Chapter 561 - Arrived Back (3)

The manticore jumped at Auron. The latter quickly raised his weapon to block the manticore's attack. However, he was pushed back by the manticore's sheer power. Because of this, Auron was separated from the new swordsman.

And, in just a matter of seconds, the new swordsman was surrounded by the other three enemy's members. 

Seeing this, the new swordsman was furious. In the previous fight, he was surrounded by two elite soldiers. And, now, he was surrounded by three people. Furthermore, one of them was obviously stronger than the previous two soldiers he fought.

The new swordsman was lamenting on his bad luck. He quickly considered that his choice of coming to his team was wrong. However, before he could feel remorse deeply into his bad luck, he raised his weapon and fended off the enemy's attacks. 

Unfortunately, it was easier said than done. The new swordsman could only fend two out of the three attacks. It was a pretty good feat. However, the one attack that he missed to block was the one coming from the leader. The strongest attack out of the three hit the new swordsman's shoulder.

The cleric was ready. She quickly cast her heal spell to the new swordsman. The heal quickly recover the new swordsman's health. However, the new swordsman frowned.

The wound on his shoulder didn't heal. Instead, blood still seeped out from the injury. The new swordsman knew what happened to him. He got bleed effect. And, the new swordsman knew where this bleed effect came from. It came from the enemy's leader's weapon.

The bleed effect was almost the same as the poison or burn effect. They would deal damage over time. Furthermore, the bleed effect could stack. As it stacked, the damage it dealt would increase. 

The cleric quickly used [Recover] to get rid of the bleed effect on the new swordsman.

Meanwhile, Auron was occupied with the manticore. He saw that the new swordsman was in danger. However, he could not help him at all.

The manticore was very difficult to handle at Auron's current level. However, he could not ask for help from the other members. They were already busy helping the new swordsman.

With the help of Axton and Auron's mage, the new swordsman's burden was eased. However, it was still not over. He had to wary of the enemy's leader's attack. The leader's weapon was really powerful. Out of 10 attacks that managed to connect to the new swordsman, half of them produced a bleed effect on him. 50% chance of bleeding was a rare option and could only be found in a high leveled weapon. 

However, it was not only the new swordsman that was busy defending himself. The enemy's archer was also in the same difficult position.

The archer had a difficult time dealing with Cedric. Moreover, Cedric had a higher level than the archer. The archer tried to hold out as long as possible. 

Auron was blocking the manticore's bite. During this time, Auron could only defend passively as he could not find any opening to attack. 

10 minutes had last since the start of the battle. Auron's group managed to hold on all this long. All of this was thanks to the cleric that support the group.

The tide of the battle slowly tilted towards Auron's group. As the enemies didn't have any cleric on their formation, they could not recover easily.

The enemy's archer had a hard time dealing with Cedric. However, he managed to hold on for this long. Meanwhile, the three enemies that surrounded the new swordsman felt hurried, especially the leader. To win this battle, they had to kill Auron's group's cleric or at least took out one of Auron's group's members.

The three of them glanced at each other and tacitly understood. The leader quickly pushed the new swordsman while the other two enemies split and moved towards Auron. They intended to kill Auron first.

When the other two members started to move, an arrow flashed past the member's head. The enemy didn't even have to dodge to avoid this arrow. This arrow was not aimed towards them.

One of the enemies glanced back. The flying arrow passed the enemy and aimed towards the enemy's archer at the back.

The enemy's archer, who was pressured by Cedric, didn't realize there was an arrow coming towards him. He just realized the arrow's presence when it was about to hit him. Because of this, he could not avoid the arrow.

The arrow pierced the enemy's archer's side neck. The enemy's archer instinctively held the arrow on his neck.

Blood gushed out from the archer's neck. Seeing this, Cedric didn't miss the opportunity. The enemy's archer's mind had already occupied with stopping the blood. Cedric quickly dealt several attacks towards the archer. And, in half a minute, the enemy's archer slumped down to the ground died.

The enemy who glanced back and saw this gritted his teeth. However, he could not do anything to help the archer. With a huge determination, the enemy focused on Auron. He had to kill Auron no matter what happened. 

Auron tried to block the manticore's attacks. He saw the two enemies coming towards him. He wanted to escape. However, the manticore didn't let Auron escape as it kept on pressuring Auron.

Unfortunately, with the archer died, the balance of the battle had already broken. Cedric who finished the archer quickly moved forward towards the enemy's leader and fought the leader along with the new swordsman.

Meanwhile, Axton and Auron's mage had moved to help Auron attacking the manticore. Several minutes later, the enemies drop death one by one. The first one that died after the archer was the manticore.

Although it was a pity to kill the manticore, they could not do anything. The manticore could not be tamed anymore and could only be killed.

After the manticore died, the enemies knew it was over for them. As they lost their fighting will, the two enemies besides the leader surrendered.