Chapter 123: Damyan's fall
In the following scene, the Guardian Turtle opened its mouth very wide. Mana started gathering right at the very center of its mouth and a blue-colored sphere slowly formed.
"Spread out!" Damyan exclaimed loudly as he dashes to the side.
Following Damyan's order, his remaining men quickly started spreading out all over the place.
To the surprise of Damyan, the mouth of the Guardian Turtle turned in his direction.
"Are they specifically targeting me?" Damyan quickly realized. It seems like his order of spreading out was a huge mistake as it gives Jude's party the chance to set him apart from his squad and prevent him from asking for their help.
"I think I still can remedy this situation," Damyan muttered to himself.
Whoosh!
As soon as Damyan said that, a huge wall was suddenly erected to separate him from the rest of his squad.
Damyan stood still as he looked up at how high the wall was. He then turned to look at Jude and immediately understood that it would be impossible for him to break through the wall because the latter is still constantly infusing mana into the wall.
"I guess I have no other choice," Damyan quickly went the other way. He has no other choice since there's no way for him to go around the wall that blocked his way. His only choice is to go for a full circle around the lake.
Wherever Damyan goes, the mouth of the Guardian Turtle would follow him very closely.
While running away, Damyan tried to throw some attacks at Jude's party in hopes of distracting them. Unfortunately for him, the Guardian Turtle has already constructed a barrier to protect Jude's party.
Jude's party simply looked at Damyan as if looking at a helpless sheep trying to run away from a wolf.
"Wait…" Damyan quickly realized that someone is missing. "That assassin… Kayn!"
Damyan quickly turned his attention to his squad who are now making their way to the other side, evidently intending to meet him up in between.
"Go back!" Damyan started warning them.
However, because of how far Damyan was, he realized that it was impossible for his squad to hear him.
"Go back!"
"Go back!"
Nevertheless, Damyan continues to warn them while at the same time, he hastens his feet so that he can get close enough for them to finally be able to hear him.
Unfortunately, Kayn was a lot faster than Damyan.
Whoosh!
Without anyone expecting, one of the Knights suddenly dropped down to the ground.
Seeing such a scene, everyone immediately halted and raised their weapons.
"Protect your backs, everyone!"
The Guardians immediately positioned themselves in front of the Knights.
What they didn't expect though, an unfamiliar Knight has actually secretly infiltrated their squad.
"Keep your eyes wide open,"
"Understood!"
"Has anyone noticed him yet?"
"He has hidden quite well,"
"Too bad," Kayn unsheathed his sword. "I guess all of you would be dying then,"
"What?!"
Whoosh!
Sword Dance!
Molten Ice Slash!
Element Reset!
Sword Dance!
Molten Ice Slash!
A full-circle sword wave came out of Kayn's Molten Ice Sword.
"Argh!"
Because everyone literally left their backs wide open for Kayn, they were all left defenseless from his attack.
A series of painful shrieks sounded all over Kayn before being followed by bodies dropping one after another to the ground.
"Nooo!" Damyan cried out in pain. He never expected that he was never the target, but the remaining members of his squad instead.
Unbeknownst to Damyan though, he was always the target from the very start.
Although Kayn eliminated the members of Damyan's squad first, that's only because it's one of the ways to defeat Damyan. As long as his squad remains, he won't be able to ask for their assistance anymore.
While Damyan was still in the midst of accepting the death of all of his squad members, Jude used that opportunity to finally make the Guardian Turtle attack.
"Fire!"
Whoosh!
A huge beam of blue-colored light traveled straight toward Damyan's location, splitting the lake in its wake.
Sensing the incoming danger, Damyan quickly jumped back to dodge the attack.
Boom!
The beam of light passed in front of Damyan.
That was very close…
"Prepare for another attack!" Jude informs his friend.
The Guardian Turtle nods its head and right after opening its mouth to start gathering mana just like the last time.
Finally understanding how powerful exactly the Guardian Turtle's attack is, Damyan quickly pulled himself together so that he could avoid the attack again.
While doing so, he can't help glimpsing in Kayn's direction, but soon noticed that the latter has long already disappeared from where he was just now.
Because of that, Damyan raised his guard and prepared his weapon for Kayn's surprise attack before starting to approach the dead bodies of his squad.
Even though they are dead, as the leader of the squad, he still holds the responsibility to at the very least bring their bodies back to the Canyonside Town and bury them properly.
While approaching, Damyan surveyed his surroundings for any signs of Kayn.
At the moment, Kayn hid behind one of the trees nearby while only using his sword to show where Damyan is.
Damyan safely arrived beside the bodies of his squad members.
As he looks at them, he can't help feeling sad and in pain once more as he remembers just how helpless he was just now to change anything.
He slowly approaches them and cautiously inspected their bodies in case Kayn has left something to catch him in surprise. Like for example, hiding a bomb underneath them.
Kayn wasn't that type of person though. Even though he kills his enemies without any signs of mercy, he would never go as far as ruining their bodies. At least only in the case if they aren't members of Circus or the Assembly of Freedom. If they were, then he would use all means necessary to defeat Damyan.
It didn't take long for Damyan to understand that Kayn is actually quite decent and a person with a certain level of integrity in him.
"Thank you," Damyan expressed his gratitude to Kayn for respecting the bodies of the dead. He then started storing their bodies one by one in a separate Storage Ring.
The instant Damyan finished storing the dead bodies, a dagger suddenly dropped to his feet.
"Eh?" Damyan wonders.
Boom!
An explosion unexpectedly erupted right under the feet of Damyan.
Damyan wasn't able to put up a guard against the sudden attack, so he was instantly covered by a tongue of flame before flying away tens of meters and soon hitting a tree nearby.
"Fire!" Jude exclaimed.
Boom!
The Guardian Turtle fired its beam of light.
Seeing another attack from the Guardian Turtle, Damyan quickly jumped away to escape.
Regrettably, this time, he was as lucky anymore as his left arm got caught.
"Argh!" Damyan cried out in pain. He was delayed slightly, that's why he wasn't able to swing his arm away from the range.
Immediately taking advantage of the opportunity, Kayn appeared beside Damyan and brandished his sword.
Clang!
Damyan was quick enough to notice Kayn so he was swiftly able to block his attack.
"I truly never expected that you are actually a Knight,"
"I am a Knight and also an Assassin,"
"I can see that,"
Kayn jumps backward to retreat away from Damyan.
Although Damyan only has one arm left, he still can't underestimate him.
"Smart move,"
If Kayn stayed a bit longer, he would have used an Active Skill that he won't be able to dodge at point-blank range.
After saying that, Damyan charges straight at Kayn.
Seeing that, Kayn could only raise his sword to defend himself as he is fully aware that Damyan still has some Active Skills that he hasn't used yet.
Elephant Kick!
Unexpectedly though, instead of waving his sword, Damyan uses his feet and kicked Kayn's sword.
Bang!
Kayn was instantly sent retreating away. As a result to that, his defense was disrupted.
"You're wide open," Damyan brandished his sword.
ραпdα nᴏνɐ| сom Clang!
Damyan felt surprised as another sword blocked him from reaching Kayn.
It was Charles.
"I hope you didn't forget about me,"
"How could I? I will never forget someone who failed to protect their comrade,"
"That won't happen again,"
"Let's see about that," Damyan brandished his sword again.
Charles also did the same.
"It seems like you've never learned from your mistake,"
"Is that so?"
Whoosh!
To Damyan's surprise, a sword wave was released from Charles' sword.
Luckily, Damyan also released a sword wave, albeit a bit late.
Because Charles released a sword wave much earlier than Damyan, his sword wave clashed against the latter as soon as it appeared.
Bang!
Damyan's arm got pushed away.
"Now!" Charles exclaimed.
Right beside Charles, Kayn could be seen dashing forward.
Kayn didn't waste a single second as he brandished his sword at Damyan who is unable to defend himself.
"Damn it!" Damyan could only brace himself from Kayn's attack.
Splat!
Kayn's attack left a wide wound on Damyan's chest.
Just when Damyan thought that it was over, he sees behind Kayn another person making a stabbing motion to his chest.
"This is for Bryan!"
Pluck!
Charles was successfully able to stab Damyan's right chest.
Damyan coughed out a mouthful of blood.
"You missed my heart," Damyan weakly muttered.
"I wasn't targeting it,"
Damyan quickly realized that Charles' attack was nothing but a mere diversion even though it was a good opportunity to finally be able to kill him.
Whoosh!
Another sword stabbed his left chest.
Once more, Damyan coughed out a mouthful of blood.
"I didn't expect that I would be dying like this…"
"You were strong. I give you that. But you just met someone who has more experience than you," Kayn responded.
"It was truly an honor fighting against you,"
"Likewise,"
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