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In front of me, stood three tall people who had most of their faces covered by their dark, ominous hoods. One was holding a large, crudely-made, machete-like blade; another was holding a long silver spear and the final one was holding what appeared to be a plain walking stick.
Just in the few milliseconds of observation, the person holding the plain stick worried me the most. For someone to be using such a poor weapon, they must have some sort of combat-related system to back it up. With practically no information at hand, I could not afford to allow them to get any attacks off on me.
I made sure to keep all three of them view as I raised [Mayuri-Luc-Ei] for my first attack. I swung down straight towards the stick-wielder and he held up his stick to block my attack. It was extremely sturdy as I couldn't cut it even with my demonic weapon. There was definitely something up with his weapon.
I jumped back and regained my posture as fast as I could. I was given no opening to attack as the other two started flooding me with a flurry of attacks. I blocked with my sword and the sound of metal clattering filled the area as our weapons smashed into each other. I carefully watched their relatively predictable attacks and blocked them accordingly.
They continued pounding down at me with their sharp metal weapons as I was forced back into a defensive position. I didn't want to use any more of Mayuri's strength until I fought a stronger opponent. For a few seconds, I continuously deflected their attacks until I noticed the stick user conjuring a sword behind him.
A long silver sword was summoned, floating above his shoulder like a magical pet. A thick blue aura gathered around the sword as he appeared to be controlling it with telekinesis. I wanted to focus all of my attention on it but I was still frantically defending against the other two attackers who were constantly pounding me with swings and slashes.
I needed distance.
I quickly took a few steps back whilst blocking their attacks with my demonic sword. I kept an eye on the Cloak in the background as he controlled a floating sword freely in the air.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWhy did he need a stick though?
If that was his ability, what was the stick for?
Until I managed to figure that out, I would be fighting an uphill battle.
Looking at the two Cloaks in front of me, I assumed they were resource or utility types since they didn't appear to be using any offensive abilities. This meant that the only real dangerous one was the other. I looked around and noticed that both Rook and Bishop were tied up in their own separate battles, there were way more Cloaks than I previously saw. From a brief glance, I counted at least eight just nearby. I still didn't know how many Chloe was facing.
I tensed my body and tried to get on the offensive against the two in front of me. Currently, they were just berating me with no repercussions. I managed to get a good deflection causing one of them to fall off balance. In the opening, I swung [Mayuri-Luc-Ei], slicing straight into his chest.
Ow.
Why did I just feel a sharp pain in my left arm?
I looked down.
Crap.
The floating blade that the other Cloak was controlling...
It was in my arm.
Fuck.
I jumped back quickly as I figured out what was going on. I must have missed where it was while I was too preoccupied fighting the other two. The blade pulled itself out of my arm and floated back into the sky.
I looked as my arm was stained with a deep red.
Dammit.
Luckily, it perfectly cut me where the bandage was, the bandage was relatively effective in minimising the damage and I could feel the opening slowly healing.
I needed to be careful though, I was lucky this time but if it goes into my chest or my head I'm dead.
Wait.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIf he could've stabbed me in the head or in the chest, why did he stab me in the arm?
Surely he didn't just miss, right?
I looked over as I saw him doing something with the stick.
Without any time to spare, I was once again forced into a long dragged-out fight. The one I managed to cut was on the ground holding his chest in pain. However, the other one was still vigorously fighting me.
It was much easier to fight one opponent at a time, however.
I watched as his machete swung around me. Every time, I had a split second to position my blade in order to block it. Every single hit was a close call, the heavy weight of the machete felt as if a boulder was crashing into me with every single strike.
I sustained several cuts around my body just from the machete bouncing around my skin like a dolphin. The loud banging of our two blades smashing into each other completely filled my ears, I could no longer hear anything else that was going on. In the grey and purple blur of our weapons clashing with each other, I tried to catch a glimpse of the Cloak that was controlling the floating sword.
I still had no idea of the conditions required to use it but based on the previous attack, there seemed to be something stopping it from instantly killing me.
I managed to block several of the Cloak's strikes from in front of me and with my much lighter blade, I was able to counter and stab them. They quickly moved their body causing my blade to cut directly into their shoulder instead of their neck.
I ripped out my blade and took a few steps back as they shouted in pain.
Suddenly, in the brief opening, I managed to see the floating sword travelling towards me. However, in the corner of my eye, I managed to see its controller. The Cloak was drawing on his leg with the stick.
Suddenly, I realised the condition required to control the floating sword.