9 『To Arms I』 (2/2)

Within the next few minutes, the Honor Guards began to arrive in the Plaza. Most of them with their Blunderbusses and magic rifles in their hands while their swords remained sheathed at their sides.

Based on the threat alone and the assumed levels of the hostile soldiers, they only needed about twenty of the guards to ready themselves for this expedition.

”Our main goal will be to secure the Village against enemy Knights and protect the inhabitants.” Jack raised the mirror as he took a glance at it. ”This will be our first contact with the outside world, which will give us more readily available information.”

He placed a hand in a forward facing position, causing the sea of twenty guards to spread like a biblical body of water. An even wider grin formed over his lips as he summoned a『Gate』, a swirling mass of blue and white energy, the pinnacle of transportation magic spells.

Jack, ahead of everyone else, without hesitation proceeded to walk right through this swirling mass of energy. Disappearing from sight. In two single file lines, the Guards followed in a silent march with their rifles at the ready.

Once all of them were through, the Gate vanished.

…

Enri could hear the shouting of her father behind her, he was distracting the 'Baharuth Knights,' after saving her from being explicitly violated by their Captain as the attack was beginning.

He was quickly taken care of, by the Captain Belius, with his sword. He was eyed her as she ran off. Growling, he pointed after her, ”GET HER!”

That wasn't enough though, they were still be pursued.

”Come on!” She urged her sister to keep her footing.

Pulling her little sister along, they hardly shared any words as they wanted to scream. Their throats were burning. Even though they worked a farm, they never had to run for their lives before.

Entering the forests, they were hoping for cover, to lose their pursuers. Well, they were wrong. The bushes and the trees, they were no help for them. Standing in the center of a small clearing, being overtaken by two Knights.

When her little sister tripped and fell, Enri shielded Nemu from a slash of a blade, earning her a flesh wound across her back. Blood decorated her brown and yellow dress. ”Ah!” She yelped.

Though she was in pain, her arms around her sister kept her strong enough not to let go. She would shield her sister even if it meant death for herself! Yet the little sister was also clinging to her.

”Sister!” Nemu cried out.

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Just that, there was this unnatural sound.

KPA! KPA! KPA!

Shredded metal exploded from one of the Knights, tearing through it and scattering it like glass. Blood spewed in four different directions as tiny little pieces of metal tore through their innards.

The one Knight that was targeted quickly fell to the ground from the Blunderbuss rounds.

The Knight standing over the two girls, was standing their with his blade raised, looking around for the source of that sound. He was shaking in his boots, he had never seen magic do that before! He hadn't even seen what hit the other man except for a flash of light!

”Who's there?”

Appearing from behind a tree, Jack emerged. His purple eyes flickering in the low light of the woodlands. His eyes meeting with that of Nemu's and Enri's before looking to the Knight.

”I-Identify yourself!”

Jack didn't speak, a small grin over his lips with a casual look on his face. His eyes were relaxed as he padded on over to the soldier, the black sleek staff in his hand. ”I should be the one demanding that from you...”

As he tilted his head, twenty Honor Guard soldiers came out of the surrounding forests, their weapons aimed at the soldiers.

However before the Knight could even speak, Jack shoved his hand through his chest with incredibly might, tearing through the half-plate armor and impaling him directly.

Instantly, the Knight was dead and Jack kicked the corpses off of his hand. Sending it clambering to the dirt ground a few feet away. He then turned towards the girls, a faint smile across his lips now.

”No way...” Enri muttered to herself having seen the scene unfold, before her eyes then warped up to look at him.

By the time she did that, he was holding a little red vial in front of her.

”Wha-what is that blood?” Nemu immediately tensed when it was offered to her older sister.

”No,” Jack said before Nemu could intervene, ”An Advanced Healing Potion. Now, take it.”

Blinking at this, she couldn't help but nod before taking the vial quickly and downing it was offered. She then immediately noticed after a light flash of green light, her back was entirely healed and her clothing was repaired. ”How did...”