Chapter 154 (2/2)

I looked up to see Madam Astera, blood on her face and on her once white apron Noticing aze, she looked only to shake her head with a faint s the medics and eht back”

I nodded “I see In that case, please take care of her”—I pointed to Cedry—“and look after Jona”

Without waiting for the head chef’s response, I turned around toward the cliff, ready to head back, when so on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecom

“Why? Why couldn’t you have saved her like you saved rip around my ankle

“I can’t save every soldier in a war,” I replied, unable to look back and face him

“Liar… I bet you could’ve if you really wanted to You’re a lance, right? I wasn’t sure until you caught that arroith yourbecause the arrow stopped nashed my teeth in frustration—not at hirip “Like I said, my priority isn’t to save every soldier I coht not’ve known each other that long, but if Cedry was alive, there’s no way she would’ve just thought of you as ‘just a soldier,’ General” There was veno around, I lifted Jona up by the scruff of his shi+rt once more and pulled him close “I’m sorry for your friend, Jona, but pull your head out of your ass There are eneer than any adventurer you’ve probably worshi+pped—and you want y to save everyone here? If I do that, who’s going to stop the to stop the enemy leaders that can level a mountain if they wanted to?”

The hate and blauilt and sorrow as tears rolled down his cheeks “What a to do, then? I pro to keep the pro to ask her to marry me”

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At his wordsinto knots as led to keep corief-struck face

“I’ll take care of hi Jona back by his shoulders “Go on”

I gave a curt nod and peeledback up the cliff, hts of Jona and Cedry I saw theether, but I never thought much of their relationshi+p

“dah the dense array of trees The sounds of battle grew louder but hts were focused on Jona’s last words

The faint whistle of an arrow snapped me back to reality I spun out of the path of the projectile and conjured several throwing knives out of condensed ice, throwing therunt of the archer and the hollow thud of his body falling from the tree sounded behind me

A few feet later, a bolt of electricity crackled toward me The spell was powerful but by the way it branched out and weakened, I could tell the caster was inexperienced in the deviant athered ers once more and released the spell

Unlike , mine shot out like a bullet However, just as et, athe streak of lightning har</ean to see a pattern For every aug, there seemed to be a different conjurer whose sole duty was to protect thementer, which explained why he went down so easily

Because the ene the, their attacks were much more relentless and brash

MyJona and Cedry back at carew as more and more enemies attacked

“Fine! You knohat? The more of you all I kill, the lesss now stuck out like sore thuathered around the in preparation, it beca, but I needed hts of conservation were gone as I once again released the first phase of on’s will The world froze once more and I quickly assessed the spells needed to counter the attacks of twelve different ene spell, condensed bullets of water, and one of the conjurers was planning on burying h,” Ithe barrier earlier to save Jona had drawn a lot of attention

Seconds ticked inside the suspended realm of Static Void My body felt heavier but I didn’t care This was nothing I released Static Void as soon as I was ready and retaliated

Immediately, spells detonated from all around me, a cacophony of screams and wails mixed in as well Enemy and ally soldiers alike looked around, confused by the sudden explosion

As I heaved out a breath, I couldn’t help but s the ene mana interpretation, I overloaded the Alacryan soldiers’ spells, causing a deadly backfire

“How’s that, Jona! Are you satisfied?” I fumed

“Arthur!” a clear voice called out fro over my shoulder, I spotted Captain Glory She wore a hardened expression as her two long swords dripped with blood Her once tied hair had come loose and was caked with mud and dried blood, and her ar in her eyes

“You look like crap” My lips formed a pained smile, relieved to see a familiar face

The corner of her lips curved up into a s war”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” I chuckled

“Anyway, did you do that?” Vanesy asked, looking around

I nodded “I was testing so battle? You never change” She let out a sigh “Do you think you can do it again?”

“Probably,” I answered when suddenly, Sylvie’s thoughts poured intoback’ There was a flood of ee: worry, desperation, and fear

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