Episode 99 – First Blood (2/2)
Thehis scimitar horizontally with asto cut down the spikes before they could i two of them in half, but by the time his scimitar reached the third, the force behind the bloas spent It didn’t ot stuck halfway
Although Kiel’s spikes had a Protection spell cast on the them more durable and difficult to break, the ical artifact which was not only sharp and hard by default, but it was also reinforced by protection ic The protective enchant Kiel’s quickly formed Protection spell could hope to overpower, and thus Kiel’s earth spikes were cut apart with relative ease
As soon as the otten stuck, he wisely chose to temporarily abandon it in favor of his own safety He shi+fted his body in an aard pose, attee the rest of the earth spikes Unfortunately for hi was the creae sis
One large spike ended up eh of the h his shoulder, its bright red tip dripping blood on the other side
Even though the ic on himself that made it difficult for an attack to penetrate his skin, the Protection rade due to Kiel’s flawlessWhen the two Protection spells collided, the mutual interference resulted in the weaker of the two shattering Thus, the previously hard skin of the man reverted back to soft flesh
In the split second that the spikes reached the ed to complete his cast of Acceleration, however, surrounded by spikes from all sides and even iritted his teeth and used Acceleration on his sci it slicing doards the spikes that ed to impale the man, in order to free hied to slice the two spikes apart, Kiel appeared in front of hih force to cleave the ed to do before Kiel’s sword reached him was to put up his scimitar in a defensive posture in front of his chest
When the teapons collided, a deafening boo with a ind of mana The force of the i large spider web cracks in the ground around him Both of the man’s hands hich he wielded his weapon turned numb from the force, and even Kiel’s own hand fared no better
The wind and dust raised by the ilass dagger, which stealthily launched itself in a curve towards the back of Kiel’s neck The small, hard to detect Acceleration spell that had been cast on it had been concealed by the eruption of the man’s mana
Kiel didn’t see behind hie, his eyes locked firmly onto the ed out, and he coughed out a large mouthful of blood Afraid that the blood would soil his clothes, Kiel retreated backward – right in the direction of the ser
Unaware, his neck approached the sharp tip of the poisonous dagger, it was so close, al the short hair at the back of his neck
Just a s would coer that was about to pierce into Kiel’s neck wavered, straying froravity overpowered it and it fell down lifelessly to the ground
The er Instead, he looked down slowly towards his own chest
A sharp spike was protruding through the left side of his chest, right where his heart ought to be The ed to voice it The atte out of his mouth His bloodshot eyes stared at Kiel hatefully before they slowly rolled back, and the man fell forwards face first into the dirt
The man never expected for the spikes he had cut off previously to be thein the air instead of dropping to the ground, but they even shoot towards his chest with flawless precision
At the moment that the man sliced off the tips of the first two spikes, Kiel had already started casting an Acceleration spell on the discarded tips However, the man was too distracted by the spikes he hadn’t cut yet and the danger of the approaching Kiel, to notice such a slight change of ed to detect it, he wouldn’t have been able to dodge a pincer attack fro spikes, then he would have failed to guard against Kiel’s slash which was perfectly coordinated with the attack of the spikes
If the inconspicuous dagger that the ed to reach Kiel in time, perhaps the outcome of this battle would have been different
Author Note
This week’s hero and the person this episode is dedicated to is sdarkhorse Thank you soAethernea!
On another note, the first book is slowly nearing its end, and for a while noanted to ask you guys about your conjectures regarding Elaru’s origin In your opinion, if Elaru was blood-related to a noble family, which one(s) would it be?
(E and A) Arite (Uncrowned kings of Halnea) (E) Etezza (assassins and spies) (E) Eryey (Healers) (E) Reysic (Treasure hunters) (E) Helyot (Architects) (A) Rroda (A) Tanyer (Warlocks) (A) Arten (Priests) (A) Thayn (Peacekeepers) (A) Ruyle (Aniineers) One of the families that hasn't been introduced yet
PS In the poll, I included only the families I have previously introduced in the story (there are 4 fael families to the mix because I noticed that soel fael fa up in the next episode:
Ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-du all other noise
He had heard it, he had seen it, he had smelled it before Yet, as it that this time it felt different? Why was it that when it came as a result of his own actions that he found it hard to bear?
She flicked her wrist, and as if responding to her gesture, hundreds of sharp icicles condensed fro down like a stream of needles
Deora looked at him provocatively, with his hands crossed His red hair started waving upwards like flames No, not just like flames, his hair was literally on fire!
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