<h4>Chapter 48 the Mantis and the Archer</h4>


    Inside the capital of Ru kingdom, in the quarter of royal guards, a fight is ongoing between royal guards and red dragon guards.


    FIREBLADE


    FIREBALL


    WATER BOMB


    AURA BLADE


    Magic skills, aura des, and martial skills are flying everywhere.


    BOULDER SMASH


    SPEAR OF HALBERD


    BANG! An aura spear crushed the huge boulder in the air. The huge debris fell to the ground, causingrge dust particles.


    Vyron is currently confronting a powerful royal guard. His whole mercenary team join the red dragon guards, except Aira, who join the blue dragons. They have watched the growth of the Baynard kingdom. From declining into a thriving kingdom. They saw the joy of the people of the kingdom and they experienced the harmony of several races in Purple Land. They want to protect the prosperity of the kingdom, so they volunteered to join the special force.


    GROUND SPIKE


    Vyron dodged the attack. His body is shing with lightning. He moved on the enemy''s side as he shes his halberd.


    ng! His halberd is blocked by an iron staff.


    A ground spike rises beneath Vyron, he immediately jumped to his back.


    A guard is trying to sneak an attack on Vyron''s back.


    "Ahhh!" Screams the guard.


    Vyron looks at the archer who shot the arrow.


    She is wearing green clothes and a green cap. She said that she is in her best form if she wears her own clothes. The archer is the prodigy in archery, Lily.


    "Ahh" "Ahh" Arrows keep flying, and royal guards keep being hit.


    "Kill that damn archer!" the enemy guards repeatedly shouted.


    An energy de flew toward Lily, but she swiftly avoided it. She shot another arrow while she is still in the air.


    An arrow with a rotating thread of aura flew in a curve. It avoided the special forces. It is flying to the neck of a guard who is grinning at the severely injured special force.


    "Ahhh!" screamed the guard.


    Unbeknownst to Lily, danger is already approaching her.


    A man with gray hair is staring at Lily. His eyes are sharp. There is a vertical wound scar on his right eye. He smiles, then quietly approaches Lily.


    The man is called Mantis. He took out his weapons. They are curved des like scythes, but the handle is short. He holds his weapons and quietly approach Lily. His evil smile is bigger as he moves closer.


    Mantis suddenly releases his aura. His des are d with wind des, then threads of wind move around his body. He shed his weapon at Lily.


    Rip! Lily avoided the attack, but her short is cut and her thigh is wounded.


    Mantis chuckles. He stares sharply at Lily.


    "Little girl, you killed too many ants, but even if they are ants, I did not give you my permission to kill them!"


    Mantis charges at Lily while attacking with wind des.


    Lily shot arrows at Mantis rapidly.


    Shoo! Shoo! Many arrows are being shot at Mantis, but he is swiftly avoiding them. Wind des are moving toward Lily, but she nimbly moves and avoids them.


    Threads of wind element rotate on Mantis'' de, then he shed it to Lily.


    A huge wind de attacks Lily.


    She put more aura to his feet, then jumped with a backflip. She shot three arrows at Mantis while she is in the air.


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! They are rapidly moving toward Mantis. Their tails have a rotating thread of aura. They are shot at the same time, but their speed isn''t the same. Mantis avoided the first one, but the second one follows him to where he dodged.


    CLANG! He blocks it with his weapon, but the third arrow is going to his thigh, which is not covered by armor.


    WIND TORNADO


    Bang! The arrow hit the tornado that covered Mantis, and it got destroyed.


    "Did she predict where I will dodge? How can she control an arrow like that? What a freak archer! She cannot stay alive!" thought Mantis while looking at Lily. His killing intent toward Lily is getting stronger.


    Lilynded on the roof of a house. There are rows of houses on the side. Across the street is where the house Mantis is standing.


    Lily pulled her bow and shot a strong arrow at Mantis.


    Bang! Mantis avoided it, then he shed his de.


    A wind de attacks Lily.


    Bang! Bang! Bang! The two of them are running forward while exchanging arrows and wind des.


    Mantis suddenly chuckles.


    "Little girl, you''re too nimble. I don''t want that."


    More wind is starting to move around Mantis and wind element are rotating and gathering on his des.


    "Try to avoid this!" Mantis jumped. A tornado covers his body, then he rotates his body in the air.


    BLADE HURRICANE


    Many wind des rapidly move toward Lily. She has nowhere to dodge.


    Lily looks calmly at the crowded wind des. She put five arrows into her bow. A green magic circle formed in front of the bow.


    ART OF ARCHERY: HOMING ARROWS


    Five arrows are each surrounded by tornadoes and move in five different directions.


    Boom! Boom! Boom! The five tornadoes destroyed the iing wind des. They bulldoze the blocking wind des on their way.


    A shadow suddenly looms over Lily. The sinister face of Mantis is near her. His aura has formed an insect mantis. His right hand is currently raised. A big scythe of windde is above Lily.


    "Little girl, let me cut your legs first," said Mantis with a big grin. His face looks so sinister.


    The big scythe shed at Lily''s legs, but a tornado brought her up to the air.


    Bang! The roof is cut, and it extends to the ground.


    Lily is in the air.


    Mantis gathers more wind element on his des for another powerful attack. He is waiting for the girl to fall down.


    WINGS OF WIND


    Wings have formed behind Lily, preventing her from falling. She is aiming her bow at Mantis. The arrow has a lot of aura and wind element. A big circle of magic is in front of the bow.


    Near the area where Lily and Mantis are fighting, Vyron is confronting a royal guard. ng! A halberd and iron staff sh. Vyron''s face suddenly changed when he felt a huge fluctuation of mana. He is familiar with that mana. He looked behind his enemy and saw Lily in the air, intending to release a powerful magic skill. Sweat started to flow from his face. He quickly jumped to his back, the he run away.


    "Run away quickly! Lily is releasing the dragon!" Vyron shouted to his subordinates near him. The faces of the red dragon guards change.


    "Ruuun!" shouted the guards while running.


    The enemy guards are dumbfounded and thenugh.


    "Hahahaha! Idiots! How can they be afraid of the little girl?! Is their brain working right?"


    "They probably have a ploy! They want us to chase after them! What a childish trick! They think we are stupid like them?"


    "Right! Right!"


    "Hahahaha! Watch those clowns! At least the nervousness on their faces looks real! What good acting! If their reason for running away is not ridiculous, I would have believed them! Hahahaha!"


    Lily let go of the powerful arrow.


    ART OF ARCHERY: WIND DRAGON