"What is it Sir Guren?" Vanessa questioned.
"Earlier, I couldn't help but overhear your discussion. I must say it was quite a surprise to know that the Abyssal Compass had such a weakness. That said, if you all are planning to make the demon standing in the sky move, I believe I have the perfect skill for that"…
"Hoh" His bold, can do attitude impressed quite a few commanders.
"Hmph, a former commoner thinks that he is better than us, Seven Great Commanders?" The commander of the Royal Lion Guards retorted. He was a man of wealth and extravagance, a high ranking noble who was obstinate about bloodlines and classes.
"It's not that, Sir Herman, I just want to be of use to this Kingdom which has given so much to me, and provide my service. It is also the reason why I became a knight and created my own order"…
Herman snorted "Let's see what you can do then. I hope your Iron Wolf Knights are as good as your reputation makes them to be"…
"Hehe, you will not regret placing your trust on us" saying that, Guren flashed a surreptitious smile at Reinhardt, who was quietly observing the whole thing play out.
"?" The latter arched his brows before realising what was going on. Guren was trying to show him up.
Now that the Order of the Temple of Light's strength and reputation had fallen to the lowest of the seven, the other party was trying to take his place among the seven.
In front of such a petty attempt at a time like this, Reinhardt didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
As Guren promised, he did indeed possess a skill that could help them in a situation like this. He brought out an exquisite looking bow and notched an arrow.
As the commander of the Iron Wolf knights, which was gaining much attention recently, he was adept with all weapons. However, his primary weapon was the bow, and he was an expert marksman who could hit a bull's eye even from a few dozen miles.
'Witness this skill of mine' Guren laughed in his head and infused the arrow with his mana.
"[Dead Nock Arrow]"
BANG… it was as if a cannon had been fired. The moment the arrow was let loose, it produced a crackling sound like that of a thunderbolt.
WHOOSH… the arrow, which had now changed into something like a bolt of energy, streaked through the sky like lightning, passed through the barrier without any resistance and appeared before the demon in the blink of an eye.
"What?!!"
BOOM… before the demon even had the time to be surprised, it was hit dead at the centre of its chest which was a demon's weak point, and blown dozens of meters back.
The compass also flew away from its hand, and with that, the barrier trapping the knights inside the coliseum was broken.
"That was a great hit commander. I'm sure the demon has been defeated" the members of the Iron Wolf Knight Order rejoiced.
"That was indeed a great skill. Well done, Guren".
The seven commanders were now out. Brutus and the others praised. The arrow that hit the high ranking demon was indeed praiseworthy. It was an extremely high level skill that cannot be achieved by just anyone.
Guren had proved that he was a super elite level 9 knight for nothing.
"Now then, Knights of the realm!!! Let's show these vile demons what we knights are made of" Brutus roared, inciting the rage and passion of all the knights.
There were hundreds of Gargoyles up in the sky, and so were the knights. If the demons thought that they could bathe the streets of the capital of their kingdom with just that, they were up for some rude awakening.
"AHHHH!! Dammit, that hurts" the demon's voice echoed. Its body that crashed into some corner of the sky, surfaced again.
Bones broken, purple blood oozing, and a hideous wound marked the chest of the demon. However, even with such a wound, the demon was alive. In fact, it was even quickly regenerating its injuries, and before long, it was back to its previous uninjured self.
Crick… crack… With its plan failed and no hopes of slaughtering the city anymore, the demon grit its teeth and stared viciously at the humans below.
"Time and time and time again, it's always you knights who foil our plan. You might have stopped me now, but don't get too excited, you humans don't have long. Sooner or later this whole world will belong to us demons… kehehe".
Saying that, the demon retrieved the fallen compass and started retreating.
"As if we will let you go." The knights and commanders of the realm gave chase, but the demon only snorted in return.
"Are you sure about that?"
The legion of Gargoyles it brought started wreaking havoc around the city. This forced the knight who always upheld their code to protect the citizens instead.
While the knights were busy, it took the opportunity and flew away.
"Get back here" Guren fired a few more shots. However, now that the demon was aware of those tricky arrows, it did not get hit the second time.
"Kehehe… you guys will never catch me" The demon became a small dot on the horizon and was quickly fading away.
Just when it seemed like the demon would get away, Reinhardt who had been silent since the start, made his move. As a tall man with a muscular build and extremely handsome appearance, he naturally drew a lot of attention.
So when he moved and his aura started exuding off his body, all eyes inadvertently focused on him. In front of the gaze of all the people present around him, Reinhardt raised his index finger at the sky.
More precisely, at the demon who was just a dot on the horizon. Light glowed, condensing into a white wisp of fire at the tip of his finger.
Since coming to this world, Reinhardt was doing his best every day to go through the vast repertoire of his skills, titles, stats, unique abilities, divine traits etc… and familiarise himself with it.