Chapter 170: Spirit Weapon

Alice leaves, making her way back to the king's side.

At the front, they are cooperating as equals, so she needs to make up a reason to force the king to prioritize something else.

Meanwhile, inside the forest, Lily was covered in sweat; at this moment, she was surrounded by the elite squad she had met before.

Her hand tightly grasped the spear.

'It's just a little more!' she thought, her eyes darting around the people surrounding her.

"Are you sure you're going to do this? Can you face the Sentinel's Wrath?" Lily said, slowly taking a step back.

The guards looked at each other and then turned their attention back to Lily. She couldn't see their faces, but she could feel they were sneering at her.

One of them suddenly moved; he pounced toward Lily, his hand moving with a saber in his grasp.

Clang!

Lily responded, her spear moving swiftly, blocking the saber and targeting her throat in a slash.

With only one hand and fighting at a close distance, Lily was at a disadvantage; she didn't even try to counter. She was desperate to find a way to escape.

Each clash took her a step back toward the periphery of the forest. The thought that William would clash against these people didn't even cross her mind.

As she did this, the intricate pattern on her spear kept glowing brighter. The wind started gathering at her feet.

"Show me what your spirit weapon can do," a muffled voice came from the man.

Unfortunately for him, Lily didn't plan to stay any longer.

Spirit weapons were created by Aimu and Freya after years of experimentation.

After becoming corrupted, the Felidaens lost their ability to use the shadow glyph; no matter what kind of method Aimu tried, he always failed.

Freya also tried to find a cure to remove this condition, but nothing worked. Giving up, Aimu got a new idea; since he cannot use a shadow glyph, what if they instead put it into an object?

The result was a spirit weapon. Despite the shadow glyph now being a weapon, only a felidaen could use it. The reason for this is that each glyph is unique; they are carved using the user's blood mixed with other materials and forged with a special technique and ritual.

Their queen, Freya, often praised this method, making the squad curious about how strong a spirit weapon is.

Slash! Stab! Clang!!!

The saber moved like a deadly dance in the air while Lily tried hard to parry each attack. Without her other hand, her body became less stable, making every move of hers look clumsy. S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

But her lips curled into a smile; she had gathered enough. The wind at her feet exploded with a loud bang.

The man quickly moved back, expecting a big attack coming toward him. But nothing came; instead, he got a glare from the other squad.

Lily succeeded in her escape, shooting through the air toward the area outside the forest.

"The princess instructed us to capture her, and you just had to go your way trying to have a fight. How should we answer the princess now?"

The man with the saber in his hand replied, "Look who's talking. Aren't you the one who suggested this idea?

Just because I won the raffle doesn't mean you can put all the blame on me."

"What idea? I just said we could probably see the spirit weapon in action. I never said we should fight her."

"Shut up, both of you. We should pursue her; we cannot let her cross paths with that man again. You know he will kill her."

The squad nodded at the man who spoke, then started moving in the direction Lily had escaped.

In the forest outskirts, William, Roxy, and Sasha were still waiting. Suddenly, a black silhouette came from the air and then landed on the ground with a thud.

Lily used the wind to create a buffer to reduce the impact of her fall. But with how wounded her body was, the impact still hit her worse.

Seeing her friend sprawled on the ground, painted in blood, made Sasha's blood boil. She rarely ever got angry, but this time was different.

Sasha quickly got down from the chariot, running to her friend. Kneeling down beside her, she screamed, "William, do you have a first aid kit?"

William didn't reply; he quickly took a box from under the couch. As someone who prioritizes safety, not only did he have a mandatory first aid kit, but he also had many tools enough to even perform surgery on the road.

But just as he wanted to help, Roxy put her hand over his shoulder, stopping him. She took out two pairs of daggers, then jumped out, landing beside Sasha and Lily, facing toward the forest.

Both her arms raised, crisscrossed in front of her face. Many silhouettes then jumped out from the forest, surrounding them.

The man with the blade didn't waste time; he went for the kill. His saber moved diagonally, targeting her torso.

Clang!

Roxy moved her dagger downward, blocking the attack just in time. Unfortunately, the strength was too great for Roxy to handle.

Her body was pushed through the air. William, seeing what happened, quickly took action. He pressed a button on his chariot.

Part of the roof parted open. A gun came out from it and then started pointing toward Roxy.

Bang!

A sphere shot out, with a rope connecting it to the barrel. The moment it got near Roxy, it exploded into a net. The net caught her mid-air, pulling her back toward the chariot.

At the same time, Sasha used the opportunity; she carried Lily on her back and tried to run toward the chariot.

Unfortunately, the other guards were still on alert since their main focus was Lily. Two of them dashed forward, both pulling out a short stick from their pocket.

With a click of a button, the stick became long like a staff. Looking back from her shoulder, Lily could see the two people were coming toward them.

"Sasha, just leave me; it's hopeless now. At least one of us should escape."