Chapter 353 Cap 352: Ruins Of A City(Chapter Preview)

Pov Diana's:

I would like to fight alongside everyone, I would like to be down there killing the enemies, but my greatest duty is to protect the master.

Nix has already gone to where Freya is to protect the archers when we saw they were being targeted.

Layla also once went into battle with a big smile on her face, she left saying that she will finish off the enemies as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, I just stayed with the master in this tower next to the bell, but even though I was here, I still paid close attention to this battle.

I could see up close the destruction in the town square with the combined magic that Rakan and the other Mages did, thanks to this we did a lot of initial damage against the enemy, but it was also because of this that the enemies moved away from the center of the city, they were afraid there would be more of these large-scale spells waiting for them.

The square was destroyed, in addition to the hundreds of charred bodies on the ground, there were also houses and shops that were destroyed, the only place that was reasonably intact is where the Magi were.

I could also see the archers in the distance hitting any enemies that were on top of the roofs or that were flying, Nix did an excellent job protecting them as you would expect.

Érica dealt a large amount of damage to enemy troops, her purple fire beasts making an attack against one enemy before running towards another.

The enemies didn't realize until it was too late that one attack was enough, when the fire started to burn it couldn't be put out anymore, I saw a Vampire jump into a fountain of water, I saw a Demon tear another one apart to bathe in his companion's blood and I saw a blue-skinned Demon using water magic.

But nothing they did had any effect, the fire never went out, in fact, the fire spread through their bodies slowly, the attacks of the purple fire beasts were not very strong causing only light wounds, but it seemed that that was enough.

The only enemy that managed to get rid of the purple fire was a Demon who endured the pain and cut off his own arm that was on fire, but without the arm, he was killed by two Ghouls soon after.

There were enemies who realized the danger of fire beasts and tried to destroy them before being attacked, but that was a bad idea, when fire beasts were destroyed, they exploded, spreading cursed fire around.

When they realized that they could do nothing but run from these fire beasts, the enemies tried to attack Érica after confirming that she was the one who brought these fire beasts here.

But that didn't help as there were always three of these purple fire beasts close to Érica to protect her, and the only time there were too many enemies around, Ibuki and Irius went to help.

Ivan and the other melee fighters were doing really well, as they were further away and there were a lot of things blocking my vision, I could only see a few things, but it looked like they were doing very well.

I tried to look at where Layla was fighting, but when I saw a tree attacking the Demons that were trying to run, I decided to avoid looking in that direction.

Unfortunately, I couldn't follow the progress of Elsaris and Kira's fight, I could only briefly see Byakko's fight against a Demon that looked strong.

I looked at the city, half of the city is completely destroyed, there were houses, shops, statues, and buildings destroyed everywhere, in addition, there were several parts of the city that were on fire and other parts of the city that were frozen.

Everything was very confusing, the city was in ruins beyond repair.

I look at the master and he was very sweaty, plus I noticed blood starting to come out of his nose and one of his ears.

He's trying hard, but if he continues like this I'm sure this fight will end soon, I just hope that the number of victims on our side is small.

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The battle is already decided, the number of enemies decreased little by little because we had some people who were individually stronger, and because of that, we were more efficient in killing enemies.

The noise of magic, explosions, and screams diminished until I couldn't hear almost anything, it seems like there was just one more battle going on in a place where I can't see.

Now I can safely say that this battle is already our victory, but I must say that the sight of destruction in this ruined city is something I have never seen before.

There are two particularly destroyed areas which are the square where that large-scale magic was used and where Layla was fighting, I had a few glimpses of Layla flying as she cast spells on the enemies below, the biggest explosions came from there.

When it was all over I looked at the master, his face was pale, there was blood running from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

I noticed that he was also breathing hard, but his Aura remained steady, I tried to talk to him a few times to stop, but I think he wasn't listening to me.

I was trying to think of what to do to help the master when Layla and Vanessa showed up.

Vanessa looked tired but there was no dirt on her clothes, Layla on the other hand was covered in blood while she had a smile on her face.

"Why does the master still keep his Aura like that? Tell him to stop, the enemies are already defeated."  (Layla)

"I've already tried, it looks like he's not listening."  (I)

"His condition doesn't look good, we have to wake him up, he seems to have gone into some kind of very deep meditation."  (Vanessa)

"You two have a mental connection to him, use that to wake him up now before his condition gets worse."  (Vanssa)

"How did I not think of that before..." (I)

"(MASTER! MASTER! WAKE UP AND STOP USING YOUR AURA!)" (I)

"..." (Zenos)

"Layla and Diana... Stop yelling... in my head..." (Zenos)

Sigh

It seems that this worked, the master opens his eyes and I feel his Aura coming back to him, the master tries to get up, but he fell to the side, I run and hold him, then I lift him in my arms, while I am hugging him.

"I feel a little...weak.." (Zenos)

"Your Aura is back to normal, but why don't you hide it inside you again?"  (I)

"I'm trying, but I can't gather the strength, my whole body... it's stiff and painful... and my head feels like it's going to explode..." (Zenos)

"It will take you a while to get back to normal, meanwhile you will find it difficult to control your Aura for a while."  (Vanessa)

"How much time?"  (Zenos)

"You'll have to ask Sophia later, she's the Aura expert."  (Vanessa)

"She was running up here, I passed her on the way."  (Layla)

"Freya and Érica are also on their way..." (Layla)

"Master! Master!"  (Sophia)

Sophia comes running from roof to roof and leaps up to the tower landing beside me as she steals the master from my arms.

"Why did you use your Aura like that? Didn't I say it's dangerous to do that kind of thing?"  (Sophia)

"Now look at your Aura, it's a mess without any control, if a normal person gets close to you they might even die because of the pressure and intensity of your Aura."  (Sophia)

"I needed to do…something."  (Zenos)

"The master could have fought like he always did."  (Sophia)

"I needed to keep the others...safe...my Aura can strengthen you."  (Zenos)

"We understand master, now rest, we can talk about this later."  (I)

I pull the master from this uneducated Dark Elf's hands, then hug him back.

"I have to know... how many people died... on our side..." (Zenos)

"No one died, the Keeper protected everyone who was seriously injured and sent them to me, Irina and Lyra to tend to their wounds."  (Vanessa)

I could see the master's serious expression relax a little knowing that this time he didn't hear dead, which means that those plants I saw carrying the wounded must have been because of the Guardian.

Sigh

"Looks like she took care of her part..." (Zenos)

"Of course, I took care of my part."  (Guardian)

While we were talking, a flower grew on the ground next to us, soon this flower grows and writhes until it forms a humanoid silhouette, then gradually takes on the appearance of the Guardian with her beautiful red hair.

"Your appearance is awful."  (Guardian)

"He overreacted this time."  (I)

"But he always exaggerates, so he did the same as usual."  (Layla)

"Stop talking about me, I'm too tired to be lectured right now..." (Zenos)

"Looks like we were the last to arrive, Freya."  (Érica)

"This place is not very pleasant to talk to, please find a better place where the master can rest."  (Freya)

As soon as Érica and Freya passed through the door, there was also a strange silver-haired woman next to them who stared at the master before kneeling down.

Vanessa managed to deal with this woman.

Everyone thought this was strange, but Freya was right in saying that this was not a suitable place, so Vanessa took us to the mansion where they were treating the wounded, the master will be able to rest better there and as soon as he is better we will be able to share the what to do from now on.