Chapter 720 Close Combat
Gravity traps are often used by kingdoms to prevent airborne enemies. As sixth-grade people could freely move in the air, some kingdoms created a lot of countermeasures against airborne enemies.
The trap will suddenly increase the gravity above them and pull everything in the air. This is a nasty trap for airborne enemies since the sudden gravity increase will leave the enemy unprepared in the worst case, they will fall to their death.
Unless they are powerful people like seventh-grade combatants, most flying people will pull without any resistance. Furthermore, the longer the trap is activated, the higher its pulling range.
As the altitude gets higher, its range is also bigger. It has a similar principle to a black hole in Angus' past life. A coin size black hole could pull an entire earth into the abyss. The source of pulling may be small, but the pulling range is getting bigger as time passes.
Of course, a gravity trap is incomparable to a real black hole. Moreover, Gravity traps could only be activated for a short period. The rune will be slowly damaged under the gravity effect.
Still, Dumrod is quite cunning and deploys not just one gravity trap but a lot of it all over the Undermine Council. This left Angus no more room to escape. Even if they decide to run to a higher altitude, it will be only a matter of time before they get pulled down.
With Giant Porky's big body, Angus doubts he can maintain or fight back against the gravity pull. It is known the heavier the mass or weight, the stronger the effect of gravity force.
Knowing they could no longer stay in the air, Angus cast a large-scale Feartherfall spell to reduce Porky's weight and delay their fall. Then, he looks at Jayna, still holding Anna in her arms.
Through their bond, Jayna notices Angus' intention. She puts Anna down on the side before exchanging magic weapons with Angus. They know they will be forced to fight on the ground the next moment while trying to break the barrier.
It will be a harder and more exhausting fight than before. However, she didn't get anxious or worried. Over this month, her relentless training inside Angus's group battle system has given her a lot of experience, especially when fighting against many enemies.
There was a time Angus and Jayna tried to fight against a small army at once. During this time, they don't know how often they almost die from such an efficient continuous onslaught.
Compared to the brutal and efficient monster in a group battle, this stubborn fool dwarves is nothing. Still, they couldn't underestimate the dwarves as they were more proficient at close-range combat. Angus and Jayna also need to be wary of another hidden seventh grade.
Who knows if another hidden seventh-grade suddenly gets angry at them for butchering all these dwarves. After checking and preparing each other, Jayna meditates on her spot to replenish her mana and adjust her mind.
The next action will rely heavily on her as the main attacker while Angus searches and breaks the barrier. On the other hand, Anna somehow notices the seriousness of the situation and decides not to disturb her parents.
She even tries to imitate Angus and Jayna by putting on a serious look which only makes Angus smile at Anna's adorable action. As time passed, Porky could no longer fight against the gravity trap and get pulled down below.
Fortunately, their fall is prolonged by Angus' Featherfall spell. As they slowly fall down from the high altitude, Angus and the others slowly see some mechanical machine engraved with various runes on the streets or on the top of the buildings.
This machine is the one that caused the gravity trap. In fact, gravity traps could be built in various forms, such as magic tools, rune traps, spells, or even big magical machines.
"They are coming. Everyone get ready!!" ordered the nearby dwarf captain.
Angus and the others also didn't stay idle either. He immediately takes out a few rune cards. His biggest advantage now is his rune cards that come from his massive wealth. With his wealth, he could procure any expensive raw material to create his rune cards.
Since the rune cards are not one-time use except for the one containing the fourth circle above the spell, his repertoire of rune cards only increases as time passes. Combining this with his advancement in [Analyze], he could shorten the production of rune card spells.
[3rd Circle - Fire Blast] [2nd Circle - Fire Oil] [3rd Circle - Hurricane]. Three large magic circles appeared from the rune cards, releasing the spell toward the gravity trap. Since gravity traps pull everything, it accelerates the three spells' speed.
*BOOOOM* In a few seconds, the spells had already hit the gravity trap and turned the surrounding area into a blaze. The combination of the three spells makes the explosion bigger than the ordinary one. The strong heatwave pushed back all the nearby dwarves and gave Porky time to land safely.
As soon as Porky touches the ground, Angus and the others come down from the giant Porky's head. Jayna takes a sword covered in burning fire and charges toward the nearby dwarves.
Angus also stabs the invisible power source point on the ground using his Lava twin sword. As for Anna, she is starting to hit any dwarves she finds without Angus and Jayna's order. Furthermore, she is also wielding her Power Arm and making her punch deadlier than before.
The dwarves are shocked at Angus' group's sudden retaliation, but their strict discipline makes them regain their state. In a few moments, they started to surround Angus and the others. As elite dwarves, they are more proficient at group and close combat fights.
Unfortunately, they find Angus and Jayna very slippery. The two young couples never stay in the same spot for a long time. Whenever they almost get overwhelmed or cornered, they will use [Flame Blink] and [Flame Teleportation] to change their area.
Angus's previous explosion is not only to push back the surrounding dwarves but also to spread a large amount of fire elementals in the area. Hence, they could easily teleport in the surrounding area. As for Anna, the couple didn't need to worry too much about her.
None of these dwarves could survive [Anna's punch] that was enhanced by Power Arm. Moreover, Onyx is also hiding between her silky black hair. If she encounters any danger, Onyx will reveal himself to protect its master. 𝚋𝚎𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕.𝚗𝚎𝚝
At first, Jayna is still worried about her and occasionally pays attention to Anna but sees her doing fine. She starts to focus on her own fight. Besides, Angus always gives her harsh lessons whenever she gets distracted by her opponent.
According to Angus, only the strongest could pay attention to others while fighting. He also mercilessly beats Jayna to make her realize she is far from being the strongest. Since then, Jayna has become completely focused whenever she fights, like a different person.
Under Jayna's assault, the dwarves could only slash and burn to death. Be it armor, Warhammer, swords, shields, or even strong barriers couldn't defend against her burning sword. The only way to survive against Jayna is by dodging her fire swords.
Even then, the dwarves will still feel the scorching heat from her swords. This made all the dwarves hesitate to approach and restricted their fight. No matter what kind of skills or attack they laughed at Jayna, she could destroy it using her burning sword.
On the other hand, Jayna's sword shows signs of getting melted from Jayna's destructive and high-temperature fire. She didn't worry about it and just changed it as soon as it showed any trace of getting melted.
When Angus procured some arms before, he bought a lot of fire-resistant swords in many different forms. Changing swords many times may restrict Jayna's swordsmanship. Unlike Angus, she needed to adapt to her sword before wielding it properly.
However, Angus knows this is also training for her if she wants to go deeper into the sword path. Based on Angus' experience, a sword practitioner must experience wielding many kinds of swords before becoming a sword master.
In fact, there are a lot of approaches in the path of the sword. However, he believes this path is the most suitable for Jayna. Since she often changes swords, why not let her change more often.
Unfortunately, these dwarves are also not weak either. Some of them are even proficient at dodging her attack despite being restricted. Still, this poses no trouble for her. With the help of [Analyze], she will slowly grasp her opponent's pattern and strike a hit at them.
It takes only a hit for her to completely kill her opponent. She also will avoid those dwarfs with good combat prowess and choose the weaker one. When she finds a strong one, she will use [Flame Teleportation] to change another target.
In contrast to Jayna's aggressive fight style, Angus looks more leisurely as he can dodge any incoming attack while hitting the invisible power source barrier without worry. Still, he also needs only one slash to kill dwarves using his Lava Twin Sword.