HPDBC Chapter 423 The First Time
Chapter 423 The First Time
Danos, Vergil and Belial, each with their unique skills and experiences, all went with the right flank, while Alexander, Manfried and Louis were in the central unit along with Noir and Helia, each with their reasons for being there.
'This way, Helia won't get into combat easily; I can keep her from fighting.'
The sound of the troops clearing the forest was deafening, transforming the once peaceful woods into a land destroyed by the machine of war. Logs, branches and dry wood were swiftly collected by the non-combatants, who were responsible for the troops' daily needs and logistics.
'She's carrying a fertilised egg, after all.' Asura's thoughts continued.
On the left Flank, it was a mixture of the knights from Lyndwrym and Gaius leading them and then for the leading unit was obviously Sigurd, Ignis, Asura and the Valkyries.
Their speed slowed considerably due to the number of workers that joined each group of 500 troops—the plan was to build a small camp in each direction, roughly five miles apart.
However, the worker's stages were far too low to both travel, clear the way and endure the horrible monster forests.
Though clearing the leftover phantoms of low stages didn't take much effort, the mental and physical strain on the workers showed after the first day came to a close.
More than ten miles from Helia, Gaius and Danos, Asura felt a strange sense of uncertainty. He could easily teleport and reach each group in a moment of minutes.
Nevertheless, his feeling of unease didn't pass.
"Are you alright, Asura?" Shizuka asked while sitting on a fallen tree in her beautiful and fluffy spider form, her webs weaving into small silk threads.
These were the ones used to make unique clothes and items using the arachne technology after soaking them in a honey and oil barrel to remove the thick scent that would drive all other men but their mate to vomit.
"I'm just a little concerned there was no pushback. Hmmm, What are you making?"
"Fufu~ this is the silk that will eventually form a man's kimono, a very special man."
Asura walked closer, and although it seemed a little erotic, watching her treat the webbing that came from her behind, then forming it into fine, snow-white threads. Somehow, he couldn't bring himself to leave her side.
'Her silk, when not being used to attack me, is rather beautiful—in the sun, it looks like snow, yet in the moonlight, it shines with a slight silver glow, like a direwolf's mane.'
"Oh my, do you find it interesting to watch? Or are you a pervert getting turned on by this?" Shizuka liked to make jokes, especially when it became quiet.
However, Asura didn't mind. Shizuka was an attractive woman, just like her daughters.
Yet, he enjoyed the creation of new things, from the dwarves creating walls, cannons and various crazy items in his lands to the small webbings spiders make in the garden overnight.
"Maybe both, if it's you I'm watching."
"Eh?"
Her voice seemed to turn inside out, for a moment losing her mature composure as her thread spurt across the air and landed in the distance. She looked back, her gem-like eyes all blinking before she turned away, clicking her tongue.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"Hmph!"
'That's where Rasha got it from!'
"Will you make something for me one day?" He asked a simple question, imagining the eastern fashion that the arachne supplied to most tribes and the Empire in return for their acceptance and protection.
A beautiful silver and white kimono with black highlights and a silky finish.
Ignis ordered, yet...
"Lady Ignis... should we not take down the humans casting magic first?" A beautiful Valkyrie with long silver hair and a mature figure spoke out; her name was Beltra.
"Hmm...?!" Ignis felt confused and realised that because of the pain in her chest, her thoughts weren't clear. Yes, the monsters and beasts were causing more damage, but why did she ignore magic when she was born to know magic is dangerous?
'What is wrong with me today?!'
"Beltra is right! Valkyries, kill the mages and wizards first. The rest, leave them to the knights and orcs. They can handle them."
Despite having accepted Beltra's view, frustration, anger and jealousy built up, her teeth grinding as she flapped her wings aggressively. Ignis could not understand her feelings yet...
'My chest, it's a heavy and painful feeling as if someone is tearing my insides apart.'
The strange feeling was increasing, and the more she thought back to the woman beside Asura, the way their atmosphere seemed so peaceful and calm... beyond anything she remembered in the past, it made her angry... Silver light flowed from the tip of her lance and billowed from her wings like stardust.
"HAH!"
A blow filled with anger, lacking her usual finesse.
'Why am I so... so...'
"I'll kill the leader..."
An order. A single command.
Yet, it was given to herself.
A Valkyrie who had lost control of her emotions and was being driven by feelings of envy and frustration, she began to slaughter the humans, abusing her magic and overworking her core, and nobody even noticed.
They only thought...
"As expected of our Captain!"
"Lady Ignis will guide us all!"
"LADY IGNIS LOOK OUT!"
The world became silent...
A bolt of lightning cut through the air, and a thunderous explosion followed, the entire sky shaking as the blast reverberated.
Ignis, who was consumed by a sense of anger, looked toward the magic, her body slowly falling. Her right wings were destroyed... nothing but burned feathers remained after a new unit appeared.
A unit she would have noticed if not fighting without her head.
The Empire's ambush was a success...
From over the hill, hidden by the thick greenery and trees, over 2000 troops in heavy armour appeared wielding powerful anti-air weapons.
It was Asura's first large mistake since he began to command his troops.
However, within those troops, there were several knights from the Lyrndwrym fortress who were supposed to have been in the rear central unit.