The bandits minions imdiately fanned out and surrounded , slowly closing in on with blades pointed forward and ready. One by one, their blades swung down on without any reservation, their aim, to kill . Thankfully, my identity had already been exposed so there was no longer a need for to hold back.
The mont the bandit troop leader barked out that command, I had already begun channelling my mana into a spell. As cold steel rained down on , a bone wall rose out of the ground beneath my feet and propelled into the air in a burst of dust and soil. With the rising montum and the bone wall as a stepping stone, I kicked off into the air and flipped over the bandit encirclent.
With my body slightly curled up, I drew my enchanted straight blade mid-air and swung downwards on a bandit minion who just happened to be in my flight path, cleaving through the unfortunate minion in a ruthless chop boosted by the montum of my fall. Straightening up my crouched posture, I turned around to face the remaining minions, their comrades corpse crumpling to the ground behind with a thud as I began channelling my mana once more.
The flas roared to life in my right hand and engulfed my straight blade in an instant as I willed my mana to materialize. In less than 2 seconds, a 7 ter long whip born of the flas crackled to life and flew out towards the minions. As the flas seared through the air, it carved out a fiery line across the battlefield that scorched the air itself along its destructive path.
Having been strengthened by the enchanted blade, the fla whip not only grew two ters longer but had its offensive power boosted significantly as well. Those unfortunate enough to stand in the way of its serpentine body instantly caught fire and in just a few monts, were burnt to a crisp. It didnt take long before the clearing was polluted with the acrid sll of burning flesh and blood.
Perhaps they chose this clearing as it made it easier to surround their target but this bit of cleverness ended up backfiring on them. With no trees and foliage standing in way, there was naturally no need for to hold back on my fire attacks out of fear of causing a forest fire.
Truthfully, the mont I discovered that my enchanted straight blade had a fire enhancent property, I imdiately began formulating a new battle plan. This whip attack was definitely not sothing I did in the spur of the mont but was instead a tactic I had deliberated on.
Like the fireball, the fla whip was, strictly speaking, a growth type spell which ant it grew stronger the more mana you spent on it. However, unlike the fireball, the fla whip was all about sustained control while the fireball was more about a sudden and explosive burst of power. If one was to channel a fireball for too long, it would most likely cause a magical backlash from the volatile buildup of fire elents.
In short, the fla whip was easier to control and was perfect for such close quarters combat.
Speaking of which, close quarter combat was the common weakness of all mages especially when fighting against an assassin who could take advantage of his weak physical defenses. Even so, this weakness wasnt enough to cancel out the sheer power magic afforded oneself.
Mages were after all, an occupation of the nobility while warriors were rely commoners. Nowhere was this difference in power more apparent than in their range capabilities. A warrior had to close in on his opponent before he could harm him while a mage rely had to fling a spell.
Not only that, a mage of equivalent stars was significantly more powerful than a warrior, not to ntion that a mage was able to control the weather and terrain once he reached the higher stars. Thus, a mage was in every way, a more superior occupation.
Right now was a textbook example of how a mage was stronger than a warrior. Thanks to my sword training before reincarnating as a devil, I was more of a magister now (TL reminder: warrior mage) and had both close and long range capabilities. With my snaking fla whip, I was able to easily keep the bandits at bay with a flick of my wrist. Even in the face of their throwing knives, I was able to rely on my warrior background to nimbly avoid their projectiles.
In just under a minute, over half of the bandits were downed by my fla whip. As the flas licked their bodies, all they could was roll around on the floor while screaming in pain. Yet no matter how much they tried, the flas simply couldnt be put out.
Seeing their encirclent fail spectacularly, their morale swiftly plumted. Knowing that this mustnt continue on any further or he risked losing the remaining half of his troops, the bandit troop leader finally took to the battle himself.
Move aside you lot, Ill deal with this demoness myselfdie devil! With his long blade raised high into the air, he broke into a sprint and lunged at . Noticing this newcor, I imdiately lashed out at him with my whip yet his furious charge wasnt one to be stopped so easily. Ignoring the coils of my whip, he broke through the fire while swinging his blade downwards at with his all his might.
Given my horrendously low strength which was barely able to defeat a human agility focused warrior, strength type warriors like this troop leader were clearly opponents I couldnt take head on. In fact, that thought didnt even cross my mind as I promptly back stepped while attacking once more with my fla whip. With a flick of my right wrist, I swung the flas back towards the bandit in another coiling attack.
Naturally, the troop leader was able to react to this and imdiately tried to deflect the whip with his long blade. However, the fla whip was made of pure fire energies and naturally couldnt be damaged by such physical attacks. The flas wrapped around blade, dancing around its steely edge as it wrapped its crimson tendrils around the troop leader.
Being a strength type warrior, agility clearly wasnt his forte. At this distance, there was simply no way for him to prevent the fla whip from coiling around him.
AHH. yelled the man as his body burst into fla right away. As the scorching pain tore through his body, it instantly robbed him of any ability to fight back. All he could do was roll around desperately and hope that this would put out the flas. Unfortunately for him, his minions had already tried this and that didnt work for them.
In the end, the bandit troop leader was rely a two-star warrior and two-star warriors werent able to wrap their bodies in Fighters Aura like the three-stars. This ant that they basically had no defenses against magical attacks and could only soak the damage with their bodies; last I checked, humans werent born with an innate fire resistance.
HowRUN Seeing their leader get taken out in a move, the remaining minions imdiately fled, leaving their leader to fend for himself.
Magical attacks were the biggest weapons in a mages arsenal so the outco of this fight was essentially decided before it even began. Without the ability to wrap oneself in Fighters Aura, a mage could easily dominate a warrior.
Assuming, of course, that there was sufficient distance between the two parties and that there was enough ti for the spell to fire off and hit its targetmhm, hitting a target is important as welldont forget, most mages were basically geeks.
With that, those that could still move, fled while those who couldnt were basically dead or crippled.
Regarding those who fledIll leave them be for now. The most pressing matter now is to check up on the hunters. Dont tell they were really ambushed by Dawson and his wolvesand what about those prostitutes? Will the wolves attack them? And why hasnt Dawson shown himself yet? Isnt his goal Shadowfang? In that case, why
Ohh, youre already done? Thats pretty fast, looks like I underestimated you.
Hearing that, my head whipped around to find a cold pair of eyes staring back at . His lips cracking into a slight grin that seed to flaunt his control of the situation as he said, Lucky for I decided to put in the extra effort to check up on this area otherwise I wouldve missed out on this opportunity.
Dawson!
Thats right, the person standing before now was Dawson. Standing 10 ters away from was the bandit chief clad in the sa outfit as yesterday, with his signature greatsword clasped behind his back.
Without wasting any more words, he cut straight to the point and pointed at Shadowfang: Hand that blade over to and I might just spare your life.
You want it? Co get it. I knew right away that was no reasoning with this man. From the look on his face, I knew that he recognized Shadowfang. Even if he didnt actually know of it, he definitely recognized its power which ant that even if I handed it over to him, he definitely wouldnt let go in order to prevent this news from spreading. Seeing as it was going to lead to a fight either way, theres no point wasting ti on words.
As I said that, I preemptively cracked my whip towards him, however this was easily dodged by Dawson with a quick flash to the side. By the ti I located him once more, he was already on the opposite side of where he stood. With another flick of my wrist, I sent out the whip once more in a similar attack pattern.
Dawson was naturally able to react to this but just as he was about to dodge it, his body banged into the bone wall I had summoned beforehand. With his escape route cut off, all he could do now was take the whip head on.
*swish*
Got him! With the hindrance of the bone wall, the whip was able to coil itself around the bandit chief; all thats left now was to burn the man. Yet Dawson didnt seem the least bit concerned about his impending demise. Glancing nonchalantly at the whip, he let forth a thunderous shout after which a burst of Fighters Aura exploded from his body and tore apart the fiery bindings in an instant.
Was this the power of his aura? Terrifying
Strictly speaking, the strength of the fla whip lied in its ability to deal continuous damage, the whip strike itself didnt do much instantaneous damage so it was particularly vulnerable to instantaneous abilities. Naturally, I knew of this weakness as well when I struck Dawson with my whipits just that I didnt expect his aura to dispel my whips binding so easilymaybe hes just a unique case, mhm.
Damn it, if only my fla wall could be erected instantly as wellI guess theres no ifs in life huhthe whole point I favored my bone walls was because they could be cast instantly in the first place while the fla wall had a short casting phase.
With the fla whip taken care of, he imdiately pounced on with a lightning fast speed that barely gave enough ti to dodge let alone chant another spell. Focusing my will, I swiftly erected a bone wall to block the bandit but this was promptly destroyed by Dawsons charge. To the three-star bandit, these quick-cast bone walls which barely had any mana infused in them were nothing but a bunch of paper walls.
Damn, here he cos again! I rapidly took a few steps back. In terms of lee combat, there was no way Im a match for him; he might even be able to kill off in one move. Unfortunately for , my retreat barely accomplished anything seeing as his speed was faster than mine in the first place. As I watched his looming figure close in on , the only option left was to activate my Shadow Guardian, hopefully it will be able to restrain him for a mont.
The shadowy skill activated with a re thought and rapidly elongated itself in a strange manner as it shot out towards the approaching bandit. As its attacks ca from the ground, its stealth factor was rather high. Dawson was completely clueless about the origins of this strange black attack even after he was hit but theits not like he needed to know either.
With a burst of Fighters Aura, he swiftly dispelled the attack.
Damn it all, the level difference ans that my Shadow Guardian is worthless as well!
Thankfully, it was still able to buy so ti. With the straight blade in hand, I used it as an interim magical staff and boosted my casting speed to swiftly erect a fla wall right in the path of his charge.
However, this fiery obstacle didnt even cause the fearso man to bat an eye as he plunged straight into it with his aura clad body. It didnt take long before he charged through the wall and appeared right before with greatsword poised for a deadly hack!
Not daring to face that attack head on, I had no choice but to perform an ergency tumble to the side. As I scrambled to my feet several ters away, I unsheathed the straight blade and drew Shadowfang as fast as I could.
With both my hands clasped tightly on its hilt, I broke into a running charge and stabbed at the bandit.
So youve finally pulled her out. Seeing reach for the epic-grade blade, he didnt make a move to stop . In fact, he seed excited as he declared: This is fine as well. Before I attain her, let have a look at her prowess!
As those words left his mouth, the epic-grade blade pierced through the gigantic sword in his hands like tofuwithout a shred of doubt, his weapon had been destroyed by Shadowfang.
Thanks to his inhuman reflexes however, Dawson managed to retreat a step right as the tallic blade gave way and thus narrowly avoided being skewered.
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