volume 3 - Chapter c247 (1/2)
Battle of Light and Darkness
Once Ina’s summons appeared, the Pendulum Golem immediately stopped talking and commenced his offense.
It raised its bronze staff, and a curtain of darkness materialized behind him. Tendrils of shadows drifted within the darkness, emitting an aura of decadence. As it raised its chain-covered ar, a bolt of darkness shot towards Brendel.
“Careful,” Ina gave a quick warning. “That is his ‘Decay’ ability. It will cause us to lose our Cards quickly. The spell he cast is a.s.sa.s.sinate. Can you deal with that spell?”
Before she could even finish her sentence, Brendel had already cast the Mana Loss spell. He obtained that spell, at the same time he saw the Cards’s information.
- a.s.sa.s.sinate (Paradise of Adversity XIII)
- Consumes 5 Dark EP
- Spell - Instant
- Targets one of the opponent’s Creatures or Artifact, and forcefully discards it. a.s.sa.s.sinate deals damage equivalent to the spell’s cost.
This Cards is only useful against Planeswalkers. Brendel thought to himself. Brendel decided to cast the spell at the cog above the Pendulum Golem’s head, however, a s.h.i.+mmering barrier appeared around the cog, wasting Brendel’s counterattack. That was Anrolda’s Divine Ring. The cog must be very important if the Pendulum Golem was willing to use up a Cards to protect it. It stared at Brendel for a moment. It did not think that Brendel had such a Cards up his sleeve, so it dared not use any more similar spells.
At the same time, Ina expelled a ray of golden light at the curtain of darkness and destroyed it.
The two of them had the advantage in numbers as well as spellcasting.
However, the Pendulum Golem did not seem to worry at all, instead, it pointed at Ina and Brendel, commanding his Death Sentinels to attack. It was obvious that Ina and the Pendulum Golem were old enemies as neither were surprised at the other’s actions. Ina brandished her spear, and her Glorious Sentinels engaged with the enemy forces.
The black Death Sentinels wore the barest of armors, wielding swords that had hooks on it. One could obviously tell that they were tactical soldiers who were offense-oriented. The Glorious Sentinels were the exact opposite as they wore sets of white heavy armor while holding longs.h.i.+elds in one hand and halberds in the other, marking them as battle-savvy soldiers who focused on defense.
The two forces of opposing colors clashed against each other, one defending while the other attacked, it was nearly impossible to judge who had the upper hand. Even though there were less Glorious Sentinels, the Grimoire played the role of a healer, constantly summoning halos of light over allies, allowing the Glorious Sentinels to push back the Death Sentinels through pure endurance. As they advanced slowly, the number of Cards in the Pendulum Golem’s Graveyard started to acc.u.mulate.
The Pendulum Golem did not seem alarmed at all. It pointed its finger, and another spell was cast at the oncoming Glorious Sentinels.
The spell was similar to Andrea’s Abyss Web, however, it was manifested in the form of a dark fog, blanketing the battlefield, causing the Glorious Sentinels to lose all their buffs, instead, they were now afflicted with Weakness, Slow, Blind and other various ailments.
“Drowning Sorrow, it reverses all buffs,” Ina explained while shooting a beam of cleansing light. The beam hit her soldiers and removed all status effects, both beneficial and detrimental, proving that it was an expelling spell.
However, Brendel noticed that Ina had never once explained her own Cards. Brendel smiled dryly to himself. What a shrewd woman.
The exchanging of spells by both sides caused all status effects to be removed. However, this meant that the Glorious Sentinels, who had fewer numbers, were at a disadvantage. Ina couldn’t hold in her nerves and started stomping her hooves. She turned to the teen with the trumpet and ordered, “Reno, sound the horn!” The white-robed teen stepped forward. He had beautiful curls on his head and a sweet face, like an angel straight out of the Bible. He puffed out his rosy cheeks and blew the horn. As the horn resonated through the area, the beating of wings could be heard. Soon after, a giant platinum dragon flew out of the darkness and landed on the battlefield.
“s.h.i.+t, that horn can summon dragons?!” Brendel was startled by the dragon’s appearance. As if reading his mind, Ina looked at him and batted her eyelashes, not answering his question, as if she were teasing him. Brendel clenched his teeth. You d.a.m.n demon!
After Reno finished blowing his horn, he sat down with a beat red face, completely exhausted. The summoned Platinum Dragon was not as intimidating as the actual dragon race, or perhaps it had yet to fully mature. Brendel guessed that its battle power was around level 60 to 70, which was around the level where it would develop its Elemental Power. Of course, its level was definitely sufficient to overpower the Death Sentinels, and soon enough the ground was littered with corpses of the Death Sentinels.
Brendel let out a sigh of relief. He had not expected Ina to be so strong, to the point where she could push back the Pendulum Golem. Despite that, he still did not think the battle would be won so easily. It turned out as he thought as Ina recalled her Platinum Dragon despite having the edge at the moment.