I threw myself with all my strength behind the building closest to . The bullets from the gun in the robot's arm suddenly started riddling the place where I had just been standing and turned toward the building. They shattered the glass and even pierced the concrete.
My eyes widened when I saw this.
If a single one of those bullets grazed , it would definitely take the place it touched with it...
I quickly got up and started running in the opposite direction. I ca across a group of soldiers who were clearly hostile, they opened fire on as soon as they saw .
I used the Mana Barrier and quickly ran behind so more rubble and then sothing caught my eye, sothing good.
Mana traveled through my body, I felt my muscles fill with power and I jumped. I grabbed onto the side balcony of a tall skyscraper that was completely on its side and went inside. I hid myself and looked at the city again.
What had happened was literally a one-sided massacre. What I saw on the streets was nothing, the real thing was happening in the heart of the city. Bodies and severed limbs were everywhere, there was almost nowhere to step. Bullets were flying through the air, so even hitting each other. The soldiers charged with protecting the city were fighting for their lives, waiting for reinforcents.
When I saw them struggling, I couldn't help feeling a little sad, but it was only a thought. A minimal concern, at most.
Because no matter how hard they try, they will not succeed. Caleuche is waiting where it is, even if it's far away. Even if it does nothing, even if it just stands there, it's here, and that's enough. That alone could be enough force to dominate all of Lunerra, and maybe it really is...
Except for a few things.
There are a couple of reasons why the South Holar would not try to take over the North Holar right now, let alone Lunerra, with such a ship.
First, the Caleuche can't stay aloft for long periods of ti, so if they launch a large-scale attack and the ship has to land, they will lose.
Second, they are afraid of another weapon in the hands of the North Holar. It is not known whether the weapon is fully ready.
Thirdly, apart from the war, the South Holar is directly going through a civil war. The people are not very happy with this war that they are fighting as Southerners with the Northerners. Because the South Holar is ruled by a kind of dictatorship. Yes, there is a president, but this person is a bit... troubleso.
The fourth reason is that the barriers in almost all the cities of the North Holar are really strong. Even Caleuche can't get through that barrier for as long as it can stay in the air, so they take over the cities one by one and plan a big offensive at the end.
And they succeed, at least in the ga. And what I am trying to do... is change that.
I asked Sith about the situation outside and the answer was not encouraging. The situation was bad, retaking the city was next to impossible because even if reinforcents arrived, the city had already fallen.
The Northerners were already retreating. I would be trapped inside the city at this rate, and with the dwarves' technology, it would only be a matter of ti before I was captured.
I need to act, I need to find soone, soone who is in this city now, soone who has a more optimistic view of those outside his race. A general, a general who I think will be of great help to in this war.
'Sith, we'll be heading out soon. In the anti, I want you to look for a dwarf, he should be wearing armor that looks more technological than the others, he is also a general. His eyes are blue, his hair brown. He's a bit bigger than the other dwarves. As soon as you see him, he will catch your eye.'
Sith nodded quickly and I took a deep breath. I braced myself and imagined first of all a sword, a black sword with purple runes on it.
It was the sword I had gotten from the dungeon I cleared with Alex.
Imdiately after my thought, a white glow appeared in front of . The glow distorted around it, slowly taking the shape of a stick, and then details began to form. The tip of the stick tapered, beca thinner and a little longer, and slowly a hilt began to form.
After the stick took the shape of a sword, the glow slowly disappeared and a sword fell into my hands.
I quickly poured mana into it, my mana traveled through the sword and the runes on it suddenly glowed. The shape of the sword trembled, it grew a little longer and the hilt changed to fit my hand. Then the runes faded again and I received a notification.
I gripped tightly the first sword in the world that belonged to and alone.
The weight, the balance, the length... everything was perfect for .
I took a deep breath again, started channeling mana into the Absolute Mind and my mind cleared slowly but steadily. Then I looked outside with this mind.
What was happening around suddenly ca into my mind much clearer, much more real than before. Dwarves dying in the distance, soldiers slaughtering them. The desperate Northerners trying to resist, and the Southerners advancing against this resistance as if it were nothing...
I gripped the hilt of my sword tightly and started running in the opposite direction to the huge ship Caleuche.
As I said, the city had already fallen. The Northerners were aware of this and had begun to retreat, so I was more likely to find the person I was looking for there.
Luck did not smile at this ti, though.
I t a group of soldiers, they were looking directly at , and our eyes t.
I suddenly felt ti stop, and with that, the barrels turned toward .
I held my breath, cursed, and activated the Mana Barrier so that the first bullets hit the barrier, causing it to crack.
After cursing a few more tis inwardly, I turned around, but this ti I was facing another group of soldiers. As their barrels once again turned toward , their faces emotionless, I felt like I was the only one in the whole world.
Nevertheless, I didn't give up. I clasped my hands together and swung them quickly to the sides, and a gust of wind pushed upward. The barrier below broke, I saw the montary surprise of the soldiers, they hadn't expected to be thrown into the air at once. Yet they didn't stay still.
Since I was in a mont when I had to think about every detail, instead of thinking about the spells, I cast them with simple movents, directing my mana with my hands.
I quickly pushed my hands in front of , and the wave of wind that had lifted into the air blew in front of this ti, and I was thrown backward, landed on a building, and quickly entered it.
So of the soldiers were entering the building. I don't know why, but they were specifically targeting .
I gritted my teeth and looked for a way out of the building without being noticed.
There was one, but as soon as I approached one of these gaps, a huge shadow suddenly fell over the area. A huge, black blotch that blocked out the sun. A machine approaching here, scanning the entire area.
Caleuche.
I involuntarily grimaced.
Is it already exceeding its flight limit? No, the war hasn't started long ago. Most of the city had already fallen, so they didn't want to waste too much energy?
I shook my head quickly because I was thinking nonsense.
I have to run, I have to be fast, every second that ship gets closer to , the risk of getting caught increases.
So, I prepared to step outside, and just then I paused again. A footstep sounded behind , and then… the room lit up for a split second. Sothing, a bullet, grazed my arm and lodged in the wall I was facing. Imdiately afterward, a mocking voice echoed in my ears.
"Turn around slowly."
Haaa… I guess they'll never leave alone.
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