Chapter 7: How I Wished (2/2)
"LISTEN TO ME, ARTHUR LEYWIN!" Father agonizingly roared This was the first ti his voice like this; the kind of voice that one would only use for desperate ht! That's why I' your mother to you Protect her and protect the baby inside her I'll catch up to you after this is over"
His words shook my mind like thunder
Protect her and protect the baby inside her…
Suddenly, everything clicked Why she was acting so paranoid Why she was clutching ot even close to us Why both Durden and Angela were guarding us with defensive spells, instead of just one of the on telling you e arrived in Xyrus, but…" Not finishi+ng his sentence, father just looked at me sheepishly; still pale fro boss
"Okay, I'll protect Mom"
"Atta boy That's my son"
My mother finished her chant at this tiolden-white light
"Sonova— One of theet away!" the leader roared
I quickly grabbed ed at her tomyself with mana
We reached the area Ada a dozen ot him!" Adam barked as he kept his opponent at bay
The dual-wielder was obviously frustrated by the inability to neither reach me nor mother because of Adam We hurried down the slope when I heard a faint wizz sound to our left Acting on instinct, I ju my whole body and the sword to withstand the blow of the inco crack resonated as the arrow met the wooden sword Fortunately, the arroasn't reinforced with any h the force pushedthe force of the shot by rotatingthe arroay I landed onaas left of h!"
…Was all I heard from the assailant before he was promptly impaled by an arrow fired by Helen
"GO!" she exclai it at the leader of the bandits to support my father
That eird
Currently, Jashting a et the plan, don't let them live!" The leader barked out
Who was he co?
"… respond to my call and wash all to oblivion!" a faint voice finished chanting
[Water Cannon]
From the mountainside, one of the scattered "archers" had his hands brought together, aied himenter He was a conjurer!
shi+t!
I didn't have e sphere of pressurized water, at least threein size as it neared
Myto coht was my mother, and to my left were Adam and his opponent not far off; and behind e of the e this, e of the mountain
What should I do?
"Dammit!" I let out a roar unfit for a four-year-old!
Willing all of the reboth of us out of the way
I quickly realized h e of the water cannon
No choice!
If I was going down, I was going to make sure to take that bastard doith me!
I channeled mana into e In thatin slow motion as my ht get a pretty bad bruise from the push, but minor bodily injuries were the least of et hit with another spell I had to get rid of this conjurer
Unsheathing the knife Jasaveto do I had only done with ki init at the conjurer, as still concentrating on the water cannon Barely curving around the edge of the giant cannonball of water, I heard the fire let out a shrill howl of pain followed by a string of curses indicated that the e's water cannon lost shape, but unfortunately, there was still a surge of water strong enough to push me off the cliff
Time for plan B
Plan B was just in casein the ga of ed soed back on the ainstevery ounce of air i had in ht on the line, I could hear thetide of water as he was helplessly dragged doith me by the force of his own spell
Even asto an end Father and Helen had justJasmine with backup, allowed them to put the whip-user on his last stand Meanwhile, i spotted Durden as he was desperately conjuring a spell in order to save me, but I kneas too late; the spell had knocked me too far away
Still, I was comforted in the fact that everyone will be okay Maybe the only thing I would regret being unable to see rip of sleep steal me away
damn… I had alanted to be an older brother