Great Nobleman.

Chapter 2013: A Protracted Battle!

After watching Stella stand up.

While continuing to fight with his longbow and arrows, the knight golem also quickly assessed the surrounding battlefield.

The sudden change just now happened in an instant.

At this moment, the battlefield in the Dragon Palace where they were located was still quite intense.

However, Stella's magical field always remained in effect.

Therefore, the increasing number of ordinary and elite-level Firebat Demons entering the Dragon Palace area did not come to provoke them.

However, in contrast.

The barrier surrounding the platform was completely shattered by the spear attack.

Brand could clearly sense that several great demons within and even outside the Dragon Palace were distracted by observing the situation here while resisting attacks from numerous weapons and powerful figures.

Faced with this situation, the Knight Golem was naturally fearless.

However, Brand also realized that his protection of Finia was not comprehensive enough.

—If these great demons really charged over, even the aftershocks of the battle could easily send her flying!
Thinking this, he nocked another arrow to his longbow and fired it quickly with a standard posture.

After accurately hitting an 'elite' level [Firebat Demon] a little distance away, causing it to fall to the ground.

Amidst the continued clamor, the knight golem unsheathed its longsword and tossed it to Finia, who stood beside it nervously holding up her large shield, before speaking in a deep voice:
"Take this. If a powerful enemy approaches, use it to control them!"

Upon hearing this, he freed his right hand to catch it, then quickly hung it on his waist, grasped the hilt, and drew out the magnificent, crystal-clear azure blade.

Finia couldn't help but be drawn to take a second look before nervously gripping her shield in one hand and her sword in the other, observing the battle situation nearby.

At the same time, she was also distracted by activating the core rune array of the longsword.

Then, a special power, as if instinctive, arose in Finia's heart.

Finia knew very well:

This is an auxiliary effect that comes with advanced rune arrays, which helps users better unleash the power of rune arrays.

After sensing the specific power of the longsword's rune array, Finia couldn't help but secretly marvel.

——【Intermediate Ascension: Chains of Wind】!
—This is a powerful force on par with that of a Grand Knight!
At this moment, the knight golem, after throwing the longsword to Finia, paid no further attention to her.

Because the great demons in the vicinity are becoming increasingly restless.

Under Brand's control, the knight golem took out a special arrow covered with sky-blue patterns from its quiver and then drew its bow without hesitation.

Unlike the previous rapid-fire attacks, this time, while maintaining the drawn bow, he aimed at the nearest Greater Demon level [Firebat Demon] who was being held back by one of his own dwarf warriors.

The magnificent crystal longbow began to glow with increasingly bright azure patterns, and the azure patterns on the arrows on the string also began to shimmer with a strong aura of wind.

Faced with this situation, because it was constantly checking the situation here, the Firebat Demon, which was regarded as the target, immediately tried to find cover.

However, since it had already been fully charged, the Knight Golem released the bowstring.

A gentle storm suddenly erupted from the center of the longbow!

at the same time.

A beam of sky-blue light instantly traversed a long distance and struck the giant scythe that the great demon was holding in front of his chest.

The moment the two collided, the light arrow flashed for a moment and then suddenly exploded!
The dense, azure-blue wind elemental blades instantly enveloped the great demon's entire body, and scalding, boiling crimson blood scattered everywhere.

At this moment, the dwarven warrior who was fighting against him also seized the opportunity, grabbed his great hammer, roared, and charged forward!

After gazing at the local battlefield, which had become one-sided,

The knight golem looked away, nocked another arrow, adorned with azure patterns, onto his longbow, and drew it to its full extent.

While charging up his energy, he also aimed at the battlefield where another powerful demon was located nearby. —Just like before, the arrow imbued with Ascended magic accurately unleashed the spell!
Immediately afterwards, when the knight golem took out a third of the same arrows to continue the attack.

A powerful, demonic attack, imbued with intense fire elemental energy, shot towards their platform from a nearby location.

As Brand watched this scene with a slight frown, preparing to send the knight golem to stop them.

A powerful surge of magical energy suddenly erupted from behind them, and a new barrier instantly enveloped the tower platform where they were located, rippled and blocked this ranged attack that posed a certain threat!

Turning my head, I saw that the starting point of this magical barrier was right in the center of the platform.

Stella was placing a magic circle that emitted a powerful magical energy fluctuation on the ground.

—That was one of the staffs she always carried with her!

Seeing this, Brand, behind the Knight Golem, relaxed slightly.

Despite the fact that the Knight Golem maintained a strong suppressive force on the surrounding battlefield under his control.

But in fact, this is already the limit of the Knight Golem.

In contrast, outside the city on the west side.

Numerous fire-bat demons, like fiery meteors, were continuously rising from the fiery zone and then swooping down into the interior of the Emerald City.

Although there were many distractions, Brand couldn't see the details clearly in the distance.

But the most likely scenario is:
The enemy they faced had built a teleportation portal directly outside the city, and a steady stream of troops was being teleported in from the main battlefield in the north!
In other words, the Emerald City is facing more and more enemies!
While pondering how to control the knight golem to continue the battle.

Beside Brand, Hedy Lin, who was fiddling with the empty projection screen, spoke up:

"The envoy from the [Twilight Frost Domain] just shared the current battle situation on the continent of Osia."

The war on the front lines is still raging and full-scale, and it probably won't stop anytime soon.

It seems likely that the situation in the Emerald City will be similar.

Upon hearing this, Celine said:

"So, we're going to have to fight a protracted war? Does the Knight Golem still have enough energy?"

Brand nodded and said:
"It's definitely enough. We've upgraded the Great Knight Golem's energy source many times."

The previous overload attack consumed less than one-fifth of the power.

If the current intensity of combat continues, it could easily last for two or three days.

Catherine said:

"But more and more demons are breaking into the city."

If this continues, defending this platform will likely become increasingly difficult.

Brand nodded and said:
"That's true, but we can just take the weapons of war with us and retreat inside the tower."

As they were speaking, a long, drawn-out dragon roar suddenly came from the empty screen.

After raising the perspective of the Knight Golem.

A Frost White Dragon roared and joined the battlefield in the sky.

Brand was slightly taken aback upon seeing this.

—This is the mage squad led by Virianna!
At this point, the Sky Battlefield, which had initially held the advantage, quickly turned into a one-sided battle.

Many powerful figures on the continent of Osia who witnessed this scene were secretly thrilled.

However, immediately afterward, the powerful aura of another [Demon King] suddenly appeared from the sea of ​​flames outside the city, rising higher and higher into the sky, marking the start of the battle.

The tilted scales of victory have returned to balance!
(End of this chapter)