Chapter 223: Surface Struggles

Chapter 223: Surface Struggles

Xilia was holding her little sister in one hand, and a stack of scrolls in the other. Her gaze being firmly locked to the beasts up front.

"I think we should be safe for a while," she said.

Igrit looked at her in disbelief.

"Was that you? You used a scroll?!"

"Yeah, why?"

Igrit looked at the stack of spell scrolls in Xilia's hand and then looked back at her, "You seem familiar Do you come from a rich family?"

"No Why would you ask such a thing?"

"Well The scrolls They are expensive!"

Understanding what she meant, Xilia smiled proudly, "Hehe, they are cool, right? Gerald gave them to us!"

"Us?"

Before Igrit could ask what exactly she meant, Sera and Elly also took out their scrolls, ready to fight.

"Dear God!" Igrit gasped in shock. That amount of spell scrolls was probably worth hundreds of gold coins if they were anything like the first one.

This type of combat was extremely wasteful!

"I remember you now! You were with that crazy guy that fought against our leader!" Igrit suddenly exclaimed.

Elly continued smiling warmly, despite the situation, while Sera made an embarrassed expression after getting recognized.

Only Xilia admitted to the fact, and even pushed her chest out proudly, "That's right! We are from the same group, the Black Onyx! And he is ourehleader?"

"Oh?!" Igrit opened her eyes wide in surprise, and her lips made an 'O' shape. "Black Onyx, you say? Never heard of you."

"You-!"

"Ladies!" a weak shout disrupted their chatter. "Stop talking already, now it's not the time!"

It was Riordian who spoke, he somehow woke up.

The blue-robbed young mage was currently slouched beside a wall, clearly in severe pain. And yet, he remained vigilant and 100% concentrated on the enemies outside.

"We need to find a way to fight back We can't just sit here forever! The other group probably got ambushed underground and are expecting our help! We need to hurry!"

Crack!

The Ice Barrier started cracking from the attacks, clearly signifying it was going to break at any moment.

"Again, get ready!" Riordian shouted. "Two seconds this time! Do not hesitate to create a barrier no matter what!"

The barrier broke once more, the archers released their arrows and the mages shot their spells. Sera and Elly also helped and did the best they could in such a short timeframe.

Xilia in the meantime broke the seal and activated the spell scroll once more.

However this time, the enemy was ready, and three Goblins and a Hobgoblin managed to jump in before the barrier was completed.

"Kill them!"

The few warriors that remained on the surface quickly reacted and gave it their all to finish them off as fast as possible. The barrier was cracking once more.

"We can't keep going like this! I can't use magic so rapidly!" one of the mages shouted while panting. He was still quite young, and the tempo of battle was too high for him.

"Take a one-minute rest, everyone!" Riordian shouted after a moment of contemplation. "You," he pointed at Xilia, "Make another barrier before the first one breaks!"

And so, another layer was created so the mages could take a moment to rest their mind. However, the Orcs on the outside didn't quite agree, and they joined in the effort and attacked the barrier with their monstrous strength.

Boom! Boom! Crack!

The first layer was gone.

Boom! Boom! Crack!

The second layer collapsed as well.

"Fire!"

A hail of spells blasted the monsters back, and even Riordian joined in the effort with his Ice Lances even though he was already beyond his limit.

Both Elly and sera used five spell scrolls at once, and Xilia even used her Wind Blades before creating another barrier.

Boom! Boom!

"This is insane! We can't keep going like this!" Xilia shouted after the barrier was completed. It had to be shrunk even further and a few Goblins still managed to squeeze in.

"What are we supposed to do?!" Igrit turned to Riordian for advice.

"Oh"

Riordian was laying down face-first on the dirt. He was unconscious! Again!

"Shit!" She turned to look at the remaining mages, and except for Gerald's four teammates, they all showed signs of Mana overuse.

Boom! Boom! Crack!

"Ah!"