Chapter 11 - The Lady in Black Part 2

Chris composed himself then started a battle stance and dashed. The submerged smaller species have began to change to positions, nervousness had cloaked his heart, yet a spark of hope and courage also wrapped him, he clenched his teeth, as two smaller species have sprung in front of him attempting to bite him. Two smaller species also have gone to prepare their beams.

This made an annoyed expression painted on Chris's face while wearing the frowned brows.

"Ghhh!" He looked down, the light reflecting from below to the surface.

"Shit! We can't help captain at all!" They whine as if the annoyance was not enough that disrupted their captain.

The other nine members of the squadron wore a concerned expression as they were busy with their own battle also struggling with their control of mana, the mana pool they possess which is being lowered down by each usage of their powers also made them have stiffined reactions to the enemy.

The prince on the other hand, watched closely through the window screen, his frowned brows seemed to reflect his own troubled thoughts through those irises of his.

Chris avoids the beams after creating a propulsion of magic in the air, then got to the main body of the boss monster. His Spear turned into a sword that somewhat ablaze in flames to it's current changing form, the hot flames were as hot as the melted metal that dwells in the deepest part of the earth, it was the call of the light of the Lord that showed this power.

Chris clenched his teeth as he glares his eyes towards <Naiad>, he strides through the wind in a fast pace and screams, the aura of redness that cloaked his body appeared throughout of his stracture, it was then he made the choice to pour out his strength on this battle along with the thoughts of this outcome that might get him killed.

'If I can't survive then at least you guys should survive'

<Naiad> has a fierce expression, then it's arms became rapiers that exchanged blows to the sword of Chris.

"HAAAAAAA!you little shit!"

Their exchange of attacks were fast with the patterns of the enemy being piercing blows, like time slowing the rapier almost hitting the thigh of Chris but his reaction was coping that dodged this attack by leaping.

"Why can't you die?!"He shouted.

He got close then he swung his sword vertically yet was negated by the two rapiers crossed that deflected his attack, he took a step backwards and heard some roars of the dying small species.

He took a glance to his teammates that killed three of them leaving only fifteen left.

Six of the small species attacked the other soldiers.

"Ahhhh!"

"Incoming!"

"This might be a trap there are nine more!"

"Shit!"

Grumbles of the voices of men traveled as they screamed in fear and desperate clinging of hope for their survival was sprouting like flowers and to their courage they had slain the six with their spears with each other giving the helping hand, Chris showed a grin on his face.

"Grace of the Flames"

Naiad flinched, in a sudden moment the flaming sword reached her that made her tremble, cutting her right hand resulting with a scream that grew from excruciating pain, yet due to her regeneration, it was pointless.

He grits his teeth, once more holding his sword tight, performing the style of continuous pace of slash that with each slash was the lines of flames from it's bursting power screamed.

"Heed my call, the one who bears the name of the light"

He mumbles, <Naiad> clashed her rapiers to his sword attempting to stop the chant, with it's humanoid face, an agitated expression showed from it's face, that contortion was an effect to the daunting swordsman swinging his sword in full force in continuation while pairing them with the rapier of hers, the rapier which she weilded as her own main weapon. They blocked his attacks smoothly but his speed along the strength that comes from within him was making his movements faster, it was the heart of a human bearing it's fangs to the enemy, it was inadequate to say that humans should live in fear and fear the strong and even obey to it's dominion, alas it was different for humans of this age that changed through time, it was then that the humans were fighting for the words called freedom.

"The punisher of evil that grants justice to the men that holds truth in their hearts"

Graaaaaaah!

<Naiad> screamed that was keeping up with the pace, a hint of nervousness was showing off of them, still no matter what the frightening occurrence was, right now Chris was ready to fight in all of his might and there again he mumbles the briefly paused incantation.

"I Pledge through my sword and asks for your aide, the flames that scorches evil, the flames that purify the darkness hear me! Uriel!"

The flames once more breathed the life of strength, it was garnered around his sword creating a light that made <Naiad> squint it's eyes using it's own crossed rapiers covering her sight to shield her irises from the light.

"Angel Art! Purging Flames of Uriel!"

He thrusted the sword to <Naiad> to it's Rapiers, that bright light sprung forth creating a blast of flames downward to the whole body of <Naiad>, the light then envelopes around her burning every inch of her main body,the pained scream was enough to echoe the area from the scorching flames that gnawed her, steam coming out from the hot temperature that dispersed her skin flew like ash, the other soldiers looked at the sight but was still vigilant.

"Is that an Angel Art?!"

"Woah! that's an Angel Art?"

"On your guard!, no chattering!"

"Where are the other nine that's left?"

Their stiffness of their own faces were watching the battlefield, after the blast of flames resides, the steam comes off, the light of glowing orbs from the nine small species heads were surrounding <Naiad>, horror have began to dwell on Chris's face as he saw the body of <Naiad> still standing with it's lower covered burnt body like overcooked areas, it raises it's humanoid body. The soldiers took a step back from their own flinching from her just raising her own body.

"Wait didn't those creatures create shields before from the blazing cannons?" One soldier uttered.

One soldier realized the situation, the eyes of his widened, as he speaks in the trembles of fear looming inside him "Did they focused on a small area to protect the humanoid body attached to it's lower body? but look at them"

Sweat ran to their chins looking at the dead floating nine small species of Naiad, they were called as the Naiad's offsprings, they were givers of shield from the incoming attacks of the commander from this operation, with their small horns on their head like a beluga and an attached unicorn horn on their foreheads and by it's original name being called Belugacorn.

"Sir the The Class C+ monster is still alive!"

"Another reading is coming closer to the area of the Squadron!"

"Don't interfere with what they're doing" The commander said sternly.

"But why sire?" Asks one of the staff.

"It's the choice of his"

Silence grew inside the command room, their eyes now fixated to the window screens showing off the nine nervous soldiers with their exhausted Captain.

Chris pants while kneeling and floating on the sea, the mana usage was enough to exhaust his mana tank. His body was trembling yet still these scornful pair of eyes looked at the monster as if it's reflection was the raging flame that was used earlier.

[Crap I used up my mana bottle, it was quite expensive on it's own to just buy that item, still it was worth buying it, but right now the lives of my teammates are screaming from that monster that will kill us all,as far as I can tell, I don't know what's the solution to this problem] He thought then glanced to the soldiers [None of them knows Angel arts , but only basic arts of reinforcement art, had they not learnt from school that much being in the Banshee Corps? Perhaps the Corps sent them for an actual training and this is the result]

He got up relying on his sword's strength while shuddering greatly.

Kouuuuuuuhhhhhh~

<Naiad> screamed loudly making the whole squadron cover their ears from the loud noise.

"Gahhh! what was that noise?"

"Fuck! are my ears going to be deaf now?"

Naiad's body were swirling like a whirlpool in midair, all it's body parts in that swirling chaos were changing in a rapid evolution, it has now the look of a Valkyrie that has the colour pallette of sky blue and teal. Armed in shield to the right, then a sword of rapier to the left.

In the command room.

"Sir it has changed to it's final phase!"

"Sir!large amounts of magical power is detected to the transformed <Naiad>"

"We can't do anything in this situation, we are locked down by his majesty!"

Again the silence ingulfed the command and still monitor <Naiad> although the eyes of these people never wavered and was still fixated on the battle still progressing. The monster quickly moved towards Chris to stab a hole on this face.

It's rapier whistled through the air, while the blow was coming for Chris, the fatality of this blow was enough to kill Chris standing on his own, yet this was negated, it clashed with a sword that blocked it's attack.

"Don't you think it's quite rude to attack people without a reason?" He chuckled "Well we were the ones who attacked first I apologize for that"