His aura got sharper and began to focus at the very tip of his spear, the air around got heavy and the veins on the captain's head were almost popping out. It was a visible sign that he was pushing himself beyond his capabilities.
Zurich style spearmanship consisted of six stages, and the commander was only able to attain one, no one amidst the royal army could even attain that first stage and just learned the basic stance and skill.
The first stage; unification of the body and mind gives passage to the second stage; submission to will of the spear, which the Commander was about to forcibly break into, forcibly breaking into it would of course have consequences but he would deal with the aftermath if he survives,
"right now, i have to eliminate this danger in front of me"
The mage looked at him,
"he's getting stronger all of a sudden... Well not that it matters anyway"
The commander's aura began to scatter around, the spear began to wiggle on the floor it laid.
The Boulders the mage controlled, rotated around the commander, they began to hit him in turns but he could successfully block thanks to his aura getting stronger.
The commander not minding the boulders continued to stare at his spear which was already moving away from the floor but still wiggling, the Mage saw that commander Friggo was distracted and especially found the aura around him very disturbing as it was absorbing the damages inflicted by the large boulders. He swung his hand, immediately all the boulders began to merge and swiftly slam the commander's right arm, fortunately he was able to focus his aura at that point and received little damage. But the mage did not stop he swung his hand again,
"let's see how long you can keep up"
He was hit by the boulder again and received higher damage, he finally let out a power shout and his aura spread out like wild fire, the spear shot past the mage and was caught by the commander, he immediately began to smash the boulder which scattered into debris, he panted and pointed his spear forward, his aura began to envelope the spear.
"I'll put my all into this one strike, I'll make sure to take you with me"
The commander was already at his limit, in the history of over 700 years he was the first to almost attain the true enlightenment, even though it was for a second he gave his spear a will that alone set him apart, his hair was tattered and his royal armor was damaged especially his arm which was bruised, blood run down from his nose and ears which was the effect of pushing himself too hard.
He raised his spear up and slammed it to the ground, his aura shot forward towards the mage who scoffed and put up a magic barrrier.
A large explosion could be heard as the commander's aura collided with the mage's barrier, a little while later the dust began to clear up and the commander could see there wasn't even a scratch on the mage.
"un.... fair"
He murmured as he fell to the ground but was caught just before his head hit the floor,
"oh my lord, this is a bad matchup even for me, i commend you for lasting this long you really are a strong warrior, we need more people like you"
'I didn't see him arrive.... a silver knight' ''it will make no difference with you here"
Knight Throph pointed to himself, "me?"
"of course you... Who else is here..."
"Sir Ol..."
~slaaaaassh~
'he blocked it' Knight Oliver released his invisibility and faced knight Throph, ''did you just almost tell me out?''
''forgive me sir, since he was a mage I thought he knew''
The mage who in a split second put up a barrier, was agitated. "an invisibility skill, how does a warrior have invisibility skill?"
"let's just say I have a little anti magic skills, enough to corner you"
'he might be bluffing, but just now... If I had been a second late, my head would have been go...'
~smaaaaaaaasshhhh~
"this mage is really strong" Sir Odomus continues to smash his hammer on the mage's shield,
~smaaaash~
~smaaaaaaaasshh~
~smaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassshh~
Knight Odomus immediately weave as a dark energy ball shot past him, it exploded as it hit the wall behind them.
The mage who seemed to have used one of his powerful attacks was panting,
'my shield cracked.... three silver knights.... might be too much even for me to handle.... I should leave and get the king myself'
The mage began to fade into the space, at once
"no you don't..."
Knight Throph who was far away supporting the commander was already holding his neck.
"what...? How?...."
~pssssshhhhh~
A purple lazers shot at Knight Throph who tilted his head to weave it, the mage hijacked himself and disappeared completely.
"I think we lost him"
"of course you lost him!"
"we..."
".. You...."
"stop it you two... Locate the king this instance"
"yes sir!"
Both of them ran.
Knight Oliver placed the commander's back on the wall,
"rest up, you fought well."
He patted the commander's shoulders and placed his spear beside him. He too stood up amd ran along.
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The mage arrived immediately at the scene where the soldiers and royal warrior were still clashing, a young boy exceptionally stood out but he could care less, right now he had to get to the king before those knights catch up to him, just then the young young boy came dashing at him.
'is he mad, he wants to fight me...?.. I would've love to teach him a lesson but..'
He disappears again.
Max stopped halfway, startled as to why the mage ran away, and belatedly realised he didn't run away, the royal family right now was escaping through a tunnel in order to regroup with the general commander, he dashes towards the tunnel just then a slight breeze followed him and soon shot past him.
After a while,
The king began to scream.
The mage revealed himself as the royal family began to get worried, the queen yelled not because the mage suddenly appeared, the king was already bleeding to death.
"I hate wasting time.... But who knew he was this weak, just a little poison and his down in seconds"
Max who was now running forth yelled and ran faster.
"I'll kill you!!!"
"I would like to play with this little boy a bit but i still can't face three silver knights, especially the one that almost had my head."
The mage laughed as he faded away,
"so long kid thank you for showing me the way!!"
The kid fell to the ground and cried out realizing it might have been thanks to him the mage was able to get to the king.
The silver knights got to the scene, they got silent as the two young princess and their mother sobbed, sir Oliver carried the king's body and went back to the palace.
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The King's death was immediately announced, the Azure Empire withdrew their army as Gillievia began to mourn their king, they didn't exactly withdraw instead they marched pass Gillievia with a much greater army. Gillievia could not stop them, not when they had just lost their king, no one in the royal court could make that suggestion when the whole kingdom was mourning its King.
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The Forgan Empire confirmed that the Azure empire army had gotten past Gillievia, a court meeting was immediately summoned, the dukes and every government officials gathered at the hall.
The Emperor soon arrived but in red armor instead of fancy outfits, it was the empire's tradition as it was a war meeting.