Legacy of the Dark Sage

Kyran grinned, noticing every beast pinned on the spot.

The beast-likes and complete beings with them were dumbfounded at this.

Even Gidan and the hundred abled fighters with him attacking from atop the steel walls were dumbfounded at the beasts’ inactivity.

Only Kyran knew what— or rather, who caused it and did not expect to be this relieved to see him, but he was.

Gael.

With Gael’s Shadow magic, he sneaked into the shadows of every beast on the battlefield and stopped their movements, preventing them from advancing.

‘Master,’ Gael’s voice sounded in Kyran’s head. ‘My investigation in Howling Pass led me to this place. After that, I sensed the mistress’s presence inside those walls and felt the need to intervene due to the severity of their situation. Please forgive me.’

‘No need for that,’ Kyran threw all pretense of acting aloof when talking to Gael and praised him immediately. ‘You’ve done a good job.’

Besides, Gael was sensible enough and chose to restrain the beasts’ movements only. He also hid his presence well, lowering the risk of beast-likes and complete beings from discovering him.

Even Kyran had trouble detecting Gael, to be honest. If he were not within a specific range from him, he would not even sense him, even with their connection.

That was also one of the differences between a Servant and a Sigil. Although Kyran also needed to be within range of his Sigils to sense them, they could not mask their presence.

Still, Kyran wondered if this was limited to Gael because he was a Magus, a mage with a high magic level, before turning into a Servant. Or that the nature of his magic allowed it.

No matter what the reason was, Kyran was glad Gael had come.

‘On my command, return to the Void world,’ Kyran ordered Gael.

‘Yes, master.’

Kyran’s eyes turned silver as he jumped down the battlefield.

‘Now.’

Gael entered the Void world, and the restraints on the beasts were removed.𝗈𝗏𝑙xt.𝔠𝑜𝐦

Sensing they could move again, the beasts immediately roared contemptuously and rushed toward the walls.

Gidan and the hundred abled fighters with him attacking the beast-likes and complete beings below paled after seeing this.

The night raid had started for over two hours, and frankly, they only managed to hold on because the ones proactively attacking the walls were only the beast-likes and complete beings. Their numbers were fewer compared to the beast horde.

Nevertheless, Gidan and the rest of the fighters already had the disadvantage of not having powerful offensive attacks. Thus, they had to compensate for the quality of their attacks with quantity. Because of this, their mana was being depleted rapidly, yet they could barely leave a scratch on their enemies.

On the other hand, the beast-likes and complete beings, with the former’s natural way of absorbing mana and the latter’s more powerful offensive magic, could easily injure them.

If not for the healers behind them, constantly healing their injured fighters, they would have long died.

But with the horde’s addition, they would no longer persist for another hour. They would even be lucky to last for another half an hour.

Just as Gidan and the others were starting to feel despair, a dark figure suddenly appeared above the horde.

“Commander, look!”

One fighter pointed at the figure.

But before Gidan or the others could see where he was pointing, a ground-shaking blast reverberated at the center of the horde.

BOOM!

Kyran did a dropkick and instantly reduced the ground into rubble. A crater of about a hundred meters appeared, disrupting the horde’s formation.

Those smaller-sized beasts did not even stand a chance and were buried alive in the rubble.

“It’s Nar!” Hilam exclaimed in excitement.

Gidan and the rest of the fighters were shocked at what Kyran did. In a blink of an eye, the situation turned against the enemies.

Kyran went on another killing spree. Since he could no longer use his short blades, he used his bare hands to kill all the beasts. He would also grab some rubbles and throw them at them.

At first, those medium-sized beasts that survived only felt contempt at Kyran throwing useless rubbles at them. But soon, they realized that simple rubble had become a deadly weapon in his hand.

With Kyran’s accuracy and strength, he aimed the sharp side of the rubble at the beasts’ heads. Most beasts underestimated his strength and did not bother to dodge, thinking their heads were harder than any rubble.

The next second, their heads exploded.

The beast-likes and the complete beings were dumbfounded at what they were seeing. But they recovered at once. They then rushed back, wanting to eliminate Kyran.

They already deemed Kyran the biggest threat and thus had to remove him first if they wanted to succeed in this raid.

Among the Eidums watching from above, Gidan was the first to recover and immediately shouted a command.

“Assist Nar! Keep the beast-likes and complete beings from getting to him!”

By then, the abled fighters who still had lingering doubts about Kyran’s allegiance had already viewed him in a different light. His appearance, which instantly sent the horde’s formation in disarray, also greatly impacted their hearts.

As if Kyran’s arrival brought about a miracle, all exhausted fighters found new strength and aimed at the retreating beast-likes and the complete beings. Instead of casting offensive attacks, they used restraining magic to slow them down.

On the enemy side, several armored fighters stood atop a makeshift tower and watched their side’s progress on the battlefield.

When they realized something was wrong with the horde, they planned to set out and assist. After all, in this raid, they planned to destroy their enemies once and for all.

They were aware of the strange individual that assisted them earlier. But they were convinced that he was too exhausted to fight again. He did singlehandedly fight a horde and a magical beast. No matter how powerful he was, he would definitely be exhausted.

With this in mind, their commander decided to use this chance to destroy their enemies completely.

To be honest, they were doing great. Even with the strange behavior of the horde, the number of beast-likes and complete beings on their side was enough to eliminate the remaining enemy fighters.

However, just when they decided to assist the horde and make them advance, a figure in black appeared from above and immediately turned the whole battlefield into chaos.

Moreover, that figure was barehanded.

They were reminded of the strange individual that assisted the enemies earlier and wondered if he was the same person. How much energy did he possess to keep fighting like this if it was?

“What’s your order, Captain?” One of the armored fighters behind the one whom he called Captain asked. “Do we proceed as planned?”

The Captain did not reply. Since he wore a full helmet, none of his subordinates could see his expression. But at that moment, he was scowling so hard.

The rest of the armored fighters exchanged glances. To be honest, they had yet to recover from the scene they had witnessed just now.

The dark figure’s arrival left such an impact on them that they still felt goosebumps up their arm.

After a moment’s pause, the Captain finally replied. However, all of them were dumbfounded at what he said.

“How many of you could dropkick and reduce the ground to rubble?”

Once again, the other armored fighters glanced at each other, not knowing how to answer.

But the Captain did not seem to be waiting for an answer because he continued, “I, for one, can’t.”

ραΠdαsΝοvεl.cοm Behind the mask, the Captain’s eyes glistened in excitement as he watched the dark figure’s silhouette moving around the battlefield like an incarnation of the devil, slaughtering all the beasts.

He would be lying if he said he did not fear that figure. But more than that, he also felt a deep admiration.

Raw strength.

Unbelievable speed.

Beautiful movements.

Frankly, the Captain could barely keep up with the figure’s movement, but it did not matter. What mattered to him now was that they had discovered something precious.

His subordinates were silent, not knowing how to respond to his words. In the end, he said, “Sound the horn. We’re retreating”

“What about the horde?”

“It is good if they can escape from that man and retreat. If not, then it doesn’t matter,” the Captain replied with a shrug. “We can always amass a thousand replacements for them.”

“As you command.”

The one who replied turned toward another armored fighter below the makeshift tower and said, “Sound the horn! We’re going back to the border!”

“Sound the horn!”

Another one echoed the first one. After which, the one holding a huge horn started to blow.

HOOOOONG!

Almost everyone on the battlefield heard the sound of a horn.

Gidan immediately ordered his men to stop as the beast-likes and complete beings retreated at once.

However, Kyran had no intentions of stopping. He planned to slaughter all the enemies to reduce their numbers.

But just before he could move, a voice sounded in his head.

‘Nar, please return. Don’t engage them anymore.’