New Life Online 218 Retrea

*SWOOOOOOSH SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+* Holy... those attacks are so hard to dodge. I dodged his slashes but it killed a lot of my comrades from behind. I need to stop him or he'll kill more.

*BAAAAAM BABABAAAAM!* Wait! a.s.sa.s.sins! They are killing our frontlines from our sides. We are outnumbered and we are losing. It's an ambus.h.!.+

*BAAAAAAAAAAAM!* I heard a ma.s.sive explosion from the a.s.sa.s.sin's ambus.h.!.+ I can tell it's Scy! He's slaughtering them.

The sandstorm is only affecting our sight. We're losing. Do you have plans, Jay?

I decided to rush towards Siegriel. I'll have the advantage when I'm near him.

*SWOOOOOOSH SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+* He tried slas.h.i.+ng me from afar but it just missed.

"Your evasive maneuver is on a different level but how about this, BASILISK'S BLADESTORM!" He's planning to use one strong spell while I'm trying to charge at him!

*SWOOOOOOSH SWOSWOSWOOOOs.h.!.+* Ugh! The sandstorm started to move so fast that it's like every sand rips us apart!

"AHHHHH! UGGGHHHH!" I can hear the cries of my guildmates that are affected by his spell. It's causing too much damage to our army. I'm also taking a lot because I'm near him.

Huh?! The sandstorm started to calm down. I've felt a great number of movements from above and they are small but covered with a tremendous amount of mana. It's stopping the force of the sandstorm.

"Hey Chara, are you alright?" It's Briam. He's joining the frontline.

"You're not supposed to be in here, Briam. You should protect the supports or they'll get ambushed." I feel worried.

"Don't worry. They are from our guild and they can handle themselves. Right now, we are not in the best situation. Our army is losing much faster than I thought. I'll take care of the sandstorm and try to defeat Siegriel as fast as you can. We are losing too much because of him." He's the smartest guy I know so I guess he knows what he's doing. I need to stop Sieg!

"Got it!" I pulled out two of my remaining daggers. I need a clean hit and I can defeat him. His attacks are superb but his defense is lacking.

"ROC'S WRATH! ROC'S FLOCK OF BIRDS!" It's been a long time since I last saw his monster soul spells. He's not using the transformation but he summons a lot of magical birds powerful enough to attack and defend.

They flew around the sky and the sandstorm finally stopped and disappeared. His monster soul is rare but it's too big and easy to locate but defeating it took us a while. He's using it pretty well now. His wind spells destroyed Siegriel's sandstorm so easily.

"BASILISK'S CUTLa.s.s!" He tried sending slashes to me but it was too easy to avoid. I have a huge trust when it comes to my defensive abilities.

"PINEAPPLE THORN!" *SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+* I threw my dagger and used the power stone in my hand to boost its power! Hit him!

*BAAAAAAAM!* I tried to hit his neck but he was able to avoid it in time but I still got his left shoulder. The dagger shattered but the force pushed him back.

I rushed towards him as fast as I could and then jumped towards him to deal the finis.h.i.+ng blow.

"FRUIT PUNCH!" Take this!

*BAAAAAAAAM!* Suddenly, before I hit him... I was sent flying... red hair...

-After a couple of minutes-

"Hey, wake up!" Ugh... my stomach stings like crazy... It's Briam.

"What... happened?" I asked. I'm having trouble speaking.

"You were hit by Maisie. She maybe thought you were already dead and didn't try checking. I thought you were already dead too but thanks to your armor with power stone, you're still alive." Is it just me or Briam's just trying to advertise the power stone or something? He's healing me I could tell.

"How long was I out? I need to help them." I asked curiously. I tried to stand up but I'm not really in a good condition to fight.

"Not that long but look on what's happening."

I stood up and as I look to the war from afar, our army is... almost wiped out... How did this happen?!

"Jay is still there trying to hold his ground with few of our best warriors. Scythus is not doing well either, he's fighting both Siegriel and Maisie and our supports are at their limits too. If this continues, we'll definitely lose, not only today but our guild will also fall.

*Flute sounds*

"Did you just hear that? I think I heard that before and it's not from our guild. Look!" I pointed to the direction of the Dragoons City. Arrows flew towards the army of both Ravens and Hearth Fire!

"It's Life Guild and the Elves! They are on the move, finally!" After that, the barrier around the Dragoons City became stronger! It's like the durability doubled that even with the Storm Seekers' full power, it won't even budge!

"Lili's barrier is insane. I can't believe she was able to do something like that. And their archer guy, his leading the elves to launch tremendous amount of arrows towards the enemies." Briam got it right. But, is it too late for them to help now?

"Sir, the Dragon Cannons are now ready to use. Just give us your order and we will send a signal to our guild for Sir Arvin to use them." So Arvin is in the guild right now. No wonder I didn't see him, I thought he chickened out. Also, I thought our Dragon Cannons are not meant to use for long range?

"Just standby. I will send the signal to Jay to pull back." If they really completed the improvement of the Dragon Cannons, the blast of it would cover the entire Order of Light's army and if Jay can't get out of there then we can't use it.

Briam sent his wind bird spell up ahead and exploded. It's the signal for them to retreat. Our army started retreating but there's one problem, Jay and his team can't get out. They are surrounded too much. Just why did he jump to them earlier... This is your fault, Jay.

"Let's try to make way for him. Can you stand up now?" He helped me stood up.

"Yes, I think I can still fight a bit but we have to move fast." We are now running towards Jay to help him. Scy, for now, is holding off both of the siblings.

Rafrov stopped fighting with the golem and is now trying to help Jay. Finally, we arrived at his location but they are still surrounded.

"FRUIT PUNCH!" *BAAAAAAAM!* I blast our way but...

"Not so fast little girl!" Deandre! d.a.m.n it...

"DRAUGR CHARGE!" Raf's Draugr charged towards Deandre but it was stopped by him! He's one tough guy!

"Good job, Draugr! Now, DRAUGR'S MELTING CORPSE!" Draugr started to melt and then covered Deandre!

"What the h.e.l.l is this thing?! Whaaaaa!" Uhmmm I don't want to see what is happening to him... it's too disgusting to watch.

So I jumped ahead using the opposing army's shoulders to hop on. They didn't notice me as I was moving so fast.

I arrived and what the heck Jay! Both Jay and Zeth are still exchanging blows! Just stop it already!

"FRUIT PUNCH!" *BAAAAAAM!* I unleashed another powerful blast from my power stone and I can tell that it's not as powerful as it used to anymore. There's not enough mana left.

"You know it's rude to stop a man's fight. Get out of here or I'll also kill you!" Zeth's really not in a good mood... He took my attack earlier but I can't tell if he's damaged or not.

"Sorry, but I have to do that." I signaled Jay that we need to go but I can tell that he's really looking forward to this fight.

Then you left me no choice... I showed him my angry face and his purpose of fighting against Zeth snapped.

"Ok ok. Let's go back." He's a bit frustrated but I know he doesn't want to see my bad side. I almost died today and I haven't used my secret weapon too.

"FRUIT PUNCH!" I blasted our way back and those who are at our way flew away.

"NOT SO FAST! IRON KNIGHT'S OVERHEAD SLAs.h.!.+" Zeth jumped towards us! Oh G.o.d, the famous overhead slas.h.!.+

"ROC'S FEATHER PUs.h.!.+" Before he lands to us, Briam used his spell to push him back! Just at the right time, Briam!

Zeth landed on his feet and we were able to run away. They tried chasing us but we are faster than them. Defenders and Warriors suck at chasing.

"IRON KNIGHT'S BULL RUs.h.!.+" Holy! He won't give up on chasing us!

Briam once again sent his spell bird flying and exploded. After that, in just a couple of seconds, we can see thousands of fireb.a.l.l.s from above!