick at Lyan as he stare with anticipation of what kind of response Lyan will do.
!?!?
*SLASH!!*
"Wha- Impossible..." The leader of the dark rcenary troupe uttered in shock as he saw the scene before him.
"He... Create a gush of wind strong enough to stop the arrows just by swinging his glaive!? Just how strong and quick is he!?" The leader of the dark rcenary troupe shouted.
Of course, Lyan's attack doesn't stop there. As he focus his strength and mana on his feet, he moved very quickly enough to surprise the rcenaries aiming at him. And when he arrived right in the middle of the crowd.
*SLASH!!!!*
A single full-power and full-spin swing. By putting all of his muscles and injecting his mana into his arms, the dark rcenaries that got stunned for a mont because of his speed ended up getting sliced up rcilessly in a single sweep.
"This feels nice. Looks like I chose the right weapon to use," (Lyan)
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Na: Lyan Arkanium Evocatore
Occupation: Mythril-ranked rcenary
Money: 3,798,710,950 Elnes / 3798 gold 71 big silver 9 big coppers 5 coppers
Weapon: Magic Glaive, 1 (Decent) One-handed Sword, 2 (Good-Quality) One-handed swords, 1 (Decent) bow
Equipnt: Black leather cloak, Leather Armor, Breastplate, 2 Health Potions, 2 Poison Vials
Grimoire's Companions: 8 High Spirits, 3 Valkyrie, Shadow Goblin Lord (Lv. 5), Papilio Sli (Lv. 45), Galewing Butterfly (Lv. 45), Rock Golem (Lv. 50), Deadlight (Lv. 63), Moonlight Butterfly (Lv. 45), Ice Golem (Lv. 50), Acid Ant Queen (Lv. 9), Magma Bear (Lv. 1)
Grimoire's Army: 6 Shadow Servants, 800 Skeleton Army
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