Upon hearing the voice, he grew a bit confused.
"Who is this even speaking" Myles's thought to himself.
Thankfully, the confusion didn't last for long. He received his answers just a few seconds later.
"Before any of you grow confused, let me tell you that I am from the union camp in this region. I am speaking to the strongest Grade-B fighting for us by using cutting edge technology. I am here to issue an urgent order to you."
Upon hearing this, Myles fell silent and closely listened to her words. Of course, he was also constantly blocking the attacks of his enemies otherwise he would certainly die.
"We want you to take down Sage Hazel. Those who are hearing me please take her down as quickly as possible.
The longer she stays in the battlefield, the stronger she will become!! Hence, it's crucial for us to take her down as quickly as possible"
"We will also need you know about her weakness and power"
"You all know she controls plant life, so I'll skip the details. Her method is simple: instead of treating plants like puppets, she offers them benefits.
By giving them her life-rich mana, they mutate into forms she desires and follow her commands.
Once done, they revert to their original forms, but a trace of her mana remains, helping them grow as they wish for the next couple of years.
Over time, her influence makes the forest even greener which is a win win situation for both parties"
"This is how her magic works, as for her weakness. She possesses a fatal one, her body is very fragile. So fragile in fact that her body is as soft as the skin of a mortal.
This is the reason why she hides behind those thick roots."
"That's all we know about her. Either way we need to defeat her as soon as possible since the tonger this body drags, the stronger she will become.
Before cutting off connection, I wish you all the best in defeating her"
Afterwards, the voice fell silent. There was not even a single sound afterwards hence giving Myles the time to digest the information.
"Damn" A curse escaped his mouth.
Afterall, why wouldn't it since he just received a ton of bad news.
According to the person from the union camp in this area, she only gets more difficult to deal with as time goes by. What did this mean?
It meant that they were on a timer to defeat her. If they took too much time, she might become unstable!!
Myles didn't doubt the words of the person from the camp. Since grass beneath and various other plant life was constantly mutating!
He looked around him and saw that those who possessed the strongest aura in the battlefield were charging towards women like their life depended on it.
Of course, they meet a lot of obstacles which ultimately slow them down or, worse , block their path.
Seeing this Myles got a sense of urgency.
"I need to hurry," Myles thought to himself.
Though, it was easier said than done. Hundreds of mages had surrounded him, not even leaving a single gap in their formation. Oh, there are also hundreds of roots and various other mutated plant life attacking him.
The only way for him to reach the woman was to create an opening through brute force. Which wasn't possible for him to do.
Since he was barely dodging his attacks.
He glanced at the others who were charging towards the woman. Although, they were also having difficulty advancing. They were at least killing dozens of mages who stood in their way.
They were only having trouble dealing with the roots of the woman. It was normal considering that it was the product of the magic of a Grade- A on the verge of breakthrough.
Compared to them his performance was a lot worse. His poor performance also hit the morale of the troops.
"Why isn't the commander killing all the mages surrounding them?"
"He shouldn't easily be able to defeat them using his sword art!"
"Is he injured from the battle prior or what"
"I am even having doubts whether our common commander is what!"
It was safe to say his bad performance not only caused the morale of his troops. But also caused some doubt in his identity.
"I need to break this stalemate !" Myles thought to himself.
He knew what he had to do. But it was too difficult. The attacks of mages were constantly increasing, he was having a very difficult time blocking them.
If this kept up, then the chances of him dying was very high.
The situation seemed very hopeless to him. At one point, he just thought about giving up but he quickly shook his head when he remembered a certain thing.
"I did not learn swordsmanship when I was a child to give up. In fact it's the opposite" Myles thought to himself.
He could vaguely remember that he had learned swordsmanship when he was young due to one reason. That's because of how disciplined swordsmen were. Even when it was a sunny day and they were drenched in sweat. They never stopped polishing their sword art.
In simple words, THEY NEVER GIVE UP!! Also, practicing swordsmanship seemed to calm down his soul itself for some reason. Though, he didn't know why.
But it wasn't that important now. The question was that if he gave up now won't he be violating the principle of swordsmanship.
Due to which he chose to practice swordsmanship over other modern martial art techniques!!
"Wait, isn't it the reason why I love swordsmanship!" Myles made a wild realization.
In fact, giving it a deep thought it was indeed due to these quantiles of swordsmanship that he loved swordsmanship!
"I CAN'T GIVE UP OR ELSE I WILL BE VIOLATING THE PRINCIPLE DUE TO WHICH I LOVE SWORDSMANSHIP!!!" Myles roared, his voice carrying profound meaning.
The moment he made this realization something seemed to awaken from the depths of his soul itself. All of a sudden, his aura began to grow stronger, it also became a bit sharper.
It was clear why this was happening. It was because he had taken one step forward towards achieving sword aura by answering this question.
Although Myles was aware of the change, he ignored it and started to look for an opening to break through the formation.
It only took him a minute or two to find an opening.
"Found it!!" Myles exclaimed.
Without waiting for even a second. He charged forward with all his might. He avoided all the attacks of the mage with ease due to his speed. He sliced the roots in half which tried to stop him without mercy.
Only destruction remained after he passed through the area.