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Chapter 441: The Converging Storm in Sighişoara (Part 15 )

Chapter 441: The Converging Storm in Sighişoara (Part 15 )

Since she had decided to make a move, Artoria naturally wouldn't remain in such an awkward position, being a target for Chiron.

Her waist is slightly bent, and she exerted sudden force with her left arm gripping the long sword, swinging her body upwards. Though it was done hastily, her agility surpassed that of a professional gymnast.

This movement didn't escape Chiron's eyes. In the realm of calculating the future, he easily read Artoria's intentions.

"Oh, planning to continue the assault, are you? In that case—"

He shot two arrows, each along a different trajectory, one aiming for Artoria's face and the other at her left hand, her only support point.

As her body moved upwards, Artoria knew Chiron would attack. Her "Intuition" skill was already at its maximum, and the magic generated by her dragon factor spread throughout her body, reaching every nerve ending.

Success or failure hinged on this moment.

The intensely focused Knight King cleared her mind, seeing the approaching arrows and mentally mapping their trajectories, impact points, and force—her "A++" level intuition from her lifetime was pushed to its limit.

"Ha!"

With the activation of her dragon factor, Artoria's voice even carried a hint of a dragon's roar.

Her previously closed legs suddenly split apart. She kicked away the arrow aimed at her left hand with her raised left leg. Simultaneously, her right hand wielded the holy lance in a simple arc, deflecting the arrow aimed at her face. She perfectly countered Chiron's twin arrows, earning his admiration.

But admiration wouldn't make Chiron show mercy. The more skilled Artoria appeared the more he wanted to defeat her.

His bow is fully drawn, magic-filled to the brim—let's see how you block this full-powered arrow!

How to block it?

No need to block it!

Chiron's arrow missed and did not hit its mark.

Chiron's left hand held the bow steady, while his right hand nocked three arrows. But this wasn't his usual multi-arrow divine skill; it was another technique to make up for the lack of shooting frequency—rapid-fire arrows.

The three arrows followed one another closely, covering all possible landing points for Artoria's next step. If she dared to set foot, the arrows would pierce through her feet.

As the rapid-fire arrows were released, Chiron nocked another three arrows, performing a true three-arrow shot with a single bow. If Artoria used her sword and spear to block the first three arrows, these would hit her body—without her armor, although she could use all her magic for speed, it also meant she had abandoned defense. Arrows that normally couldn't harm her could now inflict significant damage.

However, Artoria neither landed her feet nor swung her sword and spear to block the arrows. She merely raised her spear, aiming it at Chiron on the city wall.

In the next instant, a thunderous roar shattered the atmosphere, and the brilliance of the holy lance became especially dazzling due to the atmospheric change.

It turned out that while Artoria was hanging on the city wall, the Invisible Air that had been wrapped around her legs had already been transferred to her holy spear. At this moment, the Invisible Air was completely unleashed.

"Strike Air!"

At the moment the barrier was released, the air bound by magic turned into a gale, blasting towards the enemy like an invisible cannonball. This was a long-distance attack that could only be used once in a short period.

The highly pressurized compressed air mass was released from the invisible barrier, erupting with a roar like a dragon god soaring into the sky, transforming into a hurricane hammer, sweeping away everything in its path.

Under the divine might of "Strike Air," the city wall, weathered by centuries, became pitted and groaned under the strain, with fragments of stone crumbling away. It was as if an invisible giant hand had swept across, carving a straight path and shattering Chiron's arrows in the process.

And the final target of this "hand" was Chiron!

In such a situation, Chiron couldn't release the three arrows he had nocked. This is the only shortcoming of calculation-based skills: if the pre-collected data is insufficient, the results can be inaccurate.

Fortunately, the cautious Chiron had already considered the possibility of miscalculation. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately abandoned the shot, rolling to the side to evade the path of "Strike Air."

This evasion finally gave Artoria the space to move freely. She covered the distance of several dozen meters in a flash. By the time Chiron prepared to draw his bow again, Artoria was already in front of him, thrusting her spear straight at him.

Having suffered greatly under Chiron's attacks, the Knight King wouldn't give this world-class archer another chance to shoot!

The spear thrust!