Chapter 55: Black Dragon Serpent (Part 2)
Nighttime had fallen on the forest that suddenly turned into a battlefield.
The advance of the monsters called "ananta" made my group and the rest of the adventurers retreat before they could catch up.
I passed potions around to everyone, stamina, MP, and healing, to keep everyone in top shape. The least I wanted to happen was for someone to die, especially if I had the means to prevent it.
With the night sky covering the field, the forest’s visibility became even worse. Even if we advanced to fight the ananta with all our might, their perception in the dark was much better than a human’s.
Without having much time to think, I decided to use light magic to create a giant luminous mote and suspend it above us, like a huge light bulb.
Realizing my plan, the rest of my group decided to copy me and created their own massive light motes, then placed them in the air to illuminate the entire battlefield.
The leader of the adventurers commanded everyone to regain their positions now that visibility had returned to us, making the veterans turn around and halt the ananta from advancing using arrows and magic spells.
Our plan worked for a few minutes, but there were still too many of them, and as the leader turned to command everyone to fall back, I heard the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground coming our way.
"The knights!" exclaimed one of the adventurers.
The 4th knight order had arrived, with Thomas and Harvey leading them into battle, along with dozens of shadow dogs and demon spiders.
While seeing them ride into battle as our backup, I couldn’t help but smile. Our little town in the middle of nowhere had gathered so many new allies that I felt pretty happy, even in the middle of a fight.