The First Magic World War

Antonio was a 23rd Order Mist Knight, and like Charles, he graduated from Sheffield University. However, unlike Charles, he followed the true path of Lady Black Moon's heritage. He not only practiced the Dark Breath and Black Moon Meditation Technique but also learned the Dark Moon sorcery. After being promoted to the Sacred Order, the two major inheritances of Lady Black Moon combined, and he would advance as a Mist Knight.

Only layers upon layers of mist could conceal the true form of Lady Black Moon!

Antonio's gunmanship also originated from the heritage of Lady Black Moon. He had been familiarizing himself with the Dragon Slaying Stick and from the dark gunmanship, he deduced a technique of staff fighting. Although hastily created, it was already impressively powerful.

After all, Antonio was a practical man. He wasn't looking to create a new martial technique, but rather adapted his gunmanship into staff technique, adapting it to the weapon at hand. Thus, most of his moves were similar to those of dark gunmanship, only supplemented with some applications of staff technique.

When he faced Amis Fidath, King of A Thousand Lions, another 23rd Order Lionheart Berserker, he was extremely cautious. He struck with his staff, heavy and imposing as a mountain, and the roars of myriad beasts echoed from the staff, startling Amis Fidath who hurriedly drew a giant cleaver from behind to counter the Dragon Slaying Stick.

Charles, watching from the side, was impressed and exclaimed, "High-Level Extraordinary Weapon."

When the staff collided with the cleaver, Antonio did not hold back at all. With a crisp sound, Amis Fidath's giant cleaver was shattered into dozens of pieces.

Amis Fidath hadn't expected that Antonio, who had just started using the Dragon Slaying Stick a few days ago, could already master this Sacred Order weapon completely, releasing its full power. His giant cleaver shattered, and the lion's heart ached immensely, as after all, Beastmen were poor and Extraordinary Weapons were not easy to come by.

In a rush, he drew a knight's spear from behind, a weapon he had acquired by killing a human of the Sacred Order. He no longer clashed head-on with Antonio, but instead, used a set of delicate and precise spear techniques to hold off Antonio's Dragon Slaying Stick.

The Dragon Slaying Stick contained the power of myriad beasts, capable of dissolving all forms of energy.

Fighting an enemy wielding the Dragon Slaying Stick often required using twenty percent more effort, just to balance out the portion of energy dissolved by the staff. In other words, Antonio could distribute his Fighting Spirit efficiently with each move, but Amis Fidath had to exert his full strength with each strike. If he was even slightly slow in mobilizing his Fighting Spirit, a terrifying Special Ability would rebound upon him, penetrating his flesh mercilessly.

After Antonio made his move, the rest of the Sacred Order also took action, quickly forming a surrounding attack pattern.

Red Hawk, having saved her brother, was stunned by this scene. She indeed thought there might be other Sacred Orders among these people, but she didn't expect them all to be of the Sacred Order...

Um, Red Hawk glanced at Charles and saw that he wasn't joining the fight, and asked, "Why aren't you joining in?"

Charles sheepishly smiled and said, "I'm just a regular Transcendent!"

Red Hawk, a person who appreciated valor, tossed her brother into Charles's arms and said, "I'm going in too!"

Amis Fidath, fighting with all his might, managed to break through the encirclement only to see Black Dragon and Qiudelo rushing up. Delighted, he shouted, "Let's join forces against the enemy!"

The two Beastman Sacred Orders agreed, indeed charging towards Antonio and the others. At the moment they crossed paths, two weapons flew out, aiming at the left and right ribs of the King of A Thousand Lions. True to his reputation as a 23rd Order Lionheart Knight, although he didn't expect Black Dragon and Qiudelo to betray him, he reacted swiftly and with the right move, by swinging his arms hard and deflecting both weapons.

The moment he deflected the weapons of Black Dragon and Qiudelo, a blade of light pointed diagonally, targeting the inner side of his thigh. Amis Fidath watched helplessly as the sword approached, too late to dodge. A Magic Stabbing Sword flicked up, creating a long cut on Amis Fidath's thigh, and blood sprayed violently.

The old Beastman, indeed a top-notch assassin, although not good at frontal assaults, excelled in such stealthy attacks. Although the three Beastman Sacred Orders had never fought together, their coordination was seamless.

After landing a hit, Tumishen immediately used his movement technique to retreat, dodging the furious counterattack from Amis Fidath, which immediately knocked Black Dragon and Qiudelo back, but Antonio quickly stepped forward with his stick, blocking the King of A Thousand Lions again.

Amis Fidath wanted to break through the encirclement, not expecting not only to fail but to be sneak attacked by Tumishen, resulting in a thigh injury. Although he activated his Bloodthirsty Fighting Spirit to seal the wound on his thigh, his combat power inevitably decreased significantly.
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With Red Hawk joining in, Charles's side now had eleven Sacred Order fighters in total. Such a luxurious line-up, especially with Antonio's strength not inferior to Amis Fidath, King of A Thousand Lions, immediately put the lion into a tough battle.

After dozens of fierce rounds, Amis Fidath was still holding on, but Charles could not keep up anymore.

It was inevitable. This was the Beastman camp, hosting hundreds of thousands of Beastmen. He was also burdened and without the geographical advantage of Red Cliff City, how could he withstand the endless waves of valiantly charging Beastman warriors?

Being able to fight alone in the Beastman camp for so long, Charles was already considerably powerful.

Charles hadn't expected none of the eleven Sacred Order members to stay behind to help him. While he could summon Golden Ram Herolf and Qiudelo to join him, such a "show-off" move would only signal to Amis Fidath to come down and kill him, marking him as an important figure.