Chapter 292: Chapter 291: It’s Coming to an End (1)
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A knight wielding mana exhibits power on apletely different level than a regr cavalryman, especially if they are elite knights serving a great lord.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
The 50 Royal Guards charged forward with a storm-like intensity radiating from their approach.
Desmond''s soldiers swiftly stepped aside as the Royal Guards advanced. It seemed they had been trained for such scenarios.
"My lord!"
"Captain!"
Fenris''s knights, startled by the overwhelming force of the opposing knights, prepared to rush forward. But Ghiin lowered his spear and shouted.
"Pay them no mind, keep pushing forward!"
The battlefield, except for the area surrounding Ghiin, was still packed with Desmond''s soldiers. Killing even one more would make it easier to advance.
Hearing his resolute tone, Fenris''s forces stopped worrying about Ghiin and focused solely on the enemies in front of them.
Rumble!
The Fenris knights, too, felt their bodies straining as the battle dragged on. They had no capacity to divide their attention.
In such moments, trusting the lord and focusing on their own fights was the best they could do.
This indifference, however, grated on the nerves of the Royal Guards. Their captain, Lenos, shouted with irritation evident in his voice.
"How arrogant!"
They were Desmond''s finest knights. No matter how skilled Count Fenris was, even if he were at the level of a high-level knight, he couldn''t possibly handle 50 of them alone.
And yet, here he was, intent on facing them by himself. It reeked of overconfidence to Lenos. Whooom!
The Royal Guards unleashed their mana in full force, intent on crushing Ghiin.
Ghiin, in turn, spurred ck king forward, charging ahead.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
Alone, he charged toward the 50 elite knights. To onlookers, it seemed a suicidal move. Desmond''s soldiers were certain Ghiin wouldn''tst long.
But their assumptions were shattered with the very first sh.
Whoooong!
Lenos, at the forefront, swung his halberd powerfully. Ghiin didn''t slow down, ducking under the swing and galloping straight ahead.
Two knights immediately behind Lenos simultaneously swung their halberds at Ghiin. Boom!
The halberds were deflected mid-air. Ignoring the two knights entirely, Ghiin pushed forward.
Boom! Boom!
One after another, the Royal Guards swung their weapons, but none managed tond a hit on Ghiin.
Ghiin, undeterred, deflected their halberds as he continued his relentless advance. ''Just a bit more.''
In mountedbat, failing an initial attack often made follow-ups difficult. Turning their horses required time, and with so many riders behind them, they had to advance further before circling back.
By the time the Royal Guards turned their mounts, Ghiin had already broken through and moved far ahead.
Seeing this, Lenos turned pale and shouted.
"S-stop him!"
The Royal Guards'' dramatic entrance had forced thousands of heavy infantry to part ways to clear their path.
The soldiers stationed inyers at the center had already shifted to the nks, trusting the Royal Guards to handle Ghiin. They were repositioning to attack the remaining Fenris forces.
But with the Royal Guards failing to subdue Ghiin, Desmond''s forces had unwittingly opened a path for him.
Realizing this, the soldiers frantically tried to reassemble their formation. But Ghiin moved faster than they could reim their positions.
Boom!
"Aaaaaargh!"
With his red eyes glowing and teeth bared, Ghiin unleashed another overwhelming surge of power.
Evenyered defensive formations couldn''t hold against him. In their disarrayed state, they had no hope of stopping him.
The Royal Guards, turning their horses around, tried desperately to chase after him, but they got tangled with the reinforcements pouring in from both sides.
"Move! Get out of the way!"
Hearing Lenos''s shout, the soldiers tried to step aside. However, with iing reinforcements shing with those retreating, the formation devolved into utter chaos.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Aaaaaargh!"
While the soldiers scrambled in confusion, Ghiin plowed through them, sending enemies flying in every direction as he advanced.
''Just a little more.''
Boom! Boom!
Crunch!
He could feel his bones groaning under the strain. His third-stage core had nearly reached its
limit.
Swallowing the blood rising in his throat, Ghiin gritted his teeth.
''Just a little more.''
The defensive line ahead had thinned considerably, and the Royal Guards were stillgging behind. There wouldn''t be another opportunity like this.
Ignoring everyone except the enemies directly in his way, Ghiin pressed forward with unwavering focus.
Boom!
When he finally broke through thestyer of the central formation, Ghiin''s eyes locked
onto his target.
"Found you."
Not far ahead, surrounded by heavy infantry and knights, stood a formation unlike the others
-a distinct, foreign-looking cluster.
Willow gazed at the sky, detecting the mana rising from afar.
The red and blue currents, like shimmering heatwaves, swirled in the air, appearing heavy and ominous as they ebbed and flowed.
It was as if these energies, which should not exist in this world, were ripping through space to
manifest.
Willow followed the unsettling, unnatural currents with his senses, his hand slicing through the air. This was magic-the world as seen by mages.
While their methods varied slightly, all mages perceived mana as tangible objects.
By detecting and correcting the warped flow of mana back to its natural order, the world regained stability. Left unchecked, these anomalies would take shape and be real.
Vanessa and Willow continued to counter each other, both intensely focused.
''Vanessa must be holding her own.''
Watching Willow, who was so preupied with blocking Vanessa''s magic that he couldn''t
spare a nce at him, Ghiin gave a devilish grin.
Drawing upon thest of his mana, his spear erupted in a zing red light.
Boom!
The soldiers guarding Willow with unwavering discipline raised their shields.
Ghiin cut down the remaining enemies charging at him and pressed forward.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
As the ck king approached the formation, the soldiers suddenly parted their shields, revealing dozens of spears thrusting out from within.
At that moment, Ghiin yanked on the reins, twisting his body to the side. The ck king, responding to his movements, also twisted its body.
Skrrrreeeeech!
The ck king came to a halt, leaving deep gouges in the ground where its hooves dragged. Simultaneously, Ghiin leapt from the saddle.
Swish!
The soldiers instinctively tilted their heads upward, following Ghiin''s trajectory. Before
they could react, he hurled his mana-infused spear directly at Willow.
Whoosh!
The spear tore through the air with a deafening sound.
Willow, startled by the sudden figure blocking his view, widened his eyes in rm.
"Damn it!"
He had been aware of an enemy targeting him for some time but had trusted his allies to handle it while he focused on countering the opposing mage.
The fact that an enemy had gotten this close meant he could no longer trust in his allies.
He couldn''t divert his mana now. He didn''t know who the opposing mage was, but their mastery of mana far surpassed his own.
By all rights, he should have been overwhelmed already. He''d only been holding out due to asional disruptions in the enemy mage''s mana-perhaps thanks to his own allies or some other issue.
If Willow broke his focus now, the enemy mage''s assault would follow immediately.
But it wouldn''t matter if he died.
"Shield!"
In the end, Willow redirected his mana to protect himself.
A glowing mana shield quickly formed around him.
Bzzzz-!
BOOOOOM!
A deafening roar shook the ground, and a cloud of dust erupted around Willow, obscuring
everyone''s vision.
Ssshhh...
When the dust settled, the scene left everyone ck-jawed with shock.
"L-Lord Willow..."
"A 6th-circle mage, killed instantly..."
"This can''t be..."
Thud.
Willow''s headless body swayed before copsing to the ground.
Ghiin, who hadnded, slowly straightened up and spat out the blood pooling in his
mouth.
The surrounding enemies remained frozen in ce, unable to process what had just
happened.
Neighhhh!
Swish!
Seizing the moment while the enemies were stunned, the ck king leapt over them and
stopped before Ghiin.
Ghiin mounted the horse, grabbed the reins, and used his mana threads to retrieve his
fallen spear.
"Phew..."
He reduced his core activation to the second stage. If he continued fighting at the third stage,
it would cost him his life.
Although his mana reserves had diminished significantly, he smiled with unwavering
confidence.
''It''s over now.''
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
The Royal Guards, who had finally closed the distance, were bearing down on him again. At
the forefront, Lenos roared with fury.
"You coward! Do you dare call yourself a noble?!"
"I don''t know about that."
"You dishonorable wretch!"
"And jumping fifty men on one guy is honorable?"
"You bastard!"
Unable to contain his rage, Lenos swung his halberd mightily.
ng!
Ghiin deflected the halberd and immediately drove his spear into the body of another Royal
Guard who had closed in.
Thwack!
"Guhhh!"
Whoosh!
He then swung his spear again, decapitating another Royal Guard nearby.
Moving with the ck king as if performing a dance, Ghiin grinned as he wielded his spear.
"If you''re so eager to y, I''ll indulge you. I''ll kill all of you and then go for Harold."
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As Ghiin and the Royal Guards shed, Vanessa, who had been countering Willow, sensed a
shift in the flow of mana and her eyes lit up.
"My lord seeded."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
Dozens of Desmond''s mages were still nearby, attempting to suppress her, but with Willow
gone, their efforts were meaningless.
Vanessa had initially prepared a wide-area spell to strike Desmond''s forces, but she changed
her mind. Using such magic would harm her allies as well.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
Instead, she set her sights on Emerson''s cavalry, which had been pursuing Fenris''s cavalry
archers.
"Fire Lance."
As Vanessa softly incanted, fierynces materialized in the air, numbering in the dozens.
Thences shot toward Emerson''s cavalry.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Aaaaaargh!"
The cavalry, just beginning to change direction after chasing the archers, were caught off
guard and fell in heaps. Riders and horses tangled together, their tight formation destroyed.
Thanks to Vanessa''s magic, the cavalry archers shook off Emerson and returned to support
Perdium and the Kingdom forces. Vanessa immediately turned to Kaor and shouted.
"My lord seeded! It''s time for us to move!"
"Got it, let''s go! But hey, are you okay?"
Her face was smeared with blood from her nose and mouth, but she shouted back without
hesitation.
"Hurry!"
"Alright, alright, no need to yell. Jeez, you don''t look like it, but you''re kind of fiery, huh?"
Kaor mounted his horse and pulled her up behind him. Other hunters helped the remaining mages onto their horses.
The rest of the hunters moved to deal with Emerson''s cavalry. Ten stayed behind to assist the
fallen mages and secure the rear.
Vanessa''s movement changed the tide of the battle entirely.
She advanced toward Desmond''s main formation and began casting.
"Explosion."
BOOOOOM!
The 6th-circle me magic erupted across Desmond''s ranks. Mages and soldiers caught at the
center of the explosions didn''t even have time to scream before being obliterated. [T/L: Please support me and read 385 extra chapters: https://ko-fi/revengerscans]