Abe the Wizard

all with me!”

But the guardian warriors were just standing there.
Everyone ignored Commander Harold’s orders.
The higher-ranking officers were bribed behind his back.
The soldiers never felt a strong connection to the duchy of Carmel, so there really wasn’t much chance that they would want to help defend against an army of fourteen thousand.

This was the scene that Commander Harold was looking at.
He felt his heart shatter.
The duchy of Carmel was better to these soldiers than the duchy of Thunder.
Yet, these soldiers were still stuck in their old memories.
The duchy of Carmel was not as prosperous as the duchy of Thunder.
It was a belief that they’ve indoctrinated themselves for their entire lives, and they didn’t plan on seeing things differently.

Commander Harold decided to speak only to his trusted death warriors, “There are nine of you, aren’t there? Come, fight with me!”

The nine death warriors screamed at the top of their lungs, “To the death!”

With that, Commander Harold rushed down the castle wall.
At the same time, he called for his black war horse with his sharp whistle.
Once he got on, he deflected two arrows with the knight’s big sword in his hand.

“My honor is my life!”

He took out a shield from his saddle.
Despite having checked that there were five hundred soldiers that were opening the gate, he continued to activate his charging technique.
One man was no match against five hundred, but knights were much stronger than warriors in their overall fighting capability.
As he would have it, he wanted to kill as many of these traitors as he could.

The nine death warriors followed him from behind.
They didn’t chant out anything.
In silence, they continued to swing the weapons in their arms.
Commander Harold was late.
After being held down by some of the traitors, he was forced to watch the city gate as it was forced open.

When the city gate was opened, a gigantic knight’s big sword appeared in their sight.
Fifteen head knight commanders were rushing in through the city gate.
By joining their combat qi together, they killed the traitors in their sight.
While some fell without knowing why they were killed, the others screamed and tried to identify themselves.

“Stop! We’re here to open the gates!”

But that didn’t stop the blades from killing them.
Soon, all five hundred traitors were mowed down within a few breathes.

“Knight’s charge!”

Commander Harold didn’t stop.
He knew that it was his last time to perform a charging ability.
He could feel his heart, the family crest he wore on his chest, and his boiling blood burning with determination.
He was going against fifteen head knight commanders, and without any surprise, his body flew and slammed against the city wall.

The nine death warriors did the same.
Soon, their corpses flew out as they followed one after another.

Commander Harold smiled as he drew his last breath, “King Abel will make you pay.
Remember that.”

Head Commander Ewall raised his blade towards Commander Harold’s dead body.
He didn’t like the smile this dead man had.
Something about it made him afraid.

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“Let me change that smirk on his face!” Head Commander Ewall said angrily.

“Stop,” Head Commander Job blocked the sword, “This is a knight’s corpse.
There are fourteen knights that are behind you.
Make sure you set a good example.”

“Sorry, I… I don’t know what came over me.”

Head Commander Job turned to one of his officers, “Send my words out, soldier.
Give everyone an entire day to claim this city.”

“Yes, sir!” the officer said gladly.
This was a city of wealth in front of him.
Of course, he’d be glad to tell the others about it.

“What?” Head Commander Ewall couldn’t believe what he heard, “This territory belongs to the duchy of Thunder! How can you send an order like that?”

Head Commander Job screamed back, “THIS IS THE FIRST CITY WE TOOK! Ewall, I’m only going to say this once.
Let go of your selfishness.
The soldiers need something to keep them moving.
Tell me, if you are going to claim rewards from the start, then who will be willing to die for this war?”

Head Commander Armand agreed, “I’m sorry to say, Head Commander Ewall, but we are just starting to fight a very gruesome battle.
We managed to get the duchy of Carmel at its most vulnerable, but things will only get harder.
Job is right.
The soldiers need something to keep them going.”

Head Commander Ewall wanted to speak back, but it was too late.
The fourteen thousand soldiers were busy claiming Neking City for their own.
So far, the only thing that they were concerned with was taking as much wealth as they could.

Head Commander Ewall murmured to himself, “But I’ve made promises to the noblemen….”

Neking City had forgotten about how gruesome war could be.
The noblemen were the ones who sold it to the duchy of Carmel, but now that the duchy of Carmel was being attacked, they were thinking about coming back as heroes who, supposedly, “liberated their homeland from its colonizer.”

Countless knights rushed in when the noblemen’s houses were opened.
They robbed everything.
Even the women were all taken away.
The food was the first to be taken.
After that, it was the jewelry, the gemstones, and the art pieces.
Everything was taken with war horses.
If they couldn’t take something away, they would just destroy it on the spot.
Any noblemen who tried to resist was killed.

The residents screamed and cried, but after a day, things became quiet.
Things became so quiet.
One would think that everything here died.
Head Commander Ewall sat inside the lord’s estate.
There were three local noblemen that were standing with him, their jewels stripped from them.

An old nobleman inquired mournfully, “Is this what you promised us, Head Commander Ewall?”

Head Commander Ewall couldn’t look him in the eyes, “The duchy of Thunder will pay you for your losses.”

Another nobleman said with red eyes, “Pay? Is the duchy going to pay me for my two sons?”

“My daughter…” another said with a very weak voice, “My daughter just reached her years.
I don’t know where she is now.
Curse you, Ewall.
Curse you.”

Head Commander Ewall was on the brink of his sanity, “The duchy of Thunder will pay for your losses! I swear it!”

Even he couldn’t believe his own words.
When the duchies left Neking City, there not a crumb of food left.
Everything was smuggled.
A few hours after the invasion, the angry commoners killed the treacherous noblemen with rocks.
Everything fell into disarray shortly afterward.

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Abel sat gloomily inside sky ship 01.
If he wanted to respond immediately, only three hundred knights could be deployed.
He could call out three hundred more, but there wouldn’t be enough time to make it.

The three hundred knights were all waiting inside the portal storage room.
The three sky ships hovered over Morry City.
He didn’t plan on landing here, though.
He didn’t need a city to defend against his enemy.
As he would have it, he needed a victory, the Duchy of Carmel’s victory.
Not his.

“Neking City was raided!” Abel read out the report he received.
He was angry and sad.
The information came from Morry City.
The sphinx knights were the ones who brought it to him.
He no longer had to hide the fact that he had his own sphinx knight squad.
It was now time for all of the Holy Continent to understand the might of the duchy of Carmel.
If he didn’t teach his enemies pain, they would just come after him again and again.

Now, three hundred was not a big number at all, but Abel had been investing in training this army of elites.
Almost everyone was above the intermediate level.
Half of them were advanced knights, actually.
This ratio was the first of its kind in history.
In the fourteen thousand he was facing against, only two hundred were advanced knights or above.

Head Commander Bodley thanked Abel with a bow, “Thank you so much, your Majesty.
If it wasn’t for your signal, my family wouldn’t have been able to evacuate.”

Abel was more concerned with something else, “The duchy of Carmel has far to little control of Neking City.
The original plan was to complete the integration process within five to ten years, but the war came and ruined everything.”

Abel was right to have warned Head Commander Bodley.
The five duchies wanted a full-scale battle.
They didn’t plan on taking hostage of people from the duchy of Carmel.
They wanted everything that the duchy of Carmel had.
They were even willing to ignore the tenets of knights for it.
What happened to Neking City gave Abel the moral high ground.
As far as he knew, his enemy was a massive group of thieves and robbers.

Head Commander Bodley spoke, “Our numbers may be few, your Majesty, but I have confidence that we can hold against at least ten times our total number.
With the sky ships and the help of the sphinx knights, we have a pretty good chance of winning.”

Head Commander Bodley wasn’t as confident as he needed to be, but his report wasn’t quite off from the truth.
All three hundred knights were wearing magic knight equipment that Abel made.
The mounts they rode grew up eating wheat that was grown in a mana-rich environment.
Their diet made them much sturdier than the vast majority of war horses that lived on the Holy Continent.

Abel could go on and on to persuade Head Commander Bodley, but he decided to stay quiet now.
It was much better if he would just show that he was well prepared for this battle.

Once Head Commander Bodley rallied up the three hundred knights, the three sky ships also ascended into the air.
To make sure that they weren’t easy targets, Abel opened up defensive circles and camouflage circles that covered up the entire vessels.
It wasn’t enough to make them become invisible, but it was enough to change their black cover into the same color of the white clouds floating about.

The fourteen sphinx knights docked at the sky ships.
Abel didn’t plan on just intimidating his enemies.
He wanted the enemies to come in as close as possible.
That way, he would deliver them a blow so devastating that they couldn’t recover from it.

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