Chapter 142 (1/2)
Chapter 142
Extra: Songstress 11
Rudel wore his white armor over his body, Aleist was clad in his black
The white and black knights stood side by side in the Celestia Castle courtyard
Fires were rising across the castle town and the townsfolk had begun their evacuation
Izumi darted out for more freedom in combat and looked around
“And now I’m surrounded”
The mechanized unit of the Gaia Empire
An elite unit thrown into dark, backroom missions, it was made up of those whose bodies were mainly mechanical
The three red eyed man who commanded that elite force held a barbed sword in each hand
A tail protruded fro it around, he looked amused as he looked their way
Across his visor, Rudel spoke to Izumi
“Aleist and I will handle this Izuo protect the princess You two, Na… masked woman I do not know”
Both Rudel and Aleist lowered their hips and readied their weapons
Those around kept wary of their every move
As Izumi remained wary of Emilio, Nate in her mask explained
“It’s alright Please think of hi Cleo-san, he is our comrade in arms”
Aleist also spoke to Rudel
“That’s how it is, so while I’ether… there are too many enemies”
Around then, the eneather
Why were so many able to slip in?
As he thought that, Rudel—
“How long has it been since we fought together?”
“Not since wetifests with you”
As the two of them started an out-of-place conversation, a number of the mechanized unit came at them
The one who called them to a stop was the three-eyed man
“Stand down!”
Rudel had smacked one to the side with his shi+eld, while Aleist had used the long-hilted swords he held in both hands to stop the attack of another
And once the enemy Aleist pinned doas cut down by Rudel, Aleist’s hands were free, and his unoccupied left-hand sword pierced into another foe
A reddish black oil spouted as the two ene away
The enemy soldier Rudel had bashed didn’t move after he collided with a wall
Rudel spoke
“Head to where Sakuya is If she moves, the castle will crumble”
The reason Sakuya hadn’t come to their aid was because the castle interior was still a juallies
But if they could make it to Sakuya, they’d be safe
“Her clumsiness is inconvenient at times like this”
And Rudel,
“But that’s what makes her so cute”
The three-eyed man issued orders to his men
“Cut at them with the resolve to becoht… take their heads, and glory shall follow for eternity! It will be a severe loss to Courtois!”
As the surrounding soldiers made for Rudel, Izumi took Cleo’s hand and ran off
“You two better survive!”
As the two of them raced off towards the enemy, whether Izumi’s voice even reached or not…
Millia ran watching their back, while Nate and Euard
Under his helmet, Rudel moved his eyes
As he fell back to avoid the spear thrust froht of a mechanized soldier, he turned and bead them doith his left-hand shi+eld
For the ene at his now-empty back, a number of black stakes protruded from his shadow to skewer them
Aleist was using both his hands to parry foes, and a number of enemies rushed at his back as well
Concentrating to produce shi+elds, the leaping soldiers collided with theround
Rudel turned to the ene under his helmet
“This is a pain”
Using his sword to sweep back surrounding foe, he moved to stand back to back with Aleist
Because of the ene reddish-black liquid around, the smell of oil was much harsher than that of blood
Aleist, his breath a little disturbed,
“There are too many of them Rather…”
“Right”
The oil spreading across the ground restrained their use of ic
Looking around, the three-eyed man was nowhere to be found
Aleist sighed
“Give it soh”
“I don’t think it’s so I’d rather avoid”
Would the oil on the ground ignite?
That was their worry
This was especially troublesoic output If the blaze spread, they would instantly find theh a sea of flames
“This is getting harsh, but… three-eyes is gone”
As Aleist cut down the foe co at him, he spoke to Rudel
“Who’s going to go?”
Hearing Aleist’s serious voice, Rudel thought just a bit
(They’re no weaklings, but if Aleist is wary of the man… will it be difficult for Izumi and the others?)
Rudel highly evaluated Izumi’s abilities
But he couldn’t ignore Aleist’s decision
“Got it I’ll handle this place I’ attention”
In his white arht
“But it’ll be troubleso definitely had a hand in this To the very end, he’s the worst”
A large number of enemy soldiers still remained around
(Good grief, where are they co, but for now…)
In order to let Aleist slip out, Rudel perforrand cut at the enemy
“Once you reach Sakuya, flee into the sky They won’t be able to follow you there… go!”
The tho ran off in different directions
Rudel accelerated, cutting down one enemy soldier after the next Perhaps they didn’t feel pain, as the enemy came at them without fear
(They really are troublesome foes!)
As he accelerated ind dragon, the oil scattered and stuck to everything around
Nearby, as if to observe hile soldier on the wall
(Is it about time they used it?)
As he thought that, the soldier took out so it Once the pipe-like iteht at Rudel
While Izuroup ran down the palace corridor, they found the three-eyedfor them
Running to the front, Elared at the man
“That was the shortest possible route Why are you here!”
The laughing three-eyed s There were sside ominous spokes