65 Awakening Part 2 (2/2)

The flames surrounding him expanded outwards and exploded, forcing everyone to take a few steps back.

Stand in his persona form, Axel finally caught a glimpse of his new persona.

Overall, Mordred's body was sleek, covered from head to toe in dark grey armour. On its arms and legs were glowing red veins while a short, tattered blood red cape hung on its back.

It's weapon, a jagged sword far bigger than its body, lay in one hand as the knight kneeled before him. As if on instinct, Axel raised his hand as he said in a chilling tone, \”Lay waste to them all.\”

Mordred said nothing as the dark red flames within its helm burned brighter. Taking a single step forward, Mordred seemingly teleported infront of the incoming knight commander.

Raising it's sword, the knight commander didn't even have the time to react as Mordred's sword easily pierced through its chest. However, Mordred was far from finished.

Red veins spread out from the wound like a wildfire, fully enveloping the knight commander in a matter of seconds. Then, under the shocked gaze of everyone in the room, the knight commander dropped to one knee and pledged itself to Mordred.

This was Mordred's special ability, the legion of betrayal. Those stabbed by Mordred's sword forget where their loyalty lies and pledge themselves to Mordred and Axel.

Sadly, there were restrictions to this ability. First of all, it can be resisted. If someone manages to resist his sway, they gain a slight resistance which makes them even harder to convert.

Second, Mordred can only turn a maximum of 10 people. If he wants to turn someone else, Mordred needs to either release someone from the legion or kill them.

Last but not least, the more people Mordred converts, the weaker he becomes.

Currently, Mordred was level 1 and had 10 slots. He could easily outrun any shadow in Kamoshida's palace but if he was to convert 5 shadows, his stats would be halved.

Even though that was quite a glaring weakness, numbers helped make up for it. Even though Mordred lost 1/10 of it's combat power, the knight commander alone was strong enough to take on numerous shadows on it's own.

Mordred and the knight commander ran through the shadows like a typhoon. Everywhere they went, only carnage and rumble remained.

Axel was a little sad that Mordred had no spells or buff abilities but it easily made up for it with its sword skills. Even though Mordred's sword looked like it weighed a ton, Mordred swung the blade with ease, creating violent gusts with each swing.

While Mordred took care of the shadows, Axel ran over to Morgana. His steps felt heavy as he gently fell to Ann's side.

Her cheerful face was pale as blood seeped into her clothes. She tried to give Axel a reassuring smile but ended up grimacing in pain.

Axel silently grasped her good hand as he tried, and failed, to heal her using magic. Gritting his teeth, Axel's hatred of the world trial grew out of control when the system spoke in a silently and glitchy voice.

[I-I-InVeN-ToRy! H-Ha-S HhHeALiNg P-oTi0n!!@$!,#]

Axel's eyes widened into saucers as he quickly opened his inventory. He scanned through the items inside as fast as he could and felt a childlike joy spread through his chest when he came across what he needed.

Pulling out the large glass bottle filled with a red liquid, Axel pulled the cork out with his teeth and said, \”Akira! Ryuji! Get over here and hold Ann up for me! Morgana! Stand guard!\”

No one showed a hint of concern or doubt at Axel's orders as they quickly moved. Even though Ann felt a terrible pain from being moved, Axel could only apologies to her later as he put the bottle to her lips and said, \”Ann, you need to drink this!\”

However, he underestimated the damage she took. She only managed to slightly open her lips before falling unconscious. Axel couldn't help but swear as he drank a mouthful of the potion before transferring it to her via mouth-to-mouth.

It took awhile, but Axel didn't care as her wound closed at a visible rate. However, she wasn't out of the woods yet. Sweat poured down Ann's forehead as Axel felt her temperature skyrocket.

Opting to carry her on his back, Axel glanced at the others and roared, \”Time to retreat! Ann's wounds are healed but she has a fever! We needed to leave!\”

Akira expression suddenly brightened as he said, \”Axel! There's a private doctor close to LeBlanc! Let's take her there!\”

Finally receiving some good news, Axel smiled as he and the others rapidly dashed through the palace, easily avoiding the patrolling shadows. Kamoshida could only curse them as they easily escaped.