Chapter 190 (2/2)

She has the lifeline artifact, Arthur Besides, You can’t afford to go easy on anyone if you want to even hope to win this war

Kathyln regarded me seriously, no trace of fear Just as ust of wind pushedforround

“Erupt!” Cae ofthe powerful cyclone that he had been preparing for

My vision was obstructed by walls of wind aroundwas deathly still Any sort of sounds ashed over by the constant roar of the tornado I soon foundfor air in this funnel of low air pressure

“Annoying,” I muttered in between a strained breath

The walls of the twister closed in, threatening to whirl and throherever it pleased, but thankfully, the reen I had left in me allowed my brain to retaliate

My initial reaction was to burrow round—that would’ve been the s oxygen supply, I found rin that seemed to say ‘All you can do is run or hide in the face of soe that I hadn’t felt in a long tiy If I can’t even face this, how aainst the scythes

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After anchoringan opposing current to negate the powerful wind spell slowly closing in

AsIt see it when a dull pain radiate across round, I boardly, pushi+ng off with ht

I cursed in azed at the object that had bludgeoned e boulder of ice Worse yet, it wasn’t the only one Swirling aroundthe tornado, were several dozens more of the chunks of ice—each at least twice the size ofCamus’ tornado spell Sure, it could be ainst this ‘foe’ that towered over me As the tornado closed in onfor the ice boulders

I had to hand it to Kathyln for the creativity in her chunks of ice; soes that cut through my clothes and drew blood

Despite the repeated blows, however,of fatigue washed overwas the notion that overcoainst Uto

My hts until I noticed too late that the boulders of ice had disappeared and in their stead was a growing fire that coalesced with the tornado—fusing into a flaan to spot and ination of Uto had became a full-blown hallucination It only lasted for about a few seconds until I blacked out, en for my senseless actions

It felt like I had only blinked, yet when I openedof the training roo down

A cool sensation radiated from my forehead I realized it was an ice-cold handkerchief when I fumbled with it

“Your body is still a bit hot Keep it on,” Kathyln urged, putting the cloth back on e of worry on her brusque face

“Thank you,” I muttered “And sorry for back there”

She shook her head “We were training Although the elders ht we have a different opinion!” Buhnd’s familiar voice boomed

Just a ht like a child throwing a tantrum I know you knew that there were about twelve different ways for you to get out of that situation without you trying to face it head on”

“Yeah, I knew,” I said through gritted teeth “But I wanted to see if I could overpower their combination spell If I can’t even do that, how am I supposed to defeat all of the retainers and scythes left?”

Buhnd opened his , but remained silent It was Ca the pressure, aren’t you?” he said softly

I didn’t answer I couldn’t

To they, but I had theFor me to ade, I eak

“A war isn’t fought alone,” Ca the title and responsibility of a lance ht make it see voice coh of a figure for this entire continent to solely rely on you”

“You’re right,” I chuckled

Kathyln placed a finger on the cloth she had placed on ic “Just as the people of dicathen rely on the lances, you also need to trust in your soldiers that they’ll make up for what you can’t do”

I lowered the cloth, allowing its coldness to perathering hed, bolting up tome was not only Kathyln and the elders, but also Emily and Alanis The two of them had remained silent, but had traces of worry on their faces “Thank you everyone, for helpingme in check”

Hester’s stern face soften as she nodded “I think that we can skip out on today’s debrief since I’”

“Get soo crazy toreed as he punched his open palm

“I’ll make sure to have the life-line artifact back to its norht!” Emily assured

I nodded “I’ll see everyone tohts, I didn’t even realize I had been walking until noticing that I was in front of my doorstep

Too tired to wash up, I sank into bed,for Sylvie until I re herself in another roo okay, Sylv? I reached out

My bond didn’t respond, but the faint trace of her cal onThis hand—this body that I had grown so used to for the near twenty years that I had lived as Arthur, felt so sht back to hts flashed back to on Duel, a one-on-one battle between two king duelists froon Duels lacked the atrocity and gore of norht of such battles were h, I reht alone, Arthur”