Chapter 5:Chase the Black Goose

The situations getting tight at the outskirt of Orecast Village. The six dark magician start to materialized dark bolt in their hands. Kana and Ekiu was exhale a deep breath before anothing happens.

Kana make the first move with charging to the closest dark magician and ready her claymore to block the bolt and she swing her claymore horizontally but the dark magician evade the swing and prepare another spell while other two of them ready to shot bolts at her from back.

She react to the situation by swing her sword to the ground in arc again and cast ice wall along the swing range that block the dark bolts. She continue focussing on the mage that she was targetting before.

Meanwhile, Ekiu cast a reflective barrier and reflects all the bolts and he goes on counter attack.

"Lethal Splash: Hydro Electra."

He swings his hand around and water splashed around and soak the dark magician robes. Then he look at the dark magician with a such scary eyes as he flicks his finger. After the flicks, the water that soaks the mages electrified them to death. This spell took 2 of them down while the other 2 that around him manage to nuetralized the electric.

The two take out daggers and start to infuse dark magic to it. They attacked Ekiu at the same time and he didn't have any spells that could counter close range yet that makes him run and just evading the dark slash the magician throw at him.

This goes for a while until the ground grow blue and the legs of the two dark magician were frosted that they stay in place. couldn't move their leg.

"Well at least you still alive." Kana said with her eyes still emitting blue particle as she use her ice magic.

She then dash and slash the immobile mages into half.

"That's the fourth. You manage to took down two of them. very well for a normal magician." She said and look around looking for the horse.

"I try my best... Hey, I kinda wonder, how do you know they set an ambush to us earlier." Ekiu said while walking to a bush and pull the horse out.

"Oh, I saw the horse trails on the ground decrease from six horse to two. I suspects some of them stop to slow us down." She said as she get up the horse.

She sigh slightly before looking at Ekiu.

"We lost them."

"No we not."

"What do you mean by that?" She frowned since she pretty sure the rest of the dark mages already far away.

Ekiu kneel to the ground and gibberishly cast a spell. A wide mix of red and blue magic circle appeared.

"With the essence left by the familiar. I shall track the assimilation and drawn through memory of those who know... Bring those in them to the other play they wish. Teleport!" He chant and bright light shines from the magic circle.

Before Kana could realised, they already somewhere else, like a dirt pathway on rocky and slightly grassy area. as she look to the front, two horses were drawing closer and one of them having the princess on the back of their horse.

"What... So... you use teleportation spell."

"yeah... It's desperate measure... I leave... the rest... To you..." He said as he fall to the ground.

Using teleport spell to such a distance is actually very heavy for any magician. plus, Ekiu already use teleport twice today that it drains all of his mana. Even the strongest magician can only cast teleportation once. So, Ekiu push himself to this.

Kana were surprised but she keep her composure. She also know about how heavy teleportation spell is. She pick Ekiu up and put him on the horse.

"Well, I underestimating you, Mister Normal Magician." She said as she draw he claymore.

The two horses getting closer and step in close proximity to them.

"You.. how you could be here. That's impossible!" Said one of the dark mage.

"I don't know myself... *scoffed* but all I know that you all need to go to your burial.

She said as she dash in with her claymore and attack one of the mages. The mage take out a sword and block the attack but the sword broke and he got a slash at his chest.

"How?" he look a his sword that seems to be frosted and become fragile due to it.

Kana hold the mage and throw him on the ground. The other mage that still on the horse with the princess attempt to run away but there was icicle falls from the sky that blocked the mage path to run.

"you playing with the wrong person... D.M.A." She dash and also attempt to kill him.

He quickly cast a dark bolt and was easily parried by Kana and she quickly slash he weapon to the mages head but right before the slash hit his neck, he put his hand to Kana's chest plate and blast her with dark blast that sends her flying and rolling on the dirt and crashed to a tree.

Just from that one hit making her vomiting blood out of her mouth. The mage get off his horse and walk toward Kana.

"You think you can beat me?"

"Well... I can... *spit the blood to the ground* still crash your face."

"hmph, too slow." He said and kicked Kana's stomach.

The kick was infused with dark energy that enough to sends Kana flying again but as he kicked Kana to send her flying, he also feel a moment of zero gravity when she manages to grab his leg and drags him along while she was kicked.

That caught the mage off guard and as they stop flying. Kana immediately hold the mage's face and punch it hardly a few time.

"I told you I gonna smash your face!" Kana shouts angrily.

She then stop punches and grab the mage bruised face.

"try me." Kana said when she feels the mages hand was again placed at her stomach.

The mage didn't dare to blast her flying again or he also gonna fly with him face dragged along and could result to his neck breaking. He lay his hand down as she died from the punches he gets on his head.

Kana then stands and crutches againts her claymore and walk to the horse where the princess is. She could fell the after effect of dark blast at her chest. The direct impact was actually lethal. Thanks to she manage to formed some ice behind her chestplate before that it saves her from direct death from dark blast hit.

Dark blast is one of the most deadly spell if taken in direct impact. It's like shotgun. The closer you are, the lethal it gets. plus, not all dark mage could cast it. That mage must at least Sorcerer class.

As Kana stands and untie the rope that was bounding the princess, she immedately falls to the ground.

To be continue...