Chapter 535 - Book 5, Chapter 40 (2/2)

Since the battle in the Northern Barrens, Dawn had only grown even further in strength Worthless thugs like this had no hope of giving her any trouble

These wastelanders were fierce but not fearless Dawn's opening attack was enough to scare them to their core Since bullets had no effect and it seeht for her, their efforts were pointless Fleeing was their only option

Dawn followed their retreat with a dark chuckle So stupid to think they could threaten Greenland with such pathetic strength!

She pushed Terrangelica further into the ground and, shutting her eyes, extending her perception through the earth

For a thousand meters all around, Dawn could hear the footsteps of her foes reverberating She continued to flood her weapon with potent will Spikes rose fro those frantic steps The sweepers' escape was brought to a sudden and bloody end

Soon, the dirt paths turned into rivers of blood

Eventually the Polaris soldiers caught up to theirto her side, they stared in aore Corpses hung fro to life, writhing in pain as blood leaked out into the ground

The soldiers looked at one another, faces pale Even they were stunned by the extent of their mistresses' power

Her devastating sneak attack had been taxing, but Dawn buzzed with elation This was the first tirandfather's death that she could fully vent her frustrations It felt like she'd been holding her breath all this tie was stalled, and that caused her endless frustration, even though she knew she wasn't prepared to enact vengeance

Dawn couldn't cry to ease her pain like a norirl She couldn't burden others with her troubles by talking it out, either Instead she had worked to turn her grief and anger into strength Rather than let it consuht to use her weapon as a tool of creation She built homes, warehouses, and farms until her th left, she used her physical ht until it recovered

It was grueling hich quickly becaan to harvest the rewards for all that effort

Her strength quickly improved Cloudhawk praised her efforts and the citizens of Greenland respected her for what she acco in her heart abated Dawn had no idea what life had in store for her, or whether she would ever win vengeance for her grandfather But at least for now, she liked where life had brought her

She would be perfectly happy living in Greenland with Cloudhawk forever It wasn't any kind of paradise, sure, but so long as he was there Greenland was her utopia

One of the soldiers trotted over with concern written on his face He was one of the fa into the randdaughter If so would have happened to you, ould never be able to show our face to the faain”

“These worthless worms are hardly wortha dignified and i every syllable “So worthless that it was foolish to think they could threaten Greenland Unless I' they were ordered to be here… so since you're here, you ht as well come out!”

Her loud accusation was answered by dark laughter “Heh heh… si rown up!”

The sharp sound of a blade cutting through air reached their ears But by the time the sound reached them it was too late, the attack was incredibly fast

“Watch out!”

Dawn's defensive shell was barraged by a dozen attacks in the space of an instant, and then caenta light caught Dawn in the chest, and the force of it flung her forty h three nearby tents

The Polaris soldiers didn't kno to react Figures appeared and closed in all around them

The leader was a lean and insidiousman, a fat man, an old man with three eyes, and several others They were few in nu The sneak attack that caught Dawn unprepared was launched by their leader

Squall glared at the Polaris soldiers and sniffed derisively “We aiting for Cloudhawk Instead, we got the Polaris dregs I didn't expect that the Elysian faence was incomplete”

The Hand of Gehenna had learned that Greenland housed strong Elysians It was in part what row so quickly What they hadn't knoas that their Elysian supporters were the illustrious Polaris family

Ravenous Tiger chortled and gloated “The glory days of the Polaris family are done Look how far they've fallen”

“Their commander has not shown himself” Inspecter shook his head and waved a hand “This lot is useless to us Kill them”