Chapter 119: Victory

"Clang! Clang! Clang..." Perlin launched a fierce assault, showing no mercy. Her attacks were razor-sharp, each one aimed directly at a vital point. Alex was drenched in sweat, struggling desperately to parry her onslaught.

"Swish!" A moment of carelessness cost Alex dearly; the blade sliced through his left arm, sending blood spraying into the air.

"Heal!" Christina immediately raised her hand to cast a restorative spell on him.

The wound on Alex's arm began to knit together at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Whoa, is a priest's healing spell really that powerful?" Jia Zhengjin’s eyes widened.

"Holy Light Blast, chain burst!" Perhaps stimulated by seeing Alex injured, Christina lost her composure and, ignoring the consequences, unleashed several orbs of light simultaneously, all of which shot towards Perlin.

"Flame Strike!" Tina had not been slacking off; she had been training in the camp with Perlin every day, and she had become much more proficient with magic.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The scorching flames collided with the holy light orbs, creating yet another violent explosion.

Enduring the bitter taste, Tina quickly shoved a handful of blue herbs into her mouth.

"Tina, you’re getting better and better!" Jia Zhengjin was delighted to see his young wife’s newfound proficiency with magic.

Receiving Jia Zhengjin’s recognition and praise, Tina was filled with excitement.

"Alex, the enemy has a mage!" Christina urged anxiously.

"I know!" Alex was struggling immensely to fend off Perlin's猛攻. He felt increasingly overwhelmed, internally hating himself for his inability to defeat her.

"Sweeping Strike!" Seeing an opening, Perlin swung her sword, unleashing a fierce blade aura.

Abandoning all dignity, Alex threw himself flat on the ground to evade the horizontal strike. He then rolled forward and thrust his sword toward Perlin's abdomen.

"Clang!" Perlin parried his blade with an emotionless expression, easily deflecting it. She stepped back, gripped her sword with both hands, and swung it violently upwards. "Ascension Slash!"

"How is that possible?!" Alex cried out in disbelief; the Ascension Slash was a secret technique that only a captain could learn!

In his panic, he glanced to the side and saw Christina standing not far away.

If he were hit by this attack head-on, he would surely die! But the reach of the Ascension Slash was too great; there was no time to dodge!

At this moment, there was no time for thought.

"Christina!" Alex gritted his teeth, reached out, grabbed the priestess by her robes, and pulled her forcefully in front of him.

"Eh? Alex?" A look of utter disbelief appeared in Christina's eyes. No matter what, she could never have imagined that the gentle and considerate Alex would do such a thing!

"I'm sorry!" After pulling her into his path, Alex abruptly turned and fled at full speed.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, Jia Zhengjin shouted, "Perlin, don't kill the priestess!"

"It's too late!" Perlin watched emotionlessly as the biting blade aura neared the priestess's back.

"Earth-Shattering Axe!" At this critical moment, General Zhuoma, who was locked in combat with two werewolves, saw what was happening and swung his massive axe into the ground with all his might.

"Rumble!" The earth instantly shattered, and a forest of earthen spikes erupted from the ground, rapidly forming a barrier behind the priestess.

"Boom!" The sword aura of the Ascension Slash shattered the barrier, but it dissipated into the air instantly.

The priestess escaped death, avoiding being sliced in two. However, the flying shards of stone struck her fragile body, knocking her unconscious on the spot.

By stepping in to help the priestess, General Zhuoma left himself open. The werewolves Wolf and Karl attacked from both sides, their sharp claws raking across his arms—which were thicker than the average man's thighs—leaving them shredded. His great axe slipped from his grasp, hitting the ground with a dull thud.

General Zhuoma gritted his teeth, trying to endure the pain and reach for his axe again, but Wolf and Karl already had their sharp claws pressed against his throat, forcing him to abandon the thought.

Over there, the battle between the city guards and the kobolds was also drawing to a close. With their morale shattered and their stamina depleted from the grueling fight, the guards were no match for the massive number of kobolds, especially with the support of the town guards.

General Zhuoma was bound in heavy iron chains by the two werewolves, looking utterly frustrated. Of the one thousand city guards, 127 had been killed in action, and the rest were bound with ropes by the kobold troops.

"Is the priestess okay?" Jia Zhengjin jumped down from the dragon's head and hurried to the priestess's side. He checked her breath; thankfully, she was still alive.

"Where is Alex?" He looked up, only to realize that he had been so focused on the priestess that the village chief's son had vanished again!

"I'll go after him!" Perlin took her sword and sprinted in the direction Alex had fled.

"Zhengjin, how is she?" Tina also slid down from the dragon's head and came to his side.

"Knocked unconscious by the rocks!" Jia Zhengjin pulled out a bottle of honey. "But she's lucky; you should feed her this."

"Okay!" Tina nodded and took the honey.

"Right!" Jia Zhengjin handed her a rope. "Tie her up, so she doesn't attack anyone when she wakes up!"

"Oh!" Tina obediently took the rope and carefully bound Christina's hands and feet tightly.

This battle had been costly; the ten thousand giant bees he had spent half a month accumulating were all wiped out! Not to mention the loss of at least a thousand kobolds!

Fortunately, the fake dragon shapeshifter had done its job; otherwise, the outcome of this battle would have been uncertain.

The commander of the city guards was truly a formidable man! His strongest soldiers, the werewolves Wolf and Karl, couldn't take him down together. It was only because he chose to save the priestess that he left an opening and was captured. Jia Zhengjin couldn't help but admire such a man.

But admiration aside, he had to be imprisoned. After all, he was an enemy.

However, eight hundred people, including the guards and General Zhuoma, couldn't be locked inside the city; the prison was too small!

This wasn't a problem for Jia Zhengjin. He would just have the kobold craftsmen build a large prison next to the city. The advantage of this was that even if they managed to break out of the prison, the arrow towers lining the city walls would make them think twice about trying to escape.

The greatest gain from this battle was this priestess! Since she could cast healing spells so many times and use special magic attacks, she must have equipment or skills that significantly increased her mana.

Jia Zhengjin picked up her magic staff and carefully examined its attributes:

[Ebony Staff: Increases restoration magic power by 5%, Intelligence +3.]

It was just an ordinary ebony staff, and since it only boosted restoration magic, it was useless to Tina.