“How many Mages can you offer, Crown Prince Hyacinth?”
The Emperor's question marked the confirmation of his agreement to ask Heinrich for help. Hearing this, Heinrich smiled happily.
“One hundred,” replied Heinrich. “But they are all my personal troops that are only tied to me, not the Hyacinth Kingdom or anyone else. You can assume that I am helping on my own behalf, not my Kingdom.”
A hundred Mages were already a great help.
The Emperor hoped that there weren't too many Wyverns for the opponent to ride–because if there were more than a hundred, it meant that the Diamond Duchy had prepared all of this long ago and the Emperor didn't smell any suspicious scent from them at all.
Ezra thought the same thing. All of this was too fast and too sudden. How could the Diamonds have managed to build the Wyvern Rider Squad so quickly?
There was no way they
“They say Diamond Duchy owns a Wyvern.” "Are you kidding? Hey! Don't spread unnecessary rumours!" "I am not kidding! The news had already spread throughout the capital, and even the Emperor had an important meeting. About Wyverns!” “Alright, back to work, everyone,” said a voice interrupting the guards who were conversing with one another. They all bowed their heads and saluted with weapons in hand at the sight of two women who appeared in their knight uniforms. Arai Padparadscha and the Leader of the Dawn Knight Order, Dame Caitlyn Emerald, walked into the fort. After the two of them walked in and went up to the top of the fort, Dame Emerald turned to her right hand, Arai, who had followed her all the way up here. “So what everyone said about the Wyvern is true?” Arai asked her boss. Caitlyn nodded. “I was at the meeting to
“You mean, there is a possibility of spies among us?” asked Arai. Ezekiel nodded. The two of them were talking on top of the capital's border fort, gazing toward the already dark east sky, with their backs to the sun that was about to set in the west. Ezekiel had a chance to talk to the Emperor when he asked permission to go to meet Arai. He and the Emperor suspected something, and it was Ethan Diamond's way of using the Wyvern to trigger the Emperor's reactions and extreme measures to deal with it. When he showed that he possessed the Wyverns, he would force the Emperor to discuss the best way to fight it in front of a large crowd. Because the Emperor had no other way but to seek opinion. This would also show what the Emperor needed in addition to what he already had. The Emperor had nothing to defend his army from aerial attacks. The Emperor had
Cloudy sky. The air that felt damp and cold enveloped the gaps in the mountains. While the imperial army had gathered near the interstate highway flanked by the Great Forest and the mountains, there was not the slightest sign of the troops from the Diamond Duchy. A raven flew low in the tree openings. And slowly, the black bird approached and landed on Heinrich's wrist. "They'll be here in an hour," Heinrich said quietly. “Hmm, I thought they would refuse to fight here,” said Axias. Considering that Axias had planted archers and Mages on the plateau on their right to deal with the Wyverns, Axias hoped their enemies wouldn't rush through with their full strength for the first wave. And even if they did, he would use everything he had to eradicate them all. “As you calculated, there were around 100,000 p
Ethan Diamond tightened his armour. Beside him, Cecilia stood with a warm and charming smile. "You just wait here, you don't have to go anywhere," Ethan said to Cecilia. “But, Brother, I want to help heal our soldiers…” Cecilia said quietly. The past few days, Cecilia was frequently brought by Ethan around the soldiers' barracks to spread the promise that all soldiers would be healed back to normal with her Saintess abilities. Cecilia was exhausted from having to raise the morale of the soldiers, but she restrained herself from complaining. "No need. Just heal the strong knights, no need to bother healing those insignificant ones," said Ethan flatly. Cecilia raised her eyebrows, she acted benevolently once. "But, we need to save as many people as we can...!" Ethan shook his head. "No. Just treat the important people. The others are filthy and they
The Mages couldn't do much. They wanted to direct their attacks, but they were busy stopping more bombs with the curse of the Sorcery to fall to the ground because they don't want to see people below get cursed.They had to not only catch the bottles gently but also seal them from exploding and spreading more harm. So, there were so many mages working together to secure those cursed sorcery bombs.However, the <Aura Archers> were different. They had focused on directing their attacks at the Wyvern riders.“Aim for the Wyvern's eye if it's too hard to aim at the rider!” Ezekiel ordered in the midst of his army. He drew his bowstring once more and released an arrow of sky-blue aura that pierced right into the eye and head of one of the Wyverns.The Wyvern's glowing red eyes were indeed such a perfect target–because the Wyvern that was hit by the aura arrow immediately swayed and
“That crazy elder brother–is he okay?”Axias narrowed his eyes worriedly at seeing Eoin thrown far away by the sorcery bomb in the distance. He clicked his tongue and gathered his <Aura> to amplify his arrows.He shot an arrow at Ethan and the arrow that shot as fast as the speed of sound managed to graze the cheek of Ethan who was dodging at the last second."Tch!" Ethan narrowed his eyes in anger. So far, only the Emperor's arrows had managed to pierce his skin. Even though he had set up a tight formation by hiding behind the other Wyvern riders, the old man's arrows continued to enter small gaps and injure him.He wanted to get closer to him and have a one-on-one fight against the Emperor with his Wyvern, but he knew he would lose if he got close.Perhaps, he wouldn't lose if he used his Alpha Wyvern?Ethan began to look around. Apa
"They are retreating... Why?" asked the Emperor quietly. He could see the enemy troops retreating, but they also let the lower-rank soldiers keep fighting so the Knights could leave the war.Do they want to rest for today?Heinrich's Raven flew towards the Emperor and landed on his wrist.[Your Majesty, I heard there's a problem on the other side, but I'm not sure what. I can't get close.]"Good work. This news alone is enough for now.”The Emperor drew his sword and raised it high into the sky. He made a burst of blue <Aura> which meant an order to retreat for a moment and take the injured for treatment to the rear.Then, the Emperor waved his sword swiftly to the right and forward, signalling all the war commanders to remain on standby in case of further attacks."Can't you spread the message to all the commanders at once wi
“Holy Energy is different from Mana. The user also heals themself while healing others, the effect is reciprocal. But it can not be used often because there is a limit. Is Her Highness pushing her limits beyond what she can do?” Heinrich's questions swirled in Ezekiel's head. "Ah, are you not aware?" Heinrich asked. The man smiled warmly. “Ah, it must be because Her Highness didn't want you to worry, so she didn't show it.” Ezekiel narrowed his eyes at Heinrich as he didn't know how to think, or how to draw a conclusion. “Do you always talk this much, Your Highness?” Heinrich chuckled. "Mm, considering you missed your chance to marry Madam Harriet Goldlane because of your stupidity, I thought you need a little help understanding women." Ezekiel clenched his jaw until veins popped up in his jaw and temples. His eyes were glaring menacingly with a blue glint as cold as a freezing dawn's dew and his hands clenched tightly on the table. Despite his handsome face with deep and dark ey