My Magical System

276 A curse

“Interesting.” Troyer Des looked interested in the enemy’s provocation. His body glowed when he summoned magical energy.

“Take this! Hah!”

Troyer Des summoned Wind Blades and fired at the enemy. He was an experienced spellcaster, therefore his aim and power with the long-range magic attacks were pretty good.

Looking at the fast-approaching Wind Blades, the leader did not even look worried. Rossbert and the others gawked when they saw the enemy easily dodged Des’ attack.

“Dammit! He was indeed strong,” Troyer Des muttered with knitted brows.

Even an attack from a gold-rank Guardian failed to touch the enemy?

Seeing that, Rossbert said, “Let’s get out of here first—”, he hastily decided, but the enemy would not allow them to do that. He interjected saying, “No, you can’t leave here without my permission. Come forth!”

After saying the last line, multiple swirling shadows appeared on the floor around them. Then, from those shadows, people wrapped in the same black cloth as the leader appeared.

“We’re surrounded!” Zennie frowned.

In addition, some people in the same outfit as the enemy rushed inside through the door.

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The enemy leader hastily said his command. “Kill all of them and take the lady! Be sure to kill the mayor!”

The mayor’s expression turned bitter once again from hearing that.

Hearing their leader’s command, they rushed to execute his command.

“Tsk! We have no choice. Let’s defeat them first!”

Seeing that they had no time to escape, Rossbert and the others were forced to deal with the enemies first. He quickly positioned himself at the front of the group and blocked the attack of the first enemy who arrived in front of him.

An enemy silently thrust a long blade at him, but Rossbert skillfully blocked it using the flat of his greatsword.

Thump!

Sending a loud stomp on the floor, he used his sword like a baseball bat and sent the enemy flying away.

“Heyaaaah!”

Swoosh~

The pair of eyes hiding under the dark hood widened in disbelief. He probably did not expect Rossbert’s strength.

But it was already too late. Rossbert already batted him away. His figure could be seen flying toward the nearby wall and crashing on it with a loud thud.

Witnessing Rossbert’s strength, the Mayor’s expression turned rather better. Perhaps he found hope in their situation.

However, the other enemies did not even spare a glance at their downed companion. They continued attacking.

There were still 20+ enemies around them and there were only three of them who were capable of fighting.

Zennie could somehow give support. Mister Klaus on the other hand was still injured. A knife was still embedded in his shoulder.

“Guards!”

The mayor tried to call his guards, but seeing that no one was responding to his call outside of the room, even an idiot could probably understand what had happened to them. In fact, some of the enemies came through the door. So basically, they dealt with them first. But still, there was no harm in trying, no? The mayor frowned at the loss of lives of his staff.

Rossbert, Des, and the great scout confronted the enemies while Zennie was trying to help them by raising their attributes using her support-type magic.

Then the battle occurred.

Despite having fewer numbers, the group did well against multiple opponents. Seeing the situation, it could be seen that Rossbert and the others had the upper hand.

“We can do this!” The scout said as he kicked one of the enemies that appeared right in front of him. Even though he was weaker compared to the two, he was also able to perform well in this battle. Surely, it was because of this mysterious magical energy that wrapped his body. He felt stronger because of it.

Swoosh~ wring~

Des summoned some Wind Cutters and shredded two enemies that came at him.

“Heyaaah!”

Bam!

After a loud warcry, Rossbert pulled his sword in a huge swing. Three enemies were hit by it and all of them were knocked away.

The leader knitted his brows. He could not believe that those three were able to stand against his men.

But, he already knew the reason. It was because of that person. The leader then sent a sharp glare at Zennie.

‘Right. It was because of her,’ the leader thought. ‘But…’ the leader’s mouth then formed a grin. ‘It’s a pity because she’s in my presence.’ After thinking that, the leader’s body was then cloaked in dark magical energy.

After that, he stretched his arm forward, pointing his palm at Zennie. The next second, “Eh?!” Zennie suddenly felt weak and fainted.

Thud!

She fell on the floor.

“Girl!” Klaus shouted and approached her using all his strength. ｆ𝑟𝑒𝐞𝚠𝒆𝚋𝚗૦𝐯ℯ𝙡. com

Rossbert glanced and saw Zennie unconscious on the floor.

“Lady Zennie!” He shouted. But Rossbert could not be distracted. After turning his attention away from the battle, an enemy grazed him.

Guf!

Rossbert stepped back. Fortunately, he was able to block the enemy’s strike right on time. If not, it would certainly not only be a graze.

Gah!

Suddenly, Rossbert heard a groan to his side, when he glanced reflexively, he saw the scout bleeding from a stab.

‘How did that happen?’ Rossbert thought. Then, a thrust hit the scout’s chest.

Gwah!

Blood blurted out of his mouth. More blades pierced his body. The scout then lost consciousness after suffering such heavy injuries. He fell to the ground with his open eyes already lost all signs of life.

Rossbert looked shocked, but before he could say something, another groan happened on the other side. He quickly glanced in that direction. And as he feared, he saw Troyer Des bathed in his blood as well.

‘How did it happen? Everyone was doing good just a second ago.’ Rossbert could not understand.

Rossbert noticed the glowing magical energy over his body had diminished. He finally understood what was happening. Right. Since Zennie lost consciousness, the support magic she cast on them had been cut.

Suddenly, Rossbert’s body became weak after losing the boost in strength. However, something more serious happened after that.

“What? What is this?” Rossbert asked in bewilderment.

It was as if he didn’t only lose the strength boost from Zennie, it was as if his body also lost most of his natural strength for some unknown reason. He glanced around and discovered something that he believed could be the reason.

Ahead of them, he saw the leader of the enemy extend his arm towards them with his palm facing him.

He also noticed a swirling dark energy around his palm.

“A-a curse…?” Rossbert muttered and staggered.

A sword aimed at his neck was coming to end his life.