Chapter 106 - Another

'Oh? Our timing is quite good…' Cyril said in his mind. He also noticed that the loud bell wasn't just to alarm the Elves but also to activate some of the arrays placed around the village.

It is such an interesting Array Activating Sequence for Cyril.

With his S-Rank Aura, he's very sensitive about the fluctuations of energy so he easily realized what had just happened.

"They're coming… I guess we'll see what you can do now. However, I would like to show you first how we deal with these vile creatures."

Druindar then led him to the front lines while letting Princess Ava stay back.

The princess is guarded by 20 or so Elite Warriors so there's nothing to worry about her safety.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Soon, Cyril heard several clashes of swords against the creatures… He has been thinking about what kind of evil creatures are these elves facing on the island.

He thought that they might be Imps, Spiderfolks, Hellhounds, Zombies, Liches, or Skeleton Warriors.

However, as soon as he saw their enemies, Cyril realized how serious their situation was…

"Giant Wraiths!" Cyril exclaimed after seeing an undead creature that only appears in the high-class Arcane Worlds. They are even equipped with a sword!

The wraiths weren't rare creatures at all… As a matter of fact, Cyril has been in a low-class Arcane World filled with wraiths before. However, he had only faced normal wraiths similar to vengeful spirits of the human race.

However, the ones he can see upfront aren't these normal wraiths!

The Elves are facing five-meter tall wraiths that belong to the giant race!

If any normal B-Rank or A-Rank were here, they would never be able to deal with them unless they possess a special Artifact capable of fighting against ghosts or spirits…

"No wonder you need tons of Holy Artifacts…" Cyril bitterly smiled after seeing the enemies of the elves. It seems that this island still has many secrets.

After all, there was no way that these Giant Wraiths would just appear here out of nowhere.

Anyway, Cyril only wanted to show off for a bit so the secrets of this island don't really matter to him.

'Xagan… Can you help me with these Wraiths? Since they are Evil Creatures, you can do something about them, right?'

"Of course… Sending them a bit of my Aura is enough since we're somehow in the same alignment… That would only be worth 3 days of your life, Contractor" Xagan replied dutifully.

This also gave a clue that Xagan's Aura wouldn't be effective against different alignments.

'That's fine… However, what would happen once you showed your aura to them.'

"They'll back off. They would probably not dare to get near this town for the next whole year unless these elves had truly provoked them and killed hundreds of them…"

'Since that's the case, I can just inform them about it so they won't be reckless.'

After clearing things up, Cyril was now confident even though he's quite near the battlefield.

"Impressive… You're not cowering even after getting so close to these giant wraiths… Even our warriors would tremble at their sight and only our Elites are capable of standing up against them."

Druindar said as he has been observing Cyril's reaction since the beginning. Though Cyril was surprised to see the type of evil beings they were against, he doesn't seem to be worried at all.

There was even an expectant gaze from his eyes.

'Well, I'm confident with my skills and I have also seen scarier creatures than them…'

Cyril thought as he just smirked at Druindar's surprised face.

Crack! Crack!

"Life Flare!"

Cyril then heard three Elite Elves casting the same magic as they pointed at the nearest Giant Wraith… They also seem to be holding three Holy Artifacts that they received from the Aeson Company.

While Cyril wasn't present in the past few days, they had obviously conducted a huge trade with them bringing tons of Holy Artifacts to the Elves.

Soon, a white fire manifested in front of the three casters and dashed through the giant wraith…

"Gaaaaarrghhh!"

The wraith was covered with white fire as it screamed with pain… Nevertheless, it didn't die and only backed off…

After sending him away, the white fire did not dissipate as it also targeted two more Giant Wraiths before vanishing into thin air.

"Interesting… They're not using the Artifact's Skills but instead, they are extracting the Holy Attribute from it to cast this Life Flare. These elves are really capable…"

Cyril praised their abilities.

"Graahh!"

Unfortunately, the Giant Wraiths wasn't afraid… After the pain disappeared, they continued charging towards the elves…

There are over 20 Giant Wraiths right now and they occupied a large space on the battlefield… A single wraith can face five Elite Elves at the same time!

Not only that, these five elites would still have to be assisted by three more elves that would have to cast Life Flare from time to time.

"Are you not going to help them, Sir Druindar?" Cyril asked after seeing that the battle is basically in a stalemate.

No one is getting an upper hand.

"They should be fine. When we don't possess a single Holy Artifact, we are still able to push them back. Now that we have these Artifacts that could replenish Holy Attributes, we are no longer afraid of them… As long as we remain in this town and continue defending, these wraiths could only dream of entering this place…"

Druindar proudly announced.

However, as soon as he said this, his face paled at the loud roar coming from the depths of the forest…

"Graauu!"

Cyril looked in the direction where he heard the loud roar.

'A lion's roar… A different enemy this time?'

His guess was correct.

While the Giant Wraiths are facing the northern side of their town, the Black Lion decided to approach their town on the eastern side!

"Sir Cyril… I will have to leave you for now. I need to assemble a team to deal with the Black Lion… This one is also not so simple since it is a corrupted magical beast…"

Druindar said before leaving Cyril without waiting for his reply.

"I understand…" Cyril softly said at the disappearing figure of commander of the Elven Guards.