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!
rapid succession. The ethereal jaws crush the two
Bite has reached level
Finish them!
staves. The traditional weakness of mages in close quarters seems to hold plenty true
36 Human
level 34 Human Wind
[You have gained experience]
reached
Nice!
Oh crap!
elimination of those threatening mages I notice the
Dodge!
I do not
CRASH!
the stones with tremendous force, sending shards of rock
Phew!
and put some distance between me and the mercs as the rest of
is facing the
POW! POW! POW! POW!
shot has reached level
the enemy from behind with my restrictive acid, giving the bulky leader two shots since he seems a little
been working on and let it dissolve within me as it doesn’t look as if I’ll be needing it right
me out but it still serves to
ahead I start to pull mana out of my Gravitation Mana Gland and compress it into the fearsome Gravity Bomb. It’ll take a minute or two to charge up this sucker so
and with their two support mages dead they have no chance of fighting their way out against the furious Queens’ Guard. Knowing
would try and surrender but
as I continue to charge my bomb. If I
run, trying to dash into nearby buildings or down side streets and hopefully keep their lives. One unfortunate sap happens to flee right towards the little alley where
HALLO!
Shattering Bite!
have slain level
[You have gained experience]
the ground I consider
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