Chapter 49: Archduke's Servants.

The white-haired woman looked at her other subordinate which was a red-haired woman in a black sexy robe. She didn't have a weapon on her, and she was holding a churchwarden pipe with tobacco inside. One thing that stood out about her was her long ears and blood-red eyes with pupils like a cat just like the white-haired woman.

"Do you know him as well?" The red-haired woman asked the white-haired woman.

"No, I have never seen such a cute boy like him before. If I have seen him before, he would be standing by my side right now..." The white-haired woman said as she leaned her head forward and stared at Alseace with a smile.

"I'm sick of your boy collection, so stop talking before I decided to make you stop," A man's voice beneath the old full armor with a ripped cape and the sword covered in bandages said.

Alseace observed each one of them and he knew for sure that even if his status points were higher, he wouldn't be able to win against one of them. It wasn't just about status points, but skill and equipment played a big role in that world. Without the two of them, he would need at least 5 or even 10 times more status points than them combined.

"While you guys are busy quarreling, that man has been observing all of us and finding a way to deal with all of us," A man with long black hair said and stared at Alseace with a cold stare.

All of them immediately went silent and looked at Alseace with killing intent in their gazes. Alseace then slowly changed his footing and prepared to fight all of them. But then their attention got distracted by demons that came to town squares like savages and destroyed the buildings around them.

"The party has started. I'll leave them in your care," Sierra said as she stood up and then patted Alseace's shoulder from behind. "Try to survive..." Sierra tightened her grip on Alseace's shoulder.

Alseace nodded his head slowly as he kept staring at the four of them. The moment Sierra left to deal with the demons, the four of them immediately dashed toward Alseace.

The red-haired woman grew her claws and they were shining like polished swords and how pointy the claws were. The white-haired woman pointed her sword and thrust it toward Alseace, and suddenly a projectile attack flew toward him. He managed to dodge it, but the fully armored knight appeared right behind him with the sword ready to cut his body in half.

"(This is impossible...)" Alseace thought.

Alseace entered the shadow world and barely dodged all their attacks. He then left the shadow world and managed to create a space between himself and the Servants.

"Shadow movement? It's been a while since I see someone with that skill. What an annoyance..." The red-haired woman said as she looked at Alseace with an annoyed expression. "Well, you can't enter a shadow world without a shadow," she pointed her right hand at the sky and her hand started to glow and a fierce flame appeared.

She shot the fireball up into the sky 5 meters from the ground, and then the moment it exploded, the flame spread out and covered the sky with flames. Alseace was surprised when the flame kept blazing as if the flame was feeding on the Mana around it.

Alseace didn't know what happened, but that skill was called [Fire Manipulation] where they could manipulate fire as long as there was Mana around it. With that being said, the red-haired woman kept feeding the flame with Mana and prevented shadows from forming on the ground.

"You can't hide anymore, boy..." The red-haired woman chuckled mischievously with a smile on her face as she stared Alseace in the eye. "Now, what are you going to do?" She asked.

Alseace swung his sword and used [Affinity: Holy] skill to coat his sword with it. They were mildly shocked when they saw his sword glow white.

"(This kid. He has a lot of powerful skills under his sleeves. He might be hard to deal with, and it would be best to try and kill him so he could reveal all his tricks)" The man in full armor thought as he readied his stance.

"Oh? You want to fight him alone?" The white-haired woman asked with her left eyebrow raised.

"I don't mind if you want to fight him, but are you sure you can break that thing?" The man in full armor asked as he pointed his thumb at Alseace's sword that had been coated with Holy Element. "You're weak against it, aren't you?" he asked again.

The white-haired woman clicked her tongue and sheathed her sword since the man in full armor wasn't wrong about it. She then raised her hands and gave up the opportunity to fight Alseace and let him deal with Alseace.

After Alseace got his [Affinity: Holy] skill, Sierra explained it to him about the skill.

"Holy element? What other things that this skill good for?" Alseace asked as he walked next to Sierra.

"That element is one of the two powerful elements in this world. The other one is the Unholy element, and the two of them are like the sides of the coin. Both are strong against each other and strong against the other elements," Sierra explained as she looked at the Archdukedom in the distance.

"Holy and Unholy..." Alseace looked at his hand glowing bright white after he managed to use the skill.

"These two elements are stronger than Aura as well, and the difference between those two is that the Holy element allows the body, the weapon, and anything that's coated with it unbreakable," Sierra explained as she pointed her index finger. "The Unholy Element on the other hand, it makes everything that's coated with it can pierce through even a Black Aura like breaking through a fragile glass," Sierra pointed out her middle finger.

"Does that mean I'm invincible as long as I coat my body with it?" Alseace asked with his eyebrows raised.

"That's right, but if someone has Unholy Element, it will neutralize your Holy Element, and the Unholy Element will be neutralized as well, so basically both skills won't work against each other," Sierra explained as she nodded her head in agreement.

"What should I do if I met someone with Unholy Element? I'm nothing against them with this sword," Alseace asked and looked at his sword that was sheathed on his waist.

"If so, avoid that opponent, that simple," Sierra answered as she chuckled.

Alseace hummed with understanding and dispersed the Holy Element on his hand by shaking it off. He carved out those pieces of information that Sierra had told him in his head.

(Back to present)

Alseace looked at the man in full armor coated with his bandaged sword in his hand. The color of his Aura was different than any other Aura, and the color was dark gray. He squinted his eyes and believed that Aura wasn't any ordinary Aura, it was Unholy Element.

"Unholy Element..." Alseace said as he tightened his grip.

"Surprised? Do you think only you have a trick under your sleeves?" The man in full armor asked. "Looking at your sword and how bad it was made, a single clash of my sword would be enough to shatter it into pieces," he continued as he tightened his grip.

Alseace sighed and immediately sheathed his sword which surprised all of them. He then looked at his surroundings where Sierra had massacred the demons in the distance.

"(More, I need more of them...)" Alseace thought as he looked at the flooding EXPs in front of him and the status points that he gained from them.

"Giving up already?" The man in full armor asked as he scoffed. "Well, that doesn't matter. It's a good thing for us!" he said and dashed forward as he held his sword with both hands.

Alseace could still see the man's movement and decided to fight him head-on with his bare fists. He could see where the man was going to slash his sword, and he could sense how strong the man's power was. He lowered his head and dodged the sword that was pointing at his neck, and then he coated his left fist with Holy Element. He uppercut the man's chin underneath the man's helmet.

The man was stunned and didn't expect a punch would be able to stun him like that. When he recovered and looked at Alseace, Alseace had already spun around and used his heel to kick the man's chest. The man got knocked back quite far away and it surprised the other servants.

"Hey, are fooling around? Kill him already," The white-haired woman said as she glanced at the man in full armor.

"Do I look like I'm fooling around? That kid surprisingly has high stats," The man in full armor replied as he swung his sword around and readied his stance. "I don't think I can fight him alone," The man said.

"Do you need my help?" The black-haired woman asked with his eyebrows raised.

"Yes, it should be sufficient to kill him," The man in full armor answered as he nodded his head and kept his eyes on Alseace.

The black-haired man spread his arms open and then a spear appeared in each of his hands. Two spears were made of ice and they produced quite a lot of steam that was enough to make his own hands frozen from just holding them. He then threw both of them at Alseace's face at the speed of sound and it almost caught Alseace off guard.

Alseace barely dodged it, but the coldness of the spear that enough to freeze his cheeks.

"You're not wrong about it. This guy really has high stats," The black-haired man said but he looked unfazed about it.