Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 30: It Begins!, part 5
Alfonso frowned to see the chunks of earth filling the ceiling. The chunks of land the size of the house continued to grow and increase, piling up against each other. The soil quickly turns into adamantite. And, before Alfonso could do anything, no more light sources entered. Hekiel von Vanguarta had him locked up. The only source of light is the blue glow that the prism barrier produces.
Alfonso spontaneously pulled out all the invisible swords surrounding him, immediately then thrusting them back in full force.
The sound of impact occurs in a row. His invisible sword is special. It was the swords that Seraph Selaphiel had that were famous for their incredible swords. It is said that Selaphiel once killed thousands of demons just by showering them with invisible swords. Alfonso had not yet reached his level, but the invisible sword he had produced was as powerful as the sword Selaphiel had produced.
However, after not seeing the gap of light after the swords bombarded the adamantite walls that had surrounded from all directions other than the bottom, he said, Alfonso realized that the wall was too thick for his swords to penetrate with the current amount. He also doubled the number of swords. However, along with that, the adamantite walls had squeezed him.
Alfonso was quick enough to use all the swords to withstand the wall's impact, giving him ample opportunity to strengthen his prism shield. And, when all the swords pierced into the wall which then made the wall hit the shield, the shield-shaped prism that protects it was very strong. There is not the slightest crack that the pressure of the wall crush causes.
To ensure that he remained protected, Alfonso created another barrier on top of his prism barrier. The barrier he expanded, trying to fight the walls that did not stop squeezing.
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After successfully confining the saint, Hekiel exited the adamantite ball and focused his gaze upward. The transparent barrier blocking it upwards was still there, and it was quite strong. Hekiel focused on destroying the barrier to get out of the hole. He wants to bury the saint alive ‒ first of all he has to get out of here.
Hekiel had only managed to destroy the transparent barrier that blocked him upwards after focusing the attack on a single point.
The commander then shot up by creating chunks of land in the air as a foothold. In just less than two minutes, he had already arrived at the surface of the hole. And, without delaying the item for a second, he instantly fused the two palms together and created a giant chunk of stone for him to drop.
The sound of impact was loud enough, and Hekiel continued to drop chunks of rock until the hole was full. Then he covered everything with the ground until it was close. More than that, Hekiel built a pyramid of earth with a side a hundred meters above the surface of the hole. And, as the final touch, Hekiel turned everything into adamantite.
He is not the right type of fighter to beat Alfonso in close combat. He might be able to win in a hand-to-hand battle, but those invisible swords were really disturbing. Therefore, Hekiel formulated a different way of winning. And what he does now is the best and most effective way.
Focusing on his affairs, Hekiel paid no attention to his surroundings at all. It was only when he finished burying Saint Alfonso alive that he found himself besieged by tens of thousands of soldiers.
It would have been nice to finish them all off, but Hekiel had put out quite a lot of mana today. With so many Knights Templar troops in the camp, it is not good to make himself tired and run out of mana. Thus, Hekiel stomped his feet and threw his body into the air. He darted towards the adamantite wall to rest. The Knights Templar tried to stop him, but Hekiel arrived on top of the wall without them being able to do much.
“If he does not die with the great pressure he receives, he will die from the depletion of air.”
Hekiel stood up and was about to dart to the left of the city, but his steps immediately came to a halt before he could take a second step. Black lightning bolts filled the Carolina sky. Then the group of lightning divided into two: one struck to the right, the other to the left. The two lightning strikes struck both armies of the Knights Templar.
Hekiel could not see how much both lightning strikes had cost him. That's not important at all. His intention shot to the left of the city as well as he immediately canceled. The appearance of lightning means that Dermyus has arrived—the army of aid sent to confront them has arrived. With their presence, the time for the Imperial Army to go on the offensive had already arrived.
Hekiel dropped his body down, made a lump of earth as a foothold before then landing in the middle of the battle beside the mouth of the passageway. “Follow me!” lantang. “We start offensive action now!”
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Jez, whom Gibral trusted to take command, had brought over fifteen thousand soldiers to retreat once the figure who had immersed their leader into the ground managed to escape.
He had thought of catching up and avenging the death of the saint, but the appearance of the black lightning instantly made him change his mind. With a loud shout, he called for more than fifteen thousand soldiers to return to the encampment. The situation has really changed drastically. If Alfonso's death was not enough, the presence of black lightning complemented the plinth to return them to the camp.
The enemy's support forces have arrived. The owner of the black lightning is no longer mistaken Seventh Commander Dermyus von Haneth. That is, the 7th Division of the Imperial Army—division that is famous for their offensive power—has joined the 6th Division of the Imperial Army. It might not be impossible for all of them to corner the enemy even without Saint Alfonso. However, with two commanders and two divisions, this is another story. They had to retreat and report what happened to the camp.
Jez himself did not return to the camp. He darted towards the mouth of the passageway, trying to rejoin the troops that were trying to break through. However, along with himself darting there, the troops there moved away from the passageway and ran towards him. Seeing them made Jez stop immediately.
They chanted that the strong indvidu, who was likely the commander of the 6th Division, had led the Imperial Army to attack. There was also a shout informing Gibral that Gibral was dead and that they would all retreat to Saint Alfonso's place.
“Saint Alfonso has been defeated!” exclaim Jez. “Back off half of you to camp, the others follow me. We will give time for them to return to the camp and reduce the number of enemies as much as possible.”
Jez of course knew he was asking half of them to die together, but there really was no other option. There were only two options here, they were all dead, or some of them sacrificed themselves so that some of the others could return to the camp. The only hope for Jez and some of the remaining troops was the presence of the other two saints.
But hope is nothing more than hope. At this second, it was highly unlikely that they would come here. If you come here, it will take about an hour. At that moment, Jez could not imagine anything other than the bodies of those who had been killed.
“Strike!” jez shouted in the loudest voice he had ever heard. “Stop them all!”
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