The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 201: Art of Radiance

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’good, that’s helpful. ’

Understanding what I had to do, it was my turn to act, I watched as the siege began. I was at the side rear. I was surprised that they didn’t use mercenaries as cannon fodder to go to the front, I still didn’t fully understand the culture of the kingdom I’m in.

The soldiers and knights of the kingdom were the ones at the front of this assault and they were moving forward towards the front walls carrying artifacts that seemed to affect, at least temporarily, the barrier and achieve some effective attacks.

Well, for now our side seemed to have the advantage. I don’t know much about war, beyond the general knowledge my alternate self gave me.

Things about the art of war, strategies and so on, are subjects I never concentrated on studying. I’m not even sure if I’m fit for it, even with knowledge. But that’s not important now.

I slowly scanned the place and found the dwarf who was leading us if I wasn’t mistaken his rank was lieutenant colonel, I didn’t remember his name or even if he said it. He was in battle position, but he was not moving, as if he was waiting for his turn to attack.

I guess, once the soldiers get tired or are at a disadvantage, they will use us. I slowly approached it. I had to be careful, as every now and then a siege weapon or stray magic would randomly fall in our vicinity, even if we were not actively attacking. For the enemy the important thing was to reduce the number.

Once close, I spoke to him:

”lieutenant colonel, I have something to report to you.”

I spoke from the side. He looked at me for a moment, as if he did not understand why I was talking to him in this situation, in a moment from bewilderment he passed to anger and seemed about to yell at me so that I would not entertain him in this tense situation, but I did not let him speak and went quickly to the point

”I have an ability that allows me to see the weak points of barriers. If it’s helpful, I...”

”What!!! Is there anything as helpful as that? You’re not supposed to declare things like that when you register as a mercenary. The higher-ups wouldn’t pass up such a useful skill. Did you lie?”

He looked surprised, and his eyes filled with suspicion at me. Well, yes, he’s right. It’s not like I listed all my skills when I registered. I only put affinity for lightning, and my real self only put affinity for plants.

Swoosh

I suddenly shook my head to the side the reason was that a damn arrow coming towards my head,

’Really, one can’t lose concentration for a moment here. Oh, what was I on?’

”Oh, I’m sorry. I have circumstances... And well, I just wanted to know if my skill was useful now.”

Yes, it was risky what I was doing. But, after all, I’m a Dopellganger, and I’m not even from this place. Besides, if I’m not mistaken, they’ll use whatever it takes, no matter how suspicious it looks.

”girl, are you sure you’re not lying? Because, if you are, your head could roll in this situation.”

”I assure you. In fact, we can break it in an instant with the help of 8 or 10 mages who have overcome 5 existence barriers.”

I acted with certainty, to make my point clear, if things went well this would be the first step in my plans and it would also help my real self get to our target faster, my gaze did not waver and the dwarf and I stared at each other, I saw how he also blocked an arrow without even looking at it. He actually looked like someone who had been in more than one war.

”Well, child. In fact, the situation is not so good. They only have the basic barriers now, but they are likely to form more. You can see how they are not using half of their mages. Once that happens, if they’re counterattacking, they’ll put us in a difficult situation.”

Oh!, I thought we were at an advantage, but we weren’t. Well, if I thought there was a big chance before, now it was a given that it would work.

I saw him pull out what looked like a small tube with a yellow gem at the tip. If I’m not mistaken, it’s a communication device.

As I thought, it spoke to someone and reported back to me. A few seconds after a silence...

[Bring it].

I heard the voice of the gem, and immediately the dwarf led me to what seemed to be the hottest and most intense place. Arrows and magic rained down uncontrollably. Defensive counter-attack and attack magic was being created on our side.

Squires were blocking the mages and archers tightly, while infantry were advancing with siege machines, pounding on the gate and disrupting the barrier.

In fact, I noticed that some were kamikazes and sacrificed themselves by opening a hole temporary in the barrier for a coordinated volley of arrows and magic to hit them with an attack that killed many of the opposing team’s mages and archers. It was an intense siege.

I looked a little further back and there seemed to be some people carrying what looked like magic cannons. That would definitely hit the barrier hard, but apparently they needed to position themselves and charge at the right time.

They were not yet active, and it was likely that more barriers would be created by then.

Certainly, I still couldn’t clearly understand who was at an advantage or disadvantage, by my own judgment and I promised myself to use my new ability to create a thought and leave it studying about the art of war, at least I won’t be as lost as I was now.

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”So you’re the girl who claims to be the one who can break the barrier.”

”I can’t break it, but I know where to hit to break it efficiently.”

”Oh, that’s funny, I don’t remember in the historical records that there was a skill like that. Well, this is no time to dig into your situation, fine, tell me where to strike and if it’s true, you’ll have achievements and rewards. If you lie, I’ll make sure you pay the consequences for wasting my time.”

”Okay, I need to...”

I answered without a second’s hesitation, I didn’t care about the consequences, but if I lose trust here, the plan would become complicated and even impossible.

Quickly and without any resistance, he followed what I asked and gathered even more mages five metamorphosis, than I asked for.

The area was relatively safe, as many squires and mages protected us and not one, defensive weapon, arrow or spell came.

It was certainly helpful not to use morphogenesis to disguise myself, I looked with my eyes of lust, just to confirm and indeed it was the same as I saw from the inside and my real self had already done all the analysis.

”Good, on my signal you will cast your strongest and fastest piercing spell in the same direction and place as me...”

Without waiting for an answer, I began to circulate mana through my body following the path set by the art.

Noticing the exact moment was not the point; I needed to predict, as by the time the magic arrives, which I did not know how fast they would be, it is possible that the weakness will change places.

It’s a matter of seconds, when minimum 2 and if I’m lucky, 5. That’s why I need to be clear before the time.

I waited until when finally according to my calculations and those of my real self the weakness should appear, in two seconds in a straight direction to where we were and the point almost closest to us at the barrier, I completed the circulation of the second art I practice.

”Art of Radiance, Third Stance: Sanctified Piercer.”

I had to control what I could show of myself, as a basis for the future and decided this was enough. Immediately a crystal spear formed in my hand. the art of lust was the most powerful attack art I had, but it was not the only one; my alternate self, from the beginning, left me a breath and a martial art.

Both seemed to have been used by him and were undoubtedly of high level. That’s precisely the breathing that my clone practices to keep the doppelganger stable, although it doesn’t improve me since it’s my doppelganger who practices it.

but although the mana gained is not reflected in my experience and the mastery has advantages, such as passive mana recovery even when I’m doing other actions.

The other was a combat art; my alternate self, tired of being a pure mage, started walking down that hybrid path between a warrior and a mage, and this was the result: something he created himself and I would say is my original art... that I would use if it weren’t for how powerful the art of lust was

The crystal spear in my hand flew at a great speed; magicians who had good magical perception immediately released their spells as fast as my spear of light flew.

My spear was supremely faster than any spell and, when it arrived...,

Pwoof

did nothing to the barrier; in fact, the barrier took effect and absorbed the magic as if it were nothing, there was not the slightest difference with other attacks.....

”....”