I created my own system

No, that is not all, we also didn't anticipate that they would find out about our existence. The mages shouldn't have known and the council are still tight-lipped about the situation. So I am sure it wasn't them, they couldn't have ratted us out when most of our members are part of them.

So how? How did they know? It shouldn't be possible!

Did we have a spy on our side? No that is impossible none of us would ever collude with mages. After that incident, I am certain it is not one of us.

"Owal" called a deep masculine voice sending my body into disarray.

The person who just spoke had his eyes focused on the window.

"Yes sir" I replied half aware and still occupied with my previous thoughts.

"Cast away your doubts and trouble we can't have them right now," he told me while his eye lay on his city, which had been drowned by a surge of a powerful spell.

"What should we do?" I asked not wanting to let our comrades die like animals raised for slaughter. We must do something, we must save them. However no matter the feelings I have, I can't just jump right in there, because despite the pride we have as warriors and as knights, we can't deny the fact that we will die if we leave the shelter that protects us from the rain.

The roofs of our houses are the only thing that separates us from the scythe of death.

We must stay and live

Destroying those clouds is also useless since it was a joint spell by multiple mages. It can't be broken just by a mere aura bomb or direct attack. Certainly, we can execute a bigger and stronger attack but they won't be done without destroying the city. That's how vile mages are, to make sure we won't be able to destroy their spell they use the people of Lumen.

They created a spell that is too strong for normal aura techniques but weak for ultimate skills, which are too destructive and could immediately eliminate this city.

I can't help but clench my fist in anger, are they playing with thousands of lives here? How can they do something so sinister?

"Owal" the voice spoke again since my expression didn't improve, my lord can read me far too well.

"Let's go" he just said guiding me towards a hidden path.

"We have a plan" he added giving me a sudden reassurance.

"We can do this," I thought so while we headed towards the deepest part of the city.

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"This is it!"

I said finding the situation in favor of us.

That's right this place doesn't let much rain enter! We can definitely win against them!

I almost squealed while excitedly preparing my blade to be drenched in blood.

"This should be goo-.."

"BANG!"

My ears began to bleed as I realized my eardrums exploded due to the impact.

"What just happened" I thought then my eyes saw my lord his blade just blocked a dark matter.

"HUM!"

I felt a sudden chill when the ominous energy began to spin and was able to push my lord into a corner.

"Take cover!" he ordered but before I could, a massive shockwave shocked us, both I and my lord were forced to take a step back. While that mass of darkness slowly took form.

"Hi!" said a voice belonging to a child.

Is it a spell? Did those mages use trickery again to make us pity fighting a child, wait can I even call this thing a child?

A dark eerie aura surrounds his body while a hooded robe hides his face. Despite this there is one truth we should be cautious of, he is a mage. The symbol of the tower was the biggest giveaway.

"Owal flee now!"

"But my lord.."

"Now!"

He shouted making my nerve obey without any hesitation.

"Halt," a childlike voice said and my body froze without my consent.

"What the!"

I almost scream when I realize what happened however what is even more threatening is the blade that is about to land on my neck.

"CLANG!"

The sound of steel clashing reaches my ears and even in my frozen state, I was able to catch a glimpse of my lord coating himself with aura and deflecting the child's attack.

It was fast, way too fast for me to even follow.

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Apollo's Pov

After falling and removing the debris that fell on me. I found myself inside a sewer drain. As my eyes lay upon my surroundings, concrete walls and pipes were the first time that welcomed me. Walking even further a large, round, metallic cover or grate was there which seemed to be, what those crusaders used to enter or exit these underground areas. However, that is not the most notable thing.

There is no water on the water sewer, it seems they made sure the rainwater won't be able to get here.

Going even further there are many enemies that I already marked and identified. Thanks to the bead I was also able to locate my allies as well. I was excited so I sent them the information I had gathered. Afterwards, Sir Arthur crafted a plan to make the mission less risky. That plan includes enemy distribution and communication establishment. Well, I don't really plan to follow that.

"I will choose the person who excludes the most killing count"

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And that is the main reason why I have my current enemies, one man and a boy probably a little older than me. He is weaker than his boss who currently stands between me and the little boy.

I just smirked and let my skill take action.

My skill Master Weaponist is the accumulation of dozens of weapon arts found in the library. That is why my opponent's art seems familiar to me. Because typically techniques have similarities to one another especially if their purpose is similar to each other.

One of the sword arts inside the skill lets me have strong precision and penetrating force.

"CLANG!"

My blade clashed with my enemy's creating sparks while my arms began to heat up due to the increased ki output.

A downward cut was executed which I dodged before blocking an aura bomb sent by him.

[Behind you]

My legs suddenly heated up and executed one of an archer's skills in hunting, high agility. My body suddenly shifted and dodged the strike from behind. Then praised my hand to cast a basic spell.

"Fireball"

A fire suddenly emerged while I amplified it with a high supply of mana resulting in its added size.

The flames shot towards the frozen boy making his lord save him by using an aura bomb. However that wasn't the one that was impressive, his eyes didn't waver and remained pinned on my tiny silhouette. Even when he tried to save his student he didn't let me disappear from his vision.

I just smirked before dodging again since his blade just appeared to slice me in half.

[He is fast!]

Indeed he is, with his superb ki and mana control his speed would go triple to even ten times. And this speed doesn't affect his force control and agility. If I was fast due to implementing an archer's speed and agility in my footwork, this guy is purely relying on his control and experience.

"CLANG!"

Another unconventional strike that came from below almost hit me.

"You have good reflexes"

"Thank you"

I appeared to be in good shape but inside it was quite painful, doing the ki circulation of two weapon arts was really taxing. The only thing that is keeping me together is the system, without it, I might have collapsed from exhaustion.

An archer's speed and reflexes mix with a swordsman's precision and strong strikes. That is the current set I am using.

Sword clashes continued while I would insert some easy-to-cast spells as a distraction however it wasn't enough. I can't go through and it was the same for him.

"BANG!"

An aura-induced slash wrecks the place while my figure remains still, sword strongly on hand.

"That was good" he finally spoke again then a wide grin spread all over his face.

"It was a really good warm-up" he suddenly said while stretching his arms and neck.

"I should also stop this nonsense" he added while approaching his student.

"It was my mistake taking him here"

Then he aggressively tapped his shoulders and a burst of energy came out of his body.

"BOOM!"

[That was acupuncture, he opened one of the gate valves inside that boy's ki circuit making all his ki gush out]

"He is trying to use brute force to remove the command I gave, well might as well let it happen"

Then my thoughts moved and the command was removed.

"Owal move and tell everyone to never underestimate those mages"

"Argh.....yes I... Will!"

He said half shouted, then he raced towards the other side of the sewer drain, running as fast as he could.