11 Complete Blood Awakening (1/2)
The whistle of arrows streaking through the air divided the pair in a heartbeat. Iliana was the first to sense the danger. Using her arm-strength of nearly two thousand kilos, she pushed Konrad into the air and somersaulted to avoid the incoming bolts. They flew past the area she previously laid in and lodged into the distance.
”What's the meaning of this? Why didn't you warn me?”
An outraged Konrad asked the system.
”Hum…about that…I can only warn you against malicious intent aimed at you…and you're not the target…”
”Son of a bitch!”
But Konrad didn't have any time to waste on the unreliable system as ten figures flew from the shadows and shot toward Iliana.
By the time they landed back on the ground, the ten figures had surrounded them.
The moon flashed, revealing ten masked forms whose only discernable characteristics were the bodies that made their genders evident and the cultivation base that rippled from them.
As the duo's eyes swept them, they were alarmed. Iliana, in particular, couldn't believe her eyes for she could clearly see details that Konrad couldn't.
Six high-level True Knights!
Three mid-level True Priests!
One Grand Knight!
Such a formidable lineup was enough to shred anyone below the Grand Rank in a heartbeat.
And such a formidable lineup was aimed at her.
”Could it be…”
But distraction wasn't permitted so, Iliana cast her thoughts aside and focused on the incoming onslaught.
It didn't come. Instead, the leader, a tall masked woman with an overbearing aura that carried one's gaze away from her engrossing curves, switched her attention to Konrad.
”You can leave.”
The words were simple and looked amiable, but they carried a forceful power that commanded obedience. Konrad was perplexed. It was common sense to dispose of witnesses when conducting assassinations. Why then was that woman allowing him to leave?
Was it because of his otherworldly charm and fantastic bearing?
Nah…
The woman's words had a drastic effect on Iliana. Her eyes grew cold, and any goodwill she might have felt toward Konrad instantly turned into rancor. Seeing that, Konrad was annoyed but couldn't blame her. To say nothing of her, even he was finding the situation incomprehensible. To any bystander, it would look like Konrad had been tasked with distracting her for the assassins to strike!
His next words, however, replaced her growing resentment by a tinge of warmth.
”After I shove my cock down your throat.”
”Break his legs!”
The Grand Knight assassin roared and in tandem, the six high-level True Knights she commanded shot toward the duo.
At their back, the remaining three mid-level True Priests conjured scalding jets of pure white flames that rushed toward Iliana.
”Energy Sword!”
Iliana extended her right hand, and dazzling blue light gathered within to morph into a dark-blue longsword. Both knights and priests cultivated spiritual energy. But knights would use that energy to refine their bodies while priests would use it to empower their minds.
And although True Knights and above could transform their spiritual energy into weapons of all kinds and shapes, they often chose swords.
Dark-blue sword aura swirled around Iliana, and despite the odds clearly being stacked against her, she was unafraid. With a sword stroke, she divided the flames rushing toward her. At that time, Konrad's voice echoed.
”True Suppression Bead!”
Konrad tossed the purple bead into the air, and it released six purple glyphs that slammed into the incoming True-Knights' foreheads.
Instantly, the energy weapons they had summoned vanished into thin air, and their cultivation base was sealed by the glowing glyphs.
”W-what the hell is going on?”
”My…my cultivation?”
The six assassins crashed onto the ground and were now no different from mortals. The brutal change took all the gathered warriors aback. And using the element of surprise, Konrad pounced onto the crippled knights with bared claws.
*Crack*
He grabbed two by the throat and wrenched their necks before tossing them onto the ground like heaps of trash.But by now, the gathered warriors and priests had snapped out of their torpor.
”Hateful!”
The Grand Knight woman scolded while sky-blue energy waves burst from her form. She condensed an energy broadsword and shot toward Konrad. But at that time, Iliana struck.
Her sword drew an ordinary arc, and blinding sword aura shot in a half-moon shape and beheaded the remaining four knights. Afterward, she stomped her foot and barreled into the Grand Knight with a diagonal slash.
*Clang*
The Grand Knight received her with a rightward sweep of her broadsword, and their weapons met in a metallic clash.
In a flash, the assassins had lost more than half their numbers. But the situation still wasn't optimistic. The three True Priests resumed casting their spells and fired flame arrows at Konrad.
”System, exchange a thousand exp for a low-grade True Rank Shield.”
”Alrighty!”
The system completed the exchanged, and a bronze shield appeared within Konrad's hands. Without hesitation, he directed it toward the incoming flame arrows and stopped their onslaught.
His cold eyes then swept the scene, and his face contorted into a frown. Iliana was currently being pushed back by the Grand Knight whose sword strokes suppressed hers in every way. Meanwhile, the three True Priest resumed casting spells to assail Konrad.
Of the still breathing people, all were females. But their cultivations were too high for Konrad to take great advantage of that. Only Iliana could tip the scales.
”Is there a way to control who is targeted by my aura?”
”You can do it with your spiritual power. But with your current level, it will be exhausting.”
Without hesitation, he released the full power of his half-incubus aura and used his spiritual power to direct the formless force toward the four female enemies.
Immediately, they staggered.