Chapter 4: Sword of Shining Hope

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"Eagh!"

Dean lunged on a couple of dark cloaked mages with his hands clad in wolf fangs, managing to knock out a handful of them "They are too many!" he said while taking a breath but suddenly saw many fireballs coming his way, only for them to be intercepted by Serena's mana bullets "Thanks, Serena." he thanked her while not looking at her.

"Don't mention it. They are too many and some are tough, but we will manage." she said alerted and serious while her grimoire unleashed a wave that revealed the weak spots of their enemies, with her then firing from her hands two mana bullets on the weak spots of two enemies, with them falling unconcious "We both managed to somehow bring down half of them in total, but I don't think we can manage the rest of them and then their boss." she explained while ending up looking at him.

"Hahahaha, you thought that my men would be so weak? They have fought numerous times with Magic Knights and always escaped! Hahahaha, and you face them all now, it's over!" the leader claimed proudly, but then he guarded himself as a stream of fire hit him and he dispelled it with a burst of shadows "Who did this?" he asked angry and alerted, with his men ceasing their attacks and looking around.

"That would be me. I can't stand it when people like you act so mighty only when they have number advantage and so, I will intervene!" said a female voice from the distance and what appeared before everyone was a voluptuous and beautiful girl with long blond hair that were reaching her rear and were made into a braid with a blue ribbon on them while she possessed amethyst like eyes. She was wearing a white dress whose white skirt covered her knees and the dress itself was covered by a white jacket, white shoes and a blue pendant while she was holding an extended sword with a bracelet on the hilt and guard with a closed flower bud as a pommel.

"Who are you?" asked the leader furious and confused, with the girl then doing an elegant bow.

"My name is Helen Elpida, a girl who aspires to become a great Magic Knight and so, beating bad guys like you is natural" she said while introducing herself and then, she looked at Dean and her eyes widened for a second and she approached him "hello there, sorry for butting in like that, but I could not simply stand by. Let the three of us beat them together!" she proposed while extending her hand, with Dean then grabbing it while smiling and nodding in agreement.

"Af if an extra piece of trash would make any difference, attack!" ordered the leader cocky, with Helen smiling cockily to his confusion.

"Hey girl, we can introduce ourselves later, so how about us taking down the rest of them and let him fight the boss?" she asked Serena with a smile, with her smiling back.

"Of course, because after all, only he is a worthy opponent for Dean." replied Serena fired up and then fired some mana bullets with which she took down two incoming enemies behind Helen.

"You heard her, Dean, got get him!" said Helen while unleashing a stream of fire towards many of the grunts, with Dean then running towards the leader.

"You believe *you* can defeat *me*, boy? Me, of all people?" asked the leader cocky while flaring his shadow aura and Dean then took a fighting stance with a cold and serious look.

"I have been hunting you lot all this time, so be sure that I *will* defeat you!" replied Dean coldly with a tone of anger, with the leader growling in anger upon hearing him.