Chapter 1704 - Breakout (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The sudden turn of events threw the area near the Greenwood Gate into total chaos as the charging Ebon Blade knights clearly had never spoken with the nearby sentries before, and the latter’s reaction was slow, and that gave Hao Ren the chance to break out.

The originally disguised ‘magic caravans’ suddenly exploded into a speed not expected for a vehicle of their type as the three carriages accelerated and charged towards the raised barricade and the gathering guards. The personal guards masquerading as merchants quickly dropped their guise and drew their weapons as they engaged the blades and spears from all directions.

A loud crash rang out as the barricade was smashed by the carriage into splinters while the guards by the side of the road were sent tumbling.

“Shut the gates! Lower the barriers!”

The imperial officer in charge of the gate yelled his orders, and as his voice rang out, the mages activated the gate’s magical mechanism and following a series of ground tremors and mechanical clanking later, that ten-meter tall green gate was slowly closing as a layer of light green energy barrier appeared near the runic bricks and started descending.

“Leave none alive!” An Ebon Blade knight roared. He saw the target were about to pass through the Greenwood Gate and immediately leap from his horse. A series of complex golden runes appeared on his armor as two magic wings appeared out of nowhere to support his mid-air glide. The knight raised his sword as he slashed violently at the third caravan, “The Emperor wills it!”

The chainsword roared as it ran at full speed and the powerful heat coalesced into a crimson half-moon shock wave and fly headlong towards the caravan’s roof!

But the attack was blocked by a semi-transparent barrier as a shield generator hidden within the carriage was activated and deflected the powerful heat attack to the side of the carriage as the sturdy greenstone surface swiftly redden and exploded into a storm of pebbles!

The third caravan’s cover, using a mechanical device quickly folded and reformed into a low barricade. Hao Ren switched Grungnir’s into blaster mode as Lily took a gulp of saliva as light glowed between her fangs while Vivian summoned lightning as the three of them taking cover behind the barricade, aiming and throwing all sorts of ranged attacks towards the pursuing Ebon Blade knights.

Three of them immediately fell to the attacks and turned into a balls of flames and fragments, yet the other knights did not show any signs of fear as they leap from their horses and activated their ‘Dragonmark’, and exploded into a strength and speed hundred times a normal human as they flanked the caravans from both sides.

At that moment, the three caravans had reached the bottom of the closing Greenwood Gate, a personal guard yelled as he fought, “Milord! There is a magic barrier ahead! We are going to crash…”

Rheia looked up at the barrier that was blocking their path and shot out a tiny energy bolt. “Stop disturbing my study session!”

And with that, the magical defense system created by the combined efforts of thousands of elven smiths and countless of human mages shattered into millions of tiny light orbs without a sound.

One of the pursuing Ebon Blade Knight actually managed to chase up to the speeding caravan as he menacing swung his blade at Charlemagne who was guarding Awenna. The latter had cold sweat all over him, he knew the power of the chainsword, as the superheated blade could easily melt metal, and the rapid vibrating blade could split walls and armor-like melted butter. But without any recourse to retreat, he bit hard and raised his heirloom blade against the menacing armored knight!

The next second he saw the terrifying knight smashed face-first against the caravan’s barrier as the armor and bones crumpled in a very painful fashion before his entire body slid down the barrier. The entire caravan shook violently under the sudden shock and caused everyone to worry if it would come apart the next second, but this weird carriage absorbed the shock well before darting deep into the Black Forest.

The pursuing knights and the gate guards could only look on at the originally ‘slow’ magic caravan blasting off in an incredible speed as they broke through every barricade and into the thick forest and could only exchange blank glances.

They, of course, could not take this lying down as an imperial officer ran up all agitated as he saw the caravan disappear into the distance, “Form up the riders! Inform the rangers in the woods! Release the lockdown signal! Do not let them leave the Black Forest alive!”

The soldiers immediately moved upon hearing the command as they shuffled quickly to their positions, but just as they were about to move, an Ebon Blade knight suddenly raised his arm as a formless pressure stopped everyone in their tracks and looked hesitantly at the direction the knight was looking at.

A gray mist had formed out of nowhere before the entrance to the vast forest, and the mist was roiling and swirling across the entire woods and sealed every known path in a blink of an eye. Within the sea of mist in the woods, it had become a wall-like barrier.