Revenge of the Son of the Nobles

Chapter 42: Epistrophy

Darius was increasingly cornered, the demon of armor managed to land many attacks on Darius' body, several times he coughed and vomited blood, his breath was stinged and his footing was no longer solid.

The demon armor was too strong, even with Darius' strength, only a few parts of his armor had been damaged. It might be another story that the four of them could unite forces and face the demon together, but they were busy dispelling the demonic wave.

His comrades were already dying, Jacob began to be overwhelmed with the demons that swarmed him, Victor was preparing a final attack, Sophia was somehow in her condition now, she just broke through the demonic wave. This time Darius had given up, he had no intention of fighting again.

Darius looked up at the still golden sky. "It's really exhausting ...."

Darius' sword slipped out of his grasp and fell to the ground, Darius's two arms were completely numb, he decided to give up on his fate.

"I admit my defeat." Said Darius to the demon of armor, he then walked slowly closer to Darius and raised his sword, he was going to end Darius' life with a single strike.

Instead of looking angry or sad, Darius looked relieved. This battle was exhausting for him, countless times he saw one after another his comrades fall in plain sight, he could not even remember when he had last reminisced and mourned their deaths, he said, because there's no time for that. All he had in mind all this time was just surviving and surviving.

With this, he would get a decent rest to unwind the tiredness that had been weighing him all along.

-CLANG!-'S

The sound of metal clanking sounded so loud, the source of the sound came from the demon armor before him. A spear had just struck the demon of armor and made it bounce several meters back, although it did not manage to make it fall.

"It looks like you're taking a leave of absence, but it's still a war, boy. Where might I allow it."

Darius looked back.

There, standing on top of the already collapsed fortress in many parts, a person with complete armour grasping a halberd was grinning towards Darius.

Before Darius knew it, dozens of fully-uniformed warriors charged towards the demons, several witches appeared and immediately fired their magic, quickly the situation got back under control even though they still could not be said to be winning.

"Commander Hector." Ogre Darius.

"It's time for the change of the children's shift! FINISH THAT SHITHEAD!"

The person called Commander Hector jumped down and directly hit the demon armor, because Hector was still fit, he was able to corner the demon with his great fighting art.

Victor walked up to Darius and patted his shoulder gently. "Thinking of early retirement?"

Darius laughed at Victor's words, "Where might the mad Commander give us a pension, it could be good leave."

Jacob joined them, countless how many wounds on his body, a relieved expression clearly drawn on his blood-soaked face.

"Ew ... Your face looks terrible" Ledek Victor.

"Bacot you Victor." Jacob swore back, he instantly broke down his body and closed his eyes.

From a distance, Sophia who was walking staggering with a body flooded with blood, several arrows were seen stuck in her body. A terrifying appearance, he looked like an undead that had just crawled out of death.

"Well, there's a demon that got away." Even though Victor was spouting such words, he was actually expressing his admiration for Sophia.

"Welcome to rejoin, daughter who defies death." Darius said as Sophia joined them and immediately fell to her knees without saying anything, whether she was still conscious or not.

"If he doesn't die, I'll worship him" Victor chirped.

"Lord five gold coins he's alive" Jacob said.

"I'd better not go this time" said Darius.

"Be ... Ri ... Sik ...." There was a soft whisper from the mouth of Sophia who was still kneeling on the ground with a body that kept dripping blood, somehow she was still able to live after getting all those wounds.

"Victor, you just converted."

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The medical team showed up moments later and immediately treated the wounded soldiers, specifically the four remaining soldiers from the previously dispatched unit. The warrior unit led by Hector and the magician unit did move faster, making them arrive first at the location.

They could not believe what they had witnessed while taking care of Sophia, it was only natural for someone to die while experiencing something like this.

But Sophia managed to survive even though she is now in a critical condition, but that does not mean she cannot be saved.

The sun sank faster today, the demon wave stopped, Hector managed to defeat the demon armor that apparently there was no creature behind his armor, Hector managed to defeat the demon armor, his body only let out sparks after he was knocked down by Hector.

The soldiers began to set up tents behind the fort and light a fire there. A scene that Darius, Victor, Jacob and Sophia thought they would never see again, even though Sophia was technically not seeing because she was unconscious.

The relief soldiers who arrived could not hide their admiration for these four remaining people, in fact they were eager to hear the story from Darius and his comrades, it was just that Hector banned them.

But Hector was talking to Darius in their tent.

"We were dispatched to this location assuming the units previously dispatched had been wiped out. Not only did you manage to establish a position in this fortress, you also held on until the new unit arrived, why didn't we receive any news from you?" I don't know how many times Hector clucked in awe while alternately staring at Darius, Victor and Jacob.

Among the three of them, only Darius was still awake, Jacob was asleep while Victor was casually sucking on a cigar while lying down, whether his mind was where.

From what Darius told Hector, indeed this fortress was previously controlled by demons and guarded by a horde of powerful demons, but Darius' unit managed to seize it even though it made many casualties.

Unfortunately, the messenger pigeons that Darius' unit took off on the way, it made them ultimately unable to ask for help to the headquarters after they lost many personnel in the battle for the fort. As a result, they were forced to stay in the fortress until four soldiers were left.

"I've sent the pigeons to the base, they'll pick up the four of you soon, be sure to tell all that's happened in hell this one week to the higher-ups." Hector said.

Victor is happy, "Hell one week ... Not bad." Apparently he was secretly listening to the chatter of Hector and Darius.

"I ask the superiors to grant your request as a reward for your struggle. What do you want when you get back, Victor?" Hector asked.

Victor was silent for a moment, he played a cigar with his fingers wrapped in bandages.

"Hm ... I want a pens-"

"Don't dream of a rancid boy."

Victor had not yet finished his sentence, Hector had interrupted, he did not intend to respond to the current retirement filing. Victor grumbled in annoyance then continued to suck his cigar.

"What about me? I've lost my left arm." Apparently Jacob hadn't slept since, he was secretly listening to Hector and Darius talk like Victor.

"If you can still consider." Hector's answer made Victor very upset, he cursed even with a soft voice. But apparently the curse was heard by Hector.

"Remove your arm! Let me cut it off so you get that retirement you really want!" Hector yelled at Victor while pulling his dagger, even though he was only half-joking, but his words just now managed to make Victor speechless.

"For Sophia ...." Hector said after they were all silent for a while, "I can't decide, I can't decide, but it is likely that the military side and the Alliance will pull him off the front line and give him a job behind the table given the contribution he made in this war. Anyway, whether he can go back to fighting or not."

"Wah~ I also want dong~" Victor said in a mockingly contrived tone, his face was indeed not very visible due to the dark condition of the tent, but he definitely made his face look ridiculous. Hector was really furious, if it wasn't for him being injured, Hector would have hit him all out.

Darius did not intend to ask about the topic of retirement to Hector because the answer he would give was very clear, he better think about the gift he would ask for later.

Hector stood up and went out of the tent, "Alright, it's late. Don't leave the tent if you hear a commotion outside tomorrow, this time let us take care of it."

"No need to remind." Victor.

Hector did not respond, he just gawked out of the tent.