Chapter 40: Heroes
Stan rode quickly towards the point where the smoke was rising, Nerfi following closely behind him. Gradually, the sound of shouting and killing came to the ears of the two from far and near, and a big battle was being staged.
In the distance, the walls of a city appeared at the end of the horizon, and the dense crowd under the walls crowded together, brandishing swords and slashing at each other, and it was impossible to tell who was on either side. But it was clear that the side with its back to the walls was at a disadvantage, and the front was slowly advancing towards the walls.
"That must be Fadar's defenders, hurry up, they need our backup!" Stan kept his legs urging his mount to pick up, but it was already the fastest speed of the horse, and even Nerfi's horse was left behind.
"Wait for me, Stan!" Nerfi chases after him, but Stan doesn't care about it at this point.
As the walls get closer, Stan sees the battlefield clearly. The defenders of Fadar were almost crushed under the walls, and the archers on the walls continued to shoot their bows and arrows at the dark tide, but they could not stop the progress of the demons and ghouls. On the frontal front, the human army is completely suppressed, and human soldiers are constantly falling, while the ghouls are falling much slower.
Seeing that the human army was retreating, the soldiers' faces were full of despair, and they just resisted numbly. Stan is so anxious that he can't fly over right away, even though he is fast enough and Nerfi is dozens of yards away from him.
"Stan, wait for me, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. Nerfi's voice comes to Stan's head.
At this time, Stan's brain was already occupied by the battle situation in front of him, and he couldn't care so much at all, only to see that he finally rushed to the side of the line only a few dozen yards away, and was about to rush into the formation in an instant.
Nerfi chased after Stan in a hurry, but his horse couldn't catch up, so he had to cast magic on his horse, and several arrows of light quickly caught up with Stan from behind, and rushed into the formation at the same time on both sides of him.
Stan drew his sword and roared, and the powerful impact instantly knocked the outermost ghouls into the air, and then the knight's sword slashed through the ghouls in front of them, and the ghoul's emaciated body was split in two.
The ghouls on either side tried to pounce on Stan and pull him down, but arrows of light wrapped around Stan and passed through the ghouls unhindered as if they were through pieces of paper. The struck ghoul immediately stopped all movements, and after a few seconds, it was reduced to ashes and flew into the sky.
The arrow of light did not weaken when it hit the ghoul, but continued to surround Stan, quickly passing through the lines of the two armies with him, and disappearing everywhere he went.
The rise of the Stan-killing had crossed half of the battle line in a blink of an eye, and suddenly there was a commotion not far away. The knight looked over and saw a demon in armor sitting on a horse, slashing left and right, and the human soldiers were powerless under his sword, obviously this demon was unusual. Stan turns his horse's head and redirects towards the demon, while the Arrow of Light continues in its original direction.
Just a few heartbeats later, the demon was close at hand, and the Faceless One was raising his sword to cut it down, when Stan roared and swung his sword from behind. Sensing the threat behind him, the demon abandoned his immediate target and turned to defend with his sword. Unexpectedly, Stan's sword was too powerful, and the two swords collided violently, and the huge impact lifted the demon off the horse's back. The Demon Eye grabs Stan's clothes the moment he falls, pulling him off his horse as well.
Stan rolls twice on the ground and quickly stands up, his eyes fixed on the demon in front of him. The other party seemed to be very annoyed by his sudden appearance, his body heaving violently, staring at him motionlessly.
"Stan! is that you?" said Fren's voice.
"Fren, great, it's finally in time, protect your lord!" Stan now understood why the demon was so angry, as long as he was a few seconds late, Lord Fadar's head would be the demon's trophy.
The surrounding knights quickly surrounded Fren, so dense that not even a fly could fly in, and the ghouls began to charge again, engaging the defending knights.
No one bothered Stan and the Demon anymore, and they just stood facing each other, as if the battle around them had nothing to do with them.
"Come on, Stan! I'm coming!" Nerfi's voice comes to Stan's head. The next moment, Stan rushes out, pressing all his strength on his sword and slashing at the demon.
The corners of the demon's mouth curled slightly, and Stan's blow with all his strength revealed a flaw that was too big to kill him. The demon stood silently until Stan's sword was only a position away from him, when he suddenly swung his sword forward and stabbed it straight into Stan's side.
Stan sees the demon fighting back, but he doesn't care, still focusing on the sword in his hand, knowing full well that Nerfi is behind him.
A golden light flashed, and then the screams of the demon came as expected. An arrow of light passes through Stan's armpit and hits the demon's right hand, and the golden bolt pierces through the demon's withered hand and flies backwards at high speed.
The counterattack has failed, but Stan's sword is already in front of him, and the demon is no longer able to dodge, so he can only raise his remaining left hand to resist. The sound of the blade slicing through his body was so beautiful to Stan's ears that the demon's left hand was cut off without incident, along with his left shoulder.
The demon howled and jumped away, and before he could hit the ground, a second arrow of light was already coming towards him. But the demon is not so easy to deal with after all, I saw that the demon who had lost two hands actually rolled in the air, and forced himself to stay in the air for an extra second, it was this second that allowed him to dodge the deadly attack, and the arrow of light grazed his body and flew below.
After this difficult dodge, the demon could no longer stabilize his body, and could only fall heavily to the ground. As soon as he stood up on one foot, Stan was in front of him again, and the knight's sword swung sideways, and a third arrow of light flew under Stan's crotch, forcing the demon to jump and dodge the double attack.
"Now, Stan!" Nerfi's voice rang out again, and Stan didn't hesitate to slash upwards with his sword in both hands. Stan's hands feel considerable resistance, as if he had cut down a dead tree, and his hands were numb from the shock.
The demon's body split in half fell to the ground, and almost at the same moment, the surrounding fighting stopped. Both the human soldiers and the ghouls turn their heads to look at Stan. The knight gasped for breath, and before he could recover from the battle, there was a demon under his feet that could no longer move.
The ghouls dropped their weapons and retreated, and even the other demons in the distance retreated, and the human soldiers regained their momentum and began to fight back.
Stan stands where he is, and suddenly realizes that he is exhausted, so he straightens up and looks in the direction the soldiers are gone.
Fren ran towards him with the rest of his soldiers. "Hero, Stan, you are a hero, you saved Fadar!"
"Hero!Stan!Guardian of Fadar!" the soldiers chimed in, voices rising and falling.
The soldiers in front of him also run back and join in the cheers, and the crowd shires Stan in the middle. "You saved us, Stan! you're our hero!"
At this moment, it was as if Stan was the center of the world, and he stood in the center at a loss. Nerfi stood on the periphery, quietly watching this scene, but her heart was already excited.