Chapter 695 - Book 6, Chapter 87 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 87 – The nobody

Skycloud's enchant the city to attack Commander-General Ash Farran was dead at Cloudhawk's hands These changes were sudden and the defenders didn't have time to mount a reaction For the Green Alliance, it was the perfect opportunity

Green-cloaked soldiers hefted their weapons, screaed into the city The first assault had involved maybe a tenth of their total forces, but once the enchantment fell that number increased to sixty percent

Thousands of wasteland airshi+ps stea the units – soldiers sitting aside variousthe crossfire and toward the front lines without fear of death

The Cloud God, the Khan of Evernight, Janus, Frost and others… the Green Alliance's htiest closed in on all sides

Cloudhawk had teleported alone into the center of the city, which put hih he would be surrounded Scores of deh to threaten even his tenacious life

The Khan of Evernight appeared, riding a shadowy bird captured from the ancient Great War battlefield It was so fast that ordinary people had trouble following as it advanced That's why it was called the shadow bird – the creature was so fast the beaot close Explosions sounded, but their fires never fell upon the Khan or his mount

This was their one chance to save Selene If they failed, she would be lost to the God King forever

Years ago the man had resolved to cut hi he'd once knoas gone, as far as he was concerned – the rest of his days he would spend as half-er The Khan couldn't maintain his apathy, for even a steel heart beat for family

As a father, Baldur had failed miserably

He couldn't appear before Selene as the monster he'd becoo The Khan of Evernight was nothing but a stranger

“Stop hiryphon riders spread out to try and block his path It didn't stop the shadow bird fro into the blockade at full tilt Its dark feathers drank in the flaed all around

With neither reigns nor harness, the Khan still stood on the beast as though nailed upon it However fast it went, whatever roll or turn, his feet neverthe best re to the Temple, they reacted quickly to the shadow bird'saround to try and encircle the Khan

Nox's Governor stared at thee closed in his flickering vision was not fixed on the present, but twenty years in the past

“Dad, they've named me top of my class at the demonhunter acadeirl breezed through the room, carefree as a butterfly Her face was full of pride as she looked up toward her father for encouragement Baldur wrapped her in a joyful embrace “Did you want to be first in your class?”

“Of course” She rubbed her button nose “What I want is to be the best and the strongest That's the way of the Cloude fa first A lot of people will look up to you, some will hate you There will be expectations”

“Well I have you, dad And Zephyr, and uncle Sterling and uncle Arcturus I've got lots of help, I'm not scared!”

“Ah, child… one day you'll understand that on't always be by your side” Baldur looked down at his talented daughter with a conflicted look in his eyes “Eventually you'll learn that life is lonely What you need to do is be true to yourself”

The de their attacks Others used crossbows to fire a hail of bolts at the Khan His ht in that old memory – like a scene from another life

Yet as the foes reached hiht, and a purple blade appeared in the Khan's hands With a screech the beast beneath his feet went into a spin as he engaged Streaks of purple twisted through the air like a drill head, punching a hole through the blockade

Dozens of men and their riders tumbled behind hith and ability

The Khan's swords never stopped and anything in his as carved to pieces Even an Elysian warshi+p got too close It pitched to one side and fell toward the ground with dozens of deep cuts through its hull

On the ground nearby, Janus was tearing across the ground with a dozen copies of herself She looked up at the Khan and the two met eyes They raced toward the center of Skycloud

Not long after they arrived a terrible wave of , so vicious that dozens of nearby deround They convulsed as blood poured from their every orifice It was quickly followed by a wave of cold that froze them all solid

The Cloud God, the Khan, Janus and Frost had arrived They stood around Cloudhawk and assessed the situation Wolfblade, Abaddon and Autuathered here would be enough to confront the Temple