ELECTUS

Asked Lia as she saw 50 Guards slowly approaching all around with their Swords, Maces, Battle Axes and Warhammers up.

"Evade and attack. Don"t be dumb to throw yourself in the middle of those Guards. Even you would be dead meat."

Said Jim as he gave a death stare to the 50 Guards. Them seeing their Coworkers on the ground laying in bloodpools all caused because of two Commoners, their overall confidence went down. The two were outnumbered but the Guards felt outmatched.

"Attack!"

Yelled one Guard

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Screamed the bundle of Guards as they charged towards Lia and Jim with aims to obliterate them.

Lia ran back, avoiding the crowd and the Guards who got out of line, proving more fast on their feet met the end of Lia"s Sword. It was easier to strike down such people because they don"t take part in a crowd where Swords can swing from all sides, proving difficult to avoid.

The first Guard who ran out of line, was struck hard enough to lose his head. Lia Swung at him with such Sword and Speed that the Guard"s body kept running headless for several feet until he met the ground.

She was quickly running out of s.p.a.ce to evade because the Throne room was only about 20 meters long and 10 meters wide.

But fortunate for her, at the end of a very short staircase 20 feet away from the throne, there was a 4 foot wide support beam holding the ceiling of the throne room from collapsing over everyone.  She might have the strength to cut the support beam down if she managed to evade the Guards enough to strike down several strikes on it but she would be risking Jim"s life with such battle plan so she used the Support beam to become airborne. With the right foot reaching 6 feet high after she made a little jump, her foot pushed against the support beam as she proceeded to push her body weight hard enough to do a backflip with her Sword raised vertically above her head. As she was flying in the air while upside down, she managed to cut through several "heads and shoulders" before she landed on the last two lines of Guards where she managed to knock four of them off of their feet with her body weight. But she did make a quick recovery, not wasting a second she stood on her feet again to avoid getting struck by the other Guards who were waiting for such an opportunity in this insane battle.

Jim however, when they started to run in the first place, he took a different direction in aims to split the group of Guards which could at least make the situation a bit easier. But if they wished to take 20-25 Guards each, they would have to evade and strike all day long. No one would have the Stamina for that, not even Lia. So he took a rather different approach. He ran and threw anything he could find in the throne room, using everything to his advantage. Decorative s.h.i.+elds and Swords seemed to be not so decorative, as they were made out of Iron or Silver. Throwing an actual Sword towards a Guard with full strength would no doubt kill the Guard if thrown correctly and a thrown s.h.i.+eld would at least knock out a Guard if not killing him/her. But females being Guards would be something rare for people under the influence of the ill.u.s.tratian alliance.

To his Advantage. There were Several decorative Daggers all in one place. He didn"t take a second to grab them all with one swipe and continued running and throwing Daggers.

It was easier to strike any of the Guards because they had no base of attack whatsoever except chasing after Jim like animals and the Daggers were lighter. The Strikes didn"t even have to be on the head to stop one Guard. After being hit they would stop on the spot and cry for help, where they would cause for several Guards with Weapons to bash on the struck Guard, ending up with more Guards being injured as some lost balance and met the ground.

These Guards are so disoriented, but they can still out match the two because their numbers are bigger.

After a half hour of evading and striking when they found a clear opening, they still didn"t even manage to kill or knock out even half of the Guards. A bit over 30 were still standing although it was rather difficult to count them all. With more than half of their staminas depleted, they thought it best to escape this G.o.dd.a.m.n castle and flee from the Kingdom. Even if they win this battle, they will never be safe here in Wide Rivers again. Wherever they would flee, would be way better than this h.e.l.lhole. However fleeing in the first place would mean running through the town where more Guards or Civilians could put up a fight. Quant.i.ty can beat Quality at this point unfortunately.

They rushed towards the Castle door but found that it was barred from both sides. A foot thick plank placed horizontally in the middle of the door from one end to the other, prevented them from exiting. Sure they can lift the one from inside, but how will they lift the one from outside? It requires someone from the other side to do it.

They tried to break through the door with their soldiers bas.h.i.+ng like bulls on the door but even considering Lia"s abnormal strength, it seemed rather impossible.

They were cornered by the remaining Guards as bas.h.i.+ng the door took them to much time. Lia seems to withstand attacks without blood breaking out but who can guarantee that being struck tens of times would no doubt knock her out, put her in a coma or even kill her. She can feel pain after all.

Hearing a thick voice on the other side of the door yelling

"Ready?"

And a thinner tone continuing

"Yes sir!"

And the first voice finis.h.i.+ng it with

"Strike!"

As he yelled "Strike", the 12 foot tall and 17 foot wide Castle Doors were forced out of their Hinges and pushed 3 feet from their original spot before they made a large boom after they hit the Ground.

The two people who caused this havoc were a 7 foot ill.u.s.tratian man with a 5.5 foot kid who seemed more like a sidekick but he seems equally strong if not stronger. They double fisted the Large Doors down after all.

"Sorry to knock so hard."

Yelled the little one.