Chapter 310: nah


    nah floated above the soon to be battlefield while wearing the battle armor shed not had a reason to wear for well over a decade now. It had been a while since she had to personally get her hands dirty, and even longer since there was someone strong enough as the opposition that she actually had to take the fight seriously.


    Unfortunately, the entire royal family and their barrier magic was a counter to some of her most powerful skills. In the next moment, after she shouted hermand, a sound barrier went up around herself and Ryven, who was now slowly ascending on to reach the same height as herself.


    nah was more than content to wait for the man to arrive, so, before the fighting started, she nced over her personal information and stats.


    Personal Information


    Name:


    Age:


    Level:


    Experience:


    ss:


    Race:


    Requirements For Advancement:


    nah Swan


    223


    250


    N/A


    Dawn Siren (Legendary)


    Half-Elf


    1/2


    Health:


    Mana:


    Stamina:


    18075


    37500


    37500


    Stats


    Strength


    Dexterity


    Endurance


    Vitality


    Intelligence


    Wisdom


    Stat Points Remaining


    1500(???)


    1106


    1500(???)


    1215


    1500(???)


    1500


    0


    Looking over her stats, nah couldnt help but sigh. She hadnt beenpletely honest with Derek when they discussed the system. Not because she didnt want to be, but she had to be very careful with her words ever since she capped a fourth stat and met a requirement for advancement, whatever that was.


    She suspected it had something to do with the level 250 level cap, but she couldnt be sure. After years of trying to figure out how to unlock the second requirement, she came to the conclusion that it was most likely locked behind her remaining two stats. She had given up on advancement until Roman that little alchemist, came along and was able to create a potion that had a permanent increase in a persons dexterity, and Derek brought back the Void Beast that allowed her to refine Vitality Elixirs.


    Still, she had held off on monopolizing the potions and elixirs because she wasnt sure if she even wanted to advance anymore. She was getting old, and even with her naturally high longevity and increased endurance from all the Void Beast meals she had consumed over the years, she would probably only have 50 to 100 years left. It was better to give what she could to Avery and Ste. Maybe those two would be able to figure out what advancement was. She knew it was only a matter of time before Derek did.


    nah Swan, Ryvens voice called to her, causing her to focus more on the man. You shouldnt be here, themander of thebined army said as he reached the same height as her.


    Im afraid that is not an option I have, nah said.


    Ryven Elras frowned deeply and said, What do you mean by that?


    I vowed to keep some people here in Savannah safe well before you attacked with your little army. She gestured to the crowd below, which was in chaos after hermand. Soldiers were exiting the Portals only to run straight into other soldiers who werepletely still. Im afraid I have to abide by that vow, she continued. Of course, she had told Derek she would take care of his people if he left. However, she hadnt made an oath or contract to do it, but Ryven didnt need to know that.


    The elvenmander furrowed his brow. How about you gather up those you need to protect, then be on your way? I promise nobody in this army will try to stop you.


    That wont be possible, nah said. I doubt you sing the same tune after learning of those I have to protect.


    It was easy enough for Ryven to piece together what she was saying. So, you are bound to protect the rabbit who killed my nephew?


    You dont have to act like youre here for Orion. Its just the two of us up here, she snorted.


    Nevertheless, that creature has to die today, Ryven said.


    That is unfortunate, nah said as a long, needle-like rapier appeared in her hand. I really wasnt looking forward to fighting today. She lied. In fact, she was very much looking forward to having someone to take her frustrations out on.


    I agree. Ryven pped his hand to his chest, then pushed them out, causing a near invisible barrier to appear and cover a sizable area around the two. It is very unfortunate.


    nah inspected the barrier that now surrounded her. <em>This is exactly why Ryven is going to be a problem for me, </em>she inwardly sighed. What Ryven had created around them was a sound barrier. Normally, it was a barrier that wouldnt be very useful in a fight, but against someone who relied on sounds like nah, it was almost the perfect counter.


    <em>I guess I should have had them all attack each other instead of just stopping, </em>she thought. <em>Going so long without battle has made me soft. </em>She chuckled. <em>Time to rectify that.</em>


    What are youughing about? With us up here, theres no one below to stop my army from invading the city.


    <em>Thats where youre wrong, </em>she thought, but didnt voice it. Its just been a little while since Ive had a good battle. Remember, your army is safe from me for now, but you are trapped in here with me. Do keep up. With that, she took her finger and flicked the de of her rapier, causing an extremely sharp hum to radiate from the weapon.


    Ryven grit his teeth and his eyes turned dark as the vessels inside them began to burst. Then blood began to flow from his ears.


    I hope this isnt all youve got. Channeling her aura into her rapier, immeasurable vibrations began to flow through the weapon, causing it to be nothing but a blur. The sharp hum from the de increased, causing the elven general to bleed even more profusely.


    Ryven screamed out and shed his arm through the air. nah didnt see anything, but she didnt need to. He was in her domain. Anything that affected the sound in the area was something that couldnt escape her. So, she didnt see the barrier barreling at her, but she could feel it. In an instant, she brought her rapier up to block.


    The barrier crashed against her rapier, but, with her strength stat, and the vibrations behind her holding her steady, she didnt budge an inch. In fact, once the barrier lost all momentum, she struck forward, sending the attack back at Ryven even faster than he had sent it at her.


    Ryvens eyes widened as he canceled his skill to avoid being sliced in two. How how are you this physically strong?


    nah rolled her eyes. For such a smart man, you sure are an idiot. It wouldnt take much to connect her strength with the permanent increases that Void Beasts brought her. And she had been consuming the stuff for over 150 years.


    After a second, she saw it click for the man. Well, it doesnt matter. It looks like the majority of my army has broken out of your trance. I dont have to beat you, just stall you. At that, he hit his chest once again, and another barrier formed. This one, though, stayed small and even conformed to him. There was less than an inch of separation between him and his newly created sound barrier.


    nah clicked her tongue and didnt respond. She would have, but she knew it would be pointless with that barrier up. Nothing she said would be able to get through it. Still, she kept her Sonic Vibration skill active because it was a great counter to his almost perfectly invisible barriers.


    nahunched herself forward and stabbed out with her de. She couldnt count on her element, so she would count on her experience and stats. A barrier appeared before her, and her rapier stabbed right through it, causing it to flicker and appear before falling apart from her attack. She continued on, destroying barrier after barrier, encroaching on the duke more and more with every attack.


    Finally, she was close enough to attack the man instead of his skills. She stabbed out, and another barrier appeared. However, when her de hit the barrier, instead of breaking through, it nced off, and she felt a sharp pain in her chest. <em>A fucking Deflect Barrier? </em>Growled internally before taking an attack to her head.


    The barriers attack power was diminished greatly by her headpiece, but it still managed toe through and hit her. She did a backflip before righting herself. She reached up and touched the area between her nose and headpiece. When nah pulled her hand away, it came back bloodied.


    She looked up and sneered. Ryven was floating in the distance with a shit-eating grin on his face. nah cast Cleaning on herself to remove the blood from her head. When it was gone, so was any sign that she had ever been attacked. The cut hadnt been very deep after being weakened by her headpiece, then her high endurance was more than enough to stop it from breaking through any bone.


    With that, she saw the smile on Ryvens face disappear and he grit his teeth. He motioned to attack again, but before he did, nah nced down at the front gate and smiled. Then she pointed.


    Ryven nced down, and they watched together as the front gate to the city opened slowly. Once it was open, a middle-aged man wearing sses walked out, and behind him was what looked almost like a short statue. nah would have thought that was what it was if not for it walking slowly behind him.


    The statue was very short and had no openings. nah did her best to keep from feeling secondhand embarrassment for Marcus. Because, behind him, in the thick suit of armor with no openings, was Natalie. She was basically a walking tin can.


    However, the slow-moving suit of armor wasnt anything to scoff at. In her decades in Cydaria, she had witnessed the small woman personally fight exactly one time. And she still shuddered to think of it even now.


    Once the duo exited the city, the gate closed behind them. The two stopped before the approaching army and waited. Once the army was within a couple hundred feet of the duo, it began. Marcus ripped a scroll in half andpletely vanished from everyones sight, and the golem-like Natalie raised her hands.


    Then, out from the dozens of storage rings built into the armor, spell scroll after spell scroll poured out and activated. One second, it was an army of hundreds versus two people, the next, the army was doing everything they could to block the fireballs, icicles, lightning strikes, flying boulders, and every other attack one could buy or find in the kingdom.


    The amount of money the woman was using each second was staggering. And, as the scrolls activated, enhancement runes on the suit of armor, a suit that had been personally created by the greatest dwarven smith in Vallum, activated and made each spell that flew forward all the more powerful. As ridiculous as it may look, that suit of armor, and the person inside, were crazy.


    nah turned her head back to Ryven, who was frowning as he looked up from the chaos below with a frown. Your move. She mouthed.