The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 92: A Double-Edged Sword

"However, you don't mind us going for those people, right?" Friedrich pointed in the direction of the squad leader and the other right beside Adolfo.

"You can do whatever you want as long as you don't disturb my fight," Adolfo didn't mind Friedrich's request.

"What?!" The squad leader felt disbelief at Adolfo.

"I am the one you are supposed to be escorting, not the other way around. So, you go deal with them on your own," Adolfo stepped aside.

Roshan also followed after.

Without wasting any more time, Roshan and Adolfo immediately went for each other.

Boom!

A loud explosion erupted as two guardians smashes their shields against each other.

"You're tough!" Adolfo complimented.

"Same as you!" Roshan kindly responded back.

"I truly never expected that someone who isn't as huge as me would be able to hold his ground against me,"

"There is more to the world than what you see from where you are standing,"

"That depends on where you're standing,"

"I am standing on giant's shoulder,"

"I am that giant!"

"We'll see about that," Roshan coldly scoffed.

To Adolfo's surprise, Roshan slowly started to push him backward.

However, that didn't take long as Adolfo was able to soon find his footing to hold his ground.

Regardless though, Adolfo still found himself unable to push Roshan backward, making him feel slightly surprised.

"It seems to me that you aren't the giant I am standing. Perhaps, you are being stepped on by my giant instead?"

"How arrogant!"

"You started it first!"

While Roshan and Adolfo were competing against who has better endurance and strength, Kayn and the others on the other hand slowly approach the squad leader and his remaining men.

"Stay behind my back and support me," The squad leader instructed his men.

Instantly, orange-colored light and red-colored light covered the body of the squad leader. Since the two guardians are gone, the two mages naturally transferred their support magic spell to their squad leader.

As soon as they were done with that, they quickly conjured an earth wall and a barrier to protect themselves and their Priest. The latter also made an extra barrier for himself just to be extra sure.

The squad leader can't help complimenting his men for being able to quickly think of a way to not make themselves a liability for him. Now that they have protected themselves while at the same time still being able to provide assistance to him, he won't have to worry about anyone else other than himself.

In the next moment, the squad leader lunges forward.

Seeing the squad leader charging at them, Kayn and Gilbert quickly evaded to let Friedrich handle the former.

"Quickly go to the Mages and Priest, I can handle him!" Friedrich exclaimed at Kayn and Gilbert.

Kayn and Gilbert nodded their heads in unison before hastily moving to the mini-fortress that the Mages and Priest are currently using as a cover.

Unfortunately, it isn't going to be easy for them to approach the mini-fortress.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Boom! Boom!

Dozens of fireballs began raining on them.

Shrggggh!

Vines started appearing on the ground, which hinders their path forward and prevented them from easily avoiding the rain of fireballs.

The vines also became the mediums for a fire to start spreading on the ground.

Bzzz! Bzzz!

Rays of light began shooting at their location.

There was only a small window to avoid the rays of light, and with the rain of fireballs plus the burning of the vines on the ground, Kayn and Gilbert find themselves having a really hard time trying to approach the mini-fortress.

"I didn't expect that a day would come where I can't approach a Mage," Gilbert felt slightly stressed out.

Mages have always been an easy target for assassins like Gilbert. But that's only the case if they don't get found out and were able to launch a surprise attack.

In this case, Gilbert can no longer hide from the Mages. Even if he tries to slip into the forest nearby them and use it as a cover, it would still not help that much because the Mages and Priest have made a mini-fortress to guard against such a variable.

"It seems like they've made preparation for exactly a moment like this," Kayn could easily understand why the Mages and Priest could hinder their path forward.

If it was other Mages, they would have started panicking already once they are put up against an assassin like Gilbert. The only explanation for why they aren't is probably because they've done simulations for a situation like this.

"Gilbert! We'll have to find the weakness in their defense," Kayn informs Gilbert. Regardless of how prepared someone is, there's always bound to be a weakness somewhere. As long as they can find that weakness, then it wouldn't be troublesome anymore.

"Understood!" Even as a master assassin, Gilbert couldn't help but compliment the Mages and Priest for being able to hold him off.

With that new goal in mind, Kayn and Gilbert no longer went up against the Mages and Priest with the intention of reaching them. This time, as they avoid their attacks, they simultaneously look for the weakness in their defense.

"Fire… Nature... Light…" These were the three magic spells the Mages and Priest are using to counter them.

"They are using fireballs to distract us. The vines in the ground hinder us from approaching forward, while at the same creating a blockage as it burns when a fireball lands on them. Lastly, the ray of light prevents us from choosing any path that isn't hindered by fireballs and vines. It is also their only way to effectively attack us," Kayn mutters.

"The problem is not with the fireball, it is the vines that burn the ground," Gilbert pointed out. They obviously can't step on burning ground.

"We can't prevent them from using the vines to their advantage,"

"How about we direct the vines? Let's say, I go left, and you go right,"

"There are two Mages, plus the Priest would definitely support them. So, I don't recommend we split up,"

By splitting up, the two of them would no longer face three opponents, but rather two opponents each as the Priest could provide assistance to the two Mages at the same time. Simply put, it would be no different from fighting four opponents.

In addition to that, there's no telling for certain if Adolfo won't back off from the Guardian Duel first once he sees a perfect opportunity to launch a surprise attack on one of them.

"Couldn't we just ask for help from Kimberly and Cedrick?" Kayn can't help suggesting.

"It's not time yet for them to make their appearance in the fight," Gilbert shook his head. Kimberly and Cedrick are their trump cards against Adolfo.

The main reason why Kimberly and Cedrick can't show themselves yet is that once they do so, Adolfo would no doubt ask for the assistance of the squad leader and his remaining men. As a matter of fact, if Kimberly and Cedrick had shown up from the very start, Adolfo would have never thought of killing the two guardians. That's because having a Mage and a Priest in the enemy team could bring a lot of variables in a fight. What the two Mages did to the two guardians before is a clear example of such a case.

Only when the squad leader and his remaining men are dead would Kimberly and Cedrick reveal themselves. That was the plan, and they will not change that just because they feel a little bit of a challenge against the two Mages and Priest.

"Alright," Kayn could only give up. Since he can't do that, he continued to observe and take note of possible weaknesses of their enemy's defense.

Time continues to pass that way.

Whoosh!

As Kayn got hindered by another burning vine in front of him, instead of looking for another path to approach the mini-fortress, he stayed and began observing.

In the midst of his observation, Kayn notices the black smoke that the burning vine is releasing into the surrounding area.

He quickly looked up, and to his excitement, he saw the area getting slowly covered by black smoke.

"It seems like we don't have to look for the weakness of their defense anymore," Kayn muttered.

"Why?" Gilbert stopped in his tracks.

"Look at the smoke around us, notice any difference?"

"Was there always a dense smoke around us?"

"No!" Kayn shook his head. "It's the burning vines that created this dense smoke,"

Gilbert immediately understood what Kayn is planning on doing.

"We can use this to our advantage,"

"Alright!"

Kayn and Gilbert started moving.

At this moment, rather than avoiding the places where there are vines hindering their path forward and going for another open path, they both went to find those paths with vines.

Every single time they find an area with vines and acted as if going over them, a fireball would soon land on the vines, thus burning the ground in front of them and preventing them from walking on it.

As they continued to do so, the density of the smoke became denser and denser.

Finally, the entire surrounding of the mini-fortress became covered by black smoke.

"Now!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Both Kayn and Gilbert didn't hesitate to enter the black smoke as they use it as a cover to prevent the Mages and Priest from spotting them.

Never did they expect that the weakness of their enemy's defense would turn out to be their greatest strength and biggest advantage over them. In other words, the more they use their defense, the deeper they dug a hole for themselves.

A double-edged sword, to be more exact!