"You... Aren't we all allies?"
Baffled by the shift in situations, I try to reaffirm his standings. But with a smug look he replies with,
"That's true, but whoever wins in the end is still win for both side. Isn't that true?"
"You... Haah..."
(She predicted this would happen, let's just follow the script Yoo-Sui gives).
I took out my notebook and starts reading,
"Belluga Hwa-Jin, Duke of Punguleil, Fleet Admiral of the Belluga Armada, and Hero of the Coalition. In your pursuit of-"
"Hey, young one."
"Huh?"
"Stop reading off the script and just say to my face so that even my precious grandkid can understand. There's something you want to tell my cute granddaughter right? The reason why you hasten that young Iseon plans too."
Juha who's still here to listening got curious as she asks:
"What do you mean gramps? Sova, do you know something? Did Yoo-Sui nim said anything?"
As I ponder about the conversation I had a few days ago, I nod and read a couple of pages in my notebook before putting it away replying:
"Juha listen, this Civil War is nothing but a sham. They're both lead and controlled by the Phoenix. You remember what I told everyone with Guildmaster Han-Woo?"
"Huh? You can stop your rambling-"
"Listen close, Juha. She's telling the truth."
Hwa-Jin egg her to continue listening and when she's willing to listen, I continue saying:
"It's now a matter of union. There's no way the people above and below would work together when all of you have chips on your shoulders. So, in order to make sure only the brightest minds and competent lives survived, Sis Yuwei devised a plan to gaslight everyone to working together, and clean the slate while at it."
"No..."
Juha speechless and probably filled with so much questions she probably can't pick which to ask first as I continue saying:
"Let me say this again, I am the Silencer Under the direct command of the Empress Yuwei Zhihuang. I am and still remain loyal under her. All I can say is, with the kindness you all showed me, I will make sure this war ends with as many people surviving... Sorry Juha, I really hope I didn't have to this..."
I turn to Hwa-Jin who's been waiting and I ready my heart. Remembering in case the Colonel and his entourage decides to do something. I remember the few spells from the pages I learn practicing with Yoo-Sui. I summon my halberd before casting:
"[Larie Nahxis]"
Wrapping her neck beneath the axe of my halberd amidst her confusion, I cast a spell beneath her feet that summons chains constricting Juha in her place.
"Eh? This is... Magic?"
*Shatter*
Juha's eyes widened with my action and Hwa-Jin shatters his chain easily as he pulls a knife from under his sleeves and push it close to my neck saying:
"Put your weapon away, young Sova."
"That won't work on me when I can still move without a head."
"Ugh!"
I ignore his threat and pull the axe closer to her neck that it pushes through her skin that a thin layer of blood drip. The hands holding the knife tremble as I ignore the fuming rage he directs and continue saying:
"Here's a very straightforward message, Elder... Last chance, Admiral."
"Sova? Gramps?"
Juha asks bewildered and panics as I understand why. I grit my teeth and continue my threat saying:
"You should be lucky I'm the one here, your family wouldn't be so lucky if the one standing before you is someone else, especially Yoo-Sui who must be furious at this development."
The knife pointing at my neck slowly inches away ending with Hwa-Jin fell on all four saying:
"I'm sorry, Juha... I... I failed everyone. This is all my fault... Everything starts because of me!"
"Gramps! What is going on here!? And let me go, Sova!"
I pull my halberd away replying:
"Sorry just a bit more..."
I walk to Hwa-Jin with the spear tip of my halberd at Juha's neck and crouch near his ears while he is downtrodden whispering:
"(Since you're the one who ask for aid, you promised you won't pull anything undeserving. We at Heaven take promises very seriously, so, I do hope you can still be the man of honour everyone speaks of. Just this time, I'll take this as your granddaughter kindness being repaid. We're even now.)"
(I may not know the full picture, but I did learn many key pieces I can use as per Yoo-Sui's instructions...)
I look back at the defeated Hwa-Jin and remember what Yoo-Sui said...
"(I hate this job)."
Hwa-Jin let's go of his knife and I kicked it away before releasing Juha. She rush to Hwa-Jin asking:
"Gramps!? Are you okay!? Is there something more you wish to say!?"
Before she looks at me shouting:
"Sova, answer me!"
I try to smile replying:
"I don't know how it goes hut since he accepted the last chance, we manage to remove his death penalty."
"Like hell it is!"
*Grab*
Juha walks to me and grab me by my shoulders shouting:
"Don't bullshit me! That isn't a conversation about pardoning or even judgement. What is happening!? And what did you do to my grandfather!? Tell me what you know!"
"I did nothing, he simply reap what he sow, and I'm here to make sure everything doesn't rot."
I shrug Juha's hands easily and continue saying:
"Since we're done I have somewhere to go, so I'm gonna go prepare."
"Sova... You...! Are you really fighting for Silla?"
As she ask, something clicks within me as I come to an epiphany on why I'm doing this.
"No, I'm doing this for all the people I befriended, but most importantly it is for both you and Yoo-Ah. While this kingdom is beautiful, I'm sorry but... Honestly speaking I have not much attachment to it."
"You... Who are you?"
Juha painfully curl her lips down asking another question and I can only answer with,
"I'm Sova Anmao a Silencer under the direct command of the Empress. Now that situation has change, I need to do something. You can ask your granddaughter for more details since this deal has been going on before we were even born."
"Sova stop..."
Juha holds my hand as she tries to stop me again and continue with,
"I don't know what my grandfather did, nor can I see the full picture, but one thing I'm certain is that... This Kingdom is in turmoil, our people are dying, and the only way we can quickly solve it is by ending this whole debacle. So... Absolve my grandfather of his debt and duty!"
"Huh?"
I turn around wondering what she meant before she press her hand to her chest shouting:
"I'll be the one to fulfill his role and stake my life on this!"
"Excuse me?"
"Juha? What are you saying!? I won't let you carry this burden!"
"Quiet gramps! You're the one who cried and bawl it all on yourself so it's time someone take the helm! I may not like the idea of our lives being controlled and thrown away like toys but it can't be help for now when we needed them. So, what do you say, Sova?"
"Um... That's... I think we should ask Yoo-Sui about that-"
"Then that can wait after this! Tell me what should we do now? What did my gramps do that changed your predicted outcome?"
"W-Well..."
"Spit it out! Time is of the essence is it not!?"
"The plan was supposed that The Colonel's will be playing the defensive and give out a grandiose last stand. With me as her representative, I would be the one pardoning everyone and ensure there would be as little casualties as possible for reasons they only knows but... Seeing as how the Colonel has somehow defeated Princess Mi-Ok, I doubt they would bring them back. And... As for your father, I really don't know nothing about him."
"I see... I suppose there's no rest for the wicked. Now that we defeated gramps, Lord Song-Iseon is next right?"
I nod along replying:
"Yea, but I think we should try to find survivors first. There's no way, the Colonel actually wiped them out completely right?"
Juha taps her restless toes and nods replying:
"That's true, else they wouldn't be able to send that distressed call... And Sova."
"Yea?"
Juha holds my shoulder saying:
"Stand still."
"Hmm?"
*Smack*
"Ack!"
"That's for pointing your weapon at me you imbecile!"
Juha slaps me across with her right hand, while it doesn't hurt physically it sure is painful mentally as I shout:
"I'm sorry!"
"Hmph!"
Juha scoff and folds her arms as she seems to ponder. Wondering what else she is cooking up in her rage,
"What else are you still angry about?"
*Smack*
I ask worried by her next actions but Juha smacks me with the back of her hand replying:
"That's for looking stupid, hmph! Now we're even."
(That's just mean!)
She turns towards her grandfather asking:
"But... This doesn't make sense in the end. Even if the Colonel somehow win and cleared the current government, how will he receive divine right when he does not have royal blood like the current supreme commander's Dolgolae family? Unless... Gramps, you wouldn't."
Hwa-Jin nods with a grim look saying:
"The real Belluga family is not yet severed."
"Huh? I'm sorry, what's going on?"
As I ask, I could see soldiers rush in to our open field and line up shouting:
"We're sent here by General Yok-Ho! We're under your command, Deputy nim!"
"Sarge! The Admiral's restraints, it's broken!"
"Subdue him!"
The soldiers seeing Hwa-Jin without any restraints tried to rush but Juha stands between them saying:
"Enough!"
"B-But! You're also hurt-"
"Don't misunderstand, this is from the previous battle!"
Juha wipes the blood off her neck before saying:
"If he really wish to resist he would've killed us all already. He has no more will, so leave him for now."
The group hesitates but soon heed her words as they stand back with their weapons ready as their sergeant says:
"Very well Major, we'll be on standby."
Juha rubs her temple before she then asks:
"Is the interrogation room ready?"
"Y-Yes! Please follow us."
The Sarge gesture us to follow him but Juha declines saying:
"No, just confine him there. We're already done extracting information. And gramps, you won't cause any more trouble right?"
Hwa-Jin still on his knees straighten his back replying:
"No, I'm sorry... Juha."
The soldier group surround him and push him to stand as they seem to drag him away inside the walls. Seeing them go further Juha shouts:
"And Sargeant, inform Lord Yok-Ho I'll be launching a forward survivor search group for Princess Mi-Ok nim, I'm sure no one will have a problem for that."
"We obey!"
He clasp his hand and soon Juha drags me away and I wonder if I'm the one leading this whole operation?
"Wait, do you know where she is?"
Juha presents her watch replying:
"The princess is ever so eager to bring me to her fold, and she seems to give me a special gift. Now let's go before Lord Yok-Ho conveys we can only go when the sun rise."
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Riding across the rivers connecting to Meonbich, Cheo seems to left a small detachment of 10 calvary to accompany Juha. It seems they have no problem from following Juha through the night, half swims above the trees while the other half follows behind us. The moonlight shine across the cracks between the snowy canopee like pillars of light, making a surreal black and white scenery I never experienced before, especially when our ride is swimming across the trees we ride over the rivers that have branch into brooks as we go deeper. It was only when the snowing clouds covers the moon I snap back to what's infront and asks,
"You know, Juha, I still don't get what your grandfather is planning. Is he trying to gain help from somewhere?"
"Yes, the traitor Dukedom. If there's one thing Gramps love to do in each of his engagement is flanking attacks. Be it at sea or land, you should aways have eyes at your back."
"Oh... That makes him sound like a traitor."
*Glare*
"Eep!"
Juha looks back at me with knives in her eyes before she sighs replying:
"I can't say no to that when he is a traitor now. Sigh... I'm more surprised the Ingeo Duke would actually agree to help."
"Oh! Is he trying to make the princess the ruler of Silla? I'm sorry to say but that's impossible."
"H-Huh? What do you know, Sova?"
"Not much, but more than enough crucial information."
"Don't beat around the bush and just say it!"
"I-It's that the princess won't be in this peninsula much longer."
"Context! Explain further, dumbass!"
Realizing my wording is a bit harsh I try saying:
"S-Sorry, I didn't mean she would die or anything. It's just that Sis- I mean the Empress... Let's just say she made a deal with the Duke which results in her being taken away."
"What!?"
"I don't remember the details but yea, that's the gist of it. I don't know if the whole dukedom know about it since it's probably a secret but-"
"No... So there's a chance Lord Song-Iseon might siege the capital alone?"
"Who knows, I'm just telling you what I know."
"Anything else we should know, Sova?"
Juha asks but I can't seem to think of anything while I spin my head around before replying:
"Nope. Now, let's go find the survivors."
"Sigh... According to the coordinates they should be close, you see anything up there!?"
"Nothing, Young one! I doubt they would actually lit a fire when they're running away- Oh Goddess..."
I hear a disbelief voice answer back above us and continue hearing:
"Major, I think you need to look this."
"Tch!"
Clicking her tongue, Juha looks at her watch and raise her arm gripping into a fist. All the troops behind us stops at their heels as we do the same, Juha rides atop the trees while the soldiers behind us follow along as I hear her asking:
"Is there at least any traces of battle? This places doesn't seem..."
Her voice seems to become softer as we break out and reach a certain angle at the scenery. As the clouds disperse and let nature show, I see a giant canyon between 2 flat mountains, but it turns out to be a massive Cross Slash that leave behind a massive trail of black cracks that seems to absorb the light and rots the surrounding nature. And from the edges and fridges are devastated lands and machines massive in sizes that's so big it towers over the snow blanket trees.
(I saw Sis Hua's Guards cut the tip of a mountain but this... I wonder if my enemies will be able to do this or worse?)
"This all happen without even a day passing? No matter, let's hurry!"
Juha rushes ahead and the others soon follow suit, holding her close, I enhance my hearing and soon hear soft groans and breathing from below as we get closer to the battlefield.
"Juha, I could hear people below, please send someone to check, they seem hurt."
(And it's weird I can't hear any monsters around. Are they really hibernating? Here I thought with many corpses there would at least be scavengers).
Juha looks back and nod saying:
"Alright, You! Take pair up and head below to check."
"We, obey!"
Two soldiers dive down and soon shouts:
"We found survivors! We're performing emergency healing on them now!"
Juha nods and speed up to the crash site saying:
"Tell me again if you could hear more."
I close my eyes and focus before saying:
"Well... They're everywhere."
"Oh... All of you spread out and rescue as many as you can! One of you will call Lord Yok-Ho. I'll go find the princess!"
" "We Obey!" "
As they all disperse below, Juha continues on saying:
"I suppose they gotten ambushed when they try to circle around the mountain. The princess should be close."
"Hmm? I see someone down there, close to the canyon."
I point and Juha follows my finger, she nods and descends. Resting her back upon the broken siege engine is none other than Princess Mi-Ok and laying around unconscious and injured are the people that followed Yoo-Gisa at San-Min's dragon. Mi-Ok seems to be awake as her half opened eyes looks up at us saying:
"Look who do we have here? Don't tell me you actually succeed in capturing the city? That'll make us look like a terrible pushover"
Juha dismount and rush at her taking out a potion saying:
"Just be quiet princess, you need medical aid."
Mi-Ok shakes her head and reposition herself replying:
"No, give it to those people first, especially Sariya, she got hurt the most since the Colonel target her specifically, hold on..."
Mi-Ok hits the engine behind her when some of it comes apart and the green girl rolls out of the wreckage with one of her arms missing, her long green hair cut short, and black cracks spreading across her body. Unlike when we met, her mask is gone to reveal a girl not much older than me as her breathing is ragged and her voice grew weaker as time passes by. I got off Hamchi and approach her wondering what to do when the princess tilt her head asking:
"Ah, it's none other than the guest of dishonour. Do you perhaps know what to do?"
I shake my head and hold her hands when the black cracks moves,
"Woah!"
I let her go when the shape of the cracks change as if it's going to where I hold her...
(Wait... Could it be?)
I start holding her arms and soon the black cracks swirl and move towards me as I realize the black cracks starts to transfer to me and the my hands receive this... Phenomenon. I ignore my skin falling as the black cracks spreads through my arms and to my shoulders when the green girl starts to steady her breathing and her complexion becomes better.
"S-Sova?"
"Hoh?"
I ignore the two as I continue on until every last of her sickness is drained out. And as I continue on, I can't help but feel happy since...
(I... I can finally help with something! Something that I can do!)
Seeing the last of the black cracks disappear I finally let her go, Juha quickly chugs her a potion she take out from her watch. The Green girl opens her opal eyes and looks around asking:
"Rrgh? I'm... I'm alive?"
Juha nods while the princess who's resting beside her shouts:
"Of course you are! I ain't gonna let my investment go to waste! But most importantly, you can thank the girl who took on your curse."
The green girl opens her eyes wide and gets up looking around and stops when she sees me. She gasps and looks horrified shouting:
"Oh no! You're... You took on the curse for me? And here I heard Gisa Ssi saying you're the worst. I have to reevaluate my opinion of you."
She says scracthing and nodding as she seems to reach a conclusion.
"Yea... So, can you cast healing now?"
She nods with a smile replying:
"Of course, please excuse me..."
She kneels down like before and hold her chest, soon she shines brighter than the night as a large green barrier encroach the whole area. The allies who are scatter about starts to twitch and wake up while the green lady's arm gree with a beam of light...
(Magic sure is cheating...)
The princess swiftly got up on her feet and starts to inspect her sword asking:
"So, how many of our troops are left?"
Sariya staggered and fell on all fours replying:
"Around 60,000 are littered across, alongside enemy soldiers."
"Amazing... I think I might forgive that son of bitch for using me and my precious funds."
Mi-Ok points towards where the capital is and shouts:
"Alright! We're back in action, reorganize and regroup! We're marching back to the capital! General you heard me!"
" "We Obey!" "
The soldiers and seemingly the one she calls General scramble away while Yoo-Gisa's companion close in on us as I notice I didn't recognize any of them. Sariya looking pale scan around before she asks:
"Wait a second senior princess nim, but where is Yoo-Gisa and the rest of his party?"
Yoo-Gisa's colourful companions nods along and look around as they say:
"Yep, where's San-Min and his main group?"
One young man in his late twenties with long blue hair asks wielding a giant mage staff that looks more like a mace as he wears a torned out colourful assortment of robes each layer having different colour. He tilts his glasses and fix his clothes when one girl in her early twenties pop up from behind with massive folding axe and wearing a full scale plate shouts:
"Oh yeah, where is he? They're not dead is he? I won't forgive him if he die now- awawawa!"
A green haired boy ruffles her short black hair and push her away saying:
"You don't get to say that when you almost die yourself idiot! Still you're always a life saver Noonim, I'm sorry this is all I can do."
He picks up a broken shield and I notice his clothes and armour have been torn to pieces as if he just took the brunt of a powerful attack. A giant man twice our size comes up barely wearing anything alongside his spiked gauntlet and greaves flexes his massive muscles shouting:
"Hahaha... To think there would be someone that strong, following him to death seems worth every bit!"
"Aaargh! Wear some clothes you barbarian! This is so much worse than dying! But yes, time to pay that Colonel back a hundred folds!"
A young girl a few years younger than me wearing brilliant accessories similar to Ye-Hua...
(Hope she rest in peace. And I'm pretty sure I didn't saw any of them riding with San-Min).
Yoo-Gisa colourful companions prepares their diverse set of weapons and reorganize when Princess Mi-Ok sheathes her sword replying:
"Course not! They're the one who repelled that traitor and is now chasing after their tail."
They all seems to all come to a conclusion as the princess then shouts:
"Alright you slaves! Time to get some payback!"
"Please hold on, Senior Princess Nim. But what about the soldiers who refuse to participate since they're traumatized and dispirited?"
A young girl who's shaking and peeking out from one of the wreckage with disheveled black hair that looks like it's her blanket.
"They're all cowering at their feet and afraid to suffer the pain."
With an even more messy face she asks again from either concern or fear. She seems to be one of Yoo-Gisa's colourful assortment when Mi-Ok nods understandingly replying:
"That's quite the conundrum isn't it? Come closer, Hai-Rin Ssi."
She panics a bit before slowly approaching the princess revealing that her entire hair seems to be her large tail enveloping her body as I wonder what kind of beast-kin is she?
Mi-Ok pats her head softly as to comfort her and the worried girl calms down and smile.
"YOU THINK I GIVE A FLYING WHALE ABOUT THAT?!?!"
Before the princess grasp her head shouting right to her face, draining the colour away from the little girl's face. Mi-Ok then drags her along the ground shouting:
"The entire peninsula is in dying and everyone is fighting to prevent that! You think you can hide when there's nowhere to go? There's no way in hell I'm gonna let you keel over and die helplessly when I can at least drag you over and die for the good of many!
And even if you somehow show yourself back home, do you think you can show your face back at home if this is your attitude!? What will you say to your parents, family, and friends!? I ran away from from protecting our land so please let me hide here? Get your head checked!"
The princess takes out a pistol from her dress and shoot out a massive red light to the snowing night sky shouting:
"We march forward! To the capital!"
"She is quite the personality."
I said to myself when Juha mounts Hamchi replying:
"She sure is, now give me your hand. And don't push yourself too much."
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The revived army of Princess Mi-Ok numbered around 68,000 after reorganization and absorbing the enemy forces. Marching back to the capital as Princess Mi-Ok leads by example, riding a hastily fixed war engine with a surprising speed. There is no rest for the weary as the sun dawn across the snowing fields and mountains when we depart, thousands of soldier are pushing their tiredness and fears away for the sake of their homes across the valley we're passing.
There's traces of massive movement and battle happening as an unnatural shape holes and even a huge opening gap can be seen everywhere as black cracks are spread across the valley. That is to say, corpses can be seen dispersed around as Sariya, the main pillar that supports this army chugs down bottles of potion as she casts large scale magic to energize the army while reviving the ones who can still be saved with Yoo-Gisa's companion overseeing the process.
Juha and a small squad she has follow beside the princess as her guard when the princess stomps at her platform shouting:
"How much closer are we to the capital!?"
The princess asks looking down at the cockpit below her feet, the blue haired mage and his group fixed many of the machines taps at the round screen before he starts saying:
"In about a few minutes, we should gain visual in 3... 2... 1..."
Hearing him say that, we finish rising across a frozen steep valley littered with countless frozen rivers and the sun has reach its peak. What we see before us is a burning hell scape, the once beautiful scenery of endless bridges, aqueducts and rivers are being replaced by ruins, broken rivers, and corpses. I can see massive battleship line across the intact rivers aiming their cannons to fire across the capital walls while the familiar sight of a red dragon dodging countless bombardments soars across the skies and counter back by firing massive balls of fire while San-Min dives sparkling gold with his armour to fight alongside the walls.
Even from afar, while the person can't be seen, it can't be said for his feat as I see glistening lights flashes across the battlefield sending waves and droves of marines flying, accompanied by black spikes, wrecking spiked balls, and pillars of light raining down from above. That's when I notice that one part of the monumental walls has been toppled and razed to the ground by what seems to be a single strike that extends until the city inside where similar black cracks spread across the land and areas around it.
(I wonder what's the Colonel's limit if he keeps unleashing such devastating attack non-stop. But, where's Won-Yok and Cheo? Or even the Colonel and the other commanders like Deok-Hye? Is she leading the ships I wonder?)
"We got visuals on Yoo-Gisa! He's currently fighting for dear life. Permission to announce our arrival."
"Granted! Tell them the calvary is here!"
The blue haired man gestures to the cowering beast-Kin as she stomps a huge button and something shoots up the skies. The princess nods happily when she pulls out a crystal shouting:
"Our winter counter attack begins now! Announce to the Generals!For...Mation!"
The troops following behind pours out the valley and into the clearing as they lined up in droves with their weapons high. The few remaining calvary lines up to the side while the centre is mostly filled with foot soldiers and small calvary squads while war engines the blue haired man and his special group fixed slowly drives closer and open for a massive artillery cannon. In response to this, the battleship that lines across the countless rivers starts to point their cannon to their backs ignoring the city walls.
Our cannons fire first launching a massive shell that cast a dark cloud that keeps expanding before the ships fire back trying to stop it but the counter shots was surprisingly absorbed by the black clouds that keeps enlarging and soon crash upon one of the ships sinking it down as if it devouring it and plunging it to the depths of the abyss.
"Haha! That's more like it! We didn't get the chance to show any of our new equipments so this is perfect timing! Keep showing our new products!"
The princess cheers as I see the soldiers below starts to gain spirit as they're now eager to fight. The princess seeing this opportunity draws her sword and points at the battlefield shouting:
"You're all eager now aren't you!? 8th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 28th, and 60th, Division show us what you're made off! Made every penny worth it's price General Mi-Yura! And 88th Mage Battalion pave their way forward!"
Following her order a large cheer can be heard on the right side, I see droves of soldier lead by a calvary detachment charge forward as I see one of the war engines deploys a small shell that seems to be a tiny floating boat filled with mages casting spells to freeze the rivers, allowing the soldiers to rush past for battle while shielding them from battleship bombardments. Soon enough our soldiers crash upon the enemy armies with fervour pushing them back. And our war engines all finish their formation and opening their cannons and starts their own bombardments as the princess then continues her commanding.
"Woah... She's pretty great."
Juha who's sitting infront nods saying:
"Unlike the other three who got elected, she's the only noble who force her way to become a princess so she at least need to have that much skill. But that's that, it's time we show what we made off as well!"
Juha lands beside the princess asking:
"Permission to rejoin and find the Belluga Calvary, Princess nim."
"Granted! We got this covered here as long as that monster Colonel doesn't show up. Now go protect our capital!"
"We Obey! Now hold close Sova!"
I hug her close as she seems to doesn't mind anymore and jumps down alongside her calvary companions. Wondering where she's going, sound of cannons and battle cries echo across the early morning scene as our morning is open with guns blazing and spears raise high.
Juha slides across the melted rivers and heads to the east distancing ourselves from Mi-Ok's army, the grand sight of clashing forces becomes distant while the capital city becomes more visible. While the outer rim beyond the walls of the capital city is razed to the ground, the building behind the walls still stood strong as I can see conflict blazing across the walls as soldiers are fighting atop the walls. Seeing the battle getting further and further I start asking:
"Wait, Juha, where are we going? Isn't the battle over there?"
"The capital city is so much bigger than you can imagine, that isn't the only front this war is being wage across the city."
"Sorry?"
"And it seems you're wrong, Sova."
"What do you mean?"
Juha pulls her sword out as she rides across one of the broken aqueducts and soon I can see it clearly when I realize we're heading into the western side of the city. Juha broke through the warning signs of not entering and rush across the empty ruined streets and dried of rivers as I realize...
(Isn't this, the part occupied by...)
As I realize something, Juha broke apart another barricade and charge past a make-shift rampart arriving at the walls. Another bloody battle ensues in a different side of the walls as an army I know nothing about are fighting Silla's soldiers with battleships and massive cannons.
*ROAAAR!*
From the horizon across the city, something emerges from a nearby lake darkening the skies, swallowing the rising dawn with its massive size the foreign army unleashes a massive beast to lead at the front. The mighty beast that looks similar to the leaping whale statue atop the imperial palace dwarves the battleships in comparison with oversized cannons and armoury strap to its entire body.
Seeing such sight, Juha and our guards doesn't spare any time and rides across trying to reach the fight when,
*VROOOM!*
Something produce a loud enough voice to rival the war beast' roar. As the war beast tries to fly past the walls,
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
"CHARGE! GLORY TO SILLA!!!"
Cannons fire towards the eyes of the massive war beast staggering it on its tracks as a familiar voice echo across the battlefield. As light return with the beast moving away from the skies, a massive floating battleship half the size of the beast emerge from the walls and crash to the side of the war beast diverting its course. defending this side of the walls is a massive armada of flying ships lead by Admiral Hwang-So.
As his valiant ramming stops the war beast on its trails and divert it to float to the side, with cannons facing each side, they soon starts exchanging cannon fire across their hulls sinking the smaller ships while peeling away the beats' thick hides little by little. Burning sinew and lead rain across the battlefield thawing the snow and crashing across soldiers from both sides.
"Over there, Sova! We're assisting Fleet Admiral Hwang-So! Oppa is there as well!"
Hearing Juha say that, I start to notice a calvary force striding around the massive Battleship Hwang-So is riding. Juha charge across the walls where Silla's soldiers are preventing the foreign troops from what seems to be a recapturing effort. Most of our guards dives below the walls while one of the calvary soldiers rides beside Juha readying his spear to our left shouting:
"You know how the Young Master fights right?"
"Of course! And... He's too old to be called young master by now! Sova, hold on!"
When the soldiers saw us, the surprised look on their faces is apparent when Juha and our guards starts swinging. With a single swipe Juha beheads the enemy soldier that tries to climb up while the guard to pur left starts thrusting and stabbing the enemy on the rear and clearing our way.
*Crash* *Smash*
I could hear noises from below when I realize the 8 calvary are fighting vertically on the walls severing the enemy's ladders while dooming as many to their tall deaths. The soldiers on our side starts to cheer and gain momentum when they start to push our enemies back, leaving them cornered as we have severed they escape route.
"The calvary have arrived!", "It's the Belluga Calvary, victory is upon us!", "Push these bastards of our walls! It's time we retake what's ours!", "Charge! Charge!", "I thought the Golae war beasts have gone extinct, how is it still here!?, "Stop them! Don't take another step back! The true Ruler is fighting alongside us!", "General, our reinforcement is being cut off! Enemy calvary coming from our side!"
Seeing an opening as we start getting an advantage, Juha charge towards a giant open palace at the walls where the enemy General is commanding his troops. Realizing what Juha tries to do, I loosen my hug to free one hand and summon forth my halberd. Juha strikes at the enemies with technique similar to Cheo as her sword strike resembles waves that wash over the group of enemies, causing a ripple effect that push them away as our troops push closer to the open palace.
Ignoring the remaining troops as we slide up the multi storied open palace alongside the guards that regroup with us, our guards pave open a way for us while Juha strides forth arriving at the top where the General and the officers are located. The enemy officers and soldiers seeing us pulls out their sword and guns as Juha charge ahead, unleashing a water vortex that swallows any bullets, the General raises his glaive and I realize the danger.
Knowing Juha probably can't block it, I'm about to jump off Hamchi to help when Juha press my shoulder down saying:
"Trust me, Sova. I got this."
Surprised by her requests I hold myself back when enemy General Swings down his glaive shouting:
"Damn brats! It's ambitious young ones like you that cause this chaos! You should've stayed home and continue sucking upon your mother's essence!"
Juha prepared for the incoming blow release her reign off Hamchi and pulls out her baton coating it with ice, as the General's strike tore open Juha's cortex shield, she raises both her weapons and somehow deflects his attack.
"It's adults like you that force us into this mess in the first place, Dumbass!"
Hamchi seeing an opportunity rams its head on it its stomach while Juha thrusts her sword at his neck, as the sword plunge past his neck Juha tightens her grip and beheads the General before smacking his head off his shoulders.
"Like I said, I got this Sova "