Chapter 403: Do I Need Angels?
These annoying angels refused to work together so much that I can"t handle it anymore.
"Victoria, we really don"t need them to be our allies, right?" I asked Victoria who is resting on my shoulder.
"…let"s leave. There should be many other powerful monsters that you can choose to be your next summon," Victoria agreed.
I was about to leap into the sky when multiple angels surrounded me and stopped me from leaving. Some of them are grabbing my legs, some of them are blocking my path, and some even used light barrier to stop me! Isn"t this a teamwork?
"If you guys can do this much, you should be able to rescue everyone together! You don"t need my help in everything, you s.h.i.tty angels!" I shouted in anger.
"I see… so you refused to rescue my kind. Then, I can"t let you live any longer. I won"t consider you as my savior again. From now on, you are my… no. Our enemy," Graham said as he and the other angels grabbed their weapons and prepare to fight.
"So be it! And show me how strong you are! This way, I can see if it"s worth it coming here or not!"
I have prepared myself to get into a fight with the angels, but I never thought that it would start like this.
More importantly, their weapons of choice are spear! I can learn spear techniques from them. I hope.
Since they are using spear, it"s normal for me to use spear as well. I won"t use Victoria this time, so I will use Reizpear.
If they are strong, I will think about making the archangel as my next summoned monster.
Let"s see… I"m being surrounded by winged angels all around me. And there"s a barrier preventing me from escaping.
Since I"m unable to float unless I move my feet, after they caught my leg, I landed back on the ground and kicked away the angels who caught me.
Now, not only around me, there are angels wielding spears floating above me. And they actually thinking of fighting me instead of saving their people.
The number is… the leader of these angels, the archangel Graham, is away from me. He"s still inside the barrier and already holding a gold spear which seems to be more powerful than the other angels" spears.
As for the other angels, there seem to be about thirty of them surrounding me. And since from their previous reaction on how I lifted the rock trapping on the archangel, I can tell that they are physically weaker than me. Which mean I still have hope on winning.
Let"s try defeating them without killing them. And since they can use healing magic, it should be fine to injure them as long as they are not dead yet.
…I"ll refrain from cutting their limbs. Though this will only be a choice if I am stronger than them.
That means breaking their bones are fine. Good.
"A man with a spear against all of us? Are you crazy?" Graham asked me.
"… for me, you are far more crazier. You can help the others by working together, but you choose to fight me instead. Something is wrong with your head. If you"re proud of your strength, you should be able to help the others easily," I replied.
I can ask Shelia or the others to help, but let"s see their spear techniques first.
Since it"s impossible for me to defeat them easily because of their healing magic, I will call Shelia later. Or maybe Spot as well. But I think just Shelia alone to help me later will be good.
"Roy, do you want me to help?" Victoria asked.
"No. For now, I need to see how powerful they are," I replied.
Being surrounded with only a spear in my hand, let"s try fighting them without Aura first.
"Come!" I shouted as multiple angels come toward me.
…yes, all of the angels are coming toward me all at once together at the same time. From left, right, front, back, and above.
Which means… they are crushing against each other.
"Hey, move!"
"No! You move!"
"Get away from me!"
"Where"s the human? Where"s the human!?"
"Haah… haah… being crushed like this feels so good… Oof!"
…that was me. No, I didn"t say that. I just hit the guy who said that with the b.u.t.t of my spear. And he"s knocked out in an instant.
Seriously, just how bad is their teamwork!? They manage to hold me back here in this barrier, but when they have to fight, it turns into something like this!? They are crushing each other!
s.h.i.t. Just why did I have to suffer so much just to search for these angels?
I can"t waste my time any longer. There"s no point in continuing in this stupid fight. Let"s forget about how I won"t use my Aura.
I thrusted Reizpear in an empty spot between the stupid angels, then with my strength and Aura, not to the point where I use my full strength, I swing Reizpear around and hit them all.
"…this battle is so comical. Let"s get out of here fast," Victoria said.
I agree. Though I only managed to defeat twenty of them in one swing. There"s only eleven of these winged idiots left. The Archangel, Graham, and ten other angels.
Though if the others got healed fast, they will return.
Although they are stupid, I feel pitiful if I have to kill them. So, I broke the blade of Reizpear on my own. Now it"s just a staff.
These ten angels are now fighting me one on one. That"s good. Knowing that they are too weak together, they choose to fight me alone.
The first one stepped forward. He"s an angel about with similar height as me. But he"s too skinny.
He"s coming at me with his spear, and I blocked it with my staff. Now, it"s a training. I won"t use my Aura anymore.
We exchanged attacks and I can tell that his skill in using his spear is much better than mine.
Victoria taught me how to use spear, and I gained a lot of experience when I fought with only my spear. But the angel I"m facing is more technical in his spearmanship than mine. Though after a few bouts, I managed to get the upper hand as I learned how to handle my spear better.
I swung my staff upward, and the end of my staff hit him right on his chin. Knocking him out in an instant.
As I thought, no matter how better they are in using spear, their biggest weakness is that their physical strength is too weak. I can overcome his technique with brute force alone.
"Next!" I shouted.
Seems like the angels have somewhat recovered. And they are preparing themselves to fight again. This might take a while.
"Victoria. Sorry, but I might stay here for a while longer," I said.
This is also good to train my stamina and endurance.
I don"t think I am good enough to dodge all their attacks. Though I won"t let them hit me on purpose.
Now that they realize fighting one on one impossible to win, and having too many of them fight at once also hard, the archangel gave them command to group up into two or three angels at the same time to fight me.
"Do not fight him alone! And do not go out with too many people! He"s experienced in fighting!" Graham shouted.
Well, he"s right. But from what he said, it seems that he also somewhat has experience in fighting. At least even more than the angel I fought previously.
Though the biggest problem still exists. If he can give command well like that, how come the angels can"t cooperate together!?
My second battle was against two experienced angels. Though I still win through brute force. And I managed to copy their technique.
Now, my spearmanship is almost as good as the angels. And with my strength, I have surpa.s.sed them.
When three angels come at once, since I have gotten used to their attack pattern, there"s no problem in defeating them. Though they still get healed and return back in line.
Wait, since when was there a line to fight me!?
"A chance!"
While I was distracted by the line, an angel noticed that my back is open and launched an attack. A thrust aimed at my heart from my back.
Unfortunately for him, my Divine Vision lets me see my surrounding without the need to face the other way. It"s another easy victory.
…honestly, if they are trained, they could be as strong as the werewolves. Maybe stronger since they have magic. But these angels live too long in stupidity. At least they seem to be worth training.
Though if it"s impossible for them to obey my command, I refuse to take them in.
"Wait, is this all the angels here? All of them are lining up to fight me?" I asked after seeing the line getting longer.
"That"s right. You have to rescue those who are trapped under the buildings, or you will fight all of us!" the archangel said loudly.
"You"re all idiots! If none of you staying behind with those who are trapped, who will heal them if they"re dying!?" I shouted.
"…they can heal themselves," the archangel said.
"Then why did you give up on living when you were trapped!?"
"…kill him!"
s.h.i.t. Even the cowardly elves are much better than these angels.
"…next time I read any literature with a phrase "The heart of an angel" or "Angelic heart" I will cross out the words," Victoria said.
"Is that all you can think of right now!?"