Chapter 40 - Volume 1
TL: First, Happy new year guys.
So there are a few reasons why I delayed on TLing TAS. Ch 39 was a pretty great chapter to stop, the boss was defeated, there was hardly any cliffhanger here and was sort of the end of an arc. Other reasons include RL stuff + catching up on TV drama shows, and the ongoing fight against my assignments. I’m about halfway through my arm assignment, while I have 4 other assignments (some partially completed).
In any case, I hope there isn’t any painful cliffhanger for at least a few chapters, because I still have more perspective assignments which will take a gross amount of time which might affect things for a while. Excuse me if I fail to reply to the comments.
Ch 40 – The war in summer
After the dust settled, Brendel immediately saw the palm-sized card on the ground. He picked it up; there was a tree painted on the face of the card. It was depicted as a majestic tree where a mysterious sheen extending from the body of the tree towards the crown. On the upper left of the card there was a VII written on it, but there was no crystal representing any of the elements.
Brendel looked puzzledly at it, but he immediately called up the character window and scanned it.
The depiction on the cards changed an overlay:
The secret grounds of the Holy Tree
On the battlefield, the Karsuk province formally faced Madara’s twin armies, ‘Winter Solstice’, ‘Black Crow’. They gravely threatened the province, and Duke Orkin and the messenger who sent out his letter, wept and stated the morale of the soldiers were going to collapse if they don’t receive any aid soon.
At the same time, at Karlman’s mountain regions further to the north which was close to the sea channels, a group of undead army advanced secretly in light armor.
And the province in southern Grinoires, Fortress Vermiere was facing repeated attacks from Incirsta’s grand army. The region in Bucce was in a bizarre silence. A commanding officer, Earl Pola, once sent a letter of inquiry to the 104th swordsman platoon in Fortress Riedon, but the final reply was:
“Everything is fine.”
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It was the first day of the sixth month. Brendel and the girls proceeded through the secret passageway in the Forbidden Garden. They rushed towards Fortress Riedon, racing against time. They already discovered signs of undead activity, but the scale was small, and it appeared that undead scouts were nearby Fortress Riedon.
This made the small party tense. They were ahead of Madara’s forces by a step, but they did not know how far ahead they were.
And on the midnight of this day, Brendel led them out of the final section of Mountain Zevail’s pathway. They found themselves out of the forest, southern of Fortress Riedon in a place called Vendeck. It was a small mountain that oversaw the Pine River and Webster River. The lights from Fortress Riedon made it appear like it was a dazzling jewel, quietly lying on several miles of the mountain valleys, illuminating the stretch of rivers.
The girls lost their breaths when they saw this scenery. They had constantly imagined how Fortress Riedon looked like, but they did not expect the place to look like the night sky in the darkness.
But Romaine suddenly poked Brendel’s back and whispered:
“Brendel, there’s an army behind us.”
“Army?”
“Yes, look to the north. We just passed the valley this afternoon, can you see it?”
“That’s ten kilometers away, and it’s so dark, how can you see that place clearly? My noble lady, please don’t joke at this time!” He sighed in a exaggerated manner.
“But I can see it.”
“Brendel, Romaine might be telling the truth.” Freya interjected.
[…… Of course I know she’s probably right, I already seen her perception first-hand. I’m just joking to ease the tension. You’re going to become old quickly if you’re always so serious, Miss Future Goddess of War…..]