Chapter 10 – An Outbreak of Civil War (2)

Viscount Madrane asked the person with the hood on, yet there was no response back.

Instead, two swords appeared like lightning and rushed forth towards the viscount like a storm.

Slice!

The viscount immediately pulled out his sword to match the overwhelming force, and in an instant, created an Aura Blade and slashed his sword at the unidentifiable assailant.

However, they were equally matched.

“Huh!”

He had sent a crushing blow to his opponent to blow away the hood that covered their face, yet the opponent didn’t budge an inch.

This reality made the viscount smirk, and at the same time, his mind began to race.

He was trying to think who in Arhan was able to match his strength.

Rustle!

However, that thought did not continue for long because the unidentifiable person rushed towards him.

This was the beginning of something amazing.

The moment Arelia jumped forth, 299 War Elves lifted their arms up.

Ooonnngg!

At the same time as they raised their arms, huge longbows appeared from their left arm with a faint resonant sound.

They each used their own subspace to bring out a longbow that was approximately the same size as their body.

“A, attack!”

Seeing this, the second prince urgently yelled out because an alarm had gone off in his head for a moment.

However, the attack from the War Elves were one step faster.

Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit!

When one thought of elves, they were known for their skills in summoning spirits and archery.

And the War Elves showed elaborate archery skills as proof of this fact.

They had accurately shot at the figures that appeared to be the commander of their forces.

“S, shields!”

Forget counterattacking, the nobles were only able to yell as they observed their people die with arrows sticking out of their heads.

A few of them even retreated in an attempt to move away from the bows reaches.

However, distance and shields didn’t matter to the Elves.

Hit hit hit hit!

Even as they retreated or blocked with their shields, the War Elves arrows went precisely through their target.

With mana wrapped around the arrows, even iron shields were instantly pierced through.

“Is it slowly going to be my turn.”

-It’s finally our turn!

Jade murmured to himself as he stood next to Laney and watched the War Elves bring morale to their side.

Same as the second prince, Lloyd was also worried about keeping the casualties down to a minimum.

Although they were currently standing on opposite sides, they were soldiers that would become normal civilians if the second prince died.

That’s why Jade received a request from Lloyd.

-What are you going to do?

“It’s easy to kill them, but that’s not what the little prince wants.”

Although Laney was near him, she was unable to hear his words because her mind was completely fixed on the battlefield.

Even though the War Elves were very active, Laney was unable to take her eyes off the fight between Arelia and Viscount Madrane.

She felt that victory or defeat lay in the outcome of their battle.

-Let’s summon a bunch of us too! We’ll win with the same numbers as them!

Celestine yelled out.

She appeared to be excited about the battle in her own way.

However, Jade did not have any thoughts of doing this.

“Silayron.”

Woosh!

With jade at its center, a huge wind began to form and a few of the War Elves stopped shooting their bows and turned to look at Jade.

The flow of mana was in itself amazing, but everyone was surprised to feel a high-level wind spirit being summoned.

Ggyoo!

Hwid’s eyes sparkled as it looked upon the being that looked like a phoenix.

Although it was young, it could tell the difference between things that were wonderful and things that were unsightly. That’s why it looked at Silayron’s figure with awe.

Kkiiiii!!!

Only, Silayron didn’t show any particular interest in Hwid and instead rubbed its body on Jade to show its affection.

It appeared to be thanking him for summoning it.

“Listen to my request first.”

Kkkkiiiikk!!

Silayron’s eyes changed as it listened to Jade’s words while he gently patted its beak.

And, at the same time, Silayron’s cry echoed out through the battlefield and instantly incapacitated the soldiers.

“Ahhk!”

“My ears!”

“Ugh!!”

Hearing the ear ripping sound, the soldiers threw their weapons down and covered their ears.

They had instinctively covered their ears with the appearance of the sudden noise, and this was the same for the nobles and the troops that guarded their commanders.

Hit hit! Hit!

The War Elves did not miss this opportunity.

Although they didn’t discuss this in advance, their timing was impeccable.

“Eek! What are you guys doing! Especially you summoners!”

The second prince yelled with all his might as he observed his allies helplessly falling.

He was annoyed to see something different from what he had envisioned.

“Th, the spirits aren’t listening to us. They’re afraid because the enemy has a high-level spirit.”

“You useless bastards!”

The second prince had received of report of a summoner by the name of Jade while he was in Morcus, so he brought summoners with him to keep him in check.

However, even though he had used a lot of money to hire them, they were unable to do anything.

“I, I’m sorry!”

“Shut your mouth! This instant!”

“Make a Sortie!”

The second prince eventually pulled out his best card.

He was sending out the Royal family’s knights and the knights of the other nobles.

Soon, a horse-riding party of knights began to charge forth.

Kkiiikkk!

Noticing this, Silayron once again cried out.

However, the knights weren’t foolish enough to suffer from the same attack twice.

They were all experts that were able to utilize their mana.

Ba ba ba bang!

The front group of knights were the strongest of the group, so even the attacks from the War Elves did nothing to them.

With their thick shields and mana, the arrows could do nothing but to fall to the ground.

This was the scary thing about facing against a formation filled with horse-mounted knights.

“We’re going to break straight through the gates!”

Yelled the vice-captain of the group, as the led the party forward.

Although Sword Master Heinze was standing above the castle walls, he still felt confident.