Chương 299: Chapter 282. Stratagem And Red Lights

" Are you starting to understand where you all stand?" He continued to talk as we stared at his sword. It was sickening to look at. The blade looked like it was a weapon forged in the festering wound of a great tree. The feeling it gave was similar to looking a rotting corpse... Something about it just screamed that it was something unnatural to this world." Everyone! Ret-" /THOOM! /" Retreat where, Scum? He teleported behind me...

"!!!" I turned and saw that he was winding his arm to swing his blade. /WOOSH! / Lift! FLY! Before he could swing down with his arm, a whirling tempest formed between us and made me fly backwards. Lady Diana just saved my life or at least, that's what my instincts tell me. Regardless I'm thankful for the help either way. Grip! Stop! I was thrown by the wind into count Sark's arms, if not for the suddenness of his speed and Lady Diana's reaction to save me, I'd think she planned something like this." Whoosh!""

What bothersome tripe." /SHING! RUMBLE! SWOOSH! / It seems Lady Kina attacked the God Of The Blackwoods with another fireball, only this time, he cut the fireball that came near him. The power of the swing caused a gust of wind to form under it. Whether it was the wind or the strength of our opponent, the swing of the blade caused a deep cut into the ground, it was so deep that I couldn't actually see the bottom of it." Yes, that's more like it.

Those fireballs were such a nuisance, like gnats continuing to fly overhead, you can't help but want to swat them." He looked over the area he had cut into with a look of pride in his eyes." What a monster." Count Gorse spoke his words in frustration at the God. His words held the opinion of pretty much everyone here. And now I needed to find a way to beat him. My mana isn't extensive, I've used some of my mana with my Spells, but I'm still sitting at around the same amount of mana I had before the fight started.

Paladin's Recovery is no joke. The only issue is... I don't think I have enough to battle this monster in front of me... No... He had armor and a sword now. I suppose he's some kind of a warrior, isn't he? Regardless, I need to find a way through this... But how?" Matthew, we need a plan."" I know. I'm still trying to figure something out, Alice. You wouldn't happen to have any ideas, would you?"" Well... I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work..."" I'm all ears honestly."

Princess Alice whispered a question to me and seemed to have even cooked up a plan in her mind. In some ways, I'm sure more experienced warriors would take issue with me being more than happy to use a strategy from Princess Alice, considering she's younger than me or some other idiotic reason, but she's more experienced than me when it comes to war and the like, so I have no real issue taking her ideas so we can win this fight."

I have a few Skills related to ambushing an opponent, he's becoming more and more obsessed with you for some reason, we can use that. I think I'll sneak away for the time being, while you, Count Sark and Count Gorse distract him. I'll attack him when the opening comes, I'll strike that sword out of his hands with my strongest attack Skill with this blade that still has some of Anna's mana in it." The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident." Sounds good to me.

How about you, Phillip? Count Gorse?"" I'm for anything right now, but it's a bit strange to call him by name and not me. Don't you think, Phil?"" Yes, it is. There's no reason to make Gordon feel left out, we're fighting together after all! As for the idea, let's go for it, hesitation is defeat in a fight like this. I pray we all survive to see tonight's full moon."" So, be it, Phil, Gordon, let's get this done and save everyone."" Right!" With that, a plan to separate began to take motion.

With the Counts in front of me, I followed behind them and headed into the mouth of the beast." Oh ho... You've decided to face your deaths together? What a... Proud way to meet your ends... Fitting for Demons, you all tend to fall on your blades and shields for your "honor" or bloodlust, but it's a curious case for you, scum. Humans tend to think more, that cleverness that doesn't fit such a debased and degenerate race.

We used to joke that your lot were more akin to inferior elves than a race to yourselves, but I suppose the dark elves took that spot after I was chained and bound, didn't they?" He really talks too much. That didn't stop his words from effecting the Counts somewhat, maybe it's a quality of being a Paladin, but all I heard was simple trash talk, I was more worried about his blade than his words. I needed to remind them as well." He talks a big game, but we just need to watch for his blade! Phil! Gordon!

Don't be fooled! This is a fight we will win! We just need to avoid his blade! We can do this!"" We know!" In unison they howled in response to my words... Maybe I read their body language wrong? /ZHOOM! /" What the hell!?"" ED!" My question seemed to be answered by the Counts calling to Count Tye. Instead of looking at Count Tye, my real answer came from the 2 Demons in front of me, they began to glow a strong red glow.

With a quick look down at my own hands, I saw that I began to glow as well, and I began to notice something important. Hot! Lighten!" I... I feel... So.... GOOD!" A fire was lit in my chest, and it grew from my chest and moved all over my body until I felt like my body was on fire and my blood was boiling in my veins. But instead of pain, all I felt was joy, joy that I could swing my blade and bite it into the enemy's flesh!" It's Ed's best Support Spell! Blood Of The Cursed Ones! It costs all of his mana to use...

But! It's an all-encompassing Support Spell! The only issue is the time it needs to be used! Since our enemy was so busy with us, he had enough time to chant the Spell! LET'S DO IT!" Grip! With the joy in Phil's voice matching the excitement in my chest, I felt my body lighten, I felt my grip tighten and my mind felt sharper than it has for hours! I feel even better than when I Buff myself along with using Holy Mana Body!

A hope for this Spell to also be imbued into Princess Alice was quickly forgotten as a familiar sound drew all of my attention away from what I was thinking about. / THOOM! / step. step. Step. STep. STEp. STEP! The sound of the God Of The Blackwood's ability rang in my ears, only this time... I hear something else. Heavy steps that moved from far away all the way around my body and finishing behind me. My senses are even sharper than earlier! This Spell is better than anything I could possibly use at the moment!

I hope the High Paladin Job can learn something like this as well! But instead of focusing on what could be, I should focus on the present. And speaking of the present, I can feel it! That blade! I can stop it! I funnel some of the small amount of mana I still have in me, into Scarlet, she glowed a strong, sharp white. SWING! PRESSURE! PUSH! /CCCCCLLLLLAAAAANNNNNNGGGGG! / I smiled, the pressure and weight of the swing, it was heavy, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle now." What!?""

Seems you're not as great as you think!" /CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! / In the time it took for me to respond to the God Of The Blackwood's surprise, Gordon had already turned and began to strike at our enemy from the side, aiming for his hand. With his natural speed and the increase from Count Tye's Spell. A gift came that could've made me cry in joy. /CRACK! / I smiled at the sound, then it widened and deepened as my eyes darted across the body in front of me until I found it.

The God Of The Blackwood's armored gauntlet... It cracked. A voice that used to filled with indifference and condescension was now filled with something quite different, we heard anger." H-How... DARE.... YOU!!!" / Woosh! / * Lift! Fly!" / Crash! / Pain! Stand! An explosion of mana blew both Gordon and I back. But the power in our bodies did more than let me stand when I landed from the force of his mana, it also let me know that I'm more than capable of defeating the being in front of me. /CLANG!....... CRACK!

/ And with that feeling, a like-minded individual swung his war axe into the back of the God Of The Blackwoods. And a beautiful sound was heard, another crack." That armor is something, even with our strongest attacks, we can only crack it."" Relax, Phil. The fact that we can actually cause it to crack now... That's more than enough. One... Two.... Ten... One hundred... It doesn't matter how many more times we need to attack! We'll get it done! For Our People and Our Country!"

Gordon spoke his mind and Phil and I agreed with him. We looked at the angry God, not as an object of fear, but now only as a target to cut and pierce with our blades, I'm sure our expressions fit monsters more than Warriors at this point, but we didn't care as the 3 of us took another step looking to gain more momentum and advantages in what was formerly, a hopeless battle.