Vol 3 Chapter 7 (1/1)

“Retreat, retreat!” A blonde ed man in muddied, fineries stands at the ready with his sword as he directs variousas the rear guard A finely dressed swords as well “Sir, the Republicans are fleeing!” An elven archer reports while holding his left shoulder, his left arnore theet the one that’s running away, he’s the one that took out our Immortal mercenaries!” A brute that’s a little taller than 2 le with an oversized backpack A group of elves quickly gathers nearby and launches a volley of arrows at the figure pyu KAN pyu pyu pyu pyu “Lucky bastard!” The brute curses as the first arrow har man’s backpack while the rest of the arrows sail over him when he dropped to the floor The s in an exaggerated led “Prepare the second volley! He’s off balance!” pyu pyu pyu pyu pyu The large man looks coldly as the second volley flies toward the exposed target Unexpectedly… “«Star Ignition»!” A bright light flashes briefly froh dragged by his right hand “«Backslide»!” The brute grinds his teeth as he watches the arrows sails through the air airy ziii escapes his ht ar up- by the collar, leaving his legs dangling off the floor “You useless mercenaries, ‘best hire we’d have’, a pace of asses is a better hire than you I bastard or consider the contract void!” “Ri- right… away” “Good!” The brute tosses thetoward an archer running about “You, spread the word, find out who is who on each side There’s no point wasting our fighting strength by clashi+ng with our allies, even if we are told to get the reward at all cost! The safety of the First Princess shall remain our top priority over so out orders as he tries to reorganize his troops, a large, deep blue and purple spot is visible around his left shoulder-blade as his left arles limply Not too far away fro their shoulders to the uard -feeling somewhat safe- turns back and asks, “How are our casualties?” “More than a third of our team is injured, our mercs iped out by the Royalist’s mercs No deaths otherwise” An older soldier replies froroup “Send half of our men back to the Estate and report what happened to est and most battle-ready half of our men here We need to meet up with other Republicans and for didn’t realize they were on the sa e… is there a third party as well?” The man narrows his eyes as he ponders the possibilities … … … za za za za za za za 11inside the forest Originally there were 15 of thele and dwarves, 4 of theed way behind “shi+t, how far can this guy run with that bulky pack of his?!” “With the gear he’s wearing, it doesn’t look like he’s all that high level He should have a build that has high strength and endurance as focus” “No, that can’t be right, otherwise he wouldn’t be so fast” They had tried sending a few fleetfooted elves to try and stall the youngthat it is just a sprint, spurred fro to overtake hi roup would end up even further separated, the leader of the group recalled the elves back “Ah!” The young h in relief and rush forward at a sprint, lest their target starts running again “Watch out!” “For wha-” DOTE DOTE DOTE zudaada “AHHHH!” “Uuuuggggghhhhhh…!” “Ow!” “Some-someone let me down!” An elf in front kicks a caltrop away and spins in the air after taking a step forward, revealing a taunt length of rope that nearly tripped hiroup fell into the traps as they couldn’t react to his warning in ti on the nu, three others are dangling with a rope around their ankles, suspended in the air za za The youngoff the oversized backpack in the process, giving the group a quick scan with a s “You bastard!” “Stop!” zashi+ The lone hu elf with his left arround with his sword on his right, revealing the rope underneath “Hmph! Let’s see if you have any more tricks up your sleeve!” The chestnut haired man with a stubble readies his sword as the six elves spread out, trying to surround their target The s man narrows his eyes as the elves unfasten their bows from their backs, after a few seconds, he opens his eyes wide in shock and smiles Unknown to the others, he activates theone of theat the hu causes the group to assue in expression made them all flinch as they all turn their heads to look back, expecting an ambush shara shara shara shara zashi+ shhhhhaaaaaaa Two sets of bolas fly out of the backpack one after another, iroup realized that there is no athe leaves above to rustle and dropping a net of rope onto three elves, trapping the seven pursuers are incapacitated Seeing that it’s justelf rushes over to the net and slashes doith his short sword “«Metal»” KAN The elf’s short sword rings as sparks fly from the collision as the net of ropes become coated with a layer of metal Likewise, the two elves tied up with the bolas stop struggling when they notice the ropes turned into a solid piece of dull, gray metal “Oh, I still havesteadily forward, a sword in his left hand, a rod in the other, his face showing a smile that doesn’t reach his eyes “Just what the hell are you?! I’ve never seen a class such as yours! I’e you to a duel!” The human furrows his brows as he makes his declaration The elf with the short sword is still in shock, as he stares blankly at his chipped weapon, the net, and the man responsible “Sorry, I a tiet this over with” “Erik, stall him for a moment!” The chestnut hairedelf He continues by putting his right hand to his ears, “Reggy, the four of you, get over here ASAP!” KAN KAN Pichin The youngaway As though wakened froain their focus and he blocks the sword that’s coht hand The youngthe path to alter, sliding his sword over the short sword, down to its guard With a sweeping s his rod toward the exposed blade, snapping it off where the chip was “Ger, RUN!” The elf abandons his broken sword, leans down and dives in for a tackle, trying to topple his opponent while his ars his right foot forward for a swift kick into the elf’s gut, keeping his distance Following the natural motion, the rod flies across the elf’s jaith a backhand round “damn it, Erik!” The one na man in front of hi up with him while he had thea sword and rod, he would be able to catch up within seconds “RROOOAAARRRRRR!” Theof his sword KAN The sword and rod collides, as the sword has the advantage of both mo rod, pushi+ng it down to the ground Huuui shi+ Before the sword coman’s head to snap back to avoid the strike In the same motion, his left hand, which discreetly left the hilt before the upswing, draws a dagger fro ht leg kan A few strains of black hair drifts toward the floor as the dagger collides with the young ue in displeasure as he jumps backward to avoid any potential counter attacks bou The young round suddenly, with his sword held diagonally across his chest Keeping his eyes locked with his opponent, he brings his right hand to the guard of the sword, before running the back of the blade between his thu his sword arround, with its tip firer “What kind of stupid stance is that? It’s full of openings!” The man taunts before a corner of his lips curls into a sneer Although he taunts his opponent, he doesn’t have the nerve to charge in “Oh, done already?! Just the usual!” The youngto it “Ha! As I will fall for tha— AAAAHHHH!” Froray blur runs up and bites deeply into thebelatedly, his sword slices thin air with a huuuui as the gray fox leaps to the side “Get away, Gui I want to test soray foxat the now lioverhead ht KIII … BUUUURRRUUUU The sword swings faster than the eye can see with a shriek, cleanly cleaving several inches off the side of the le floor, ripping itself out of the young round for a fewStillness fills the air for a moment… The piece of flesh with a sliver of white attached to it, falls fro the deathly silence “UUuggggahhhhhh, AAAHHHH!” kan The man drops the sword uncere hi out right now, because this is going to get worse” The young round with his left hand, running the length of it through his right thuhhhhh!” The man controls his pain for a brief oing to report you andhis speech “You had any trouble, Gui?” The young man asks as he walks back to the backpack to retrieve his skinning knife “There were 4 slow things that looked like Hank, so I took care of the theht hand on his ear “Area cleared, could use so up” “Holy shi+t, Kun, what the hell did you to do that guy’s ared on top of Sammy, with her head propped up by her left ar “And how the hell did your sword get buried like that…” Her eyes have a sharp, dangerous glint to theates Kun “I eh…” Kun sets hi hi “Accidentally made a new spell” byon Bell leaps silently into the air froht beside Kun on his left “And?” “And… I will show it to you e get back” Kun is starting to feel an oppressive aura, as though he’s a ives his head a quick shake before recooal at hand “And how did your side go?” The felinoid uncere backward into a 大 shape before answering “Killed about 58 I think…? Injured a bunch of the, but the players were too weak, so it got boring” “If it was easy, ere you back before I was…?” “Oh~ Oh~ It was cause she d-” kon The felinoid springs back up and bops Till in the head before flopping back onto her back “I ot almost everyone in the area to chase after ht each other… did you forget ere supposed to do?” “U her cheek “So they were so weak, that you got bored… is that how those 58 kills happened?” “Kun-ni~ Kun-ni~ They were so weak that we had to drop doith the guards to save her~!” “So… they eak, but she couldn’t handle thes up fro at Till’s back Till flicks her index finger up, sending the felinoid flying upwards “-lp for a goodso hard that the the guards juirl in the sundress looks up at Bell, who is helplessly flailing her liue at her “But co an area did you ambush in?” “There were easily over a hundred people after her when I bouess she must’ve been really bored~” Suddenly, Till’s head returns to a forward facing position as she lowers Bell back onto Saht hand to her ear, “Got it~” In a smooth“Okay Sao pick up Rick-ni” kero kero sha sha sha The furry white blob speeds over the treetop and rushes forward at full speed KAN KAN zubashi+ Sounds of battle are everywhere, encroaching ever closer to the underground entrance “Uht need a quick evac Woah!” Rick drops to all fours as an elf flies toward his head The body eht next to the youth, who craay to avoid the falling body “Things are getting a little out of hand here!” “Okay~ get to anywhere that you can see the sky and then send a «Fireball» straight up, I will get you out right away~” “Got it!” Dropping his right arm, Rick forms thin, translucent discs made of ice in his palms while he tries to stay low and away Without delay, the discs are thrown as they travel in a wide arc before striking two roup of spearolden scale entwined with a green serpent over a white background can be seen being held up nearer to the back “Fellow Republicans! We can fight for the reward afterwards, let’s work together for now! Rally behind us and then send these bourgeois Royalists back to their doghouses!” A young, scrawnyvoice from behind the spearmen, his sword raised above his head KAN KAN KAN KAN KAN KAN The group of spearhts that are in their path, lightly wounding and disarh Group tactics are usually unsuitable for terrain like the jungle, but these spearmen are experienced as they are coarrisons throughout the years As such, they developed a for the troops to weave past trees and bushes like floater passing stones in a river Seizing the opportunity, Rick half crawls, half sprints to a part of the jungle where a circle of sunlight can be seen He quickly fires a «Fireball» after finding the hole in the canopy, lest everyone’s attention falls off of the spear of leaves intensifies soon after, the single tilted pillar of sunshi+ne darkens “«Rising Tempest!»” pachi “Wahhh?! Oh shi+t!” sha sha sha sha kuru sha sha kuru The blonde youth’s body flies upith a splash of water, breaking twigs as he is catapulted into the air, well above the canopy