Astrid and Leiu stared at each other, one eager to fight and reclaim her pride and the other in a hurry and totally unwilling to fight and waste time.
“I’ll give you ten seconds to prepare yourself.” She loudly declared, grabbing the large ax upside down and stabbing its edges onto the ground.
Leiu glanced at the invisible witch and whispered, “Help me get rid of her.”
“But it’s supposed to be a fa-”
Mira couldn’t even finish, she was glared at by the youth, who doesn’t care how he wins. Astrid was strong and he cannot afford to lose his life here just because he fought ‘fairly’. In a death struggle, the only thing that matters is winning,
The Black Beast, Milkan, ran for a few more hours before stopping. Leiu dismounted and scanned the vicinity, seeing naught but blackened trees and bushes that were emitting a malevolent black fog, which was barely visible.“It’s better than I had thought.” Commented Mira again, breathing a sigh of relief.“Not quite. They’re ignoring us. I think they’re regrouping.”He pointed to the left, and when she looked, the witch saw a couple of hideous black-skinned dog-like monsters, running North and not paying them any heed.“We’re isolated from the society. Maybe It’ll be better to check the situation before treading deeper.”
It has been a while since Leiu visited his old workplace. The building had a pleasant overhaul, from the entrance leading to the now-called Happy Happy Internet Café to the recently replaced doors and walls. Even from the standpoint of an ignorant person like Leiu, who knew nothing about revonations, it was easy to tell that the process was costly and demanded a lot of workers.“It looks brand new! There’s a lot of people too… are you sure you want to go in?”Mira seemed hesitant, to say the least. The café was bustling with people, both outside and inside. Some were enjoying the fresh breeze and drinking coffee, busing chatting about everything and anything, whereas those inside were either reading a book or holed up in front of a computer. “I’ll get you the information as soon as possible. I’ll do it personally and swiftly, I promise.”Hye Nari, after hearing the lengthy explanation of the youth - which seemed absurd - didn’t doubt him, especially after seeing the ghost girl flying around the office.“I assume you’re not going anywhere in the meantime, yes? Then stay here. No one will find you here.”“...”Leiu did not agree, at least not at first. He avoided the woman’s piercing eyes, which seemed to be probing him and trying to read his thoughts through his unchanging, which, fortunately, rarely changed and were of no help whatsoever. When the curtain of the night started appearing, Hye Nari returned to the Happy Happy internet café. She headed directly to her office and found the youth there, fortunately. He was napping but awakened the second the door was opened.He awkwardly sat up and greeted her with a nod of his head. He noticed that the woman changed into a new set of clothes; A black leather summer jacket, black jeans ripped around the knees, and, surprisingly, a thick and foot-long baton holstered in her waist as if she was a police officer.“Did you find what you need in the forums?” She asked with her usual voice, which tended to be a tad loud.“More than enough. Thank you for lending me your laptop.” It has been forty-two days since the Blight Beasts invaded the North and the dawn of the forty-third day, the Blight army, as some players called it, reached NetherFrost City, ready to conquer the last defense point.The players present, though few, were ready and a little excited, unlike the Knights and soldiers, who only had one life. All the players that were participating in the war were given generous quests and all they had to do is slay Blight Beasts or try to defend the city.The looming black fog was getting closer to the city, darkening the snow and corrupting the earth and frozen vegetation. It was soon about to start. The second battle between those abominations and humans, but, at that time, none predict what the outcome would be.The knights under Silver GicoltRe; Hell Gate Chapter 259 : Forums
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One hour passed since the start of the battle, the Blight Monsters continued their attack relentlessly, disregarding the massive losses they were suffering. The Hive, which looked like a disgusting large piece of mangled meat with protruding faces and limbs, was hidden inside the small and darkened forest, commanding the beasts and ordering them to attack the strongest of the humans, mainly the unstoppable cavalry. Initially, there were five hundred of Gicolt’s mounted knights, but an hour in, one hundred and fifty had lost their lives. Of course, the Blight Beasts lost more than ten times that number, and considering that less than a hundred of the pike-wielding soldiers at the foot of the walls had died, the humans could be considered the advantageous party, nonetheless, the dead cavalry was still a big part of the defending side. “Faster Milkan! Run faster!”Leiu pressed himself against the black beast’s wide and thick neck and repeatedly urged it to hurry, which it certainly did. It sped up, bypassing the few players also running toward Netherfrost city. The sudden appearance and disappearance of Milkan startled them and frightened their mounts, which were mostly horses.The Dark Knight was so focused on reaching the city that he paid no heed to no one, without exception. He could hear loud rumbling and explosions, as well as the fire rising to the sky.The fight has already started, he thought, hoping to arrive in time. There were two main reasons he decided to go to the North. First, it was to acquire the Dwarven Power Core, the last Re; Hell Gate Chapter 263 : The Northern War (3)
“He’s on the wall! The Nameless Knight is on the wall!”The players, seeing Leiu perform a great leap and safely land on the wall, panicked and fled to the back. The soldiers, a bit braver despite having one life, pulled on the bowstring and showered the youth with arrows.Luckily for them, Leiu wasn’t there to fight them. He gave one last glance to the battlefield before jumping again, soon disappearing inside the city.There were soldiers and even a couple of players at the foot of the wall, on the other side of the gate(inside), but they didn’t have the time to chase after the Dark Knight.Like many others, the now haggard and tired Frozen Torch also noticed Leiu but didn&rsquo