Chapter 149: 149 "Quickly!!! All ranged casters and fighters make your way onto the wall!!! Stay in cover do not make a move till they engage us on the bottle neck . " Paul ordered .
"Most experienced Close combat students with me . . . "We're the front line!" He instructed loudly and clearly to everyone . Then I want all the less experienced close combat combatants behind us . . . . Cover our openings and watch our backs . . . . . Other mid ranged fighters try and hit who you can without endangering fellow students . . . . . And remember to pull pack injured students!" Paul yelled out to everyone clearly causing all the students to being forming up .
"Paul why are you going on the front line? . . . . you're a caster . . " I asked questioning his decision .
"You do remember . . . . I'm also very good in close combat . " He smiled .
"You are? . . . . " I asked totally surprised . . . . he was never really a fighter to begin with . . . . yet alone being good with his fists or weapons .
"Don't worry . . . . I've also trained in Monk fighting styles as well as many weapon styles . " He smiled trying to reassure me . . . . .
"But you said you're spent . . . " I objected .
"Yeah . . . . I haven't got many spells left in me . . . . but I can still fight . . . . . Besides I'm the commander I need to be beside my fellow students . " He smiled .
"Paul . . . are you sure you're gonna be okay? . . . . " I asked worried for him .
"That's why you're here . . . . . You're here to watch my back . . . " He smiled .
"This isn't a joke Paul . . . " I replied clearly angry at his no nonchalant attitude in a situation like this .
"Okay look . . . don't worry . . . . I've been in much dire situations . . . . there's nothing to worry about . . . " He smiled . . . . "I have a special job for you . . . . When I give you the Signal . . . send off this Red Flare for me . " He smiled .
"Okay . . . " I agreed taking the flares from him .
"AND ONE MORE SPECIAL ORDER . . . . WHEN YOU SEE A RED FLARE EVERYONE MUST TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!!" Paul ordered yelling as loud as he can .
"Don't worry!!! . . . . I'm gonna be fine . . . . " he smiled noticing my worried expression . . . . "Ohh and take good care of this for me . . . " He smiled taking off his coat and giving it to me .
"Is this the same one your mum bought you? . . " I asked recognizing it putting it on over my robes . . . . . His familiar smell forcing me to smile brining back nostalgic memories .
"Of course . . . . Lucky for me . . . there are spells here that lets you repair clothes and things . . . . . So now it won't wear out . " He smiled .
"Do you remember this? . . . " He said showing me the white gold ring I bought him back when we were 17 .
"It can't be . . . . you still have it? . . " I lied pretending I didn't recognize and it the first time I saw it .
"Yeah . . . . a part of me couldn't bear to take it off despite us no longer being together and stuff . . . " He replied staring at it spinning it around his finger .
"That was a very . . . . Weird gift for a girl to give to a guy to be honest . . . " I admitted .
"That's true . . . Maye I should have been the one who bought you one… . " He chuckled .
"Really Paul? . . . . you're still like that after all this time? . . And you was the one that broke up with me . . . I swear . . . " I replied to him .
"Yeah . . . the one biggest regret of my life . . . . . But I had something I needed to do . " He replied .
"Is that why you ended up here? . . . " I questioned .
"Yes . . . . . It ultimately landed me here . " He smiled, "To be honest I'm surprised you wasn't married yet . . . . it's been over 5 years . . . . and you know . . . . your parents wanted to marry you off . . . . . " He awkwardly asked .
"Yeah . . . . . . I dunno . . . . . Everyone who I ended up meeting was weird in some kind of way . . . . " I admitted to him, I could tell from his reaction that he was over the moon but did a really awful job of hiding it .
"Ummm . . . . yeah . . . I'm sure there's someone out there . . . " He hesitantly replied .
"Maybe . . . anyways let's deal with the matter at hand . . . . " I reminded him .
"Yeah . . . . yeah . . . . you're right . . . " He said gathering himself and began wrapping his fists with a piece of cloth .
"Paul . . . are you a monk? . . . " I asked recognizing the wrapping on his fists like Bo .
"Ohhhh Yeah . . . . I've also studied under a Monk Master . . . . . " He smiled .
"So you can use Ki? . . " I asked remembering Yuna very briefly describing it .
"Yup . . . . I can utilize Ki as well… . And martial arts . . . . " He smiled, "Is that why you was so worried? . . . you thought I was useless without my spells? . . . " He asked with a cheeky smile .
"A little . . . " I admitted .
"Well there is a reason Scarlet is training you guys in combat without spells and ranged attacks… . I hope . " Paul smiled .
"Yeah I know it's just so weird . . . that's all . " I answered .
"See there's nothing to worry about . . . . I'll be safe . " He smiled trying to reassure me as a series of explosions began erupting in quick succession along the outer wall .
"Right everyone Prepare for battle!!! Remember my orders!!!" He shouted to all the other students .
"Let's go Emilia . " He smiled making his way through to the front lines the student making a path for him saluting him looking excited .
"So remember when I signal . . . send off the red flare . . . . . And watch my back . " He smiled .
Everyone fell silent as we waited for the upcoming battle . . . . starring forward into the darkened outer district . The students on top of the walls kneeling down hiding themselves from sight as ordered by . Paul standing at the front . . . closely followed by a loose semi-circle of students around the entrance of the wall . With the rest of the students closely lined up behind them .
"How do you know commander Paul? . . " A male student beside me whispered .
"Huh? . . . Ohhh we're friends . " I replied .
"What's it like to be friends with the commander? . . " He whispered .
"It's normal . . . . . He's a pretty normal person . " I replied focusing ahead as the sound of distant drumming began to resonate into my ears .
"Is he really as great as the stories say? . . " He asked looking extremely excited to be in the same place as Paul .
"Well I myself haven't seen him in action much but yeah he's a pretty amazing person . " I replied .
"I wish I can do half the things he can . " The student stared at him like worshiping an idol .
"I'm sure you will . . . " I replied with a smile .
The familiar silhouette of tall slim elves appeared in the distance . . . . but instead of charging they just stood there waiting . . . . something felt off . . . why weren't they charging in??? . . . . What where they waiting for? . . . . . . .
Suddenly even the wardrums fell silent quieting the battlefield to an eerie silence . Thousands of strange white particles began appears in the sky coalescing into several points creating a dense bright light .
"Ground force fall back!!!" I heard Paul ordered everyone .
Before we could even turn to run the lights released a Beam of light streaking towards us . The whole world slowed . . . . . Everyone was trying to run . . . . some caught off guard just fell back shielding their eyes from the bright light . . . I instinctively looked at Paul standing there in front of everyone, barely being able to keep my eyes open from the bright light . . . . . Slowly I watched his body became a silhouette of shadow . . . . and eventually engulfed by the beam of white light before I had to shield my eyes from the blinding radiance .
"Paul . . . " I tried screaming out to him but I doubt he can hear me anymore . . . . Did I really come back to see him die in front of my eyes? . . . . Was I better off staying back at home? . . . .
"Commander!!!" The student beside me yelled as if running onwards towards the beam .
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