287 Chapter 287: Francis

Bang!

Bang!!

Bang!!!

Fernandos retreated each time his golden magic weapon collided with Diana's staff. The strength Diana exhibited was way above his expectation, leaving him with a disadvantaged position throughout the fight. Luckily he wasn't alone, over fifteen thousand paladins and fifteen thousand light mages surrounded the gold realm master, bombarding her with ranged attacks whenever they saw an opening.

Although this strategy was not as effective as swarming her from all sides and using their sheer numbers to overwhelm her, it was the safest they could come up with. With Fernandos and Agus the battle veterans of their sect, tanking Diana's attacks, the others could attack her safely from afar, slowly wearing her out.

At first, Diana always evaded or crushed any ranged attack sent at her but soon, a few began hitting its mark. Her movements became sluggish enough for a skilled fighter like Fernandos to deliver a few blows while Agus could now easily deal with her attacks.

"This!" Diana screeched as Fernando's golden sword brushed past her shoulder, grazing her smooth skin in the process.

Diana was more aware of her capabilities than anyone else. Without her massive crescent moon magic weapon which was her main source of defense, she was like a warrior without any equipment or weapon. But retrieving her magic weapon to her side now will only mean that Gerald's team would join the battle as well, increasing the burden on her, instead of reducing it.

"I can't..." She muttered as she evaded Agus' golden spear thrust, retaliating by releasing a bolt of silver energy at him, which he blocked with his golden wings while retreating. Diana planned to chase after him and put in more pressure but several golden arrows struck her back, piercing her flesh.

At this point, Diana's vision blurred slightly but thanks to the glittering golden magic weapon, she could tell Fernandos was launching another attack from above. Biting her lower lips until it bled, Diana quickly conjured a three-layered silver sphere around her. Hoping to buy enough time for herself to arrange her thoughts and set her priorities right.

The truth remains that she could easily wipe out this little force, but she didn't dare kill a single person from Cyrus sect. The thought of what will happen when Derik returns was still hunting her in dreams, giving her images of graveyards and rotten corpses corroded by his death aura. Giving Cyrus a reason to attack the empire also is suicide. At least if Derik acts alone, half of the population of the empire may die and even if they can't defeat him, they can still reason with Cyrus and Kaido, but if Cyrus is added to the equation, Kaido will definitely join the equation, At that point, not even the so-called gods can save them from these three people.

Crash!

The sound of the first layer of his barrier shattering brought Diana back to reality. She watched Fernados hacked down at the second layer of the barrier ruthlessly with a crazed expression on his face while numerous light spells rained down on the barrier.

"Just a few more seconds little elf, I'll pull you out of there by the throat!" Fernandos laughed like a crazed beast while he relentlessly attacked the barrier.

Bang!

The second barrier shattered and the smile on Fernandos' face widened even more. The members of the palace of life were so excited and they continued pouring out their best spells on the final layer. They were so focused on Diana's final barrier that they failed to notice the sky turned green and youth with emerald green mage robe standing above them. With a slight hand gesture, a massive green aura hand appeared above them, and with a simple swipe, thousands of mages were blown away.

"Who!" Fernando's was stunned and forced to turn his attention to the mage standing above them.

"Die!" Diana saw this as an opportunity to break free from the encirclement.

She gathered silver aura in her hand, creating a silver spear which phased through the barrier like it never existed, piercing through Fernando's chest and busting out from behind.

"Bitch…" Fernando's spat out a mouthful of blood but the smile on his face never faded. He lost control of his body and his vision blurred as he fell from the skies helplessly.

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"YOU!!!" Agus was enraged when he realized what had happened to his college, Fernandos.

His hands were thrown towards Diana who was still hiding within the final sphere of the barrier, creating three magic arrays. His eyes let out a bright golden glow as three golden spears began emerging from the magic arrays.

Swoosh!

Bang!

"Triple casting? Impressive for someone your age…"

The man in a green mage attire appeared in front of Agus just at the moment he was about to release the spell, catching him by surprise. The sudden appearance of a foe took Agus by surprise, stunning for a second. But he soon recovered, breaking the prior spells he was planning to cast while retreating. His massive angel wings wrapped around him, acting as a barrier.

Boom!

The golden wings made of pure aura shattered when the clenched fist of the green-haired mage collided with it. Agus chest caved in and a fist mark was boldly imprinted on his flesh while blood spurted out of his parted lips. The pain made tears roll down his eyes and he wanted to cry out but no matter how much he tried no sound could be made. He lost control over his body, free-falling recklessly.

"You all decided to act against the empire… You are all charged with treason and the punishment is death" The green-haired mage roared and a massive amount of green huge roots erupted from the ground below, shooting into the skies, impaling numerous mages of light and paladins.

His eyes let out a bright green flash as he made strange gestures, controlling each and every root created to chase down all fleeing targets. Gin and Donald could only stare at the man in awe and horror!

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