Beast Evolution

*Thud! Thud! Thud!*

A loud footstep approached from behind Authur, Ray couldn't see who it was but it must be someone powerful.

The Royal knight that ran after Ray saw Authur and stopped.

"Authur... so you were in the capital," he said in a hoarse voice.

Authur looked at the Royal knight with a smile on his face wondering who the knight was.

'Now that a Royal knight is here, I'm going to go check the mage academy, I hope he is still there' Ray mumbled before running away.

"Are these the attackers?" the knight asked.

"We need to leave now, Vincent open a portal, and I will try and stop them, Aurora you know what to do" Vaan whispered.

"Yes we are, so you are one of the Royal knights right," Vaan said.

"So these are the attackers and you were busy speaking with them, nonsense," the knight said and unsheathe both of his swords.

"Now" Vaan shouted.

Vincent quickly turned around and started to whisper some words, all of them took battle stance and the Royal knight charged forward.

[Wind storm]

Vaan braced himself and stretch both of his hands forward, a powerful wind blew upon Authur, the mage, and the Royal knights, he didn't create the wind he just control the wind.

"You have quite a powerful attack power, but you are still no match," the Royal knight said and walked towards them.

The wind was so strong that the Royal knight couldn't run toward them, he could only walk and that was because his armor had magical resistance.

Before the spell hit, Authur went behind the mage he came with and the mage erected a wind barrier and protected both of them.

"This mage is really strong," the mage beside Authur said.

"This spell is really powerful," Authur said.

"It's not the power of the spell that made me say that, I can also cast the spell, it's his ability to maintain it that is wonderful, but I'm sure in a few seconds he's going to run out of Mana"

"Really?" Authur asked

"Yes, I'm also a wind mage and I know [Wind storm] drains a large amount of Mana if you maintain it, be ready to strike, anytime soon"

"Vincent hurry, Vaan wouldn't last much longer" Aurora shouted.

"Aurora, boost me," Vaan said.

"What... you are going to pass out if I try that" Aurora shouted.

"We have no choice, the knight isn't affected and he's closing in," Vaan said.

"Vincent, this is our last chance," Aurora said and placed one of her hands on Vaan.

[Magic boost]

Aurora's eyes glowed a bright red color and immediately Vaan's spell increased.

*Boom*

The power of the spell was increased double fold, the Royal knights who was closing in on them was pushed back a little by the spell, he wasn't blown away but the wind stopped him from advancing.

"What how did the power of his spell increase!!? the mage muttered and quickly increased his own barrier.

[Triangle Wind barrier]

The square barrier that surrounded them that was almost broken was turned into a triangular barrier.

Suddenly the storm stopped, all of them were surprised and they looked forward, Vaan who cast the spell fell unconscious.

"I got it" Vincent shouted and a portal opened at their back.

"You are not getting away" the Royal knight shouted and dashed forward.

The wind was now gone and nothing was stopping him from attacking them.

[Mud Spikes]

Vincent placed his hands on the ground and sharp stones sprung out from the ground, this didn't stop the knight it just slowed him down.

The knight used his dual swords to cut through the sharp spikes, by then Aurora had pushed Vaan who was unconscious inside the Portal.

The stone spikes were the only thing slowing down the knight from reaching them, Vincent couldn't stop creating more stone spikes.

The mage close to Authur had taken to the sky as soon as the [Wind storm] stopped, Vincent had opened a portal and Aurora had pushed Vaan inside, Aurora looked up and saw the mage aiming towards Vincent.

[Wind spear]

A sharp slice of wind was fired toward Vincent, Aurora quickly held Vincent's shoulder and her eyes glowed.

[Magic boost]

The size, range, and attack power of Vincent's spell were increased, the sharp spikes that sprung out were so large that they formed a shield in front of Vincent and it blocked the [Wind spear].

More spikes sprung out and covered the entire area, the wind mage quickly swooped down and grabbed Authur carrying him to the top of a building.

The entire area was covered with large spikes of stones, Authur and the mage looked down searching for the Royal knight.

*Boom*

A large chunk of the spikes was broken and the Royal knight came jumped out, he held onto one of the tall spikes and looked around searching for the Intruders.

"They are gone" Authur shouted.

"I can see that," the knight said.

"What about the beasts roaming around?" Authur asked.

"The Portal...we should close the portals," the mage said.

"The other Royal knights are already taking care of that," the Knight said.

"Have you seen a kid about this tall" the knight used his hand to measure Ray's height.

"Why are you looking for the kid?" the mage asked.

"Some kids came out to battle with the infected beasts," the knight said.

"Some kids...was there a female among them?" Authur asked.

"How did you know, I don't remember her but the other boy was blond, I didn't get to see the last one"

"They are my student, Ray, Gabriel, and Leia, what were they doing outside," Authur said.

"I don't know...I told the other two to go into hiding but one of them is still missing" the knight said.

"Ray... he's already running towards any danger he sees, is he a fool... I'm sorry I would search for them" Authur said and left.

"Who were those people and what were they looking for," the mage said.

"Maybe it's another kingdom trying to start a war, Avalon is not going to sit back" the knight sneered.