Chapter 127
Chapter 127
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 127
Chapter Title: A Rewarding Day
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KABOOM!
The Blast Spears launched by the Imperial Guard Sky Knights sent three wyverns from the Eastern Legion plummeting to the ground.
At that moment, the fifty Sky Knights, who had formed up in attack formation, hurled their spears in a counterstrike.
The distance was now about 1.5 kilometers.
At that range, with guided spears, at least eighty percent of them were bound to crash.
Both the attacking Sky Knights and the defending Imperial Guard Sky Knights already knew the battle's outcome was decided.
But then, a massive gust of wind roared in, and the fiercely flying spears collided with something in midair, exploding with deafening blasts and scattering in all directions.
".....!!!!"
For an instant, everyone's eyes widened in shock.
Who could have imagined it?
A sudden wind had blown in and knocked away all the spears.
Whirrrrrrrrr.
"Th-that's a spirit!"
"It's a high-rank spirit!"
But the reason soon became clear.
A massive shadow of wind, transparent yet shimmering in the sunlight.
Since everyone had been trained in spirits, they immediately recognized its identity.
"UHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Amid the shock, an arrogant, unrestrained burst of laughter rang out clearly.
Swoooooosh.
The Sky Knights turning their heads caught sight of several streaks of light.
Thud thud thud thud thud.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
Kiaaaaaaaa!
The agonized screams of wyverns pierced the air.
Despite the considerable distance, the Blast Spears had closed the gap in an instant, piercing through the wyverns' armor and hides.
The mana infused in them was so powerful that only the tails remained intact, the spears buried deep in the wyverns' torsos.
"An enemy!"
"Evasive maneuvers!"
"Counterattack!"
Desperate cries erupted from beneath the helmets of the Eastern Legion Sky Knights.
The enemy numbered fewer than ten riders, but the presence of a high-rank spiritist made them an enormous threat.
Rustle rustle rustle.
True to their status as Imperial wyverns, not mere territory Sky Knights, the Eastern Legion riders swiftly formed a defensive formation.
Swoooooosh.
Thud thud thud thud thud.
"Graaaaaaaa!"
But the Imperial Guard Sky Knights' counterattack, momentarily forgotten.
Having seized the momentum with the arrival of this unknown ally, the Imperial Guard Sky Knights unleashed a barrage of unguided spears at close range.
"F-Fly!"
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh.
Just as on the ground, flanking and rear attacks were the trickiest in the skies.
Fewer than six enemies launched a brutal volley of spears, and the Sky Knights who lost their wyverns cast Fly spells in a desperate bid for survival.
"Wind Tornado!"
"Spiral Tornado!"
"Lightning Blade!"
"Rune Prayer!"
"Wind Field!"
And that wasn't all.
Five Sky Knights riding gold wyverns had closed the distance.
All mages, by the look of it, they unleashed 5th-circle spells into the sky.
Swooooooooosh.
Rooooaaar!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
Boom boom boom boom boom boom!
KABOOOOOM!
"Uwaaaaaaaa!"
"Kraaaak!"
Kiaaaaaaaa!
A storm of destruction swept through the skies.
Magic of every color exploded amid the clustered wyverns, turning the area into pandemonium.
Some wyverns had their tails catch fire from fire magic, others lost unprotected wing membranes to wind spells, some were engulfed in blue flames from lightning alongside their riders, and more plummeted after their wings were shredded by powerful gusts.
The clustered Bazran Empire Eastern Legion Sky Knights and wyverns tasted bitter defeat.
"Bite! Jin! Go bite 'em!"
On top of that, a carefree voice treating the high-rank spirit like hunting prey.
Crunch crunch.
At the command, the high-rank spirit opened its massive jaws and truly chomped down on a wyvern's head like a dog.
"No, not the head—bite the wings! If it loses value, I won't summon you again!"
A thunderous voice laced with mana from the madman.
A high-rank spirit summoner would be granted an earldom in any empire in an instant, yet he threatened it with no more summons.
Crunch crunch crunch.
Kueeeeeeee!
Whether the threat worked or not, the high-rank spirit mercilessly shredded the wyverns' wings.
Flap, flap, flap flap flap flap.
Wyverns with one wing bitten struggled not to die, flapping desperately as they fell to the ground.
The Eastern Legion wyverns and Sky Knights, who had boldly attacked the Imperial Guard, scattered like ants in a frenzy.
A catastrophe for those accustomed to formation flight.
Few could maintain their composure amid the spear barrages and exploding magic.
Swoooooooosh.
Nine black wyverns broke through the shattered encirclement.
"Hahaha, go tell your tyrant emperor this! If he's got complaints, come find Kair, master of Neruman, anytime! Hahahahaha!"
The man's insult, infused with immense mana.
Every Sky Knight calming their fleeing or rampaging wyverns heard it.
The name Kair, master of Neruman.
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"Ah....."
He had appeared.
The man who came like a gust of wind to save her as she crossed the river of death.
Riding a familiar black wyvern with golden stripes, boldly declaring war on the emperor.
'Kair.....'
Aegis Imperial Princess, overcome with heartfelt emotion, her breath catching.
Her burning eyes etched him into her heart.
Kair—he was now the hero who had saved her life.
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"Pfft....."
Moments ago on the brink of death, yet Countess Irene let out a soft chuckle from within her helmet.
He was a madman.
From their first meeting, he'd possessed an irreplaceable audacity.
He'd declared war on the Emperor of the Great Bazran Empire.
"Cool."
No one to hear, so the word slipped out.
That's why she liked that man.
He could stand tall before anyone, chest out, saying what he wanted.
A true man.
The first to ruthlessly steal Irene's heart with his irresistible charm.
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'Agh! To have to leave all that behind!'
Wyverns and Sky Knights dropping one by one.
It stung.
If not for the wyvern flock approaching from afar again, he would've swept them all up, but time and fate offered no freebies.
'Fine, there's today, tomorrow, the day after, and beyond!'
He'd planned to go all out anyway.
No mercy for consideration toward the enemy.
'Damn... mana’s running low.'
The high-rank spirit Jin, unleashed after so long, had rampaged using his mana freely.
As soon as the Imperial Sky Knights showed their backs, he immediately unsummoned it.
He couldn't let them discover his mana was depleted.
"Let's head back, Bebeto!"
Kroooooooar!
No point sticking around in enemy territory.
Having chased off the guests like sparrows, he turned toward his own land.
'Aegis, kid... and Irene.'
The guests flying toward Neruman.
Airplates and wyverns made them easy to distinguish.
'But why does she keep looking back at me?'
One female Imperial Guard Sky Knight glancing over amid the chaos.
'This damn popularity.....'
It felt good.
He hadn't collected any free wyverns, but all in all, it had been a rewarding day.
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BOOM!
CRASH!
A sturdy blackwood desk shattered under a mana-infused fist.
"Say that again? What? Neruman's lord Kair appeared and took the prince and princess?"
"Y-yes, Your Excellency. According to Earl Haphais of the Eastern Legion's report, Neruman's lord Kair and his mage Sky Knights appeared and took them all. Thirty-seven legion wyverns were killed, twenty-eight severely injured, and thirteen Sky Knights died."
"Graaaaaah! Who asked for that report! I wanted the prince's death, not some defeat notice!"
Thud thud thud thud.
Unable to vent his rage, Duke Omar stomped on the broken desk.
"Ugh... Kair, you son of a bitch....."
Murderous intent gleamed blue in his eyes.
Duke Omar ground his teeth and clenched his fist.
"I don't know how to report this to His Imperial Majesty. When he learns that bastard gravely insulted His Majesty, he won't stay calm....."
"You fool! You think we can report that to His Majesty now? The funeral ends soon, then the coronation. No one reports to His Majesty until I allow it!"
"Y-yes, understood, Your Excellency."
Omar knew full well Emperor Poltbiran's brutish temperament.
If he learned he'd been insulted by some Neruman lord, he'd scrap the coronation and start a war.
'Kair, wait. I'll soon come peel your skin off myself.'
To eliminate any backlash, Prince Razsion, Aegis Imperial Princess, and Neruman's lord Kair—a clear threat to the empire.
Omar stored his fury deep in his chest.
The bastard could no longer live under the same skies as the empire....