Volume 5 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Translated by Tianic, edited by Crimson Zair
Characters in this chapter:
Cohen Kheda: The main character
Marfa, Jack, Wilder, Moya: Cohen's childhood friends and firm supports
Fischer Summers: Cohen's friend and the prince of the Swabia Empire
Martin Luther: Cohen's Dark Army commander
Everybody on the battlefield was about to relief, the unexpected struck again: the pillar engravings started to vanish gradually once more!
”Yourit right, ”Are you joking with me at a time like this?”
The priests on top of the shrine went crazy, they chanted together once again to s reappear Before I could clap about it, the appeared engravings disappeared for the second time!
It was like a game played by two boys in a sand pit One boy draws, and the other wipes it off, repeating, again and again, to finally come to a win
Towill end with them locked up for another twenty years, which was not of my concern However, if those idiotic priests failed, ill all be needing an unae to persuade the beasts that we did not taste well
Wilder and his men have cleaned the rest of the field
The reasted at the priests failing, again and again trying to seal the beast hole
Regardless as in their minds, the pillars were not slopes of sand to draw over and over During the countless reappearances of the engravings, the sealing pillars have becoly thinner
”Once the pillars fail…” I couldn’tallow ination to continue to run wild, thus I turned to Luther and said, ”… we run!”
”Gather your IGTs…” I was not the only one to observe the situation, so Luther hinted, ”You get His Royal Majesty I'll clear out your retreat If those priests hold onto the prince, you knohat to do”
I nodded and planned out a bit further Then I secretly estures to summon dozens ofthe earlier battle
The condition has continued to aggravate After the first guarding pillar collapsed, the rest of them followed!
Thence, all the 'fun' overwhel thundered, all kinds of beasts ranging fro from their cave They ran so livelily that clouds of dust were disturbed and thrown to swirl in the air The flow of beasts was not stopping anytime sooner because, by the time the ones who escaped earlier were already half way into the battlefield, creatures of all kinds were still pouring out of that broken cave!
I re to et: the top of the shrine where the princes were located
”Brave warriors!” Said one of the priests on the shrine, ”Hold steady! Our reinforce as we bear for a bit longer, the victory will be ours! Show your bravery! Show your loyalty to your three princes, your empires, and His Protoss Majesty!”
He just wouldn’t stop talking as I was cli that God forsaken set of stairs that led to the shrine Suddenly, I was surprised to find I was not the only party that was running for it That Rivalzian fe!
It seemed only idiots cared about loyalty now We would have been long dead by the time reinforcements arrived
I bet anyone has heard the stories as: only when the last soldier fell in desperation did the endless rows of reinforcements appeared on the horizon
Hence we had every reason to believe that the so-called reinforcehtered, or they will never come
The shrine narrowed down as we approached the topside,shoulder by shoulder
”What would you do?” She started her first active conversation with me
”What would I do but…” I did not bother to stop cli and asked back
”Together?” When she replied, ere not a few footsteps to reaching the shrine top
”Together!” I answered, then both of our feet stepped on the last stair
She punched away a priest who intended to inquire us and ran to her idiotic prince I also found Fischer in the shortest time possible
”What's the situation?” Fischer asked
”They can't hold ed Fischer and told him in a lowered voice, ”You wanna die here!”
Fischer was not stupid since he has been spending time with me He ran as he whipped around and yelled: ”I'll check them out!”
He merely reached his way down before the upper-h the decily heads underneath
Their running bodies resereen shells that covered their skin Each body segs were their heads, the stronger they were The ones close to the tail were of a minimal size
In this way, our path down the shrine was blocked Those giant beasts wriggled their bodies trying to drag the rest of their tails out of the broken holes In their triangular green heads, two flashy black eyes were set Dozens of long and short tentacles that fiddled were located around their tinyto be served a meal
Seeing their intercrossed scythe-shaped arh the air, I instantly knew they must be the so-called Kha'Zix
”BANG!” A Kha'Zix nailed his front claws effortlessly into the solid stone stair to drag out the rest of its body As for now, its tail bent to prop up the upper body and start chirping toward us
I observed its sharp front claws then understood why they were able to reach here
”Watch Fischer for me!” I told the men at my side then kicked a white-robed priest down the stairs once I saw nobody was paying me any attention
I had no knowledge of what kind of creature the Kha'Zix was, nor did I kno they attack never would I even think of using my men to test a Kha'Zix's lethality However, those priests and I were not very close friends They had the Protoss' protection, and they have repeatedly passed on the spirit of sacrifice They were perfect for the job
That white priest as kicked doas clearly unprepared for this He screa any sense of sacrificial spirits
The one who ended his life was the Kha'Zix that ed clean its body It pierced the man with one of its front claws and tossed the body to its fellow Kha'Zixs Ast a symphony of 'click, snap, crack' sounds, the man's body has ripped apart and devoured! This one see by its unselfish act of sharing food
At this time, came a violent shriek from my back!
I knew fro his tricks Whenever he was about to release large-scale spells, hence the shriek: his opponent would be startled even before the spell release
Uncle Webster did not only cast constraining Roots spell but also sue of the tiap between spells to float Fischer into the air The tiic were ithe last qualification trial What a shame
Webster's rooting spell has trapped the Kha'Zixswhere they were While his dozens of Golee of this time to run doard another side of the shrine and let Luther know about our situation
The Kha'Zixs furiously wielded their front claws on their raptorial legs to slash the Golems into pieces of all shapes and sizes However, the Goleic power persisted, they were able to revive, reform and start over
I dashed to Tennessee and whispered a feords to hireement
”Fischer, stay up there!” Yelled I, ”Don't come down!”
I hand picked a few best IGT members to stay with me on the first floor We were not to die up there, and we had no ideas on the number of the Kha'Zix that has not shown yet I can only trust Fischer to a man as powerful as Uncle Tennessee
”Ready?” I asked a few elves around ood!”