Chapter 230 (2/2)

Fly a bit lower, Sylv, I sent to iven s and dived down so the endless line of soldiers no longer looked like faceless ants

With a wave oftendrils of lightning and blades of wind in a spectacular show of ele onto what I was doing, Sylvie raised her head and opened her large jaws to let out a deafening roar

Hearing the whoops and shouts immediately from the troops below, I couldn’t help but smile

‘That was a bit childish of us, no?’a bit as well

Not at all Morale is one of the e-scale battles, I replied as the two of us slowly approached the nearing ocean

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Wewe noticed was the teot closer to the conjured field of snow and ice, I felt a biting chill perh my skin

Varay was truly on another level compared to the rest of the other lances While I’d like to confidently say that I could beat Varay in a one-on-one battle, I couldn’t While I had the advantage of being able to on will, they seemed like cheap parlor tricks in the face of the absolute power and control that Varay had

Even if I ed to beat her, I’d be lucky if I only lost an ar her as an ally was incredibly reassuring

The two of us landed just on the threshold where the coastal beaches becaht to see Here, it wasn’t only the teed; the atmosphere from the infantry was tense and dark

Even with the captains shouting and trying to boost ht of death that they carried on their shoulders With eyes draardsthe soldiers lined up front With the weight of their own arazes that held no hardness trained soldiers would have, it was easy to tell that many of them were civilians that had been called to ar atthe first to face the ene back that detached, e nored the teens, so at on that towered over theive st each other of the good news that there were noo lances to fight by their side

“General Arthur, welcoh the steam, and the silhouette of an ar hair just past her shoulders

“General Varay,” I greeted with a genuine smile The very presence of this lance seehtly and elegantly like a gazelle but her gaze and poise spilled confidence

She stretched out her hand,it a point to show our composure and leisure in front of the quadrants of infantry troops I accepted her gesture and Sylvie, who reently touch her snout

We walked together towards the back while the white-haired general explained the basic for they had planned Most of it I had already read about but it was another thing seeing the sheer size of the force that would be fighting on our side

The first line consisted of arainst the eneiven the signal to retreat behind the second line, ere coular warriors and aug up the last of this first ‘wave’ was basically the barrier troops These were the elite soldiers that were all augmenters, many of whoap of about thirty paces where the conjurers willwith another line of barrier troops to fall back on,” Varay explained, gesturing to the ar staves

It e walked past the line of conjurers that I saw some familiar faces One of which I wasn’t too fond of

Captain Auddyr, standing tall behind his troops consisting of elite augmenters The captain that I had met back near the town of Slore when I was deployed on ant set of ar I was shown as a slight bow before he turned back to his troops

The second familiar face was Madaainst in that very same mission Appropriately, however, she was donned in arswords across her back with ease

Looking closer at her soldiers, I was able to make out a few of theirl that I remember as Nyphia and the bully of a soldier named Herrick, both of whom tried to best me in a duel but failed

There was a s their awestruck faces when our eyes rin and ood’ at me

I shot Nyphia and Herrick a playful wink, eliciting a blush fro of shoulders fro on

We climbed the stone stairs that followed the steep incline of the terrain just east of Etistin Bay

This was another strategic advantage that our side held The ascending elevation gave our archers and conjurers, that were able to cast at longer ranges, a field advantage without having to waste ti platforms for thees, andtheir bows

We reached the top of the hill just in time for me to feel the first raindrop on my cheek It only took a few seconds before a heavy downpour ensued Sylvie was about to lift up a wing to shi+eld us from the rain, but I stopped her

We’re all soldiers here We’ll all fight under the rain together anyway, I said,impeded our vision, and the sound of our soldiers stilltowards the shore could be heard a of rain

“We will stay behind for the first wave Scryers will have eyes on the field and General Bairon will relay information on the enemy forces for us soon after,” General Varay said beside me “There are additional forces that are on their way, soes”

And so, aited I could feel the tension building andtheir troops

‘The wait is ht hazel eyes trying to catch a gli above the icefield

I nodded, barely restrainingthis time, more and more troops arrived Some were sent to either side of the bay in order to flank, while others remained back as reserve forces

It felt like hours had passed, all of us standing in the rain hite knuckles gripping our weapons

Finally the horn rang

I could see our men stiffen as the deep brassy note told the, and it was then that tense air dissipated followed by the e!”