I was stuck on this side, fighting near the fire mages.
Flas, sand, water, dust and strong winds filled the environnt as various mages used their elents to fight the beast monsters.
Damon and I exchanged looks.
This was really happening. The castle we all believed was to so degree impregnable was now being attacked.
What would happen if they broke in? I wondered.
Would the emperor be forced to use his powers to defeat them?
This attack was not just a fight, it was a statent to the empire.
If they could break into the castle, even if the emperor defeated them, it would show that nowhere in the empire was safe.
Citizens would be thrown into unrest.
The mages had to find a way to kill all the beasts and prevent them from breaching the wall.
At all costs, inclusive.
Damon was the first to break of the trance and he rushed towards the fight.
"Wait, you can't pass through the battle!" I shouted after him but he paid no heed as he continued running off.
I shook my head. It seed the prince had forgotten all his pretense to be my friend.
I saw now why Bruno told too be wary of them.
If they were all like Damon then you couldn't trust them fully.
Or else one day there will be an instance where they would betray you in the most unexpected manner possible.
I shrugged and brought out my fans and coated them in mana.
I didn't have ti to think about betrayal and other sentintal stuff, there was a fight to be won.
As I got close to the fray, I heard a loud screech above .
I looked up in surprise. I'd barely even announced my presence and I was already being attacked.
A large hawk flapped it's wings above .
It was a rather normal looking bird save for its beak that was painted completely blue.
Also it was quite large but hawks were known to reach huge sizes sotis.
Screeechh~
The blue beaked hawk screeched again and studied with sharp eyes.
It seed to be examining , gauging , trying to see if I had any weaknesses or weak points it could attack.
I imdiately knew this was not going to be an easy opponent to fight.
I studied it closely. It's feet were long and majestic looking. They were topped off by sharp talons that looked like they could dig deep beyond skin into bone.
It's wings were spread to an impressive width and it's head was crowned with sharp eyes that picked up the slightest of movents and then a long blue beak that glead in the sun.
The hawk seed to have studied enough and it dove in a sharp arc towards .
I was anticipating it's movent.
One directional wind slam. I shouted and sent a strong gust of wind at the bird.
The hawk felt the ripples of the blast before the air even reached it.
It ducked under the gust, avoiding being hit but the ripple of the wind still made it falter slightly and it seed like it was going to fall.
Screeech~
It screeched as it struggled to regain its balance.
However the hawk recovered itself quickly and flapped its wind at .
Screech~
It screeched angrily and it glared at .
I didn't even know a bird could glare and for a second I was dumbfounded.
I saw the blast of air coming at and realized it had sent a one directional wind attack of its own.
Luckily master Jared had taught us so basic defensive lessons and I knew how to handle situations like this.
I waited till the blast of wind was near before I quickly faced the mana coated side of my fans towards it.
As the blast of air got close to , I deflected it up with my fan, sending it away from .
All around , there were cries and screeches as mages and beasts alike got injured.
I could taste dust in my mouth and my eyes watered but I couldn't afford to shut them, not when I had a deadly hawk ready to take my life.
I sent another one directional wind slam but the hawk dodged it again.
It moved fluidly, avoiding my attacks with ease.
It definitely wasn't a level one beast, probably a level two or higher.
This didn't an it was impossible to kill.
It just ant I had to push myself a little.
I decided if I couldn't defeat the hawk with raw powers, I had to think intelligently and outsmart it.
The hawk was still floating above . It flapped its wings in a regular rythmn as it plotted its next move.
I was going to let it have ti to think however, I ford a quick plan in my head and weighed the odds that it would succeed.
It wasn't very high but low odds were better than low odds anyway.
"One directional wind slam". I yelled and sent a blast of wind towards the hawk.
As expected, it was very quick and it moved to dodge the attack.
However this was what I was hoping for.
As soon as I released the one directional windslam, I quickly transferred the mama to the edge of my fan and aid it at the hawk.
"Vortex". I said and built a whirlpool of wind from the edge of my fan.
I didn't aim it at the bird, that would have been too predictable.
Instead I watched as the bird dragged its body upwards to avoid the wind slam and flyover it.
I predicted where it was going to be by the ti I fired.
When I was sure I had gotten the coordinates, I fired the vortex.
It travelled from my fan and flew upwards and hit the hawk as it flew.
It t the hawk and twisted it in a violent spiral.
When it passed, the hawk fell to the ground, lifeless.
[1 beast monster killed, 10 mana points]
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