Chapter 282: 3.39 TLOC (29)

*Author's note. I will be getting back to the Original Timeline soon. Like I said, this was more of a trial thing!

Jax made his way to the catapult, and the Black spirit wolf made quick work of the humans. He destroyed the catapult with a spell Sora and Mina had not seen.

The sun rose as Jax looked down, frantically searching for Eva. He found her, locked in sword battles. He couldn't believe how many dead elves were on the battlefield. The humans also sustained substantial losses, but this battle was down to a battle inside the walls.

Jax casted spores, which caused the air inside the Kingdom's walls to become dense with fog. The elves had no trouble seeing through it, but the humans predicted this and every time a spore sprouted, it withered and died.

"How did they manage to pull this off? This spell always works." Jax wondered.

Jax dropped down, riding a vine, and fought his way to Eva. The spirit wolves were long gone, and the front gate remained protected and well guarded.

"Eva!"

"Jax! I'm glad you're ok. Why aren't our spore sprouts working?"

"No idea, everytime I cast them, they wither and die."

"Same for me, and they improved their armor, our venom sprouts don't do much, unless they land on their skin. They're quickly destroyed, though!"

"Well let's keep fighting, we need to figure out how to get the gate open!

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"Xavier, what do we do? The gates are heavily guarded and won't come down easily." Mina asked.

"We can try to flank the western wall, but that leaves our front 1,000 susceptible to archers or the gate opening and the human army storming through."

"We have to stay patient, Jax and Eva are inside and I know we've lost more elves than we anticipated but we can't risk a foolish mistake," Stefania said.

"I'll be right back, something didn't sit right with me the way the western wall exploded," Sora said.

"Mina, I order you to stand down and rest."

"Ding! Vitality: passive is now in effect on Mina Hart. She will regain energy until she enters battle."

Sora charged to the west as quickly as he could, made a hard turn left and his worst fears came to fruition.

The walls were hollow and held at least 1,000 soldiers who waited for the western unit to charge before killing each and every elf that tried to get through the wall. The elves retreated and reformed a battle stance and were able to take out half the humans.

Sora looked at 1,500 dead elves.

"I'm glad the 500 went back underground, but we have a significant problem on our hands," he thought to himself as he rode back to the Northern gate.

"Xavier, it's bad. The humans hollowed out the Western wall and hid around 1,000 men inside them. Every elf who tried to enter through the wall died. They managed to retreat and get into formation, around 500 humans are dead but I have no idea where they went."

"We need this gate down!" Stefania shouted in rage.

"Does any elf here know water magic?" Sora asked.

"Yes, Jax, why didn't you ask sooner?" Xavier asked.

Angry with himself, Sora muttered, "because I'm incompetent. One of the gifts from Themis allows me to infuse water into my blue blade."

"You're far from incompetent, we all were aware of the gifts you received, the council as well. None of us thought to use it. Get to Jax. We will cover you," Xavier said while raising his rapier.

"Eric, you're in charge. When the gates open, storm in with all 3,000. The surprise is gone."

"As you wish!"

Sora, Mina, Stefania and Xavier made it to the east wall, where the elves successfully made it through. The four rode in and the elven morale jolted, quickly.

"The Heroes of War are here!" the elves chanted.

During the battle, unbeknownst to the elves, the escaped humans from the western walls discussed their next move.

"Orders, sir!" a young human addressed his commanding officer.

"The hollow wall worked perfectly. Now we retreat to our nearest acquired Kingdom [SilverCrest]. Civilians live in this Kingdom and the shops are lively. Plenty of food for us to enjoy,"

"All of us? What about the battle?"

"Winning or losing this battle means nothing. They did not send their full force and we need to inform King Charles of the elven rebellion."

"My brother's fighting, you mean for him to just die?"

"The battle isn't lost. But if he dies, he dies an honorable soldier's death. Now let's make haste! On foot, with no breaks, we should arrive in ten hours. We have some rations and some water, and will break every two hours for thirty minutes. We will arrive around midnight, let's go!" the Commander stated, being the only soldier with the luxury of a horse.

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Sora and Mina quickly found Jax, who protected Eva with jet streams of water spells shot through his hands.

"Jax! Take my longsword! You can infuse your water magic into the blade. It's a gift from Themis!" Sora shouted as he tossed the perfectly balanced blade to Jax.

With a wide grin, Jax wasted no time infusing the blade with water and slicing through humans much more easily.

Sora thought of his other set of longblades, and one appeared in his left hand.

Mina fired arrow after arrow, using her endless quiver skill and the four of them were finally able to make some headway with the humans.

"Ding! Would you like to infuse your green longblade with your elven wind magic spell, 'Black Winds Howl?'

"Why the hell didn't this ask me sooner? Maybe they needed the use of magic to activate? I know we didn't have long, but I should have done more research."

After selecting yes, Sora noticed his blade illuminate green and as he swung it, he screamed, 'black winds howl' and the sword projected the yellow and black aura of the wind, killing a large group of humans. Unfortunately, because Sora had not used magic in his blade before, some of the elves died from friendly fire.

"Be careful with that blade!" Jax shouted, as he masterfully crafted different types of water spells with the blade.

"Jax, I have an idea! Climb to the top using that vine wall and use your water spell, cleanse," to cleanse the walls. Maybe the humans placed some type of spray or poison for plants!" Eva shouted.

With Mina protecting him with cover fire, Jax put the blade in his mouth and proceeded to climb the vines.

"Cleanse!" Jax shouted and a river of water shot from his hand, washing away all the bodies, broken swords, armor, and the broken catapult.

The spell turned each corner, after washing away the remaining humans on the high ground, and when the water reached the corner tower Mina broke by repelling the boulder, the water drained to the ground.

"Spore sprout!" Jax cast, ran 10 feet, cast it again, and another 10 feet and cast it again.

To the delight of the elven army, the mounds cast foggy spores into the sky, without withering and dying.

"Great call Eva!" Jax said as he slid down the vine.

As Jax went to engage a human with his sword, three humans jumped him, managing to cut his left arm and left leg. Mina quickly put arrows through their heads, but Jax was visibly shaken.

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Charging fearlessly on his noble steed Ace, Xavier rampaged the humans, slicing them like a hot knife through butter with his unbreakable blade.

Stefania used her shield wisely, and each time a human attacked, they felt the force of the attack repel them. For the weaker humans, they didn't fall back much, but the stronger humans quickly met their end.

"We need to clear this area and get to Jax and Eva. We can form a triangle with two members each and end this battle. I'm worried about the missing humans. Stefania yelled to her brother.

"Sounds good!"

Xavier sheathed his sword, then raising both hands above his head he yelled, "Fang of Fate!" In a whirlwind of golden light, a ginormous, golden, mythical bow and arrow appeared in the air.

Humans started to flee, heading for the gate or the walls, but they weren't fast enough. The bow shot hundreds of arrows at once and followed the humans like they were moving targets.

"Brother! You'll use all of your energy!" Stefania shouted as she used, 'restore," to prevent him from falling off his horse.

"A necessary sacrifice, look at the gate," Xavier smiled, before giving command to Stefania and opening a hole in the ground. He trotted down on Ace, through the hole and down the dirt ramp he created, then quickly closed it. Ace trotted Xavier to his bed, where the family medic was on standby.

"Over did it again my prince?"

"It was necessary. Now please, do your best to revitalize me. I am no longer fit for this battle."