Chapter 221 (1/2)

Chapter 221

Chapter 221: Backtrack

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ARTHUR LEYWIN

Near the southern end of the Elshi+re Forest

The three of us stood aloft the canopy of trees I gripped Dawn’s Ballad in h rowth, she wouldn’t be able to handle the retainer by herself And even if I were to hold Cylrit off ical fog spread over Elshi+re Forest

The best option was to end this battle as fast as possible in order to y andcould be detrimental for the real battles soon to come

Sylvie I’m pretty confident I can beat Cylrit on my own, but not if his aiether

While the speed ofwas another story It was difficult to utilizestyle, which consisted of sharp ree,’ she confir around her at an extraordinary rate

Opening my mind entirely to my bond, Sylvie formed a solid panel of condensed mana beneath my feet at e at reatsword into a defensive position

I focused on a space about three paces in front of Cylrit, sending a quick thought towas just a tad behind but another translucent panel forht foot as I stepped on the space in the sky I had shown to Sylvie This allowed for another quick change in direction as I pushed off Sylvie’s conjuration

The retainer’s eyes calreatsword reuard

Dawn’s Ballad whistled as its sharp edge cut through the air toward Cylrit’s chest, but soot to the retainer, the ’ on it Dawn’s Ballad almost seemed to be sucked in by Cylrit’s beheht into its pitch-black blade

The sensation disappeared as soon as our blades clashed, but as soon as I swung again, Dawn’s Ballad was once again attracted to histhis quickly, I activated the first phase of my beast will

Static Void

The colors aroundbut ht the broken tip of Dawn’s Ballad against theStatic Void

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However, even at point-blank range,blood while leaving me drained

damn it! I cursed

Sylvie reacted quickly toanother platforain distance from Cylrit

I let out a heavy breath Static Void was a spell passed down to me from Sylvia that wasn’t coe, just using a few seconds of the aether artsfor several hours

“I was taught of the various ed, especially the ‘aether arts’ of the Indrath Clan Experiencing it in person, though, I could see why it’s to be feared,” Cylrit said, looking down at his wound

Having no intentions of exchanging frivolities with hied my bond

Sylvie, fire a few shots behind him

‘Got it’

Just as arrows of mana manifested in the air behind the retainer, I launched a blast of frost and an arc of lightning The ice blast spread into a cone while the lightning spell branched off to completely cover our opponent but to no avail

With a single sweep of his sword, our spells were sucked up and completely eaten away by the black blade

My bond conveyed her annoyance with a quick glance in my direction ‘What a troublesome ability’

Impatience welled up insideto attack Rather, he pulled out a s it

The retainer looked up, shi+fting his gaze fro, “one of my scouts has confirmed that elven princess has been withdrawn from battle”

“Do you honestly expect me to believe you and walk away?” I spat

Withdrawing Dawn’s Ballad, I conjured two frozen blades like Varay had done—condensing layer upon layer of ice to reinforce its durability—before rushi+ng towards the retainer

Cylrit’s cold eyes narrowed in scrutiny, well aware of Sylvie preparing a spell from a distance as I quickly approached

My two blades of ice clashed with his sword, generating a blast of pressure Even withthe scarred surface of the weapons, I swung again, quickly turning into a flurry of blades It was an odd feeling as ly forced into a direction different froot to the point where I would purposely abandon the ice swords and quickly conjure a new one, hoping that there would be a bit of a lag in between the gravitational pull from his sword

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“If your less battle, Cylrit,” I growled, releasing the eighteenth conjured sword fros

That’s when I saw—or rather, sensed it SoedNot visibly, but it happened just after the sword I had let loose was pulled into his sword and I had shot the fire