Greg was the first to strike.
Under normal circumstances Greg wouldn't last a second against someone like Madeline.
But now it was different as Madeline's mana was dried, her soul in brink of collapse.
This gave him an advantage.
Madeline quickly protected herself from the strike.
Her hands shaking from the clash of swords.
Yet Greg's swing breaks the armor on her shoulders drawing blood.
Madeline dismantled her armor to reserve the last of her mana.
Madeline moved to strike Greg with her flag but Greg used his knight as a meat shield to protect himself.
Greg grabbed a soldier throwing him to Madeline who dodges it but gets cut by Greg yet again.
With that both were exchanging each strike.
While the were fighting outside Raven was cursing in his mind.
He healed Ina's legs just enough so he quickly went to create a skeleton of the same body shape as John for the plan.
Yet the plan needed more time.
Ina's legs barely recovered to the point she could run.
On the battlefield screams of agony, mud made by blood, and scared knights.
Michael with John's body turned his side of the battlefield into a blood bath.
The rusty iron could be even tasted.
The screams of unlucky soldiers who didn't die with the first slash rang.
With another slash 5-7 knights fall.
He quickly raised his shield.
Rain of arrows that would try to block out the sun came through hitting both the soldiers and Michael.
Some arrows passed through the shield attaching themselves onto John's body.
Even his shield looked like it was a giant hedgehog.
Yet Michael still moved forward his time was running out so he needed to make the most of it.
Grabbing a soldier by his face he squished it into blood mist.
Throwing that body to the other black knights destroying their courage.
Few knights sneak attacked from the back.
Few swords, daggers were hanging back of his body.
The soldiers tried to grab them back but it wouldn't even bulge.
Michael instead slashed them from an impossible angle.
Cutting them to pieces.
Michael grabbed his broken shield and threw it with all his got.
The force of the throw turned the knights into meat paste in a straight line of Micheal.
While he was busy throwing, some soldiers pierced from the back.
Blood started to drip from John's mouth.
'John I'm sorry but this is the end of you!' Michael talked to John.
'Thank you for helping us.' John answered inside his mind.
Michael smiled 'Use the few seconds to destroy most of them!' with that Michael left John's body.
When John regained his control his mind didn't register his body.
He sprinted with all of his might.
The black knights Infront of him turned into blood paste.
Even the swords snapped when they contacted John's armor.
John was snowballing with the momentum.
His mind started to register the pain in his body.
His heart beating so fast it could explode inside his chest.
Every step sent shock to his mind. Even his eyes and ears started bleeding.
Yet he didn't let it stop his momentum. 'Not yet!, Not yet!, Not yet!' he didn't know this but he was already dead.
His willpower just didn't let his body stop.
Nexi who was hiding behind the skeletons Hassan summoned.
She used all her mana to summon Hassan.
She wanted to retreat to the church but if she did that the enemies would find Raven and the 2 children.
So she couldn't do anything but hide behind some skeletons.
Hassan on the other hand was killing every black armored knight without a beat.
Unlike his skeleton soldiers he was taking multiple enemies alone.
The commander was getting angry at John who was killing soldiers left and right without stopping.
She picked up a bow, pulling the strings and shot the arrow.
The arrow traveled almost in silence.
Nexi who had a powerful sense felt the arrow heading towards John.
She sent the skeletons who were protecting her to stop the arrow.
But they weren't close enough to stop it.
When the arrow was about to hit John someone was instead hit by it.
She fell on John finally stopping him.
The arrow pierced Madeline's lungs.
She realized John was already dead.
Her soft smile returned. "You did good, sleep peacefully." Her hands closed John's eyelids.
Madeline's eyes closed.
Nexi sensing both John and Madeline's death screamed, even Raven felt the sadness.
Raven quickly wiped his tears. "It's done!"
Nexi was crying, she tried to go to their corpse.
Unknown to everyone, the hidden commander shot another arrow, hitting Nexi.
Nexi was overwhelmed by her emotions to realize the threat and got hit by the arrow.
'Why did it end like this?' as her eyes were getting weak she smiled at what she saw.
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Ina holding young Sam's hand were quickly running away but when she heard Nexi's scream.
"Sam hide here ok? I'll come back for you." She gave a hug to assure him.
Turning around she couldn't hold herself as she ran back.
At the battlefield Nexi died with a smile because the plan was finished.
A man?, a ghost?, something that was walking towards her.
It wasn't running, yet it had sorrow. His body was visible and yet its face was hidden by a dark shadow.
A dark cloak hid his body.
When it got next to Nexi, he extended his left hand.