Chapter :-38 The Battle Concludes

[Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.]

Under the illumination of the moon, the eyes reflected a cold glint which only Nightingale managed to capture. Roland's face showed panic, fear yet the corner of his lips were hooked up.

The look in his eyes conveyed his thoughts ,not that he try to hide it anyway. The monsters weren't comparable to what Kite and Azik had faced ,even so the difference wasn't that much.

The constant roaring of rifles and the constant howling of beasts indicated that most of the beast that attacked the wall were already dead. Unlike army, they wouldn't have any reinforcement to provide back up.

After the turtle hybrid breached the wall, the [Dusk-soldiers] had already surround the group and had started open firing at the moving ,mutated animals.

Even so the number of the beast still held decent amount of digits since 3 of the beasts were actually able to break through and rush towards the person standing closest to it.

Roland knew that Nightingale was responsible for his security so he wouldn't take any active participation in protecting himself until and unless it was necessary.

The soldiers were busy dealing with the beasts incircled in the middle of the town so he wouldn't need to worry about someone seeing him fight against a beast.

Kite had asked him to take this change and observe Nightingale, they wouldn't invest much in her if the potential wouldn't be able to be utilized.

Nightingale was older than Anna who was at the correct age for learning ,then her innate ability to grasp things would be less when compared to Anna. Nightingale's ability has many uses and is very convinent ability to use but if the cost to utilize her powers would be too high.

Then they can only ignore her, they have a target ,a mission they must complete. Acting all emotional wouldn't help them anyhow. This is also one of the reasons why Kite made himself be so unapproachable.

Roar.....!!!!

One of the 3 beasts jumped towards Roland wanting to shred him to pieces. The claw tore through the air making a whistling sound. The sharp edges would have sliced Roland apart in many pieces if he hadn't suddenly disappeared.

Nightingale quickly moved and grabbed Roland by the shoulder, successfully pulling him in the [Mist] thus avoiding the brutal attack. Roland suddenly felt as if his body was immersed in water.

He didn't fell water to be exact but rather the feeling of pressure against his skin, like he was underwater and his movements were restricted.

This was another feature of Nightingale's ability, she could pull people inside this mirror dimension she walks in. Just like Roland she to felt suppression over her body but it was less for her.

She was experiencing a 15% decrease in mobility whereas Roland was facing 25% decrease in mobility, but...who was he, [Clown] of the [Divinator-pathway].

If somebody asked Kite just how horrifying were the high level divinators, he would only say word :-Avoid.

The reason he himself didn't chose the respective pathway was due to the reason that it's abilities were just to twisted and didn't fit his ability set.

Every pathway that he chose weren't the best ,weren't the strongest, weren't the most dangerous ,no....they are just had too good of a synergy together and their effects could be stacked.

Also the biggest advantage these pathways gave him was the ability to switch, Yes!!!! out of 22 pathways only these pathways could be switched to other pathways with any pathway.

With the exception of [Reader pathway] they could be switched with other pathways after level-5 sequence. [Reader pathway] had the special condition to switch even below the level-5.

Kite had already planned to switch one of his substitute pathways to [Divinator-pathway], a level-2 sequence [Planes-Walker]. The sequence two of the corresponding pathway was a little special as it had two classes.

[Master of Miracles] and [Planes-Walker], Yes!!! the pathway was the only known pathway to possess two high level classes in a single sequence.

The ability to control oneself's body movements to the highest degree enabled a [Clown] to boost his mobility by an astonishing 40% when helped to counter Nightingale's ability.

She took Roland away from the front-lines and retreated behind the soldiers. Due to the beasts hording all the attention towards themselves no one noticed Roland disappearing and reappearing thus no one knew about Nightingale.

The air twisted a little as two figures suddenly materialised ,one was wearing black leather uniform with plate armour while the other one simply wore a black-cloak and light armour with two daggers on the waist.

"That was close call...,your ability is pretty interesting!!!!." said Roland in a shaky voice and a slightly frightened expression. His palms sweated a little while the trembling of his hands didn't get unnoticed Nightingale.

'Was I imagining that looks...?????' Instead of replying ,she frowned as she recalled the expression on his face when the beast literally pounced at him. Roland of-course was acting, he had to as it was one of the conditions for a [Clown] to digest the potion.

He had enough strength to protect himself so he wasn't afraid but Nightingale didn't know that, even though her face was hidden under the hood she was wearing, he knew that a doubtful expression will surely be the expression on her face right now.

"A..Are you okay His Highness???....." surely the uncertainty in her tone was enough for Roland to receive the feedback from the potion that some of it was being digested ,a pitiful amount at that.

"I am okay i..it's just that this is my first time seeing one of them up close so I was kinda scared but I will be fine after some breaths." he replied with a weak smile.

"Argghh...!!!!" flew a hand, rather an entire limb after being slashed by the abomination. The sharp and long claws drew blood and painted everything red.

The soldier held his shoulder while mourning for what was lost, a limb. He staggered back as blood dripped down his armour ,dyeing the golden shell with red. Even the [Dusk-armour] didn't mean immunity, the others immediately pulled back the injured soldier with great speed while surrounding the beast.

With great speed they took aim and pulled the trigger, more blood emerged from the wounds of the beast who roared in pain. His breath rapidly disappearing, so did the heat along with the life.

"Someone take that man to Miss Nana, quick!!!...he is losing blood fast others finish the monsters and quickly switch to the big one.!!!!" Just like an experienced commander, Iron-Axe roared to his soldiers to follow the commands and be done with this.

"Haaaa !!!!!!! " they roared loudly and ramped the shields into the face of the mutated animals, successfully stunning them. The thrust their [Flintlock] forward as the blade at the end of the gun pierced the beast.

Roar~.....

More and more of them quickly dropped down on the ground under the constant barrage of bullets and shield ramp up.

Roar~.....

The huge turtle like hybrid swing his buffed tail toward the soldiers who immediately positioned their shields in front of them, thus avoiding the fatal strike but even so....they were thrown backwards while blood spilled out of their mouths.

The armour cushioned the fall but they couldn't feel their body, they were temperarly paralyzed but could have killed them if any mutated animal was alive and near them.

The hail of bullets couldn't stop the incoming giant as he decimated the formation like tofu. Just when it looked like the soldiers couldn't stop the beast, a wall of fire did. The flames spread out and prisoned the huge beast inside a cage.

The dead bodies caught fire ,it burned ,the smell of burnt meat spread throughout the place, the painful roar of the beasts echoed as them burned alive after trying to cross the wall of fire that blocked the pathway which was opened after a part of the wall broke.

It spared none and turned everything to ashes, everyone turned towards the figure which spewed fire from her palms. Red uniform with the figure of Rising sun embedded on the back, stood there.

Petite figure, long hair, cute face, deep eyes, every soldiers heart was in turmoil, not because her beauty attracted them but rather what she was, and the fact that she saved their lives which could have been lost if they fought against the giant, the fact that she blocked the broken wall which allowed the soldiers to take a breath and focus on the main problem.

'Is this little girl a monster that the church says she is???, is the angel who healed out brothers a demon like the church claims her kind to be....Fucking hell No!!!!!.....' were their thoughts at this particular point.

"Why is she here????....." though Roland's voice sounded annoyed ,his face held nothing short of a smile. His plan went just as he thought it will. With this he was at least able to shake the belief of the soldiers in the town.

Now all he had to do was to slowly increase his efforts and soon the shaking will turn into tremor but will crack the foundation of their trust and belief in the church and finally the breaking of the pillar which will eliminate one of his problems.

"She had most probably came to make sure that you are safe." replied Nightingale as she glanced at the smiling face and thought to herself 'Terrifying person...are all politicians such scary??? but with his help we will surely be able to earn a status in the society.'

Roland turned towards the soldiers and roared with vigor "Fight everyone, for revenge, for relief, for security and for the people. Even god is on our side, he will bring down judgement. The Spear of Salvation shall descend and nail this monster for the sins he committed."

He raised his hand with great momentum and dropped it forward, like a command saying 'Forward..!!!!'

The wind whistled, the air above Roland's head burst outwards, his long sleeves flustered in the air giving him a powerful look along with a majestic presence. He had a dignified expression on his face ,the time seemed to slow down as the fire wall encasing the hybrid suddenly dispersed above his head.

Bang~.....

Roar~.....

The shell of the turtle hybrid burst into tiny prices and pierced its own skin. It roared in pain as the high temperature burned it's skin since their was nothing protecting its head.

It roared and rushed towards Roland who just calmly opened his mouth and said some words which struck fear and awe in the eyes of the soldiers.

"Your dead was sealed the moment you attack my town....!!!!"

Shung~.....

The sound of the ground breaking echoed throughout the place, cracks like spider web spread beneath the turtle hybrid which now laid dead on the ground with green blood coming out of its neck which can nailed to the ground by a blood red spear.

The Spear had a majestic presence and ancient design ,Roland ,being a [Clown] was able to see a few movements in the future or rather a overlapping of the happening in the real world which helped him in predicting the next move of the opponent.

Thus he caught a glimpse of the spear and bullet shot nailing the beast and used this to his advantage to create a sacred image in the hearts of his soldiers which would further remove the influence of the church.

Kite and Azik had already launched their attacks from the other end of the town and Roland just manipulated the entire situation to his own convenience, this was something he learned after facing Amon and barely surviving.

[A/N:-Amon, also known as the Angel of Time, is one of the Angel Kings from the 2nd Epoch and a descendant of the Ancient Sun God. He is of the Marauder Pathway, sequence 1. He possesses the unique characteristic of the Marauder sequence, which is necessary for advancing to sequence 0.]

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