[The Desert Road of Zahryssar — Continuation]
The battlefield disappeared beneath a storm of steel.
CLANG!!
CLANG!!
SLASH!!
The once-sacred road had become a sea of blood and golden sand. The celebration...had transformed into slaughter. Captain Varesh's twin blades danced through the battlefield like flashes of silver lightning.
Three Black Serpents lunged toward him at once; he ducked beneath the first strike—
SLASH!!
One throat opened and he spun.
CRACK!!
His elbow shattered another's jaw before the third could retreat—THUD!!
Varesh's second blade pierced straight through his chest; his voice thundered across the battlefield. "DO NOT BREAK THE FORMATION!! The IMPERIAL CARRIAGES come before your own lives!!"
"YES, CAPTAIN!!" The Royal Knights answered as one.
Nearby... Raevahn's sword flashed again, again and again. Every strike forced another assassin backward; blood covered his armor, yet...his footing never moved an inch from the defensive line, and he growled.
