With her body surrounded with black lightnings, Erza's foot stomped across the ground and she gracefully dancing with her sword, parrying and dodging most of the attacks. Few managed to land on her, but they merely left small cuts and bruises. She had fully entered her black lightning form.
These dozen men were fast in their own right. After having their attacks blocked or dodged, their hands did not stop and immediately sent follow up attacks after Erza. Edward's spear emanated a domineering aura as it turned into a white spear of lightning that flew toward Erza's heart. It was a blow that Edward had put all his strength into.
"Hmph!" Erza's mouth curled into a disdainful sneer.
Her hand shook abruptly as the black sword stabbed forward with sparks of black lightning dancing around the blade. Moreover, she also released subtle dark essences which increased her opponents' greed and anger. Without they realizing it, their emotion and decision making had been affected by her magic.
*BOOM!*
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
*Ding! Ding!*
Despite Melforce looking like a stick in comparison to the dozen weapons, the tiny sword that belonged to Erza contained an extraordinarily strong amount of power that the Collin clan members could not compare to. As soon as the weapons made contact with each other, the Collin clan member's weapons were forced away.
The faces of the Collin clan members suddenly went slack as they looked at the Melforce in surprise. They had not thought that such a small sword would be able to contain so much power. The very moment both sides made contact, their weapons had actually transmitted enough force from the blow to paralyze their arms momentarily.
As the men were in their shocked states, a green glow surrounded the Melforce as it flew at an unbelievably fast speed before streaking across the necks of the Collin clan members before they could even react.
The dozen Collin clan members immediately went rigid as their necks suddenly sprayed blood from their wounds. The amount of blood that poured out of their necks had then become a fountain that took away the very life that sustained their bodies.
Among the group, aside from Edward who had narrowly escaped death, the other dozen members had their throats slashed apart by Erza's Melforce.
Erza did not cease her actions there; with another flicker of her body, she immediately leaped at Edward to strike.
Seeing Erza come rushing at him, Edward immediately went pale with fright. After exchanging blows with Erza before, he already understood that he was not an opponent that could fight Erza and would be unable to survive against her for long. Therefore, he immediately dashed backward in an attempt to retreat.
"Bitch, I, Abraham will definitely make sure you won't leave here alive!" Another shout exploded toward Erza as the wrathful Abraham immediately flew in from the side in order to protect the escaping Edward.
Right now, Abraham's eyes were crimson with anger. The previous dozen Collin clan members who had died were important members of the Collin Clan and served as the backbone of it.
To the Collin Clan, they were what supported the clan and each one had the strength of a Peak Knight at the least. Each one of them had a mind full of business and practically controlled the Collin Clan in its financial affairs. Now that the pillars of the Collin Clan had been killed, this was a disastrous loss for the Collin Clan.
Erza sneered. "Your Collin Clan had the chance to not get involved, but you insisted so much on being a part of this. The Collin Clan are all but gone now. If you wish to kill me, you simply have no chance now." With that, Erza did not wait a second longer and immediately brought down the Melforce to strike at Abraham.
At that moment, a group of heavily armoured men suddenly burst into the Collin Clan courtyards. This group of people had only twenty people around. Each member seemed to be disciplined as if they were born to serve the military. Even as they rushed toward Erza, each step they made had been unanimous. Behind the group was seven people which each wearing different clothes. From them, Erza could feel a strong Mid King Realm aura.
"Clan leader, the Collin King Squad has arrived!" A middle aged man cried out to Abraham from the back of the group. "Our Guest Elders are also here to help!"
Hearing that, Abraham's eyes shook as he fiercely stabbed at Erza once more with his great sword before looking at the group of twenty, "Collin King Squad, hear me! I want you to kill this girl immediately!"
"As for you brothers, I won't force you to join this fight. However, if you do, Collin Clan will owe you a great favour." Abraham turned to look at the seven people and quickly stated.
The Collin King Squad was the result of thirty years worth of training and expenses from the Collin Clan. From a total amount of three hundred people, each one of them had been embroiled in a series of close combat examinations before leaving behind only twenty men. These twenty men were then given plenty practice resources and were Collin Clan's reserve power, their last trump card.
"Yes!"
The twenty Early Kings instantly cried out an answer and charged straight at Erza with their weapons at a blinding speed.
Sensing the strong aura radiating from the Collin King Squad, Erza felt a little bit of shock in her heart. Each and every single one of these twenty members were at the very least as strong as an Early King.
"This must be the Collin Clan's trump card." Erza thought to herself. Just as she thought about that, the Collin King Squad had already reached ten meters from Erza with their weapons outstretched. At the same time, Abraham and Edward both flew at Erza to strike simultaneously.
Erza moved back a few steps in order to avoid Abraham and Edward's strike, before she suddenly disappeared and abruptly appeared in the middle of Collin King Squad.
'Double Acceleration!'
'Time Stop!'
'Lightning Step!'
Erza finally was forced to use her Time abilities. As her pupils turned red, she knew that she must not let anyone around her to escape. In a flash, the twenty men from the Collin King Squad had been completely wiped out by Erza. Heads were flying everywhere as the headless bodies fell to the ground.
Seeing how quickly the Collin King Squad was killed, Abraham began to tremble furiously as his wrath grew to unprecedented levels. The Collin King Squad was an especially precious treasure to him and were the backbones that he had poured countless hours of training into.
His anger caused him to miss out the fact that there was a second delay from the elite squad before they were beheaded. However, he did notice the change in Erza's eyes. As he was trying to recall where did he hear about red pupils with double triangle mark in the middle, Erza's Melforce suddenly emitted a bright glow of green light before it quickly moved toward his throat.
Abraham immediately lifted his sword to block the thrust of Melforce, but as the two made contact, the force from Melforce caused him to move a few steps back.
Erza did not give Abraham any time to relax and immediately drew closer to him. Her sword moved inexplicably fast as it lashed out once more.
After that, the third and fourth strike had struck out simultaneously with a speed that rivalled the first two strikes.
The fifth strike…
Melforce disappeared within a blur of light as the phantom traces of the blade overlapped with its real body. This one strike was unbelievably fast, giving Abraham no time to react.
'Time Stop!'
*Pch!*
Abraham's eyes could only widen as Melforce surpassed what he could react against and pierced through his throat. He failed to realize that he was under the effect of Time Stop earlier.
Abraham looked at the bloody Melforce that had been stabbed through his throat with a look of utter disbelief. He did not expect that he would die this way. The events that had occurred in this hour had developed far too fast for him to take in.
Just earlier, he had been the leader of the high and mighty Collin Clan discussing the matters of a wild beast wave with the Mirage City Defensive Guard Commander. But now, not even an hour after that, his Collin Clan had been completely destroyed.
Abraham heaved a heavy sigh in unwillingness before closing his eyes and allowing his elderly body to hit the ground slowly.
Erza stared at Abraham's fall to the ground coldly without any emotion. Thanks to the memories of her first life in the samsara world, her determination had been rather resolute. Even if she were to massacre many people to ensure her better future, she would not be affected too much.
Slowly, the black sword was pulled out from Abraham's neck as Erza turned to look for Edward. However, her face darkened as she looked at the bodies that littered the floors of the courtyard. Yet Edward was nowhere to be found.
At this, Erza's eyes narrowed, "So he ran away."
In addition, the seven Mid Kings were also gone. Erza assumed that they might help Edward to run away during the fight earlier. Only with the combined efforts of Mid Kings could explain how Edward managed to slip away unnoticed.