CH 35

Chapter 35 Falling leaves(3)

Translator: BaeBae Editor: BaeBae

Overlooking the Laus ranges, the White crow’s citadel was located on the slope of the mountain.

Covered in snow and the air thin, this place was difficult for anyone but a paladin to stay comfortably.

On the center of the tallest tower, a giant White crow symbol was placed for everyone to see.

White crow knights, the mark of the crow was it’s red eyes.

There was a sentiment that black would be more suitable but the first knight commander was adamant about it being red.

It was said he was so fixated on it being red because the Hugin knight’s symbol was a Raven.

Their assignment was to monitor the Hugin knights in the Laus mountains so it was natural for them to be conscious of them.

But the current White crow’s commander Ethan only saw this as a feeling of inferiority.

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Hugin knights, quite the opposite, always retrieved their fallen comrades’ corpses no matter what.

While wasn’t a written code, both sides to a certain extent mutually respected each other’s ways, so they’d leave behind what each other wanted.

The White crow knights left behind enemy corpses and Hugin knights left behind the enemy’s equipment.

Camille left at once after receiving Ethan’s order. Ethan looked forward to this new face that he’d soon meet.

Till now the White crow knights pursued the Hugin knight’s whereabouts and thought, only they posed any real danger to them.

Ethan didn’t mind this breeze of fresh air. Most of his time was spent locked in this place on the Laus mountains so his paradigm was very wide.

He couldn’t wait to see how this boy from outside the empire could entertain him.

Ethan came out of the room with a sword and cloak draped over him. Then, he saw Camille coming up the stairs. There was nobody else nearby.

“Did you prepare the others? Why did you come up here so early?”

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“I’m only offering this because the White crow knights are not here.”

Juan bursted into laughter at Sina’s offer. He shook his head.

“A generous offer but no. I was thinking of killing them as well if they had come.”

“Why? If you found the purification tactic offensive, I apologise. Inquisitor Kato gave the order without our approval. The paladin that instigated the cleansing, the heathen inquisitor both have died so can’t you let this go?”

“Kato is dead?”

“Yeah. He died from his wounds on the medical bed.”

Juan looked at Sina. Sina’s expression was stiff. From his memory, Kato’s injuries were severe but it wasn’t so extreme that he’d die from it.

Plus Kato was priest class so he could use healing ‘grace’ as well. It wouldn’t heal him back to perfect, but it would have saved his life, if he was close to death.

“That’s a shame. I wanted to take his head myself.”

“He didn’t die painfully.”

Juan nodded his head. It was surprising to hear that Kato and the White crow knights were not coming but his plans weren’t changing regardless.

Juan stood up. A gray curtain spread far and wide. Sina felt the whole square was being hit with waves.

‘Using fog once again.’

Sina carefully looked at where the fog was moving to.

Like before, if Juan used fog to disrupt and cause panic to her knights, Sina and her knights had already formulated a plan to counteract.

It would be difficult to cause chaos with just fog.

“Did you really come, thinking I would accept your negotiation, Sina?”

“…………..”

“You’d do well to become more cunning. That’s the one thing I saw that you really lacked. You need to be more similar to the emperor. To the enemy, he did not hesitate to use any means or methods.”

“Don’t mock the emperor.”

“If there is one person in the world that can mock the emperor, that would be me.”

Juan turned his head. Beyond the misty fog a silhouette could be seen.

“It’s regrettable not being able to kill Kato with my own hands but my plan doesn’t change. I’m sending all my enemies to hell. Anyone stone that gets in my way will be punted.”

Simultaneously as Sina let out a scream, the scouts surrounding the village fired their arrows.

Juan rolled into the thicker fog close to the ground. However, before he could hide, Sina drawed her sword and rushed in.

Sina’s sword swept through Juan’s hair cutting a few strands but Juan’s expression stayed the same.

A loud trumpet echoed throughout the moment Sina began to move.

Then, the sound of hooves could be heard.

The Blue rose knights were speeding towards, on war horses from behind the village.