It was much worse.
It was a hell of a lot worse than I thought it would be.
When the call to battle ca last night, when I was with Gurdas, I knew that we would hardly be able to defend, I knew that many people would die, but... I didn't expect this.
The defense started before the sun had risen and continued until noon of the next day. And it was still going on.
Robots, soldiers, rockets, spells, bullets, and all sorts of things were coming from all sides. The screams echoed in my ears more clearly than ever.
With each passing second we were being pushed back more and more, with each passing second the enemy was coming at us more and more.
Of course, as in every battle... there were so who targeted specifically. So of the Southern soldiers would occasionally pounce on , either trying to kill outright or to damage without killing . If they had so kind of prioritized target list, I was sure I was high up on it.
Still, the battle was going well so far.
There seed to be more casualties than we had planned, but other than that, everything was as it should be. At the point where we were pushed back, a huge rune was waiting to engulf the entire enemy, and countless troops were hiding sowhere above the clouds or on the ground, ready to attack at any mont.
I was doing what I had to do in this battle where I saw more blood and heard more screams than I had ever seen in my life.
Every minute I was retreating backward, letting the enemy co at , but trying to keep their numbers within a certain range.
I didn't worry too much about running out of mana. Because normally dwarf soldiers don't worry about that, the North Holar also didn't, but when they realized that when I ran out of mana I had to leave the battle whether I wanted to or not, they prepared so special mana potions for .
So, as long as I wasn't injured, I could fight non-stop in short breaks, and I did.
Today alone I had used Spiritual Ascension perhaps more than I had used it since I had it, and my ability nad Phoenix's Regeneration could quickly deal with minor injuries.
It was actually the first ti I saw this ability active today and it was quite... strange.
As soon as any wound appeared on my body, tiny blue flas would shoot out of the sa wound, and then the flas would get smaller and smaller, healing the wound. Finally, when there was nothing left, the blue flas would go back into my body.
It was a strange feeling, but perhaps one of the best abilities I had.
"Aiden, we're starting slowly."
With that voice echoing in my skull, I took a deep breath and looked around the battlefield again for a brief mont, this ti focusing on where we were rather than on things like enemies or spells being thrown at .
The base of the North Holar was visible in the distance. It wasn't a gigantic structure, of course, just sothing carved into a hill, but it was still clearly a base.
The ti had indeed co. The whole area was littered with corpses and rubble, from the original battlefield all the way here, but it would co to an end...
"All right."
The southern soldiers beca even more aggressive when they realized that we were starting to retreat slightly toward the base. I saw smiles on so of their faces, relief on others as they realized that this battle was coming to an end.
They didn't know anything.
A notification appeared in front of , visible only to the Northern soldiers thanks to their helts.
Imdiately after the notification, a voice echoed in my ears again.
"Get ready fer a counterattack! Reinforcents'll be joinin' the battlefield as soon as that rune in the field lights up! Most of the Southern soldiers are right on that rune, make sure ye carve 'em up good! Let's win this battle!"
It was Dorhud, I recognized his voice. I couldn't think too much about it though, because suddenly I noticed soone charging at .
I was in the shadow of a dwarf who was obviously holding a spear.
I created a barrier just in case, then threw myself to the side, activated Spiritual Ascension as fast as I could, and looked at my opponent.
In front of was a well-built dwarf with red-colored armor. He was still shorter than , even though he was taller than dwarves in general, but I was sure that he was ahead of in physical strength with the help of his armor.
The dwarf spun his spear as if he had noticed my barrier. Instead of reducing its force by slamming it into the barrier, he maintained his montum and attempted sothing no one had ever tried to do before.
He stepped on my barrier, bounced off it, tried to get behind , and... succeeded.
My eyes widened when I saw what the dwarf had done, I had never imagined that sothing like this could happen. I was unprepared and in a bad position as Spiritual Ascension was not yet fully activated.
The spear swung at again, this ti behind my back, out of my sight.
I tried to escape by throwing myself forward, but in vain. The dwarf had taken advantage of this as quickly as possible.
I felt intense pain in my back, followed by warmth. I gritted my teeth and transferred mana to the Absolute Mind to bear the pain, but the wound was so deep that even my organs could have been damaged.
The dwarf did not want to be satisfied with a single swing. After the first swing he attacked a second ti, maintaining his montum, but this ti I was able to react.
I quickly ford a wall of blue flas between us, using the winds to lift myself upward as my crown finally ford above my head and dark teal particles began to spread from my body into the atmosphere.
A comforting warmth enveloped the wound on my back, the Phoenix's Regeneration had kicked in but I wasn't sure how fast it could heal the wound.
The dwarf in red armor looked at over the wall of blue flas. He could see because I was levitating, and so our eyes t.
I clicked my tongue, the wound on my back still healing, and looked at the notification in front of .
Ten seconds... only ten seconds until the activation of the rune.
The armored dwarf stretched, pointing his spear at again. That's how I realized he also had the ability to fly because no one in their right mind would give an advantage to soone who could hover.
The dwarf jumped over the wall of flas and flew toward . At that mont a pair of teal wings appeared on his back. They resembled the wings of a fly.
The dwarf's attack with his wings was even faster than before. He literally shot out of the ground like a bullet. Yet there was sothing else that was different from before.
Spiritual Ascension was active, and Sith was with .
I didn't even think to react. Sith used most of his mana, knowing what he had to do. He focused our 'ultimate move', which we had practiced several tis, on the spot where the dwarf would be in a mont, right in front of .
As the pressure points in the atmosphere suddenly shifted, the dwarf tried to pause for a mont, as if realizing this, but he was so fast that he could not control himself. Finally realizing that he was going to take damage no matter what, he gripped his spear tighter.
There was a split-second flash on his armor, and then several layers of barriers instantly surrounded him.
With only a ter between and his spear, the atmosphere in the space he was in suddenly collapsed on him. Everything around him pressed down on him, trying to squeeze him, as if he were at the center of a vacuum.
The first barrier broke instantly, and the second and third suffered the sa fate. Though, I wasn't sure if the fourth barrier would also break. That's why I decided not to take any chances.
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