Ch.87 I hate wasting energy!

Ch.87 I hate wasting energy!

During the beginning of the battle between Quinus and Jeremiah. There were three figures hidden in the shadows by the tree line next to the plains. About two miles away from the full scale battle.

"Gamma. We need to get in there and save Alpha and Beta." Dalia whispered to Percy.

"I know we do but look at lady Rya. She is blocking everything that is being thrown her way." Percy replied as he was watching the fight as Quinus kicked Jeremiah in the stomach.

"I-I don't think I can handle watching another royal die at the hands of the Kings Slayer." Nieren said as she stood next to Percy.

Percy and Dalia turned to Nieren.

"Why are you so afraid of the Kings Slayer? I know he's dangerous but not enough to make you scared of him." Percy asked as he looked at Nieren with a confused expression on his face.

"I-I saw him kill my uncle when I was a child. He's wearing his crown. Right now." Nieren answered as she looked down towards the ground.

Percy and Dalia both were shocked and surprise.

"Your Uncle?" Percy asked with a worried tone.

"Yes, he was the King of the Wood Elves. Me and my mother barely escaped with our lives after he was killed." Nieren explained with tears in her eyes.

"Hey... Woody. If you want to avenge him. We must find a way to free Alpha." Dalia asked as she wiped the tears from Nieren's cheek.

Percy nodded, "If Quinus can get his hands on the slave collar he can destroy it with his mana. Like what he did for Dalia."

"He can destroy slave collars!? I've never heard of everyone having that ability before! Is it true?" Nieren asked in shock.

Dalia smiled and nodded.

Nieren suddenly became focused on the task on hand.

Percy noticed the one white arrow in her quiver.

"Wait... Didn't you say that arrow can put people to sleep?" Percy asked as he looked at Nieren.

"Yeah. The Shyft Arrow. That was the one I used on the guy we caught."nÊw stories at no/vel/b/i/n(.)com

"If Rya was hit by it. Could she die?"

"No. This thing isn't lethal... It doesn't leave a scratch." Nieren stated as she looked at the arrow in her quiver.

"We need to use it. Can you hit her from here?" Percy asked as he pointed to where Rya was fighting dwarves.

"I could but it would be a eighty percent chance from here." Nieren said as she nodded.

"We need a hundred percent chance. How close do you need to be?" Percy asked.

Nieren thought about it for a few seconds then nodded, "If I get within a mile, I can shoot a flea off her nose."

"Look! Alpha's attacking Beta!" Dalia said as she pointed to the fight between Rya and Quinus.

"We need to move, now!" Percy said as he ran out of the tree line.

*Clang!*

Quins crossed his swords and blocked the attack with ease.

"That's it kid! Come at me with all you got!" Jeremiah said with a laugh.

Quinus tightened his grip on his sword and unleashed a flurry of attacks at Jeremiah.

*CLING! CLANG! CLONG!*

Each time his blade connected, it created a spark which caused the ground to start to crack and crumble as if a giant hammer was pounding the earth.

Quinus continued to dodge and weave between the swings of Jeremiah's sword while he attacked him back.

"Well not bad kid! Looks like your father taught you some things. But it's time to end this! HIYAH!" Jeremiah yelled as he lowered his guard slightly allowing Quinus to cross his swords again.

'How has this guy killed so many Kings? His skills are good but he's not to my level?' Quinus thought as he parried another swing from Jeremiah.

*Whooosh!* A burst of wind that threw Quinus backwards. The wind was so powerful that it knocked Quinus off his feet and sent him crashing into the dirt.

"Got you now! Hahaha!" Jeremiah laughed as he pointed at Quinus with his sword ready to finish him off.

"Tch! He's nothing special." Quinus started to say before he jumped back to his feet while aiming his sword at Jeremiah.

What Quinus didn't expect was Jeremiah to not try to parry his attack at all. He actually seemed like he wanted Quinus to stab him. He even moved his arms out of the way to let Quinus impale him.

'Huh!? Shit!' Quinus noticed that something wasn't right and changed where he was going to stab Jeremiah at the last second. Quinus couldn’t stop his momentum and instead of striking the chest Quinus stuck Jeremiah's left shoulder instead.

When Quin's sword started to sink into Jeremiah a red light glowed from his shoulder as the tip of the sword sank in.

"AAARRRHHH!" Quinus screamed in pain as it felt like someone was stabbing his left shoulder but no one was.

"Fuck!" Jeremiah tried to slice Quinus with his sword but Quin jumped back before he could get him.

"Dammit! Kid, why didn't you just go for my heart like most people do? I don't like wasting energy." Jeremiah yelled at Quinus who took a defensive stance with his swords in his right hand while blood was dripping from his left shoulder.

'What the fuck was that ability!? He was able to magically transfer any damage done to him and send it to me!' Quinus thought with a grimace as he grabbed his left shoulder for a second.

"Well kid, I'll give you credit. You're the second royal to not get killed by that." Jeremiah said as he launched himself forward towards Quin.

*CLING! CLANG!*

Quinus parried and blocked all of Jeremiah's attacks.

'Dammit! I can't attack him! Obviously he can use it at any time but he doesn’t use it all the time. So, the Kings Slayer probably can only use that ability a few times. Otherwise he would have used it when I landed that kick on him earlier. But how am I supposed to know how many times he can do that! Fuck! All I can do is go on the defensive!' Quinus thought to himself as he blocked and parried Jeremiah's sword swings.

"See! If you only tried to properly kill me. We wouldn't be in this mess! I would have been able to be on my way! Tch," Jeremiah said as he thrust his sword forward at Quinus.

'What the hell am I going to do!?' Quinus thought as he watched Jeremiah charge at him with a straight arm.

"You're making me repeat myself. Stop and die kid. You're only prolonging the inevitable." Jeremiah said as he stared at Quinus with annoyance.