Having regrouped, the Queens Guard have positioned themselves to strike together. Weapons drawn they form a row ten across and as one stab forward with their swords. Instantly ten beams of sword light flash through the air, impacting against the mercenaries who are knocked off their feet by the impact. With the constant force of the Gravity Spear dragging at them they can’t possibly brace themselves against this strike!
Three mercs slip and that’s all it takes as they ’fall’ towards their own leader, the enormous great sword wielding warrior.
Chance!
With the front line in sudden disarray I immediately activate my infused mandibles, feeding my gravitational mana into them at a furious pace. The warriors might be struggling right now but those two mages at the back have maintained their footing, thankfully the kerfuffle at the front has pulled their eyes away from my magnificence for a moment, so I have an opening!
I don’t know how these guys are able to block spells but that is something I surely want to learn! I mean, it makes sense that mages would be able to defend themselves against hostile magic, otherwise a magical battle would always be decided by whoever managed to cast first. I just hope the technique doesn’t rely on their staves and is something I can achieve in my mind, perhaps the neglected external mana manipulation skill holds a clue?
With no eyes on me, I stealthily scuttle to my left, circling around the mercs whilst maintaining a twenty meter distance. Soon I reach a point where the two enemy mages are lined up, fire mage in front, wind mage behind, their elemental shields flickering with power.
The fire mage recovers from his distraction and turns back towards me, eyes flicking about until he sees my position, not to mention my brightly glowing purple mandibles! He tries to shout a warning as he thrusts his staff in my direction but it’s too late!
YOINK!
As my mandibles flare with power the fire mage flinches instinctively, lowering his stance to a defensive posture. Very alert these guys, I have to give them credit.
His wariness does him little good when his ally slams directly into his back!
BOOM!
As the two shields, one of swiftly rotating air and the other of mana fuelled flame collide, the air erupts with a wave of heat as fire climbs into the sky. The two mages, caught completely by surprise don’t have time to react before their elemental shields begin to shred each other, the fierce wind merging with flame and shooting out amongst their own allies.
The mercenaries, grouped together and off balance, are licked by searing tongues of flame borne on sharp winds from behind. Their voices begin to take on a note of panic as the situation begins to spiral out of their control. Sensing weakness the Guards roar as one and charge again!
Now is the time!
Leaping forth I dash towards the flailing mercs.
My XP! Come to me!
If I’m going to fight here then I’m going to get my reward for it dammit! There is no chance the Queen’s Guard will leave these traitors alive, if they have to die I may as well gain something from it!
After a few seconds the mages take control of themselves and shut off their shield spells before staggering back to their feet. Just in time to see the monstrous ant rushing towards them with its jaws wide and alight with power!
Shattering Bite!
CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
three times in rapid succession. The ethereal
Bite has reached level
Finish them!
The traditional weakness of mages in close quarters seems to hold plenty true in this world though
36 Human Fire
slain level 34 Human
[You have gained experience]
have reached
Nice!
Oh crap!
mages I notice the mercenary leader has charged towards me, massive
Dodge!
or no I do not want to take
CRASH!
sending shards of rock flying everywhere
Phew!
and the mercs as the rest of the Queens Guard
is
POW! POW! POW! POW!
has reached
the enemy from behind with my restrictive acid, giving the bulky leader
doesn’t look as if I’ll be needing it right now. I can see ahead of me is a massive gate sitting astride the street, blocking our way through the wall and
doesn’t do squat to keep me out but it still serves to slow down
of my Gravitation Mana Gland and compress it into the fearsome
with their two support mages dead they have no chance of fighting their way out against the furious Queens’ Guard. Knowing they are dead already the mercenaries throw caution to the wind.
a few would try
sides battling to the death and pulling out all of their strength I scuttle to one side, into the shadows and look for an opportunity as I continue to charge my bomb. If I can sneak myself a little xp then I will but I’ve done more work than all of these soldiers combined so far, I’m not about to stick my neck
down side streets and hopefully keep their
HALLO!
Shattering Bite!
have slain level 38
[You have gained experience]
ground I consider the option of....
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