Amber Sword

The demons seemed to have anticipated human movements, and countless harpies flew into the sky in the starless, lightless night. The flagship Victory of the Erune Royal Fleet began the war with its cannon fire, a test shot, the flash exploding among the harpies. The crossbowmen on the ship’s rails saw the layered wings almost block the strong light produced by the explosion, the artillery shell like a stone dropped into the sea.

Innumerable enemies.

The wizard observed the effect of the cannon fire through the gun port window, the explosion’s light reflecting a pale white on his face. He took the paper filled with charts from the side, recording the amount of charge and magic power infusion. The orderly took the chart from his hand and then issued orders.

A moment later, the entire fleet roared, and countless shells whistled toward the dense, impenetrable harpy group. Explosive flashes blossomed among these monsters, and the shockwave almost formed a blood wave, pushing forward countless feathers and broken limbs, the incomplete corpses falling like rain.

The rumble of the night rain awakened the dormant earth, the booming sound seemed to revive from Bunoan to the Silver Sheath Cliff’s forest area, imagined blood under the surface flowing in huge vessels with rolling rumble, every soldier felt the ground under their feet tremble slightly, like a living entity. The explosive flashes above them illuminated the world brightly, at a glance the rough battlefield near Bunoan Guard City all came into view, on the edge of the battlefield flags were erected, and then human armies appeared in sight.

The human alliance began their attack.

The goal of the Eruein and Cruz people was to capture several villages near Bunoan Guard City to attract demons to commit more forces to the front battlefield; but the fireballs of the demon sorcerers on the head of Bunoan Guard City brought great trouble to the whole battlefield, the progress of the battle being slower than expected.

Frey and her officer cadets and Lantoniyan Knights were advancing swiftly through a forest in the center of the battlefield, quickly reaching near Bunoan Guard City. Their goal was to capture this ancient castle, and after Frey observed the terrain, she immediately ordered an attack, hundreds of Lantoniyan Knights immediately charged at a collapsed gap in the castle wall.

The little demons on the gap were no match for them, these small and weak inferior demons were known for their cowardice in the River of Sulfur, neither possessing magic nor combat skills, the upper demons did not even acknowledge them as demons, considering them food or currency that could be exchanged. After several companions were killed, these seemingly cruel and fearsome monsters showed their true nature and scattered, the knights quickly reached the castle head. The girl from Buqi countryside led courageously, delighted to see her side’s swift advancement, at this rate, they could seize Bunoan Guard City in less than a quarter of an hour.

But just at this moment, a demon sorcerer appeared at the top of the gap—unlike human wizards wearing robes, these demon sorcerers had knotted muscles, huge horns on their heads, and like inferior demons, had no decorations. They held a burning fireball in their hand, tossed it down, detonating among the knights at the forefront.

The explosion’s air wave sent the Lantoniyan Knights staggering, a flying stone even slashed Frey’s face, leaving the girl’s face instantly bloody. But she disregarded the stinging pain, immediately shouting: "Everyone follow me, charge up in one go, don’t give it another chance to cast magic!"

After speaking, she took the lead climbing up the rubble towards the gap. Two little demons summoned by the demon sorcerer lunged at her from left and right, but Frey raised her shield to block then threw them off the castle head. Her heroic acts greatly boosted the Lantoniyan Knights’ morale, and they shouted the female knight’s name as they charged toward the castle head.

However, Frey also attracted the intense focus of the demon sorcerers, soon more little demons surrounded her, forcing her to slow down. The knights around quickly overtook her, charging up the castle head, but another huge figure appeared there.

It was a Minotaur.

The monster from Jogen Digan appeared without warning, obviously it had been ambushed behind the walls, just waiting for the human knights to fall into the trap. The monster was at least three times as tall as a man, wielding a giant axe larger than itself, standing there like a giant windmill, its giant axe swung forward like windmill blades, and the Lantoniyan Knights at the forefront let out cries as they were cleaved at the waist.