City of Desire [Kingdom Building]

Chapter 424: Target

Chapter 424: Target

Valentina

'Gently, gently,' I repeated in my heart as I started to bring those things from underground.

They are extremely sensitive and expensive.

The slightest mistake and they will explode, and we didn't want them to explode before they came out.

I buried them last night and now bringing them out. Some would ask me, why we can't just throw them like the cannonballs.

Well, we can't.

They are extremely sensitive and need to be handled with extreme care.

It also gets quickly discovered by the skills and spells. Especially the Dengersense, which would start blaring in its presence.

I had brought them close enough. That their skills should have started reacting, but they aren't.

'It seemed like whatever Remus did to make it invisible to skills and spells is working.' I thought.

I have a few guesses; some seemed preposterous. A few are illegal and some are in the realm of reason.

I pushed those thoughts away and focused on the task at hand.

Remus said, I will have around forty-five minutes from the army entering the range. I will have to finish the task in that, or the enemy will sense it.

It had already been ten minutes. They have surrounded us, and we have around half an hour at most.

Those four things are the most expensive weapons Remus had brought. I myself had gone to the Meldhorn to pick it up.

We had paid a massive price of two hundred and forty Grade II essence bottles for them.

I had only got these things, after handing over the essences.

If I failed, all would go down the drain, but if I succeeded. The chances of our victory would increase by a huge percentage.

I have to finish it quickly. The longer it will take, the more casualties our army will suffer.

I could see the enemies had brought their cannons and powerhouse. Their numbers are really high, that people are hard-pressed against them.

I could hear cannonballs coming down from above, stopped only by the shields.

They are not only targeting those in the front, but also at the center. More cannonballs coming at the center than the front.

There are enough people protecting me, that I don't need to worry about any threat.

The only thing, I have to worry about is my task.

...

Orok Uram

The enemies grinned at me, seeing me walking toward them.

Especially the necromancer.

She is a tall human woman with purple hair and a grey robe around her. There is a script on her robes. It is not common, which I had learned to read, a few months ago.

I don't like mages, no warrior does.

The mages are the most dangerous opponents for us warriors, our bane.

A same level mage could kill ten of us. If skilled enough and have good enough spells.

I had never fought mages before coming here. I had heard about them from my father. He shuddered whenever he used to talk about them.

I thought he was overestimating them until I saw their power myself.

Now, I would need to fight one myself and it is not the only one. There is also the warrior; a bald, bronze-skinned human of medium height.

Sup Sup Sup!

I had not even taken three steps when Bone Spears materialized in front of the necromancer and shot toward me.

There are ten of them; each one of them is sharp. So, much, they would be able to pierce through my body without any problem.

I reacted immediately and activated the skill from my main class.

My speed increased with Wild Dash. Like all my skills, it is also suppressed in this environment, but this one is one of the less suppressed ones.

There are also the four special undead she had kept around herself.

As long as she kept attacking me. I wouldn't be able to deal with the warrior and they will eventually kill me.

I cannot let that happen.

The necromancer had launched another attack, at the same time, the warrior had swung his saber at me.

His attack is much faster than before, with more power. I wanted to avoid it, but couldn't. Seeing more than half of the Bone Spears will hit me.

That will give the opportunity to the bald warrior to finish me off.

Clang!

My ax stopped the attack, but the very next moment, those Bone Spears came at me.

Puch!

I moved my body, but the spears still hit me. My armor was able to stop the two, but one pierced through my lower back.

Though not as deeply as the necromancer had expected, as the frown had appeared on her face.

Hun!

The warrior attacked me again, when the Rhythm of Wild spiked again, in familiar fashion.

I leaped into the air to avoid it despite knowing, it might make me a target in the air.

I dodged the attack of the warrior, but I didn't leap for it. There is something more dangerous and painful. I have experienced it many times and don't want to do it anymore.

The moment after, I dodged; the sharp bones spurted out of the ground.

If I had stayed there, I would have been porcupines.

I remember well, what the spikes could do. Earless bone rats had the ability to create Bone Spikes from the earth.

I had suffered so deeply from them; that rhythm of them had imprinted in my mind.

The necromancer had failed in her attack, but now she had got me in the air. The place that restricts my mobility.

She didn't waste any time and attacked me with the Bone Spears.

They took all but a second to reach me, and I was ready.

Clang Clang!

I moved my ax to defend against them, but I know very well, that I couldn't defend against all, and I didn't.

I only defended against those, that could strike undefended parts of my body. I didn't defend against those that would be stopped by my armor.

The armor alone isn't enough to stop the attack, but there is also the defensive skill.

The bone spears crashed against my armor. Dented it and hurt me, but wasn't able to pierce through it.

The necromancer frowned but wasn't done. She had the Bone Spikes, ready on the place, I am about to land.

So is the bald warrior with his saber.

It is a perfect trap that would be hard-pressed to get out of, but I am not without an option.

I had taken the jump in the air, with all the options in the mind.

Ariel Adjustment.

I activated another of my skills from my main class and was able to adjust the landing spot.

From in front of the enemy to behind him.

Rip!

The warrior reacted quickly and turned back to an attack, which I dodged with Wild Dash.

Though not successful, I received another cut. I would have been able to defend against it. If I had used the ax, but I didn't want to.

He isn't my target; the necromancer is.

As long as she is alive, I won't be able to fight him. They will kill me, like right, the attack coming at me.

If I had moved to defend attacked them. Those Bone Spears would have skewed through me.

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