The Conquerors Path

'yes! i have found a crack!'

looking at the trembling eyes of Eleanor i could see that i have made a small progress, if i could capitalize on this now I might be able to convert her feelings

'my trainings paid off'

during the past year not only have i increased my strength i have also increased my a ability to spew bullshit, i racked through my brain thinking about the different wuxia novels and their hot blooded words

and i can say with almost confidence that my 'dao of bullshit' has reached another level, i turned towards Eleanor who was still tied to my back

"don't worry teacher, just leave it to me"

saying so i looked through my surroundings, trying to find a safe spot to fight, looking around i could see an elevated platform, just perfect to defend from all sides

i ran towards that area and i slowly removed the binds connecting me and Eleanor, as gently as i could i held her and placed her on the ground, making sure that the way she sits is comfortable

i made sure to do all of my actions gently as possible, treating like a jade that would break, during all this time Eleanor just looked at me in daze not able to respond

making sure that she sat up correctly i kneeled in front of her catching her hand i gave her a iconic 'protagonist' smile

"don't worry teacher i will save you, just wait for me"

after saying that i rose up and left to fight without looking back, walking a bit forward i moved away from Eleanor

standing a bit far away i could see monster tides coming from both my sides, the demon above was laughing in happiness

"Ha..didn't i say you that you would feel despair!, now see how you are going to die"

i just concluded his laughter has background music, taking a deep breath i started to think about my next source of action

while thinks might look bad, i have many way to guarantee both mine and Eleanor's safety, the problem is which method should i use to gain the most affection

i can use my full strength and fight the upcoming waves to a standstill or i can exert just enough strength to survive the tide earning more affection

if worst comes i have 2 tokens given to me by 2 different dragons who are more than capable of saving me but even that has it's own drawback and risks

'what should i do?'

screw it i would go for more affection points!, making my decision i took my bow out, i placed a sword at my back and hid a few knifes in my dress

'ok, time to take action'

being ready i felt the ground shake the monsters we left behind and the new tide joined together rushing to devour those in it's path, it looked af if tide had formed

i stood calm at this situation, without any hesitation i applied the tier 5 spell {earth quake}, which caused great tremors to spread outward towards the monsters, the ground before the running tide cracked , causing many of them to fall, the ones that fell were stepped on and killed

"{magmic rise}!"

instantly the cracks which were formed started spewing magma from between them drowning a huge amount of monsters, all that was heard was their scream before their deaths

without any delay i placed a normal arrow on my bow, casting {meteoric fall} i fired the arrow, the arrow flew straight into the frontier of those monsters

at the time the arrow split into hundreds but that was not the end, the arrows which split quickly transformed into huge blazing rocks that fell onto the monsters

i immediately fired 4 such arrows stopping the monsters rush for a few seconds, within that time i concentrated 2/3 rd of my mana and started casting

this spell would require atleast a 5 second cast time, as i continued to cast the monsters that were blocked by the huge flaming rocks continued to pound at them creating cracks

the falme burned their skin but when one died another took it's place, just as the 5 second mark completed the monsters surged to me again

"{worlds crack}!"

i quickly applied my spell, the mana in the surrounding blazed as it moved towards me due to applying a high tier level 5 spell, the mana that surrounded me flew to the ground

as it did the the ground split up, a huge gap appeared between me and the monsters all those monsters which were in front fell to the crack disappearing for eternity

"impressive"

the demon floating above commented, he couldn't help but agree with the fact that the young man in front of him was exemplary, if the kid wasn't human he would have given his inheritance to him

"to think archery had reached such a level"

the boy's calmness and his ability to think and fight, not only that his powers and talent too is outstanding, the more the demon looked the more his desire to kill such a talent burned within him