"Protect our boss!" Tavish shouted as him and the other 5 members of Baihu charged forward towards the Knightmares.
"Protect our big boss!" The others repeated in unison.
It was at this moment that I saw letters appeared above their heads. Their names and levels were now fully displayed but what intrigued me the most were their levels.
{[Capt] Tavish lvl 45}
{Gunther lvl 23}
{Harlo lvl 22}
{Jemina lvl 22}
{Jask lvl 21}
{Bron lvl 20}
They were all doubled my level whilst Tavish quadrupled mine... I looked up and saw Lavira's as well.
{Lavira lvl 1}
I see... since Lavira never fought before, her level is at 1 whist the other are veterans, so their levels are high. Tavish must've been in some stuff since his level doubled his own subordinates.
Clang! Swish!
Blade against bladed arm? The battle had begun and it was fierce. The Knightmares started to do some kind of spinning attack where it twisted it's body with it's bladed arms out stretched. They looked like mini dark tornados. Jemina kept up in the fight for vision as she unleashed waves after waves of light magic. Every time the Knightmare would use its dark magic to darken the area, she would counter it.
Jask who now looked like a mixture between Storm and Thor, shot lightning everywhere. At one point he shot a lightning bolt into the sky and a thunderbird came down and unleashed a wave of electrifying wind that shocked everything the wind touches.
I watched them fight and it was amazing however an unsettling feeling kept gnawing at me. If all the members of Baihu were twice my level, how come they haven't defeated the level 5 Knightmares yet. It didn't make any sense, their levels and power were far greater than the Knightmares but they were fighting toe to toe especially Tavish.
Tavish was fighting his Knightmare in an one on one dual and from the looks of it, it looked like they were equal in power.
I didn't get it as their level was still at 5.
"That thing's strength is equal to brother's." Lavira muttered to herself and I barely caught it. She then stopped muttering and looked down to me.
"How are you feeling?"
It was then that I saw a blue glow in her iris. In a split second she looked at me, her eyes went straight back to the battle unfolding. She had an intense look on her and then when she muttered something, I too snapped back to the battle. Her eyes now wasn't solely trained on her brother but also at the other members as well.
"If Tavish isn't going to move 3 inches to the left in the next 30 seconds, he's going to get hit by the back of the blade..."
It only took 30 seconds for the act to play out as I saw Tavish dodged the blade but the back swing clipped him in the shoulder. Lavira has a skill that could let her see the future... an idea popped into my head.
"Lavira, repeat after me."
Lavira looked at me now with a confused concerned look.
"Repeat what?"
"Connect to Baihu."
She looked at me if I was going crazy but hesitantly repeated my words.
"Connect to Baihu."
As soon as the connection was made, voices of all the members of Baihu blared up in our minds. It was chaotic and overbearing to hear so many voices overlapping each other.
"Why isn't my lightning working..."
"Ouch! That hurt! You son of..."
"Let's see how you like my gravity!"
Like the voice said, Bron stood still and suddenly a wave of immense pressure pressed down on us but the pressure was somewhat tolerable however not for the Knightmares as they fell down from the sky with a 'thud'.
Thump, Thump, Thump...
The pressure only increased but stopped when Lavira abruptly shouted, "Bron, drop to the ground now!"
Bron looked confused but Lavira shouted the last word again, "Now!"
In an instant, Bron dropped to the ground and was narrowly missed by a hair as the bladed hand came close to chopping of his head. The bladed hand swung passed Bron's head and into the blade of Tavish.
[Baihu has slain a Knightmare. Baihu gains 500 Exp.]
[You have gained 500 Exp.]
[First wave: Defeat 15 Knightmares. (1/15)]
"Jemina, quick move to your left and use your light!"
As soon as Lavira said that, Jemina did as instructed and moved to her left. She then used her light and it brightened the area around her in a bright glow. The Knightmare who was inches away from her, screeched at the sudden light. Jemina then used the opportunity when her opponent was confused to summon a beam of light that slammed into the blinded Knightmare. The beam started to shred the Knightmare up.
[Baihu has slain a Knightmare. Baihu has gain 500 Exp.]
[You have gained 500 Exp.]
[First wave: Defeat 15 Knightmares. (2/15)]
In two instances, 2 was taken out and now there was only 13 left to defeat. Lavira expertly instructed each member of Baihu on their movements and abilities to take down the Knightmares... she had used her skill as a librarian to coordinate and organise her teammates. I on the other hand used helping hand to either heal or boost them.
I also discovered that information network's map updates and map's my current location, exactly like a GPS. And like at the library where a map popped up showing coloured dots coming towards the library, apparently I found out it's this exact map. All the remaining Knightmares were displayed as red dots on the map and one by one the red dots started to disappear.
[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
[First wave: Defeat 15 Knightmares. (14/15)
I was now level 12. We had gained around 7000 Exp so far from the 14 Knightmares we had slain and with only one to go.
The last Knightmare was now floating by it's lonesome and somehow looked bigger than the other ones. It's bladed hands were out stretched, ready for battle.
All seven of us readied ourselves as we waited for Lavira as she used her new found skill to see the future. The skill has helped us survive the first wave incredibly well so far.
"Everyone get ready!" Lavira shouted as a wave of dark energy washed over us.
Lavira eyes suddenly went wide. "Everyone get down!"
As soon as she said that, we all dropped to the ground as two bladed hands swept above us. The Knightmare was no longer pitch black but translucent and it faded in and out of the light that shone on it. Though I could barely see it as the light obstructed it's visibility, I could make out some of its features that has changed? The Knightmare has changed. It no longer had features that the other ones had.
It's shape looked more feminine now.
Suddenly a black smoke emerged from within the creature and turned it's translucent self, opaque. Now visible, the outer self of the creature was transparent and the inside was now flowing with black smoke.
The Knightmare now looked like a female knight.
She was hovering an inch from the ground and she has legs. It was a full suit of armour, where as the normal ones looked more like spirits or ghost with armour on.
The female Knightmare's left bladed hand pointed it's tip towards us and then bowed. In that moment the creature looked so serene and beautiful with the contrast of the light and the dark.
She looked like a greyscale aurora caught inside a snow globe.
Once she got back up, she flicked her right bladed arm to the side whilst she held her left bladed hand in front of her.
"Boss, let me continue my duel with her."
I arched my eyebrow at his request.
"She was the one I faced from the start, we were at a stalemate then but now I want a true duel."
Ah... I remembered now. Tavish was fighting a Knightmare that was equal to his strength and it had managed to clip his shoulder with the back of it's bladed hand.
I nodded my head and Tavish walked towards the snow globe Knightmare. They both bowed to each other before they clash blades.
Clang! Ting! Swish!
The two fought each other at lightning speed. I wouldn't have guess that Tavish could move so fast and matching the speed of the snow globe Knightmare as well.
It was a spectacle to behold. They weaved through the dark and the light area like if they were dancing. The snow globe Knightmare shimmered in the light and faded in the dark. I used master's eyes just to see her fully and keep track of the fight between the two but I for one had no idea how Tavish could see her while fighting.
The battle started to look like another stalemate but then Tavish disappeared for a second and then the two stopped fighting as the snow globe Knightmare started to shatter and dissolve.
[Baihu has slain The Queen of Shaversa, Anyce. Baihu gains 1500 Exp.]
[You have gained 1500 Exp.]
[First wave: Defeat 15 Knightmares. Completed.]
[You have now been rewarded 1500 Exp.]
[You have levelled up.]
[Baihu has been rewarded 2500 Exp.]
[Baihu's multiplier is now at (x1)]
[You have gained 5000 Exp.]
[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
[The shop is now open. Welcome!]
Yes! I'm now level 15. I stared at the barrage of notifications that appeared right after another, especially the last one... the shop is now open.
I felt excitement well up inside of me as all sort of items flashed into my mind. If the shop was anything like a MOBA like league then I have an idea of some items I wanted now.
I wondered how long do we have until the next wave. I wanted time to see the shop and browse through the items.
"Hey boss! So what's next?" Tavish asked as he and the other members of Baihu crowded around me with bated breaths.
[Warning: Second wave has now begun.]
[Second wave: Defeat 10 Were-beasts. (0/10)]
"We now have to fight those." I pointed a finger to an area where several black shadows emerged from the ground.