469 Trapped in One’s Trap Part 1 (1/2)

Saleen could not care less about those soldiers, his magic chariot had charged straight for the building at the center of the castle under the protection of the slain warriors. It was a six storey building.

Zhi…

A shrill noise sounded and a creature that had small wings flew up from below a window. It was a stone statue outside of the window that had suddenly come alive, charging towards Saleen's magic chariot.

Zhi zhi…

More stone statues came to life and in a blink of an eye, over thirty of them had flown in front of the chariot.

The fifty slain warriors' faces turned pale, they had not faced such a creature before. The swordsmen from Lex's army definitely would not have had such a reaction. The people there even dared to capture and kill a green dragon.

”Jola!” Saleen cried out, Jola took out Tears and left his war horse. His actions were fast, but Lex had already rushed out of the magic chariot, with her body wrapped in seven colors, she flew into the sixth floor window.

Saleen had not expected Lex to risk her own life, besides him, no one else had the ability to fly. Upon seeing Lex entering the building, the sword light on Tears burst out and cut apart two stone statue ghosts. Jola jumped with both legs to the third floor window and with a kick against it, he flipped onto the fourth floor.

There were stone statue ghosts attacking from both sides, they were not big and had a stooped figure. Their claws were sharp and the eyes were blood-red. The flapped their tiny wings and had acid spewing from their mouths, they looked incredibly vicious.

Jola's long sword turned at his hips and flew out, forming an arc in the air, it cut two ghosts at the waist. Jola then went up another floor, Tears returned to his hands with a beckon.

Using his sword aura and controlling a weapon, this was something only a white grand swordmaster could do. Jola had trained this for more than half a year and had finally surpassed this barrier. His swordsmanship reaching another level.

The two ghosts had large wounds on their waists, they did not bleed and immediately returned to their stone form. If it was on the floor, this would not have been a bad idea, but this was over twenty meters above ground. The two ghosts that had reverted back into stone fell onto the ground and shattered into many pieces.

At this moment, Jola had jumped another floor and flew into the window on the sixth floor.

Earl Wynner's army came from all four sides and the scene was chaotic. The soldiers from outside the city gate had rebelled and joined Bifano's army. Earl Wynner's soldiers did not trust their comrades and in an instant, the neat formation became chaos.

From numbers, Bifano's army was bigger as almost half of the five regiments might have turned their back against the castle and would not listen to the orders of Earl Wynner. There were more stone statue ghosts around the building and they flew down to attack. From time to time, these ghosts would even shoot out an intense ray from their eyes. Some of the soldiers shot were unharmed, but some disintegrated or were even fossilized.

The fifty slain warriors had long changed into a magic armor and their defensive abilities were incredibly high and were alright even after getting shot a few times. They became bold, with their shields protecting most of their bodies, they formed a protective layer around their surroundings and surrounded the magic chariot. The mages in it started releasing scrolls.

Giant fire dragons, ice arrows, totems, and ice shards started raining down. A five meter long giant stone lizard was summoned and it rushed towards the building. With a loud boom, it dented the base of the building before disappearing.

There were many low-grade mages in the building that were controlling the ghosts. The mages outside the building in the chariot were releasing scrolls almost as if they were free and in an instant, suppressed all magic that was coming from the building. More accurately, before even waiting for the mages inside to attack, the magic chariot had used all its abilities to suppress them.

”Master…” A blood smell filled the streets as Nailisi licked her lips, a little excited.

”You're not allowed to go.” Saleen looked out of the window, Bifano commanded his bodyguards to fight to their deaths. He was covered in blood, but Saleen knew this duke had not used his full might yet.

Just by using his swordsmanship, Jola could take down this fellow. The Agares family had ruled the Titan Duchy for thousands of years though, who knew what secret equipment they had. Saleen had not expected that when the city gates were breached, half of the soldiers within the castle would turn their backs. If not, Bifano's bodyguards would not have it so easy. There was ten times the enemy after all.

In Bifano's eyes, Nailisi was still a useless maidservant, let him continue to think that.

Indeed, Bifano was not using his full might, with a mutiny in the castle, his bodyguards did not even need to be at the frontline. He stole a cold glance at Saleen's magic chariot and realized the grade-5 mage had no intention of taking any action. The magic released from the chariot was those stored in scrolls, they had on hand. Lex had rushed into the building though.

Bifano was a little scornful of Saleen, it seemed like he was not a mage that knew how to fight.

In the Qin Empire, this would not have been much of a problem, however, in other countries a mage's most important skill was combat. A mage that did not know how to fight would have no standing in a place like Titan. Saleen now had amassed much experience and had a steady temperament. Even if he wanted to kill anyone, he would not show it. No matter how vast Bifano's magic knowledge was, he would not be able to read him.

”Lex will be alright, right?” Sika was still thoughtful and was worried something might have happened to Lex.

”Don't go too.” Saleen stopped Sika and said, ”Jola can manage.”