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Two days later
"I gathered you to finalize our previous plan. Our encampment location is already close enough to Sungate Castle's location. From what I saw on Atrea's map, Sungate Castle is behind that hill," Liam replied.
It took about half an hour to cross the hill to reach Sungate Castle. Archibald's troops, who had just arrived at that point, made it impossible to launch an immediate attack.
Liam sat on the floor right in Tobias' tent. All the captains were in the same place, without exception. They were now following Liam's words, as Tobias could still not serve due to his coma.
"Darren said Sungate is one of three places Valcke's troops are heavily guarding. I'm going to make the most of this. If we can take it, Valcke will be even more put under pressure," Liam replied.
The Vice Commander of Archibald's troops wandered his gaze, looking at Edgar, who was in charge of reconnoitering. The activity would significantly affect the flow
***The troops were ready when it was five o'clock in the morning. Yellowish light appeared from the east, making the blue sky rise as a sign of a new day.Liam sat on his horse, accompanied by the other captains, including Karin. The tents in the camp had been cleared except for Tobias' tent. The soldiers were wearing their dark blue armor to prepare for battle.From the front, Liam watched Edgar and Gunnar arrive at the camp. Liam deliberately sent them away for good reason. The man wanted to know the circumstances at Sungate Castle that morning."All the guard posts have been destroyed. Sungate Castle's gates are sealed; it looks like they're ready for battle," Edgar explained, stopping his horse right before Liam and the other captains."What about the soldiers guarding the logistics line?" Liam asked Gunnar."They're still keeping a vigilant watch. If something bad happens there, we'll know about it," Gunnar replied."Alright. Ev
The southern wall of the castle was completely unbreakable, and the artillery strikes of the 10 trebuchets failed to destroy the iron castle. Seeing this, it was no wonder that people called it the Solar Castle due to its amazing strength and durability.Despite the failure, the trebuchets threw stones relentlessly at the city center. This was done in order to let the townspeople and soldiers of Sungate escape on their own.With the fire growing, they had no choice but to leave the place. After thirty minutes of waiting for the impact of the trebuchet attack, Liam raised his right hand as it was tightly clenched.Adrian saw Liam's hand gesture, indicating that he wanted to end the artillery attack. Adrian looked back, ordering his soldiers to stop attacking.The soldiers began to stop reloading the trebuchets, ceasing the attack and focussing their eyes on Adrian.The vibrations in the city began to subside, the soldiers who had been sheltering in
Tobias came out of the tent, startling the ten infantry soldiers standing guard outside. They hadn't expected Tobias to wake up from his coma.There wasn't a single horse in the place, so Tobias had to walk to Sungate, which was behind the hill. As Tobias was about to leave, one of the soldiers stopped him."Your condition is unstable, Lord Tobias. Let Karin's aide recover your strength first," said one of the soldiers standing before Tobias.Tobias didn't answer, instead turning to stare intently at the soldier in front of him. Realising that Tobias' attitude was hard to persuade, the soldier began to give up.He opened the way for his commander to keep walking. The young man strode back with dignity, the golden coat that looked like a shadow of a coat constantly fluttering in the wind."I'll go after him. You take care of Tobias' tent," Karin's aide said, the infantry soldiers nodding.The woman, along with her fellow medic, stepped quickl
Seeing Liam call out to her, Karin immediately rushed to the man. She was stunned to see Tobias lying limp on the ground, vomiting blood. Several captains surrounded Tobias, guarding the young man from Valcke's attack."Take him to the med tent," Liam said, and Karin nodded.Tobias was immediately carried by two medics on a stretcher. Along the way to the medical tent, she felt the man's body turn cold. Karin was much more afraid of a cold temperature than a warm temperature.Not only did his body temperature turn cold, but Karin also checked the young man's pulse. He still had a pulse, but it was weak and slow."He is dying. Take him to the private tent!" said Karin.They took Tobias to a tent set up originally to treat wounded captains, but it was now being used to treat Tobias' condition.Karin and her two soldiers arrived at the place, they lifted Tobias' body up onto the bed. Karin herself focused on getting the tools to help her task o
***The next dayTobias and his soldiers were still camped in the battle area. Liam has moved towards the Sungate city centre, he needs to organise the city to return to normal.Edgar and Adrian helped each other to gather the prisoner-of-war soldiers. The number was much larger than the prisoners of war when they were in Silkland. It could happen because most Sungate soldiers immediately lay down their weapons after the southern gate was destroyed.Tobias himself was still in the medical tent, under the full care of Karin and Anne. No one was allowed to enter and approach Tobias. They wanted to protect his fully awake condition.The tent's curtains opened, Tobias, who was eating food to fill his skinny body, began to stare at the visitor who came to the tent.It was Laura, the woman who had put him in a coma for five days. Tobias already knew his mind and heart were shackled at that time by Laura's suggestion of magic.Laura came in with her head bowed as if feeling guilty about some
After about fifteen minutes of waiting, a soldier wearing long pants and a short-sleeved T-shirt rushed over to the medical tent to inform Tobias."Lord Tobias, they're done," the soldier said.Gunnar, who had woken up, immediately stood up, helping Tobias to return to his tent. However, before he could stand up, Tobias had already reached out with his left hand, preventing Gunnar."You don't need to take me. Just focus on your condition," Tobias explained."But what about your condition? You can't leave without anyone's help," Gunnar said, worried."Don't worry, Captain Gunnar. I can escort him," replied the soldier.Tobias nodded. He began to lift his body as his right hand continued to grip the IV bottle tightly. The soldier walked over and carried Tobias away."Have they both returned to their posts?" Tobias asked.The soldier helping him shook his head with both eyes focused on the road ahead, "No. They're still waiting fo
***Two days later.They had already informed Tobias about their willingness to conduct negotiations. Prince Bernhard was in Nashant, along with Valcke's defense minister and the general commander of Valcke's forces.The prince realized Archibald's forces were unstoppable, given Valcke's troop numbers were drastically reduced due to Prince Berthold's faction withdrawing from Atrea.Now, the number of soldiers in Atrea has reached 50,000 soldiers. That number can only protect one major city in this place; the choice is only Stratham or Nashant.Initially, Valcke's troops would continue to hold off Archibald's attack, but their morale dropped after watching the incredible power at the Sungate battle. They were unable to resist the tremendous god-level power that Archibald had.The negotiations were located in the city center, at Sungate's government office. Tobias had prepared it in such a way, as well as the security in the city.The y
"Jiyu? What does that mean?" asked Arius."Freedom," Tobias explained."How much does Valcke benefit from working with you?" asked Bernhard."The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I have never been enemies with Valcke, only with Equestria," Tobias replied."All the cities we occupied, they were re-inhabited by Valcke citizens. I just took them from your control," Tobias explained."Our enemy is the same, Equestria. By working together, we can bring Equestria down," Tobias continued."Let us discuss first," Bernhard pleaded. Tobias smiled as he held out his hand.The young man's heart was pleased and relieved. Bernhard had indirectly thought about the benefits of Tobias' proposal. The crown prince just wanted to make sure whether his members agreed or not with the proposal.Liam led Prince Bernhard to an empty room in the meeting room, unlike Tobias, who chose to walk closer to Gabriel and Falco.Tobias stood before them, g