Chapter 97: 97: The Black Cobra Infiltrates Fort Marth

Chapter 97: 97: The Black Cobra Infiltrates Fort Marth

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"Haha! This has come out perfectly." Leon said as he put his knife aside and tied the last knot.

It was a few straight branches gathered together in equal lengths, and a piece of cloth was tied to them tightly. Leon used branches, tree fibers, and feathers from a few birds he shot down.

"It looks like a bird."

"It's a kite."

Rhyme could tell that it was a kite, but Leon tied no strings to it; rather, he made it stringless but gave it the ability to move its sides and bend upward and downward with a tail. All that is left is for the Will o' Wisp to possess it.

"Let's go. A magical undead drone for our cute little Wisp." Leon said as he pointed for the Wisp to possess it.

He felt a strange shake in the Wisp's wavelengths, and it seemed to be resisting his orders.

"It doesn't like being called cute or little." Rhyme explained.

"Figures." Leon laughed, "Alright, soldier. Your duty is to take to the sky."

The Wisp seemed a bit hesitant, and Leon could feel like forcing it to enter, but he left it for the Wisp to come by itself. As it possessed the bird like kite, Leon discovered that the Wisp could still float by the kite without him having to worry about the wind and all that.

It was a good gain, but the kite composition would be of help later on. Thus, Leon let the Wisp take to the sky and do experimental flying. This turned out to be good, and the Kite was holding well against the air currents up in the sky.

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[ Shambles ] < Animated Undead / Junk Item >

Made of mundane materials. This particular Shambles takes the shape of a bird.

Creator: Leon Dark.

"Look at that, our boy is flying." Leon said, "Go on! Go ahead! This is so exciting."

Leon looked at his kite like a child as it flew across the sky using not even a string, which made Rhyme look at him while wondering. She recognized him as the Ring Bearer, but she has no recollection of what that means. Maybe she forgot, but she knew it was something important.

Still, for that important person to use Death Magic to create a Kite, only time will tell how this turns out to be.

As for Leon, he was immersed in merging his senses with the Wisp in order to feel what's going on around him. It acted like a Radar with an excellent ability to sense all the auras surrounding it this high in the sky. Leon could even send it ahead for 200 meters and receive clear feedback in his mind.

No wall is unscalable; that's what Shady always said, and this one was particularly easy. He had his grappling hooks and ropes, which, with the right precision, could latch to the arrow slits on the walls. The Shambles Drone kept a close watch on this second on the wall and made sure it was clear for him.

Leon threw the first grappling hook after changing the appearance of his Chameleon Cloak to mimic the Fort's wall. After a few tries, Leon was successful in landing the grappling hook at the first arrow slit without drawing attention.

The drone kept watch over him, and he scaled the first part of the wall skillfully. From the first arrow slot to the second was a lesser distance than between the first and the ground. Leon positioned himself right before finally managing to make it all the way up to the battlements of the Fort.

Looking left and right, Leon realized that he was safe, as the guards were all focused and concentrated in different areas. He guided his drone up and sent it to scout the remaining parts of the fort's roof, which was relatively easy to evade the guards on thanks to the many scattered barrels of weapons and ammunition.

Finally, Leon could see the other side of the fort, but as he thought, it was impossible to pass through quietly. The Baron seemed to have rallied a lot of men between this side of the bridge and the side of the Godfrey duchy, as if he were anticipating any military attack from the other side.

Even the famous Black Cobra will have trouble facing an army on his own.

Leon had to look for an opportunity somewhere else, and the night was still young. Still, now that he is in the stronghold of his enemy, he can do a lot of sabotaging while he's at it.

By letting the Shambles Drone fly across the fort's courtyard, Leon could figure out that around a hundred people are currently in the fort with him. The two sides of the fort were directly overlooking a very deep ravine, which gave him quite a terrible idea.

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With a rough headcount, there were 18 guards on the roof with him, all of whom were focused around the gates and roughly patrolling the sides. The area that the roof spans is quite big, and he was willing to do some shenanigans of his own.

First, catching a stray guard was easy; taking him down was even easier. Once he had him under his dagger, he made the guard tell him all he needed to know about the Fort and where the important people lived. He broke the guard's neck, took his outer garment, and wore it after tossing the guard down to the ravine from the side of the Fort.

As no one felt the dead guard fall, it was all a matter of how fast he could wipe out all those who were on the roof.

Catching most of the lone guards would make it problematic if the other guards were to discover them missing, but thanks to the night, most of these guards were already sleepy from overworking since the fort was short on hands.

Leon didn't hesitate and killed five more guards before moving to the gate overlooking the eastern side of the fort, which leads to the Godfrey duchy. He walked in casually and greeted the guards, acting as if he were about to remove his helmet in order to keep his face covered long enough before...

*Stab* *Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Thud* *Stab* *Crush*

... stabbing the first at his neck, shooting the second with a crossbow, shooting the third with another crossbow, kicking the fourth against a wall, jumping on the fifth and stabbing him in the neck before returning to the fourth before strangling and killing him.

Quickly, he sealed the two doorways leading to the roof from this gate's side, dragged the corpses away before their blood started falling from the battlements, and tossed them in the ravine.

He even took the time to familiarize himself with the gate mechanisms to do something cool with them later.

Just like that, he took the opportunity to head towards the other side of the fort, took out the remaining guards with speed and precision, and sealed the doorways to the roof from that direction too.

What remained for him was going downstairs and doing all the dirty deeds he could before dawn.

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