Chapter 536 - Book 5, Chapter 41 (1/2)
Book 5, Chapter 41 – Dawn's Fury
They had been ambushed! It was a trap set to lure in Greenland The Polaris soldiers were not weak, but they could not fend off so many deadly foes at once
But as they struggled, the whole outpost began to treh their conflict had awakened an earthquake A surge of power raced through rising up froround
Squall grit his teeth “She's still alive!”
The earth split open, and a forest of stony spikes were spat toward the sky
A nuuard Too slow to react, they were iruesome fashi+on
However thesesweepers they'd sent ahead By feeling the slight changes occurring beneath them, most were able to predict and avoid the attack If Dawn hoped this alone would do them in, then she was mistaken
A furious roar rang out froht in two
Dawn's body ascended fro platinuh her clothes were tattered, her skin was still smooth and luminous as jade No mark or wound marred its milky surface Dawn exploded onto the scene wrapped in an ieance
Inkspecter had launched that assassination attempt with his foul relic, Death and Decay This was the sarandfather After claieneral's life the relic had weakened, but it was still a deadly tool Dawn's aegis mirror was similarly powerful, but it had been unable to protect her frorandfather's former adviser
By all rights, even if that sneak attack hadn't killed her, it should have at least taken her out of the fight!
However the aegis mirror wasn't her only Temple-derived source of protection She bore another relic, froifted to her by Cloudhawk Because it was from him, she wore the silver armor all the time and never took it off Today it'd saved her life
“We'll hold them off”
“Miss, get back to the city and warn Cloudhawk!”
Surprise and relief painted the face of the Polaris soldiers when they san e off the Hand's advance They were s the ravine At least they could give their lives to make sure theirthe General's memory
Dawn did not reply She cast her eyes over heraze er that bloo volcano on the cusp of eruption If looks could kill, Inkspecter would be ash
This black-hearted traitor had lived arow into a worandfather's most trusted friend Even to this day, she found it difficult to believe that thisSkye Polaris
But the facts were there There was the proof, standing right in front of her She couldn't ignore the reality
Mr Ink – no, Inkspecter He was one of the devils responsible for Skye's death In fact, aside from Arcturus, he was the main culprit!
Daasn't there on that day She didn't knohat happened But it wasn't hard to guess If Inkspecter hadn't used grandfather's trust to lure him into a trap, Frost and Clay would never have succeeded As strong as Skye was those, two fools would have been pu him without some underhanded trick was out of the question
He was the one who randfather He was the reason the Polaris fa Dawn's life!
“Despicable traitor!” Dawn no longer had control over her anger She had to fight through the fury to form the words “Why did you do it?! When had my family ever treated you unfairly?!”
Dawn's hysterical questions booret flitted across Inkspecter's face
“Day after day, I warned the General that he was getting old, that he had best step down The world of the future wasn't one he could grasp He was a hero, but one of a bygone age Unfortunately your grandfather was a stubborn man He never did learn when to back away If he had only listened, ouldn't be here now His doo It would have all ended the same, even if I never lifted my hand”
Twenty years meant a lot in the life of a man It was impossible that he would have no affection for Skycloud and the Polaris family after so many years No, he was not heartless He felt for his former home Even if he was completely cold-blooded, even if his ambitions ran deep, he was still human
As for how he felt toward the old War-God?
He carried great guilt with hiht, honorable, transparent e it was corisly ends The only reason Arcturus hadn't ainst him sooner was because there had been no need The Master Demonhunter had any number of ways to eliminate the General, whenever it pleased him
His regret passed quickly and the stony expression returned “You call me a traitor? Then you miss the point I have never been loyal to the Polaris family My loyalties have always lain with Gehenna The people of Skycloud are my sworn enemies Once my identity was revealed, I perforeneral!”
Daas quickly starting to lose control over her emotions
“Hey, hey Don't you think we've talked enough?” Ravenous Tiger muttered from the sidelines “We aren't far from Greenland City We need to wrap this up quickly, othere'll have their whole army on our heads Cloudhawk isn't an easy sort to deal with, to say nothing of the people he's surrounded himself with”