61 How to Rock (2/2)

”That's all I can promise... a chance... I saw it when Fool's Insight was activated. The enemy positions relative to ours,” I gazed into the eyes of the she-elf who'd been with me since the beginning of my journey into the Fayne. ”If Edo and Qwipps are able to bring us more reinforcements. If Ashley and Luca are able to break through this third line. And if Thors is able to draw off the enemy afterward... then we've got a chance.”

Aura's eyebrow was raised but there was a smile playing across her face too. ”That's a lot of 'ifs', Dean.”

I placed a hand on the bracelet she made me. ”Trust me?”

The fingers of her left hand played with the necklace I'd given her. ”Always.”

I nodded. ”Stick to my side and get ready to unleash firebolts until we're out of Magesong targets.... we need to break this line.”

Aura nodded and raised her staff toward the front. ”Ready when you are.” Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

”You hear that, Luca?” I glanced down at my brother. ”Aura and I are ready. What about you? Got your breath back?”

Luca, who'd been sitting cross-legged by my side this whole time, had been slowly reclaiming his breath which he'd lost due to overusing Foolish Strength earlier.

He rose to his feet and pulled out his broadsword from the ground where he'd stabbed it blade first.

”I'm ready... had to use Second Wind though... can't use it again until another long rest,” Luca explained.

”That's fine... I don't need you to go berserk until later anyways,” I hinted. ”Just make sure you've got enough in the tank to go through the mess in front.”

Luca nodded a little reluctantly. ”Sure... I expected you'd give me the hardest job...”

”I trust you most of all,” I answered hoping to boost his morale.

It worked. I could see the determination in the light of his eyes.

”By the way, Varda,” I glanced behind me and found my Quartermaster fidgeting with the hem of her chainmail shirt. ”How about some golems?”

The grin that appeared on Varda's face was the widest I'd seen it. She probably didn't want to feel left out as I'd instructed everyone else among the officers.

”Two unstoppable golems coming up, Commander,” she said happily.

”Tell Donar to get ready with his flame arrows, too, would you,” I said.

Varda saluted me before she ran to her magician's squad on the other side of the encirclement's inner area.

I kept my gaze to the rear of our encirclement which was facing back to the Magesong's second line. ”Hey, Thom!”

Thom, who was firing arrows into the rear of our encirclement didn't even deign to look behind and acknowledge me. Was it bad that I was getting used to this insubordinate treatment?

”Clear a path for Qwipps and Edo's groups while we move forward, will you?” I instructed as I knew he was listening. ”I want them following right behind us.”

Thom's answer was to raise his hand and wave it around. I took this as an affirmative. I didn't have time to debate him on the chain of command.

”Aura, tell our soldiers in the third line to pick up Magesong shields while we move forward. We're going to need them later,” I instructed.

”Alright,” Aura said.

Immediately afterward, she rushed to the rearmost line in our encirclement and gave out my instructions to the dwarves and elves waiting on standby.

I glanced to my left. ”Ready to rock, little brother?”

”Please...” Luca rolled his eyes. ”I was rocking hard long before you, Dean...”

This was true. While I liked alternative rock and hip-hop more, Luca was always more into heavy metal. And not the new stuff. He was into the old stuff like Kiss and AC/DC like dad was. It was the one bond they shared that I wasn't part of.

”Lead the way then, little brother,” I moved aside for him. ”Show me how it's done.”