Chapter 18: Boundaries and Lines
Even after all these years, the nightmare still hangs over me:
I still hear the sound of the horses' hooves in my dreams;
Faintly, I could even feel the cold spear slashing across my neck,
I still don't dare to look at the beauty of the sun that I once loved,
It reminds me of the golden curtain of light that was like a harbinger of catastrophe.
If life can be restarted, I hope that I have never seen a wall of cold stone in this life;
If the devil is to be redefined, my mind is occupied by that figure;
Dominated by that fear, trembling at that power;
white mist, golden walls of light;
The mystery of the unknown is the meaning of death.
- Stamm's Notes
On the battlefield, many orcs had the same eyes as Garush, becoming drunk and hollow, with a strange smile like an addict on their faces.
Suddenly, the snow-white figure in the sky rose a second sun......
Byzantium held a golden half-handed sword alof, and a few inches from the tip of the sword, a golden ball of energy was like a rising sun, growing bigger and higher. If anyone were standing on the opposite side of Byzantium right now, they would be surprised to find that his pupils had turned golden!
I don't know if it was a magic prop or a blessing, but when Byzantium spoke, his words reached everyone's ears clearly, and his majestic voice echoed throughout the battlefield.
"In recent years, under the pretext that there is no consensus on the division of the frontier lands, you have repeatedly invaded the lands within the territory of Wu Bledso, and have repeatedly destroyed the lives of the people of our borders.
I want to be saved from slaughter, but what you have done is unforgivable;
Before today, it was a thing of the past, but I will deal with it today;
After today, there is a line on the side, there is a boundary on the border, and those who are not of my race, those who cross the line without permission, regardless of the reason, can be killed!
I, King of Bledsoe, Byzantine Lane, swear by the Lionheart!
Order, Descend..."
At the end of the word "descend", Byzantium pointed the tip of his sword at the ground, and the golden "sun" instantly turned into a wall of light and shadow, falling straight to the point of his sword.
Then, the Byzantine hand of the sword continued to pan in one direction, and the golden wall of light that fell from the sky spread with his movements.
The earth roared violently, and everyone present could feel the trembling of the ground beneath their feet, but before long, no one could hear anything.
They could only see large expanses of golden light constantly spilling from the sky, forming golden curtains, which continued to spread, from left to right, as if to split the earth into two pieces.
Garroush was still immersed in a wonderful illusion, and the golden curtain of light fell, enveloping his figure, and in a matter of moments, he was reduced to ashes and disappeared forever into the land of Navia.
The light curtain quickly cut across from the far side of the battlefield, skimming past the half-orc camp and rushing into the distance.
All the orcs in the path of the light curtain disappeared...... They didn't have time to make a sound, they didn't even leave any traces of their existence, all sounds and the trajectory of life seemed to be cut off by the light curtain.
No one could put into words what they saw, and it was the first time that Bledsoe's warriors had seen such a miraculous scene, let alone the orcs on the other side of the light curtain, who could only shiver and pray for the protection of their ancestors.
The suffocating sense of oppression and the earth-shattering, irresistible aura cast an indelible shadow on their hearts. The speed at which the wall of light moved was not very fast, and then it seemed to them that centuries had passed.
When the last rays of golden light disappeared into the air, Gunn's orcs were surprised to find that a long ditch was left on the ground that was more than a kilometer long, and about 40 centimeters wide and deep.
It just stood silently between humans and orcs, separating them, and all the orcs who had appeared in its tracks had returned to the embrace of nature.
The voice of Byzantium sounded again, and it became clearer on the silent battlefield.
"The line has been completed, this is the boundary, and those who cross it without permission will be killed. ”
Most of the orcs may not understand the Byzantine language, but just by looking at the situation in front of them and the tone of the King of Bledsoe, they know what is happening.
They still couldn't believe that the patriarch they admired the most had disappeared into the golden light without any resistance.
With his own strength, he cut out a rift that is more than a kilometer long, which ...... Are you really still mortal?
On the battlefield, a strange scene was born, the two sides who were still fighting and fighting before, now the orcs all had dull eyes, looking blankly at the boundary on the ground, and on the other side, Bledsoe's troops had begun to retreat and retract, ready to collect their troops and return to the city.
They didn't cross that line to wipe out Gunn's orcs, and they didn't regroup their defenses, seemingly unafraid that the orcs would continue to attack.
Perhaps they all knew very well that after watching the light curtain fall and feeling the energy that could be comparable to the power of heaven and earth, no one would have the courage to take the step of crossing the line.
Then it is enough, they are Bledsoe's walls, they are Bledsoe's spears, they are Bledsoe's soldiers, but they, by no means, are butchers on the battlefield.
............
On the way back to the city, Royce graciously invited Byzantium to stay in Lengshi for a few more days, but Byzantium only smiled slightly, shook his head and refused.
"I'm sorry Royce, it's a rare opportunity to come to Cold Rock, and I'd like to stay a few more days to see how the construction is going here...... However, it will be Astros soon, and I will have to rush back immediately. ”
Royce patted his head and thought to himself how he had forgotten about this stubble, Prince Kaye's coming-of-age ceremony was approaching, and how could Byzantium, as a father, be absent on such an important day?
Thinking about it, he immediately corrected: "Your Majesty, I was abrupt, and I really want to go to Astros." Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, His Royal Highness the Prince is already coming of age, I really look forward to it, he will definitely become a wise monarch like Your Majesty!"
"I'm sure he'll do better than I do. Byzantium paused, looking at his fellow winged lion. "Alasius, do you need to get back first? After all, Augustine's birthday was a few days before Kaye. ”
"There is no need for my friend, we should have more than enough time to go back together.
Besides, you know that there is nothing to participate in in our coming-of-age ceremony, when Augustine falls into a deep sleep, and when he wakes up, he does not know when...... I wish he had slept longer. ”
............
The Battle of Cold Stone came to an end, and it also kicked off the prelude to the year of the stars of the Navia continent.
Judging from the results of this battle alone, Garnt was definitely the losing side, and Byzantium not only resolved the border riots in one fell swoop, but also demonstrated Bledsoe's force to all other forces through the Battle of Cold Stone, which was a good deterrent.
However, from a historical point of view, Bledsoe was by no means the final winner of this battle, because from the very beginning, the purpose of the Battle of Cold Stone was not as simple as it seemed......