Chapter 241: The Siege of Strauss (3)
Chapter 241: The Siege of Strauss (3)
A small, low forest lay a few hundred meters west of Strauss Fortress, and a small force appeared from within it. It was Varos, Serati, Leven, and Lapicel. They had been ordered to lie in wait.Following Karnak’s orders, they had led a detachment force and hidden throughout the woods.
Rising to his feet, Varos shouted, "Charge!"
The four aura users shot forward like arrows released from a bow, and the soldiers quickly followed behind them. Since they had forsaken horses for the sake of stealth, they could rely on nothing but their own two legs.
The group dashed madly toward the battlefield with heavy shields on their backs, along with ladders and hooked ropes. The thunderous sound of their footsteps rumbled across the earth.
The detachment moved at an impressive speed, given they weren’t on horseback. It was a given, since the soldiers had been assembled from only the swiftest. Of course, even so, they were still slower than the aura users.
Varos’s group reached the base of the fortress walls long before the infantry caught up, and stones and arrows began to rain down from above. Fortunately, the attacks from the ramparts were weaker than before.
Until now, Strauss’s aura users had drawn their aura blades and fought among the undead defenders atop the walls. But those men had all rushed outside the fortress, chasing after Karnak. Varos and his party’s next task was to shield the detachment, so they could reach the walls safely.
"Everyone, climb!" Shouting, Varos unfurled his chain blade. Purple aura ran in threads along the length of the chain.
He hooked the chain blade onto the wall and launched himself upward in a single motion. There was likely no aura skill more suited to scaling heights than this one. Lapicel followed close behind.
She too deployed her blue aura chain with ease. Even before she had become an aura user, she had been skilled at wielding the chain blade, and now, having awakened her aura, she could do so without difficulty.
A little farther away, Leven also hurled his chain blade to climb the wall. He, too, had learned the chain blade technique from Varos. He had only practiced for about two days—not with any particular intensity—but thanks to his overwhelming talent, it had been sufficient.