Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 128: The spear (2)

They traded sword strike and spear attack with each other as wind swirls around them because of the force of energy of their weapons.

As they fought Edward spotted an opportunity.

With one strike he tries to aim at Arial neck, but Arial quickly moved his spear to his throats, deflecting the attack and follow on with his own attack to Edward neck

Edward had to retreat and use his sword to protect his neck.

They then maintained a safe distance with each other, circling with their horses, their eye locked onto each other.

Arial then declare

'No more delaying Lord Edward. I will take your head and the head of your liege lord Alderam. Unless...you decided to surrender.'

'Ptui' he spits at the ground. His eyes are still full of disdain and defiance

'And bend my knee to a King? HMPH! Our Dukedom is separate, from the very first moment of our conception.'

Arial then said

'The old ways are done, Lord Edward. A new world is dawning.'

'I will never bend my knee, LITTLE LORD!' He yelled

Arial was furious. What an idiot man! He could not recognize what is good for him!

Then Arial also yelled. His voice sounded like the very same thunder that is in booming in the distance.

He looks at the soldiers of Lord Edward and shouted out

'If you go along with my rule, swear your fealty, bend your knee to the Crown, your reward will be your lives, my strong protection and my great wealth. If you defy me, I will conquer you. If you betray me, you will be turned to ash and burned into oblivion. Choose for yourself!'

Some of the enemy's soldiers kneeled unconsciously because of fear and the pressure that emanated from Arial body, while some of them look the others with disgust.

'TRAITORS!'

Edward shouted in anger looking at the troops that throw their weapons and kneeled while Arial troops quickly bring them into their fold.

It is common that in a battle allegiances shift.

It is because they are mostly fighting because of honor and what they believe what is right while others fight for glories and riches.josei

Which is why it is important for the nation, in the beginning to have an identity. That will be discussed after this war is over.

'And you my lord?' Arial offered

'HMPH! I WOULD RATHER DIE' he said defiantly

'HAHAHAHA…Then die you will.'

Firebringer like he understands Arial intention leapt to the air and as he leapt forward Arial jumped from his horse and landed himself riding the horse of Edward.

He was sitting behind him

'What-'

Arial smiles as he quickly uses one martial arts technique, that he has always use since he was a kid, Sweeping Stars Sword technique.

The sword slash horizontally and the light of the sword pass through Lord Edward neck.

his head flew high up in the air before it landed into the ground and roll below his own horse.

His body slowly tumble down to the muddy ground, rolling to the enemy's forces vicinity as one of them scream and dejected expression can be seen from them.

Arial men seeing this victory, cheers with high pitched scream and then without even needing an order they quickly began again attacking the forces of Lord Edward

Lord Edward force is now disorganized and add with loss of morale, they are easily kill.

Arial forces charge to them with great zeal and determination, fire in their eyes, and their hands are steady as they killed and hacked away the enemies as fear crept down upon the enemy heart

And not before long some of them ran, morally degraded and exhausted, confused and terrified at the loos of their leader.

Lord Mercia who saw what happens sighed.

Lord Mercia is fighting on the left flanks withdrew his forces back to the castle; riding like the ground is not enough for him to get away from.

The forces of Arial and Kyle who is in in horseback taunt him, trying to provoke him to return, but Lord Mercia is not an easily provoked man, at least not in this battle.

It seems he is planning something, to exercise this level of control over his own anger, which Arial know is hardly much.

As Arial basking in the glow of his glory Lisa came to him, her armors was slathered with the blood of her enemies.

'My lord, let me pursue!' She said, her army behind her, her banners proudly displayed and her banner man all in high spirits.

'No! Not yet!' Arial said.

She hesitated but she nodded and then she rides to finish the other troops.

Kyle rides to him after that and approached him.

'Any orders, my lord?' Arial looked at the surrounding.

The other lords can finish this battle. He thought. He need to prepare for the next battle

Now that they are engaged it seems it would be a long battle of sieging.

'Handle this for me. I will return to headqu-' Arial said when suddenly some pain visits him most tormently and Arial was thrown off from his horse.

'MY LORD!' Arial heard the yelling from the distance

The muddy mud slathered his face and the taste of the mud is salty.

'Blood' Arial mused. This is the taste of blood. he looked at his chest. 'A javelin' he said weakly.

A javelin is stuck in the area of his chest, blood pouring out of the wound like rivers.

'Fountain' he mused.

Not rivers but fountain.

Like the fountain in the summer villa of Eren family, who live in Seren who have one of the most magnificent villa that he has ever seen, with beautiful green lush gardens, and beautiful flowers that decorate the courtyard and the calm, peaceful serenity you can feel just by living there.

For some reason, his memories went there. It was like he is using the memory to fight through the pain.

'I…did not notice because I was too engrossed with the fighting' He thought to himself.

Now, he could see, as he focused his internal energy to his eye.

Now, he sees with clarity, Alderam is smiling, removing his helm, hiding as normal soldiers on the crowd of his own soldiers, on top of the castle wall.

He then walks away from the crowd, no doubt returning to his castle. Pain is slowly clouding Arial vision.

Arial tried to focus it in his chest area but he was blocked by some foreign forces. There is something in that spear.

Arial gritted his teeth

He planned all this.

He knew I would defeat Lord Edward. He sacrifices his lord to get to me. He was the bait and I was the fish. He was fishing for me Arial mused, while smirking.

Cold and calculating. And unconsciously Arial grin a little.

Like me, in a way. He thought

Then he saw something that shock him. He returned back to the wall.

Then in a hideous grin, like he is taunting him, Alderam picked up another spear and with precise accuracy he throws one to him from the castle wall and it stuck to his stomach, as Arial finger grow stiff and clumsy

Arial tried to get up, but the pain is overwhelming. Arial rub his chest trying to find the spear that is now lodged deeply

Arial found the spear while clenching his teeth and wrenched it free from his stomach and the blood poured out from the hole as it colors the brown mud to bright red.

Arial stumbled as he felt energy is draining from him and his face fell face down into the mud again.

In the cold night air, combined with the harsh rain, it is chilling his body.

Arial crawl in the mud while he could sense that his troops and lords, is approaching him, to bring him to safety

'Pain' he whispered.

Pain washed over him and his entire body trembles. he gave a grunt, and the cold is biting like burns. His throats become parched and thirsty.

Someone come near him and hold him up.

'BRING OUR LORD FAR AWAY FROM HERE!' Arial heard the yelling as he was carried off.

'You'll be alright, Lord Arial' the words are nervous and wariness can be detected.

Arial could only see blonde hair. Is it West? It is a rough voice and a voice he recognizes.

It is West. He thought

There is strained tension in his voice, fearing, worrying about him.

Suddenly the cold, the very same cold he felt when he was in the Library is felt again. At this time there is only one thing in his mind.

His dream! His mission! He was so close. Will he truly die this time? Is this the limit of what he can do?

And as he thought of this, his eyelids grew heavy, his muscles relaxed and finally with no strength he closes his eyes and drift into unconsciousness.

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Edit: this should be the last chapter of the month but I think Ishoudl be more generous. I will be posting a chapter until around the 30th I think. I will told you on the bottom if its is the last chapter of the month.