1020 Sikas Retaliation Part 2 (1/2)

Jola's combat capacity had yet to recover enough to reach its peak. As such, Sika refused to bring him along, and brought Eleanor instead.

The temple guard led the way, while the main force marched with Duchess Guya's troops. Guya had to participate in such expeditions to show her loyalty to the Kingdom of Metatrin, as well as to train her troops. The other two duchesses mobilized a force of 10,000 respectively and handed their command to the general serving under Sika.

Saleen sent two items. One being a magic staff meant for death mages with a Blood Soul Tower set on top of it. It was something meant for Daniel. He would be able to collect some of the Holy See's troop's souls with it, which would enable him to advance easier.

The other item was the wind elemental badge. He had Sika take six Tempest Dragon-mights with her before asking for the badge to be returned. While the elemental creatures were not as potent in combat as the ancient warriors, the Tempest Dragon-mights were very good flyers. They would serve well as means of escape when things went south.

The temple's mages joined the ranks of crafting equipment in haste. Sika did not take many of the mages with her on the expedition. She brought all 12 of the ancient warriors with her, as well as six sorcerers, Eleanor, and Daniel; that was the entirety of her most elite fighting force. There were also more than a dozen grand swordmasters in the army, but they were not of much use to her.

As such, the equipment crafted by Jason and the others were very specific ones.

The metal titan reached Sika in two days. The metal titan was then more than 80 yards in height, yet it seemed condensed. Its body was covered with silver magic patterns, and its eyes were dark, looking like caves themselves.

The metal titan took a detour around the city and made it to Western town. There was a huge chariot of more than 20 yards long there, and it was equipped with a large magic cannon.

The chariot was a gift to Guderian City to pay the city for having them deploy their forces. The magic cannon was difficult to craft, yet the materials used were not all that expensive. The entire cannon package did not seem to be one that would last very long, and that was the intention of Jason and the others.

The large scale magic cannons that Saleen and the others used were ones that could easily withstand being fired at least 10,000 times. The one sent to Guderian City however, could only be fired little more than 500 times before it needed maintenance work performed on it by mages of Metatrin City, before it could be used again. The cannon was not equipped with a magic power furnace and required magic arrays to work the alchemic machinery in it instead.

Still, the huge magic cannon would serve well to appease the generals within Guderian City. The item allowed the pressure on at least one of the walls to be lifted by a considerable degree.

The metal titan pulled the huge chariot and cannon, and then ran with them in tow. Sika summoned her skeleton magic beast and took hundreds of Caucasus warriors to first reach the city of Duchess Guya—Guya City.

The Caucasus warriors rode on the Wings of an Elfs. There were not enough metal flyers around at that moment. It had taken more than a week to gather 200 of them. Daniel rode on the back of a Tempest Dragon-might. It was rather awkward. He was after all, grade-7, and his flight capabilities were lacking. Summoned creatures were capable of flight, but they required energy still.

Eleanor rode on a Wings of an Elf as well. The one she rode on however, was one that she had crafted herself. Its speed and defense were much higher than the ones used by the Caucasus warriors. The schematics that Eleanor handed to Saleen were modified ones. True Wings of an Elfs required the bloodline of elves to pilot.

The remaining six sorcerers rode on Wings of an Elfs as well. Everyone was familiar with the equipment, and riding on them allowed the sorcerers to conserve their stamina and magic chords.

Hundreds took to the air at high speeds and swiftly made it into Phoenix. They stayed at Huoxing City for a night, before Sika took her troops to the air and made for Guya City.

Sika reached there first, and the temple guards followed. The rest of the army was still around Huoxing City, as they were unable to move as quickly.

The city was left in charge by Duchess Guya's uncle. When Sika arrived, the man who was conferred the title of earl was very excited. If Sika had not simply landed right inside the city, he would have thrown a grand welcoming ceremony of sorts instead.

Sika's temperament was well-known by the nobles throughout the Kingdom of Metatrin. So long as one was reserved with their praises and did not go all out to suck up to her, Sika would never get angry or resent the one receiving her.

Sika had nothing but revenge in her mind at the moment. Her target was the tribunal army about 400 miles south of Guderian City. Common armies would take more than a day to get where they were. Only full magic armies, and one consisting of cavalry and infantry on wheels, would be able to get near quickly.

Things changed every day north of Qin. Sika feared that said army was sent south instead. It would be inconvenient for her to enter Qin territory.

It would not have done her any good being anxious with things. The duchesses' army would have arrived three days later. Those armies had departed early and was nearby. The metal titan, however, would not be able to arrive so quickly. The tireless metal titan, rushed by the sorcerers, took another week more than Sika to get through Phoenix and arrive at Guya City.

The Guderian citizens within Guya City felt restless. When Lex's letter arrived, Guderian City responded by sending out scouts immediately to keep an eye on the Holy See army.

Sika's target was an army of about 200,000 strong, which was setting up camp more than 400 miles away. Their target was a middle-sized city in the north, the estate of a marquis. The marquis agreed to Alchemy City's terms. Other than the two sorcerers stationed in the city, Alchemy City sent four sorcerers to help with city defense. The city was built sturdy and had yet to be taken down.