Sixfold Slash of Light!
Six angels shattered into fragments of light simultaneously.
The Warrior Chief achieved six kills in the first encounter, and the soldiers behind him were all encouraged; the originally low morale rose significantly in an instant.
Seeing the Warrior Chief so formidable, the soldiers of the Theocracy unit were considerably intimidated.
The Sun Gods Scripture was originally an army composed entirely of mages and was not suited for this kind of direct confrontation with enemy troops. In such a head-on clash, it is difficult for average mages to calm down and cast magic. Under normal circumstances, the enemy wouldn't give them the chance to cast magic either. If not for the fact that the Warrior Chief had too few men to form an effective charging formation, this strike would have torn a massive hole in their lines.
But just as the Warrior Chief intended to strike at the enemy commander in one go, a voice came from the center of the enemy forces: "Don't panic. Use the Angel Summoning Art again. Continue the fight and exhaust his physical strength."
Hearing this voice, the Warrior Chief's heart sank. Their only chance of winning was to exploit the enemy's underestimation and kill the enemy commander at maximum speed. However, the enemy commander was a very cowardly fellow; despite having several times their numbers, he refused to face their charge head-on, choosing instead to exhaust their strength by summoning angels.
Hearing the screams of his subordinates behind him, he no longer had the luxury to look back. As he charged recklessly into the enemy formation, he was soon surrounded by a large number of Flame Angels. Looking at the more than 30 angels, the Warrior Chief's breathing became somewhat ragged.
If it were fewer than ten angels, he might be able to handle them, but with over 30 angels attacking simultaneously, he didn't think any warrior could counter-attack. Just as he thought this, the face of that young Sword Saint flashed before his eyes.
No, if it were the Sword Saint, even in this situation, she should be able to break through this predicament.
Just as the Flame Angels' attacks were about to land on the Warrior Chief, Gazef remembered his previous sparring match with the Sword Saint, specifically the moment she used the Sixfold Slash of Light to counter-attack at the end.
That wasn't just an imitation of his Martial Art, but a brand-new Martial Art derived from the foundation of his own. After the six strikes, there was one final round of attack. Gazef watched in surprise as that sword light from his memory was unleashed from his own hands, the Sixfold Slash driving his body forward like flowing water.
At that moment, the Warrior Chief seemed to transform into a Flash, bursting out of the encirclement through the light of the shattering angels. He didn't kill all the surrounding angels; he merely found a gap and used this...
...Martial Art to complete the breakthrough, penetrating deep into the vicinity of the enemy commander. There, a man looked at the Gazef who had broken through the encirclement in shock; that man was indeed the enemy commander. Enduring the pain brought by using the Martial Art, Gazef instantly used another Martial Art.
Instant Reflex!
The effect of this Martial Art was to forcibly return to the state before the attack after an attack was made.
In other words, Gazef gained the possibility of attacking again. Thus, he was able to perform the second half of the previous Martial Art—the ultimate strike brought by the acceleration of the Sixfold Slash! The final and strongest slash.
Gazef did not possess the Sword Saint's talent for swordsmanship. Therefore, he could not perform this Martial Art—[Sixfold Slash of Light: Hidden Sword Style]—on his own. However, in this desperate situation, his potential was triggered. Using the effect of the Instant Reflex Martial Art, he forcibly entered the final Hidden Sword Style after the Sixfold Slash, completing this breathtaking Martial Art!
I won!
A burning light shone in Gazef's eyes.
"Damn it, don't look down on me!"
The captain of the Sun Gods Scripture, Nigun, was infuriated by Gazef's gaze. Gazef had merely broken through the angels' encirclement to reach him—did he really think he had won? True, he admitted the Martial Art Gazef just used was brilliant; it could even hold a place within the Theocracy's strongest unit, The Black Scripture. But don't think he couldn't see that Gazef hadn't been able to execute the move perfectly!
Was this final sword strike looking down on him?
Did he think this powerless sword strike could kill Nigun Gride Ruin?
Kill him, a captain of one of the six scriptures?!
The moment Gazef rushed in front of Nigun, an invisible shockwave erupted from Nigun. At that moment, Gazef could no longer endure the overextension of his body and spat out a mouthful of blood. Then, an angel struck his back, pinning him to the ground. His spirit suffered an incredibly violent shock at that moment.
"Argh!"
It was a Martial Art used by force to begin with; after being interrupted, the intense backlash instantly turned into agonizing pain, making even a man like Gazef scream out. The places where the angels had wounded him were few, but he had extremely severe internal injuries, the consequence of severely overextending his physical strength.
"Self-destruction. You forced yourself to use a skill beyond your capacity, which is why you ended up like this. Though I don't know where you learned that Martial Art, if you had truly managed to pull it off, I might be a corpse by now. Gazef Stronoff, you truly are an obstacle in the way of our grand plan. It's a pity that besides you, there probably isn't anyone else who can recreate such a Martial Art." Nigun looked at the fallen Gazef and did not step forward; instead, he ordered his subordinates to have the angels end Gazef Stronoff's life along with him. He truly was a cowardly fellow.
Hearing Nigun's words, Gazef couldn't even move a finger, yet at this moment he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He said, "You will see it, because the creator of this Martial Art is in that village."
"Pointless intimidation. If such a person truly existed, why would they let you come here to die alone? You just want to scare us off so we spare the village. But unfortunately, because they saw this battle and know our identity, they must die next, and all of this is your fault. Gazef Stronoff, your sacrifice is meaningless. If you truly loved your country, you should have abandoned that village and fled just now. Your life alone is more precious than all of them combined; surely you understand such a simple truth."
"I have... nothing in common... with people like you..." Gazef expressed that he did not understand.
"How foolish."
Nigun didn't care about Gazef's attitude, because next, this Warrior Chief would be a dead man.
Angels surrounded Gazef, and in the next moment, endless light pierced the body of the Warrior Chief. The Warrior Chief of the Kingdom was thus killed by the Theocracy's Sun Gods Scripture unit. After killing Gazef, Nigun had his men collect the Warrior Chief's body.
Considering Gazef was a hero of sorts, there was no need to destroy the corpse. Besides, he didn't think anyone could snatch Gazef's body from his unit, so there was naturally no need to worry about Resurrection Magic.
"Now then, we shall march on that village. Leave no one alive. Since the Kingdom's Warrior Chief was willing to sacrifice himself to protect them, then let them be buried with him."
The Sun Gods Scripture unit advanced toward Kain Village.
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