127 Natasha’s Fighting Will (1/2)
Chapter 127: Natasha’s Fighting Will
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
Hearing Lucien’s words, somehow Natasha felt like making a joke, ”I’m sorry that you have to face this dangerous fighting because of me. After all, you have never even touched a girl’s hand! If we can survive tonight, I’ll introduce you to a decent young lady.”
Lucien released a sigh, ”Your Grace…” At the same time, Lucien was glad to see that Natasha was still in a joking mood. Since she was the only level five grand knight on their side, the princess herself was the key factor determining whether they would have at least a bit of hope to survive tonight.
”Then, Knight Cacharel, Daniel, and Borscht, why?” Natasha turned to the three knights who decided to stay.
”My heart is beating firmly right now.” Cacharel pointed at his chest, ”This is the heart of a knight, not a coward.”
Daniel was a middle-aged knight, who looked intimidating and cold. ”I was a pauper, and now I’m a knight. I did many bad things, but my will to fight against the forces of evil never changes.” Then he crossed himself, ”Maybe I’ll die tonight, and before that I want to show my repentance for the horrible things I did before.”
Borscht had recently become a knight, and he still looked pretty young. Scratching his head a bit, his green eyes were shining with the light of determination, ”This is my first fight as a knight, and I don’t want to be a deserter in my first fight, or Vivian would be laughing at me.”
Mentioning his Vivian, Borscht looked affectionate and shy.
Natasha nodded to them and then turned to the two knight squires, ”Bright, Tiana… The other squires and soldiers are all gone. Why did you choose to stay?”
”Your Grace… You, you remember my name!” Bright was very excited. ”That’s enough reason for me to fight for you, Your Grace!”
In contrast, Tiana, a half-elf and half-human girl, looked a bit hesitant, ”Your Grace… my, my reason is not that lofty. I… I just feel that he would kill the people who surrendered anyway.”
The reason that Verdi did not launch his attack right away was that he was waiting for the radiant knight and the senior-rank mage to come and join him after they killed Camil. After all, as a level five grand knight, Natasha’s power could not be underestimated.
Hearing what Tiana just said, Verdi retorted, ”If I want to kill the people who know about all my plan, I would have to kill all the knights, squires and soldiers following me right now. That’s impossible, and more importantly, there is absolutely no reason for me to kill them. There won’t be any hard evidence proving that I had ever colluded with Argent Horn and the sorcerers, and what I am doing now is under the acquiescence of most of the big families in the duchy. As for the Church, they’re even happy to see that we nobles can have some civil wars from time to time in order to counterbalance our power. And when I become the next grand duke, all people following me will be rewarded.”
Natasha listened to Verdi quietly. After he listed all those reasons trying to justify his behavior and assure his people that Tiana’s words would never be true, Natasha slightly shook her head and smiled, ”My dear cousin, have you ever wondered why the Congress of Magic wanted me dead so desperately that they even took the risk to seek your help? If you never thought about it, you wouldn’t understand how much special attention the Church paid to me. And, by the way, even if you killed me, you wouldn’t be the only legitimate heir to the grand duke title within the Violet family.”
When Verdi remained silent within his confusion, Natasha turned around and said lowly to her people with great determination, ”My knights, my warriors, although they outnumber us, they have to disperse their people to encircle us. And that means the number of the enemies in front of us is actually only a bit more than us.”
”So we still have a chance?!” The knights’ and squires’ eyes lit up.
”As long as we can defeat the enemies in front of us before more of them start to attack us from behind.” Natasha nodded with great determination.
This would be a quick attack. The speed would determine their life or death.
Sitting on her Dragon Scale horse named Agatha, Natasha turned around and stared at Verdi, who had two level five grand knights and four other knights behind him.
Then, curling the corner of her lips, Natasha smiled, as if something she had been dreaming for was finally realized tonight. Her eyes were shining with great excitement, shining because of her heroic dream.
Although Verdi did not hear what Natasha told her people, from Natasha’s posture sitting on her horse, Verdi could tell that she was ready for the fight. There was no time for him to wait any longer.
Securing her long lance named ”Slayer” under her armpit, Natasha’s pulled out her knight sword named ”Natasha’s Thunder”.
”March forward! Forward forever! In the name of Violet!” shouted the princess.
”Violet! Violet!” The knights and squires following Natasha got excited as well.
Lucien was very surprised and impressed, since he never expected that Natasha would choose this attitude to face the extreme danger. What he was watching was the true spirit of a knight.
”For the glory of Violet! Charge!” Natasha shouted aloud again and shot forward like an arrow to lead the charge.
”For the glory of Violet!” Cacharel, Lucien and Wyon, as well as Daniel, Tiana, Bright and Borscht all followed Natasha close and charged toward their enemies with their proud war cry.
Among them all, Lucien was the only one who remained relatively calm. After all, he was a sorcerer, not a knight. Holding his sword Alert, Lucien was ready to activate Sun’s Corona at any time.
The tall mare named Agatha snorted loudly as it was running with great speed. There was black smoke coming out of her nostrils, and her dragon-like scales bulged greatly. As its hooves hit the floor there was loud and thunderous noises and the earth trembled slightly, as if a real dragon was coming for its enemies.