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Chapter 42 - War of the Phoenix

Similar to the side of Draxus, Remuel's battle had already began. With him in the front lines are some of Draxus's friends, Jevil, Mitch, Viceroy Alastair, Justin Hearne, and Gilbert Artemas. Though the only ones taking the full brunt of the attack are Remuel, Jevil, and Viceroy, they have the backline support of Mitch, Justin, and Gilbert who are equipped with muskets that was designed by Draxus. They held penetrating rounds which will pierce through shields and flesh bodies pretty easily. Victorina and Harold stood at the back line as they held a formation of an arrowhead. "Let's make them take the arrow forcefully." Remuel brought out his [Amalgam of Destiny] and used one of his stronger magic abilities. "[Amalgam of Kenaz]! [Burn those who stray from the path]!" Large walls of fire were created from both sides. With them as the center, the walls of fire began diverging as if to signify that the enemies will have to converge to them or they die. Harold had already used his magic to prepare comets to be dropped down to the enemies at any time. However, the march of the army halted just a hundred meters before them. One person came out as if he's leading the army and stopped around fifty meters between Remuel's group. "I desire a one on one deathmatch against the person who summoned the fire!" The group smiled a little as they knew that Remuel would easily clear off the enemy that's in front. However, that person had a weapon with a large large handle. It had three large blades sticking out in three directions, making it look like a large cross. "What kind of weaponry..." Remuel let out a mutter as Victorina urged him to go. "Go Remuel, we'll handle the army in case they charge forward." Remuel stepped back a little to give Victorina a light hug and kiss which got the rest of the members to grin. He then left while leaving words of reassurance. "I'll be sure to end his misery."

With ten meters in between them, Remuel faced the enemy that stood in front and brought out his scythe. "Name yourself." The enemy immediately asked a question while forming a stance with the bladed large cross. "Remuel Baphomet, one that will kill you. [Amalgam of Secrets]! [Bring forth the secret of what I face]!" Remuel immediately activated [Amalgam of Destiny] and instantly identified the enemy and his skills. "So it's foresight huh? [Hero of Fortune] Illyoda Bohater, you will die." Remuel taunted Illyoda while dashing forward, causing him to have a slight bit of anger which caught him off-guard. "Kill his allies!" With a single shout, Illyoda commanded his army to charge towards the group. Remuel swung his scythe after moving behind Illyoda. It was barely blocked but Remuel made a follow-up using a kick. But that was easily blocked by the left arm of Illyoda. After retracting the scythe for a split second, Remuel twisted his body and tried to land a third strike. The attack was blocked and directed down to the ground. Remuel poured in his magic without wasting time and fired a burning slug bullet straight to the body of Illyoda. Without even getting a chance to dodge, Illyoda tried to create a barrier but was hit by the bullets at point blank range. "Ghh!!" Remuel then dashed back to use the [Amalgam of Destiny]. "[Amalgam of Belial]! [Bring forth endless power to me]!" Illyoda got the chance to dash and land an attack but it was blocked quite nicely. The soldiers passed through them while trying to land hits on Remuel. Most attacks were dodged as Illyoda tried to heal up, Remuel got annoyed since there were too many hindrances. Explosive fire magic began wiping out the soldiers that tried to charge forward. Harold and Victorina had used up their magic while drinking some liquid mana and continuing to kill off the soldiers. Jevil and Viceroy using their weapons and stuck the soldiers that ever came close. Remuel dashed forward to strike Illyoda but was blocked by the soldiers that are running around. "You're really a lot of trouble!" Remuel fired another slug shot towards Illyoda but was mostly blocked. "[Amalgam of Belial]! [Bring forth endless acceleration to me]!" Remuel's speed increased in leaps and bounds. His speed far surpassed the speed of sound and landed strikes towards Illyoda. Due to the future sight Illyoda's hero card effect, he was able to barely dodge and block most of Remuel's strikes. However, to surpass the speed of sound and have the power to cause destruction, it wasn't enough for Illyoda to perform a breakthrough. Eventually, after beginning to receive strikes, the speed of Illyoda began to diminish and slowly began to get overwhelmed. He was still able to dodge and avoid taking lethal damage but the small cuts were completely unavoidable. After some more time, Remuel had struck the large cross blade up to the sky and spelled him death. "May your life end peacefully in agony." Remuel kicked Illyoda's gut and pierced the scythe through his chest. He then pulled the scythe upwards and unforgivingly sliced off the heart and brain in half. Without wasting time, he finally began clearing off the rest of the army which is still numbered around five-thousand. He avoided strikes that came from the surrounding soldiers and landed strikes that will easily kill them. Before long, he returned to the group and held the line together with them. They aren't clearing the enemies at a rapid rate which was pretty worrying for them. Even with the [Amalgam of Belial] active on both speed and power, he was taxing down his mana pretty quickly. He used the [Amalgam of Destiny] once more which forced him to be enfeebled with his body. "[Amalgam of Necronomicon]!" A black orb was formed in the middle of the enemy army and started to absorb the soldiers around it. With the energy absorbed, the black orb spread out and began spreading out and killing off more soldiers. The soldiers were only sucked into the black orb and never to be found again. However, due to the excessive use of mana, Remuel ended up kneeling down from the overuse of mana. He immediately took a small bottle of liquid mana and drank it. After getting revitalized slightly, he stood up once again and prepared some powerful magic. "[Lord of the Fire]! [Phoenix]!" After the [Necronomicon Orb] was dispelled, a large bird of fire materialized in place of it. With extreme heat and fire engulfing the surroundings, many soldiers died from getting struck by the phoenix which began flying around to wipe them off. Remuel was panting from the overuse of mana, he overexerted himself while trying to kill off the enemies that come too close. The group made a final push while Remuel was continuing to exert everything. He's not spending a dangerous compensation but the situation is still demanding him to step back. With only a few hundred enemies left, each of the front line had left their positions and struck down the rest. With the ranged assistance, they were assured with the safety. Around ten more minutes, they had finally killed off the entire army.

Remuel lied down immediately and checked the timer. He instantly paused it while hoping that their group had won. "Fifty four minutes, and forty-five seconds..." He tried to sleep on top of the grass but he found himself getting dragged by Victorina and Harold. "Come on, Lynx and Noelle had prepared some food." Remuel got dragged along to the tables as he finally dispelled every ability. "I don't want to do this in a while. It's a big hassle and taxing to my body." Remuel spat out complains while getting dragged along the way up until the dining table. He went and ate with the group as they had a final report. "Thanks for the assistance guys, it would be rough if I dealt with this crap alone." The group then ate their food as they gobbled up everything with extreme haste and gluttony. "It was great that we managed to clear off the army in less than one hour. I wonder how the others did? Draxus may have cleared off the enemies quicker since his abilities are focused on clearing armies." Remuel let out some comments while drinking the soup slowly. "Who knows, he's the kind that will get a lot of compensations, he could be defeating the hero with a little bit of trouble." Jevil blurted out something that could signify his victory over Draxus. After a slight bit of relief, Remuel then remembered Serkyrio being a threat to the money that he had bet. "Then we shouldn't forget about Serkyrio since he's pretty much the combination of us three disciples, added with ten doses of steroids." The group simply ate in peace as they finished up their food pretty quickly and returned to the castle.