Chapter 218 (2/2)
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Before I could respond, Darvus dashed off, taking out his anger on the unfortunate ene after hi pain spread from my back
The protective aura froe felt minimal, but it still felt like cold water had been duer, I could’ve died
The promise I made to my teammates, the promise I had ht up in trying to save as many of my troops as I could
Snap out of it, Tessia! Darvus is right, we need to stay in formation
Ih the waves of ene weapons of steel and conjured elements that atte into a ind of blade and h but ere vastly outnumbered Even after part of their force had broken off toward Elenoir, the difference in numbers were obvious, but I could only hope that General Aya’s army would take care of the closer?! I cursed, trying to find Stannard, Caria, and Darvus
It was impossible to tell how an, but one thing was painfully clear: I wasn’t fit to be a leader
It didn’t e with an S-class beast will Getting emotional over every ally death I encountered justified that I was incompetent to make rational decisions for the betteruilt that I felt manifested itself into a voice inme that I was the one that led every one ofmy way toward my initial position, when I finally spotted one of them just a few dozen yards away
“Stannard!” I yelled, hoping the conjurer could hear me over the chaos
However, my voice attracted someone else’s attention—a person that looked different froon a corrupted wolf-like beast
He looks like so blonde hair billow, unobstructed by any form of protection on his head
Guards of a different caliber than the rest of the Alacryan soldiers surroundedmy path, but as I prepared to confront theirl to me,” he asserted
I kept my face impassive as the armor-clad man jumped off his mount and unhurriedly approached me Even from this distance, I could see that his black armor was a finely crafted suit of both plate and chain on either side of his waist were two ornate-looking swords embroidered with fine jewels on the hilt
He unsheathed his swords “As expected of Tessia Eralith To barely have any wounds It’s an honor tomy swordstaff pointed at the man, I cautiously stepped forward “How do you know my name?”
He smiled politely “You can call reen vines thrashed wildly around er I hated when they talked It e enemies that we had to kill
My voice lowered into a threatening growl “You didn’t answer hting stance “Perhaps beating ht ation”
That’s how you want to play it
The hardened soil beneath my feet cracked as I dashed toward the blonde-haired Alacryan, getting in range before he could properly react
Yet, as the mana tendrils I shot forth approached theto a co hirin on his face as he used that chance to swing his blade The attack was fast but after training under so eable
I followed up withthrough a thick viscous liquid By the time my blade reached Vernett’s unprotected neck, the speed had direatly that it couldn’t even draw blood
The battle continued, but ere at a staleer, faster, more adept in coic, I couldn’t land a solid hit
It didn’t help that this ‘leader’ constantly h other skir
“After all your talk, you’re scurrying around like a mouse?” I spat, unable to keep the venoh “Why bother butting heads when I’e”
I launched a crescent of wind in the feeble hope of getting through his defensive aura, but the rabbed a nearby soldier—my soldier—and used him as a shi+eld
The man’s chest spurted blood despite his silver chestplate His eyes, ith shock, locked onto me before his head drooped lifelessly
“bastard!” I roared, dashi+ng toward him
The filth of a man threw the body he had used as a shi+eld at ood is your position when you’re nothing but an infant wearing a shi+ny badge?” he gloated as he sliced off the leg of another one of ony
“Shut up!” Ied with power, extending up toward the trees and killing two of the long range Alacryan ap in their offense, I propelled ed the vines I threw at hi as he used one of his own troops to block another one offurther away, he shouted, “You should’ve kept the tiara on your head, little princess Leading with a sword doesn’t suit you”
“Shut up, shut up, shut up!” I screae of my beast will
Suddenly, the world around reen Sounds of battle became muffled while my body seemed to almost move on its own
Finally, the blonde Alacryan seemed fazed Concern showed on his face but it was too late I reached out and a hand of translucent green held Vernett in a tight grip while the trees around hie around hirowled, hed out blood fros I could feel his ribs cracking through ic, but a smile blossomed on his face “Take a look around you What troops?”
For the first time in what see in rip and looked around The battle had moved forward—no, I had been led back
Afar, I could seebulldozed without me, more and more of their corpses scattered around the forest floor Perhaps it was due to e, but I could clearly see how much the numbers on my side had dwindled… because ofto this hly of uished soldier,” he gurgled, blood leaking out from the corners of his mouth “The difference between us is that I know I’ to be one”
As e and other indescribable ehup at the forest sky, ant expression soon came into my view as he looked down on e?
Vernett clicked his tongue in disapproval “My e hiding in the tree straight in your line of sight?”
I closedto die, with nobody to blame but myself
That hen the horn blared froone
Replacing hi at me with an expression so cold that I half wished that I had died