Chapter 119 Battle

Lesley and the others were stunned as they realized the man who just stopped their attacks.

To their horror, the thing that they were worried about happened!

Joran Troy has made his move.

"Tsk… How can he stop all those attacks… I thought he was an Adept Mage, is he already an Archmage?!" Lesley gritted her teeth as she considered all the possible results of this battle.

She had not calculated Joran's assistance in this battle at all. More than that, he appears even stronger than the reports they've heard!

'What are those from the Royal Family doing at times like this! I thought they were the ones handling the main forces of the Rebel Army…'

Lesley almost cursed the Royal Family because of her situation right now.

Suddenly, a huge ball of fire ten times larger than the ones they can create appeared on top of Joran…

"Lesley! Try taking this!" Joran shouted in excitement as he threw the Large Fireball in their direction!"

"Young Miss! Support us!" The two Arch Knights weren't afraid as their armors shined with blue light before they faced the attack.

Then, they raised their swords and activated a Mana Art only Arch Knights like them could manifest.

It was as if they are the embodiment of the Water Element as they charged at the Large Fireball!

"Haaa!"

Two swords slashed as the impact between their swods and the Large Fireball created a shockwave… It was not enough to destroy Joran's attack!

It was at this time that Lesley's Mana Art Fusion came to help!

This time, it was a fusion of Water and Earth elements creating a thick mud that assisted the two Arch Knights.

Boom!

Finally, after expending a lot of mana, the combined forces of the Two Arch Knights and Lesley's Mana Art Fusion broke the Large Fireball…

"Haha! Impressive! It would be such a waste to let you die here, Lesley… How about you join us?"

Joran asked as he looked at Lesley's solemn face with amusement in his eyes.

"Hmph! Everyone, he's exhausted! Although he looks fine, he still spent a lot of mana to create that attack! Hurry! Kill the rebels and the barbarians!" Lesley shouted as she ignored Joran's invitation.

She also knows that he wasn't serious about it so she has nothing to consider at all.

The battle continued and as expected, Joran remained on his spot and watched the battle unfold. It seems that he's really trying to recover the mana he just spent on that large-scale Mana Art.

The Barbarians waved their huge weapons in front as they were supported by several magicians behind them.

With several buffs coming from them, even the elite Zemin Clan was having trouble maintaining their formation.

"Just treat them as large Savage Beasts! Aim for their throats, their eyes, or any vital parts! Don't target their bronze skin!"

One of the Arch Knights reminded me after seeing that most of the attacks they were doing are just landing on the enemy's tough skin.

The Barbarian's bronze skin is some kind of natural armor after all. They have to target their soft parts if they wanted to deal significant damage to them.

On the other hand, the Zemin Clan's Master Magicians decided to target the magicians on the other side.

They used various Earth Element abilities to disrupt them. Luckily, for some reason, none of the Master Magicians from the Rebel Army knows how to use the Earth Element except for Joran who used it just moments ago.

Thanks to that, they successfully stopped them from supporting the Barbarians for a brief moment. It was at this moment that the Magic Knights burst with power as their swords struck the Barbarians…

Some swords were broken because of how their durability decreased over time but some still managed to pierce their bodies. Furthermore, some of the Magic Knights managed to hit the Barbarians' vital organs!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

One by one, the Barbarians who were boasting with incredible defense dropped to the ground. However, they have already served their purpose as the Master Magicians and warriors of the Rebel Army used this as an opportunity to strike them!

The elites of the Zemin Clan were bombarded and Lesley's life was also in danger!

Even if she's a very talented Mana Arts Practitioner, continuous use of Mana Arts Fusion is still taxing to her body. Even the Arch Knights were starting to get tired as they were the focus of the attack just now.

"Ugh… Uncle, I can't hold on anymore…" Lesley said as she felt that the Wind Wall she cast to protect herself and her clansmen dissipating…

As soon as she said this, however, a man in his fifties appeared in front of her.

"It's better to retreat at this rate, Lesley. That Joran wasn't even that serious when he cast that Large Fireball and Huge Earth Wall." The newly appeared man said with a tired voice.

His name is Laurent and he is Lesley's Uncle. He is someone at the peak of an Adept Mage who was sent by Lesley's father to protect her behind the scenes.

Right now, he's only lacking one requirement to get promoted to an Archmage and that is to create an orginal Mana Art.

Whom~

Suddenly, Laurent's necklace shined with blue light as the Zemin Clan's encirclement was covered by a blue dome made of Mana.

"It's Elder Laurent!"

"Elder Laurent was here! Finally! We're safe!"

"Ugh… But he's alone, there are too many enemies."

"Hmph! As long as Joran was tied up, we can win against the others!"

"That's right!"

The people who had recognized Laurent were obviously glad at his appearance. Although he's alone, an Adept Mage is still considered a magician made for war.

After all, they are at the level at which they could affect a whole battlefield with the level of their Mana Arts and how fast they could cast using their Magic Tools.

"Haha! You finally appeared! I've been feeling your gaze all this time. So you're just waiting for her to be in an awkward position before you decided to reveal yourself. How cliché…"

Joran laughed as could finally focus and give his all in his next attacks. This is actually the reason why he was holding back when casting.

He would always put a part of his attention into observing the battlefield to ensure that he won't get ambushed while on a critical part of his casting.

However, now that Laurent has appeared, he felt confident to release a hundred percent of his strength in his next attacks.

"Hmph! Bring it on!"

Laurent said while signaling to Lesley to get ready to escape…

Unfortunately, he underestimated Lesley's stubbornness…

"Uncle! Let's work together! As long as the three Celestials weren't making their move, we can kill him!" Lesley urged as she started to form another Mana Art Fusion.

"You---"

Laurent wanted to say more but Joran and the master magicians' attacks started bombarding the dome that his Magic Tool created.

It only lasted for fifteen seconds as it wasn't really meant to endure numerous attacks.

Crash~

The dome shattered like glass as Laurent's necklace was also broken into pieces. It was a one-time use Magic Tool and it already served its purpose.

It was then followed by another bombardment of Mana Arts. The Magic Knights from their side did their best to defend themselves while their Master Magicians shot all their Mana Arts towards the enemy. As long as they have mana, they used it to try and kill the rebels!

On the other hand, Joran only aimed at Laurent!

Instead of using large-scale Mana Art like what he did a while ago, he switched to a single-target Mana Art to pin down Laurent!

"No!"

Lesley watched as Joran rained down his skills to her uncle!

Joran can actually use Four Elements in total! Although he was incapable of Fusion Techniques, the sheer power of each of his skills was similar to her Fusion Arts!

This person was truly holding back and waiting for Laurent to appear!

"Lesley! Just escape! You can't die here!" Laurent shouted as he glanced at the two Arch Knights.

"You two! Even if you have to sacrifice your life! Bring the young miss away from here!"

Hearing this, the two Arch Knights started using the life energy to ignore all the bombardment of skills coming at them. However, they have a different plan.

"Elder Laurent! We will use all of our life force to stop the enemies! Miss Lesley! We will leave the future of the Zemin Clan to you!"

"Bring all the young elites of our Clan away from here!"

The two of them said as they charge at the Master Magicians who were obviously surprised by their suicidal attack.

Joran frowned after seeing the loyalty of those two Arch Knights.

'Tsk…'

Nevertheless, it won't be easy to kill the rebel army's magicians. Although getting close to a Master Magician is a quick way to kill them, they have prepared for this and have a method to deal with them.