"No!!!" the assassin captain cried out in despair, "What are you doing?!"
"We are destined to be unable to break through. No one will know that the artifact has been transferred to Elsie, and Elsie will not know the conditions for activating the artifact!"
"Do you intend to let this divine artifact be lost forever!?"
Windsor tilted her head and smiled, her silver hair appearing exceptionally holy in the moonlight.
“She will know, Elsie, she is my daughter…”
Suddenly, shouts of battle came from the mountain pass ahead, and those who had escaped from the valley retreated back!
"Enemy troops! Enemy troops!!!"
The soldiers of the Xia family who had escaped were killed by arrows after taking only a few steps.
At the mountain pass, a group of heavily armored soldiers raised large shields, preventing them from breaking through!
Those large shields were engraved with the Hagrid family crest—the Thorn Scepter.
“Hagrid…” Windsor frowned, tightened her grip on the reins, and her warhorse charged forward.
"Reorganize the formation! Break through with me!!!" She swung her longsword, the blade instantly slicing through the shield of a heavily armored soldier.
"Watch out! It's a divine weapon!!!" the heavily armored soldier shouted, dodging the attack.
The sharpness of the artifacts completely disregarded the defensive capabilities of their equipment, making it seem as if, on this battlefield, the wielder of the artifacts was the spokesperson of the gods!
"Everyone! Clear the way for His Highness!" The assassin captain led the remaining troops toward the enemy lines.
Time was of the essence; the heavy cavalry behind them were relentlessly advancing the lines, and no one could stop them.
Chaos reigned inside the mountain pass. The mercenaries at the rear could only try to run as fast as possible to get out of the valley first if they wanted to survive, but that was impossible.
It's too narrow here!
Everyone wanted to run, so collisions and crowding occurred, and many more died from being trampled by their own people!
"Damn it! Get out of the way!"
"Get out of the way! Don't block the way here!"
"Mom! I don't want to die!"
"Don't blame me! I didn't want to do this!!!"
A mercenary stabbed a wounded knight from the Shia family who was running slowly ahead with a dagger.
"Hey! What are you doing!"
"Madmen! You bunch of madmen!"
"Damn mercenaries!!!"
"Bullshit! Take your bounty! I want to live!"
The mercenaries threw gold coins at the knight's face and then fled frantically, seemingly inspired to do anything to survive.
At this moment, almost all of the Shia family knights were ambushed by them, all in order to rush forward, to escape the crushing heavy cavalry behind them, to get closer to the mountain pass, and to... survive, survive! Survive!!!
"Hahahaha... Yes! Yes!! I just want to live!"
"To survive!"
"To hell with glory!!"
The mercenaries' ugly faces were on full display.
In normal times, money is their unwavering faith, and they would dedicate everything to it!
But now, it's no wonder they're in this situation. The battle between the Shia family and the Tilan family has already shocked all the royal families and has even been called another calamity by the refugees since the Demon King War.
Mercenary groups poured into the battlefield in waves, with both families offering the highest mission rewards, but even the most elite silver-ranked mercenary groups on the continent could not survive a single day on the battlefield!
After months of war, these rats who survived the battlefield have completely lost their minds. It seems that even the slightest collapse could turn them into pawns in a backlash...
...
"Damn it, I knew these mercenaries were unreliable!" The assassin captain stabbed a heavily armored soldier to death and looked at the chaos behind the mountain pass.
"Gentlemen, cover His Highness! The rest of you knights, follow me and hold off the mercenaries!"
"All main forces must work together to capture the mountain pass!!!"
Heavy armored soldiers and assassins clashed fiercely in the mountain pass, and the knights' swords and shields collided, emitting dazzling sparks.
The sound of crossbows was like a vengeful ghost, and the chaotic rain of arrows seemed to have no distinction between friend and foe, and they were just flying back and forth haphazardly on the battlefield!
"We can see Yamaguchi!"
"Break through quickly!"
"Protect His Highness!"
The soldiers' eyes were filled with hope; the Hagrid family's giant shield had claimed too many lives in their quest to reach the pass.
"Want to leave? It's not that simple!" A rough voice came from the mountain pass.
Hagen slowly closed his cross helmet, the heavy shield in his hand exuding a powerful aura.
"All Templar Knights, do not let a single one escape! In the name of the Lord!"
Around him, rows of golden-armored cavalrymen brandished their swords and slaughtered those who tried to break through the encirclement.
They are too strong. Their level is completely different. Only the Assassin Legion can barely cope with them. However, this means that the Hagrid family's heavily armored soldiers are left unchecked.
"Insolence! Anyone who blocks my way shall die!" Windsor spurred her horse into the battlefield, her silver armor gleaming mesmerizingly in the moonlight.
The sword in her hand was wreathed in black and red light!
"The will to slaughter!"
The blade pierced through a knight's breastplate in an instant, easily knocking him off his horse.
"Charge! Take down this heretic!" Hagen roared, his body glowing brightly. "In the name of the Lord!!!"
The light washed over Windsor's entire body, and she frowned, seemingly enduring immense pain as she swung her sword to kill another knight.
"For His Highness!!!"
"For the Sia family!!!"
The assassins and knights launched a frenzied attack on Hagen through the passage opened by Windsor.
"You unclean bunch! Do you know who you are fighting!" Hagen swung his giant shield to hold them off.
Suddenly, a murderous intent surged into his heart. Behind this group of mortals, Windsor, like a reincarnation of a killing god, held a blood-stained sword and thrust it straight at Hagen!
Go and meet your Lord!
Windsor's sword charged forward relentlessly, however...
"Clang—" A blue light flashed, and a shieldman wielding a blue silver greatsword charged forward.
The giant shield was engraved with the "Scepter of Thorns," radiating a blue light and rippling like ocean waves!
A divine artifact! Hagrid's Sigh!!!
The one wielding the giant shield was none other than Chernell Hagrid, the new head of the Hagrid family's left-hand faction, who was even younger than Windsor!
"Windssa of the Sia family? The so-called saintess!? A divine artifact!?" Chenor unleashed the full power of the divine artifact.
"Let me see how those rumors have exaggerated your abilities!!!"
The light on the giant shield artifact began to drive like a sonic wave, and Windsor's blade stopped in front of the light, unable to advance an inch!
"Snap—"
With a soft sound, the golden holy sword shattered into dozens of pieces, and several pieces even pierced through Windsor's chest!
"No!!!" The assassin captain, pinned down by the heavily armored soldiers, cried out in despair.
"Holy Sword, Holy... How is this possible!"
"The Holy Sword is shattered!!!"
Everyone was devastated. The divine artifact symbolizing the Shia family was shattered! Could it be that their ancestors had abandoned their protection?! Could it be that the gods had already decided that the Shia family was waging an unjust war?!
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