Chapter 44: Charge
Charon had barely registered the command before half of the groups present eagerly rushed up the hill.
Armor clanked on the grass as a hundred men charged. Various bursts of light covered the hill as buff spells were cast, some of the men beginning to move faster or their armor beginning to glow.
Not long after them, the second group went over, their rush being almost exactly the same.
This time, Charon paid more attention and noticed that a handful of the officers in the APC were leading the groups. In their hands were weapons that were far more gaudy than everyone else’s.
From a series of runes running up and down their length, to uniquely colored edges, they seemed to give off an aura of dominance that regular weapons lacked.
Glancing down at his dagger, Charon scoffed.
’I’ll have a relic like that one day!’
An explosion hit somewhere nearby, the ground shuddering from the impact. It was followed by a couple more before laser fire joined in. The telltale sound of whizzing energy lit Charon’s nerves on fire.
He blinked, the vague outline of a ruby-armored warrior with a power spear appearing in his vision before vanishing. He shook his head to clear it.
’This isn’t home. This is a different battle in a different land.’
A dangerous light danced in his eyes.
The commanding mage barked out at them, giving the signal they had been waiting for.