584 Abducting a young girl Part 1 (1/2)

In a dazed state, Sharman said, ”Brother Saleen, you are so ridiculous, what will we do now? My bodyguards are here and my sister will kill me.”

Sharman was exaggerating. Saleen simply smiled, then asked, ”Sharman, you are only sixteen years old, but you are already a Zun Grand Swordmaster. Have you ever thought of joining an army?”

”Joining an army?”

Saleen pondered for a moment, then said, ”The Metatrin family was the imperial clan during the fourth dynasty, and the nobles who were following us do not exist anymore, so my family needs to confer a new batch of nobles. If you are willing, you can follow me.”

”Brother Saleen, if the both of us die here your proposition will mean nothing.” Sharman's tone was getting more and more depressed. She was currently surrounded by more than five-thousand people, it would be a lie to say that she was not afraid. ”So what if I am a Zun Grand Swordmaster? It is already very impressive if I can survive this. What if I abandon my trusted soldiers and mages? Then that will be no different from dying in battle.”

”Sharman, if I can get you and that mage out safely, then will you follow me?” Saleen tossed the bait. Even if Sharman did not agree to follow him, he would still save her. The Rolande family was good in crafting weapons and armor, they also had many high grade smiths. If these smiths were be sent to Metatrin City, then Saleen would not have to sell ores anymore. Crafting weapons from those ores would fetch much more money.

”Follow you? What use am I, you already have a Silver Grand Swordmaster.” Sharman was astounded by Su's capabilities, she felt that she was insignificant. This made Saleen secretly jubilant.

”Su is my follower, but he still has to learn many things. I cannot let him leave my side. As for you, do you want to be a general?”

”General? You mean an admiral?!”

”Of course, an admiral who will command thousands of soldiers and horses.”

Sharman was really tempted. Her character was bubbly and lively, but she also had the virtue of patience. According to a mage's principles, it meant that she was slightly unpredictable. A person with such a character could not be a mage, but there was no harm for them to learn swordsmanship. To achieve victory in battle, she could endure extreme conditions, but she could not tolerate loneliness in order to learn magic.

With the same talent, she had picked up swordsmanship while her sister learned magic. It also was not some unacceptable thing for Saleen to make her a general. Since Qin had baronesses, it could also have female generals. When the empire was still in infancy, some duchesses had even appeared before.

”Humph, you better not lie to me, how many people could I command?” Sharman did not realize what was Saleen trying to do, she did not feel that she was very important in the Rolande family. Without her sister around, she would lead a tough life in the family given her character. Her arrogance was built upon swordsmanship. She did not feel that she herself was a qualified general though.

”That depends on your ability,” Saleen replied with a smile. He also knew that Sharman did not possess the makings of a soldier at the moment. Everything could be cultivated. Once Sharman became a qualified soldier, she might have already advanced to a Black Metal Grand Swordmaster.

Even though one's valiancy was not very important on the battlefield, a general at the standard of a grand swordmaster was a great morale booster too. Without the powers of a grand swordmaster, one could easily be slaughtered the moment they ran into a grand mage.

Even though it was challenging to groom a grand swordmaster into a general, Sharman was still very young, so she would have sufficient room for development. Tricking a grand swordmaster to jump ship was much easier than training a general into a grand swordmaster.

As for the usage of his grand swordmasters, Saleen had his own plans. With Jola having such a character he could only remain in Metatrin City. If he led soldiers out of the city, Saleen would be on tenterhooks. Saleen had high hopes for Su.

”Su has a great character. He also has no one to rely on in the Myers mainland, he only has me. Such a person cannot be forcefully recruited.”

As for Sharman, it would be Saleen's own mistake if he let her go.

They sat across one another. Just as they were experiencing silence, a thunderous boom came from outside the barrack. That was the ringing noise produced during a magic explosion.

Sharman's expression changed, but Saleen said, ”Don't worry, the bandits only outnumber us, they do not have any genuine experts.”

Since Saleen had a pretty good idea of the situation, Sharman held back her urges, she did not rush out to kill the enemies. Outside the barracks, torches lit the skies brightly. The battering ram delivered by the bandits had already knocked down the wooden walls and opened up to form a metal arch bridge. More than ninety heavy cavalrymen charged forward, ramming dozens of skeletal soldiers in their path.

The heavy cavalrymen were riding on metal-armored earthworms, they were not even afraid of the death scents emanating from the skeletal soldiers. The bones on the skeletal soldiers also could not withstand the impact from those metal-armored earthworms. The barracks were just up ahead, the heavy cavalrymen dashed up the metal arch bridge and made a beeline for the infantrymen below.

The infantrymen beat a hasty retreat. From both sides of the heavy cavalrymen, more than one-hundred undead soldiers pounced out. Under Aini's control, these undead soldiers kept going berserk. Exploding with immense might, they fought with the heavy cavalrymen.

The heavy cavalrymen riding on the magic beasts did not rely on their impact to fight. Even if they slowed down, the potential lethality was still massive. It would be very onerous to rely on infantrymen to resist this type of riders. After getting assaulted by the Berserk Undead Soldiers, the heavy infantrymen removed their longswords, then they began hacking about wildly. Behind the heavy cavalrymen, hundreds of bandits in lightweight clothing had already ascended the metal arch bridge.