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*Omniscient POV*
"Admiral General Samael's treasured sword... Has it broken into pieces?!"
"That sword has been accompanying him for tens of years. Now I fear that his strength has dropped considerably, and if you add the wound on his shoulder..."
All the soldiers of the Drial Cenit kingdom were astonished as they understood that... This is the moment of their Admiral General's greatest weakness!
"Hahaha!" Dorian laughed loudly.
'- I have always wanted to retire from this position for the sole purpose of obtaining a lifetime pension, but that is not my only wish...'
As he finished laughing, his aura changed completely. The serene and peaceful expression was replaced by an incredible bloodlust.
With narrowed eyes, Dorian said, "I have long desired to have a battle in which my life is in danger. Now that I finally have the chance to assassinate you, I am willing to face all the consequences for the sake of satisfying this desire!"
Their previous fight was very close, and they gave it their all; no one can deny that. But there was always a line that neither of them wanted to cross, and that was putting their lives at stake!
"This crazy fucker!" Samael quickly withdrew dozens of magic items from his storage ring and shouted, "SACRIFICE YOURSELVES!"
The next moment, different types of aura surrounded him, and his wound slowly began to heal.
"I won't let you!" Dorian also withdrew magical objects and shouted, "SACRIFICE YOURSELVES!" Just like Samael, various types of aura surrounded Dorian Aranis.
'- If I hadn't lost my sword, I wouldn't be in this condition. Haa...' Samael withdrew a sword from his storage ring. But in comparison to the previous one, this one is not even worthy of showing to the public. 'I may look like this, but I am different from you' Looking at Dorian, he raised his sword. 'I have a grandson to return with!'
The battle between the two magic knights resumed, but this one was very different from the previous one. For not only did the sacrificed magic items multiply their battle potential dozens of times, but this is a battle to the death!
Explosive sounds were heard as their swords clashed, and gigantic craters were formed with the impact of their magic. Visual effects as beautiful as they were catastrophic happened every time their attacks met!
A never-before-seen battle between Magic Knights!
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*Emir's POV*
The distance was too much. I had to activate the [Strength] profile to shoot, and only once that was done did I activate the [Luck] profile. Perhaps it was because of this that Commander Cael appeared to coordinate with my attack. But…
'What if I had fired using Luck instead of Strength?'
I don't know, but at the time I felt I was doing the right thing. Regardless of how it all ended, I don't regret anything.
And that's the important thing.
"This crazy fucker!" Then Samael shouted, "SACRIFICE YOURSELVES!"
"I won't let you!" In the same way Dorian shouted "SACRIFICE YOURSELVES!"
From the top of this mass of ice, I could see how the battle between two magic knights on steroids began, where each of their attacks was multiplied by the sacrifice of their magic items.
'Speaking of magic items, where are the ones Leonardo Raizar left me in inheritance? Ah... They were frozen by the sacrifice of my arrow. I hope they weren't damaged in the process because, otherwise, I'll start crying. I've lost a lot on this day. I'm sentimental.'
"Help the Admiral General!"
"I order you! Block their way!"
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All the commanders and generals shifted the focus of the war. Now all eyes are on the magic knights. Especially Samael, whose life is in danger.
The Drial Cenit kingdom may lose talented men, but they cannot bear the loss of their Admiral General!
Both Dorian and Samael are the representative faces of their respective kingdoms; their loss is tantamount to a slap in the face to the royalty; it is estimated that, if one of them dies, there will be a resounding change in the war!
Since I am on top of this mass of ice, no one can attack me.
Temporarily, I can have a full view of the battlefield, watching as hundreds of thousands of soldiers change military formations for the sole purpose of rescuing Samael Entrial, while the soldiers of my kingdom want the opposite... Obstruct enemy movement and put Samael Entrial to death!
Now then, after looking all around, I sighed.
'It's too high. I want to come down, but I don't know how. Hello?! Can someone help me?! Hmm? Why are my instincts warning me of impending danger? Ohh, shit!'
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*Omniscient POV*
Time passed quickly, and then the battle between the magic knights reached its climax. The Drial Cenit kingdom's magical military division performed magic on a grand scale in order to assassinate Dorian Aranis.
"I knew they would play dirty!"
Almost at the same time, the Castemira kingdom's magical military division cast a large-scale spell to counter the enemy attack. As a result, both magics impacted in the sky.
Blocks of ice and fireballs fell as a result, damaging everyone nearby.
"Hahaha! That was fun, little Dorian, but I have to go."
Taking advantage of the hole in the troops provided by the magical shock, Samael slipped through it to escape.
"Come back here! Soldiers, stop him! even if it's at the cost of your own life!"
Dorian's order was carried out to the letter; dozens of soldiers clashed against Samael in order to give Dorian time. But the strength of a magic knight was not to be despised. Only a few of Samael's movements were enough to cause severe wounds to the soldiers, and they couldn't even stop him for 5 seconds.
"Damn it! I was just about to make it... Haa... Ouch!" Dorian was sighing when suddenly someone kicked his butt.
"You made me work for nothing!"
Of course, it was Commander Cael. But he was in an invisible state, so no one understood why Dorian started rubbing his butt
Everything seemed to hint that the battle was over, but then... A magic flare explodes in the air. The next moment, 10,000 arrows are fired without warning with a single target in mind.
Assassinate the Golden Archer!
Seeing the thousands of arrows in the air, everyone was able to deduce their target. After all, the previous duel between the Golden Archer and the guild master left only the two of them in a space with no one else.
Now that Leonardo Raizar is dead, anyone with three fingers in front could understand that Samael Entrial ordered the attack as a farewell to the Golden Archer.
A farewell whose result is death!
When everyone thought that the Golden Archer would remove a shield from his storage ring and try to block the impossible, they couldn't help but open their eyes wide in shock.
For the Golden Archer didn't even perform an action to defend himself, but instead looked up to the sky and began to smile!
With a look reflecting peace and tranquility, he closed his eyes and waited without moving from the spot.
"Did he understand that nothing he did would be effective, and that's why he decided to die peacefully?"
"Haa... Very few are able to welcome death with a smile. That shows the level of wisdom he has reached."
Everyone talked about it; no one wanted to be left out of the conversation. Whether friend or foe, they had only words of praise to describe the man who was about to die.
And so the rain of arrows fell on him.
"I don't want to see a talented person die this way."
Many had had enough of seeing their people die at the hands of the enemy. People who had a great future ahead of them were dying just like everyone else.
"I'll watch him to the end. It is the least he deserves"
Others, on the other hand, decided to look at him to remember a hero who fought until the bitter end.
*Swosh* *Swosh* *Swosh*
Thousands of arrows fell on the Golden Archer and the mass of ice. Each arrow pierced through the ice, creating cracks everywhere.
The mass of ice began to crumble in the presence of everyone; it was impossible to continue to withstand the continuous onslaught of thousands of arrows. In the process, a light mist arose, making it temporarily impossible to see the results of the attack.
As the last arrow fell, the raindrops could again be heard falling.
And with that, a person was seen standing in the middle of a field of ice and arrows.
"It can't be..."
No one could believe the sight in front of them. After all...
"The Golden Archer is still alive!!!"
"Arrows can't hurt him!"
It would have been nice if he had simply managed to dodge some arrows. That way, everyone would run to him to hear his last words. But that he doesn't even have a wound on his body... that was completely unexpected. It's as if the god Solus himself had helped the golden archer!
"Are our archers stupid?! The target was standing still on the spot, and they couldn't even get a scratch on him!"
"Fuck you, Archer military division! I don't pay taxes for this!"
The soldiers of the Drial Cenit kingdom immediately went berserk, shouting profanities at their own archers.
You can't blame them. Archers who have been arduously trained by the kingdom... Ended up with a crappy skill that can't even assassinate a person. Even when thousands of them join together to attack the target!
"Who was the idiot who hired them?! Fire him too!" The rudeness continued for several minutes.
On the other hand, the man they're all looking at right now...
'- I just wanted to get off the mass of ice. Should I thank them or curse them? ...I'm confused.'
He didn't even pay attention to the comments.