Chapter 134: Battle ; Trouble ; Familiar Person (1/2)
I check the building we're in, only to find out that we're in one of the many rooms of a castle.
What's even more surprising is that Albion turns out to be the gigantic floating city that I had seen earlier.
Anyway, I proceed to check the state of the castle and its surroundings before invoking,
”Codification.”
Checking my energy, I see that it's at 96%.
As I'm about to order Aruru and Gabriel to initiate an assault with me, the white-bearded man pulls out a wand and points it at me.
He then murmurs a chant before electric currents form at the wand's tip before moving in my direction.
Unfazed, I form a reflective barrier using Vector Manipulation which 'sucks' the attack in before striking him back.
It seems like the man didn't make use of a strong spell as he just grumbles before getting down on one knee.
The rest of the men that were sitting at the round table, which I assume are nobles, are surprised by the turn of events as they hastily pull out their wands and order the armored soldiers to attack me.
What happens next surprises me and the nobles, as three of the armored soldiers suddenly slash at those closest to themselves, effectively killing eight men.
”Traitors!” the blonde-haired man exclaims.
”No, YOU are the traitors!” one of the three deserters exclaims, ”Glory to the prince!”
”Glory to the prince!” the other exclaim before stepping back and forming a three-man wall in front of me.
”Young Lord, support is going to arrive soon, so please stand back for the moment.”
How cute. So, this is what it's like to have loyal subordinates…
”Don't worry,” I say while walking forward while Aruru and Gabriel follow along, ”These fools have no power.”
”Young Lord!”, the same guy yells with anxiety apparent in his voice.
”I'm your patriot, right?” I say, ”Then, watch the powers of the one you wish to serve under.”
Before the men can react to my words, I slowly float up before creating numerous ordinary swords in the air.
Then, I wave my hand in front of me as I hurl the swords at the armored soldiers.
”What?” one of 'my' followers mutters disbelievingly, while the other two are left speechless.
”Kill him!” the blonde-haired man bellows.
The men seem to be fired up by his voice as they prepare to rush at me, but, the blonde-haired man's voice resounds once again, this time as an agonized scream.
Looking over at him, I find Aruru standing behind him, holding two arms that have been ripped off from his body.
Aruru then exclaims,
”Enhance!”
After that, she swings both arms and directly strikes the man's neck.
Meanwhile, Longueville has decided to escape the area as she makes her way to the door.
However, as soon as she reaches it, several armored soldiers appear.
Relief becomes apparent on Longueville's face, but that doesn't last long as one of the soldiers pierces her guts with a spear.
Blood slowly flows out of her mouth as she falls onto her knees before collapsing.
”Glory to the prince!” one of the new arrivals exclaims while raising his sword.
The others repeat after him before they all charge into the fray while shouting at the top of their lungs.
”Madmen!” exclaims one of the nobles before firing a spell at them.
The spell is a palm-sized a fireball that moves at a moderate speed.
As soon as it contacts one of the soldier's armor, it disperses harmlessly.
”Impossible!” he exclaims disbelievingly before he gets run through by a sword a moment later.
Alright, it's about time that I put an end to this.
Raising my arm, I utilize Holy Slash and throw an attack to split every non-friendly armored soldier horizontally in half.
I keep the holy energy materialized through Light Manipulation before using it to finish off every noble left, which happens to be only two.
A distance away, I find Aruru giggling while surrounded by amputated bodies.
Hm… I need to bathe her later, as she's covered in the blood of these swine.
”Amazing,” I hear a mutter before everyone begins to sing their praises for my power and our success.
I run a quick scan of our surroundings, only to find a legion of soldiers making their way over to the castle while pulling along numerous siege weaponry.
These guys don't seem to be on my side...
”Did you call for the support of a few thousand men,” I inquire while facing one of 'my' followers.
”No, my lord. This is everything that we can manage.”
”I see,” I respond before turning to face Gabriel and saying,
”More enemy soldiers are going to arrive soon. Wipe half of them out.”
”Understood,” she replies before gracefully walking out of the room.
Those who are present, apart from Aruru, are all beginning to get anxious.
”Um, young lord,” one of them nervously voices, ”Did Your Grace just say that there are more of them coming, and they number more than three thousand?”
”That's right,” I nonchalantly reply.
”We have to get out of here!” he immediately exclaims.
”There is no problem,” I say dismissively, ”These soldiers amount to nothing when compared to the battle prowess of these girls.”
Of course, the soldiers find my words hard to believe as some of them turn to look at Aruru who is slowly walking over to me with a gleeful look on her face.
”Ugh,” I hear a groan a few meters away.
Looking over, I find Longueville on the ground clutching her wound.
I wait for Aruru to reach me before lifting her and walk over with her in my arms.
Once I'm beside Longueville, I examine the state she's in before granting her regeneration.
As her wound begins to close up, Longueville realizes something unusual happening.
She slowly moves her hand toward the shoe the dagger is in.
”I suggest that you stop what you're planning to do,” I say.
The next moment, Longueville speedily takes out the dagger, unsheathes it, and stabs my foot.
However, as soon as the blade makes contact with my body, it breaks off.
”What the…” Longueville mutters a moment before I knock her out by kicking her head.
I create a rope and throw it over to one of the soldiers before saying,
”Tie her up.”
The man takes off his helmet, which starts a chain reaction as the rest do so as well.
”Roger,” he replies before walking over.
”Aruru,” I say, ”Let's go enjoy ourselves shall we?”
The soldiers seem to want to say something, but before they can do so, I use Godspeed to quickly make my outside.
As soon as I leave the castle, I set my eyes on a beautiful sight.
A few hundred meters away from me, soldiers are running around madly as giant spears made of light fall on them.
Feeling a sudden burst of adrenaline coursing through my veins, I place Aruru down before dashing into the center of the battlefield.
I impatiently pull out Excalibur from within my ring and swing it in front of myself.
This results in a shock wave to form, killing off dozens of men at once.
The men seem to realize my presence as they shift their focus to me, while completely ignoring the light spears falling around us.
It seems like even Excalibur is in a weakened state here, as such a slash would've been much more destructive in the Rift.
”Tiamat, showtime,” I say.
[[Finally.]]
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