Pestilence: Rise Of The Pure Undead

Chapter 163 Hidden Blade

After Hoffnu's attempt at a swift victory by utilising Gelter's anatomy to her advantage, the other talent holders swiftly followed, none of them did much better than her however.

Molc, who could already shoot his crossbow from great distances, did not stand much of a chance in a restrained environment.

"That's why you need to focus on learning some earth magic, then, you'll be able to create covers and prevent enemies from getting up-close" nothing better than allowing your students to get beat up to force them to realise that you are speaking in the language of facts and logic.

After the crossbowman, came the shieldwoman, Menhirel who was rumoured to have something to do with the famed Shiedmaster, not only because of both their affinity to carry nothing but a shield around, it was also due to the fact that she was a bit sick in the head, sometimes.

After all, what was the most distinct characteristic of Tamaris's lawful living barricade? It was not his gigantic size, it was not his impressive might, nor was it his odd voice, what everyone that had ever met him remembered was just how disturbing he was to be around for more than a minute.

Seeing how Menhirel's face scrunched up into a terrific smile the moment she entered combat, it was hard to deny the similarities, Rosemary knew very well that this was not the case however, being familiar enough with the lunatic himself to know that he only interacted with women to hit them with his shield or if ordered to.

In any case, despite her impressive defences and willingness to learn mana reinforcement, she was defeated just like the others, even with their talents making them much stronger than they would otherwise be, they were still just a bunch of younglings, they could not compare to the years worth of strength and experience Gelter had accumulated.

The last to try his chance was Merno, Rosemary quite liked him, for his talent lied in magic, and he had a great affinity for all four of the basic elements.

'Just like that unwanted, now that I think about it'

Now, unfortunately, Merno was not very good at physical stuff, the knight threw his scabbard right at the mage's chest, ending the fight before he could cast any spell, any close-quarter combatant ought to know that to deal with a mage, one should beat the crap out of them with excessive speed and force.

"Alright, only three of you are left, Milo, who do you want to test yourself against?" she looked over at him and Helena, those two always stuck together like snails sharing a single shell, it was cute seeing young love, Rosemary had to admit it.

She was unable of sensing his mana, or any other energy, meaning that it was something else that gave her that weird vibe, narrowing her eyes intently, incapable of figuring it out, so instead, she used the fact that he gave her time to do anything she wanted to prepare a powerful spell.

Rosemary nodded along.

'As expected of my best student' a sigil manifested beneath Osworth's feet, conjuring a raging tornado around him, wind slashes already flying through the air, the impressive display of outer manipulation and general magic prowess was cut short as the bodyguard retrieved the same dagger as before, parrying the slashes as they came toward him, even those that Helena had hidden by making them completely invisible.

There were more than two types of wind slashes, each with different parameters, making some much easier to detect, but Osworth seemed to see all of them with the same ease, blocking the potent attacks without showing any sort of strain.

Throwing the dagger through the tornado, it was not stopped by the raging winds and closed in on her face, before suddenly disappearing.

By then, he had already arrived right in front of her.

"You and that boy make for a good pair" he commented, turning to Rosemary.

"Time for you to show your prowesses" he held out his hand, offering to help her up on the platform, she absolutely didn't need any assistance but she accepted without thinking.

"I see that my bodyguard has found-" Antieeld tried to say something witty.

"Shush, I can easily burn away specific things" her teacher threatened with a bright smile.

"Oof..."