Chapter 107 – Those Bitten By Dogs

(This is… unexpectedly amazing.)
After going around the flank of the militant reformists surrounding the guards and the entrance, I used my wind magic to activate the spell, “Howling Noise” to attract their attention and create an opening by blocking their magic.
As a result, the magic of the Elves on both the attacking and defending sides in front of the main building of the Royal Castle was completely canceled out. Perhaps the true essence of the Elder Kobold lies in this “Howling Noise”…
(Well, I’ll think about it later, so I’ll just do what I have to do now.)
I have already agreed with Aristia to go easy on them, so I used my right foot which is imbued with magic power, and stomped it hard on the ground!
“Vorua, gaua!” [Earth Blast!]
With a rumbling sound, the earth in front of me exploded with all the grass and flowers and spewed a large amount of soil and sand upwards. And then, I thrust my hands up in the air.
“Vorufah, garuooooh!!” [Roar, o raging storm! Takedown everything in your path!!]
Whirlwinds wrapped around my arms which instantly turned into a horizontally extending tornado that swept up a large amount of earth and sand as it closed in on the reform extremists who were trying to capture the castle!
“Guuaah!?”
“Gaah!!”
“M-my eyes, dammit!”
“*cough* *hack* m-my throat!!”
The “Sandstorm,” a composite spell from the wind-attribute intermediate magic, “Storm Strike” and the earth-attribute intermediate magic “Mines” devised by Blazer, struck the militant Elves who were unable to deploy their defenses due to the magical inhibition.
A few of those who were directly hit were blown away by the storm that contained wind blades, and those who avoided the sandstorm also inhaled the fine grains of sand in the tornado or had their eyes and noses crushed, causing temporary confusion.
With that attack as the signal, my other companions who had surrounded the garden emerged from the bushes and attacked!
“Guruaoh!!” (Slash!!)
The huge, black-armed Kobold coats his Greatsword with fighting spirit, charges forward in a low stance and unleashes a reverse diagonal slash as he puts his right foot down, aiming for the still confused militant Elves.
“Uaaaah, uh, aa…”
“Uuu, aa…”
The two militant Elves who were cut up diagonally across the torso lost their strength and collapsed, dropping their weapons. After checking his handiwork, Buster follows up with another attack as he steps forward with his left foot and cuts down another Elf.
“You filthy dog! How dare you attack my comrades!”
The Elf wearing light armor could not see because of the sand in his eyes, but he dropped down on his knees and thrust his hands on the ground as tears streamed down his face.
“W-wo ah!!”(Th-this is…!!)
【Activated：Instinctive Evasion】
Buster, who was kind of a battle fanatic, always analyzed his comrades’ battle moves, so of course, he was already prepared to react against his silver childhood friend’s signature earth magic spell and smoothly moved in front of his enemy as soon as he recognized the spell with the similar magic attribute.
“Take this, Earthen Spear!!”
“Voruh!!” (Pierce!)
The similar spell that he had seen multiple times, the “Binding Fang”, is both an offensive and defensive technique as the earthen clods would pop out of the ground and act as an obstacle when the user’s opponent dodges.
But even though he felt a chill run down his spine and his hair stood on end, Buster dared to charge. Immediately after, multiple earthen clods rose from the ground and his enemy was nowhere to be found…
“ORRRAAAAAAAH!!”
“Whaaa!? Guuaah!!”
As the tip of the Greatsword plunged into Bright, an Earth Mage of the Black Elves, it tore into his right chest to his shoulder, but his drop prevented him from incurring a fatal injury.
“Gah, uu, G-grace of the Earth…”
“Bright!!”
Bright suppresses the bleeding from his injury by immediately activating Earth Heal, although he is unable to participate in the battle anymore. The damage caused by the sand in his eyes and throat further placed him in a bind, so his comrades came to his aid and pulled him away…
……………
………
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“Uu, voruauu!” (You’re in the way!)
*Bang* *Bonk*
“Gehah!”
“Ow!?”
Meanwhile, the big blue Kobold hit the militant Elves with the flat of his Battle Axe to stun them while they were distracted by the dust in their eyes as he went after the mage that his boss marked as his target.
Since the Reform Extremists focused on surrounding the entrance to the main building of the Royal Castle, they were vulnerable against attacks from behind, and Ax quickly closed in on the hooded Elf Mage he was after, but…
“That’s enough for now, direct the attack on that one!”
“Understood!”
“Right away!!”
Adre opened his eyes, which were tear-stained because of the dust, and instructed the others who had somewhat managed to maintain the resonance magic to direct the “Azure Lightning Spear” at Ax.
“Turn to ashes! Azure Lightning Spear!!”
“Woruviaru!!” (Become the weakest to the strongest!!)
【Activated：The Strongest and Weakest Shield】
A dazzling purple lightning spear shoots out from between the outstretched palms of the four Black Elves and heads straight to their enemy.
In response, Ax held his shield diagonally and enchanted it with “The Strongest and Weakest Shield”, an inherent conceptual armament he acquired in the Selkram Royal Capital.
Monsters know how to use their acquired abilities based on instinct. Therefore, the Kobold Palladin was aware of his unique skill, but… he also knew that “The Strongest and Weakest Shield” prevents any attack only once.
It doesn’t exactly prevent the attack, but rather nullifies it by dissipating all types of energy like kinetic energy and heat energy which is a bit difficult for him to understand.
However, because of the condition where he can only “defend against any attack once”, he can defend against attacks ranging from the transcendental magic “Meteor Fall” to the play-bite of a young Kobold only once.
Also, since it cannot be used until a special type of magic power builds up in the user’s body, it is necessary to wait a while before activating it again, so it should only be used once per battle.
The spell is quite difficult to use, but…
As soon as the “Azure Lightning Spear” that generated a huge amount of heat and thrummed with power as it burned the plants around it touched the faintly glowing Long Shield, it simply disappeared like a dream or an illusion.
“HAAAAH!?”
“EHHH!?”
“N-no way, impossible!!”
(Phew, I’m alright~)
While the militant Elves around him were shocked to the core, the huge Kobold inwardly sighed as he patted his chest… Although he had tested the skill with his friends, the usually timid Ax was inwardly scared for the first time during an actual battle.
As his relief wore off and he was able to gather himself again, Ax took a huge step forward with his dominant foot and swung his shield, which had lost his brilliance, to the side with all his might!
“Auoaaann, guuh!!” (That was really dangerous, geez!!)
“GUHAH!?”
“BUHEH!?”
While the four mages, including Adre, who had combined their powers and cast the advanced magic, still struggled to understand what had just happened, Ax hit them with a Shield Bash which stunned and rendered them unconscious.