"The glorious Draken Empire never loses...we are the Emperor’s hands, his eyes, his will, and we will enact his vengeance on this Kingdom." He slowly spread both of his arms.
"GLORY TO THE EMPEROR!!" The man screamed, stopping only when he couldn’t get any word out, and then he took off the cloak.
The knights didn’t take any step forward. They remained behind watching Aiden and the Head Mage carefully, but of course they were ready to strike.
The man stood at the far end of the hall; even if they were to rush forward before the spell activated, it still wasn’t the best idea since the man was a mage, and a slightly powerful one at that, so that he could break through the Head Mage’s barrier, and Aiden wasn’t fast enough to close the distance.
"He’s already hell-bent on dying. I don’t think we have the luxury to take him in; we should definitely go for the kill, but the moment I start casting a spell, he’s going to attack," The Head Mage muttered beside Aiden.
Aiden nodded. He understood what she meant. A mage didn’t need to reach in to attack, and once the Head Mage made a move, the man might attack, but Aiden didn’t have an attack spell, so there was no way for him to attack.
The man’s eyes moved towards Aiden, and a smirk formed on his face. Without warning, the man suddenly slammed his hand against the wall, and instantly a red pattern spread across his arm. Almost at the same time, his hand fell off his body.
It was unexpected and took them by surprise, but the man was prepared as his left arm fell off, and he used his right arm to catch it midair. Once he did, he planted a foot forward and tossed it towards Aiden.
[Fuck, his arm is rigged with the same explosive!!!]
"Shit!!!" Aiden shouted as he grabbed the Head mage and pulled her behind him.
The Head Mage instantly knew what was happening, stretched both of her arms forward, one towards the knight and the other towards the severed arm currently flying towards them, "Wind Blast"
The moment the Head Mage released the spell, a powerful burst of wind exploded from her hands, rushing across the hall.
The knights behind them were pushed off their feet and sent flying backwards away from her and Aiden, some of them crashing into the walls while the others were pushed towards the entrance.
At the same time, the wind struck the severed arm, trying to push it back towards the man, but the arm stopped in midair, a strange glow surrounded it again, and it suddenly shot forward towards Aiden despite the wind.
"It’s locked onto you!!" The Head mage screamed, but she couldn’t do anything else as it was already inches away from both of them. Her wind spell had failed to push it away, but at least the knights behind them were safe.
Aiden’s eyes were fixed on the arm currently making its way towards him despite the powerful wind pushing against it, but for some reason he wasn’t afraid.
This was his first time facing real danger, possibly the first time in his entire life facing actual danger, if he dies then it’s over, he had no idea if this world had a version of heaven built by the goddess, but if there was then he knew it would be a perverts dream since the goddess was perverted, but this wasn’t going to be the time he dies.
[Sanctuary]
[Divine Barrier]
Golden light burst out of his feet before the barrier wrapped around both him and the Head Mage. With the Head Mage casting her wind spell, there was no time for her to cast a barrier of her own.
For a brief moment, everything went silent, and then the red glow increased, becoming blinding, and then was followed by an eruption.
*BOOOOOM!!!*
Unlike both of the other refugees that were made into bombs, this one was more powerful than those two, and Aiden was sure this was what was used on the Head Church.
It created a massive blast that swallowed the area around Aiden and the Head Mage. The force slammed against his [Divine Barrier], causing the golden shield to shake violently as cracks appeared across its surface.
The Head Mage was pressed against his side, unable to do anything but hope Aiden’s barrier didn’t break. The heat the explosion produced was almost unbearable; even with the barrier protecting them, the temperature around them was so high their clothes couldn’t withstand it.
Aiden felt the fabric of his clothes burning away, but at the moment he didn’t have time to care about that as all of his focus was on his spell, which he continued to infuse with mana to stop the cracks.
The ceiling above them finally gave way as a huge section of it was blown apart, sending pieces of stone flying into the sky, and slowly the blast died down, leaving the hall covered in smoke and dust.
Aiden still didn’t stop his spell; neither of them could see a thing, and slowly the smoke and dust died down, and Aiden cancelled the spell.
The Head Mage stepped away from Aiden, and both of them looked around; the hall was unrecognizable, none of the benches survived the impact, and chunks of the floor were missing along with a part of the roof.
Sunlight burst through the roof opening, shining on both of them as they looked around, and finally his eyes landed on the Head Mage, who was now completely naked.
He knew his clothes were burnt, but he didn’t think she was affected since she was behind him. Aiden couldn’t help it as his eyes were drawn to her body.
The Head Mage turned towards Aiden, and that was when she realized her clothes had been destroyed by the heat with Aiden staring at her, but not at her body, but at her face, as he had already averted his eyes from her body.