Chapter 1013 Back Home 2
Venta City
A group of people dressed in gray leather armor could be seen rushing out of the city. Anxiety was visible on all of their faces, as they swiftly headed to a certain direction.
There were just a little over 200 of them, and they were led by a beautiful woman whose name rang clearly throughout the entire city of Venta. The master of the Quintin’s household, Luna Quintin.
As soon as the group rushed out of the city and reached the outskirts, they were greeted by a group of 300 heavily armed knights clad in armor. Amongst these people, there was a figure who immediately made bow their heads.
“Queen Gwenneth.”
The ones who had arrived at Venta City were the Britannia Queen and her personal knight guards who were led by her personal escort, Sir Yvain.
Ignoring the formality given to her, the Brittain Queen immediately went for the immediate issue.
“Why are you here, Luna? Where’s the Romans? I thought they were attacking Venta City!”
Luna shook her head at those words. “No, they didn’t even try to come close to the city. They went straight into the forbidden forest!”
“Forbidden forest?!” Gwenneth exclaimed, shock apparent in her voice. “Why did they do that!? What do the Romans want with the Fey?”
Unfortunately for her, there was no answer that could be given.
Knowing that it was pointless for them to sit around the outskirts of the city now that the enemy’s objective had been confirmed was not the city, the two groups quickly came to a tacit agreement and immediately rushed towards the entrance of the forbidden forest.
They quickly made their way through the short path towards the Fey Village, hoping that they were not too late. Along the way, as they passed the passage where the short path intersected with the normal path, they found signs of battle followed by the corpses of dozens of Roman soldiers as well as several Feys.
Seeing such a sight, Luna and Gwen unconsciously turned their heads to look at each other. They saw that the other had the same thought, and their expressions turned grim at the same time.
“We have to hurry,” said Luna, to which Gwen answered with a firm nod.
The party of 500 people rushed through the dense forest until they finally heard the sound of fighting in the distance ahead of them. The two women turned to each other again, simultaneously nodded their heads, and their speed rose another notch.
Shortly after, the group finally arrived at the place where the sound of a battle was coming from.
There, in shallow streams and riverbanks, they saw at least 2,000 Roman soldiers fighting against several hundred Akavi warriors. The latter was led by someone the two women knew well, Cavvi.
Water splashed everywhere due to the intense fighting, while the clear color of the river water was slowly dyed red by the blood of those who were injured and killed on the battlefield. The pure beauty of nature is marred by the sheer savagery of beings.
“Attack!!”
Exuding the majesty of a queen, Gwen commanded her knights to join the battle and helped the Akavi warriors. Coupled with the assistance of Luna’s men, the Romans immediately fell into a predicament.
A total of five hundred men, combinations of Britannia’s royal knights and Quintin’s private guards, joined the battle from the south. Their sudden inclusion into the battlefield left the Romans trapped in a pincer.
On the other hand, the Akavi soldiers were clearly delighted with the arrival of reinforcement. As if welcoming their entrance, they abandoned their defensive approach and launched an assault on the Roman troops with renewed vigor.
“Reinforcement is here! kill all the invaders!” Cavvi shouted loudly, leading the few hundred Akavi warriors to pressure the Romans.
As the situation seemed to turn in favor of the Fey, more reinforcement came from the forest behind them, cementing their advantage even further while pushing the Romans deeper to the quagmire.
There were only four figures, but as soon as they made their appearance everyone’s attention was on them because of how particular they were. This reinforcement was all female, and they were in the form of half human and half wolf.
Tyra, Glita, Lilith, and Lelith; the four sisters of the Fey entered the fray with their bloodline transformation already activated. They charged toward the line of Roman soldiers at breakneck speed, sending the unlucky ones hurtling to the riverbank with broken bones.
Their arrival further exaggerated the balance of the battle, in favor of the Fey. However, the Roman army was still twice their number, so the battle still wouldn’t end soon.
“It’s true! This forest is cursed!”
Gwen turned her head when she heard such words, a frown on her face. However, her expression quickly changed, turning to one of aghast, as she saw amongst the Roman soldiers, there were dozens of them lighting torches, their gazes filled with malice fueled by terror.
“What are they trying to do?!” She cried loudly, panicking by the unexpected development. “Stop them!”
It turned out that the Romans were ordered to start burning the forest, they charged across the river and threw the burning torches in their hands towards the forest on the other side of the river they came from.
The trees that were hit by the torches were engulfed in flames in no time, and with a sudden gust of wind the impact began to spread to other trees in the vicinity.
“NO! Put out the fire!”
The riverbanks were crowded with chaos that only caused more people to get hurt. Bodies began to fall on the ground one by one, while the dense forest beside it burned brightly to match the sun above.
It was a scene of tragedy.
Sir Yvain jumped in, trying to break through the Roman’s lines, but their numbers as well as shield formation was proven to be too much for the man as he soon found his efforts to be fruitless.
Gwen could only watch helplessly at the situation they were in. They simply did not have enough people to fight the Romans and the forest fire simultaneously.
The situation became worse when she saw more Roman soldiers come out of the forest. Those were the second part of the legion, and with the addition of the new arrivals, the Fey would not be able to stop their advance.
Luna quickly called out to Gwen and said, “My queen, you must escape now, run!”
Kastan, the head guard of the Quintins, moved to help Gwen, trying to carry her away. However, Gwen vehemently refused. “No, I will not leave this place with that fire still exists! They could endanger the Fey Village, we cannot leave!” her eyes stared at the fire that was devouring the forest like a greedy creature.
In a moment like this, Gwen couldn’t help but to think about a certain young man.
was what she thought.
“Emery, where are you!?”
All of a sudden, Gwen saw a dark smoke burst out from the burning forest. Then, a figure of a red-haired girl was seen walking out of the smoke.
“It’s her!”
The figure’s feet left the ground as she slowly floated to the air. Despite being surrounded by scorching flames, she didn’t appear to be hurt or feel any pain at all. Instead, the flames continued to move wildly, as if dancing around the girl.
With a movement of her hand, the flames that engulfed the forest were suddenly sucked into both of her palms.
The scorching flames were pushed into the newly arrived Romans soldiers, and just like a waves, they swiftly engulfed hundreds of them, torturing them with searing sensation. The screams of the Roman soldiers could be heard clearly in the air, as the fire burned them to ashes.
Seeing such a spine-chilling sight, the rest who survived the attacks immediately dropped their weapons and fled in all directions. Their terror-stricken shouts were left behind.
“It’s a Witch! Run!!”