Chapter 33 - Blood Sport
Team 1 & 2 both saw Bell and Ais crashed to the ground, but they were stuck in their own battles. They could not lend any assistance.
Ottar was very evenly matched against the level 9, but his armor advantage is starting to show. Ottar had no injuries so far even when the enemy landed 2 hits. On the other hand, the level 9 was bleeding substantially from the 2 hits Ottar landed. Ottar was getting more and more aggressive with the armor advantage.
Finn/Tione were also evenly matched against another level 9. Thanks to the armor advantage, the several hits on them have not drawn blood, while their 3 hits on the enemy did cause some damage. Finn was clearly taking more chances trying to exploit the armor advantage.
Tiona/Bete were barely able to keep up with last level 9 type. They have not landed a hit, but thanks to the armor, the 5 hits on them have not caused damage. They continue to fight defensively to buy time, knowing that some of their comrades have the advantage.
Gareth was clearly winning against his level 7 type. He landed 5 hits on the enemy while not having been hit once. Gareth is getting more and more aggressive in order to get a killing shot.
Allen is fighting roughly even with his level 7 type. Again, the armor advantage was clear. He was not damaged by the 2 hits on him, while the enemy took substantial damage from the 2 hits he landed.
With their magic attacks limited with the enemy's magic resistance, there were limited options for Riveria and Lefiya. Seeing that the main battle is going relatively well, Riveria's main concern was Ais and Bell. Thus, she had Lefiya to continue firing off Fusillade Fallarica while she ran off to help Bell and Ais. Even with magic resistance, Lefiya's attack would cause some damage and would hopeful distract the foes momentarily to provide a short term advantage.
Meanwhile Bell and Ais crashed on the ground far from the main battle, and Ein and the other level 9 were heading towards them with a killing intent. While pouring elixir on Ais, Bell charged argonaut with limit-off to prepare for battle with 2 high level enemies. With the elixir, Ais recovered adequately to get up to help Bell.
Bell was glad that they were able to draw away probably the top 2 enemy fighters from the main battle. Bell knew they were outmatched even when Ais was not injured. Thus, he knew he had to take out 1 of the 2 enemies for them to have any chance. Thus, trusting the reactive armor, Bell launched himself at the level 9 while knowing that both Ein and the level 9 would be able to hit him at the same time. If not for the special armor, it would be a pure suicide strike.
The Hestia knife struck the level 9 with full argonaut charging, instantly killing the level 9. However, Ein got the clean stab at Bell through his breastplate. Unfortunately, that breastplate was already struck once and already fired off 2 of its 3 protective charges. Even with the remaining protective charge, Ein's strike penetrated deeply into Bell.
With the deep injury, Bell fell to the ground. To protect the badly injured Bell, Ais has now put herself between the Bell and Ein who may well be at level 10...