Chapter 43 Berserk (1/2)

The heavy snowfall was obscuring the view.

On the top of the granite wall, was a flag painted with two hands bearing swords fluttering along the direction of the wind.

Meanwhile, a young guard was standing on the towering central tower where he looked out into the white plains and the mountains around. His had his thoughts removed from his mind for the moment, not thinking about anything at all.

The vapor condensed into white mist as the man exhaled. This young guard was called Anruya. He was breathing in the freezing air all around him. He felt as if the cold air had passed through the thick layer of cotton he was wearing, reaching deep into his body. Because of that, he felt an intense chill throughout his body and sneezed, which made him recollect himself.

”I'm really crazy to stand guard in this post in the middle of a snowstorm!”

Standing up high in the middle of the snowstorm yelling aloud with a trembling tone, Anruya felt as if he was already frozen solid while he was holding his shield and his weapon. He felt unbearably cold at the moment. Both of his legs and feet were numb to the point that he could barely feel them anymore. Swiping off the frost forming on his eyebrows, he clenched his teeth and muttered to himself, ”Anruya, just hang in there. Just hang in there for ten more minutes. It's almost time to switch shift. Just a little longer.”

While comforting himself, the young guard began to move his body around under the countless snowflakes. He wanted to move his stiff muscles so that they could move more smoothly. However, the attempt was futile, as the frosty breeze kept coming at him blowing the little body warmth inside of him away. Anruya could not help but feel that he was about to be frozen into a block of ice. ”Why must they put the control panel of the city gates at a high place like this…”

Right underneath the middle tower was the south gate of Moldavia. The gate was a gigantic mechanism made by the northern rune dwarves. The mechanism was using gears to lift the gate up and down. It was ten-meters wide, five-meters thick and ten-meters tall, made of 4,200-ton solid steel. The main idea of constructing the gate as such was as long as the gate is closed, it would become impossible to open the gate even if it collapsed. Therefore, it would be better to think about how to break the black granite wall which was twenty-five-meter thick than thinking about blowing the reinforced steel gate open.

Truth to be told, only the dwarves living in the magma of molten iron had the ability to forge materials. If that amount of metal could be forged into weapons, no one could tell how many soldiers could be armed.

Of course, regardless of any hearsay, this was merely a gate. It was just slightly thicker and heavier. Meanwhile, the control panel responsible for the opening and closing of the gates was right beneath the tower where Anruya was standing on. That was also the reason why there would still be someone standing guard on top of the tower in the middle of the snowstorm.

”It would have been so much better if they could just shield the tower with a layer of glass. It wouldn't affect anyone from observing the surroundings as well. So tell me, people on the top, why didn't you…”

”Anruya!”

While he was complaining, the young guard suddenly heard someone shouting his name by the bottom of the wall. The voice sounded anxious.

He could not help to have a feeling that something was off. It was still a little while away before his shift ended. Could it be that someone felt pity towards him and came earlier to take his shift? It would be much better if that was true.

”Speak louder!” In a trembling voice, Anruya attempted to reply with his hoarse voice due to the cold. ”Anything?”

”Mon...ster… invading… Close the gates!”

The voice coming from the bottom of the wall became louder. However, the sudden howling of the wind had covered the muffled the voice. The young guard could only hear the faint command 'Close the gates' which was strange.

”Wait, what? Close the gate? But why? I can't hear you clearly!”

Taking a step forward, he went up to the control panel covered by runes. Anruya then grabbed onto the handle of the panel. Although he trusted his comrade very much and was ready to close the gates, he still hesitated, with a perplexed look on his face.

”When the gates closes, it can only be be reopened after two hours. We would need to wait for the runes to be fully charged!”

”Enemy attack! Close the f**king gates, now! Use the fastest way to close it, now!”

This time, the voice that was embedded with Combat Aura had finally broken through the snowstorm and completely boomed into the ears of the young guard. Meanwhile, Elson could tell that the voice belonged to his commander. The extremely anxious voice berated, ”Anruya you stupid boy! I'm going to die if you don't close the gate now!”

”Where the f*ck did the enemy come from?!”