Chapter 356: Outnumbered.

Chapter 356: Outnumbered.

Individual [Sunfang Dragonewt, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has switched her Secondary Job to [Flame Lancer]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Flame Lancer Level: 0/20

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Spear Technique Lv. 10] [Spear Mastery Lv. 10] gained

Skill requirement fulfilled. [Spear Technique Lv. 10] and [Spear Mastery Lv. 10] combined into skill [True Spear Technique Lv. 1]

And theres that. Lucky! Its RestDay, but the total of available Job changes has already reset for me? Guess its an aftereffect of being in that different dimension, I cheered before snapping my hands to explode a tentacle into watery bits inside the rubble of Elyondas merchant district, before throwing Auroras [Crystal of the Divine System] to Renee. Need to change?

You rich brat! Renees flamberge produced a tornado around its blade before she shot it out to eliminate the undead around us. She then threw the crystal back at me. Honestly, the fact you can afford something like this is just baffling! Also, no, the Unique Job System works differently. I need to level up all my attachment Jobs first, before I can change.

The benefit of being ultra-rich a few days ago was that I could finally get our own [Crystal of the Divine System]. The only way for humanoids to change their Jobs, and I had one in my hands now. This was mine no, it was Auroras. The price we paid dropped our funds back to before we made all those merchant deals to the point I felt poor again but the reason I made this investment was for situations like this.

Changing Jobs whenever and wherever we wanted. To make leveling and dungeon diving more efficient.

While I contemplated on changing my Main Job to something more suitable for this situation, to my surprise, I discovered my max weekly Job changes had reset back to three. Today was only Sunday. From previous experience, the counter only ever reset on Monday of a new week, making me believe my little interdimensional visit caused this somehow. Somehow.

Regardless of the real reason, I could acquire new Jobs, and so I did. [Flame Lancer]. Why? Obviously, to level up my spear skills and also cause I needed a quick to level up Job, since I was about to rack up some big-time experience! There was a horde of grimgarians outside the city; this was the perfect time to level up, change Jobs, level up, and repeat. If the weekly reset would still happen tomorrow, then I better not waste this chance!

After dispatching the undead and tentacles right in front of the arena, I told Renee to ignore the rest, as they posed no danger to the evacuees inside. I summoned [Unheiliger Engel] and took to the skies, since we needed to hurry up to the walls. Watching the undead swarms beneath us made me a bit squeamish; just remembering how hell erupted in the arena made me sick.

Alls fair in love and war, sadly.

However, my attention was quickly taken away by something happening to my left. A giant blue magic circle appeared in the sky as it materialized the form of a giant serpent with six pairs of feathered wings a ryuukoatl, I believed.

It spread its limbs out as it gazed at the ground before roaring. It flew around in a circle before this magical golem turned into a giant water tornado with enough ferocity to create a small hole in the clouds above, letting some sun rays through. This was Masters strongest custom spell [Tehenhauin], at least, that was what I believed it was, since he never actually showed me the spell.

Its also Tasiannas inspiration for her [Slithering Frozen Serpent] spell. No wonder.

In any case, the port seemed secured if Master was using his grand AoE spell. With his catalyst, Master was a pretty fast caster. I could leave the place to him for now, as I rather focus on the dire state at the walls.

Undead and tentacles were starting to swarm and overwhelm the garrison and adventurers there. I could see large mana slashes outside the gate, in addition to the sound of small explosions piercing the rain and blizzard. A few mages were at the gates shooting spells at the undead inside the city, while knights flying around on their gargoyles picked the tentacles off. Leading them was a familiar-looking knight.

Ping.

My parallel minds just notified me they were done tallying up all the System messages I had been ignoring up until now. I really should hurry, but I asked them to do this since I probably have to use my skill points later on. Whether it was Ghorush or the demonkin girl, I couldnt bridge the level gap, but I could equalize things a bit with skills and tricks.

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Mental Stability Lv. 10] [Mental Warfare Lv. 8] [Mana Eyes Lv. 7] [Concentration Lv. 10] [Night Vision Lv. 10] [Aerial Fighter Lv. 7] [Fear Resistance Lv. 7] [Speed of Sonic Lv. 6] [Tranquil Mind Lv. 3] [Thought Acceleration Lv. 5] [Multi-Thought Processing Lv. 6] gained

2096 human and beastman have become your followers

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:17287

Also, this

[Hestias Retainer] has links for certain abilities from Titles: [Aelozonias Ambassador]. Seeking permission for activation Individual [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has usurped ownership over [Aelozonias Ambassador]. Permission automatically granted Intervention from Goddess Plesia. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights declined. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights declined. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights declined. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights declined. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights declined. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights declined. Usurpation rights activated. Overruling Supreme Administrative rights accepted! Permission granted by Goddess Plesia

[Aelozonias Ambassador] makes sense since Master is more-or-less promoting his continent and making money to finance his countrymens immigration. Hmm, but the rest

Obviously, Plesia got pretty frustrated there. How strange that my usurpation didnt fully work on the blessing due to Plesias intervention. Aurena mentioned I just took over her blessing out of nowhere, which I attested to the fact it took her by surprise. Plesia probably was prepared for this, seeing there were exactly 182 of the same messages.

If my parallel minds hadnt taken over, I probably would have gotten a migraine from all of this. Eventually, it did cease with Plesia granting her permission, although, considering this was a System, couldn't she have done a macro or left some program to handle this? Maybe it just got annoying after a while? Then again, if she could resist my usurpation attempt, why not just squa Yeah, I wouldnt want to die.

Thank you very much. I dont care what ability I got. Thank you for your mercy, oh great Goddess of the Depths.

Regardless, seriously, I had no idea what ability I got from this deal. In Saoris and Asakas case, when they got their blessings, I couldt extract anything as they were apparently empty. Guess the gods were doing everything in their power to not give me free gifts. To find out, I probably had to go [Battle Frenzy]... although it kinda went against Sis and Mother, since they told me not to overdo it since it could tire me out and mess up my mood.

Well, I was confident in my mental protection skills, so it should be good. [Young Sunfang Dragon] and all those mental skills were there for a reason. I made these investments to control [Battle Frenzy], after all, so they better make it worthwhile! I wanted to use it more than just a couple times in a row!

Dammit! Run!

Huh?

The soldiers on the wallthose who were using the giant mounted crossbows to fight back against the grimgarians outsidewere evacuating themselves. They were making a mad dash as a decorated soldier commanded them with that loud shout. Even the mages on it were escaping, preferring to go on the ground where the undead were.

What is going

It was then I saw six black magic circles appearing on the mana barrier around us. This was the only thing keeping the grimgarians outside, forcing them to siege us with mana cannons. If it went down, this whole city would be swarmed. That was why Larent and Alistar were determined to protect it.

However, at this very moment

Boom. Six times, followed up by multiple blue balls, only for six black lasers to attack a singular spot in the barrier. All of this happened in the span of ten seconds, I believed. Far too fast for me to realize there was a crack forming.

Hestia! Renee cried out the moment I saw it. I activated my scale-dust boosters, but it was too late.

A weakness was found, and the invaders didnt let this go. The lasers stopped as something flew right through it, causing a loud glass cracking sound. In the next second, the barrier surrounding the city began to flicker, before it started fading entirely.

Time was of the essence, they say, and it seemed like my escapade in the arena finally caught on. This siege was never meant to last more than a day. The grimgarians were ready for everything the moment they came.

Abandon the gates and camp! Retreat and reform ranks! Renee shouted right next to me, almost falling down from her floating obsidian chair. Her voice, however, couldnt reach the people below.

The monsoon and blizzard from the Territories of our two SS rank kaijus was raging about.

NIAKASH BAALAK!!!

The human cannonball was none other than a heavily armored gnoll, crying out as it raised its arms in victory. It wasnt clear what he was doing, but it was clear this was a signal. Unfortunately, there were still people on the walls, including the decorated soldier from before. None of them could hear Renee. It was too late for her to say it again through [Aerokinesis]...

Good thing I heard it. Good thing my scale-dust boosters were already on. Good thing I was a wind mage and also a dragoon squire.

Wind Blast! Tailwind! Air Walk into Dragoon Dive!

Like a rocket, I crash landed right onto the knoll with my glaive. The wall cracked from the impact, but I knew it would survive this attack since I didnt even turn on my catalyst. My head snapped out of the wall, detecting a few individuals taking the lead, readying their weapons in a gap in the earth wall maze Sis had created. Just looking at them sent a chill down my spine as I understood their plan.

Instead of panicking, I activated my music and cast [Featherfall] on myself. It had been a long time since I used this spell since I never had a use for it ever since I created [Unheiliger Engel] and learned how to fly. This level nine [Wind Magic] spell wasnt useful for somebody like me, but its application was pretty crazy if you thought about it.

[Featherfall] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Seven Wind Blasts, lets go!

The enemy were about to unleash their attacks, but before they could, I materialized seven [Wind Blast]s right on the wall and below me. With a second delay, all of them activated simultaneously, blasting any human, beastman, or ungrounded object away from the wall like a ragdoll.

All of them either crashed onto the ground or some still-in-tack building. Some landed safely, but some were immediately shot into the mix between undead and soldiers, forcing them to participate immediately. A good thing [Featherfall] negated any landing damage from falling, and a good thing [Idol] acted as a [Synergists Oath], sharing my Featherfall buff with anyone that could hear my music.

It was just how was I supposed to get out of here in time?

Oh oh.

Ggugniak! Chiksu yuf shariyk! How they trumpeted and howled as my hero move saved the people from meeting the same end as I was about to feel.

My legs bent down, ready to perform [Dragoon Jump] to jump away, but before I could, the gnoll from earlier grabbed both my legs and pulled me down. As I could feel his breath touch my head, I snapped my head up.

NIAKASH BAALAK! he roared with a fat smirk.

Niakash ba- Fuck yourself! Spark Crescent!

With my tail and glaive, I slashed this trashtalker into tiny pieces, to the point I realized he was just a C rank from how easy it was. It also helped that my Jobs leveled up in response.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Secondary Job [Flame Lancer] has risen from [Level 0] to [Level 2]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Main Job [Champion of Aurena] has risen from [Level 6] to [Level 7]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Just, all these levels didnt matter when I clearly didnt have the time to celebrate!

Fly! Wind Bl

Just then, black tendrils erupted from my shadow and wrapped themselves around my limbs, including my wings. If I were still weak to dark magic, I probably would have groaned in pain, but thankfully that wasnt the case anymore. It was just kinda annoying they had a tenebrous mage around just when I thought I could escape.

Ehe~

My eyes widened in a glare as I stared daggers as a blue hobgoblin mage, seeing her smirk of superiority. She nudged her staff to her right, showing me the sight of mana cannons and their army readying their long-range attacks to destroy the walls. And with me with them.

Tsk! White flames burn these bindings! Panzer. Sanctuary! Terra Walls! Shit, am I gonna make it time! Please, stall long enough!

I grasped that hope with my hands and snapped around, focusing on a far away point with a horde of zombies. Id rather crowd surf with a bunch of undead then get blasted by whatever was coming here. No way would I get hit by even more mana cannons, please, oh gods, please!

I activated my boosters the moment the bindings were burned away and used [Dragoon Jump] with [Tailwind]. However, it just wasnt enough. Although my [Haste] and other Agility buffs from before still hadnt expired, I had just used up all the time I could use. Even with superhuman, rocket-like speed, at best I could only dodge a fatal direct hit. I couldnt even transform back in time, so tanking it up was all I could do now!

Now! Wind Blast! Juuuuuump!

Like the sound of a crashing landfill, I heard rock and earth splinter apart from behind the wall of earth I constructed. I jumped and blasted away, ignoring it as I already knew what it was. Escape and survive, that was how victory was acquired. Nothing else mattered. All that mattered was my instincts and the lessons I had learned up until today.

Just get the hell out of here and LIVE!

Hestia!

Ignore and blast off! RUN! RUN! RUN!

kaasSTOOOOOUUUUUUUUUMMMMMP!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

For a moment, I thought I heard two similarly loud explosions. One, happening right as I flew away, sounding as if something was destroyed and falling apart like a wall. Like the demolishment of a building. The next, sounded like real kabooms, destroying everything in its wake. That was a real explosion.

So, what was this?

I didnt feel hurt. I didnt even feel sore, although I did feel something supporting my back and legs, in addition to something fluffy covering up my entire face. I thought I would be flung away like the people I blasted off like ragdolls. I thought I had to kill some grimgarians as revenge to get the level up bonus.

I thought I wanted to see what was happening as I felt the blow of the rain and blizzard ruffling my hair. So, I pushed aside what was blocking my sight, only to see a familiar purple-black yukata. However, instead of those irresponsibly exposed pink skin, I saw black scales with purple highlights glistening in front of me.

I took a closer look, noticing that the fluffy thing was actually purple fur, large enough to cover not only a chest but also this persons shoulders, going all up to their long, mane-like hair and going as far as her horse-like tail. There were familiarities, but her muscular legs and arms, equipped with beautiful scales and carapace, confused me. Even more when I saw her lizardman face look a bit similar to a horses. Although you could call it derpy, her frown and wide fanged mouth gave her more of a cool-beauty kinda feel.

In that moment, simoustanly, six black and white lasers shot from our respectives sides, clashing against each other like in a beam duel. They wavered from side-to-side like a tug-of-war for a moment, before I quickly overwhelmed the mage with my higher stats. Understanding she lost, she [Shadow Dash]ed away before the impact.

Once she reappeared, I readied myself to end her, only to top myself when I heard her shout something at me.

Youre that mage, right, dragon?! The scouts told us the navy got destroyed! You did that, no? I was flabbergasted at how she wanted to start a conversation during a war, so I didnt answer her immediately. Dont play coy, our allies told us as much. That means, you must be the one who killed Vulgrim!

Vul-who? Has to be a grimgarian, right? Maybe it was the name of that high ogre I killed? Cant remember.

Our King has placed a bounty on your head in the name of vengeance, sworn before our Mother Goddess! Kargryxmors pawns has unsettled us enough times now! The hobgoblin mage from before shouted out in a frenzy with a wide smile, causing the surrounding high ogres to roar in response. We are here to regain that honor you took from him. Youre a powerful mage, indeed, so let us settle this as such! You and me, mage duel. We let the warriors fight and see whos superior! Now, let us beg

Yeah, as if! I gave the hobgoblin the middle finger, mind boggled at how stupid she thought I was. I gave you all a chance to retreat and escape with your lives! A warning! This is war, now. Im not playing fair!

Fairness? Fairness never assured my life in the Belzac forest!

Dragoon Dive! Wind Blast. Tailwind! Hellblade Edge!

I dived right at the mage, intending to get rid of her before the fight continued. This sudden gust of speed surprised the mage, who believed I was gonna fight her fairly in a mage duel. However, unlike her, the ogre reacted in time, sacrificing his left arm to protect the mage.

Krrruhk! It was the same ogre who lost his right arm, probably believing this was all he could do after losing his weapon, too.

With my brain working on overdrive, I immediately raised the heat of my glaive, burning his arm, and also unleashed a purpe flame breath on his face to fully assure his death. I then split his arm up and used my [Unheiliger Engel] to pierce his skull to move him away from me. Neill immediately went into action, pummeling the ogre before Larent dealt the finishing blow.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Secondary Job [Flame Lancer] has risen from [Level 6] to [Level 12]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s Main Job [Champion of Aurena] has risen from [Level 7] to [Level 9]

Attributes have increased due to level up

No level up despite it being a B rank? Mhmm, sharing EXP between four people is a lot, after all.

With that in mind, I stared at the mage with greed. There was a bundle of EXP just before me. All I needed to do was to reap her with a [Dreadflare Aura] and the grimgarians would lose another B rank. A level 27 B rank at that, too!

If only that were so easy.

Hey! With that loud, growly shout, my [Foresight] activated, telling me to stop attacking and dodge. Clicking my tongue, I still obeyed my skills judgment as a giant arrow flew right past me.

Terra Wall.

The earth below me grew, launching me up into the sky where I identified the source of the attack an archer, an ogre archer to be precise. His hawk-like eyes snapped right at me as a vulture on his shoulder squawked in response, forcing the archer to delve right back into the woods nearby.

The mage had made her escape in the meantime, unable to be found with the naked eye. At the same time, I felt numerous signals approaching us. Looking around, I saw the cavalry had arrived.

One, two a total of seven B ranks, right?

Orc knights, trolls, C rank ogres, a bunch of archers and mages. Amongst the newly arrived, there were two more B ranks a high orc in a suit so thick he looked like a human tank while the other was a troll. Most of the bulk of their B ranks were ogres, it seemed.

With five from the navy dead, three engaging at the port, two killed prior to my arrival, and one just dying right now. There were seven before us, so that meant two were missing from the 20 B ranks they brought to this siege. Where were they? That was a concern, but I guess for now, it would be better to listen to Renee and buy some time for Alistar.

Hahaha, even now, it seems like I am still getting saved by youngsters during a fight. Two young women, at that! Latent smiled with the ferocity of a predator looking for a way to kill his opponents.

If you have time to joke around, then start swinging that sword. Here! Neill threw him a yellow potion a Stamina potion before downing a Mana potion of her own. Well leave the support to you, Hestia! Lets take these idiots down!

Hey, Sis, remember how I bought a Crystal? You need to change your job?

Arent you being cheeky already? I still have some levels to gain! Neill answered with an unperturbed grin.

An army and seven B ranked monsters were in front of us, while on our side, we had an old veteran knight and two B rank dragons. Not exactly fair numbers, right? However, it wasnt like we had much of a choice left, anyways. Being outnumbered was what I expected coming into this match.

Little do they know, they are just my source of skill points before I get my rematch with that demonkin! I will have a surprise for her once this is done!

Then enough wasting time, lets turn this siege on its head!

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