Battle against the undead

As they started heading to the walls, Amilia couldn’t help but to ask “By the way, Yuuji” she paused for a moment “Do you know how to use a sword ?”

While Yuuji looked fancy in his adventurer clothes, it was not all that there was to an adventurer. An adventurer can specialize in a certain role or roles, such as trap discovery, swordsmanship, archery or magic.

“Yeah.” Yuuji touched the sword on his hip before continuing “I’ve trained a lot with the sword back in my homeplace.”

For Yuuji, his childhood was filled with many different sports as a way to distract himself. His grandma was the one to push him into learning swordsmanship and martial arts which Yuuji didn’t object to.

While boys his age would go mess around and choose something basic like football or volleyball, Yuuji’s love for martial arts was increasing day by day and was evident by his performance in the dojo.

The sword Yuuji was given felt as light as a feather. The hilt was a blueish purple color, the guards described its sharpness. "It can cut a tree in half."

Nevertheless, It was a temporary gift anyway and he was going to get one from Sam’s workshop soon.

It took the group around 20 minutes to arrive at the walls. It took them less than usual due to the hurry they were in.

One of the guards moved his hands in front of the group to stop them. “We’re here.”

There were a number of units already in place waiting orders as the monsters started approaching slowly, too slowly.

“Deputy Commander, how’s the formation?” Thoka asked as she looked at Boryana.

Boryana bowed before giving her report of the situation “Ha! The soldiers are all in place awaiting your orders, My lord. The enemies seem to be a collection of undeads led by a necromancer. While our scouts couldn’t get a grasp on where said necromancer is, we’re confident it’s not something we can take lightly."

Boryana’s eyes wandered after finishing her report. Upon seeing Yuuji standing there her expression turned even more serious than it was a mere moment ago .

“Mister Yuuji, Please help us today.” Boryana took a knee in front of Yuuji out of respect.

Yuuji, however, seemed uncomfortable with that reaction. Not only did he make fun of her before, but also he didn’t see himself worth all that respect.

“Please call me Yuuji.. Just Yuuji. And no need to respect me so much”

Boryana lifted her face in confusion and an audible “Huh?” was heard from her.

“I’m sorry but what?” Her confusion only grew more. “You’re our hero you deserve more respect than that which I’m giving–”

Before she could finish, Yuuji cut her off “I don’t want to be a hero who everyone fears or respects because of titles. I want to be one who is respected as a friend.”

Thoka smiled as she saw the two interact, and so did Amilia. The former then moved her hands as she looked at the soldiers “Everyone! Take defensive formation 1!”

“Ohhhhh? Defensive formation you say?”

A harsh unbearable sound plagued the group’s ears.

“Thoka… Thoka… You really disappointed me…” The same voice was heard again

“Sorry for the late introduction, Everyone. My name is Sirius Zeller!” The voice paused for a moment “I came here to take this loooooooovely kingdom and crush it!”

Confusion washed over Yuuji’s and Boryana’s faces but the one to clear this up was Amilia “This is telepathy magic. He must be trying to provoke us.” to which Thoka nodded.

However, There was no time for discussions. Suddenly, the slow undead got faster and the soldiers were taken by complete surprise.

Yuuji and Boryana jumped into battle. Thoka was leading the formation from behind, and Amilia was providing support as much as she could.

‘1, 2, 3 Ughhh there’s so many!’ Yuuji silently complained as he ran through the undead army slashing them down

“Don’t let your guard down, Yuuji!” Boryana who was close by shouted.

“I know that, Jailbait!” Yuuji slashed 2 more down as he complained again.

Behind these lines of enemies Amilia was casting spells to boost both Yuuji and Boryana’s combat abilities

“O merciful snow aid us to defeat those who oppose you.. Ice spirit!”

Suddenly, Yuuji felt his speed increase. He slashed down another undead soldier before looking down at his hands “Woah.. Good work, Witch!”

“Don’t call me ‘Witch’!” Amilia’s complaints fell on deaf ears as Yuuji continued battling ahead.

Amilia kept giving buffs to soldiers as much as she could. And what felt like an infinite mana pool, started suddenly to feel drained.

“This is not working! Yuuji! Boryana! I’m starting to run out of mana!” Amilia cried for Yuuji and Boryana to prepare for the buff to end.

‘This time… this time I’ll prove more how good I truly am’

Boryana looked completely absorbed in battle and in her own thoughts. A sudden shout finally brought her back to reality.

“THIS PERSON! THIS PERSONTHISPERSONTHISPERSON!!!!! LOOK AT THIS PERSON JUST SLASHING AWAY AT MY PETS! MY BEAUTIFUL PETS! HOW ABSURD HOW UTTERLY ABSURD!” Sirius cried out in anger at the sight of Boryana and Yuuji slashin away at the undead

Sirius Zeller looked ominous on his own, aside from his craziness, He had a mask covering half of his face and a dark crystal that looked like it was omitting some sort of dark aura.

“TRULY UNACCEPTABLE! REALLY UNACCEPTABLE! HOW… DARE YOU!”

“BE CAREFUL!” Yuuji shouted loudly as he pushed Boryana away from a surprise attack by Sirius.

After Sirius’ surprise attack a sudden voice rang through everyone’s ears “THOKA SMITH! I’LL BRING EVEN STRONGER PETS TO CRUSH YOU SOON! FOR NOW, SEE YOU LATER.”

An angry Sirius flew away and his soldiers started retreating at the same pace. The kingdom is saved for now.

“Yuuji, Are you ok!?” a panicked Amilia rushed to the scene as soon as she could.

However, Yuuji immediately started vomiting intensely.

A ray of light was instantly emitted from Amilia’s staff heading towards Yuuji. Amilia wasn’t great at healing magic but it could serve as first aid. However this one was not one healing magic could fix. It wasn’t sickness nor was it an injury, it was from mental shock and the smell of the undead soldiers.

After a few moments of Yuuji’s intense vomiting, he finally came to a stop. He slowly tried to stand up but his very injured leg stopped him in his tracks.

“For now, Let’s bring him back to our hospital.” Boryana declared receiving a nod from Amilia as the two shouldered him to stand.