21st Century Archmage

Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaash!

The Blessed Spears thrown by the Skyknights of the Imperial Guard struck and downed three of the Eastern Corps wyverns. In the very next instant, the 50 Skyknights in attack formation counterattacked in unison with their own volley of spears. The distance was now around 1.5 km. At such a distance, with missile guidance, 80 out of 100 spears would hit their target. Both the attacking Skyknights and the Imperial Skyknights knew that the result was decided.

But just then, with a great gust of wind, the fierce onslaught of the spears appeared to crash into something in midair, resulting in a cacophonous explosion as they bounced off in every direction.

“…!!!”

Everyones eyes instantly turned wide. Who could have imagined this? Who would have thought that wind would blow out of nowhere and turn aside all the spears?

Whoooooooosh.

“S-Spirit!”

“Its a High Spirit!”

But the reason soon became clear—an enormous semblance of transparent but shimmying wind, made visible by the light of the sun, appeared before them. Because everyone here had received education on spirits, they were able to identify it.

“Uhahahahahahahahahaha!”

And in the midst of their surprise, they all clearly heard laughter that was at the peak of arrogance.

Scwhip scwhip scwhip scwhip.

When they turned their heads, the Skyknights saw a few lines of light.

Babababam.

Kuaaaaaaaaaaaak!Kiaaaaaaak!

The agonized screams of wyverns rang out. The unexpected combatants were a considerable distance away, but their Blessed Spears cut through the distance in mere moments, plunging into the armor and flesh of the wyverns. They were filled with such powerful mana that the spears buried themselves all the way up to the ends of their hilts, deep into the wyvern torsos.

“E-Enemy appearance!”

“Execute evasive maneuvers!”

“Counterattack!”

Various screams burst out of the helmets of the Eastern Corps Skyknights. The new enemies could be counted on one hand, but the mere fact that a High Summoner was among them meant they were a huge threat.