The Venom Spike Serpents hissed and growled, their mouths filled with sharp teeth ready to devour anything that comes their way, the corner of there mouths was leaking poisonous liquid as if they were starving for centuries and now lying in in front of them was a full course buffet.
Kael on the other hand was as carefree as he can be, his one hand was in his pocket and the other one playing with his sword, His mouth curling into his signature smirk. Behind him, in an orderly manner stood his knights waiting for the order from their lord ready to strike at any moment, beside them stood our mage, Elias. His legs shaking and his staff trembling in his hands.
"Hey, you cowardly mage. Stop trembling and get ready" Kael said, his stance changing to a proper fighting one. "They are coming, to give us there essence. So, why reject there polite gesture?" He said, his sword gleaming with a black luster its runes shining with a red glow, as if waiting to drink the blood from its beholders enemies.
"I-I-I am n-not shaking, M-my Lord. I just feel C-Cold" Elias countered, trying to keep his legs stable and posture straight. Not meeting Kael's gaze
"Tch, at least try to make a convincing lie you idiot, You are sweating right now." Kael responded with a look that said, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
"Anyway get ready and be useful otherwise i don't mind throwing you in front of them" Kael said his expression cold.
"Y-Yes, sir" Elias said, still trembling but trying to compose himself, to which kael gave an approving nod.
"At least he's trying to improve unlike some who sell their teammates out. But no matter what, I WILL NEVER TRUST ANYONE EVER AGAIN" kael thought his expression frosty
"My Lord, they are coming" Elias said, his voice stable. Hands tight on his staff.
Kael finally came out of his thoughts and looked ahead and he saw the serpents coming closer as if they can't wait anymore.
"If they want to die so soon, who am i to say no?" Kael said, "Knights, form a crescent formation and surround them. Remember do not let them escape, Elias you'll be using your long range spells to attack them and ill attack them from the flank, got it?" He commanded
"Yes, My lord." Elias said taking his position, while the knights bowed accepting the command.
"Lets show these bastards who they are dealing with. CHARGE!!!!" kael shouted his voice filled with adrenaline.
The knights clashed with the serpents head on, surrounding them with their crescent formation. The first snake charged towards a knight, its jaws wide open, sharp teeth gleaming green with poison. The knight dodged the attack and countered with his own sword slash, it was SUPER EFFECTIVE (XD) . The sword breached the snake's scale and dug into its skin leaving a huge pile of black blood on the ground. It hissed and growled, its eyes burning with anger and its voice filled with pain. While it was locked in the battle with the knight, kael joined the battle and attacked the snake from the flanks.
"Take this you worm" Kael said, slashing his sword in a vertical strike. The snake had no time to react and was cut in half. The sword glowed brighter as if expressing its excitement. Meanwhile The wraith blade commander was like a phantom, walking in the shadow, calm and quiet. Waiting for a single mistake from the enemies and he soon got the chance when the second snake was busy attacking a knight, the general closed in like a death reaper and when he was close enough he slashed. The Serpent didn't even know how it died.
"Blind" Elias chanted and the third snake got stuck by the blind spell, soon he too joined his brothers in the underworld killed by the collective slashes from the knights. " haaaa, that was close, I thought i would die"
"What do you mean by I would die? We didn't lose a single knight in that fight plus it helped us know how strong we are" Kael stuck his head with a fist, thinking how can someone be so terrified over a minor battle.
"M-My Lord, they were alpha serpents!!! I wouldn't have been this afraid otherwise" Elias protested while clutching his head.
"Tch, shut up mage, now we know that a single soulbound knight can hold on his own against a normal alpha beast" Kael smacked his head again. "Now, let me collect the most important things, HEHEHEHE LOOT. System collect their essence"
[DING]
[COLLECTING ESSENCE FROM THE FALLEN ENEMIES]
[ESSENCE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COLLECTED]
[3 WRETCHED APLHA ESSENCE HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN YOUR INVENTORY]
"Hmm, 3 alpha essence huh, now that's something to look forward to" Kael said while looking at the stored essences in his inventory.
"System use them"
[DING]
[ESSENCE (X3) HAS BEEN USED]
[WHAT WOULD U LIKE TO USE THEM ON]
[NOTE: 1 ALPHA ESSENCE CAN BE USED TO EITHER PRODUCE A UNIT OF SAME POWER LEVEL OR 3 INFERIOR UNITS]
"Hmm, so i can either craft 3 commander units or make 9 knights huh?" Kael looked at the system panel thoughtfully, "Right now i have 7 knights and 1 commander, but commander being a stronger unit is much more valuable than the knights, the problem is the vitality if i make 3 new commander level units my vitality will get hit by -8, hmm. How about this then?" Kael finally made his decision.
[DING]
[CRAFTING 1 WRAITH BLADE COMMANDER AND 6 SOULBOUND KNIGHTS]
[TOTAL VITALITY HIT: -4]
Soon, 1 wraithblade commander and 6 knights were kneeling in front of him. But before Kael can celebrate the increase in his army units, he felt a soul crushing pain that left him panting and his vision nearly blurred.
He tried to stay conscious by biting his tongue and drawing out some blood "Tch, i really need to do something about this vitality problem and DO IT SOON"