All the knights charged at the same time, but suddenly a ring of fire appeared and spread out toward them. All the knights ignored the fire because their armor was enchanted with a magic formation to deflect Mana.
When they uncovered their faces, Rasmus was gone, only Aris stayed. They swung their swords without hesitation, but some unknown force prevented them from hitting her. They imbued their swords with Aura, but to their surprise, the Aura dissipated in an instant.
"You're all dead men walking," Aris said and threw a spin kick at them and broke their breastplates that were supposed to be resistant to heavy damage, close to impossible to break.
All the Knights couldn't get back up because they all had broken ribs that made it hard to breathe. They were crawling and trying to stand up because their sole purpose was to protect Anastasha even if it cost them their lives.
