I teleported at the place I thought would be the safest. The middle of the lake.
I was on top of the Elven sentinel standing on her shoulder. The cleric was at my right, the knight and the warrior were at my front.
But what I saw was…
Chaos…complete chaos.
It was evening and the entire camp was in utter havoc, smoke and fire were all around me.
I have yet to believe that all of this happened only a few hours before I was gone. Luckily there doesn't seem to be any casualties as the entire camp was empty from human presence.
But tables, tents, and cabins. Everything was either destroyed or burnt.
I commanded the sentinels to walk forward. The lake was not too deep as it only submerged them to their knees not enough to hinder their movement. So they moved with ease.
Noticing few monstrosities of defiled forest creatures tainted by the blight I telepathically asked the elf to attack. As a link was formed between us before I know how they use their abilities. They use the mana from their controller which is me and cast spells or use skills to fight.
The Elven sentinel stretched her bow and a large blue magical circle appeared in front of it. Releasing the magical string of mana that formed after she pulled her bow. A massive amount of magical arrows were released from the front of the bow. Hundreds of arrows pierced the detached force of the gores that were roaming free.
Results…not a single one was left alive. Every arrow at its impact with the bodies blew up creating enormous holes in the rotten flesh of its victims. This was the power of only one sentinel…I am trembling with excitement as to see how strong the other three are.
Keeping our pace we left the lake.
The only thing I had to do was to command the sentinels to move and attack and they obliged.
This time a larger Gore appeared… it seems that this one is a tainted version of a boar king.
These creatures were tough to handle when I was with Master I was tasked once with the capture of one of these kings… they are really hard to find and are immensely difficult to catch once they start running away. Their ability to Travers any terrain no matter how steep or difficult was the reason why they were hard to deal with although once they are cornered they will fight with all their might…their tusks were a troublesome weapon as they were pointy, sturdy and very sharp. Also, their meat is a prime delicacy…now that I think about it Master only ordered me to catch it after I accidentally burnt his lunch…
This creature, however, had no eyes. Almost all of its fur has fallen and some of its flesh was rotten…
One of his tusks was broken the golden brown color it usually has is no more. Instead, it was deep black like all the defiled creatures that were tainted with the blight and became Gores.
It charged at us…In a normal situation, I would have dodged its charge and waited for it to pass me by then attack its hind legs to hinder its movements and stab it to the heart once it fell to the ground.
But right now I want to test how strong 'my' sentinels are.
I ordered the Knight to move forward. Holding its tower shield with its right arm and sticking it downward.
It poised itself against the incoming charging boar. His left arm had the sword ready.
Once the boar approached enough a blue Mahojin appeared in front of the tower shield. The contact of the incoming boar and the shield made a wall like a barrier flinch and shine for a brief second.
The boar definitely had a concussion as it started swaying and foaming from the unbelievably sturdy barrier that got erected to stop him.
Not letting this chance go to waste the knight jabbed with his left arm and struck the sword deep into the boar's left temple. Withdrawing its blade the boar dropped to the ground…yet it started moving again trying to get back up…I remember what Osfor sensei said about Gores, that without the destruction of their core they will not die… calling upon the warrior he swung down his two handed great swords splitting the boar in two before the sword was taken back it glowed red and the body of the boar caught fire turning it instantly to ash.
Other creatures appeared probably alarmed by the death of their 'comrades' they came in hordes.
Charging at us were numerous mountain and forest beasts. tainted animals numbering the hundreds.
I activated the ability of the cleric. He moved his chime and conjured a lightning spell that spread across the ground paralyzing and immobilizing a big chunk of the monsters coming toward us. The elf drew her bow and shot hundreds of arrows in the direction of the incoming monsters. The knight was blocking monsters and bashing skulls left and right. As for the warrior, the swing of his blades was able to command wind and fire as it slashed about creating tornados of incinerating flames eating at the corps of the incoming enemies.
I never thought I would enjoy a fight in my life like this one.
The four heroes fighting and holding the path so that the innocents may escape…a tale to be told as a bed time story.
My string of thought was cut short after another intervention of Osfor saying in a panicked voice.
"ASURA-KUN what are you doing over there are you still not out yet???"
Answering back I said
"No I am out but this is sure hectic. What is the situation over there? And where are you?"
"We managed to withdraw south of the camp there is a large canyon with enough space for the students to pass in and for teachers to hold the front from the monsters you need to come over here. We are waiting for the transport ships to come as we are going to forfeit this location…"
"Forfeit? Why can't we just fight off the monsters and take it back…"
Osfor hastily responded
"We cannot handle this many enemies as Ousay, Kansaki and a lot of teachers left to deal with some matters. We are unable to push back the invasion we will have to come back later with another force to take back this place…"
"There won't be anything left if you are to come back later…this whole land will become defiled and the miasma will claim it making it less than useless…if we need to take this location back we need to do it now."
"Sorry, Asura-kun but that seems to be impossible with our numbers…now please come back take the south passage near the teacher's cabin and head up you will find the canyon it is not that far and we are holding our grounds here."
After a brief moment, I considered what my next words should be.
"Well…I believe I have a good chance to take this location back but I need you sensei…"
"Huh wait for what??? How are you supposed to do that…I know you are strong but if you think of fighting that horde of monsters head on then I will believe that you lost your head. Not even Greetman is stupid enough to do that.
"Who said anything about fighting head on? I only need an opening to close back the barrier. I have enough force here to hold down the monsters in front of me but I can't seem to gain ground I need your disintegration spell as I can't risk using it myself and end up fainting like last time."
"…are you sure about this…"
"Perfectly."
"Then I am on my way. Where is your location?"
"I am right next to the lake near the dressing cabin teleport on top of it as it is still standing and not many Gores are near it."
"Alright, I will be there. I hope this plan of yours works."
"…"