This was no longer a city defense battle; it had turned into a plain annihilation battle.
To be honest, taking the initiative to sally forth was quite foolish; defending the city would certainly be easier.
But waiting for the enemy to push to our doorstep before fighting isn’t our pretty girls’ style of combat, so there’s no need for hindsight analysis.
The difficulty of this battle was actually not high. We had even fought the Abyss Insect King’s hundreds of thousands of Abyss Insects.
A mere thirty thousand human soldiers—once we took down the enemy general, the others would naturally lose their will to fight and automatically rout.
So the Giant Whale Knights actually didn’t need to sally forth to secure victory. Battle Priestess Shalom would eventually behead Count Perry.
“…”
But Samimi didn’t say anything more this time, didn’t insist like before. Because she also knew that making the Giant Whale Knights stay inside the city, helplessly watching the two War Marshals fight the multitude, was a torment and humiliation. As knights, they couldn’t endure such an insult. Worse than death.
But after seeing the Giant Whale Knights leave the city gate, Samimi suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.
“How could this…”
This was a feeling she had never experienced before. Even she herself didn’t know what kind of omen this was. Completely different from past ominous omens. What exactly was going on?
Back to the battlefield. Niubao was still facing off against Wind Whisper Knight Cress. On the other side, Frost Blade Knight Henry and Fabiana had already exchanged over a hundred rounds, still deadlocked.
Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry grew more shocked as the battle progressed. It wasn’t that he was being suppressed, but that he could find no opening in his opponent.
“Huff—”
Fabiana gripped the Golden Sword with both hands, planted her stance steady, breathing calmly, eyes composed.
She was executing an extremely steady two-handed sword technique. A line down the middle, swaying left and right, defending a whole sky. It was precisely the defensive counterattack that the Dilmurt Knight Sword Technique excelled at.
Since her overall strength was slightly inferior to the enemy, she chose this defensive sword technique. As long as she didn’t force an attack, she would remain absolutely undefeated.
“Your soldiers are almost all dead, and you’re not worried yet?” Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry taunted as he swung his sword fiercely.
“…”
Fabiana remained silent. Her footwork shifted left and right; she swung her sword with both hands, deflecting and blocking, completely neutralizing the attacks of the Frost Sword.
Even the freezing effect of the Frost Sword couldn’t spread to the Golden Sword. All attacks were skillfully deflected by her.
Now he finally understood why Niubao’s defensive sword technique was so sharp. So it was all taught by Fabiana. Thirty-six paths of sword technique, each one defensive, with no flaw.
Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry had never seen such a troublesome swordsmanship; it made him more and more agitated.
Clearly his strength was greater than this little girl’s, yet he always had a stifling feeling of being unable to use his power.
But he also knew. A little girl being able to train her swordsmanship to this level must have paid unimaginable blood and sweat.
He wondered what kind of harsh training she had gone through. Otherwise, how could she at such a young age have developed such solid swordsmanship?
After all, Pure White Knight Fabiana was unlike the other members of the Hero Party. Her base was essentially a “common bone.”
Zombie Priest Samimi need not be mentioned; she had already cultivated a doppelganger. Even the other three members were all absurd. Some had awakened an extremely sinister Invisible Arrow Technique. Some had comprehended the most dashing Wind Sword Energy in history.
Some had cultivated a Penetration Art that could pierce all defenses in the world. But Fabiana did not have such power.
Besides being able to summon heroic spirits, she herself was just an ordinary knight. What could a mortal do to catch up to the footsteps of those geniuses? She could only rely on equipment. But now even her equipment was inferior.
What else could she do? Nothing. Only work hard in training. Believing that hard work could eventually break through the sky.
Solid swordsmanship, steady footwork, resolute eyes, a mind as firm as rock. Although I may not be able to defeat you, I guarantee you absolutely cannot defeat me!
“【Thrust】.”
Spotting a moment of hesitation from Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry, Fabiana seized the opportunity fiercely. Like a ferocious dragon, she struck out suddenly. A cold gleam flashed on the Golden Sword as it thrust out violently.
“!?”
Even Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry was startled; he hurriedly raised his shield to block the fierce strike and was knocked back several steps. However, Fabiana did not greedily press the attack. She continued to adopt a steady two-handed sword defensive stance.
“Goodness…” Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry couldn’t help but praise.
Even as the surrounding Skeleton Knights grew fewer and her forces fell into a huge disadvantage, she remained unflustered, completely undisturbed by the environment.
Moreover, since the two Great Knights had single-handedly charged in, there were no allies around them. All around were Skeleton Knights returning to defend. But the Skeleton Knights never attacked the two of them.
They simply allowed them to have a fair duel with their own general, while they held back the other mercenaries. Too much Martial Virtue. Too much knight spirit. Touching.
Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry never expected that he, an old hand who had been around for years, would feel that long-lost passion in a little girl. It was a longing from childhood. But now it had long been ground to dust by reality.
Such a promising young girl knight had now fallen to become a despised evil knight. Truly lamentable. Even though he knew she was wronged. Even though he had known she was wronged long ago. So what? This world was always like this.
That resolute gaze. The true posture of an upright knight. The Golden Sword that would never retreat even if it stood against the entire world. Made Frost Blade Knight Commander Henry’s hand, holding the Frost Sword, tremble slightly. A contaminated knight’s heart… could it still tremble?
Of course, Fabiana didn’t think about any of this. She simply felt she couldn’t win. Then stall! Stall hard! Wait for teammates to save her!
“Mimi, save me!”
Little did she know, she had already, like Samimi, gradually developed some kind of mysterious charm aura.
Samimi possessed a unique temperament that could attract divine officials. Her ascetic appearance perfectly matched the divine officials’ fantasies of the Goddess. Enough to make all divine officials submit to the charm of the Demon-Hunting Nun.
And now the same was true for Fabiana. Her temperament could move all knights who still had a shred of conscience.
As long as they weren’t villains already beyond redemption, they would be shaken by her resolute eyes and steady swordsmanship. Because she fulfilled all the knights’ fantasies of what a knight should be. That knight spirit of never giving up even in desperate situations.
Of course, they would never know. That Fabiana, that coward, was actually dragged out of a broken church by Samimi. Otherwise, she could have been an ostrich for life, let alone turn around a desperate situation? Just like the divine officials would never know that their church idol Samimi actually had a mind full of shady little tricks.
Fortunately, Fabiana barely lived up to her appearance. Though she had a few minor flaws, her former princess syndrome had been completely ground away.
Both her parents were dead. How could she still have princess syndrome? This stained the originally tsundere noble girl knight with a trace of permanent, faint sadness.
From then on, her face could never show a true smile again. She was both an upright knight and a tearless avenger. Contradictory identity and painful experiences added unique character charm to her. Only then could she be worthy of being a true knight idol.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, Fabiana’s heart tightened violently. She also felt a strange omen. And it came more fiercely than the one Mimi had felt. Fabiana immediately turned her head and looked toward the enemy camp.
Under the black clouds, a blood mist spread.
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