Revenge of the Son of the Nobles

Chapter 30: The Pad

Southern defense post.

"DAMN! THEY BROKE THROUGH THE FORTRESS!"

The scenery this time was the view of the collapsed fortress, the burning city, the bodies of the soldiers crumbling along with the pile of human puppets made of iron. Yes, the iron man doll, that's the only word that can be used to refer to the demons that attacked this city.

Fighting began within the city, fortunately the entire population was evacuated thanks to the policy of the officer in charge of the southern defensive outpost. There were no casualties among ordinary citizens.

Alvaro who started to stagger tried to stay upright, blood rushing from his nose and mouth. "Don't force yourself!" Adrian who was nearby clasped his shoulder, trying to stop him from using force again.

"Then ... What ... Yang ... Can ... We lak ... A-wasn?" His voice was so weak, he repeatedly let out shock waves from the claps of his hands, thanks to him, many iron puppets exploded and fell down. But that terrifying power also impacted his own body.

Adrian bit his lips, there was not much they could do, the bodies of these iron puppets were too strong, the attacks of ordinary soldiers could not topple the puppets. Is it possible that I will die here? Adrian's whisper in the heart.

Alvaro started on the verge of his consciousness, his legs were already unable to support his body and he fell down. Adrian, holding Alvaro's body down, throws a crashing iron doll at him.

Adrian's condition was no better, his head began to hurt because of excessive use of force to crush the iron dolls even though he only crushed them one by one. The power of Adrian's telekinesis was not yet strong enough to crush the doll's body in large quantities at once.

"Adrians! Do something!" Haznav who fought with an iron puppet using a mace shouted at Adrian, although his attack was quite effective, he also began to be overwhelmed by the wave of iron puppets.

Adrian looked at Raymond who had lost consciousness first because he was also overusing his strength. Even so, if not for his strength, maybe they had all been wiped out since then.

If only Alicia were with us.

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Southern defense post, an hour ago.

That afternoon, Adrian was chatting casually with Raymond patrolling outside the fort, they were watching all the movements in the area, if there was any sign of unnatural movement, he said, they would instantly fire smoke signals to commemorate the watchdog of the fortress tower.

At that moment, they suddenly heard a sound like the clanking of metal from a distance. At first there were only a few, so they thought it was just the sound of people practicing swords or something, like that, but over time the sound of metal clanking was more and more so that Adrian could feel the vibrations in the ground he was treading.

Then from the south in the form of a field of thatch, appeared a horde of iron dolls with human-like shapes, their green eyes lit up, making anyone who saw it feel a strange aura of intimidation.

Adrian tried to finish them off by smashing rocks at high speed towards them. But unexpectedly, the puppets rose again after bouncing due to his attack.

They immediately dashed towards the fortress while shooting smoke flares into the sky, a moment later, loud sirens rang out to all corners of the city, all the soldiers immediately marching on the defensive line.

A fierce battle ensued, only a few tens of minutes of fighting took place, but so many casualties from the defending soldiers fell.

Adrian's strength did not make much of an impact on the horde of iron puppets, he simply threw them away as they began to approach the defensive line.

Then Alvaro began to use his strength, the defending soldiers who saw many puppets toppled and some even exploded as the attack felt the wind blow to their side, making all the soldiers rise up his spirit.

But what they don't know is Alvaro's use of power is very limited, because it gives the recoil impact to his body. Finally, after Alvaro ran out of steam and started spewing blood, the defense back hit back towards the fortress.

Especially after the appearance of a doll that is able to spout fire from his arm and a small-sized doll that attacks by blowing himself up.

The defensive fort was starting to break down, they no longer had the advantage in melee combat due to the bursts of fire from some of the puppets. Raymond who continued to heal wounded soldiers especially Alvaro who was their ace began to fall.

Crossbows, Scorpions and even cannons were ineffective at subverting them, unless the cannon projectile actually hit the puppet's body, but that was a very small possibility.

Then they arrived at this point.

"WHY IS THERE NO HELP FROM THE MAGIC DEPARTMENT!?" Reyna who used to be a Silver Class student in the academy was thrown back and sprawled near Adrian, but due to her physical toughness, she was able to stand up again. Although he was no longer able to hold a weapon because of his broken arm.

Haznav who had been in the front line had also started to retreat, "IT's IN VAIN! THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO!" He smashed into the head of one iron puppet, making the doll's green eyes die and its body fall.

Adrian was shaken at the time, "But ... Officers-"

"WHAT'S THAT SHIT!? THE OFFICER IS DEAD!" Bentak Haznav, appointing the officer who was lying with a charred body, "NOW YOU ARE OUR LEADER! THE SOLDIERS HAVE RETREATED AS WELL! YOU WANT US ALL TO DIE HERE!?"

"Adrians! That's the best choice right now! While we can still get Alvaro and Raymond out of this place!"

Worried about attacking Adrian, he never thought that his number one at the Academy could not do much on the battlefield, even Alvaro's contribution was more than him.

With a heavy heart, one word said from his mouth, "We're retreating."

Haznav and Reyna with remnants of strength immediately carried Alvaro and Raymond unconscious, they ran as hard as they could without looking back.

From a distance, they could see Damian and William who were wandering the power of light running after them, their condition was both more or less the same as Adrian.

That is, the city of Sananta, or the southern defensive outpost fell into the hands of the demons.

After leaving the city, they reached the foot of a hill. There, the remaining soldiers gathered, most of them injured. They were there waiting for the movement of the iron puppets, if the puppets did not catch up, they would wait for reinforcements from the Alliance Headquarters and the Magic Department. If the iron puppets were to catch up, they would retreat by crossing the dense forest before them and establish defenses in the next town, waiting for help to arrive.

"Adrians!" Reyna realizes that Adrian is not among them.

Haznav chuckles in frustration, "Did you guys see Adrian?" He asked Damian and William, "Isn't he with us?" They also seem confused.

A rumbling sound was heard from the direction of the city. Only by hearing that rumbling sound follow through did they know who caused it.

"The fool ... He wants to be a hero." Lirih Haznav's. Reyna closed her mouth and started crying.

Damian stepped towards the city, "I'll help him." But Haznav pulled his armor, then with a sharp look, he said to Damian, "Enough one dead man."

Damian's neckline stiffened hearing that, "You bastard! You want to leave him alone in there?!" Rumbling sounds continued to be heard from the direction of the city, a sign Adrian was still struggling there.

"DAMN YOU HAZNAV! DO YOU REALLY HAVE NO SENSE OF CARING FOR YOUR PARTNER!?" Damian snapped at Haznav who was still staring at him sharply.

Haznav grabbed Damian by the collar, "I CARE! YOU ARE ALL MY PARTNERS! AND FROM THAT! ... Then from that ...." Haznav's voice trembled, he was still staring at Damian sharply, but those eyes started to shake, "Then from that ... No more casualties from us." He lowered his face.

Everyone's faces were stunned to hear Haznav's words. Damian gulped, "Let go of your hand."

Haznav's grip was even stronger, "Send ... You're not gonna catch up with that motherfucker." The notoriously cold and violent Haznav looked extremely shaken, as if not the Haznav they had known all along.

"In that case, you better not let your grip saggy." Wirier Damian, he looked up at the darkening sky, hiding his teary eyes.

In their little hearts, they wanted to immediately run towards the city and fight alongside Adrian. But with their current condition, they would only increase the number of casualties from the wandering power of light.

Each time the rumbling sound was heard, their hands clenched even tighter, their gaze growing blurred with tears welling up.

Not long after, the barrage of rumbling sounds was no longer heard, along with the sinking of the sun on the eastern horizon.

All heads bowed, Reyna's cries exploded. Damian, William, even Haznav couldn't hold back their tears.

In this way, one of the brightest lights had been extinguished.

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Character of Haznav Mataus.