Way of the Knights

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The underground district was sent into chaos and became the battlefield for the Final Haven Kingdom-'s forces against the Black Curtain Guild's forces.

Sounds of explosions echoed everywhere, chunks or rocks flew and myriad of energy lights dispersed like fireworks. It was already a miracle that the underground district hadn't collapsed yet. The event occurring here is almost akin to a miniscule war already.

Needless to say, with the constant flow of Final Haven Empires reinforcements, members of the Black Curtain Guild are being pushed back. Most of the captives of the Mort Family are being escorted to a safe location and enemy forces are quickly dwindling in number.

Aside from the constant flow of reinforcements, another reason why they were getting the upper hand is due to the Guardians intercepting the Emissaries. Without anyone leading them, the forces of the Black Curtain Guild were like some headless chicken. They were forces to suffer one loss after another due to this.

The Fifth Emissary was incredibly depressed.

Victor suppressed him in their battle. The Fifth Emissary's specialty lies on controlling deceased spirits to attack and overwhelm his enemies. If he was given enough time, he could call up to thousands of souls to do his bidding, and the longer they stayed in the mortal world, the more powerful they become.

Unfortunately for him, even before he faced Victor, he was up against Raven who knew exactly how to counter his fighting style. When the Fifth Emissary tried to conjure another batch of souls to fight for him, he notice that it was taking him more time and more energy to call upon them. While he was successful in his attempts, he noticed that the conjured souls were actually weaker compared to what he was expecting, not only that, the souls are also rebellious which made it difficult for him to control them.

Imagine how stressed he must've been, he was faced with Victor who's attacks are relentless and dangerous while at the same time, he had to find out solutions to his current condition. The only one he could blame right now is none other than Raven and what he had done earlier.

It was after Raven had casted the technique 'Salvation', that the Fifth Emissary's control over the deceased, lessened.

This guess of his, is actually correct.

The source of the Fifth Emissary's power is due to an ancient ritual that he experienced under the guidance of the Devil Prince. This allows him to perceive and rouse the souls of the dead. That being said, Raven of course knew how to shut down his technique, it just so happens that the technique Raven used is stronger than what the current Fifth Emissary could handle, this explains why the backlash he received was this intense as well.

It also didn't help that Victor was enlightened and gain minor control over Lightning Laws, which is said to be the bane of any negative soul-based techniques. So the Fifth Emissary was rendered hopeless and could only display meager tricks to save his life.

The Fourth Emissary wasn't doing so well either.

According to the information they gathered over the past few years, it is said that the Kingdom's Hawk, Luis specialized in the intelligence department. It was even written in there that they don't have to be worried if they engaged him in a one on one battle since he was weaker compared to the other guardians.

If this was the case, then why was he the one being suppressed right now? This doesn't make sense at all!

He couldn't figure out why Luis was this strong, both of them are at the peak of the Silver Knight Realm. He knew that Luis hadn't stepped into Half-step Golden Knight Realm since Luis was wearing his Silver Armament currently and it's quality is equal to what he had, so why was he being suppressed?

The answer to his question would be Law Comprehension.

Back when Raven experienced Soul Rebirth, he found a technique which is called 'Violent Sun Scripture' and gave it to Luis. It had to be known that if Raven wants to, he could've given other techniques that are better than this since he had no shortage of techniques in his memory. But why did he go through the trouble of digging up a hidden location just to bestow a technique to his father?

It is precisely because the technique that he gave to him had Law Insights of the previous holders, included. This became a tremendous help towards Luis' understanding of Fire Laws, specially back then that he only had entry knowledge about the topic. Ever since he started practicing this technique, he improved by leaps and bounds, the only reason why he hadn't made any breakthroughs in his cultivation so far, is due to his desire to solidify his foundations even more.

Compared to the meager knowledge of the Fourth Emissary about Ice Laws, it was obvious that he will be suppressed. Every attack of Luis carried a violent heat that would cause extreme burns to whatever it hits. Add the fact that Luis is extremely pissed about what the Fourth Emissary had done to Raven, his suffering could only be imagined.

Bradley and his fight against the Third Emissary had reached a stalemate.

The Third Emissary mainly uses water-based attacks, he also had a minor understanding of Water Laws as well. In light of this, the fighting style of the Third Emissary is considered to be fluid and unpredictable. What's more is that the water that he controlled had a corrosive quality to it, which Bradley had to be on the lookout for since it could corrode his swords if he's not careful.

Bradley on the other hand specializes in Metal Laws which countered the corrosive quality of the enemy's technique but only to some extent. Since Water Laws specializes in fluidity and unpredictability, Bradley's swift and flashy fighting style is somewhat neutralized but in exchange, the Third Emissary couldn't do any real harm to him either. In the end, this battle will be decided on who lasts longer.

Balmung's match against the Second Emissary is also in a stalemate.

It is mainly due to the fact that their fighting styles neutralize each other. The Second Emissary learned Darkness Laws while Balmung learned Light Laws.

The Second Emissary's Darkness Laws allows him to create a murky area where one's movement will be extremely restricted. In this area, the Second Emissary could attack anywhere he pleases, its not a Domain Ability in a sense since it only covered a miniscule distance around him. Nevertheless, it's extremely dangerous for any to get trapped in this area.

The Crown Prince on the other hand could more or less ignore the movement restriction if he utilized his Light Laws properly, but he couldn't maintain it for a long time due to the neutralization of Laws. Plus, the Second Emissary could attack anywhere in that little area of his, so Balmung had to exercise extreme caution whenever he go in for a close-combat. Balmung had some ranged techniques on his arsenal but it wasn't polished enough. He couldn't find an opportunity to use them due to the fear of the Second Emissary interrupting him. In the end, both of then knew that the result of this match would be decided by whoever falters first.

As for Old Lee's battle against the First Emissary. It was extremely strange.

If it weren't for the fact that the First Emissary had a strange constitution which enabled him to heal and re-attach his limbs in a swift manner, he would've been long dead already.

There's a reason why Old Lee was considered as a living legend in the Final Haven Kingdom. Though age caught up to him, no one in this kingdom could match Old Lee's horrifying speed. If Old Lee wanted to, he could run laps around the entire kingdom and be finished in less than an hour. How quick must one be in order to achieve that?

If there's anything that irritates the old man right now, that would be the fact that this this First Emissary is a kin to an undying cockroach. He had driven his sword in his heart about five time already. He had severed every single one of his limbs only to see them re-attach themselves like nothing happened. What's even more bewildering is that, he also severed his head once! This person should be dead already but to his astonishment, the First Emissary is still alive and kicking. This defies all common sense.

Even Old Lee in his age couldn't figure out what was going on. So even though he was dealing deadly damages against the First Emissary, he couldn't help others since he was still alive.

It was then that the Guardians and Emissaries all stopped on their tracks. This is due to them feeling the fluctuation of the portal nearby.

All of them gazed on the portal until suddenly someone came out of it.

Once the silhouette of the man appeared, Old Lee's face sank and his eyes constricted fiercely. He knew exactly who came out of that portal.

The underground district fell into an utter silence. Everyone stopped and gazed at the man, it was like he was the center of this entire event. Out of nowhere, the man's hair-raising voice echoed inside the district.

"How nostalgic."