KINETIC

Nila and Supreme Commander Colt watched watched the cultist army as Leo spoke with one of their Imperiums.

It was a stressful situation they were in and the Supreme Commander could feel his heart beating through his chest.

He glanced at Nila a few times over the last few minutes and noticed that she was completely calm.

He was of course doing his best to appear calm so his subordinates wouldn't lose morale but if you looked closely enough you could see he was nervous.

Nila was different, she actually looked like she wasn't worried in the slightest and this was actually completely true.

She didn't want her family to be harmed in the coming battle and she would fight with all her might to prevent that from happening but worried wasn't the right word to describe how she currently felt.

She didn't fear what would happen to herself or her family. Whenever she thought of her loved ones dying due to the cult she could only feel anger.

Her own life was something Nila wasn't concerned about either. In her mind, death would only affect the people she left behind, not herself.

Due to that, instead of fearing death, the idea of dying made her angry because she knew it would hurt her family.

To the Supreme Commander it looked as tough Nila would attack the cultists at any second based on the expression she wore.

"It's been so long since I've seen such an expression on your face." A voice said from beside Nila.

She turned towards the familiar voice with a slightly surprised expression on her face. "Father? Why are you here...?" She asked.

"Because of me." The Supreme Commander said. "I asked your father to join the military as a General again but he refused multiple times. Eventually, I managed to convince him to take on the position temporarily so we could make use of his experience."

Both the Supreme Commander and Lord Zogarth were able to see the look on Nilas face. She didn't approve of this situation one bit.

"It's my decision to be here, little one. I know you feel as though protecting the family is your duty because you have to the power to do so but it's not.

That job still belongs to me as the head of our family and I plan to uphold my responsibility today by contributing to the battle." Lord Zogarth said with a resolute tone.

"I understand your intentions father but nobody will be near mother to protect her if something were to happen." Nila said.

"You're not wrong but think of it from my perspective. At home I would be one man against many, but here I can make a difference by leading an army of soldiers." Lord Zogarth said with a soft smile.

"It looks like something is happening." The Supreme Commander suddenly said, interrupting the father and daughter.

They all focused their attention to the Imperium speaking with Leo and watched him lift his hand into the air.

They were too far away to see exactly what was happening but in the next moment several Portals opened up around them.

There were 2 portals on the wall itself, one on each side. Nila, Lord Zogarth and the Supreme Commander were pinned between the two portals along with several soldiers.

A third portal had opened at the base of the wall on the interior of the city. The number of cultists that appeared from each portal was small, 10 at most.

Although their numbers weren't high, the issue lay with their individual strength since each of them was a Devoran, Imperium or ability user.

Devoran weren't difficult to spot since they had red skin and three eyes but telling the difference between an Imperium and ability user was tricky.

Imperiums had purple eyes and pale skin, these were the only features that could be used to tell the difference.

The problem was that not all Imperiums had prominent features. Some had eyes that glowed so bright it was impossible to miss, while others seemed normal until they were right infront of you and the slight purple could be seen.

While most had skin so pale it would be impossible for it to be natural, others just looked like a person who didn't go into the sun often.

The Imperiums who had less prominent features were much harder to differentiate from regular ability users.

It's important to know as much as possible when going into combat with your enemies. As such, knowing their potential abilities is an important factor.

A regular ability user will only have one ability and nothing else needs to be expected. An Imperium on the other hand could have several and one needs to be prepared for that.

Because it was difficult to tell the difference at times, it was best to assume they were all Imperiums and be prepared for multiple abilities to appear at any time.

The cultists began attack with their abilities as soon as they appeared. The soldiers and Infernai nearby fought back as best they could but were ultimately being pushed back.

The regular soldiers couldn't do much except distract the enemy and the Infernai were being overwhelmed.

The number of Devorans in each group of cultists was low but they were proving to be the driving force behind this sneak attack.

The reason for this was that each of the Devorans had the same ability as John, barriers. Most ability users who have this ability aren't powerful in the slightest, but each of the Devorans would be considered top tier at creating barriers.

Almost every attack launched by the Infernai was being blocked by a barrier. Nila realized the trouble her allies were in and charged into the battle.

As she decided to move, several bolts of lighting descended onto the cultist army outside the city walls.

The sound of the impact and the flash of light generate by the lightning was so intense that nobody could resist looking towards the attack.

Except for Nila that is. She knew that Leo wouldn't just stand there as the cult attack the city behind him and was expecting something to happen.

The lightning was more intense than she could have expected but she knew this could be used as an opportunity.

While everyone was distracted in that moment, Nila jumped into the air above her allies. Energy gathered around her hands as though she was going to attack but instead, something else happened.

The energy extended outwards as a beam and then suddenly flattened into a rectangle shape below her feet.

She then landed on the energy rectangle and jumped again. Doing this allowed her to reach a position that gave her the best angle to perform the attack she wanted.

As she stood on a rectangle made from the energy coming from her left hand, she raised her right.

Energy gathered around her right hand and shot out towards the cultists. The energy she fired wasn't just a basic blast of energy like she used to fire either, no it was better.

This energy looked more solid than ever before and appeared to be shaped like a triangular prism with extremely fine edges.

The point of this prism was so sharp it essentially dissapread from view depending on the angle you viewed it from.

Nilas attacked pierced through two Devorans, the first through the head and the second through the chest.

As the two Devorans fell to the ground the rest of the cultists, as well as Nilas allies, regained their focus and began fighting once again.

There was only 1 Devoran left of this side of the wall and she was forced to work overtime to make up for the two who died.

Even so, she managed to block most of the attacks that were being launched towards the other cultists.

One of the Imperiums raised his hand infront of him and lifted several weapons into the air using telekinesis.

The weapons were then flung towards the soldiers on the left side of the bridge. The soldiers saw the weapons coming towards them but knew they couldn't do anything about it and accepted their fate.

Suddenly, a solid board made of red Energy appeared infront of them and blocked the Imperiums attack.

The weapons clattered to the ground and the soldiers saw where the red barrier had come from.

"We also have someone to defend us!" A soldier shouted as he charged towards the cultists.

Nilas allies had gained some confidence now that the playing field had evened a bit. Having someone to defend you from all attacks was a huge advantage, one the cultists weren't monopolizing anymore.

A massive explosion erupted from beyond the wall as the Royal Army fought with ferocity to kill the cultists infront of them.

'I wasn't planning on defending everyone through the whole fight but whatever, it seems to be the best way to do this right now.' Nila thought as she blocked another attack, saving more of her allies.