The heavy mithril bolts slammed into the barrier, ringing out with a rapid series of clangs as they were all deflected and fell aside.
After blocking the first wave of attacks, Elonore's hands did not stop moving. She forcibly drew upon the pure fourth-tier elven aether within her. It was a unique means of energy control, brimming with vitality.
The mithril arrows that had fallen nearby began to move on their own, the metallic patterns within the mithril forcibly activated by that living aether.
Elonore recalled how Saina usually taught her to yank apart the tough straw ropes used to tie up cabbages in the courtyard. She spread all ten fingers wide, then clenched them shut viciously.
The guards on the city wall holding heavy crossbows had no time to react. The mechanisms of the metal crossbows in their hands suddenly came alive, mithril wires unspooling backward from the assemblies and wrapping tightly around their wrists.
Elonore yanked downward with all her strength.
A dozen elite guards were mercilessly dragged by their own weapons, tumbling off the towering wall and crashing hard onto the stone-paved road below amid continuous screams.
The entire sequence flowed like drifting clouds and running water, without a trace of wasted movement. After bringing them down, Elonore hurriedly shrank behind Su Li, clutching the hem of her skirt tightly in both hands as she trembled nonstop.
"Mr. Su... that doesn't count as causing trouble, does it?" she asked softly.
Su Li nodded. "Your hands may be shaking badly, but your movements were complete. You did very well. I'll give you an extra chicken leg tonight."
Elonore laughed, then quickly hugged the remaining rune cards close.
The royal family's outer defensive line had been thoroughly torn open by these few fourth-tier powerhouses.
Old Ford's private troops surged