Character : Nathan Fiore, Wrath's Fire
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VWOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!
BAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again, another water slash was shot at me. And once again, I lifted my sword to swing forward with my fire enchanted blade. But even then, the best I could do was stop the water slash from harming us.
Of course, it's a different story if there are more than just water slashes.
Every attack this guy sent me, I kept on slashing them with my sword. That's all that I can do while protecting the wounded soldiers. I can't heal them, and I can't just kick them away while fighting. I'm not confident that I can pull this blue knight away and keep him from attacking the wounded soldiers.
And as a result… I just defended. All of his attacks are very powerful, much stronger than anything Lily or Clade has ever shown me. And against such a powerful water origin, all while defending the knights behind me, I'm just a sitting duck.
Wounds were opened all over my body. The worst were on my forehead and my left abdomen. I couldn't stop all the small water slashes, and they grazed me badly at those places. But even then, I just stayed defensive.
"Haha!! You're crazy good! For royalty, you're probably the best one I've ever seen!" The water origin blue knight said so happily to me after releasing more rounds of water slashes. "Then again, you're not even a royalty, which does ruin the mood."
"You… sure know nothing about royalties." I said while trying my best to keep him talking. Because the longer he talks, the bigger my chance of surviving. Because the longer this fight goes on, the possibility of help coming will be much higher.
And yet… this fight has gone on for so long.
Something… is odd.
"Well, all I know is that royalties are selfish, and they will always put others in front of themselves to protect them! I'm sure that's what is happening at the earth nation castle right now." The blue knight said so suddenly, and I opened my eyes wide.
"… What did you say?"
"Oho!? Still don't get it!? I even gave you a hint, you know?" The blue knight laughed, and my mind finally started to put the pieces together.
Frisena would've come to help us out if nothing was reported after a while. And this battle… at least forty minutes has passed ever since the first blood was dropped. Even longer if we count the last contact that happened when we first landed.
Frisena would've known that we're in trouble. It's been so long, so why has nothing appeared?
"Notice anything strange?" The blue knight asked with a smirk behind his helmet, and I closed my eyes while trying to focus. I gathered all my thoughts and finally came to the conclusion that can only be taken from all of these.
The earth nation is being attacked. Frisena probably focused everything she had on defending the city.
Which means… we are on our own.
Seeing two elite knights from the dark republic, that means they are well prepared for our arrival. This means they have prepared themselves for this ambush, and certainly they wouldn't send two elite knights if they are expecting just random soldiers.
They were expecting the holy knight, Sir Kayden, to come in this mission. We have played into their hands.
"You're aiming for Sir Kayden." I stated after thinking for a while, and the blue knight clapped his hands.
"Correct! Just as I heard, the second prince is very smart! Then, can you tell exactly how we are going to do that?"
"You're going to pinch him together with that golden knight. You're planning on outnumbering him after taking down all of his men." I continued with my theory, and the blue knight nodded.
"Amazing. You are just as smart as I heard. And now that you have found out everything… I can't let you leave alive!" The dark blue knight finally formed a rushing pose, and I knew immediately that he was going for a close range fight. "Royalty or not, here I come!!"
VWOOSSHHH!!!!
Very quickly, the dark blue knight rushed at me. I readied my sword, preparing for an attack coming. He then swung his two daggers at me to the right and left. I swung my sword forward and horizontally, trying to slash the two water slashes that came at me.
But… the attack never came.
SRESHH!!!
SRESSHHH!!!!!
"Ghaakkk!!!!!-----"
I turned my right eye around out of pure horror, and I noticed the state of the two knights that were behind me. Darryl and Klaus were on my left and right, and the two received the water slashes directly with their bodies. As a result, they got cut in half.
Ezra was the only one who looked fine. But with the sword wound on his stomach, the lost leg, combined with all the other wounds from the explosion, I can tell his condition was already getting beyond bad.
Darryl… Klaus…
Johnny…
And then Ezra…
"You… pay…" Words came out of my mouth, but it was far too silent to be heard.
"Hmm? What's that?" The blue knight asked with a little mock, and I turned my widely opened eyes at him.
"You… will pay!!" I shouted with rage, and the dark blue knight only laughed.
"Ohoho~!! How scary!!!" He clapped his hands that were holding the two daggers, and I gripped my weapon very tightly.
My wrath… burns.
VWOOMMM!!!!!!!!!
Seeing my sword burning much brighter, the dark blue knight knew immediately that this was the same attack as before that killed all the civilians. He prepared his daggers, ready to defend.
But the moment my feet left the ground, the dark blue knight only turned confused. He can feel heat coming behind him, and he turned around to find my sword swinging at him powerfully.
VWOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The powerful fire wave was released at the dark blue knight, and he jumped away after being eaten by the massive flame. He stood further away from me, and he studied the condition he had found himself in.
A large portion of his armor has melted, especially on the left side. I can now see his face from the opened part of his helmet, but his eye was wounded, so I can't really see the color of his eyes.
"You… What the hell was that!?" He shouted at me while holding his burned left arm, and I only started walking at him slowly.
Once again, I charged my sword to be burning with flame, and my eyes showed no sign of mercy. Too bad for him, but I'm not in the mood for talking anymore.
VWOOSSHHH!!!!
Once again I leaped at him, but this time he was more prepared. He lifted his two daggers and covered them in water, and he took my sword swing head on.
FTAANNNGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!
The clash between a sword covered in flames and daggers covered in water shook the snowy grounds surrounding us. To my surprise, the dark blue knight was able to hold on to my raw power, and it looks like I will have to get more serious.
BAKK!!!
I used my foot that was still floating, and I kicked him on the stomach. The dark knight got thrown backwards, and I chased after him with another powerful swing.
BAARRR!!!!!!!
Instead of a lump of armor, my sword just cuts the ground like it was paper. The dark blue knight jumped away again, and he fired multiple water blasts at me.
FTANGG!!!
FTANNGG!!
I sliced the water blasts that were coming, and I jumped away to catch up to him. This time, I decided to use the range and fired sword waves at him, and the next thing he did was simply dodging.
It didn't take long until the trees around us burned to the ground. The snow melted completely and disappeared, replaced by flames burning everywhere. The dark blue knight also didn't hesitate to shoot water blasts at me once in a while, and dodging them was never too difficult for me.
Beforelong, he got out of breath and just stood out in the open. Meanwhile, I am already walking towards him quite slowly.
"Is that all?" I asked coldly at him, and I once again charged more flames to my sword. "If so, then just stand still."
"This is crazy… How are you not tired?" The dark blue knight commented after seeing me still healthy and energetic.
My body is still well, even with all the wounds that he inflicted on me when I was protecting the knights. And even after firing so many rounds of fire waves, I'm still well and powerful. He must've been dodging in order to deplete me of my energy, which was an understandable strategy for him who just can't win against me.
But against me…? A student with the highest capacity amongst all the academy geniuses? I'm not the type to be tired that easily.