"I believe you are Orion, right? I wasn''t expecting to see you during such an important event, but thank you for taking the time to help."


    Eric''s body felt a little relieved knowing that help had arrived, but he still remained conscious of Orion.


    ''This man could kill me at any moment. The fact that he has not pointed his weapon at me is reassuring, but no one said he will stay his hand after this problem is over.''


    He remained calm, but still gripped Balmung tightly, just in case.


    "You will have to thank you wife for that later. She asked us to help. In fact, that redhead too did just that."


    "Orion! Do you think we have time for a little chat right now?!"


    Amelia shouted at him, reminding him of the place.


    "Don''t worry, I haven''t forgot. Anyway, you should rest too while we take over. We''re not here for your life at all, so you can release the pressure on your gun."


    Orion ran past Eric, and began to shoot arrows after arrows at the beast that were running after the retreating soldiers.


    "He''s way more efficient than me..."


    "Of course he his, we''ve fought worse than that."


    Amelia and Karteira also ran past him, but instead attacked the one coming from the broken gate.


    "How much long until you can fire that again?"


    "Around five minutes. I need to cool down a little after that."


    They both stood strong facing the various beasts coming from the Frigoria Plains, until Orion finished killing the isolated ones.


    "Alright, I''ll boost you up for now. Orion said to unleash everything, so here we go!"


    In one hand, Leima (lightning) formed, and in the other, Vesta (fire) appeared. Her appearance changed, revealing a calm but scorching fire enveloping various area of her body.


    "Another fire user, just like May..."


    Eric observed the changes, but noticed that it was different in many ways.


    ''May''s fire is more agitated. It has a brighter red than this girl too.''


    Amelia''s hair turned red, along with her pupils, while she pointed Leima at Karteira.


    By doing that, a small electric arc formed between them, leading Karteira to receive a physical improvement, one she was able to withstand compared to Amelia.


    The electricity enhanced her punches, her movement speed, and her reaction time. This had a greater effect than Orion''s enhancement.


    "Seems like you''re good to go. Be prepared in case a corrupted start to eat a corpse, that''s when they mutate to a Lord."


    "I''ll watch out for that. I''ll kill on sight if that happens."


    "..."


    The two women looked at each other, before smiling wildly.


    "You want to bet?"


    "Who kills the most?"


    Without saying anymore, they both ran toward the monsters running toward them.


    From afar, Orion finished the last beasts running after the soldiers, and looked at his companion unleashing they had.


    ''I can''t with these two. When am I supposed to enter the fray at this point?''


    He stared at Amelia burning, slicing, electrocuting, and ruthlessly destroy anything coming from the gate. The same could be said for Karteira.


    If Amelia was the backline attacker, she was the frontline. Punching, kicking, piercing, ripping... there was no end to the carnage.


    ''Amelia loved to fight, but she always followed her own principles. With Karteira next to her, she learned how to stop thinking and just let herself go wild.''


    Orion remembered the shy Amelia from his childhood and smiled.


    ''We sure do change.''


    The memory of Orion finding out everything about his parents, their story, his enemy, and what he had to do resurfaced, and his expression darkened.


    ''We do change indeed.''


    He fired an arrow at a beast that managed to get past both of them.


    Never in his childhood would he have thought that he would risk his life like this. The worst would be to tell his younger self that Amelia joined him in battle.


    But how could he regret anything anymore, when she was at a point where she was able to block his most powerful attack.


    ''I should stop thinking about that. Getting worked up for nothing in a battle is equal to making mistakes.''


    *sigh*


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    ''I can''t let them on the front row every single time a large number of enemies appear. I always deal with single target.''


    ''...''


    A little smile appeared on the corner of his face, and his gaze became intense.


    ''I also want to unleash my power on them.''


    With just that, Orion crouched, and using the Second Gear plus a warp, he jumped in front of the girls with Alcyone in his hands.


    *Click* *Click*


    Orion fired Alcyone, or more accurately, Alcyone fired by itself, while Orion aimed at them.


    "Orion?!"


    They both finished the enemy in front of them and looked at Orion, with his mantle flowing freely behind him.


    "Do you mind if I join?"


    He smiled at them, instantly boosting their moral.


    "Of course!"


    "You''re late! Do you think you can kill more than us?"


    Turning around, the three positioned themselves, before leaping to battle, under the amazed gaze of Eric.


    Orion was standing straight, his crossbow aimed in front of him, Amelia was semi-crouched with her arms crossed in an X shape, and Karteira bumped her plated covered fists together, her tail arched over her head, ready to pierce.


    "Girls, let''s show them. Triazils'' defense will not fall today."


    *Click*


    Orion fired an arrow the moment a corrupted moose approached him at high speed, and thus began their fight as a trio.


    Both Amelia and Karteira leaped past Orion, and went in close range the moment the arrow hit its target.


    With Vesta and Leima in hands, Amelia danced amongst the beasts, avoiding each and every attacks against her. No corrupted beast was able to lend a single hit on her.


    Slicing with Leima, and piercing with Vesta, she managed to alternate between electrical blades attacks, and internal explosion and burns.


    She could at any moment switch with her other three daggers, but right now, she used Vesta to avoid getting affected by the cold, and Leima was used to improve Karteira. If she changed now, the situation could change, so she kept using these daggers.


    Talking of Karteira, she was more of a ruthless beast, more dangerous than any beasts in front of her. If in the past, she showed difficulty fighting the corrupted of the underground, she would be able to clear most of it by herself right now.


    Alternating between her Aegis, Armor, and Storm form, she brought havoc into any beings coming near her. Swiping, piercing and throwing with her tail became more natural now that she gained strength at the base of her tail.


    With the help of Amelia''s lightning element, she was faster, and more powerful. She could unleash devastating moves, like the one that made her punch through the thick boar''s skin from earlier.


    Together, these women were a terrible force, akin to a natural disaster. Wherever their gaze fell, death came with it.


    But, these beasts were weak. Orion confirmed it. They were the same as the beasts he killed so far. All they had was their numbers.


    ''Honestly, it feels a little boring. They''re dying so fast.''


    Here was Orion, carefully aiming at the beasts trying to either avoid his girlfriends onslaught, or those that tried to attack them from behind.


    ''Hmm?''


    He turned his head and looked on the side, where another boar seemed to charge him.


    ''What is it with boars around here? Aren''t there too many?''


    From afar, Eric looked at all of this situation, when he heard a pair of footsteps in the snow coming near him.


    "What a carnage."


    Caroline said in awe.


    "This is one-sided. None of us is able to even accomplish a fraction of what they are currently doing."


    Having recovered some colors, May looked at Amelia intently, who showed the same characteristics as her.


    "You''re right. Our army managed to subdue a large number of the beasts, but they pushed back the fighting area to be close to the entrance of the plains. Maybe we haven''t been fighting correctly until now?"


    The three looked at Orion kick the boar sideways, throwing it past Karteira, as it crashed in other beasts.


    "What in the world?!"


    Said May, who noticed how effortlessly he kicked a two meters large beast.


    "I think we should forget what is common when looking at them. Now I can understand why that man dares to attack our ranks. He has more than what it takes."


    Wincing, Caroline looked at her husband.


    "Are you saying that you would lost against him?"


    He shrugged and smiled.


    "Is that a joke? I can''t push a boar like he just did. You haven''t seen it earlier, but this man instantly vanished from his spot to join his friends. There was no running, he simply appeared where he is standing."


    "No way..."


    For Orion, Karteira, and Amelia, fighting anything related to the corruption was a duty at this point. The source of the continent''s problem seemed to largely be influenced by it, if not the main reason.


    The battle continued for a few hours.


    ...


    "What is the matter with the Frigoria Plains!"


    Said Amelia, tired of slicing beasts after beasts. The body piled up in a few minutes unless she burned them down to ashes, but even then, it took only a moment for it to return to the same size.


    "I don''t know, but this is going nowhere. They keep coming as if they are infinite."


    Karteira punched a bear in the face after jumping at it, sending it rolling on the side, dead. She dropped to the ground and rushed to another one.


    "The situation might have changed a little, but you''re right, it''s not improving at all."


    Orion dodged a giant eagle''s claws and kicked it with the Second Gear, breaking its legs before firing a swift arrow in its back.


    After fighting for a long time, more and more flying beasts began to appear, which was unusual for an invasion. There had never been any record of flying types in the past.


    The army had recovered quite a lot thanks to them, and could take over at any time, but the group had still a lot of magic stored in them, and a lot of stamina to expand.


    Orion''s training showed during those moments.


    "We can''t even see past the gate with this stupid blizzard! How many more are left anyways?!"


    Amelia was losing it, not because she was tired, but because it became boring. There was not even a sign of a Corrupted Lord.


    "I find it strange that the blizzard is contained behind the wall. Why is it like this?"


    "Maybe it''s just like this to hide the beasts coming from it. Or something is hidden in the area and the blizzard is a defensive effect so nobody finds it?"


    Also being bored, Orion and Karteira exchanged words while fighting side by side.


    "Huh?"


    At that moment, there seemed to be less beasts coming out of the entrance.


    "Are we done?!"


    "Don''t say that! It brings bad lu-"


    *BOOM*


    Just when Amelia and Karteira talked about the situation getting better, something no one could have expected happened.


    A shadow was casted over the wall and over the group. Everyone, army included, saw a massive head looking down on them.


    "O-Orion... is that a giant?"


    "You haven''t seen Velridar..."


    "What even is this thing?"


    The three of them looked at the beast, as it ignored them and walked over the wall.


    A mix between a bull and a rhinoceros, fifteen meters high, which was five meters higher than the wall itself, and a size impossible to measure since a part of its body was still in the snowstorm.


    "Can we even do something against this?"


    Said Amelia, before both Orion and Karteira went for its knee. The arrow pierced the leg just like it should, and Karteira''s punch made it react too.


    "I guess we can make it fall."


    "We''ll help."


    Eric, Caroline, and May walked next to Orion.


    "Are you sure?"


    "We''ve rested enough. Let my soldier deal with the rest, while we do something about this one."


    Said Eric, his axe and gun in hands.


    "Yes! What would happened if this thing went further inland?"


    "I bet it would just destroy everything."


    Caroline and May talked to each other, each preparing themselves.


    "Alright. Let''s fell this big boy!"


    Amelia stood next to May as both switched to their Linked Elemental form, Karteira and Caroline exchanged a long gaze as they felt a familiar feel between them, while Orion and Eric stood ready to unleash everything they had to stop the beast.


    While the army returned to defend the entrance from other small beasts, the six strongest people teamed up together to kill this giant creature.


    ...


    From afar, a shadow watched carefully for an opportunity to strike.