Chapter 30

The rushing stride of the golden barge through the river was getting near and the faces of the forces were not in positive heights at this moment, they knew the circumstances of this fight had quite a large margin with their capabilities in a one on one battle, but their prince was glaring at the creature, the glare was fierce and the emotions of vengeance was boiling through his blood cell coursing on his veins. He held his sword high.

"Don't worry, we outnumber her and lastly don't think that I've come as the heart of this operation without a plan in mind"

Above the surface of the stream was the lightscreen floor developing one by one, the barrage tactic was amazing on it's own yet Alistair saw this as an opportunity to risen the combat experience of these soldiers once more. The power to live the life that you were given with the growth of strength that comes within each person, the struggle of the hands of the troubled in it's despair while still reaching out for the warmth of the light without knowing it may also be another destruction. These were the humans that Alistair viewed as, as soon the light screen appeared the faces of the soldiers grew a faint of relief and stepped on the light screen floor above the stream.

'The fool that died must be a banshee user, that makes it eleven Banshees left'

"All Hercules users line up a barrage!!" This made Alistair be surprised at the sudden command.

The barrage made a light shield hold up in the air while the Messiahs were casting.

"Light that governs on the heavens give me strength, an angel that holds the friendship of the Lord with loyalty and fidelity, thy soul giveth form to mine and have your resilience bestow upon us,Raguel!"

The light of the angel art glowed on their bodies and enhanced the shield that was in the midair.

Maria Cacao was closer in front of them and swung her spear vertically and as the shield crumbles, all eleven Banshees strikes her as the opening have been given opportunity.

'They're doing great operation but...'

"Barely just barely... they're not gonna last much but the game would different since I'm here, right?"

Layla smirked while tilting her head and Maria Cacao flinched from the incoming attacks.

"Rushing Blow Of Fear!"

Layla whistles "Isn't that art, a kind of art that when inflicted by that attack would be a fear status?"

"Yes"

Layla jumped towards Maria Cacao, landing a punch of her forehead, there was no time to react but she screamed horribly,making everyone activate their noise cancelling tools.

It was a noise cancellation that makes a light box hover in the air near the ear.

RAAAAAAAH!!

By then Maria Cacao swings her spear once more horizontally to the men that made a barrage form.

"Don't think that I can let you pass that!"

Layla slashing the hands of Maria Cacao made her attack tilted in the other direction with her wrist being twisted by her swing of attack, the fear crawled to this giant for the granted after effects of the fear status bearing attack earlier.

"Focus on defense on the front lines Herculeans!"

"Right!"

Layla gasped as the fruits of dark golden coloured peaches were thrown towards her and the Messiahs.

"Protect the Messiahs!" They rushed to their side but the explosion happening made this squadron together become unstable, Layla on the other hand was covered in bruises after the explosion and caught a punch coming from Maria Cacao.

Keuk!

"Layla I'll let you handle this situation"Alistair utters while being in the roof of a building.

"What?!you! Where are you going!"

Layla shouts as she stood up from the light screen floor above the stream.

"To mount Arayat"Alistair vanished from the far leap of his foot.

"Wait!damn bastard! I'll kill you! You hear me!"

But there was no time to swear words because there is a battle going on.

'He must be going there for a reason, I don't think it's rational to leave your forces for a another force, if I think carefully there must be something from that mountain and why they are sent close there,but there's no time to waste, since I'm bored let's just end this crap at once!'

"Hey you!"

Layla shouted towards a man, it the man that Chris spent a night with.

"Y-yes?"Kiel stuttered with a nervous face near her.

"Inflict your Fear Art on that damn bitch giant again and we'll be able to take advantage of her!"

"Right!"

"All Hercules users attack!"

'The key of this operation is that Hercules users aren't just for standby' Layla smirked ' It's their fists like metal shit as fuck that could be used for punching bags like her' she looked at Maria Cacao with a struggle from the eleven Banshees using projectile magic in the air, the rain was still raging on it's droplets of water but the faces of these soldiers were wearing the expressions of those who chase for victory and honour.

Maria Cacao's golden barge was staying still in one place in the middle of the stream trying to avoid the light screen, but then to her own thoughts as a monster to the humans, she grabbed the hold of her spear tightly and unleashed fruits of dark golden colour to these humans. Layla realized this and flew towards her.

Boom!

The screams of the Herculeans were heard, the Messiahs stand tall on their feet while the Banshees were unharmed, the shield covered Layla and appears through the smoke of the explosion in midair.

Clang!

Their weapons almost evenly matched clashed.

'This bitch! Is she really a C-Class? If so then why didn't Alistair ended this monster already? Perhaps there was a disruption on the plan he made? Is that why he made his way on Mount Arayat? No what if the cause of the disruption of his plan was something else...'

"Soldiers! Don't waste Angel arts this time! We can do this! If another Maria Cacao appears we'll be doomed with our exhausted capacities! You hear me?!"

"Right!"

Kiel was rushing with his art.

"Rushing blow of fear!"

"Wait you'll get hit!"said one soldier as the incoming attack of Maria Cacao is attempting to kill Kiel with her vertical swing. Layla blocked this attack, letting her be dealt with a heavy damage and flew to the light screen floor with a thump on her whole body rolling. In Kiel's success, Maria Cacao shuddered terribly and the soldiers saw this opening. Kiel returned to his position.

"Now!"

"Cut the legs!And use flight magic!Fellow Hercules march and destroy those legs!"

"Huraaaah!"

They used flight magic and their attacks were more than enough to break her ankles.

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

She howled in pain and had an unbalanced position letting her fall frontwards to lay on the light screen floor.

"You motherfucker!"

Layla transformed his one handed sword to split into two, the durability and strength was weakened but her force of thrust after her leap towards the falling of Maria Cacao unable to move her wrist from the attack before was taking effect, the thrust was deep to both of Maria Cacao's eyes that made her scream more and fall directly on the light screen floor while the soldiers spreads and some jumped out to avoid the falling body.

'Did we get her?'

The irises of both Kiel and Layla widened and jumped out of this place and kept on running.

"Run away!"

"Shit!"

Kiel warned them and they heed his words right away. But the glowing melted skin of Maria Cacao was developing something and caused an explosion like the first Maria Cacao. The pained screams of soldiers were heard.

'I forgot that after effect of her dead body, unfortunately I couldn't warn them more sooner! Fuck!'

Parts of the light floor was scratched while the remnants of the exploded body was a large chunk of core, the injured with burnt marks with total of ten people were caught on the explosion.

"Heal them at once!"

The parts of the buildings moved like robot arms and recovered the injured bodies quickly.

"Hey! what's-"

Before Layla could anything more, Kiel cuts her words.

"They are brought to a facility to mend on their wounds don't worry, but the force we have is..."Sweat runs down on Kiel's skin "rather poor for the next match leaving us seven Hercules,eight Banshees and nine Messiahs"

'I couldn't save them in a more fast warning, it's a shame'

Layla bit her lips and the grabbing robots arms from the buildings successfully got the injured men out of the field.

"If there's another Maria Cacao then..."

As if there was an incoming danger coming towards them once more, the troubled faces grew from everyone except Layla, she was covered in bruises as well from the fight and the expression she could paint on her face was the expression of relieved person then she smiled in excitement in front of death.

"This day would be my last day"