Fierce Battle
The fight between the two groups must have been violent and intense as, on the way upstairs, we saw a large amount of corpses laying on the ground.
I didn’t count but, about 80% of them were royal knights and only 20% were [Under Eye] members so by the looks of it, they were getting pressed quite hard it seemed.
I killed Prudence with just one strike, and outside Milworc, I didn’t really struggle against any one of them so it was a bit hard for me to tell but, by the looks of it, the strength of every individual in [Under Eye] was certainly on the much higher side.
Of course, there were a couple like Pablo among them as well that weren’t fighters but, on an average, they were as strong as Platinum rank adventurers from what I could tell.
There were even cases like Wood and Douglas Dyne who, while normal members, were definitely mithril class in terms of strength so you could tell just how high the quality level of this group was.
In contrast, the royal knights were mostly silver rank and from the body count anyone could tell, they were basically trying to throw 4 people on one to try and beat them with sheer numbers.
If their commander Alexandra were to fall, there’s a high chance they’ll completely collapse.
While analyzing these things from observing the corpses on the way, me and Mielle finally reached the 4th floor from where we could sense the strong presence from.
“I can sense 2 strong presences inside. One should be Alexandra but, the other is most definitely an enemy.”
“Haah, they really are still fighting huh. And here I was hoping that they’d have settled the matter by the time we reached here.”
Her words gave away her hope to not fight but, even if the fight had been ‘settled’ we would have still needed to fight.
Because, the presence that I believed was Alexandra, was slowly weakening as the battle progressed.
“Mielle you go in first. And the moment you see the enemy, fire magic at them.”
“Fine. If the enemy rushes at me, you’ll have to fight okay, Chris?”
“Even before that, the moment you fire your magic, I’ll also rush at them to attack.”
Making a quick strategy, we entered the room where Alexandra was.
Entering the room, the first thing that came into our view was the bloody bodies of Bruce and Gilmour collapsed on the ground.
And then there was Alexandra, who was also covered in blood, but still somehow standing and fighting.
The armour she wore was originally sparkling silver armour which is why the blood seeping out of it made the situation look very grim.
And the person facing Alexandra was a strong muscular man, similar to Carlo.
He only wore lightweight equipment so it as hard to not notice his bulging muscles that seemed lie they could burst out at any point.
This guy must be the executive known as Prowse.
His large stature, and the rumours of superhuman strength that was said to be no.1 in all of the capital seemed to match with our info, so it must be Prowse.
“[Hail Impulse]”
Right when Prowse was about to punch the near-death Alexandra with his knuckle-worn fists, Mielle quickly fired her magic to assault him.
The magic was a level above even compound magic, as the already compound Ice magic had been further imbued with lightning magic to create a truly complex compound spell.
With immense speed, it attacked Prowse who noticed the magic coming at him just in time to guard, but even then, he was launched backwards from the impact.
Sometimes I forget because she’s always getting bossed around, and is always complaining but, she really is a [Sage] and her magic power was in a whole different level than normal magicians.
Realizing just how dangerous it would have been if she had stayed by Klaus’ side, I complimented my past self for effectively ruining their relationship successfully.
While feeling impressed from seeing her magic, I also rushed in towards Prowse who had been blasted away.
Since I was low on stamina, I needed to end the fight quickly or else I’d be in danger too.
I had only been using [Life Presence Detect] and [Pain Inhibition] to save as much stamina as I could but now, I instantly activated all my stronger skills.
[Flesh Enhancement][War Dance][Physical Ability Boost][Ability Unleashed]
As soon as I activated all my physical skills, I was hit by intense sensation of fatigue that almost made me lose my consciousness but…….just for a moment I deactivated [Pain Inhibition] to force myself wide awake with the pain.
“FUCK that hurt!! More new enemies!? Alright, I’ll kill ya bastards too!”
Although Prowse had been blown away, his insanely thick arms had been able to guard him properly it seemed as he didn’t look he had taken much damage.
Glaring at me as he saw me rush at him from behind his crossed-guarding arms, he boldly proclaimed that in a cocky rough voice.
Looks like the rumours of him being the no.1 possessor of raw superhuman strength inside the entire capital were not a lie, as eve from a glance, I could tell that the balance of his body as well as his raw strength were both far bigger than even Carlo’s.
But, unlike Carlo who only had one arm, Prowse had the muscle mass split between his two arms, so Carlo would have definitely had the better singular arm strength I think.
I felt confident making such specific power measurements.
I suppressed my fatigue and analyzed him calmly, and seeing Prowse release his guard and take a stance with both his arms to fight, I darted directly even closer to him.
I will not make the same mistake I made with Milworc again.
I re-visualized the way I killed Prudence in a single strike, and came close to him to the absolute limit——and then activated [Black Mist].
The instant the room was covered in the darkness, I activated [Silent Steps] and [Stealth] and slipped into the pitch black darkness of the mist.
“What the hell is this darkness!!?”
Since I had activated [Hearing enhancement] and [Sound Wave Detect] to get a hold of Prowse’s location, I could tell that he was wildly swinging his arms inside the darkness.
As expected of a superhuman strength fighter, just the wind pressure generated by his swings alone was starting to slowly blow the [Black Mist] away, so I quickly circled to his back while making sure I stayed undetected and——-
From behind Prowse who was still swinging his arms around, I activated [Strong Arm] and [Hard Hit] and unleashed my one single strike.
