The Thousand Year Dynasty
10. Sudden Assault
Late at midnight at the guard post not far from the east coast, three soldiers were performing night shifts.
The half moon still looks very bright among the stars in the dark sky. The reflection of his light seemed to be moving over the ocean.
"The situation has started to get more serious lately" said a Morra with curly hair, dressed in the uniform of the land soldier Pharos.
"really. Since the closure of the southern route by the kingdom of Urbar. They are indeed looking for trouble with us" replied another tall, well-built Morra man, who was also wearing a Pharos earth warrior uniform.
"Listen, the cause of all these things is Miss Anna and lord Nikolai coming to this land" the curly-haired soldier replied.
"I don't think so. I think it was the nobles out there, who were envious of the progress and success of this land" this time another man replied. Still a Morra in the uniform of the land warrior Pharos. He was wearing a protective helmet on his head.
"Can be. But there are a lot of people like that out there. What else has never known the figure of the princess" who was well-bodied replied.
"If only the Yllgarians would help. We will not be left out of people like now" the helmeted soldier said again.
"But it's like that, their character?" The haired one answered.
"But this is their land too. They also live here" the helmeted soldier replied back.
"Here we go, we don't have to talk about the Yllgarians. Let's get back on guard" said the strong-bodied man while walking out of the guard post. That was followed by that curly haired one earlier.
The strapping-bodied soldier seemed to pull his body up to relax the muscles. Then suddenly an arrow pierced his head.
"Poe!" Shouted the curl who was surprised to find his friend already lying on the ground with a drenched blood. But quickly the soldier was aware of the situation that was going on. "Warn everything. Under attack! There's attack!" Finished shouting, an arrow pierced the head of the curly-haired man.
"Finn.." the soldier wearing the helmet immediately crouched down to look at the two bodies of his friend with a frightened face. Then still in a half-bending position he ran to tell the other soldier.
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The sound of mine sirens shocked the trio of hunters who were asleep in their dwellings in the miners' settlement.
"What's wrong?" Huebert looked surprised staring around.
"I saw the fire from the beach" said Deuxter, who was on the window sill.
"Is there an attack?" Huebert asked who had gotten out of bed this time.
"I heard the sound of the sword fighting. Come on!" Said Loujze who was even fully dressed at the end of the door.
Without having to be ordered twice, Deuxter and Huebert immediately prepared and rushed towards the village.
"I hope we're not too late" Deuxter said as they left the miners' residential area.
Arriving near the village, dozens of soldiers were fighting. Some were seen protecting the villagers. The opposing soldiers appear to be wearing iron armor on the shoulders, chest and legs, just like the warrior Pharos. It's just that they use sword and shield weapons, while the soldiers of Pharos do not carry a shield, but wear a helmet. While the orange light from the fire that burned the village was seen adding to the horror of the atmosphere.
"What's going on? Did Urbar make an attack first?" Deuxter did not believe what he was seeing.
"Let's go save the people, Dex!" Shouted Loujze resuscitated Deuxter who had daydreamed for a moment.
Loujze quickly ran towards the village. Deuxter was behind him. He seems to have pulled out his gun.
The weapon looks like a gun but is long. Like the crossbow he had. Aksa named the weapon 'Long Barrel'.
It also appeared that a tube containing air pressure was at his waist level and a container of the same size, containing wooden pegs along his palm.
Huebert attached an iron pipe that was seen bending from the air tube to the bottom of his rifle. Then after charging his bullet, he started aiming towards the opposing soldiers from behind the shadows of the trees.
One, two, three, and the count of the fallen warrior's body continued to grow.
While Deuxter, who had now armed himself with a sword and a knife, began to advance towards the opposing soldiers who were targeting the villagers who tried to escape towards the Sekai forest. His sword was also equipped with electrically paralyzed.
The opposing soldier who was hit by his sword immediately fell limp, and the opportunity Deuxter used to stab his knife took the soldier's life. And in that way, Deuxter managed to survive and even finish off dozens of soldiers who chased the villagers.
While Loujze beside his small crossbow which is now attached directly to his right wrist, also carries a glove that has a sharp iron on the knuckles. Which is also equipped with electrically paralyzed.
He entered the village in search of the remaining inhabitants. Or trapped in the fire. And also finish off the opposing soldiers he met along the way.
And because they were outnumbered, then the opposing soldier managed to urge the retreat of the warrior Pharos. They retreat while protecting the villagers to the Sekai forest.
Huebert, who had run out of arrows, immediately ran out of his compound and helped the soldiers protect the villagers. While Deuxter began trying to survive from two soldiers at once.
While Loujze now looks out of stamina to face five soldiers. He was already unable to dodge as the sixth soldier tried to attack him from behind.
But when Loujze was preparing to receive the attack, suddenly a figure lunged at the soldier from the side. And then it seemed that following some similar figures also quickly ambushed the rest of the other soldiers, one by one.
Loujze was not aware of what had just happened, when then there was a disturbing screech, accompanied by the sound of dozens of flapping wings.
Dozens of Yllgarian bat-men flew in flocks over Loujze.
Then followed by another commotion from the direction of Sekai forest. Looks like some Yllgarian like a bear man running blindly stormed towards the opposing soldier.
Both Loujze, Deuxter, and Huebert looked surprised and began to feel relieved, knowing it was a help.
Loujze also finally realized, that the shadowy figure that ambushed the soldiers, was Yllgarian in the form of a pantherman.
Seeing this opportunity, it was immediately used by Loujze, Deuxter, Huebert, and the rest of Pharos' soldiers to continue the security of the villagers towards Sekai forest.
For the opponent, this was an extremely terrifying sight. Dozens of soldiers were seen starting to panic and flee while facing the ferocious rampage of fifteen bears. Also the attack of dozens of bats from above, and the deadly lunge of the panthers.
And when the rest of the panicked soldiers tried to run backwards, they suddenly fell from the space of dozens of half-bull humans covering the path towards the shoreline. As soon as they landed, the bull Yllgarians immediately ran their horns towards the soldiers.
Seen in the middle of a flock of Yllgarian like an owl man. They were the ones who had raised the Yllgarian bulls and lowered them behind the opposing soldiers.
While the herd of owls did not help the others attack the enemy soldiers. Their targets were ships carrying the soldiers to the east coast.
And after finding the hiding of the ships, which were behind a coral on the south side, the Yllgarian owls began to form. Then they looked down and began to grab the soldiers seen on the deck of the ship. And then throw it deep into the ocean.
The sight of dozens of soldiers who were thrown into the sea under the moonlight which was only half that, was no less gripping than the attack of the four Yllgarian clans on the east coast earlier.
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