Transmigrated: Rise of a King

Chapter 60

Lucas observed the army for a few moments before he joined back into the fray as he couldn't let the two girls and Falkor deal with the soldiers. By this time Kriemhild and Aslaug had already realised that something was different with the soldier and even Falkor was quite wary of them after a while.

Lucas ran towards the soldiers as he felt the runes that had been drawn on his body activating as he let out a breath and attacked an archer and decapitated him before he used that guy's body to smack the ones around him as blood flew out of the neck.

Only for him to be shocked as an archer grabbed the headless body and another kicked him at that moment causing him to let go of the body as he had to dodge arrows that were shot at him as he summersaulted and slammed his heel on soldier under him as he was slammed into the ground.

He finished it by slamming his other foot down through the torso of the soldier, before he dashed towards the other archers. He decided to leave the mages for the last since they are much more difficult to kill in comparison to the archers.

Of course, by focusing on the archers, he would also have to dodge from the attacks of the mages who were trying to kill him as he weaved through the attacks as he also used wind magic to protect himself from the arrows as he increased his speed and killed a lot of them swiftly.

He could feel the power from the runes, but it wasn't like he could get the full power of the runes in one go. He had only just inscribed the runes onto his body. It wasn't like his body could immediately adapt to the runes he inscribed on himself.

The slight problem with runes was that while they would work in full capacity from the moment it had been inscribed on a weapon or material, as long as it is not alive, the full power of the runes will be activated in full.

But if the runes have been inscribed on the body of a living being, then it is a different matter. As unlike a non living thing, the body of a living thing is alive and it will take time for the runes to get used to the body.

It's not serious enough to critically hurt or kill the living being who had been inscribed with the runes, but it will take time for the body to adapt to the runes and for the person to get the full power of the runes inscribed on their body. And how long that process takes depends upon the being in question.

Lucas wasn't particularly sure, but considering the fact that he is a practitioner of magic and frequently uses it, he is quite sure that the runes will adapt to his own body in less time than with people who don't use magic.

The problem arose from the fact that the enemy kingdom decided to attack not too long after he had inscribed the runes on himself. Which meant that his body and the runes were adapting to each other while he is fighting the soldiers, which left him in a less than desirable situation.

He didn't have the time to fully let the runes adapt and settle on his body, and because of that he has to be careful in the way he uses his magic. If he wasn't mindful of the way in which he used his magic power, then he might accidentally affect the runes and hinder himself.

But he can also feel his body getting attuned to the runes as he can feel its effects slowly increasing. His strength was already high, but when the full might of the runes inscribed on his body is fully available to him, he will be able to reach another level of power.

Though he has to be alive for that to happen, and he is certainly getting trouble from the soldiers here. And he is pretty sure that Kriemhild and Aslaug are also getting problems with fighting these soldiers who seemed to have become stronger mid battle. He hoped that they don't lose their morale for the battle as he killed a few more.

"Hahahaha! Is that all you got you foolish mortals! I thought you got stronger, but with this paltry sum you won't do a thing to me!" Aslaug laughed out loud as she used her sword to cleave two soldiers in half and separated their upper bodies from their lower ones.

Kriemhild and Lucas heard her as they dealt with their own share of soldiers. Falkor meanwhile roared as if in approval of her words as he flew high and used his flames on a wider area to disperse the soldiers.

'Well, I guess I won't have to worry about her. In fact, she seems to be enjoying herself.' Lucas thought to himself as he dashed forward and grabbed an archer before he used him as a meat shield for the arrows that were coming towards him.

The archer screamed as the arrows hit him face front as blood gushed out from his body as he was turned into a pin cushion by the volley of arrows as Lucas hummed as he was impressed by it, especially since the soldiers didn't seem to care much about the brutal death of the man.

"You know you just killed your own right?" Lucas asked as he used the moment to survey his surroundings.

But the soldiers weren't willing to allow him to talk as they screamed and charged at him while the archers and mages attacked with arrows and spells.

Lucas just rushed towards the charging enemies as he used his sword to deflect the blade of the soldier in front of him before he impaled him through the chest. Then he proceeded to swing his sword as the soldier was used to hit another one as Lucas jumped out of the way of the arrows.

He charged and grabbed a sword wielder and chucked him straight at the ball of fire as he screamed in pain from hitting it alongside some of the other spells.

Lucas then sends out lightning to intercept the leftover attacks as he took a breath of air and let it out as he stabilized his breathing. He then turned and ran towards Kriemhild as he knew that she would need help with fighting.

She isn't a wyvern like Falkor, nor a demigoddess like Aslaug, and she didn't have the knowledge or training that Lucas had. And while she certainly has very good sword skills, she is the weakest out of the three of them.

And he certainly doesn't want his servant to die on the battlefield like this, as she is quite a good subordinate and has been loyal. And with that thought he dodged a strike from one of the last remaining melee soldiers as he killed the man and grabbed his body and threw it at the men who were attempting to surround Kriemhild.

That momentary distraction allows him to electrocute the downed soldiers as he killed them with powerful lightning as he looked at Kriemhild as she looked at him with gratefulness.

"Thank you Lord Lucas." Kriemhild said to him as he looked at the rest of the soldiers as he clicked his tongue.

"You can thank me by surviving." Lucas said to her with a serious face as he twirled his sword.

"Of course my lord." Kriemhild said as she nodded to him.

Lucas opened his mouth to give a short reply before he heard the roar of Falkor as he looked at his wyvern, though his eyes widened when he saw fireballs appearing from the skies which were not visible some time ago.

'There are even more!' Lucas' eyes widened in shock when he saw that.

"Scatter!" Lucas shouted as he grabbed ahold of Kriemhild.

Aslaug, who saw the fireballs snarled at the use of magic as she blocked the attack of the soldier with one hand before she grabbed and crushed his forearm and lifted him and threw him at the fireballs in the sky.

She smirked as he saw the man hit the fireball and cause some explosions, though the rest of the spells were coming down as Falkor immediately flew out of the range as the wyvern blew its fire at it to protect his master.

Lucas watched the soldiers for signs of panic, and while he did see the fear in their eyes at the sight of the attack, they instead charged towards him and Kriemhild as his eyes slightly widened.

'Tch. So, something has been done to them.' Lucas thought to himself as he took a page out of Aslaug's book and threw a dead body at the coming fireball.

'This is going to be a lot harder than the war, and that is saying something.' Lucas thought to himself as he grabbed a sword and threw it as it impaled the head of an enemy soldier as he glared at the advancing army.