Chapter 404 - Split of the Imperial 2 (2/2)
That was the name of the sword which Count Ferrero had just used.
“Oh my god!”
“T, this can’t be!”
In a matter of five seconds, five Gigant turned into scrap metals, and the morale of the Southern army dropped.
If it was any other riders then nothing would have mattered, but the ones defeated were the advanced riders of the Iron Fist and they were trained and devoted to Marquis Mayers.
They gained considerable training and skill and were given the best Gigants with proven performance.
By the way, such elite knights couldn’t manage to hold Count Ferrero for a mere moment and fell…!
‘Dammit, he is more fearsome than the rumors!’
‘So a Sword Master cannot be defeated with Expert knights?’
‘If we go out now, we are sure to die.’
When the Southern riders didn’t know what to do, the sword of Atlas shook.
And the loud voice of Count Ferrero could be heard.
“Kuahhh! Standing still even if your comrades are getting slaughtered! If you have a death wish, please do come here!”
When the Impact aura of the Atlas was coming at them, scared army Gigants lifted the shields.
‘Huh, coward bastard?!’
Even if the shield was mixed with magic or made of Gigantium or Adamant, impact aura couldn’t be stopped.
It was right when Count Ferrero smiled and was ready to bring down his sword.
An eerie energy rose behind him, and something flew at him at a frightening pace.
‘Huh? What is this?’
Ferrero who sensed a strange energy turned around and wielded his sword.
Kwang!
At the moment when something flew like a lightning, a huge explosion with dazzling sparks broke out and shattered Impact aura and the sword too.
However, that didn’t end the effect it had on Atlas and the Gigant got pushed back.
“Tch, fail.”
Scarlet, was the one who shot the Aether arrow at Atlas, and she clicked her tongue at the unsuccessful result.
When the Southern Army broke into the gate and created a ruckus, Scarlet and her men slipped away from there.
They tried to look and confirm if the Central Army was defeated, but the Southern Army was forced to stand still because of Ferrero.
She wasn’t able to see the pathetic southern men and decided to attack.
“How dare someone…?”
Count Ferrero who was impatient took over a sword from his subordinate and looked for the archer who aimed at him.
Before she could get caught in his sight, Scarlet concealed herself quickly.
‘That wasn’t an ordinary arrow. With this level, it will be a Destroyer-level Master!’
A Destroyer was a level that could take down a beginner level Gigant.
Few people could involve themselves with just a bow and arrow.
From what Ferrero knew, there were no such talented men in the Southern Army or under Marquis Mayers.
‘Maybe a skilled bow master among the elves of the Volga Republic… uh? What was that energy?’
The sudden rise of energy was something he couldn’t ignore, but he soon felt another energy from the gate.
Ferrero turned his head to see two Gigant approaching from the Southern army side.
‘Knight? No, seeing the booming of the core engine, it must be a hero!’
Two sharp-looking hero class Gigant had a wolf-like head on it.
Even though they looked weird, it was obvious that they belonged to the knights of Iron Fist by Marquis Mayers.
“Kya! It has been long, Ferrero.”
“Yu, you men!”
When a familiar voice came out of the wolf-headed Gigants, Ferrero realized who his opponents were.
The famous Sword Master brothers, Reynold Gram and Reynard Gram who were once famous in the capital.
The brothers of Gram were a mixed race of humans with Lycan genes and were once a level less powerful than Count Ferrero.
However, the skills of the brothers were well accepted and acknowledged.
To a certain extent, there was a story in the past that said that when Duke Butler went to practice sword skill and he had lost to them.
Count Ferrero was well aware of the fact that his beard had been severed in the past when he was going against the Gram brothers.
If they were pure-blooded humans, they would have been able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ferrero in the Central army of the Knights of Guards.
‘These men should have surely left the Empire!’
The Gram brothers who differed greatly from the humans and the elves or dwarf races in appearance were unable to tolerate the discrimination and moved in as mercenaries.
And 10 years ago, the last news about them was that they participated in the civil war of the Southern continent’s Yamatai.
“When did you come back?”
“Kuek, around a year back? They said that the fairies in the empire are getting better.”
“And Marquis Mayers sent a box of gold with his aides and asked us to sign in as Commander and vice commander of Iron Fist.”
The Gram brothers who answered the question of Count Ferrero, slowly advanced.
Their hero class Gigant labeled as ‘Anubis’ had a boomerang as a weapon, not a giant sword or battle axe.
Moreover, it was two and not a single one.
“Die, Ferrero!”
“KyakYa! This time I will cut your body and not just the beard!”
Reynold and Reynard began to wield the boomerang.
He a hell for them.
‘It is a pity to lose a fort, but there are still numerous forts in the Variand mountains. If we can use them, we will be able to stop them.’
Ferrero who ordered for the retreat after thorough thought saw that the Central army and the knights which were sent by the Emperor’s nobles quickly retreated through the north gate.
However, there was something that Count Ferrero wasn’t able to figure out.
It wasn’t just the Gorn Fort, but all the other forts were infiltrated by the knights of Marquis Rakan and were suffering from similar situations.