Before now, it has been a one-sided act, the world did not know if the Forgan Empire wanted to avoid the war or fight the war, even though many knew the power of the Forgan empire, it was best not to jump to conclusions. But all of a sudden the Forgan Empire moved, Kaha province was the Forgan empire's area and their battlefield, thus Kaha province was the place Azure Empire would reach after passing Gillievia kingdom, however after Kaha province lies the third biggest city of the Forgan empire; Dexinci city, with over seventy thousand armed soldiers and two hundred thousand strong mages, it was a city of power, the city was one of the few holders of the Forgan Empire military strength. So if there was a ruckus at Kaha province, it meant the soldiers at Dexinci city moved.
Kain's party has been hired by the Azure army but throughout their stay at Gillevia gate, they weren't allowed to take action, the generals kept saying it was not time for the real war that they should rest their bones, however Kain was already impatient, they slowly moved he didn't know why but they easily passed the Gillievia kingdom he had expected that they were going to have to go on an all out war since Gillievia kingdom seem to hold on pretty well. What annoyed him was the arrival of a sudden guest, at first glance he looks like a big shot and was ordering everyone around, even the mercenaries, but as they traveled together Kain saw him as just arrogant and by the staff he carried, he must be a mage. But regardless the fact that every soldier respected him, even many amidst the generals, meant he must also respect him.
News of the sudden movement of the Kaha province had reached them as it was a normal practice to plant spies everywhere when going to war.
The army General commander had called a meeting and told them to expect anything from onward, as it seems the Forgan empire had decided to retaliate.
"I hear you're the strongest in the Red-heart guild, how about clashing with our strongest"
"hehe you flatter me too much'', 'please just shut up and leave me alone, it's the guild master's fault I have to give nice answers to everyone' Kain was irritated by the arrival and disturbance of the weird muscle-headed big guy but he had to pretend to be nice.
"hmm being humble I see, anyways we the Blackskulls guild will look forward to seeing the rumored first rank guild in action"
'what the f#@k does he mean rumoured, humans really are annoying'
"don't fall back mr hard face, hyaaa"
The tough looking man left kain and ran faster on his horse. Another one caught up to him, this time he ran out of his patience,
"who is it agai....."
"what ever you do consider the guild's reputation..." the vice guildmaster
"sure sure" Kain answered arrogantly
The vice guildmaster looked at Kain seriously for awhile and soon also sped off.
Kain also hurried his horse "hyaa hyaaa"
Meanwhile...
"do you think we can do it."
"Of course, we have to... we can't let down the empire since the silver knights will be taking it from the point we drop off"
"seeing the silver knight is thrilling though"
"I heard he's the seventh rank"
"shush don't let him hear you, he's been looking angry since we got here"
"to be honest it does look like he's doing a dog's work"
"don't you two seem to be chatting too much, any moment from now they will arrive and yet you have the luxury to gossip?!"
"go... go.... gossip?! , no sir!!! why would we?"
"just go back to work!"
"sir!... Area 5 has been completely marked!"
"area 2 also sir!"
"area 1 sir!"
The two continued to murmur, "This bastards are they trying to curry favors with the silver knight.... working as explosive experts is not enough for them huh"
"you better shut up and just let's finish up"
'it's annoying as to why I a seventh rank silver knight has to be assigned a petty job such as watching over these creepy bomb freaks'
A rough looking man keeps running around putting his ear on the dirty ground which annoyed the knight but he soon shouted.
"they're arriving!! We have less than thirty minutes more."
The knight majestically crouched, touched the ground with his index fingers and closed his eyes after awhile he stood and began to urge the bomb workers.
After twenty minutes it was as though no one was there.
"this should be enough to take care of half of them... Then we'll let the silver soldiers take care of the rest."
Silver soldiers was how ranked silver knights addressed unranked silver knights. The silver knights were plentiful in number but only 50 were ranked.
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Hours later the Azure Empire army could see the great walls of Kaha province in view, there was nothing in particular special about the walls except the magnificent drawings on it that even history did not record who drew it.
Unbeknownst to the army,
"do you think it's time to trigger it?"
"yes, as all of them should be within the marked areas, it's narrow and long"
"of course it is... It's a forest"
"hmm'', 'you don't have to bite me, i know it's a forest' the bomber said to the silver knight in his head.
"well what are you standing for... Trigger it"
Immediately the man began to weave hand signs, he stopped in middle and looked at the silver knight,
"You might want to step back a bit.. "
The knight stepped back majestically, no one had to point out the fact that he's proud. The man continued to weave sings soon aura began to surround his body white transparent aura, he shot at the ground and began to inject his aura in the ground the rest also began to do the same at their stationed spot, the knight looked around,
"they're actually useful, though they dress tattered and rough, they seem intelligent to be able to come up with something like aura bombs."
'we can hear you asshole'
At once
~Psssssshhhhh... ~
~Booooooooohhhhhmmmm~
~boooooooooooooooohhhhhmmmmm~
~boooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhmmmm~
The bombs began to explode like a chain reaction, the silver knight grinned at the voices of soldiers screaming which soon subsided.
First the knight began to see bubbles go up in the air and explode then moments later a large amount of boulders continuously went up in the air and began to explode the knight's eye widened but he soon composed himself and talked.
"it's seems they were expertise who can easily take care of your bombs"
"but according to your scouts there were no mages amidst them except the few from the mercenaries guild."
"so are you trying to blame this on my scouts?"
"chill mr knight we are not doing that..."
"anyway I should regroup at the province we just wanted to try your skills it's not like we can't take care of these Littles ourselves"
"of course mr knight, it's been an honor working for you" The man bowed slightly as he was the leader of the explosive experts, they turned to leave but the knight suddenly pushed him sideways and something hit him on his shoulders, but there was no injuries, just a hole in his silver armor and that hole was smoking. He looked to the ground,
"... a stone.... Imbued with aura'', 'right now I feel like I want to jump right there and get that person's head but the regular army commander will just nag at me, and I hate normal rated folks spitting on my pretty face.... So I'll withdraw'
"sir knight are you okay?'', 'I'm sure his going to nag at me for not perfectly retracting my aura'
"just so you know..."
'here it comes'
"... I'm responsible for your lives... So start moving..."
'uhh... that's all?... I hear the silver knight are quite responsible and calm when it comes to protecting people, so it was true afterall' the man picked up his pace as the knight had instructed.
The knight glanced far ahead at where the stone had come from, smiled and finally to move with the others.
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"it didn't kill him... I suspect it must've been the silver knight"
"hmmm"
The Red-heart guild master and vice guild master contemplated continuously, that scary firepower just now... It might be hard to believe but everyone saw it, the calm looking assistant guild master actually had scary skills, another person people kept looking at was kain.
"He's not a mage, yet he was able to handle a large area damage effect like that... He really is a monster"
"but really it's thanks to you we didn't loose many" the commander thanked Kain and turned to one of the generals to ask, "how many were injured?"
"we're rounding up the numbers"
"well let them be fast with it..."
The mage continued to look back at kain, he scoffed and murmured to himself. "Earthlings huh..."