on Sword O

ive, searing fireball that rises from the ground, illuminating the dense, mysterious forest in fiery hues of orange and yellow.

, its edges glowed like molten meta

through the air, scattering debris and sh

un around him. The high-pitched ringing in his ears drowned

ainst the haze clo

dirt to push himself up, swaying unsteadily

re him was nothing b

their splinted frames jutting o

rying out for help, while Others lay still, their

he picked his way through the carnage. Severed limbs an

iages ahead, ignoring the desperate screams

re army

ng Princess Lirl's name as he slid the d

somewhere from the head,

hind her ears before tapping her c

ss, clutching at his arms an

is embrace, he patted her until he was sure enough th

he unconscious male in the carriage. As for Lord Azril

caught a glimpse of hundreds of leaf-like humanoid creatures emergin

blend of organic foliage and liquid grace. Composed of intertwining leaves

an unnatural brilliance. Their eyes glow faintly, like amber lit from within, and

leaves and trickling water. And their pr

the two carriages to hide Lord

l the siege is over. No matter wh

ing at Princess Lirl before he shut the door, but Pr

ill you

ed with concern e

response proved she might be

smile only for

matters is that you'

g into her soul, and

He witnessed the fall of his men one after the o

nsheathed his sword striding forwar

in on him from

rom one of the leaf-like hu

que cannot do any damage to him, so he dodg

kill of three side-w

down. But they weren

d at him, enacting a joint fulcrum technique wh

of the leaf-like humanoid creatures, and he heard a sl

ed in d

managed to deliver a

ere was something about those silvery glimmering blades of

could kill hi

are fast soaking up damp, which m

ord skill that involved a horizontal slash from left t

ike humanoid creatures dis

tern is quite different from

hest rose and fell in steady breath as he surveyed the aftermath. Blood from the Leaf-like humanoid cre

lifying the lethal aura that surrounded him. For a moment, the battlefield

whatever c

was coming, they immediately split apart, creating a wide path for ab

oming blade struck with such force that it dishevelled his hair, lea

AANG

al on metal filled the air sparks flying as the

renched from his grip, throwing him off balance. The sheer power of the strike se

controllably, his body skidding over the earth until the back of his head slammed into the

gainst the bark, breath ragged,

g him paralyzed in a haze of pain. His head spun violently, the

d breath. Dark sticky blood erupted from his mouth in steady fountains, staining the ground b

distance eyes fixated on his new fo

e cuts and bruises on them, before slamm

re inferior to the new one, all crouched on t

re muscular and more skilled than rest. Its sword a

t be the

lf upright, determination

c energy. His legs coiled beneath him like a spring, and with a powerf

h all his remaining strength. In a single, forceful motion, he brought the

ite direction. But to his surprise, the Leaf-like humanoid cr

hen balled its organic foliage and liquid hands into a fist, sending it

through him. His forehead veins bulged, and blood poured from his mouth, s

was staggering. He marvelled at how somethin

ground curling in on him

e humanoid creatu

yanking him off the earth with a

king deeper until his features twisted grotesquely. Blood splattered

with a brutal force that sent him soaring bef

lling out of his mouth in a thick, chokin

in on its prey. However, it snorted as its ear

ht in its eyes glowed feroci

om General Bale and made

, it towers over Lord Azril a

roaned, endless sticky blo

e.......do

d weakly, trying de

's embrace, screaming in fear, he made a

like humanoid creature, to

first with terrifying strength, hurling him through t

crater and the earth cru

trembling as he struggled to draw in deep, laboured breaths. And

es flickered open just enough to catch a glimpse of the world around

ike humanoid creature grabbed Princ

s one's bl

huck

t to break free, the creature's growl deepened, i

wards her, its jaws narrowed dangero