Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

Draxus had prepared his line to hold the entire kingdom of Omnidaxius back. Next to him was Matilda and Olivia who are preparing some things like food for the members. The ones taking the full brunt are Draxus, Lily, Julie, Keith, Wesley, and Audrey. Olivia, and Matilda stood behind the lines as they are potential major targets. Pauleen asked if her group could join but Draxus flatly refused them. Now, it's just the minimum of his group to hold the line against ten thousand enemy soldiers. "Now, listen up! We're going to be dealing against ten thousand. Be sure to never hold back with your skills because one half-assed action can drag us down to death! Specially you Audrey! Your destructive magic will be the key to killing off most enemies." Draxus had created a large ridge using earth magic to compress their enemies into small groups and preventing them from surrounding their group. It's the method that the spartans had used to win against persians in some story. "This way, we can receive them without problems." Draxus, Lily, Julie, and Matilda had trained a lot of sword combat together ever since they became engaged, allowing her to have a lot of skills. Olivia was taught magic so that she can bring forth a huge amount of power while supporting from behind. "Here they come." Draxus started the timer on his phone and drank a full liter of liquid mana in one go. Afterwards, he took out one of his [Fortune Cards]. "Keith! Do you got that juicy [Thomas the Dank Engine] meme track?" Keith who immediately understood Draxus's intention took out his phone and played the tunes Draxus had requested. "[Fortune Card VII - Chariot]!" Draxus immediately charged forward with extreme speeds. Within a few seconds, he immediately reached the front of the army that was marching and rammed through with his magic chariot. The enemy count immediately got dispersed by a huge amount, but seeing as there are ten thousand or more enemies, it was on the small side. He then performed a U-turn but attempts of dodging were made. The amount of damage dealt to the army was lesser this time. There he found one enemy that had a different look that exuded a powerful aura. "The hero? I should return." The path Draxus used with his magic chariot immediately erected hundreds of ice spikes. He returned to his position while shouting: "This is why liquid mana is OP!!!!!" After entering the walling position of Keith, Lily, Draxus, Matilda, Julie, and Wesley, they each prepared their weapons. Draxus had his gauntlets [Kessaku], Matilda was made a new weapon out of Draxus's hardened crystals which allowed it to cut through anything, defend against any attack, and regenerate by pouring mana which Draxus had taught her. Keith held a sickle and chain with a spiky ball at the other end, while Wesley had both daggers ready, Lily and Julie were using the same weapons that they had, but they were improved quite nicely by Draxus. Behind them, Olivia and Audrey were preparing magic. "Olivia, are you sure you're okay with killing people? It's not something that will be easy to get used to you know?" Olivia smiled as she gave Draxus an answer. "I'm resolved for what happens already. Besides, I would taint my hands in blood just to stand by your side." Draxus smiled to the conviction of that princess. "Very well, then would you mind starting the party with some lights?" The enemy soldiers were advancing in a pretty good pace as there's only one hundred meters of dead space as they begin converging. Olivia then summoned a powerful ball of light overhead which got a huge amount of soldiers to be blinded. Many stumbled and fell down grandly. Draxus didn't waste the opportunity and summoned ice spikes to rain down on enemies continuously. He drank another full liter of liquid mana before taking out one fortune card. "Thanks for the modding here Audrey! [Fortune Card X - Wheel of Fortune]! [Trap Heaven]!" The Wheel of Fortune allows Draxus to temporarily master a weapon that the wheel has chosen for him. This was only usable whenever he's using [Kessaku] in combat. It will signify him for a change of form from gauntlets to other various kinds of weaponry via feel and will change quickly. "[Apocalyptic Fire]" Audrey didn't waste a chance to the fallen soldiers who fell from the bright light Olivia made and Draxus's [Crystal Groundwork]. In exchange of them slipping on the ground, eight orbs of fire engulfed around the middle of the army. All of them moved to a centerpoint and formed an even larger orb of fire. It then flew upwards and shot many fire arrows downwards towards the enemies to incinerate them. It then dropped to the ground and exploded grandly. With a single ability, Audrey had annihilated more than a thousand soldiers. After a few seconds, the ice rain had stopped and the ball of light was dispersed instantly. Draxus immediately got the sign that the enemy hero is on the move. "Notes by the way, enemy hero is going to be left to me." The army approached them with the shields and spears trying to pierce them. But Draxus didn't allow them to have their defenses advance into their formation. He used [Crystal Groundwork] one again to get every enemy vulnerable forcefully. With three meters in between him and the army, the wheel of fortune gave him enough luck for a weapon that excels in long range, a bow. He started firing crystal arrows towards the enemies rapidly while starting to rain down attacks and erupt crystal spikes from the ground. Wesley used his magic to create hundreds of shadows and let them sneak behind the lines. They began purging the enemies quickly from behind. Keith was the main person to prevent enemies from advancing beyond two meters away from them. The second they did, he uses [Chronopause] and launch them away with his earth spirit [Star Platinum] which was taken inspiration from his favorite anime. He used the kusarigama to attack enemies from a distance. Matilda had burrowed Draxus's revolver which allowed her to fire attacks towards them and break the shields Lily and Julie prevented the approach of the soldiers using their fire magic. Olivia used a huge amount of lightning magic on the area Audrey blew up. She then overcharged the created as Draxus used magic to create a tornado on the crater Audrey left. A powerful overloaded firestorm that exploded every few seconds erupted. With that chance, Audrey used nature magic to spread out leaves to further spread around the fire. With the powerful tornado that was infused with fire and overloaded with electricity, it exploded grandly and burst around the vines Audrey had spread out, burning many soldiers down. They rapidly cleared off the enemy within a good pace of fifty enemies a minute. Draxus had already changed his weapon many times and the defenses had been destroyed. The enemies now charge forward with swords without shields and began clashing with them. Their numbers lowered down to less than a thousand after the combined attack. After some time of cycling through magic attacks, they had cleared off most of the enemies. With only a hundred remaining, the enemy hero appeared itself and threw five daggers each towards Matilda and Olivia. Draxus who noticed the danger to them instantly covered all of them in ice. The ice began to shatter after a few dangerous strikes but Draxus immediately left them to hunt the enemy hero down. "Keith! Wesley! I'll leave the rest to you! Be careful girls!" Draxus pushed through the enemy lines and located the enemy hero.

"Well well well, are you the [Heroic Jack of All Trades]?" Draxus faced a man with very light clothing. He was equipped with two swords that are sheathed on his back. He brought that out while forming a stance. "And you must be that guy who become famous recently. Surely you know the names Begona Wallowhart, Chris Jefferson and Elliot Herlon Scatherion." Upon hearing those names, Draxus narrowed his eyes. "We surely have executed them. If they're alive, then I might know why they're still alive." Draxus's weapon was changed into a claymore as he formed a stance. "Correct, they're alive." Draxus had a thought regarding the survival of the two. "They must've forced somebody to change into them. Remuel and Harold weren't around in the execution after all." But since he was somewhat irritated, he simply clicked his tongue in response to the hero's words. Four water serpents were revealed from behind the enemy hero as he dashed forward in a nearly incomprehensible speed. Draxus, knowing that he'll be compensated, deactivated the wheel of fortune which returned [Kessaku] to its original state. He then brought out a different card despite having burdened his mind while dodging. "[Fortune Card XX - Judgement]!" He took the purple sword and used his abilities. "Copy! [Cons Trulla Cementarii]!" He dodged attacks barely as the enemy hero constantly attacked him with two swords and four serpents trying to bite him. Draxus then formed a stance for a split second and disappeared, he dashed around while leaving powerful slashes and purple afterimages while a magic circle spreads out on the ground. After making about ten slashes, the four serpents were dispelled easily. As Draxus was about to land the finishing blow, the hero dropped his weapons and brought out a shield from who knows where. He then blocked the attack by Draxus quite easily. Without wasting time, Draxus dashed back and returned the purple sword and took the light blue one. He then instantly formed the stance of the sword performing instant draw. "Copy! [Cons Grus Nivis]!" After copying the ability, he used ice magic to blast the enemy hero up by a little before performing his instant draw. "[Frost Storm]" With that instant, Draxus immediately launched hundreds of freezing strikes towards the enemy hero. He then returned the light blue sword and took out the red one. "Copy! [Rota Calamitas]!" He charged his sword with fire which is an element that he isn't great with. Afterwards, just as the enemy hero fell down, Draxus dashed forward with the dangerous heat coursing through the red sword. He slashed once while dashing towards the left of the enemy hero. It was blocked easily but he twirled and launched another strike to repeat it. This time, due to the unexpected follow-up in an unexpected angle, the hero was only able to barely block it. Draxus dashed through the left of the hero one again while striking to create a third follow-up strike. Draxus didn't even give a single chance as the enemy itself is much more powerful than Ulysses. With a slash that was unavoidable, the body that was freezing with cuts received a large slash on his side and started to melt down. The hero coughed up a lot of blood and tried to perform a counterattack using magic. However, just as he never gave the hero a single chance to fight back. Draxus had already moved through his left once again and performed a fourth slash. It effectively cut the body in half. After dispelling the judgement card, Draxus fell to his knees as a heavy burden on his mind was doubled. He didn't forget to stop the timer as he saw Olivia running towards him. "Solid fifty-seven minutes and thirty-two seconds..." He ended up passing out after the battle from mind exhaustion.