Chapter 386 Crimson Flash

Chapter 386 Crimson Flash　　While Viscount Eagle and Baron Ivo are thinking about their next move, Traynia's soldiers start to reach the river and construct some simple footholds or bridges to cross the river.

"Damn.. How about the reinforcement? Is there any news about them?" asked Viscount Eagle.

Viscount Eagle is reluctant to abandon the wall since they will definitely lose the battle if they fight frontally. Currently, there are less than 300 soldiers on the Thornbridge Hold, including the exhausted Sur knights, magician unit, and other artillery units.

On the other hand, Traynia's soldiers are still around 800 or more equipped with advanced weaponry. Unlike the elite Sur knights, most of the soldiers in the Thornbridge Hold are only third grade with standard quality equipment.

All it needs is a stray low circle spell or projectile to kill the Heart kingdom's ordinary soldiers. Only less than a hundred soldiers are fourth-grade combatants and have better equipment. 

Therefore, if the wall is destroyed before they get reinforcement, their army will be decimated in no time. War in Firuman is quite unique and different from the war happening on Earth. 

Sometimes the war could happen for days, months, or even years. However, there are also a lot of cases when the war battle is finished in a matter of minutes or hours.

It didn't even need an hour to decimate an army of fewer than 300 soldiers with more than 800 soldiers. Even if the Viscount Eagle and Baron Ivo decide to participate in the battle and fight all out, the enemy also has two fifth-grade combatants to handle them.

In the meantime, inside the backline of the Traynia's army, two people silently observe the siege. They are none other than general Marquis Roach and Duke Faltos.

"Sir, we are starting to run out of core ammunition." reported the nearby knight.

"Hmm.. Did you detect any reinforcement on their side?" asked general Roach.

"No, Sir. We didn't detect anything from the other side." replied the knight.

"I see. Any news from the capital?" asked general Roach.

"Yes. A moment ago, they dispatched Duke Farrowlight with 1000 soldiers. It is expected they will arrive in one or two days." said the knight.

"Duke Farrowlight?!! It seems His majesty is going all out at this war." muttered General Roach.

After thinking for a while, "Alright, set the magical cannon into burst mode and use all the remaining core ammunition at once. We need to secure the Thornbridge Hold before Duke Farrowlight arrives." commanded General Roach.

"As you command, Sir." replied the knight.

Unlike Fort Destroyer, which gathers mana from the surrounding, Traynia's enhanced magic cannon still consumes cores like ordinary magic cannon. Hence, their magic cannon could shoot more and faster without waiting to recharge mana.

However, like ordinary magic cannons, they are also burning money machines. Each of the Traynia's magic cannons needs at least a few third-grade monster cores to shoot once. Currently, on the battlefield, they have dozens of magic cannons.

All of these cannons had already consumed more than a few thousand cores since the start of the battle. The Traynia kingdom is not as rich as the Heart kingdom and this kind of expense will definitely heavily burden their financial state.

In other words, the Traynia army also couldn't bombard the Heart kingdom carelessly anymore. Therefore, General Roach thought it was their last chance to push forward. Suddenly, all the Traynia's magic cannons stop shooting and give breath towards the Heart kingdom side.

'Did they finally exhaust all their core?!' thought Viscount Eagle.

Viscount Eagle also knew that the enemy couldn't keep bombarding them with magic cannons because of Traynia's lack of resources. This is the major reason he is reluctant to abandon the wall.

Just as he thought the enemy had finally exhausted all their core ammunition, a series of booming sounds was heard simultaneously at rapid speed. 

*Bam* *Bam* *Bam* *Bam* Hundreds of concentrated mana balls launched from the Traynia's magic cannons at once without stopping.

Seeing such a rapid bombardment, "Shit!! Everyone abandons the wall!!" shouted Viscount Eagle.

However, the bright mana balls are already in front of the Thornbridge's wall and will hit it before anyone reacts to the Viscount's command. At this split second, Viscount Eagle couldn't help but curse himself a thousand times because of his indecisiveness.

Just as the mana balls want to touch the wall and explode, a flash of bright red light appears in front of the wall, along with a series of banging sounds. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

Suddenly, the mana balls are deflected back and hit each other in the air. *BOM* *BOM* *BOM* *BOM*

All the mana balls exploded and left Thornbridge's wall unscathed. This scene makes the whole battlefield stop and silent. Be it the Traynia's army trying to cross the river or the Heart's soldiers who are starting to retreat from the wall.

At the same time, on the edge of the Thornbridge Wall stood a woman with bright long red hair wielding a greatsword.

"Oii.. Ivo. Is your body the only one that is growing?! To think you need my help for this kind of battle." said the red-haired woman with a feral smile.

At the same time, General Roach and Duke Faltos also notice the appearance of a red-haired woman.

"T-That's…" said General Roach in shock.

"Duchess Extalia Amberblaze." said Duke Faltos solemnly while taking out his twin swords.

Before Sur villagers joined with the Victory family, there was one family with almost the same power and influence in the Heart Kingdom as the royal family. This family is the Amberblaze family, who also happens to be the family of the current Empress.

However, the Amberblaze family is not only famous in terms of politics through the Empress but also in military power. There are times when all the nearby kingdom even fears the Amberblaze family.

All of this is because of a certain red-haired woman who is currently standing on the edge of the Thornbridge wall. When people say who is the fastest human, most people will say it is King Leon as he is a seventh-grade combatant that masters [Blink].

However, King Leon himself never claimed such a title since he knew who was the fastest human. This human is none other than Duchess Extalia Amberblaze, aka Crimson Flash. 

Certainly, Blink's skill could teleport the user anywhere instantly, making the user travel a distance in the blink of an eye.

Combined with his power as a seventh-grade combatant, King Leon could easily use Blink many times. Unfortunately, Blink also has its own limitations. 

It could only cover short distances if used rapidly. Moreover, it didn't affect the user's original speed and only teleported the user's location.

Although King Leon is fast at dodging and covering distance, compared to people who genuinely specialize in speed, he is lacking behind. Still, his full speed already belongs to one of the fastest seventh-grade combatants in Firuman.

Unfortunately, compared to Extalia Amberblaze, King Leon always feels slower compared to her in their occasional sparring. Moreover, since it is a friendly spar, King Leon knows Extalia never uses all her power.

If King Leon is not a seventh-grade combatant, he may lose his battle against Extalia. This shows how fearsome Extalia Amberblaze's speed is. At some point, everyone thought she was also one of the people who could reach the seventh grade.

However, in the last decades, she has slowly faded away from the public, whether in politics or on battlefields. Still, some old generals and combatants will never forget her and the true horror that gave her the title of Crimson Flash, the fastest human in Firuman.

There is even a legend that if you fight against the Heart Kingdom and see a bright red flash, it means you are seeing your end.

"Fuck!! Retreat!! Send the retreating signal!!" roared General Roach anxiously.

'Damn.. How come that crazy woman is here?!! It's been more than decades since her last appearance. Why is it now of all time?!! Moreover, why does she appear here out of the three battlefields?!' cursed General Roach inwardly.

The nearby Traynia's knight immediately shot an emergency retreat signal. Soon, Traynia's soldiers begin to retreat systematically. Fortunately, none of the soldiers managed to pass the big river yet. Otherwise, these soldiers will take more time retreating.

Seeing the retreating Traynia's soldiers, the Heart's soldiers couldn't help but cheer while the magician and artillery unit shot at the retreating army. At the same time, General Roach was also relieved since the Duchess seemed to stay on her spot and didn't pursue their soldiers.

On the other hand, Duchess Amberblaze is rooted on her spot with a greatsword beside her. If someone went near her, they could hear the Duchess mumbling something in a low voice.

"28.. 29.. 30. Alright, times up. Let's see the might of Traynia's soldiers that dare to attack us." said Duchess Amberblaze before disappearing, leaving only crimson light. 

*Whooshh* In the blink of an eye, the Duchess travels across the river and begins slashing the retreating soldiers. Traynia's soldiers couldn't even know what hit them besides seeing a flash of crimson light. The Duchess keeps killing Traynia's soldiers like they are vegetables.

"Shit!! All of you, keep retreating!! Move further back!!" shouted General Roach while approaching the dangerous crimson-haired woman.

At the same time, Duke Faltos is already moving toward the Duchess and intercepts her in killing the Traynia's soldier. *Clang*

"Hee.. You are quite fast." said Duchess Amberblaze with a feral grin.