Chapter 196: Knights
On May 24, 1247, the crows returned to Zenzar, and Eumengander had gathered five hundred armed spearmen from the south, three hundred Virgian longbowmen, five hundred native crossbowmen, and five hundred Kugit cavalry archers as the main force, and marched towards the weak northern blockade after putting their baggage and armaments in order. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
On May 31, the rebel army broke through the blockade and captured more than 300 knights of the Order, and the defeated cavalry team fled in all directions, and the rebel army, which occupied a small part of the territory north of the blockade area, also divided into two routes, the smaller wave led by Shi Ang and Kay went to the western Shadow Castle to force Daist to abdicate, and the large army continued to be led by Yumengande to the seat of the Holy See in the northeast.
On June 4th, due to the successful assassination of Wren Bravo, the son of Daist, Kay was able to lead the team to narrowly defeat Wren's patrol, and because their whereabouts had been exposed, a large number of patrols from Shadow Castle went around to round up the rebellious force, and the two adopted a stealth march policy, slowing down to avoid the eyes of multiple patrols.
On 6 June, a patrol led by Daist's second son, Moore Bravo, met the marching rebel legions in a narrow pass in the Black Soil, and Eumont Gand cleverly annihilated the patrol with terrain tactics, and Moore was killed in the confusion.
On June 7th, after three days of stealth marching, the westbound troops arrived at their destination - Fort Shadows, the last blockade in front of Shion and Kai was the powerful cavalry regiment led by Daist's eldest son - Ingres Bravo, in the face of insurmountable obstacles, Shion decided to start a life-threatening duel with Angel, and the high-spirited Angel also gladly accepted the challenge, but was defeated by Shion with a secondary weapon, and the black knights under his command swept the troops traveling with the two, and Shion and Kai, who had lost their backup, took advantage of the chaos to escape.
On 10 June, with the help of a close associate sent by Catrina Bravo, the daughter of Daster, Kai and Shion evaded the Knights' hunt and infiltrated the Shadow Keep. On the same day, the rebels of Eumengand, after losing more than half of their losses, managed to break through the northern blockade and reach the Holy See, where they reunited with Garnif and reorganized the upper echelons of the Church, completely purged the Bravo clan from among them, and gathered hundreds of papal warriors to march to the Shadow Castle.
On 16 June, the Order retreated in the face of the growing Papal army and fled into the Shadow Fortress, where Eumengande besieged the Shadow Castle with 1,000 soldiers and began preparations for the production of siege equipment.
On June 18th, a large number of members of the Bravo family surrendered under the pressure exerted by the besieging forces, surrendered the gates and let the besieging party enter the fortress, and the desperate Daist hid in the highest tower of the fortress, and Ingres held the upward stairway, the besieging side could only take the place through the only way, and Daist relied on Ingres's bravery to repel several waves of attacks, until Kai and Shion left their hiding place and appeared in the battlefield.
"It's you!Looks like I'm going to die here today!?"
After stabbing several enemies tied for a single shot, Angel was able to break free and face Shion and Kai who were attacking at the same time. The two dodged to both sides very tacitly, dodging the flying guerrilla gun, the tip of the spear pierced deep into the wooden pillar of the tower, and before they could react, Ingres's powerful heel attack quickly attacked, and Kai, who had no time to dodge, raised his hand to block it with all his might, but was still shocked back by the powerful impact and flew out of the tower fence.
Shi Ang, who had lost his backup, had to reconsider his tactics and planned to delay time, so he provoked: "Your recovery is really amazing, you were injured by a poison dart, but you can return to normal in just ten days, but even if I don't use small tricks, I can easily defeat you!"
Ignoring the provocation, Ingres directly pulled the chain and withdrew the gun, and with the help of Shion's great sword in the narrow staircase, he raised the gun and stabbed back and forth, repeatedly attacking, the astonishing force seemed to add a pair of vacuum blades to the blade, causing more and more scars on Shion's body.
"We've played each other three times and we've won and lost...... It's time to go all out against you!" After several unsuccessful encounters, Shi Ang was so angry that he quickly retreated out of the range of the guerrilla gun, holding his sword at his waist and taking a posture of Ium.
For enemies outside the attack range, Ingres followed the usual practice to throw a guerrilla gun, when he noticed Shion's move, he knew that it was too late, the greatsword was thrown out in an instant, and the murderous whirling giant blade quickly attacked, directly cutting the spear and chain in the air repeatedly into several pieces, although Ingres dodged the flying greatsword with his reflexes, but was vomited blood and flew back by Shion's next heavy kick, slammed into the wall of the tower, and slammed into the ground with the loss of center of gravity, losing the strength to fight again.
"You're done!"
With Shion's shout, a slash that shattered the skull struck from above, but was stopped by a flying impact spear at the last moment and lost his accuracy, Shion's sword as a finishing move slashed into the floor, and Kai, who was beaten out of the battlefield, climbed up from the initial fence and rescued the defeated Angle.
"Let him live, a good knight shouldn't just die!"
"Since you've said so, what can I do?
In the face of Kai's arbitration, Shi Ang reluctantly agreed, and put away his sword, but Ingres did not appreciate it, as a defeated man, he was already like ashes, looking up at the red-background tombstone flag fluttering on the tower, and tried his best to stand up.
"Ahem...... Freeman...... You're really strong, I'm overestimating myself...... And Keblake, you know mercy, it's just that I don't need this treatment, please leave it to my family, it's time to say goodbye......"
With the last of his strength, he pulled the half chain he was holding behind him, and the half-cut gun flew directly through the chest, and he died on the spot due to the piercing of the heart.
"He also has a son, Isaac Bravo, who was held during the siege, and we owe him his last wishes. ā
After this battle, the mood of the two was very low, and Yumengund, who was dressed in military uniform, also came to the current position with a team of men and horses, and explained the details about the son of Ingres, and his huge body was very inconvenient here, in order to make Daist, who was hiding in the tower above, realize, he raised his hand and broke a pillar several meters long, gritted his teeth and picked it up on his shoulder, aimed at the tower and threw it hard.
The long cedar pillars pierced into the outer wall of the tower, quickly alarming the hiders inside, and an old man in black armor and a steel helmet immediately poked his head out of the tower, apparently the eldest of the Bravo family, Daist, and the body of Angel, lying in a pool of blood, quickly came into view.
"Oh no...... All three of my sons are dead!You papal dogs have done your thing!Lost our family's bloodline......," the grief-stricken Daist scolded Yumengande and his men, who had lost hope in the family's loss of power.
"The regent of the Knights ends here, you have disgraced your ancestors, as long as you are truly convicted, the Holy See will still forgive you, now come down from there, it's over!"
"No, it's not over yet! how can I, Daster Bravo, be so restrained!? Die!" Daist shouted, rejecting the kindness, and took a crossbow and fired it downward, the steel bolt flying swiftly towards Yumengand's forehead.
The sharp-eyed Shi Ang immediately took out his big sword and cut off the crossbow arrow, and the last opportunity to vent his evil anger was also lost, and Daist even shed tears, pointing at Shi Ang and saying viciously: "You! You two Calradian bastards have actually become lackeys of the church." Kebrak is here for Catalina and Hela!And what are you for!?"
Shion didn't care about this, and leaned against the wall in boredom and picked his ears, but Kai became excited, stared at Daster's pale eyes, and asked, "Where are they?" Although my relationship with Katrina has not been established, you are her father after all, and their mother and daughter did not show up when the city was broken, please tell me their whereabouts, and everything will be fine." ā
"Put away your mercy and kindness, I don't need the concern of these cowards!"
Laughing like he had lost his mind, Daist threw himself out of the tower, fell fifty feet into the air, and crashed into a boulder to kill him, ending his mission to overthrow the Regent of the Order. In the following month, Kai successfully found his wife and daughter who were under house arrest by Daist, and the family of three lived a rare comfortable life. After three months of calm, Kai is invited by Shion to set out on another journey in search of the lost mystical powers for their original purpose in the continent......
Bidding farewell to their wife and daughter, who had not been together for a long time, as well as two apprentices such as Finreal and Isaac, the pair followed the signposts given by Garnif to the ruins of the Holy See where fierce battles took place hundreds of years ago, and opened the secret room that had been sealed since Medius returned to the throne in 50 AD - the Hall of Menus Magic Weapons.
At the end of a long corridor in ruins, the secret room that had been sealed for thousands of years was finally opened, and in addition to the stale smell and dust in the sky, there was also a faint voice calling for the comer to enter the sealed place.
When the dust settled, Shion quickly ducked to the collapsed wall and hid, leaning out to observe the movement behind the Seal Gate, and after making sure it was safe, he and Kai walked down the broken stone steps into the semi-open-air canyon passage with minimal visibility, and the sunlight shining through the thin slit less than a foot above their heads was their only guide.
"This is my last trip for Kebrek, and once this is over, it's time to return to Calradia, to Zenda's home...... But I have to protect Catrina and Hela, maybe I stay......"
Halfway through, Kai was worried about his life after that, so he mentioned it to his partner, and Shion naturally smiled when he heard it, and said: "How many Calradians still remember the old grievances, don't the Virgians and Kugit also integrate into Calradia? Even if you go with your wife and daughter, it won't be too bad, don't worry about it." ā
"I have a foreboding feeling that this exploration will change our lives......"
When he said this, a strong wind blew in the endless canyon passage, and a few gray sand fell from the cracks on the cliff top several meters high, and before they could recover their senses, there was a collapse behind them, and several boulders falling from the cliff wall blocked the loop.
"Don't crow's mouth, there is no way back now, you have to get through it on the way back, let's go. Still unmoved, Shion urged his partner to move on, and he took the lead in running into the depths.
After a quarter of an hour of trembling, they arrived at an extremely large space, according to the compass and map, Kai thought that they had left the land of the Holy See, and the sunlight only illuminated the center due to the angle of the canyon crack, and at the very end of the field of vision, a dark purple sphere flickered, accompanied by a heartbeat-like sensation.
The two of them can be described as masters of the arts, even in this atmosphere, they still choose to explore the darkness head-on, when they approached the purple light with heavy steps, a strong energy suddenly came from the ground, turning into a headwind and forcibly stopping the two of them.
"What's going on......" Kai sensed that something was wrong, and immediately took his knife and gun and scanned the surroundings, listening to everything going on, noticing some grinding sounds coming from the darkness in all directions at the end of his vision.
Suddenly, a bayonet fork flew out of the darkness, and Shion quickly took it, and used it to shoot down the scimitar that appeared in the other direction, and Kai also knocked down several flying swords with his impact spear, and was attacked in several waves in succession, which meant that in the dangerous darkness, some of the ancient guards had awakened.