The archers were still desperately firing, their retreat steady and precise, but our line was starting to waver. There were just too many of them. Every spell, every arrow bought us only a fleeting moment of relief before they pushed forward again, sheer numbers threatening to overwhelm us.
As for our frontline, they never stopped their steady retreat, save for the few times they lunged out at an attacker who reached the wall they formed.
“Damn it!” I cursed with a mix of frustration and desperation. I’ve used all my spells that would be useful, and now had to wait for their cooldown. However, I couldn’t just sit around while sucking on my thumb. It was time. My frontline was about to be overwhelmed, so I couldn’t hold back any longer. In the matter of a moment I focused inwardly and called for my systemic interface to materialize. I mentally clicked on Warrior and selected it so that I could upgrade it. I was surprised to see that not only one but two Saber classes appeared. I had to select one to invest in, which would take my placeholder Warrior class’ levels so I wouldn’t start from scratch, giving me access to more skills than a level 1 version of the class would.
Last time I checked only one was present. However, the two classes were only Rare rarity, so I couldn’t expect something truly OP this time around. The selection was between Saber Duelist and Stormblade. Despite the latter not having ‘saber’ in its name, it required one to be in my hand or its skills wouldn’t activate.
I didn’t think that one was strictly better than the other, just for different purposes. Saber Duelist would be better for 1v1 fights with skills focused on a balance of offense and defense, while Stormblade was pure offense. Speed and strength above all else.
As they say, the best defense is a good offense, and I couldn’t exactly just begin dueling these people when there were hundreds of them. I needed to blitz past them and kill dozens by the second or we were done for. My selection was on the latter; Stormblade. It was a class that used wind and lightning elements to bolster my speed and destructive capabilities.
However, that meant a horrible thing; my primordial nature being revealed if the observers knew of it. If not, they would still see a Wizard like me suddenly begin casting Warrior spells, which simply shouldn’t be possible. Thus far, I was fighting with a saber but I didn’t cast Warrior spells. Well, I did cast [Power Strike] once when I tried to deflect the Water Wizard’s Kamehameha spell, but Power Strike is as inconspicous as they get. I just swung with 50% more strength than normal. That can be chalked up to me being desperate to survive and my body doing its best to help.
With this, however, I would likely become the most interesting entity in the world in their eyes, and they would do anything to learn how I achieved such a feat.
There was nothing I could do but get the class, kill the enemies fast enough to open a portal and shove my ladies in, then never appear in Consortium territory ever again.
[Warrior —> Stormblade]
With the class gained, it was time to select the spells I would spend my Free Skill Points on. However, I didn’t even have proper time to read through their details leisurely, so I got five that sounded badass after skimming through them. All of this, from the decision to unlock the class, took only a second or so in reality.
[Stormcaller’s Blade] – envelop my blade in crackling storm, dealing a mix of wind and lightning damage to those I hit.
[Thunderclap Strike] – jump high into the air with the assistance of wind currents and plunge down, causing an electric explosion upon impact.
[Flash Strike] – gain tremendous movement speed until reaching the target of the spell. The first attack on the target gains increased electric damage from the next strike of the saber.
[Stormblade’s Focus] – Gain supernatural reflexes, extreme clarity and ability to focus on combat no matter the situation.
[Stormblade’s Fury] – Use the power of wind to engage in a deadly dance, moving from target to target while striking them all in quick succession with unnatural speed and strength behind them.
All five spells seemed amazing, and I was very happy with my decision. However, that didn’t change the fact that I was about to make a very big gamble. I could only curse my lack of foresight. I thought that keeping such a distance from the alliance would be enough, but alas it seems I was too greedy. We got too close while chasing easy kills. I had to reap what I sowed. Greed has been a big enemy of mine for a long time. Find your next adventure on
I sighed while raising my pitch-black sealed blade towards the ceiling, calling upon the storm. “[Storm-]”
Before I could finish the incantation, a feminine voice entered my ears. “Wait! Everyone, stop! We wish to negotiate.”
The battlefield stilled, as if frozen in time. I had to give credit where credit was due; they listened to her. As for who ‘her’ is, I don’t know, because I couldn’t see the speaker from the horde in front of me.
“Lady Selene?! We finally reached them! It’s time to kill!” Dozens of them voiced their disapproval.
Selene? That name was somewhat familiar. Might’ve been a pornstar from back Earth, though.
“Make way already!” A man shouted from behind the front ranks.
<We met these two before when buying your saber, my katana and Blossom’s claws.> Ayame commented.
Indeed. Well, I don’t really remember the guy, but I could never forget the sassy red haired mage with her plump ass and big breasts. She was the first Wizard I saw from up close in this world. She wore the same loose robe and mage’s hat, and had a big wooden staff.
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As for the man, I think he was the one who I titled the ‘first young master’ I met. The entitled kid who argued with the shop owner. He wore nice metal armor and had a good longsword to boot.
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“Negotiate? Send your underlings back and I’ll think about it.” I replied. It couldn’t be called a negotiation if they surrounded my tanker from all angles.