Chapter 378 The Deciding Night [Part 1]

Chapter 378 The Deciding Night [Part 1]

The night was softly dark, sinking deep enough to gradually drown every trace of brilliant light into the forgotten folds of the clouds.

Beneath the ground lay a sentimental reflection of this darkness.

Amidst this faintly lit night, three figures walked, leaving behind a trail of significant destruction.

Bodies were crudely beaten and battered, left to gape for whatever was left for them of the air to breathe.

The three figures walked forward, nonchalant of the destruction behind them.

Although one particularly did seem a bit flat and unbefitting of this league.

He trembled slightly as he walked and could barely keep up as the other two figures before him gallantly parted their way through the decrepit streets of a once familiar kingdom.

After a couple of steps, cutting through one or two corners and the muscled lady easily delivering bone-breaking blows to those that obstructed their path before they could even register it, they finally got to their destination.

The three of them stopped in front of a towering barricade, made of metal.

Despite its de-aged state, the gate to the castle still stood as a colossal and intimidating sentinel of defense.

Dwarfing the two soldiers that stood in front of it.

The lady—one of the ladies, with wildness written for her appearance stepped forward.

She paused, glancing around the environment with sentimentality hidden deep in her vermillion eyes.

She wouldn't say it, anyone wouldn't, but this place sure did bring back memories.

It would be unfair to classify them as good memories, given the fact that many have been thrown into a monster-infested Desolation and made to desperately fight for their lives.

But it was also the most they could make of good times.

She, herself, would have said fate was at least a little bit fair to them for what those times provided.

The peace, the bonds.

But at this point.

'Fuck fate'

Annette better than anyone knew fate had no hand in this.

That is why it hurt her more than anyone.

One that resounded through the night and made the earth tremble.

Following that, however, was a decorum so perfect that anyone would have been jilted into thinking nothing worked.

The next second however...

The gate began to creak. What started as creaking began to shake heavily.

Suddenly, Jeci grabbed Ellis by the collar and flew back.

Just as she did, the gate shattered into smithereens of metal shards flying everywhere and destroying what was left of the structures in the outskirts.

As if that was not enough of a destruction, the walls slowly began to crumble—proof of how long both sentinels have resiliently held each other through the tough decades.

Annette stood dauntless despite the gate's last tantrum before its demise, narrowly closed her eyes and punched away the shards that came her way.

Then she had to close her eyes and look the other way when the wall collapsed, covering everything with its dust and rocks.

It was getting deeper into the night already, the dust smoke only made it tougher.

She didn't take longer before she opened her eyes and managed to see through however.

When she did, she heaved a big sigh.

'Oh, fuck, I don't think Northern is here... these fuckers were expecting us'

In front of her was a troop of no less than three hundred men.

All armed with different kinds of armors and weapons but commonly armed with one thing:

A trained, disciplined and determined look on their faces.

Whatever Annette and Jeci had been facing outside there were nothing compared to these trained bunch of Sloria.

Suspended up the walls of the castle was an open balcony and on it four individuals stood.

One leaned on the terrace of the balcony, his beautiful blue eyes gracefully falling on Annette.

"Instructor Annette, long time no see. Welcome... have you come to finish this once and for all?"

Annette looked up and smiled but her smile slowly faded as she made sight of the green-haired boy.

She gritted her teeth and glared ferociously.

"Oh that son of a maggot"