Chapter 69 - Suppressing the Rebellion 1 (1/2)

Leifina would spend her time either playing with Ria, or honing her swordsmanship.

Yoo Kayoung and Song Anna were busy studying the basics of magic from the city’s mage. It was all due to the recommendation of Viscount Alsace, who was acting city lord.

“Sis, this area was the capital of the ancient kingdom, long ago.”

“Right, I heard of that.”

Yoo Kayoung and Song Anna chatted as they spread some jam on their bread. They were currently in Count Huntington’s manor, gathering for dinner as usual.

“Mom, when will dad be back?”

“Just be a bit more patient, I’m sure he’ll be back soon.”

Leifina responded, as she ran hair fingers through her hair. Ria had completely adapted to a human lifestyle.

She wouldn’t transform into her Dragon form out of nowhere and cause trouble. She stared at Leifina with her big eyes.

“Try this one, it’s really good.”

Undine, who was seated next to them, offered them some dessert.

Strawberry Cheesecake.

The red from the strawberry blended well with the white cream.

“Thanks Undine.”

Ria smiled as she accepted the platter. She then proceeded to skillful cut herself a piece using her fork and knife.

“Mom, go ah~”

Ria kept her mouth open as he brought her fork holding a piece of cheesecake to Leifina’s mouth. Basically copying what Leifina had done to her in the past.

Despite being a bit embarrassed to do so, Leifina proceeded to eat the strawberry cheesecake.

“Um… it’s delicious.”

“Feed me too, I’m also curious to know what it tastes like.”

Leifina quickly complied with her request, and as soon as the strawberry cheesecake went into her mouth, Ria’s face lit up.

“It’s sweet, I’ve never eaten this kind of dessert”

“Isn’t it? I had no idea that human’s food was this good.”

Undine agreed with Lefina as she wore a huge smile on her face.

She was also learning to fit in, here in the human world by following Song Anna’s lead.

As they were enjoying their meal, loud noises were heard from outside.

“What was that?”

“No idea...”

Yoo Kayoung and Song Anna immediately wore a worried expression. Leifina, feeling that something was off as well, stood up.

“I’ll go check on it, you guys stay here.”

Leifina was also a Gold medal officer, just like Lee Jaesung and Jung Sanghoon. She had the power to summon to her side up to 30 clan members which served under here, with a six hour cooldown.

So long as someone took care of Ria, it wouldn’t be a problem even if all of them were scattered about.

‘Did they attack again?’

Count Huntington had taken the majority of the troops with him to the capital to stamp out the rebellion, so there weren’t many soldiers left garrisoned in Hayswick.

‘First things first, let’s evaluate the situation.’

Leifina left the manor as she pulled out her sword Argent.

Night had already fallen, but she had a black machete in her belt slot, given to her by Woohyuk, so she was able to see just fine.

“Uaaaack!

“Kuhuk!”

Soldiers shouting was heard across the city, followed by the sounds of metal clashing.

‘I’m just barely too late.’

Because they were foreigners, the soldiers had been late to inform them of the attack.

As she arrived, she spotted a half animal half human creature, fighting the city’s soldiers stationed on the wall.

‘Are they monsters?”

Leifina had never seen a hybrid, because they were a race which originated from another world.

As she was reporting the situation to Woohyuk, someone swung a curved Scimitar from behind.

Chaeng!

Leifina gave her opponent an icy look.

‘What is it?’

Long ears like those of a fox, golden eyes that shone in the darkness and a long tail like a cheetah. It seemed to be some sort of hybrid mix between animals and humans.

“You are quite good, I thought you hadn’t sensed me.”

“Are you also a part of those rebels?”

“Our goals are simply aligned at the moment, since our people need new lands to settle on.”

Odd Eyed Katsy, their clan leader laughed like a cat. After their ally Akatsuki had been crushed, they worked together with Count Ludwig to come up with a new strategy.

In Count Huntington’s absence, they were to attack the city and take control of Hayswick. Their Hybrid clan was chosen because they could easily scale the city walls with their sharp claws.

“You can’t do whatever you want. This place is under the protection of my Lord.”

“Your reinforcements will never arrive in time. We have enough men to finish it all by tonight.”

The Odd Eyed clan were about 1,500 strong, half human half animal hybrids, whereas the soldiers stationed in Hayswick were no more than 500.

Without the protection offered by the walls, they couldn’t hold on too much longer.

“I won’t let that happen!”

“Good, then let’s fight! I’ve been too bored lately, not having found a worthy opponent.”

Hybrids had animalistic instincts and were innately aggressive.

As Katsy swung her scimitar, Leifinaused her Flash strike, and tried Ecclet’s swordsmanship skillbook.

Kalang! Chaeng! Chaeng!

They exchanged several blows for a few minutes, but as neither of them could gain the advantage, they soon broke apart and took the time to breathe.

“Looks like I can’t do this by myself. I’ll have to resort to a more dishonorable method.”

With a signal from Katsy, the Hybrids standing nearby rushed to Leifina. Gritting her teeth, she did her best to fend off all their attacks.

Hwarrrk!

A fireball flew past the furry beast, which had a rhinoceros head.

“Don’t hurt my mom!”

Ria was seen running over along with the rest of the party. She had essentially copied Yoo Kayoung’s Fireball spell, but because she was a dragon, it was several times more potent.

“Chit!”

Realising that these weren’t any ordinary foes, Katsy called over more members from her clan, causing the party to come under siege.