Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 116. Tense Battlefield.

Amapola was quick to see the enemy's charge and reacted accordingly. "Spread out and fly upward! Use the tree canopies to maneuver around them. They are too big to follow us!"

The Rose Fairies all quickly flapped their wings and flew upward, entering the canopy and moving away swiftly.

The group of Stormbird Soldiers were naturally trained in hunting down people. After all, they were assigned as bodyguards. Even the woman who gained the captain position illegitimately needed at least enough skill to join the army.

So, when they saw what the group they spotted was doing, the female captain ordered. "Separate and hunt them down!"

However, as soon as her orders were told, the former captain strongly disagreed. "Captain! We are surrounded by many beasts! Separating right now is the worst we can do!"

The woman found it reasonable and changed her orders. "Hunt down the highest-level one, then! She's gone that way!"

All then <Stormbird> kicked the ground and shot across the forest with incredible agility.

Amapola saw that they were all coming for her and smiled. 'Better if they target me than others. Thankfully, I managed to level up during the last months, or I would've probably been done for.'

Looking around, Amapola could navigate with incredible precision. For Rose Fairies, trees were very recognizable, like buildings were for other intelligent races. So she could pinpoint her own location incredibly well. 'Let's guide them away from Liu Shu and around Queen Flor's location. This way, Queen Flor and the rest will be able to continue the bombardment. It's a bit risky... but I need to do it.'

She tapped her chest, where Liu Shu's amulet clung, and activated the skill that came with it called <Windy Currents>. Her movement speed soared for a few seconds, allowing her to increase the distance with her pursuers.

Amapola was flying high, but not high enough to go above the trees.

On the ground, the ten people followed closely. The woman's face was scrunched, not expecting the Level 10 to be so slippery. "She is turning right! Surround her position! Don't let her run as she pleases, and use skills to attack her!"

Three of them accelerated, going ahead and trying to circle around her. Meanwhile, the people following used their skills to channel storm-attributed attacks.

Storm Mana attacks were varied, being able to summon damaging clouds that carried lethal currents of electricity and damaging water bolts. When they combine with the innate abilities of their mount, the riders would be able to summon a dangerous and swift attack. But without the help of their mounts, they couldn't create the attack called <Stormrider Strike>, which was their main form of attack.

For a Stormbird Rider's combat ability, their mount was as precious as any weapon. While they could fight without it, their combat strength decreased significantly.

Their attacks shot forward with tremendous speed, having even some homing ability. Amapola looked at the rapid grey clouds shooting at her, and she bit her lip while saying sorry in her head. 'I'm sorry, little trees. I swear that after this battle, I will come to help you.'

Then, she dodged to the left, and the attack followed, slamming into a Level 7 tree and blowing off a massive chunk of the trunk. Seeing the canopy start to fall over because of the missing part of the trunk, Amapola felt her stomach churn. 'Poor darling. Please survive until I come back to heal you.'

Amapola knew that Liu Shu killed trees as she expanded, but she accepted it as the "cycle of nature" because Liu Shu had proven that she also grew trees herself. Some of them were in house shapes, but they were not much different from normal ones if you didn't take into account their strange interiors.