Abe the Wizard

“Find the teleportation circle. Quick! Destroy it as soon as you find it!”

The leading intermediate priest said so to another, who immediately called out eight skeletons to help him with the task. When he did so, the bone wall blocking Head Commander Dunmore’s way suddenly disappeared. The eight skeletons made their way into the castle, but the intermediate priest just stood in silence as he watched outside.

Prince Horace asked while trembling, “Do they want to capture me alive?”

“I don’t know, your Highness,” Head Commander Dunmore tried to comfort him, “Don’t worry, though. Help is on the way.”

As Head Commander Dunmore would have it, if the intermediate priest joined this battle, he might just last for even less than a minute. Still, it was just the four bearmen that were attacking him. They weren’t even using their full strength. It was like they were just trying to make him use up all his combat qi.

Prince Horace commanded, “Give me a dagger, Dunmore.”

“Your Highness!” Head Commander Dunmore called back. He couldn’t turn his head back to look at Prince Horace, but he could sense the sharpness in the voice that he was hearing.

“I am the prince of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. I should give back to the state that has given me so much. I am weak, and I cannot attain any sort of glory for anyone. What I can do is to not let the orcs capture me alive.”

Head Commander Dunmore understood, “Your Highness. There is a short sword at my right waist. It’s the final honor for a knight.”

A knight’s final honor was as its name suggested. It was a blade that the humans used when they were captured in battle. Knights weren’t supposed to commit suicide during combats with other humans, but against orcs, it was supposed to be a fight to the very end.

Prince Horace had the blade in front of his heart, “I shall call this the final honor of a prince, then.”

Head Commander Dunmore screamed, “Your Highness, stop! The humans will have their revenge soon. The Kingdom of St. Ellis will respond with fires of rage!”

Unlike the battle on the fort platform, what was going on inside the castle was a complete massacre. A fort was supposed to be the ideal location for defensive warfare, but things would only start to get bloody once the enemies were inside. It was exactly this situation now. One intermediate priest was going in with eight of his skeletons, and the strongest fight force that the humans had were knight commanders.

The skeletons continued to slash at every human that they saw. In their hollow eyes, blue flames would jump every time a swing was made. Every time the flames jumped, lives would be lost. Still, the royalties of the Kingdom of St. Ellis managed to retain their honor at a time like this. None of the warriors had retreated during this cruel assault. The knights would continue to charge at the intermediate priest, and they would just fall as they got closer.

“You are a laughable bunch,” the intermediate priest spoke as his face jerked a little.

With a wave of the bone staff in his right hand, a spell rune appeared at where the intermediate priest was drawing. After that, all the corpses of the knights started flashing red lights. Explosions were ignited. Everyone closeby was buried in the bursting air.

The intermediate priest took out a smaller spell circle from his portal bag. It was supposed to help him locate the teleportation circle that was in this castle. After he found it, he commanded his skeletons to charge towards it.

“Bahu Castle has been attacked. I repeat, Bahu Castle has been attacked. Prince Horace is in danger. The orcs are attacking. Please send reinforcements over here.”

The cry for help came from the castle butler. He was calling directly to the Kingdom of St. Ellis for help. Apart from him, there was just Prince Horace and Head Commander Dunmore, who had the right to use the call service.

An intermediate priest suddenly appeared, “So you’ve called for help. It is time for you to die, then.”

The butler screamed with a pale look, “Did you just bait me?”

They nodded, “Why, of course. You think I waited because, what, the castle is too tough for me to breakthrough?”

With a wave of his hand, the intermediate priest commanded the skeletons to charge at the butler. The butler had no choice but to watch his neck being snapped into half. After that, his body was slammed heavily towards the ground. The other skeletons charged towards the teleportation circle, and the weapons in their hands were slashed at the spell rune that was drawn on the ground.

One of the knights rushed into the eldest prince’s office.

“Your Highness! Bahu Valley has just requested reinforcement! The orcs are attacking Prince Horace!”

“Horace?” Prince Derek quickly changed his expression, “Has help been sent yet?”

The knight replied with a bow, “Connection of the teleportation circle has been cut off. The orcs might have destroyed it. I have already called for support from the closest city, but it should take at least three hours before they can make it.”

“Understood. I’ll go see his majesty right away.”

Prince Derek headed towards where Emperor Ambrose was at. He knew it very clearly. The only ones who could help were intermediate wizards and the griffin knights, but he didn’t have the power to command either. The only thing he could do was to request from the supreme leader of the nation.

“What’s wrong? Why are you so anxious?”

Emperor Ambrose was doing paperwork when Prince Derek came to him. He was confused with this interruption, and he was slightly discontent with the way Prince Derek was so abrupt.

Prince Derek quickly gave a bow, “Your Majesty, Horace… he’s been attacked by the orcs!”

That’s when the pen in Emperor Ambrose’s hand snapped. Prince Horace had always been his most cherished son. The child was weak ever since he was born. If he didn’t use to hold him in his arms all the time during infantry, it’d be very hard for him to make it to this age.

In anger and anxiety, Emperor Ambrose called for help from both the griffin knights and the wizards. He had a secret messenger to relay the message for him, so the word could be spread out as soon as possible.

Very quickly, at one corner of the royal palace, ten knights flew towards the sky and flew towards Bahu Valley. Among the ten of them, four were head knight commanders while the rest were at the peak level of being knight commanders. With their aerial advantage, they could take on more than ten head knight commanders all at once.

They were very fast. The duchy of Larvid was located right next to the Kingdom of St. Ellis. It should take less than an hour for them to reach Bahu Valley. Of course, they were only the first squad. More would follow from branches other than the inner part of the royal palace.