The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 248: Escape(4)

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Moments before

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Without Kiel in tow, Seraphina could move more freely... or so she thought. However, the arrows were still coming with dangerous speed and power every other second. She couldn’t let her guard down for an instant.

Moving forward was impossible; turning her back on Eryk and the guards attacking from the top of the wall at that moment was suicide.

To make matters worse, those silhouettes were getting closer and closer.

They were using a classic concealment spell that camouflaged them with the surroundings. However, that didn’t work on Seraphina, who could see them clearly thanks to her Eyes of Lust.

She did not allow a single detail to escape from her as she analyzed a way to escape from this increasingly suffocating situation.

When she felt that the assassins were too close and the arrows kept coming, preventing her from defending herself properly, Seraphina made a decision .

From her storage she pulled out some artifacts and, activating them, several barriers enveloped her body preventing the arrows and spells of the guards from hurting her as she launched others of them towards the group of guards.

Boom!

The roar of the explosion echoed in the air, but Seraphina noticed something unusual: one of the arrows, which were always aimed at her, changed its course at the last instant and attacked the explosive device and caused the others nearby to activate and explode before reaching the guards.

Apparently, Eryk could alter their targets in mid-flight, although they didn’t seem to be able to make sharp turns, which explained why they didn’t return to her when she deflected them.

She continued to launch more artifacts, but realizing the danger, the guards intercepted the objects with their own arrows and spells.

”Damn, that’s why they should be used as hidden cards.”

It was a waste, but at that moment it was better than continuing to spend her own mana. It only required a tiny amount to activate them.

she kept randomly throwing continuously these artifacts that had different shapes and imbued spells, which abecés reached and eliminated several of the guards relieving the attacks her barriers withstood.

her attention was more focused and divided between the assassins, who were getting closer and closer, and the arrows, which were again taking her as a target.

They were also becoming more frequent, as Eryk was approaching at a steady speed and was already halfway to when she first saw him, and the shields weren’t working on her arrows.

she reflected. She noticed that after the first arrow, all the others were weaker, although they were still strong enough to be deadly if they hit her, she was sure they would ignore her armor and barriers, no matter how strong they were.

’If only I could use them to my advantage, damn skill...’

him wouldn’t shoot so confidently if it weren’t for that skill,.

”oh!”

Then, an idea crossed Seraphina’s mind.

”Hey, Qetesh, can’t you break the connection between him and his arrows?”

It was logical, that for a skill, be it a blessing or not, to do something like consciously ignoring and targeting someone, it should have some kind of connection to its user, until the end of its use.

[[Yes, I can.]]

”Then get off your fat ass and get to work, lazybones.”

[[...]]

Seraphina was annoyed with Qetesh, who, while cooperative, would do nothing unless asked.

Qetesh had the ability to wield the authority of the connection and break any connection or link, with her legacy spear.

Those arrows were imbued with an Skill or blessing and, the moment they came in contact with her and her gauntlets, Qetesh could break the connection and rid it of him influence.

Swoossh!!.

At that moment, Seraphina tried again. She positioned herself and grabbed the incoming arrow with great momentum.

Learning from the first time, she was prepared to, instead of fully absorbing the impact, spin on herself and use inertia to redirect it.

She had already chosen her target: the fastest assassin of the group that almost caught up with her.

He was a ’Metamorphosis Nine’. Although he was trying to suppress his aura, Seraphina had noticed it. For he looked at her with lust.

Honestly, at that moment, because of her demonically beautiful appearance, it was easy to captivate both men and women, no matter how stoic they were, even if it was only for an instant during the first impression, with how devilishly beautiful she was, seeing the states was easy.

Her skill to read the states of her attackers was useful, but she didn’t have time to analyze each person. She focused on him because his speed was unusual and because she couldn’t sense his aura.

Hoping that Quetesh had broken the connection, Seraphina launched the arrow with precision.

The assassin, confident in his concealment, was surprised when he saw the attack towards him, and seemed to want to, use his agility to dodge, the arrow.

However, at the last instant, he seemed to recognize whose shot it was and did not panic and refrained from dodging, he needed to accomplish his mission in the shortest time possible and even if he had been discovered, it did not change this fact.

He knew that the arrow would not hurt him and that it was probably just to distract him, so he paid no more attention to it and let it hit him squarely.

Bang!!!

The arrow went through his head. In an instant, it was all over. With the colossal force it carried, it pierced his skull and sent him flying backwards, pinning him against a wall.

It was brutal and concise, and everyone on the battlefield noticed what happened.

”Good, Qetesh, keep it up and when I give you a body I won’t be so mean to you.”

[[...]]

She was unable to continue her conversation with Qetesh, as the other assassins pounced on her. She had to eliminate them quickly; they were fast and more dangerous than the mages and the rest of the guards.

They did not seem to hesitate despite the death of their companion. The one who did seem to do so was Eryk, as his next arrow took longer than usual.

It was the perfect opportunity and she waited for the attack of the assassins who were basically already on her.

”...Shit, I wasn’t their target.”

But instead of attacking her directly, they passed her by. Their target, obviously, was Number Two. Again she remembered who was the priority here, She couldn’t stand still.

Her doppelgänger was weaker and would have difficulty dealing with multiple ’Seven and Eight Metamorphoses.’

Quickly and without measuring herself, she once again launched several artifacts that had countless attack spells on them, causing chaos and destruction, something that the guards who were defensive mages and warriors could barely contain for their combined effort.

By this point they were already over One Hundred, but the artifacts, kept they on the sidelines. She also deployed multiple defensive barriers behind her.

”Telum Lux Vinculum.”

She cast a spell, in which her affinity for runes, light and lightning also came into action. A harpoon materialized, with a chain attached to her wrist.

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

Swooosh!!

”Agk!”

Seraphina launched the harpoon aimed at the second fastest assassin. The speed of the projectile was astonishing and him went through his back in an instant.

She knew that Eryk’s arrows could ignore defenses so she was on the lookout for his next shot.

fwoooshh!!

As she suspected, he resumed his attack as he saw her with her back turned and little chance of returning his arrows, seemed he could see her even with all the chaos the artifacts caused between them.

However, she was prepared.

The secondary function of the spell was activated: the chain began to shrink and she felt a strong pull that dragged her towards the assassin with the harpoon through it, she dodged the arrow without any problem.

This assassin, even with the spear through his back, was still alive and desperately trying to pull out the harpoon.

But, with Seraphina suddenly appearing on his back, it was useless, she plunged the tip of the harpoon further into him body and Imbue mana.

BzzzzZZTT!!

An electric current began to burn him from the inside, finishing him off for good.

Then, she pulled out the harpoon, ready for the next attack. Now there were only four assassins left.

Without pausing, and now that she was again in front of the rest of the assassins, she looked at the third strongest, from Eighth Metamorphosis.

The guy was obviously paying attention to her and wouldn’t catch him by surprise. He would be sure to dodge the attack.... or so he thought.

Art of Lust, Fifth Stance: Tempting Torrent.

Thud!!!

It was a major expenditure of mana, but at that moment the harpoon seemed to teleport at an impossible speed, giving the assassin no time to react, and pierced his head, killing him.

Now there were three left, and they were the weakest, but at that moment....

Fwoooshh!

Again, another arrow fell on her. By this time, to Seraphina they were predictable and not a threat, but she still had to pay attention to them because of how lethal they were.

Just then, something else caught her attention. She felt an overwhelming heat coming from above. She didn’t have time to think, she just knew it was lethal, hard to counter or defend against on her own and too big to dodge in time.

Without hesitation, she pulled more defensive artifacts from her storage.

William’s legacy contained 60% arts and breaths which were mostly useless, as she had a full inherited library, with better.

20% of rare materials that remained intact regardless of time, something she was very grateful for as she used them to make and create many useful things, and this mission had consumed a lot of them.

Another 10% of weapons and armor of all kinds; and another 10% of artifacts of all kinds, with 5% being life-saving items such as instant shields or explosive artifacts in the form of gems and scrolls, the usual.

Considering that the five vaults were rooms packed to the brim, and she had distributed more than half to the girls, Seraphina now just over twenty artifacts that could instantly create defensive barriers and about thirty offensive artifacts of great power, and so far she had spent more than half of them, though they were the weakest she had.

At that moment, she had no choice but to use one of the defensive artifacts from among the best she had, deploying it on herself just before a gigantic rain of fire descended on her.

BOOMMM!