BXBX NOVEL Chapter 254 Struggle In The Purple Night
*Warning: Violence!*
Thus, with the emboldening words of their Leader, the criminals changed their expressions and started to access their space pouches.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In a blink of an eye, multiple explosion sounds appeared to interrupt the solid formation of the knights on Antoine's side!
Aaaaarggh!
Shouts of despair and great pain surrounded the battle area.
Antoine's eyes glinted with piercing cold, as he tried to figure out the situation on the ground.
However, the darkness of the night and the mystifying purplish powder that agglomerated at the area of the criminals masked the actual situation on the ground.
All they could hear was the agony and cries of the knights who were assigned on the ground.
"Stay alert!" Antoine warned the troops in the air as they were now unable to throw projectiles haphazardly.
But just as they planned to stand back and watch, Antoine and the others heard the screams of the knights while they helplessly fall to the ground.
Wooosh! A barrage of arrows with purple blades flew towards the troops up above.
"Dodge! Careful with the arrows!" Antoine's face was no longer complacent, he saw how many were affected by the barrage of arrows earlier and he was sure that their advantage in numbers was slowly disappearing.
He must figure out a way for the purplish powder to disappear into the ground. "Cast a spell of water abilities, let's see if that can clarify our vision down below." He quickly ordered.
"Yes, Second Prince!" The water mages answered and immediately conjure a water spell to mimic the heavy rain.
"Look!" One of the mages with a sharp sight exclaimed and pointed towards the battlefield.
"T-this…. What in the world!" Everyone above was frozen in shock and horror as they finally saw the situation.
The bodies of the knights who have been fearlessly pointing their weapons earlier at the criminals were now lying motionlessly on the ground.
Their eyes and mouth were wide open as if they were subjected to extreme shock and torture. Their skin was filled with purple veins that creepily appeared like a monstrous vine strangling every muscle in their bodies.
Another bizarre thing was the grass on the ground and the nearby trees also appeared withered and dead.
"The purple powder must be poisonous. It must work like how the weapons could be destructive with even just a single cut." Antoine gritted his teeth, it seemed that the desperate warning of his older brother Kazimir earlier was no joke.
The power that this group of criminals wield was fearsome that there was almost no way for them to get close and retaliate.
"Ummppp…(Antoine! What's happening? Please give up getting them now and flee!" Kazimir was still in a bad state, only his muffled whines could be heard from his mouth.
It was only now that Antoine realized why his brother was desperately pleading for him to run and flee. With just a few moves, the criminals who were only less than ten in numbers were able to neutralize their advantage in numbers.
He looked at his troops, their faces showed fear and reluctance to get closer and fight.
"What shall I do?" He mumbled while looking at Kazimir who was still trying to convey his thoughts through his squirms and whimpers.
Even without the use of words, Antoine understood what his elder brother wanted to convey - Flee and protect your lives at all costs!
He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist hard - it was too late to flee.
Now that the criminals managed to turn the battle around, how could these evil people allow them to escape? They will not allow Antoine and everyone to escape at all costs.
"Seigfried.." Antoine looked at the valiant-looking adjutant that was beside his griffin beast, a knight sharing the same features as Leon's vice-captain, Olivier.
He looked at him with a helpless and pained expression, "Take elder brother, the baron, and the rest away. Take all you can take and flee."
"Cousin!" Seigfried was shocked by Antoine's order. "You.. don't say that you will stay and hold them back?!" He was extremely unwilling as he slowly realized Antoine's words' meaning.
He was from the Astaze Family, a renowned family of summoners. Most of his brothers were contracted with beasts like the griffin, lion, and other animals. But he was the most unique of them all. He was able to contract spatial fairies who loved living in the spatial void, which enables teleportation from place to place.
He is formidable in a way that he was able to increase the survival of the troops by having a way to fall back, allowing several people to escape with him in case the situation was irreversible.
"I roughly estimated everything. The remaining people were just around your maximum limit to carry… I have to go and hold them back until you managed to deploy all your fairies and teleport." Antoine's voice was now calm and determined. There was unwillingness in his heart, yes, but he was the person in command at the moment, he must not waver.
"No can do! You are the Second Prince! How could we!" Siegfried tried to lower his voice so that the enemy could not figure out what they were planning. However, his expression was enough to tell Antoine that he wouldn't do what he wanted.
"This is my order as the Second Prince of the Empire! Quickly do this because we don't have time. Don't think too much, we do not have much choice either." Antoine heavily emphasized the last part of his sentence to make his cousin Seigfried understand how grave the situation was.
More and more knights succumbed to the purple poison and arrows as they were speaking. Every minute of delay costs them several lives. They have no time to argue.
Siegfried gnashed his teeth… looking at this cousin whom he and his family heavily put their hopes for. Now his cousin had no choice but to sacrifice, no one knows if he could survive.
But what can he do? Antoine used his authority as the prince and he cannot ignore and disobey his orders.
"I'll come back for you! I surely will!" His body shivered in unwillingness as he looked at Antoine's calm face.
"Uhn... Make sure not to be lost in the void, stable your emotions." Antoine answered as he tried to conjure all the mana left in his body and wield all the magic items that he had in his space pouch.
"Are you ready?" He asked, as the two sneakily prepare their big move while the criminals were still busy on the ground fighting like there was no tomorrow.
"Yes…" Siegfried also finished his preparations and answered with an unwavering expression.
"At my signal…" Kazimir answered. He then whispered continuous incantations while clasping his hands to form a series of seals.
Siegfried also followed the suit and did his part.
In a blink of an eye, there appeared countless summoning portals conjuring around them and behind the troops.
The sudden appearance of these multiple arrays which were like wisps that suddenly conjured out of nowhere stunned the two sides of the battlefield.
"What in the world…" The criminals were alarmed. They were so engrossed with the fact that the battle turned in their favor that they were only able to notice now that the other party completed preparation for a big move.
They realized everything too late. The summoning portals were already stabilized as they heard Antoine's cold words, "A Class Summoning Spell... Beast Tide!!!"
Growl!!!
After Antoine's words were the hair-raising growl of the countless beast emerging from the summoning portals. Their glimmering eyes shined like pairs of eyes watching in the dark, looking at their targets like they were a piece of meat they were about to have as a feast.
They charged toward the criminals while Seigfried enabled the spatial fairies to attach themselves to the surviving knights and disappear into the void.
The leader realized what happened however, the beast tide made him too busy to care. But he didn't miss the fact that Antoine was still around.
He figured that he was the one behind the terrifying summoning spell, "It is a surprise that the seemingly capricious Second Prince of the Seirende Empire is already a step short of being a peak level Class A summoner."
"I do not appreciate a compliment from a sinner's mouth." Antoine focused and ordered his beasts to intensify their attacks.
"Ohhhh… Easy peasy, don't be hasty! The fight is not over yet!" The Leader seemed to be unperturbed by the situation and the great loss they incurred because of the successful escape of the knights.
"Our fight is just getting started!" The Leader's sinister smile flashed briefly when the wind blew from the ground below him.
Antoine braced himself, the tone of the enemy was already deranged and crazy. This type of person was the kind that was already ready to take every means to win!
Sure enough, the next second...
The Leader waved the blade in his hand and in an instant, the desperate cries of all his subordinates rang on the chaotic battlefield!