themonasnovels Chapter 341: Front attack
Chapter 341: Front attack
"Once I get within a certain range, my magic will stop working, so you need to decide now how we are going to proceed," Rain said.
"Even if they don't know about the tunnels, it is unlikely that they would leave her in the bottom floors," Branden said after he thought for a while. "She must be in one of the highest buildings; it would be hard for her to escape, and it also would be hard for us to infiltrate."
"So, we will have to enter through the front, huh?" Rain thought.
Rain thought of a crucial issue as he surveyed the situation: the enigmatic nature of the anti-magic substance. Suppose only he possessed some insight into its workings. In that case, he might devise a strategy to neutralize it and breach the anti-magic barrier. Unfortunately, their understanding of this mysterious substance remained frustratingly limited.
Rain could only make an educated guess. If this anti-magic substance was effective even in the air, it probably formed the core of a potent relic designed to negate mana within a defined radius. This relic would likely be positioned at the center of the castle, heavily fortified and protected.
"Are you ready?" Rain asked. "I will create a diversion after throwing you to one of those rooms. Once the guards begin to move to face me, you can go and look for her. They shouldn't know that you escaped the Island yet, so they won't know that you are the one who freed Esmeralda.
I will try to find and destroy whatever is keeping the barrier active as well to make you able to use magic as soon as possible. In the meantime, I will let you use this.".
"... Thanks, let's do this," Branden said when he received the coral spear and then took a deep breath.
Rain activated his Limit Breaker, his muscles pulsating with newfound strength and his senses becoming razor-sharp. Each heartbeat surged with power, transforming him into an unstoppable force. Rain also felt his anger boiling more than usual, it seemed that he had been accumulating a lot of stress lately, but he didn't let that anger take over him.
He couldn' let that happen since he was bound to make mistakes while enraged... it was time to finish that mission for once and for all.
In this heightened state, Rain charged straight at one of the heavily armored royal guards stationed at the castle's entrance. The guard, taken by surprise, struggled to maintain his footing as Rain's relentless assault bore down on him. Rain's impact forced the air from the guard's lungs, leaving him on the verge of collapsing.
But Rain didn't stop there. He seized the guard's arm with remarkable speed and initiated a powerful spin. Bolts from other guards' weapons were discharged at Rain, but he used the guard as an unwitting shield to deflect some of the incoming shots.
Rain flung the shocked guard toward the oncoming enemies with a burst of power. The guard became an improvised projectile, smashing into them like a battering ram. The collision sent several guards sprawling, their armor clanging as they tumbled to the ground in a chaotic pile.
"They don't make royal guards like they used to..." Rain thought. "Or maybe they never did it."
Rain could hear footsteps coming from behind, and soon, he raised his guard. He could tell that the ones outside were ordinary people, as ordinary royal guards could be in terms of power. Still, he couldn't see the auras of the enemies anymore, so he couldn't tell the special ones masked inside the castle... some of their abilities probably won't require mana...
Either way, Rain kicked the door of the castle and sent it flying toward the new group of enemies, but one of them easily blocked the giant door with his spear...