Chapter 11 The Otherworlders' First Skirmish, Part 2: Betrayal

"Trajan! So it was you bastard!" Vice Commander Lieman said with full of rage.

I myself didn't thought of this development.

"The reason of the sudden invasion of demonkin while the [Promised Ones] are away is because of you bastard! You planned all of this!"

"Kukukukuku, Lieman, what an unsightly appearance you're showing in the battlefield. Why can't you be calm and relaxed?" Trajan sneered as he speak.

"You of all people! Why, why did you do this?" I shouted at him.

"Of course, I want more power! The demonkin whom you've despised so much, offered me the thing which I desire! It can't be helped, I'm an ambitious person after all." Trajan said in a wide grin as if to mock us.

To betray his kingdom for the sake of more power. What a selfish reason.

Even though I heard that reason for how many times already, having someone say that with a nonchalant attitude in front of you still makes my heart feel hurt. Imagine being stabbed in the back.

"Now, feel the might of the demons and cower in fear as you plea for your deaths!"

With a snap of his fingers, several magic circles began to form on the remaining demonkin soldiers and wyverns. They began to grow one size larger and to have more gruesome appearance. Their horns also increased by one during the process.

""""GHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!""""

The demonkin soldiers roared loudly on the battlefield as they received a great power-up.

"W-What? Augmentation magic?!" Lieman said in a shocked expression as he saw the change that is happening to the enemies.

"Hahahahaha! That's right! The power that I wanted, it's all coming to me! Now, now, attack those humans! Harvest their heads and slash their bowels! Bathe in their blood and feast on their corpses!"

Trajan snapped his fingers again and at once, the demons began to resume their attack.

"""We won't let you have your way!"""

Several defending soldiers also begin the attack Trajan.

But,

Several heads all flew at once. Trajan slashed all soldiers that tried to attack with his sword.

"It's useless. For you to attack me, how foolish." He said arrogantly.

"Tsk. Mages! Archers! Attack that traitor!" Lieman commanded.

The mages and the archers rain down magic and arrows towards to where Trajan is standing. Trajan didn't seem to dodge, instead he snapped his fingers again. The demonkin soldiers blocked all of the attack coming from far away.

"Hahahahahaha! Like I said it's useless!" Trajan laughed as he speak mockingly.

"You!!!"

Lieman drew his sword again and recited a spell.

"O holy light, shine upon this darkness as I crush all who lay terror and fear upon the just! Light Blade, [Sacre Realis]!"

Instantly, his sword began to be clad in holy light. The incandescence brought upon by his spell was enough to blind anyone who look at it directly for prolonged duration.

"You bastard, die!" He charged towards Trajan.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

The demons begin to defend their master, but is immediately cut by the holy blade.

"Khaaaaaaaa!!!"

The demons who tried to defend against the blade of light just roared their last before falling to the ground as their bodies are severed into two.

"Wonderful, wonderful! As expected of the [Lightblade Crusader]! Come at me!" Trajan taunted Lieman into an attack.

The traitor recited a shortened spell as Lieman is closing his distance with him.

"Earth, pierce them all, [Impale]!"

Several spikes made of earth began to sprout and go towards Lieman. He dodged it all as he continued his charge.

"Tsk. This is troublesome!" Lieman said in a disgusted manner.

As he closed his distance with Trajan more and more spikes burst from the ground to stop him, but he made a path by cutting where the majority of the spikes came from and using the resultant stumps as stepping stones.

"Hahahaha! More, more, more! Pierce him!" Trajan laughed menacingly.

"Vice! Careful!"

Trajan commanded again the earth. I could only shout towards the Vice Commander.

"You brat! You want to die? Stay away from here!" Lieman said as he continue to charge towards Trajan.

In spite of my intention to assist him I immediately retreated at his command.

"Look at me when I try to kill you! Lieman!!!"

Trajan used the opportunity when Lieman commanded me to fall back. He created an earth spike from behind and pierced his chest.

"HAAAAAAAAAHHHHGKKKK!!!!!"

"VIIIIIIIIIIIICEEEEEEE!!!!"

I shouted in despair as I saw the Vice Commander being pierced from behind.

At this point I realized, I could only do nothing. Indeed, I am powerless.

I want to help him, but my feet faltered at the sight of countless earth spikes bursting from below. How can I evade those things? I only took a bit of physical training to strengthen my body, but all of those efforts aren't enough to survive in such ordeal. I think, at this rate I would be considered lucky if I managed to escape only one attack from Trajan.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That's for letting your guard down!"

Meanwhile, Trajan looked at the fallen Vice Commander with mocking eyes, as if telling that everything's been done for him.

"Kuuuuuuuhhhh...You b-bastard..." Vice Commander Lieman looked at him with pain and anger.

The spike that pierced him began to lose it's form and crumbled. Vice Commander Lieman fell to the ground with a thud, bleeding. "Look at yourself now! You're so helpless and weak as always! Ahahahahaha!!!" Trajan approached the fallen Vice Commander and kicked his body.

"Ughaaaaaaaaaa!!!" Vice Commander Lieman groaned in so much pain. He vomited more blood because of the kick.

"Just die like the dog you are, Vice Commander Lieman Larkis, the [Lightblade Crusader]! Die like every one of your soldiers--your faithful followers of truth and justice!"

The brutality that I'm seeing right now, it's already etched in my mind. I tried to look away, but my eyes won't permit me from doing so.

"Now, where is that brat? Hmmmm....Oh, there you are!"

He faced away Vice Commander Lieman who is lying on the ground and began to walk to my direction.

My body fell stiff because of what happened to the Vice Commander.

"Hello there [Promised One]? I believe that you have something I need."

He said to me while staring like a predator watching its prey.