Looking at the battlefield from a high vantage point,Every inch of the earth which was once filled with beautiful greenery was now dyed crimson red. Even the air had a metallic smell to it as a testimony of how much blood had been spilled.
The once smooth landscape was now marred with deep craters scattered all over the place as the surviving grasses also took on the color red.
On this same battlefield, where the war was far from reaching it's conclusion,there were particular areas where the regular warriors,be it elves or orcs,did not dare to venture too close to.
The pressure and aura felt from these places were more than enough to keep the others from coming any closer.
One of them was the battle between a double sized orc against two elite elves being surrounded by a few shamans at the western part of the battlefield,and another taking place to the eastern part.
The most dangerous and eye-catching battle which even the elites warriors dared not interfere with was the one between the orc king and the beautiful battle maniac Diane.
The waves of energy and mana coming off from their duel was something no ordinary person could handle.
The orc king,who still had Diane locked in place, continued delivering his attacks that seemed to get even more stronger and critical with each successful hit,it didn't matter if the battle master tried to block or lessen the damage of the punches,it kept getting stronger and unbearable for her.
CRACK!
With blood dripping down the side of her lips,a resounding crack was heard as the bones in her arms were shattered eventually even though she already used a good amount of mana to strengthen her forearms.
Looking into the king's eyes,she smiled strangely. She was finally being pushed to her limit as the orc kept breaking her defenses. This smile didn't go unnoticed by the King, sending a chill down his spine.
'this elf is just too dangerous and crazy,I need to kill her as soon as possible' he thought.
Suddenly,when the orc king threw another punch expecting her to take a critical damage,his hand struck something.... something that seemed to absorb all the strength and force in his arm that he used to deliver his punch,it was that same technique again,only this time she didn't use it with her great sword but with her bare hands.
This action of her's made the king gain an insight to the technique, he could feel the flow of water before him, using water manipulation,she weaved an almost invisible forcefield in front of her,when struck,no matter how much the power or force behind the attack was,the water forcefield would absorb and distribute the power all over, spreading it outwards thereby effectively lessening the damage dealt to her.
But understanding this technique didn't mean he had a counter to it as even if he increased his strength output,it would still be turned ineffective against the elf, though why she didn't use it earlier remained a mystery.
"Huh!,you seem a little frustrated o'great king orlan" the elf mocked the king as he was getting frustrated at this effective defense.
One should have known that the armor he was wearing was epic grade, giving him the special ability
In most cases,it is an overpowered ability as long as one scores successful hits,unless the one on the receiving end successfully shields against it,the skill continues stacking up,but in Diane's case,it didn't matter how strong his hits got,they were absorbed and lessened greatly....a perfect counter to his armor's skill.
"Rrrrr,you damn bitch" the king lost his temper as the little provocation was enough to tip his calm mind into the negatives. His attacks were rendered ineffective,his strength was useless...what else could he do,one had to know he wasn't facing the elf empress herself. This was already a huge blow to his morale. His eyes turned red as he went to grab the elf before him.
But this outburst of his was his own undoing as the battle master got disgusted. "Is that all you have,you were relying on your armor to help you defeat the entire Elven race?"
BANG!
Faster than the king's eyes could follow,she threw a punch towards his face,though he was able to block instinctively,in the next second,his body was sent flying like a ragdoll.
Crashing a few meters away while also creating deep craters along,the king could be seen struggling to get up as he kept spurting blood from his mouth while holding his side where ribs ought to be located. They were utterly shattered.
The battle master took large strides towards him as she also grabbed her sword,the king couldn't understand how she grew much stronger in just a few minutes, looking up confused ,he asked "how..." his voice trailing of as he saw her hands and feet. "Earth manipulation?...you are dual attributed?"
Stomping her feet on the ground,the battle master created chains made of black hard substances as she chained the orc to the ground. "You came all the way here and dared wage war against our kingdom with such pathetic strength?,you only managed to make me reveal my ability,barely entertaining me,I underestimated your racial foolishness"
" You're strong, I've to admit,but not as strong as he, he will tear you and your kingdom apar—"
"You won't be alive to see any of that though" raising her sword which started pulsating with blue lines,she swung it down with speed.
She was enraged at this pathetically weak king,she thought he could make her have the best time of her life.
Not considering anything else,she went straight for the kill.
Slashing down,she cleaved him into two as blood gushed everywhere,but immediately feeling something was off,she quickly backed away from the corpse,a second later, something she never expected happened
BOOOOM!
The king's corpse actually exploded with violent force of explosion, creating a deep crater of almost 100 meters. This ground shaking explosion attracted everyone's attention,the place covered with cloud of dust and dirt slowly cleared up as the battle maniac's eyes widened in shock.
The king, standing on his feet without any blood mark or stains on him, smiling at the elf directly,but more shocking was what or perhaps who stood beside him.
A woman who had long curved horns coming out the side of her luminous black hair, with black leathery wings behind her back as she was hovering slightly above the ground.
Her long black tail gently moving in the wild breeze as she smirked seductively towards Diane.
"Very very impressive" she muttered.