Chapter 1.2 - Burning Barnard Town Part 2 (2/2)
Princess Ophelia looked at the distant Clyde and Lucifer and hesitated about whether to launch an attack or not. Her battlefield instincts told her that those who could calmly move around in the midst of this sea of flames were all either lunatics or experts. Based on Clyde’s feat with the arrows, she believed more in the latter case. Biting her lip, she thought carefully about what to do; after all, she was somewhat reluctant to let anyone escape like this. After considering for a short while, she waved her hand to signal toward the waiting shadows around her. Emerging from the midst of the knight regiment, these figures disappeared on the spot, pursuing their targets. In order to determine the statuses of Clyde and the bloodkin Lolita, Princess Ophelia sent a squad of elite assassins to track them.
The inferno engulfing Barnard continued for a day and a night until it finally extinguished on its own once it ran out of fuel. Owles Kingdom never sent reinforcements. However, this couldn’t be blamed on Owles Kingdom’s incompetence. As a small country with just more than a thousand soldiers, they couldn’t afford to leave their capital unprotected by spreading out their troops. They also didn’t have the money to hire mercenaries to defend other cities. It was already a miracle that they had been able to defend their capital, Oran City, for so long.
The army attacking Owles Kingdom was from the Augusta Empire, reputed to be an “extremely dark” empire. Augusta Empire belonged to the “Clark Alliance” that pursued slavery. It was one of the more important members of this alliance. As one of the stronger empires of Ximengsi Continent, eliminating Owles Kingdom, this kind of small country, was not a big issue.
There were no existences that dared to challenge this extremely evil empire within the vicinity of Owles Kingdom. Adrian Empire, a member of the “Victor Alliance,” had just lost to Augusta Empire not long ago. Augusta Empire’s “Extreme Night Princess” Ophelia had only used several thousand soldiers to take the Adrian’s army of 30,000 by storm and completely rout them. More than half of them had fallen as casualties, and Adrian Empire had been forced into a defensive state.
Now, left without their powerful ally, Owles Kingdom was completely isolated. Other than the fact that the capital city, Oran City, had not been captured yet, all the towns around it had been razed or occupied. In support, the nearby Adrian Empire could only offer words: according to their responses to the Owles Kingdom’s requests for aid, reinforcements were always on the way. As for the other small kingdoms within the “Victor Alliance,” there was no need to mention them because they didn’t dare to come in fear that they would be the next one to be annihilated.
All this had been succinctly explained by the little Lolita travelling at Clyde’s side.
“Lucifer, how do you know so much? Didn’t you say that you don’t have any information about Human Race before?”
“Big Brother Cylde, it’s just because of my ability. The dead cannot lie, and I can read their memories. Eh, you don’t need to be so alert! How would I dare to read your memories?”
In a groove outside Barnard Town, Clyde and Lucifer sat face to face around a bonfire, pondering what to do next. Near them lay several dead black-robed people. Their death states were very tragic, and none of the corpses were intact. The assassins sent by Princess Ophelia had not met with an unexpected accident: instead, all had been quickly exterminated by Clyde. Originally, Clyde hadn’t wanted to lash at the corpses, completely dismembering them, but who had asked for these assassins to not bring even a single cent, causing him to be happy about gaining some starting currency in vain. At first, he’d been so excited to have these walking piggy banks approach him…
“Big Brother Clyde, let’s go to Oran City and take a look. Perhaps, we can stay there without any money! It’s going to perish soon anyway.”
“Lucifer, you seem to be very interested in bloody scenes?”
“You’re misunderstanding. We are going there just to take a look. In any case, as long as Big Brother Clyde is here, no one can bully me!”
“Eh, I think that even if I were not there, there are not many who could bully you.”