The battle went on for hours, Astrid easily defeating twenty men, both from the Nobles and some mercenary that he knew by face. She was exhausted, looking at the chart on the side of the arena, her name was already part of the final set, one last battle and she will move straight to the next Quest.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K00FzLvP9
“I’m tired,” Vice Commander Lucius just finished his twentieth fight, aside from a small cut on his arms, he was doing better than she expected. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEjGVb6sGI
“We cannot let our guard down, all the powerful opponents still stand on that arena,” and true enough, the Prince of Haybeast just finished his twentieth fight, the man who he had faced was quite unknown, and he was barely breathing. The healing mages carried him away from the arena, seeing how badly beaten the poor man was, Astrid couldn’t hide her disgust over the Prince. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFcN841Czx
“Come on Drystan, stop making me wait and finish your fight already!” The sound of his roaring voice can be heard in the entire arena that caught everyone by surprised. At the center of the arena, the Crown Prince of Hayes, still stands. He was barely moving on his spot but the man that he was facing was wounded enough that he could barely lift his sword, the man was a knight of the house of Tyrelli, a powerful and influential Noble who was known as the advisor for the King of Aetas. Astrid knew the man well, he was considered as a master swordsman in the capital, but seeing him having a hard time in battling with Crown Prince Drystan was quite a sight to see. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKNd8SehQB
“Your as impatient as ever Beast,” and without as much as moving from his place, the Prince sword came out of nowhere and ended up stabling his opponent in an instant. Astrid saw it with her own eyes, but her mind can’t seems to believe what she just saw. It was a sword, a sword that can be controlled at will, a sword that not even her could use nor knew how to produce, a sword that can only be made with the Prince overwhelming aura. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0GX51tDFW
“What was that?” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpdldx0THu
“An aura sword,”A man answered behind them, Astrid didn’t sense his aura at all, wondering how the man managed to hide his presence around her. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwitY8qn0o
“An aura sword?” It was exactly what she thought, and to think someone like him knew about it means that he’s no ordinary man. The knowledge about the aura sword was very limited, after all, it was a phenomenon that happens once in every fifty years at most. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu3Yx9umkZ
“Rumor has it that the ability to create a sword or any weapons using people’s aura was the ability of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Hayes, the late King of Hayes was the only living person who managed to show the Empire of such power, to think that the only living Royalty of Hayes has it was quite a surprise,” the man was looking at the Prince with so much awe and admiration, no one can blame him though, all throughout the long history of the Empire, only eight persons were recorded as an aura bender.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjsB8Eteta
Out of thousands participants, there were only thirty of them left, and only half of them would proceed to the next Quest. Looking around her, Astrid could see that only her two Vice Commander were left of her people. The rest were mercenaries, known knights from a few Nobel families in the entire Empire, two Holy Knights from the Temple, the mysterious man from earlier, Prince Leandro of Haybeast and Crown Crown Prince Drystan of Hayes.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlbnubqPqm
“The last battle would be in pairs, both of you must succeed to defeat your opponents, again, both of you must succeed in order to proceed with the next Quest,” hearing the King’s attendant spouting such rules doesn’t make any sense, she was the one who made the rules in the beginning, to think that they would change it during the last battle was the least that she was expecting. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3mspREu4n
The selection was made easier for everyone, a squire were holding a wooden box, the two people who got the same color of magic crystals inside the box would be on the same team. It’s just a matter of luck, Astrid was hoping to have at least her Vice Commander beside her, the chance of winning in such condition, she needed someone that she could depend on. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKPQvvYgSl
“Looks like, you have the worst luck of us three,” Astrid can’t help but tease Vice-Commander Lucius at times like this, of all people to be partnered with, Lucius was unlucky enough to be next to none other than, the Prince of Haybeast himself. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4Kw2ddG6D
“I’d rather be on your spot than be next to that annoying Holy Knight,” Thamuz wasn’t exaggerating at all, the Commander of the Holy Knights, Sir Peter Sterling was quite an annoying person. Even Astrid couldn’t stand his arrogance and vanity.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO9zFEyMzB
“Yeah, but at least I wouldn’t be fearing for my life to end if I don’t watch my back,” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLjNN3TnLD
“Stop blabbering, you two. Getting to the next Quest, that’s our goal, and an order from me, you understand?”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WyFf4b5JI
“Yes, Knight Commander,” Astrid felt a sudden sense of relief, the two Vice Commander would do just fine, she knows it, but it didn’t stop her from giving them her blessings. Being born into the House of Malthor, Astrid has the ability to imbued others with her blessings and shared a bit of her mana. But disguising it as healing magic was quite difficult, and in order not to be caught, she has to do it cautiously. The competition would be harsher in this round and the least she could do was to make sure that no one of them would be killed. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYRYAHl3fb
“You’re quite gutsy for sharing your mana with them knowing that you will also be needing every bit of your strength in order for us to win this round, don’t you think so?” Astrid couldn’t hide the surprised on her face both from the man sudden appearance and the fact that he knew what she just did. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8QNt8IJ7U
“Greetings to the Crown Prince, may the blessing of the sun be with you,” the prince aura was different from the first time that she saw him in the Minor Arena, the warmth of his presence was still evident, but she could tell that he was indeed concealing everything else. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO39FCA7Zx
“Forget about the formalities, I see you don’t seem to be aware that I’ll be your partner, am I right?” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtoQQGmANk
“Forgive me My Lord, it seems like you got the wrong person, I believe I was in the same team as the Mercenary from the Eastern Empire,” Astrid was sure that she saw the leader of the Mercenary troops picked the same color as her magic crystals.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzifHTJpx34
“For someone who could share her mana discreetly, you’re quite naive, let me see your crystal,” to think that he could see right through her with not much effort scared her much to her liking. Giving in to his request, Astrid was stunned to see that he was indeed holding the same color of magic crystals as hers, it was cobalt blue, bright and shining splendidly in front of her. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaeDibXQdL
“But-”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUjj5Nen7O
“The magic crystals changes it colors with the contact of mana, look at everyone changing partners in an instant,” True enough, everyone was in chaos with finding their new partners, looking around the arena, she saw that even her Vice Commander’s partner changes, and it almost caught her breath away in fear when she saw what just happened. Because Vice Commander Lucius was now facing the Prince of Haybeast. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqGtJVAmwY
“This can’t be,” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS6eBSdAtM
“You’re way to concerned about your people, Knight Commander,” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcaoHra3Lf
“And how could I not when they were facing such strong opponents?” not just Lucius, but even Vice Commander Thamuz was facing the strongest out of all the Mercenary troops leader. The man could even wield summoning, and Vice Commander Thamuz can only use limited defensive spells. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7I2ASUcRb
“You don’t seems to understand the weight of the situation Knight Commander, this is a battle not just for the throne, nor being the Crown Princess husband, this is also a battle of pride, strength and honor, whoever decided to be part of it already knew the danger of this Quest, have more faith in your men and focus on our battle instead,” to think that the Crown Prince of Hayes would be the one consoling her troubled heart left her speechless as she take the seat next to him. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2ucPYHPys
“Who are we battling with?” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jyznMNh3u
“Those two, the Commander in Chief of the Holy Knight, Claude Montgreal, and that one, a sorcerer from the land of Valtos, Augustus Light,” Astrid knew the Commander in Chief of the Holy Knights, unlike the vein Peter Sterling, Claude Montgreal has quite the reputation in all of the Holy Knights of the Empire, he was the youngest to uphold the title as Commander in Chief. He has the skills, and his holy power was not bad at all. Augustus Light was a successor of the House of Light, one of the most prominent family of sorcerers in the Kingdom of Valtos. Rumor has it that Augustus was the mentor of the youngest prince of Valtos, Prince Phoevus Witchester. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf381p0UEsy
“May I know what our plan will be to win this battle My Lord?” Fighting their opponents simultaneously wouldn’t be easy, but it shouldn’t be that hard either. One on one battle should solve the equation, but both of her and the prince should win if she wanted to proceed with the next Quest.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXLIEdkieT
“I don’t actually have plan; do we need to have one?” 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9jgb1uubC
“Not necessarily,”
“You’re so uptight Knight Commander, how about you handle the Holy Knight and I’ll deal with the little sorcerer?”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7vW6o0iS4
“Why would I handle the Holy Knight?” Astrid thought that the prince would decides to have the knight for himself. After all, defeating the Commander in Chief of the Holy Knight would be a great feat. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu39Bo39Yb7
“Because he looks like he was eyeing for you, can’t you feel his burning gaze? An unfinished business that I should be aware of?” he teased, but true enough that Claude Montgreal was eyeing her intently. The two of them has quite an encounter during the Civil War in the Western Territory, Astrid was leading the Imperial Knight and Claude just attained the title of Commander in Chief. Due to his lack of experience in the battlefield, Astrid saved him quite a few times, and he seems to be holding that against her ever since. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtHVgDxQHX
“There’s no such thing My Lord,”Astrid decided not to dwell on it, the final battle will commence in an hour, giving them a chance to rest for a while.
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