Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?
Chapter 212 - 10 Distraction and Counter-Distraction

Chapter 212: Chapter 10 Distraction and Counter-Distraction

Peggy, whose leg had previously been broken, quickly healed her injury thanks to her bizarre Flesh Power. At this moment, she was fighting fiercely with Mia. Hearing Thira’s scream, she burst into full speed and rushed over, hoisting Thira onto her back, then rolled and crawled past the barrage of Flames.

Mia, having lost her melee opponent, quickly scanned the entire field and saw Nora sneakily moving to the back and placing her hand on the fallen Sigrdrifa to activate Healing Touch.

She immediately used Instant Step to rush over, her Dagger aiming straight for Nora’s back. Nora scrambled forward to evade, but an Axe was quickly brandished in front of Mia—Sigrdrifa had already stood up again.

"Mia, you chase her down, let me deal with this guy!" Eleanor shook her Long Spear and swiftly intercepted Sigrdrifa, who was attempting to attack Mia, calling out to her quickly.

As soon as she finished speaking, an Air Bomb shot towards them, almost exploding right on Eleanor’s head.

Mia lunged towards Nora with Instant Step, but suddenly her figure tilted to the side as the Gravity underfoot changed. She hurried to adjust her stance and regain her balance, only to see Nora, previously running away, had already slipped behind Sigrdrifa.

Aske continued to maintain suppressive fire, aiming at Peggy and Thira. However, after Thira applied the Light Body Skill, Peggy’s running speed became extremely fast. She dodged the succession of bullets with irregular and rapid direction changes.

Without the threat of bullets, Thira on Peggy’s back had the space to cast spells. Several Air Bombs were fired towards Eleanor, who was entangled with Sigrdrifa, forcing her to keep stopping her attack to dodge, and soon she was overwhelmed by Sigrdrifa’s wild offensive.

Another Gravity Manipulation pulled Mia, who was pursuing Nora, off her feet, leaving her covered in dust and dirt.

As Medea’s Flames approached, Peggy came to an abrupt halt and changed direction in front of the Flames, easily avoiding the Magic Technique. Thira snapped her fingers and Medea was immediately pulled to the ground by the suddenly altered Gravity, struggling to get up.

"This won’t do!" Medea could only rush to Aske’s side, urgently saying, "Thira’s casting greatly disrupts our engagement; we must find a way to restrain her first!"

"Yes," Aske said, continuing to pull the trigger for Burst Fire, driving the distant Miel, who was trying to leave the cover, back.

"My Mind Power isn’t working; they won’t even make eye contact with me," Medea said quickly.

"Think of something else?" Aske suggested.

Damn it! Medea thought, tears streaming down her face. Are you really not going to command this battle?

Seeing Aske unmoved and focused on playing the role of a shooter, Medea had to stop her futile attacks and watched the battle closely, quickly thinking.

The current situation on the field was such that Eleanor and Sigrdrifa were evenly matched. Mia should have had an absolute advantage over Nora. Aske’s marksmanship went without saying. He maintained full suppression over Miel and still had the capacity to continue shooting at Peggy.

The problem was Peggy carrying Thira, moving at high speed. The pair were too strong, almost dodging most of the attacks from herself and Aske. Thus, with Thira’s uninterrupted casting, she could comfortably use Air Bombs and Gravity to interfere with the battle involving Eleanor and Mia, tying them down painfully, always unable to finish off their opponents.

In other words, how to stop Thira’s field-wide engagement meant finding a way to limit Peggy’s high-speed movement... High-speed movement?

"Mia!" Through the Mind Communication Channel, Medea quickly ordered Mia, "Nora is just a decoy! You need to pull back and intercept Peggy now!"

At this moment, Mia, who had tried several times to strike down Nora with Instant Step yet was continually thwarted by Thira’s Gravity Manipulation, was already seething with rage. Hearing Medea’s command, she immediately abandoned the fleeing Nora and swiftly pounced toward Peggy and Thira.

"Aske." Medea watched Peggy’s figure and said, "Thira will definitely try to interfere with Mia. To coordinate with her casting, Peggy might momentarily pause in her movement. That’s when you open fire for suppression, okay?"

"Of course," Aske said with a smile, "I’ll follow your command."

Ah, I can’t take this! Medea quickly covered her nose, feeling like two streams of warmth were about to flow uncontrollably from her nostrils.

The usually dominant and assertive Squad Leader was suddenly so docile and obedient. This stark contrast in personality... I simply couldn’t refuse.

Fortunately, she remembered that this was an intense and critical moment in the battle. She quickly covered her face and instructed Mia, saying:

"Mia, your target isn’t to kill Peggy, but to use close combat to restrict her movements, while simultaneously luring Thira to cast her spells!"

"Don’t get hit by her spells! Preserving yourself is the main priority, while also trying to tie them down as much as possible!"

"Okay!" Mia readily responded, then began to wonder. Eh, shouldn’t the Squad Leader be the one giving orders? Why had it suddenly changed to Medea?

She quickly activated Instant Step, boosting her speed to dodge the "Thira’s" gravity interference, and rushed forward, bending low. "Peggy" hurriedly sped up to try and reopen the distance between them.

Aske continued shooting, forcing "Peggy" to change directions continuously as she ran. Meanwhile, "Thira" on Peggy’s back was also frequently casting spells, attempting to disrupt Mia’s pursuit.

However, each time "Thira" prepared to cast a spell, Aske’s firing rhythm suddenly escalated, forcing "Peggy" to make even more drastic changes in speed, causing "Thira’s" magic Throwing to repeatedly miss.

With the interference suddenly lessened, Mia increased her speed to the maximum with another Instant Step. Her Dagger thrust fiercely at the "Thira" who was now within arm’s reach.

"Peggy" quickly came to a halt and changed direction, and in that instant, Aske’s Imperial Eagle roared perfectly on cue, seizing the opportunity of her sudden stop to instantly blow up her head with bullets.

Then a few more shots destroyed her chest and abdomen.

Caught off guard, "Thira" rolled down from the headless corpse in accordance with the momentum, and Mia charged forward swiftly, dispatching this imposter with a few strokes.

"I’ll show you Gravity interference! I’ll show you Air Bombs!" Her face still unsatisfied, she repeatedly stabbed "Thira’s" blood-stained body with her Dagger, "I’ll show you making me take a hard fall!"

Watching this, Aske sweated a little. What kind of grudge was this? This little girl really held onto grievances.

Mia stood up indignantly, only to see the corpses of "Thira" and "Peggy" start to swell, melt, and quickly evaporate, leaving behind only two piles of shattered rocks.

They were fragments of Wizard Stones.

Thus, the young girl turned from anger to joy, gleefully collecting these stones.

With the absence of Thira’s spell disruption, everyone quickly assisted Eleanor in dealing with the two imposters pretending to be "Sigrdrifa" and "Nora."

Even though they knew the opponents were imposters, when Mia plunged the Dagger into "Nora," Eleanor still awkwardly turned her gaze away.

In the end, the team caught "Miel" at the end of the alley and chopped her to death in a flurry of blades, bringing the battle to a close.

"Medea, activate your Mind Power and search for Team A’s whereabouts," Aske said calmly.

Just moments ago he had refused to give orders, but now that the battle was over, he casually started directing me? Medea grumbled internally, but said aloud:

"My range of Mind Power is limited; I doubt I can cover such a long distance... Eh?"

She suddenly realized something was wrong, for her Spirituality had reached its usual limits yet still continued to spread further.

"You’ve noticed it too, right?" said Aske. "The mutant phenomenon occurring in this town is probably related to the Sequence Abilities like Mind and Dream."

The girls thought back to the imposters they had just faced and couldn’t help feeling a chill.

This mutant problem seemed troublesome.

"Gather the spoils of battle, and let’s get out of here," said Aske.

Quickly, Medea found five girls about 600 meters to the northeast—judging by the colors of their Mind Bodies, they seemed to be in the midst of some tense and fierce emotions.

Clearly, they were in battle.