There was a huge explosion and it created a large hole in the thick ironwood city gate. Broken pieces were thrown all over. The Empire's cavalry cheered from outside the city gate. A hurried drumming sound was heard as the horses charged in quickly through the gate in a long line. Even though the soldiers on the wall heard the loud explosion, they could not see and therefore did not know the gate had already been blasted open. But when they saw a big cavalry rush towards the city gate, the brave ones grabbed their bows and arrows and shot out a few arrows. As for the ones who were scared, they just ran down the wall tower.
Rody had been in an arduous war. Although the warriors he brought were valiant and all had been transformed into vampires, not everyone was abnormally fierce and powerful like him. At the moment, except for Rody, everybody had put in their best effort. The Roland army was confused but they understood the consequences of allowing the enemy cavalry to enter the city.
Rody approached the city gate as he slashed left and right, forcing the Roland soldiers to move out of their positions. He then pulled open one-half of the city gate. He was startled when his back was slashed. That opened a big gap at the back of his armor. Rody raised his eyebrows and turned around, killing the assailant with a backhand slash. After that, he moved quickly to the edge of the city gate... as he did not want to be trampled on by the horses of the Lightning God's Whip.
With dust flying, tens of thousands of Lightning God’s Whip had already rushed into the city. The hundreds of Roland infantrymen, who originally blocked the city gate, had no time to even moan before they were drowned in the surge of iron pouring in.
Things began moving within the Roland barracks. Countless soldiers climbed out of their tents. Some were wearing their clothes while some were wearing their armors. Some were looking for their weapons while some were looking for their commanding officers. There were also some who could not find their own swords and ended up scrambling for them with their companions...
Even some officers of the Roland army who heard the emergency assembly bugle call did not know what was going on.
The tens of thousands of cavalry who rushed into Thunder City immediately split into two groups. One group went left while the other went right. They charged towards the two large barracks of the Roland army in Thunder City.
The first unlucky ones were the Roland army infantry, whose barracks were located on the right side. The night vigil soldiers had panicked the entire time as there were fire and screams everywhere. Everything happened so quickly that they could not understand what was going on.
Surrounded by chaos at the barracks, they saw horses coming towards them. From afar, they could see the banner of the 'Holy Knights Regiment'. Hmm? The Holy Knights?
While these Roland soldiers were still confused, they heard the 'Holy Knights' shout, "Retreat! Quickly run!"
There was a huge commotion. The Holy Knights are retreating?
There was an explosion and countless soldiers ran helter-skelter. When the Holy Knights got nearer the people of Roland continent finally noticed the difference and exclaimed...
"Shit! Imposters!We are dead!"
Everyone in the Lightning God’s Whip had to learn two words from the dialect of the Roland continent. Those words were ‘retreat’ and ‘run’.
During the commotion at night, a group of 'Holy Knights' had dashed in, shouting loudly at the same time — any soldier who saw this would, of course, run first. Even the 'Holy Knights' have lost and are deserting. Only an idiot would not run. If you don't run your head would soon roll down on the ground.
The situation at the barracks on the left was a little bit better. The deputy commander was more composed. Although he could not totally suppress the chaotic situation in the barracks, he was able to maintain control of two thousand of the more elite soldiers and organized them into a battle formation.
He then saw Rody brought a large troop of cavalry and force their way in. Those cavalrymen shouted, "Retreat, quickly run," in the Roland dialect. As the Roland soldiers started to fall into disorder, that deputy commander cut down a dozen of those soldiers who were thinking of running away. He then shouted, "Nonsense! Since when are the Holy Knights in Thunder City? These are impostors! Let's fight!"
Rody saw the enemy approaching instead of running away. Even in a state of commotion, the enemy's infantry formation did not collapse. Rody realized that they had already seen through his ruse. He immediately raised his sword, shouting, "Wolf Fang!"
Tens of thousands of cavalrymen roared simultaneously, "Kill!"
Rody had used all his strength to shout ‘Wolf Fang’ in a booming loud voice. His voice reverberated throughout the city, right up to the north. When Muse heard his voice, she was so startled she could barely stand. She pushed about a dozen of the Holy Knights out of her way and ran a few steps towards the South. Suddenly, she stopped.
Muse's body was trembling.
It’s him! It’s him! Without a doubt, it is him! It is his voice!
Involuntarily, her tears started to flow. Muse bit her lip to stop herself from crying out loud.
"Ho... Ho... Holy Saint… Your Excellency..." The Regiment Commander of the Roland army turned pale. At the moment, shouting voices reverberated in the city. Although he did not know how many soldiers from the Radiant Empire had entered the city, he believed that there must be a lot of them.
Muse tightly clenched her fists and whispered in a hoarse voice, "It is already too late! Regiment Commander, it looks like a large troop of enemy soldiers has already entered the city! Didn’t you hear that sound earlier?
The Regiment Commander’s face was full of sweat as he replied, "It… It is the Wolf Fang… Wolf Fang… I will immediately send some soldiers to regroup and fight back!"
Even an idiot could tell that the Regiment Commander was almost losing his voice! It was at this moment that the messenger who ran out earlier had returned, struggling as he did. He shouted before he even reached the Regiment Commander. "Your Excellency! Your Excellency! The left barracks are gone!"
The moment that Regiment Commander heard those words he felt his legs go soft and immediately sat on the ground.
Muse sighed as she looked towards the South. She could hear the screams of the frightened people fighting. She gazed tenderly and thought to herself. That guy must be very close to me, now.
"Saint!" One of the Holy Knights asked, "Your Excellency, what should we do? Should we help them confront the enemy?"
These young Holy Knights were amongst the more excellent people from the Temple. All of them were currently eager to go out.
Muse looked at the Regiment Commander who was on the floor and said, "Confront the enemy? Confront what enemy? Let’s leave!"
After that, Muse turned towards the city gate as her robes fluttered. The four Holy Knights followed behind her. One of them was puzzled and he asked, "Your Excellency, Muse, are we going to just ignore this?"
Muse felt agitated but tried to make her voice sound as cold as possible. "What else can we do? Their main army has already entered the city and we have lost our barracks. Do you think the five of us can repel them? Let’s go!"
That Holy Knight was about to reply when Muse glared at him and coldly said, "Shut up!"
After saying that, Muse no longer looked back and walked towards the city gate.
Her footsteps were heavy and she felt like every step required a lot of effort. In fact, Muse would rather those people get out of her way, so that she could, regardless of everything, go towards the south.
But is that possible? After all, I am a Saint of the Temple. Although I am against the war, I will not betray my faith.
Further... and further... With every step she took, Muse was further and further away from that person. The black veil that covered her face was already soaked with tears.
The horses had already been prepared outside the city. Muse took a deep breath and looked back. She slowly closed her eyes and whispered in the common language of the Radiant Empire, "If you do not forget me, I will never forget you! You better stay alive… I will wait for you!"
She then bit her lips, turned around and mounted her horse. Muse and the four Holy Knights galloped towards a ship waiting near the shore...
The Roland army in the city had completely collapsed and was not able to organize any effective resistance. The situation had become completely one-sided. Tens of thousands of the Lightning God’s Whip used their mighty momentum to destroy the barracks of the Roland army. After that, they chased the Roland army out of the city to the north.
The Lightning God’s Whip did not expect to completely annihilate the entire Roland army as the Roland army still had a lot of soldiers. It would be impossible to kill every single one of them at once. In fact, the Roland army was only defeated in the sense that they were extremely frightened and disorganized.
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