Just as the slash was finished, I gained a quick breathing space. I used it to draw my bow to fire two flame arrows. I quickly fired two of the arrows at the humanoids attacking the barrier, creating a wall of flames blocking them.
I quickly activated the band to move through the encirclement. I quickly phased through the humanoids who were confused after their target disappeared. I moved among them, arriving in front of the barrier where the now undying flame was being put out.
Standing within the space created, I deactivated the band and quickly drew the void arrow, and fired at the commander. As the arrow flew toward it, a shield user quickly stood in front to block the arrow, but the arrow passed through the shield user and flew toward the commander.
But instead of hitting the commander, the arrow was dodged and broken by the commander.
'Looks like it's not all talk.'
I stood back straight and looked at my current circumstances. I had different types of these humanoids attacking me from all around me, and all I had was a bow and some arrows.
With a smile, I gathered all my mana and took out three arrows, the frost, flames, and void arrows. Then I added a spell {combine}.
All of a sudden, all three arrows gathered together. As they combined into one, an extremely eye-catching arrow was created. Without any hesitation, I quickly gathered my momentum and started spinning, and fired the arrow while multiplying it.
I focused more on the humanoids on my back to get rid of the danger they posed. After half a minute, I stopped spinning. I could see that all of those that covered my back disappeared, but there remained at least 30 left.
It was at this time I heard a cracking sound and saw that the barrier protecting my sisters was broken. At the same time, arrows rained from the sky. Turning around, I saw the commander protected by its soldiers standing strong.
Elda and Nora looked at the rain of arrows, quickly arriving at them. They closed their eyes, accepting their fate. Perhaps this is better, as after they died, maybe their brother would survive.
But even after closing their eyes for a few seconds, nothing happened. Opening their eyes, they were greeted with the sight of Austin towering over them, with arrows plunged into him!
Blood flowed from his body, but he still stood tall, protecting them.
"Austin!"
"Big brother!"
Nora and Elda called out in despair, but I didn't respond. I only gave them a feeble smile, which caused their falling tears to increase.
While at the same time in the viewing room, Eleanor broke the tiles under her, releasing all of her power in rage.
Grace broke down completely in tears, while her heart broke. The pressure from Eleanor caused others to be quickly pushed back.
"Where is your historic world connected?"
Eleanor's voice was soft, but the power in each of her words wasn't. Claus, the Emperor's eyes flashed with anger.
"Bow, Empress. I put up with you till now on the fact that you were Austin's teacher, but the things you have done now have gone too far."
Instead of answering, Eleanor started laughing out loud. After laughing for a bit, she spoke.
"What great grandfather are you?"
Eleanor's voice was filled with sarcasm.
"What do you mean?"
"There you see one of your descendants fighting for his life. No, an 11-year-old child is risking his life doing something that none of you had the backbone to do."
"And here you are watching it like it's some sort of show."
"You are not fit to be related to Austin. He has twice the bravery than you who has lived for hundreds of years."
Each of Eleanor's words hit directly into Bruce's heart, raising his anger, but he still controlled himself. He didn't live all this life not knowing how to control his anger.
"Then what should I have done?"
"You know very well that nothing could be done."
Eleanor bit her lips at his words. She knew that all though she was strong, she didn't have the ability to break into the historic world created by the founding ancestor, much less after it was strengthened by the past figures who left their legacies in it.
"But I will still try."
Eleanor didn't want to back down, no, she didn't want to lose Austin, and she would do anything to get him back. She wouldn't be able to handle losing him.
"Then I will stop you."
Bruce didn't back down either. They both quickly vanished, bringing their fight somewhere else. At this time, Olivia was looking at the screen. Right now, her emotions were in a mess.
She thought that she would be happy to see Austin being beaten up, but she didn't. She knew her sadistic side wanted to trample on him after he had dealt a blow to her pride.
But she just couldn't be happy seeing him now. Everything that Austin did was to protect his sisters. Even antagonizing her was for them. For a moment, she was jealous.
Should she be happy or sad? But she knew one thing right now, the hate she gathered for him before had decreased a bit.
'You better not die, Austin.'
While Olivia was going through her thoughts, there was someone else going through the same, too. The Empress Lora was having suicidal tendencies.
Watching Austin get beaten up, her anger and bloodlust flared up. She was even thinking of taking her life if Austin died.
Every time Austin was hurt, it was like her flesh was being ripped. She couldn't handle it. She knew her thoughts were not healthy, but she couldn't stop.
While all these people were having different thoughts, the situation inside the historic world was changing.
'Damn, I must look like a porcupine right now.'
The moment I saw those arrows flying toward them, I knew that with my limited mana, I couldn't do much, so I had to move. Even though I got hit, my vitals were still protected.
Coughing a bit of blood, I looked toward my sisters who were stunned, not completely processing what happened. I weakly smiled at them and slowly turned my body. With all the arrows on my body, it was not easy.
When I turned around, I saw the remaining humanoids looking at me. They were getting ready to make their next move, but suddenly they stopped. All of them froze.
Up above in the sky, a figure started to form. It was Luke, the founding Emperor. He stood there in the sky, floating and looking at me. The previous impassive eyes had a bit of respect in them. After him, several other figures quickly started to form in the sky, all of them famous and powerful individuals. It was Luke who spoke.
"I have seen several kids enter this world and exit, all of them having different talents and abilities."
"I have seen them live and die, but I nor any of this consciousness within this world has ever interfered in the trials."
"But for once we choose to interfere. Boy, no, Austin, I am giving you a chance right now to leave this trial with your life. Take it."
"Do you really have to go through all this pain and suffering?"
"I can see that you are using some kind of forbidden technique to draw power from your potential."
"I don't want to see such a talented and willed child die, so take the offer."
The more Luke spoke, the more dazed I became. Pain? Suffering?
Bro, I don't feel any pain right now. Sure, I look all beaten up, but I am not even in a bit of pain. And as for the forbidden technique, I am just drawing a large amount of mana from the ring I wear. What the hell are you saying?
Wait, this could be the perfect show-off moment. I quickly activated my bullshit-speaking mode.
While Austin was thinking about heart-moving words to say, the girls who he thought were stunned quickly regained their focus.
They looked toward Austin, standing in front of them, filled with arrows. Yet, even after that, he stood in front of them to protect them.
The image of him standing in front of them, protecting them while being filled with arrows and blood was engraved into both Nora's and Elda's hearts, never to be forgotten in their life. At the same time, small changes occurred.
[Ding....!]
[Name: Nora Lionheart
Love: 100 (sibling love) >>> 100% (forbidden love)]
[Recalculating....]
[Name: Nora Lionheart
Love: 100% (forbidden love)
Remark: why is it you?
[Name: Elda Lionheart
Love: 100 (sibling love) >>> 100% (forbidden love)]
[Recalculating]
[Name: Elda Lionheart
Love: 100% (forbidden love)
Remark: Big brother is all I need]