Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Anfey jumped up and dashed towards the enemy ranks . He was not much faster than the incoming arrows, but before any of the arrows could hit him, he disappeared . The mercenaries behind him had to quickly raise their shields to defend themselves against the arrows .
Anfey reappeared much closer to the enemy soldiers . He kept pressing on through the hail of arrows without hesitation . Loose elements formed into a small storm around Anfey as he approached the Shansa men . The soldiers stood their ground and did not move . Nothing about the attack made them panic .
Anfey did not slow down to deal with the common soldiers . He suddenly disappeared again from where he was and teleported into the ranks of mages . He summoned his ax and swept it around his body, hitting several soldiers at the same time .
Before the soldiers could reform their ranks and attack, Anfey teleported again and reappeared among the archers . He retrieved his magic sword and held it aloft .
AdvertisementDozens of lightning bolts appeared in the sky and rained down to the ground . The surrounding soldiers had to shield their eyes .
Almost half of all the archers were affected by the lightning . However, the archers Anfey wanted to eliminate seemed to be unaffected and were ready to strike .
Anfey hesitated for a second, then quickly reacted . He could feel that something was different about the archers . He summoned a magic scroll and tossed it at the archers . Another storm of lightning rained down from the sky . This time, none of the archers were spared .
Anfey waved his ax and swept away the flying arrows, then lunged towards the soldiers again . He did not want to clash with an actual army head-on because he knew that the soldiers had advantages the mercenaries did not . The mercenaries hadn't been working together for a long time and Scarlet's soldiers were all well-trained .
However, this was Saul's idea, and Anfey had to support him .
The mercenaries clashed with the soldiers . The mercenaries had been training very hard, but it was hard to make them cooperate . The mercenaries' movements lacked coordination and they clearly did not work well together . On the other hand, the Shansa soldiers were able to maintain their lines and follow orders quickly and in unison .
Common mercenaries tended to be stronger than common soldiers, but discipline gave the soldiers an edge over the mercenaries .
Normally, an army was led by a senior-level swordmaster or knight . As long as their commander was still alive, the soldiers knew what to do because a powerful figure was providing them with direction and assurance . Anfey was searching for the commander of this army because he knew from experience that an army wouldn't last long without a commander . However, he could not detect anyone that could be the army's commander . This was unusual and meant that the commander must be hiding somewhere that could block his power .
A horn was blown in the Shansa army's camp . On a hill not far from the battlefield, a row of fences was lowered and half a dozen machines appeared .
The machines looked like large crossbows and each had a large arrow in it . The arrows were metal and larger than any Anfey had ever seen . Anfey's eyes widened when he felt the powerful magic surges coming off of them . He quickly found a teleportation scroll and flew towards the hill .
Before Anfey could reach the hill, however, a ball of light flew towards the hill and crashed into the magic barrier around it . The barrier shattered, and a figure with a longsword appeared . The swordmaster crashed with the light, sending both of them flying in opposite directions . The swordmaster landed and stumbled backward but the light landed on the ground lightly .
Anfey could tell the man guarding the hill was at least a senior swordmaster . There were only a few people who could defeat a senior swordmaster this easily .
The light dispersed to reveal a large eagle . The eagle raised its large wings and flapped, creating strong gusts of wind that swept across the hill . Even the machine crossbows could not stand against winds this strong and swayed in the wind . The swordmaster and dozens of soldiers and mages were blown away .
The eagle raised its head and screeched . A few moments later, more eagles appeared through a cloud . The eagles lunged towards the griffins . Despite having a smaller number, the eagles were larger in size and faster in speed .
As the eagles surrounded the griffin knights, another group arrived to help . Miorich appeared from the Transverse Mountains . His combat power was brighter than any of the knights behind him and looked like a ball of flame on the ground .
The Shansa army was stationed there to keep an eye on the mercenaries and the League . The only defense the soldiers had set up against the Transverse Mountains was a long row of fences . Miorich raised his lance and crashed through the fence easily . The knights streamed onto the battlefield with the banner of the Maho Empire raised above them .
The swordmaster that was guarding the hill watched the arrival of the Maho knights with despair . The enemy outnumbered the Shansa soldiers and there was no point in fighting .
The swordmaster climbed off of the ground and ran into a tent . The tent was heavily guarded with a several dozen soldiers . The soldiers watched the swordmaster enter the tent without stopping him .
Inside the tent was a large table . On the table was a small crystal box . The swordmaster opened the box with shaking hands, revealing a metal disc . Hundreds of symbols were carved into the disc and a bright red magic crystal was set into the middle of the disc . The swordmaster closed his eyes and reached for it .
"Wait a second," a voice said . The swordmaster opened his eyes and saw that someone had stabbed his wrist . The swordmaster groaned in pain and tried to hit the disc with his head . Before he could reach the disc, Anfey caught his shoulder and threw him to the ground . The swordmaster's body jerked a few times and fell limp .
Anfey glanced at the crystal box and the disc inside . He did not know what it was or what it could do, but he could tell that it was dangerous from the way the swordmaster had acted around it .
Chapter end
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