Chapter 61
‘Lord, the human’s armies have left the capital.’
‘Got it’
It was the latest report from Alpeon. They were coming after just as I had predicted.’
‘It’s not easy… If there were only the Angels I could overwhelm them with, but with the humans there I had no distinct advantage.’
My best tactic of overwhelming them with numbers wouldn’t work.
‘I guess I will have to try and intercept them midway.’
Because of the Angels’ skills, any undead forces I brought with wouldn’t be much help. The only alternative was to engage them with Necropolis’ own forces, but I wanted to avoid such a scenario if possible.
After strategizing for about an hour, I ca to a decision and ssaged Alpeon.
‘You shall be in charge of organizing a defense of the city as the last resort. Make sure to make use of the dragons and if you see there isn’t any hope, just abandon it and leave Wetheros mountains.
‘Yes Lord.’
“I should get going”
I ssaged Alpeon before alerting Valenor who was still leaning on peacefully.
“Will you join Valenor?”
“Just tell where, Polymorph!”
She instantly took her dragon form.
“I’ll allow you to co with this ti, but if I see things are going south, you have to make sure to run away and live to fight another day. Goti it?”
As she nodded her large head, I put the harness upon her and jumped on.
“To the capital!”
Swooosh!
We flew at her maximum speed and within just 20 minutes we sighted the human army.
“Valenor, let’s wait here a mont”
I stopped her 30 km away from the human army and I scouted ahead alone.
“Hmm, just 30,000? Well it isn’t there numbers which are a problem, but rather those Angels.”
There were the three angels flying above the marching army. The larger one flanked by the two smaller ones, advancing forward as if being escorted by the humans.
‘So to defeat the Angels I’ll first have to get through the human army?’
Although killing the humans would be simplicity itself, they weren’t the reason I had co here.
I kept my distance, I had already beco wary of that Angel’s high perception since the misadventure with my Astral Projection. I then returned to Valenor’s side.
“Let’s fly up above them, at least one kiloter distance and simply rain hell down on them.”
“Ok, let’s do that!”
I had decided to take advantage of Valenor’s mobility in this engagent. Because the Angels took so ti to cast their mid-range spells, they were planning on using the humans as a at shield to buy themselves so ti. I therefore decided to use our mobility and attack them from a longer distance.
“teor! teor! teor!”
I sent out teor which was one of my more deadly spells.
Quaaaang!
The first impact had burned a dozen soldiers to ashes and created a huge crater in the ground. They were however quick to react to the next ones and the human mages banded together to create a large shield. It the end my attacks had only cause a few casualties.
“Hmm… they have human mages spread out within each unit, their formation is quite well thought out.”
Shaa Shapp!
Hundreds of spells ca flying towards us, but with our distance and Valenor’s speed, she easily dodged them all.
“Although that level of magic is quite low, I still don’t want to be hit by so many.”
It was the power of numbers, despite Valenor being a dragon with incredibly high HP and recovery, she would still suffer under such high number of spells. Not to ntion that the Angels could join in at any ti, further increasing the difficulty.
“Valenor, Let’s fly higher!”
“How far?”
“As high as you can!”
It was ti to put my heavy object dropping strategy back to good use.
“Ice Wall! Ice Wall! Ice Wall…!”
I sent hundreds of Ice Walls down from an altitude of 20,000 ters.
Chang!
“Those dam munchkin Angels are truly troubleso, they took care of all that with a few swipes of their sword?”
The two smaller Angels swung their swords and my Ice Walls walls lted and beca a non threatening rain.
“Looks like there’s a few pigeons flying up here.”
The larger Angel was coming our way, accompanied by his two henchn.
“It should be advantageous for us to fight up here in the sky, away from the human mages. Valenor, let’s give them a warm welco with a nice Dragon Breath.”
The full power of Valenor’s Breath was sothing which even I couldn’t ignore and would act as a suitable opening move.
“Shit! Cancel your breath and dodge Valenor!”
I had spotted the Angels forming a dium range teleport magic circle.
Whoa aaah!
After hearing my words she tried to quickly let out what dragonfire she had already collected in her jaws.
Shooopa!
“Damn, so fast!”
They appeared right above Valenor’s head and the two smaller Angels had just completed their chanting. It was incredible timing to finish your incantation right after being teleported, a perfect coordination between the trio of Angels.
“Binding Prison!”
“Null-Magic void”
I bright rope shot towards and wrapped up while a orange colored box appeared around . Perhaps that was the area within which Magic was rendered useless.
Pooah!
Valenor had sent out her small Dragon Breath, but it was cancelled out, probably due to the null magic zone.
HuuWOong!
Valenor instantly struck out with her tail, but the Angels simply landed upon her head, and because it was where I was seated, she was unable to hit them for fear of hurting instead.
“Johra are you okay?”
As soon as the Angels had appeared before us I had already grabbed 2 magic jewels from my belt pouches.
“Undead, you have been found guilty by the High Gods of treating human lives to lightly. As their ssiah, I shall be the one to cleanse you!”
Hwarrr!
The large Angels sword erupted into flas and appeared nacing.
“Although it is true that I have taken the lives of humans, it was them however that were on their way to kill other humans. I killed those who were going to kill close friends of mine, what’s wrong with that?”
“Wicked being, with great power cos great responsibility and your morals have been found lacking. Even the few High Gods who had held so hope for you have now agreed on your cleansing.”
Huu Wooong!
Swish!
The flaming sword struck the spot I had just been in, as I vanished using the magic jewels.
“So are you saying that I should simply watch on as others kill my friends? Is that truly the will of the High Gods? Then I see little reason to care for their opinions! Valenor, change!”
“Polymorph!”
“Gravity Rise! Gravity Rise! Gravity Rise!…”
The Angels looked at stared at in astonishnt, unable to comprehend how I had escaped from the null-magic zone. Once Valenor had changed to her human form, the Angels were now flying in the air by themselves and I quickly stacked several Gravity Rises on them. The cost of each subsequent Gravity Rise would increase exponentially, so even with my deep mana pool I could only use it thirteen tis in a row, but it was enough to increase their gravitational pull by 8,000 tis.
“Koouck! What’s this!”
“How did you manage to escape from the null magic space?”
They flapped their wings furiously, trying to stay airborne but it was a futile attempt. The increased gravity increased their own weight by a trendous amount, and they plumted to the ground at great speeds.
“Valenor, remove your polymorph and follow !”
“Fireball! Inferno! teor!…”
I was spamming spells upon them to keep them occupied, I didn’t want to give them a chance to neutralize my gravitational magic.
“Great, why don’t you guys have a pleasant reunion with the planet’s surface!”
When I was about 300 ters from the ground I used my flight magic to reduce my speed.
Ji-weing!
Just as the three Angels reached the ground at dangerously high speeds, a huge magic formation appeared under them, and they disappeared from sight.
Looking around, I understood what had just happened. Those puny humans mages had banded together to create a teleportation circle which saved the Angels at the last possible mont.
“Chet… I guess this won’t be easy after all.”
Shook, Pung, Shoo
As I was mumbling to myself, hundreds of spells had been shot towards by the human mages.
“How annoying, Valenor!”
Ooo oh oh!
Valenor who had appeared behind was breathing in, readying a large Dragon Breathe.
Pooah!
She shout out a powerful fla towards the army of humans. It was dangerous enough that even a power C ranked being would be instantly burnt to ashes.
“What?”
Valenor and I couldn’t believe our eyes as the humans who should have been incinerated were completely fine. I finally realized the seriousness of the situation.
“Damn it! They had more Angels hidden among the human forces?”
From amidst the humans, hundreds of them unfolded their wings. They were all on the sa level as Michaels two henchn.
Swoosh!
A mont later Michael appeared above us with his 2 smaller Angels. They had already managed to counter my gravity magic.
“Null-Magic Void!”
“Binding Prison!”
Hwarr, Hooong
The other Angels were likewise sending spells towards and Michael was rushing my way with his flaming sword.
“Valenor get out of here!”
“No, I can’t leave you behind!”
“That’s an order!!”
“Sorry but I’m not listening!”
Valenor struck out with her claws as I used a magic jewel to escape.
Piiing!
“Cursed undead the magic is coming from your hands! Co to my brothers, tie up this infidel! Don’t allow him the use of his hands!”
Michael had discovered my secret with the magic jewels and I knew that what little elent of surprised I previously had, was now gone.
Hwarrrrr
Seeing that I had escaped, Valenor shot out a breath and she continued to swipe viciously with her long dragon claws. However, since we were still within a null-magic zone, her breath dissipated and her claws were simply blocked by Michaels sword.
“Valenor, get out of there!”
By Michael’s command hundreds of Angels had joined the fray and I was forced to constantly use magic jewels to teleport within this null-magic area.
“Binding Prison!”
“Binding Prison!”
…
Seeing that they couldn’t tie down, they had changed targets to Valenor. Although one such spell wasn’t enough to capture a strong dragon like her, hundreds of them were cast and she had been caught.
“Valenor!”
“Run away husband! Avenge !”
Her health was dropping far too quickly.
“Damn it Michael! Weren’t you here for ?” Let her go!”
“We’ll also catch you, but for now your companion shall pay the price, just wait your turn!”
I hated seeing Valenor tied up and suffering, but I truly had no way of helping her. If I were to get captured as well, the situation would truly be hopeless.
While the angels were keeping her prisoner, MIchael was keeping busy, not allowing to go to her rescue.
Valenor’s health had already dropped by a third, it was the terrifying power of numbers.
“Damn, you aren’t being fair Michael!”
Ignoring my outburst he just stared straight at with eyes devoid of emotions.
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