‎”The enemy has entered the city, Sir! We can’t stop them… They’re too strong. They’re the South Neva Union knights, and the morale of the soldiers is plummeting…”

‎The commander gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He had more than 5,000 soldiers in the capital city while the Union army had 3,000. They had the number and the walls, and yet they failed.

‎”Prepare to retreat. We have killed them enough, and we don’t want to lose our troops,” the commander said quietly, hiding his anger and frustration. “But we will release those things first…” he added.

‎The knight captains shared a look, knowing exactly what the commander meant. They had no choice but to listen since it would be enough to buy them time to leave. The Union army wouldn’t have the time to chase after them.

‎Thalior blocked three swords at the same time, and then pushed them away as he swung his sword at them. His attack with Aura imbued on the sword was enough to cut the knights’ torsos.

‎”Save the civilians! Don’t let the enemy touch them!” Thalior ordered as his watched his knights occupied the city slowly.

‎Even amidst the war, the Union army followed Thalior’s orders to not do unnecessary kills. They only immobilized and knocked out the enemy knights or wounded them enough to stop them from fighting.

‎Thalior noticed the Revolutionary knights were retreating, knowing they couldn’t win against the Union army. He then focused on the remaining knights to rescue the civilians and to treat them.

‎As the knights escorted the civilians, they noticed an unpleasant smell that had been lingering in the air. The longer they smelled it, the worse it became to the point it became pungent.

‎Suddenly they heard a loud scream from a woman in the distance. It was so loud that it echoed throughout the silence of the early morning.

‎Some of the knights went to check, but then they heard another scream from somewhere else. Slowly there were more screams all over the capital city.

‎”It’s the Corrupted, My Lord. There are at least twenty of them. They have killed a few of our knights,” Grayson reported to Thalior.

‎”What?! How can they be here?!” Thalior was shocked. “So that means the revolutionary parties have decided to side with the demons…” he clenched his fists tightly.

‎”What should we do, My Lord? We can’t kill them and to face them will be disadvantageous…” Grayson asked.

‎”Avoid them at all costs. We have Lady Aris who will deal with them. Focus on the civilians and their safeties,” Thalior answered without hesitation. “Don’t let anyone die if you can

‎Grayson nodded and then left to inform the knights to avoid the Corrupted.

‎Aris was standing on top of the wall, staring at the city with a sharp gaze. She sensed the Corrupted that were scattered in the city, killing people and even chasing the Union knights. She let them be for a moment since Videl needed to feast on the souls to grow stronger.

‎Once she waited enough, she jumped down and began to follow the most efficient route to eliminate the threat. She counted there were twenty-four Corrupted scattered all over the city.

‎On her way to find the first Corrupted, she saw a person standing in the dark alley, it was Videl in a different appearance. He was waving and smiling at her, enjoying his feast of devouring souls of the dead.

‎She saw the Corrupted ripped apart a woman’s body, and then took a big chunk of her neck by biting her. She swung her sword, killing both the woman and the Corrupted as an act of mercy for the woman.

‎She ran toward the next location, and didn’t bother to look at the dead bodies around her. She glanced to her left and noticed the revolutionary army was retreating to the west gate. She smirked since Rasmus was waiting for them outside the wall.

‎When she reached the second location, she saw five knights fighting the Corrupted. They struggled because of how strong the Corrupted was, and one of them got badly injured.

‎She moved so fast that not even the Knights saw her coming. The moment the Corrupted got cut in half, they only saw a split image of the armor that went past them. When they turned around, they saw Aris staring at the sky in that ordinary armor.

‎”Th—thank you, Lady…” One of the knights gathered the courage to say that.

‎Aris didn’t respond or react as she began to move again to find the remaining Corrupted. No matter where she went, Videl was there in the dark alley, following her without being detected by the knights.

After Aris eliminated all the Corrupted, Videl got enough souls during the war and the chaos. It wasn’t much, but he didn’t complain because that was just the appetizer when the real feast was about to come.

‎He went to the west gate and followed the revolutionary army that was retreating. He noticed there was a demonic energy among the crowd until he looked at one of the carriages.

‎”So you’re the one who oversees this nation,” Videl chuckled as he kept following them.

‎Their plan to keep the Union army busy worked really well. They managed to leave the capital city unnoticed, and for the commander, he managed to do his duty.

‎”I have unleashed them… I did what you were told me to do,” the commander said as he looked at the carriage window where the mysterious figure was sitting in the dark inside the carriage.

‎”You did a good job. We will reward you plentifully once the Corrupted have harvested the corpses of the Union army,” the mysterious figure responded.

The commander’s face lit up and then lowered his head to show gratification at the mysterious figure. Suddenly the knights stopped moving and the horses were neighing, attracting his attention.

“What’s going on? Why are we stopping?” The commander asked the knights at the front.

“Sir, there’s someone ahead.”

The commander furrowed his brows and rode his horse to the front to look at the person. He saw a knight from the South Neva Union standing tall on his own with the black sword stabbed to the ground. He didn’t like what he was seeing, especially as the knight was so confident they were on their own.

“Kill him,” the commander ordered the mages.

The mages pointed their staffs at the knight and cast fireballs at the knight without hesitation. The fireballs exploded and created a thick smoke, and they were convinced that the knight would die from it.

“Wait…” The commander raised his hand.

As they watched the smoke slowly dissipated, but suddenly the knight dashed in with a sword in his hands. They were shocked, but it was already too late to react since the knight had swung his sword, creating a powerful slash wave that cut the knights at the front line in half.

The commander managed to protect himself with Aura, but even so, his armor was in shambles and was thrown away from impact. He grunted in pain as he tried to stand up, but when he looked in front of him, he saw the knight single-handedly fought dozens of knights on his own. He was in disbelief when he saw how strong the knight was and how he could kill the knights with a single attack.

The mages tried to use wind and fire magic, but their spells couldn’t hit him because the spells disappeared before they could hit the knight. They were in disbelief and didn’t know what to do since both the knights and the mages couldn’t do anything to him.

“We need to leave… don’t let that guy reach near the carriage!” The commander ordered.

Some of the knights escorted the carriage away from the battlefield while the rest of them kept the knight busy. As the carriage was being escorted away from the battlefield, they saw flashes of lightning coming from behind them. When they looked back, they saw lightning bolts coming toward them and zapped them, creating chain reactions since they were wearing armor.

All the knights who escorted the carriage were burned to death, killing the horses and even breaking the carriage. The commander and the others knights were shocked by what they saw, and the fact the knight could create such a powerful spell as well.

“Who are you?” The commander asked nervously as he slowly got up and readied his stance.

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