Chapter 147: 147 "Deputy Headmistress . . . " Paul said letting himself known to her that he's arrived .
"Finally come to help? . . " She asked not even turning to acknowledge him .
"Yes . . . I've come to discuss about my next step . " He replied to her talking in a very serious tone and manner .
"What did you see on the outside? . . " She asked him .
"I sensed many Dark Elves easily enough to overwhelm a larger city . . . . . But for some reason no siege creatures or weaponry . . . . but they also have a small force of Priestess and a High Priestess . . . . " Paul notified her .
"Alot of female warriors? . . . " She carried on questioning .
"The male forces alone are enough to easily overwhelm our combined forces . . . . not even counting a battalion of female fighters . " He answered .
"What do you think is our best move? . . " She asked .
"Show them a force of overwhelming destruction they have no other option but to retreat . " He answered .
"You're not gonna use 'His' Spell are you? . . " She asked in shock .
"No . . . . I can barely control that spell myself . . . . . And I'm in no condition to use it right now . " He answered .
"What do you suppose then? . . " She asked .
"Bombard them with non-magical projectiles . . . so the priests won't be able to counter me . " He answered .
"What do you need? . . " She asked seemingly accepting his proposal .
"I need to send a message to a friend . " He answered .
"Eric do as he says . " The deputy head ordered a student .
A student beside her nodded and took a step forward to Paul, Paul pulled out a note . . . . . "Send this message to High Admiral Yurika and Ruri . . . and ask them how long it will take . " He asked handing him a piece of paper .
"Yes sir . . " He saluted and began casting a spell .
"And you sure they will help? . . . " The Deputy Headmistress asked .
"Yes we are good friends . . . . Plus they owe me a favour or two . " He smiled .
"Okay what do you need me to do? . . " She asked Paul .
"Seal off the bottle necks . . . . we can't have any gaps . . . I don't want to cause any more damage then I already have to . " He answered .
"And the rest of the student?" She asked .
"Have them on standby . . . . . But take cover if they are stationed on the wall . . . . " He answered .
"Very well . . . this better work . " She said to Paul .
"Umm Sir . . . . they said 10 minutes . . . " Eric reported as the sounds of smoke and thunder boomed behind us .
"Damn . . . . thought we would have more time . . . . " The Deputy Headmistress said looking back making the rest of us look back seeing retreating and injured Guardsmen exiting the teleporter runes .
"THEY'VE SCALED THE WALLS!" A guard shouted towards us .
"How long do we have before they get here? . . . " The Deputy Headmistress asked .
"Approximately six or seven minutes . . . " A girl student beside her answered .
"Well that's a problem . . . we have ten bottlenecks across the defensive line . . . . . It takes me three minutes at best to make a runic barrier at best . . Not including the time to get to the other . . . . . And I guess you're also pretty spent . " She explained to Paul .
"At most I can make two barriers myself . . . " He answered .
"And I can make two maybe three but that's the limit . . . " She answered .
"Sven how strong are your strings? . . " He asked Sven . . .
"I Might be able to cover one up . . . but it's gonna be nasty . . . . . I'm gonna need students to hold off the attacks while I weave it… . " He answered .
"So we need five hopefully four more . . . . " Paul pondered .
"Umm I can make one with earth and vines . . . " Helen hesitantly offered .
"We'll take it . . . . make it as strong as you can . . . and stand away from it when you see my portals . . . . . In case it fails . " He answered .
"My guardsman will help barricade an opening with whatever we can find . " The Guard captain offered entering the conversation .
"So we need two more . . . any one got any idea? . . . " Paul asked hoping for solution but no one came up with any ideas . . . . . "Damn looks like there's gonna be more collateral damage . . . " Paul sighed .
"I'll Go set up my runes now . . . . I don't have much time if I need to set up three . " The Deputy Headmistress said leaving quickly with a group of five students .
"Okay . . . . Sven, guard Captain and Helen . . . . you three setup your blockades the furthest three bottle necks in the other direction . . . you'll probably meet less resistance on those sides . " Paul ordered .
"Eric… . I need you to reroute the strongest students to that side . . . . they will need to buy enough time to set up the blockade and retreat at the last moment . . . . . I'll take command of the central four bottle necks . . . . " He ordered Eric .
"Yes sir . " He replied .
"Ohh and tell everyone to take cover on the 10 minute mark or when they see my portals open in the sky . " He added .
"Yes sir . " Eric nodded .
"You four stay with Helen but do not engage unless you're forced to! . . . . . Let the more experience Students hold of the Dark Elves . " He ordered . . . . . "Emilia you're with me . . . . . " He instructed .
Everyone nodded knowing what job they had . . . . . Sven quickly began making his way to the wall . . . followed closely with Jay, Grace, Helen and Daisy . The Guard captain retreated to his solider issuing orders .
"Let's go Emilia . . " He instructed me .
Quietly following him we made our way to the wall, "Umm why did you ask me to come with you . . " I asked quietly .
"Because that way I know you're safe . " He smiled .
"What's going to happen with the openings? . . " I asked curiously .
"Most likely the blow back will cause extra damage to the city… . That I'll probably have to pay for . " He sighed .
"Are you really gonna be okay… . . killing that many people? . . . " I asked worried for him .
"I'll be alright . . . . it's the only choice I have . . . Dark Elves don't negotiate and will only accept utter surrender . " He answered a little upset .
"There must be another way . . " I pleaded with him .
"There isn't . . . . . But don't worry I'll be okay . . . alot has changed over the years . " He smiled .
" . . . . . . for the better? . . . " I asked worried for him .
"Some better . . . some worse . . . I'm not that innocent naive person no more . . . . This world needs me to be a little heavier handed . . . It's different to home" He answered .
"Do you wanna go out for food after all this mayhem? . . . catch up on things? . . . " I hesitantly asked him quietly .
"Are you asking me out on a date? . . . . . " He chuckled at my offer .
"You're so infuriating!!!" I yelled at him kicking him as hard as I can in the shin .
"Ouch . . . . " He smiled pausing for a second and began walking again . . . "You know . . . . I've kinda missed those . " He laughed .
"You was such a perv . . . . . You always tried to find a reason to hold me close . . . . . and refuse to let me go . . . so I had to kick you all the time . " I reminisced the days we were in school together .
"Yeah . . . that's probably why my shins are so banged up . " He laughed, "By the way . . . . . I'm sorry you got hurt ealier . . " he sincerely apologized .
"I'm sorry you risked your life saving the refugees . . . . . . and it was my fault . . . . I left myself open and defenceless . . . " I replied .
"I'm sorry I haven't spent much time with you since you came . . . . " He apologized .
"No need to apologize . . . . . I understand you have duties and stuff . . . Ashley and Scarlet explained it a little . . . " I answered, "Besides I'm the burden… . Always asking for your help . . . . firstly helping Jays Family . . . . then Asking you to risk your life for some refugees . " I added .
He paused ignoring the urgency of the whole situation and turned to me, "Don't you ever think that way . . . . . You will never be a burden to me . . . . you make me whole . " He smiled placing his palm on my cheek with the most genuine honest smile . "I truly am sorry for everything . . . " He said giving one last rub on my cheek with his thumb and began walking towards the wall again .
Quietly following him . . . . . Our excessive apologizing felt like we were making up for all the hurt we did to each other when we broke up and the years following . . . . . Finally being able to alleviate a little the pent-up feelings and build up regret .
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