Volume 9 Chapter 2 (2/2)
“However, once I plead for your help, here you answered me”
”Lieutenant General, your confession is now over But as part of a procedure, you'll need to receive your slash punishment in the Dark Temple after the war finishes Are you ok with it?”
”I'll accept it” Lieutenant General nodded
The priest said in a soft voice, ”Are you ready? It's praying time now”
Hence, the priest as a host, the Lieutenant started his devoted praying session for the next day
”King of the Dark Realreat creations You raise us You've helped to expel the outsiders You develop us You've contributed to punish the heresies
“It is not on our own blades and swords that we took over the eneained victories You love those who serve you We only achieve e have by relying on your power and graceful presence Your name enables us to conquer our preys”
“We have never relied on our arrohat saved us were not our swords or sabers It is you who saved us from our cons It is you who humiliate those who hate us”
“We will always be proud to serve you, our Dark Lord We will forever exalt your name”
“We eulogize because you salvage us”
“Because of you, our enemies will die when they come to attack us We will never fear however more enemies”
“We will look up and look down upon the hatreds We will offer joy in his tent O, Dark Lord, ill chant your prayer on the enerave”
Cohen has assumed his coers were gently stroking the fence beside hi the approxi out of the clay city
A while later, he opened his eyes and told one of his orderly, ”Go”
The orderly replied in a sasped and told the old man, ”Commander Cohen's order: you can start!”
At the order, Gardena, whose eyes also rerandest garments Even his hair wasman at his 17s
He strode to the ly took over the pair of drued silence Other players who stood by just remained wordless and watched Gardena
In the co center not far away, Cohen curled his lips, ”What an obstinate old timer Tradition is so overestimated”
In the thick mist, Gardena took a deep breath, then the pair of sticks slid slowly on the edge of thenoise sounded extra-clear in the silent, ht before dawn
The hand that had stayed level in front of his chest finally went down
”DONG!”, The heavy druh the sound was still far froabonds ere still in their dreams had their bodies tensely shocked
As the shockwaves spread like a ripple, they instantly reached the AUF camp
An ar team was already in position Its soldiers were currently sleeping in the field But when the drum sounds came, the unordinary noise awakened the slaves They rubbed their sleepy eyes trying to figure out where the drum sounds came from and tell the rhythm pattern Their reactions were not that abonds in the clay city, the slaves had been refugees theht
As the druazed at each other TheySo their thighs toThey looked at their co if their ears have gone wrong During thewar, someone dared to initiate a startup!
The so-called 'startup' was to sound the master drum three times then play the overture of an individual chapter
The players near Gardena all observed clearly that at this very moment, 2 buds of teardrops missed out of Gardena's eyes Gardena's lips treain It was as if he was still onto so unknown
The drumbeats that came this time cleared everybody's suspension So a startup! Called by the conditional reflex, many men confusedly stood up
The third round of the drum came rather fast as if Gardena has abandoned all his traditions and focused on breaking them The overture part of Chapter 'Sunrise' followed immediately
”DONG – DONG DONG DONG! DONGDONG – DONG!”
After the startup, all other drums followed A hundred dru drumbeats have shocked everybody inside and outside the clay city with their neat and resolute vibrant Nothing worthhas happened in the PUF caeneral turmoil in the AUF camp!
Soldiers in the slave ar was the 'Sunrise' chapter froabonds' Ten Movements They knew the tune was aiet ready to move Thus the slaves all rose They acted their terrified bodies because their hearts were already beating in accordance with the beats Their blood also boiled by the drum sounds It was pure instinct
Meh no one had a clear vieas happening in the clay city, all but none were asking the same question, ”They're ! What… what should I do? What should I do!”
Officers of the slave ar of the drumbeats All they had in their heads were to compel the slaves! Thus they scolded loudly in the rows Their whip lashes dropped on the slaves' heads like it was raining cats and dogs They forced in an atte after, the army supervisors joined the discipline session on their horses as well
In the AUF ca to dress the ranks with all thu while constantly co about their allotted time to rest and eat Now all were up in smokes
”What happened!” Chief Commander of the AUF bounced off his bed and exited his tent with bare feet He caught one of his guards Due to the sudden tense, a most common question turned into a fearful raceful disposition had gone Lieutenant General's brain has been tensely grabbed for days Any unforeseen events could make his head explode!
The pale guard replied, ”Sir… it's drum sound!”
”I'M NOT AN IDIOT! WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, I'M ASKING!” Lieutenant General's eyes were blazing He sent out his right hand abruptly then a heavy slap ood rounds
”So! You wanna strike back?” Lieutenant gazed fiercely at the clay city direction A terrified, astonished and raged fire of e in his eyes, ”Cohen Kheda! COME ON! YOU bastard!”
”Send my order!”
”Sir!”
”Alert the first troops to stand by! Tell thespells in front of the clay city, non-stop! You must make clear the enemy's strike scope and their exact position!”
”Sir, yes, sir!”
”Alert the 28th Legion to stand by as well! Tell theet ready to strike back after the front troops have successfully defended the enemy's first attack wave!”
”Yes, sir!”
”Tell the aret into their positions! No slack!”
”Yes, sir!”
As Lieutenant General gave his series of orders, coions have hurried here
”Sir, are we facing an iion asked in anxiety
”We're not clear” Lieutenant General answered, ”Perhaps the enemy merely wants to e weapons!”
Sir, send ion said, ”Rest assured, the eneet what they want, not under my watch!”
”Good! I will have the catapults support you!” Lieutenant nodded then the 28th Legion commander left for his job immediately
”damn that mist!” Major Brandon barked, ”It caic won't ic to disperse it!”
”That I knoever, the ht before the war”
”Sir, we have abundant soldiers here!” Coion continued, ”What ht end up with none and tomorrow's operation will be compromised!”
Lieutenant General pondered carefully He kneas not a good tier He still had the order from the military headquarters there to be burdened on Finally, he es drive away the mist at hand by any means necessary
”In this e ht end up with a bit ht, ”However, thatcompared with the alliance's honor!”
What he did not knoas that he just pushed himself a bit closer to the end of an abyss
Not long after, a beae of the sky
Then hundreds ofor ses even floated and cast a big mass of firewalls on the field between the Asmodian camp and the clay city
A while later, the es ere supposed to be deployed after sunrise have torn the blank space outside the city a hellish one Countless fireballs wandered in the sky aimlessly Blazed firewalls stampeded the field Catapults of various sizes have been h the thick mist, flew over the blank field then s aht sky was in scarlet In it led with drumbeats and all kinds of other nasty sounds
But nothing came out from the city except for more drumbeats
”Stay alert! No slack!” A few AUF orderlies have brought Lieutenant General's newest order to each colonel officer Hence, both ic catapults attacks continued
AUF officers, one hand with ic torches, the other with sharp blades, patrolled in the soldier rohile shouting encouragement to their subordinates
”They're nothing but a bunch of crazy and hungry stinky bugs!” The officers screamed hysterically, ”They can't even hold their stand You'll kill two of them with one slash!+ Come on, brothers! Cut their heads! A PUF head worth a silver coin! A silver coin worth 100 copper! With a piece of copper, you'll buy 2 rye bread! Half a silver coin, you'll find a lovely chick to spend the night with! You want s' heads!”
As the officers shouted, the ars and started to shake!”
”That's the sound of !” Officers jumped over in the rows like madmen, ”You want that? You want that? These are all for you! Go change them with enemies' heads!”
The soldiers picked up their ears, sed and listened to the desired bling-bling sounds while replying their officers with high-pitched sounds
”Watch it, as long as those bugs show, you go out there, and fucking kill the to play and eat! Everybody is a millionaire!”
The officers continued boostingas the enemies haven't shown up The words continued until the soldiers’ bodies beco and the silver, round objects made the soldiers dizzy
However, nothing came out of the city till the AUF officers dried their throats and the army supervisors' arms became sour
”It's the eneht es and the catapults continued
Half an hour has passed, an hour has passed, then 2 hours, then caht before dawn
AUF officers were too exhausted to yell, the es were exhausted of theirin neat for with the enemies have been depleted
Then suddenly, without warning, the drumbeats stopped
In the AUF co at each other They were all as bitter as hell Nothing happened in the clay city except for the drumbeats Now, even the beats stopped It seemed that they were fooled for real this time
Threefor his next order
No one talked No one had the gut to blae
”What does he want, this jerk!” Lieutenant General's face stiffened, and he hailed like an abandoned woht!”
”Lieutenant General, what matters is what's our next move?” Major Brandon re here for quite a while And the sun will come out in any minutes The time will not allow us to reformat”
”No need for them to dismiss! Send my order, tell the soldiers to rest on the spot We will strike at sunrise” Lieutenant General closed his eyes painfully, ”That drumbeat, no matter what's Cohen Kheda's purpose, I will not let him pass!”
It sounded as if he will let Cohen Kheda go if the drumbeats didn’t
exist
As for the dozens of recon squadrons Cohen sent, they've successfully sneaked into the AUFs caeneral turmoil Cohen stopped the beat of the drunal
”The sun is finally co out” Gazed at the sky, commanders of both parties said so in their heart
”Let themore
”Catapults start attacking the wall! Rest units, fill your stoave such an order
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