Volume 2 Chapter 16
Following this, not only the guards who see the signal but also the nearby adventurers will likely swarm in.
If they spread the information on the forums, even more adventurers will head to Hurst.
“Anna, what should we do now…”
“Lifa, protect Lily. We’re breaking through.”
Uncle François’s goal must have been to ambush us on the way, but my scouting skill detected their ambush early, so we hardly saw any guards on our way here.
“Understood!”
Hildegarde picked up Lily and sprinted like a hundred-meter dash, prompting the guards to immediately turn their spears towards Lily.
I targeted each guard trying to intercept Lily, throwing out chains to wrap around their wrists.
“Fire arrows!”
At Uncle François’s command, the archers collectively unleashed a volley of arrows towards the fleeing Hildegarde.
However, the arrows were thrown off course by a wild gust of wind before they could even get close, nearly all stopped mid-air by an invisible wall of wind.
“Baron Trafalgar! You are opposing the Duke!”
Uncle François loudly reminded Trafalgar, the instigator of all this.
“What I do is my business…”
“That’s quite offensive! 【Law Enforcement】!”
“…!”
Uncle François activated the guard squad’s unique law enforcement authority, and the chains I had wrapped around the guards became incredibly heavy—their strength increased, and the time of restraint was greatly reduced.
As they broke free from one chain, I added another to bind them.
An arrow flew towards one of the guards I had bound, and the guard forcibly pushed against my chain’s restraint, swinging his spear to knock down the arrow.
“Meow?! How could this…”
“You’re less useful than a piece of char siu… go cover that elf! Quick!”
“But, but I told you I’m not a seasoned player…”
Calo Cat, unusually silent for a long time without arguing back to Trafalgar, complained with a lack of confidence but still obediently followed Trafalgar’s command.
“I apologize! Anna! Everyone, move forward, bring Anna down!”
“Ugh…”
So heavy… like a car with the pedal to the metal…!
“Baron Trafalgar! Please step back!”
Earth magic, 【Immovable as a Mountain】!
After using this skill, I can’t move voluntarily, nor can I be moved by any form of force, and my defensive power increases significantly during the skill’s duration; it can be manually deactivated.
“Boss! Did Anna suddenly get fat?”
“That’s not it?! How could it be getting fat, are you thinking with your knees? It’s definitely magic. Since that’s the case, everyone prioritize capturing Anna!”
Uncle François’s mind was the clearest, however, before he finished speaking, my chains wrapped around his arms and all the guards who hadn’t been bound before.
“I have a bad feeling about this…”
“It’s an offense here, Uncle François.”
If it were just 【Immovable as a Mountain】, there would be no need to have Trafalgar step back. Uncle François must have realized this, but it was too late.
Wind magic, 【Propeller】. Although usually a skill of little use, it has special applications in certain circumstances. Its effect is to make the caster spin at high speed, but the skill does not grant immunity to dizziness, so if one spins for too long, the caster will end up dizzy.
However, when I use 【Propeller】 on top of 【Immovable as a Mountain】, I still won’t move, and instead, I will create a ridiculous effect of spinning in place.
“Anna is spinning?”
“What does this mean?”
“Is it the adventurers’ popular saying, ‘Not spinning is not a true adventurer’?”
“Hey, wait… don’t you feel…”
Spinning in place indeed looks silly, but my chains have firmly pulled every guard into the spin, and the effect is different.
Support magic, 【Overload Amplification】.
With the skill’s enhancement, my spinning frequency nearly doubled. In the short time of their conversation, the guards began to find themselves unable to stand steadily under the privileged buff of their law enforcement status.
Soon after, the first guard was flung into the air, unable to break free from the chains, floating like a piece of paper in the wind. In a matter of seconds, all guards except Uncle François were uprooted by me.
“Anna, stop, stop, stop—”
“Ugh………………”
“¥%#¥%#%¥#%¥……”
All the guards were now afflicted with the 【Dizziness】 debuff due to the uncontrollable high-speed spinning, while I, as the source of the storm, was not only unaffected but even had the leisure to hum a song in my heart. The big windmill turns with a creak…
But it’s about time to stop because I’m using the 【Propeller】 skill on flat ground, occasionally a guard would come into harsh contact with the ground while spinning at high speed, and without the buff’s protection, they might have been killed. Although we are currently on opposing sides, NPC deaths are permanent, and I have no intention of killing them.
I slowed down the spinning frequency, dragging the nearly unconscious guards and threw them all at once into the river by the roadside.
“Old ginger is still spicier, Uncle François.”
Only Uncle François was left on land, plunging his spear into the ground and using it as an anchor, probably with the help of magic, otherwise, he would still be thrown by me. His spear driven into the ground kept moving, drawing a twisted circle around me.
The guards fell into the river, splashing water, and since we were no longer in combat, I took an umbrella from my storage space to avoid getting my dress wet.
“Wow… so elegant, Anna…”
“You flatter me.”
“Hey, hey, I’m about to cry here…”