Observing from the surface of the walls, Head Knight Lancelot and his right hand man, Cassius, watched the battle between the Unanchored and Faceless for a couple of minutes.
There were hundreds of Unanchored so the Faceless was held back significantly, all of them also possessed their unique Paths and used them to their will.
No Faceless scaled the walls in sight and those that did are immediately pierced by its sharp spikes.
Not only that, but the walls were also reactive. It seems that the knight that conjured it was very familiar with the overall integrity of it.
"Knight Joshua must've conjured this wall.."
"Indeed."
Veritas did not know who that was or what their Path is, but he was very sure that it had been someone very capable of using their Path to the extent of their mind.
It is not rare for someone to unify their entire being and Soul with their Path and Attunement. His Father, the current King of Elrod, was someone that had already achieved such a feat!
Another one was the Head Wielder, Mikella Reiloush, and a couple more individuals.
Veritas hoped to someday reach the level of these people.
In order to achieve unity between body and Soul, it would take a lot of years of practice and experience.
Although there are prodigies that attain this earlier, it was still pretty difficult and would take a year or two.
Veritas did not consider himself a prodigy, rather.. As days went by, he thought his Path to be unfitting of his character.
Rather than seeking the truth and the deeper mysteries behind the world, he was given a Path where he conjured a reality of his own... an illusion where he would rely on underhanded tricks to defeat the opponent.
It was ironic for someone who seeks for great knowledge to be the one to spread lies and misinformation.
And with the existence of another being living in his body, Veritas doubted the capabilities of his Soul further.
The blazing sunlight raged further and the temperature increased even more.
Thankfully, the people below the walls were being cooled down by the ice. They only have to worry about the repercussions of it to the Soul.
After 14 minutes had passed, the battle between the Unanchored and Faceless died down, with the former being on the losing side.
Tens of thousands of Faceless have fallen to their hands, but there were still millions left to conquer.
Veritas saw a bug-like Unanchored rampaging through the streets below and slicing many Faceless in half. It was the only one left alive as the others had already succumbed to the vast numbers of the Faceless.
It screamed, reaching even the top of the walls, echoing across the walls.
With its last stand, it outraged while being swarmed by thousands of Faceless.
In the end, it succumbed to its wounds and was finally felled.
"It's time.."
The head Knight stared at the black-haired knight solemnly.
He raised the other half of the boulder with one hand and placed it on top of him, encasing his entire body with a shadow.
"My lord.."
"Do it, Cassius. I don't intend to die here, at least not now.."
The black-haired knight nodded and activated his skill.
Suddenly, the shadows below Lancelot seemed to turn liquid, making him dive towards it and fall through it.
In a second, his body had vanished and the half-piece of the boulder fell with a thump.
The black-haired knight stared at the horde of Faceless aiming towards the earthen walls.
The wind swayed and the heat immediately intensified.
Sweat formed on his forehead as he jumped down to the shadows beneath the walls.
While in mid-air, he turned incorporeal as if he was absorbed by the shadows itself.
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Lancelot appeared in a ruined house. Its insides were messy and dirtied due to the apocalypse. He saw mangled corpses of the family that once lived here and the devastation that was caused.
"May your Soul dwell in an eternal slumber of bliss."
He raised his hands to his chest and showed his respects.
"Now.."
Unsheathing his rapier, Lancelot walked slowly to the outside, it radiated in the darkness of the ruined house and vanquished the shadows.
It felt warm and its aura of heat seemed to grow by the second.
The sun shone in the streets, basking Lancelot in an uncomfortable light.
There were Faceless that ran quickly and headed to the earthen walls in the distance.
"Faceless abominations! All of you shall fall!", Lancelot screamed and the attention was suddenly directed towards him.
He raised his glowing rapier in the air and sucked the light out of the surroundings, turning it to complete darkness with only the rapier serving as the only source of light.
With the speed of sound, he leaped through a line of the abominations and slashes were immediately formed in their bodies!
Torsos and heads flew up the air and was seared by the glowing rapier!
His speed was immaculate! Moving so quickly and decimating hundreds in a mere second!
His attacks were further boosted by his rapier's skills which turned his slashes to multiple.
In 5 seconds, he decimated a thousand Faceless!
And with his sound-like speed, the heat of his rapier formed an explosion with every slash, turning more Faceless into ashes.
The streets were filled with flames and explosions!
Debris flew, roofs were destroyed, bricks were thrown, and bodies were seared by the sheer heat of Lancelot's weapon.
"More!"
He ran quickly, further surpassing the speed of sound and breaking the sound barrier!
A sonic boom resounded, akin to that of a thunderbolt, explosions formed in its wake and not just any explosion.
Rather.. it was multiple!
Every slash was turned into a thousand strikes, thus forming a multitude of explosions in a second!
The thousands of Faceless that he defeated soon turned into ten thousands in a second!
[You have felled..]
[You have felled..]
[You have felled..]
The runes simultaneously appeared in front of him but Lancelot dismissed it as to not get distracted.
"More speed!"
He got faster and scaled an entire street within a fraction of a second!
If one were to look at it from an outsider perspective then they would see a radiation light swiftly flash by in a second, followed by an eruption of multiple explosions.
A quarter of the city was decimated and the Faceless' approach was stopped!
[A Lost Soul wishes to resonate with-!]
'Not right now!'
He was focused on gathering speed and decimating the abominations faster!
"Faster! More faster!"
The ground shook as a blinding radiant light passed through quickly!
1 second killed 1034 Faceless.
2 seconds killed 2053 Faceless.
3 seconds killed 3190 Faceless.
And it continued even further! In a minute, Lancelot had cleared most of the Faceless inside the city! There were only a few left!
"Cassius, now!"
Shadows from the debris grew and humanoid figures rose up from them.
A few hundreds of bodies grew belonging to that of the knights!
All of them immediately activated their Paths and rushed to the Faceless!
Now that the abominations inside the city were mostly decimated, they were tasked to clean up the remaining ones!
On the outer walls, many more Faceless climbed up and headed towards the heart of the city.
But! They were immediately stopped as various lightning bolts and other elemental attacks were immediately sent out.
A collective effort coming from the Pathbearer knights!
Lancelot quickly made his way to the outside in order to face the abominations there!
He aimed to finally end it once and for all!
The decimated area that they were in contained lots of shadows due to the debris which gives their freedom of movement.
If one were to get injured then they would only need to step into a shadow and teleport back inside the earthen walls!
The knights roared and screamed, killing Faceless along the way!
"Push forward! Vanquish the enemy!"
A bright light led the charge and went straight through the walls!
Once outside, explosions followed the light and headed straight through the millions of Faceless!
Not only that, but he was followed by a large fireball of flames, a flooding conjured water, roots that ensnared the abominations and many more!
In the distance, the Seraphim with three heads walked slowly and marched along with Her army.
Lancelot's rapier was radiating a hot light that made it look like a lance. It glowed brightly which caused the light in front of the rapier to actually deal some damage to everything that it touched.
"Rapier.. no, Lance of Light! Pave the way through and kill everything you touch!"
He pointed the lance towards the Seraphim!
The surroundings got darker and the Lance glowed brighter!
"By my Path as the Dream's Melody, I will throw you back to the Sun!"
Suddenly! The surroundings felt hazy but it only lasted a second!
The knights dismissed this and ran towards the abominations with a scream.
It was a few hundred knights vs. Millions of Faceless!