Kalci kicked the guard while descending on top of the wall. The soldier went sliding back stopping in between the two other soldiers.
" Fwip"
Then behind Kalci. The rest of the army appeared across the whole wall. The true size of the invasion was revealed to the opposition. The kingdom of Ace's soldiers shot over the wall into the guard station below and took their first steps into the Emerald Kingdom.
Dark clouds appeared above the mountaintops as Tsucko watched the invasion. His blue eyes shined proudly as he saw the army he took by force fight for him. His dream was becoming a reality right before his eyes...The ability to act without consequence.
" True Freedom." Tsucko using mana expulsion began to climb down the mountain in short quick steps. " My entrance shall be grand."
Kalci was in a stand-off with the three guards standing before him. They paid no attention to the other troops moving in whatsoever. Perhaps they understood he was the biggest threat...The faces of the guards were that of pure anger.
" Was that your friend?" Kalci spoke in a deep but arrogant tone. He saw the middle guard's right eye twitch...He got the reaction he wanted.
" You shut your mouth!" The guard took his sword and pointed at him. " You've got no mana! Your worthless trash!"
" What does that make him." Kalci motioned toward the dead soldier on the ground.
The soldier clicked his tongue and planted his foot into the stone wall. Signifying to Kalci that he was pouring mana into his legs. He readied his sword awaiting the attack.
" Wait Gar! Somethings not righ-"
" SHIWP!!"
A soldier on the right tried to stop him, but he didn't bother to hear it. He pushed off with all his force and dashed at Kalci in a blue. The wind from his quick movement caused his comrades to cover their faces.
" SHWIM"
Small bits of stone were thrown from the wall to the air as Gar reached his target. His sword had hit something for a moment before passing straight through like butter. But it didn't feel like it cut anything.
At the other end, the other soldiers stood awaiting the small dust cloud to clear. They waited anxiously with their sword at the ready...They trusted Gar's abilities but...They knew something was up with this certain opponent.
" Shink!"
Suddenly a sword appeared through the chest of the left soldier. The remaining soldier turned quickly and saw as the sword was retraced leaving his comrade to fall liflessly.
Kalci brought his sword back and aimed for the chest of the remaining one. Spark flew as his attack was parried and the soldier counted with a downward swing that Kalci jumped away from.
The remaining soldier dashed back a few more times creating distance before sliding to a stop. The red eyes of Kalci glared at him with murderous intent as he strained his brain to try and figure out what happened.
[" How did he- How the hell did he appear behind us without being sensed or heard? What about Gar...There is no way he beat him that fast.] Gar-!" His eyes widened as he saw his friend's lifeless body lying in a pile of his own blood. One singlur cut straight threw his chest diagonally, [ " So he really has no mana. He used that dust cloud to disappear and then reappear."]
" SHWING"
Kalci appeared in front of the soldier cutting off his thoughts. His blade was ducked and a follow-up from below soon came.
" Klang. Fwip!"
Kalci blocked it and flipped over the soldier attempting another swing at his back but was blocked. Kalci landed and immediately dashed to the side but the soldier immediately took the same action. They each danced around each other throwing a few more strikes, none of which landed.
[" It's true then. These guys are superior to our own to some degree. I never found an ace soldier who could keep up with me like this."] The soldier suddenly jumped back and into the air. A small ball of mana formed at his fingertips.
[" Basic attack magic."] Kalci immediately recognized it. He then stopped in his tracks and awaited the firing of the attack
" PEW"
Kalci leaned to the side as the small ball shot past him. His eyes returned to the soldier who was descending to the wall...With a confident look in his eye.
" Tsk! SHIT!"
Kalci soon realized why as he turned around and found the purple ball had circled back. It had homing magic imbued, but due to lack of mana, Kalci was unable to detect this.
" Boom!" The attack struck the area where Kalci was standing. The soldier's feet hit the floor as it happened, he felt the shake of the impact. However, he was not sure of his victory.
[" I can't detect a hit due to his lack of mana. I have no clue if I-"]
From the dust cloud shot Kalci with a trail of rock behind him. The soldier immediately brought his sword up.
" Shit!"
He swung the blade but it was too slow. He couldn't put full power into it. Kalci easily evaded the attack by ducking. He appeared on his right side and swung.
"Shink! ARGH!"
The soldier let out a scream as the blade cut threw his right arm. His sword clanged off the stone as his arm hit the ground. He then felt the cold mana-made steel press against his neck.
His gaze was drawn to the cold blood red eyes pricing threw Kalcis now unpinned bangs. Not a scratch on him. He disposed of these soldiers without taking a hit.
" DAM Y-"
" Shink!"
Blood spewed from the soldier's neck as Kalcis' sword glided against his neck. The soldier couldn't finish his sentence as he fell lifelessly to the stone wall.
Kalci immediately moved on to his next task. He walked over to the edge of the wall overlooking the battlefield. He saw the troops violently fighting. And Tsuckos army was quickly understanding where they fell short compared to the enemy.
He good tell from a short distance that they were currently losing. The Ace's troops were being slaughtered and fear was being spread amongst them. He saw a group attempt to turn and run before being blasted by basic attack magic causing him to click his young in frustration.
"Guess I'll have to show them it's not hopeless."
Kalci de-summoned his blade. Pouring the newfound mana into his legs he leaped from the 60-foot wall into the air overlooking the battlefield. He scanned looking for a specific target. A man or woman wearing a shoulder cape.
["There's one!"]
In the center of the battlefield stood a tall burly man wearing one of those caps. Signifying they were a squad leader of some sort. Usually, they were quite strong. If he could take one of them out, it would show the rest that they could win this battle.
Kalci descended using mana reinforcement in his legs so that when he lands they don't shatter. He shot down like a missile aiming for the squad leader. He got closer and closer, the caped man was surrounded by enemy forces meaning Kalci would be stranded.
[" I can handle it."]
As he was only feet away the caped man sensed his mana as his eyes shot up and locked with Kalcis'. He jumped back as Kalci landed kicking up a bunch of dust covering him. He then quickly transferred his mana from his legs into creating his blade as the dust hid him.
Kalci shot from the dust at full speed. Catching the man off guard as he lazily swung his sword. Kalci easily ducked it leaped into the air and attempted a strike on his head.
" Klang!"
The man blocked it. Kalci pushed off the blade and charged back into his right side. He left his left wide open. The caped soldier's eyes widened as he had a clear shot.
" Swish...Gah!"
Then Kalci vanished. A sharp pain ran through the caped man's gut as he collapsed and lost conciseness...He fell for the bait.
[" A squad lead fell for such obvious bait?"] His gaze shifted back to the wall he came from. [" Maybe that guy was better than I thought."]
Kalci scanned the battlefield around him. The enemy soldiers had a fearful look as they stared at him. And his allies had a newfound brightness in theirs...It had the affect he hoped/
" Boom!"
Suddenly a yellow flash came from the wall and a massive explosion ripped a whole piece of the wall apart.
" Ahh!"
A group of enemies near the wall screamed as wires ripped through their skin and their blood gushed from their wounds. Now the enemy was completely shocked. A blond-haired man marched through surrounded by a dozen more troops.
[" Of course...He makes a grand entrance."]
" So...Hows it going."