Although Zaos had planned to end that as fast as possible, it seed that he made a mistake. When it cos to that poison, the more energy you spend, the more you lose. So, after enhancing his body just two tis, he was already out of mana. To make matters worse, he still had to deal with three hundred more soldiers all the way to the other side of the formation. However, despite that, he could see two n watching everything in the distance. There was no telling. They were the commanders. One was young and seed pretty confident, and the other was past his pri, but it seed like he was also a troubleso rcenary.
"Bastards…" Zaos said and then bit his lips.
Zaos couldn't complain since he fell for their trap. They had planned everything in order to take Zaos and his unit out of the picture since they were the unknown factor that could determine the end of the battle. That was why they strengthened their right-wing and used their siege weapons on his n. It was also why they created that special heavy armored battalion with poisoned weapons.. The poison would make their vital energy being drained, and the heavy cavalry would help with that. Although they were slow, they would last longer, and their spears could surpass most defenses.
Without his magic, Zaos still was a troubleso warrior, but he wasn't a monster. So, the rcenaries felt pretty eager to attack him. Their fa would skyrocket by slaying a young hero, after all.
His hot head put him in a bad spot, so Zaos decided that it was ti to put that kind of attitude aside, even though the enemies were concentrating all his resources in crushing him. Instead of running toward the enemy like a mad dog, Zaos assud his tail guard and waited for them. That was probably a way to counter the poison: focus on counter-attacking.
As if they had been ordered to do that all the ti, three horsen moved to attack him at the sa ti. Zaos waited until the last mont, but when he swung his sword, even without magic, no one saw his blade. When they saw what happened, Zaos's sword was already in a resting position on his left side, and the enemies had been split in half.
Your Counterattack Technique has reached level 01
Your Counterattack Technique has reached level 02
It was no wonder Zaos never learned. It wasn't his style to focus on counterattacking, after all. However, he could tell that such skill didn't only increase his stamina. Just like the others, it increased the effectiveness of his technique. Even though he cut down three n and their horses while they were wearing heavy armor, he didn't expend as much strength as he would have without mana. In fact, he never did sothing like that without mana before.
Regardless, it wasn't ti to worry about that. The next enemies were approaching Zaos, and he did the exact sa thing as before. He waited until the very last mont and let his strength explode when the enemy's spears were about to hit him. After deflecting the weapons, Zaos killed the riders.
Since that happened two tis, the enemies knew that it wasn't a fluke. Zaos wasn't moving as fast, and as wildly as before, so they could tell that he wasn't using magic… so, they couldn't understand how he could be that fearso without magic.
The heavy cavalry hesitated, and that gave room for the mages and archers to attack them. However, they still had their armor and big shields to protect themselves, so that attack only disrupted their formation slightly.
"If you aren't going to attack, then I am going after you," Zaos said.
Zaos took so slow steps forward. While it didn't seem much, anyone could tell that even while he was moving, Zaos was ready to attack. So people only realized that when three riders tried to attack him from his left side. Zaos put all his strength on his left foot after turning around and then counterattacked. This ti, he didn't only split the enemies and the horses in half. He also made their bodies fly for several ters.
Your Counterattack Technique has reached level 03
Your Counterattack Technique has reached level 04
"What is wrong with that kind?"
"The commander said that all his strength cos from magic, but he is without magic right now…"
"Could he be truly a monster?"
The rcenaries began to think that their commanders sent them to the place where they were going to lose their lives instead of taking the head of a single young captain.
"Charge! Let's give them hell!" Cohnal shouted.
Usually, Zaos was supposed to be the one to give that kind of order, but he was too busy keeping himself focused. Regardless, while the rcenaries were hesitating, the soldiers attacked them. Although it was weird, Zaos led them on foot since he wasn't confident in counter attacking while he rode Moody.
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"What the hell is wrong with that kid?" Luvon asked. "Even though he has been poisoned by the Ethereal Tears, he still can fight like that?"
Ethereal Tears was the na of the poison they cultivated secretly. That was why those two decided to work together, and that was why he already was commander of ten thousand n despite his young age. He discovered the effects of a certain plant a few years ago and then imdiately put them to good use in the battlefields. In any case, they could see that the poison was working on so soldiers since they fell down on the ground without being attacked because of exhaustion. However, even without his horse, Zaos was still moving forward.
"Interesting, that kid is really sothing else… he figured out a way to deal with a very nasty poison," Camus smiled despite the fact that their elite rcenaries were being defeated. "We need to capture him alive and then use him in our army."
"I find it hard to believe that he will join us that easily," Luvon said. "Not to ntion, he killed so many of our n and is making his mission harder by the minute."
"This is just a small step, Luvon," Camus said. "Besides, we can always use the followers of the demon god to brainwash him."
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