While the entire army camp of Amidon's side was in chaos while trying to find the culprit and setting off the fire, the Master rank warrior who escaped from Frank was rushing towards the Amidon camp which was three kilometres away from the fortress.
Following him, were the remaining soldiers who were able to survive the calamity.
Amidon has sent four master ranks in this battle while two were in charge of commanding and taking down the ground forces while the other two led the charge over the walls.
One of the Master ranks was killed by that brute demon while the situation of the other two was still unknown.
TAP!TAP!TAP!The loud clattering sound of his steps echoed faintly as the metal edges of the shoes collided against the ground.
Behind them were surviving soldiers who ran tugging their tails in between the pants with their whole bodies covered in the dirt along with bruises and burns.
He bent his body and was about to jump over the small river when he saw a small black shadow-like object flying over him like an arrow.
His pupil contracted and instead of jumping forward, he jumped back in fear.
BOOOOOOOM!
A small crater was formed and a boulder beside the bank of the river was crushed into pieces.
The cloud of dust dispersed leaving behind a sword stuck on the ground.A shadow suddenly flashed before the sword and a man wearing armour appeared.
Unlike the previous armoured man, this man has the traditional chest armour with iron boots and shoulder pads without the helmet.
He had a long beard which had strands of white hairs long with rough wrinkles all over the face.
"Demon Mordek!!!" The Master rank who saw the scene screamed and cursed his luck.
"Ohhhhh!Rhyne. It's been ages since I have been called by this name."
The Master rank whose name was Rhyne almost pissed his pants seeing Mordek bite his lips.
Many may not know but years ago, the duo of Mordek and Hamilton terrorized the entire neighbouring lands.
After all, Nevan was a Tier 4 Kingdom which was higher than Amidon years ago.
Moreover, unlike those who had been trained by a low-level instructor, Mordek and Hamilton were selected as Knight's Candidates and were trained in Kinley knight academy while knight candidates were selected from the kingdoms.
Each kingdom can send two or three candidates who had to pass the entrance to get admitted there.
Even though they failed to become knights, the selection was enough to deter others, unlike other Master ranks in the Neighbouring Kingdom who were trained in their Kingdoms learning through low-grade techniques
"Mordek!Why are you here? Moreover, why is someone from Nevan interfering in this fight?" Rhyne yelled.
The soldier following Rhyne from behind stepped back, seeing the agitated general.
"It had been a while since I fought properly. My king has been teasing me by giving me the nickname of the blunt blade which had lost its edge. Do you know how much it hurts?"
"But it will be over today cause today I will regain my honour."
Mordek spoke with a sorrowful expression which looked so natural that if he acted like this anywhere else, he could surely garner pity from others.
Max and many others who arrived at the spot heard Mordek gibberish.
Hearing it, Max elbowed the man beside him and said"I think this old man is trying to make up for the King's absence."
The soldier behind Max nodded on hearing his words and was genuinely fascinated by the scene.
Most of them didn't know much about Mordek's past and their interests were piqued when the enemy Master rank called Mordek a demon.
"Hey, let's have fun while taking down the remaining soldiers," Max spoke and rushed ahead while others followed him.
"Enough of this chit-chat."
"Now come at me with everything you have got Rhyne, "Mordek spoke while beckoning Rhyne.
"Mordek, you may have been a big shot before but now you are a rusted blade," Rhyne yelled leaping towards Mordek with a thrust of his blade.
CLANGGG!
Mordek just raised his sword and parried the attack without moving an inch.
Rhyne pulled the sword and stabbed it at multiple spots in quick succession which seemed to be a series of blurs in other eyes.
Mordek just tilted his body and swung his sword while dodging as much as he could while parrying the ones he couldn't dodge.
Mordek slashed at Rhyne and threw multiple stabs of his own.
His speed and swift movement were something which looked as if it can't be replicated by normal Master ranks.
Rhyne tried to dodge the blows, but most of them went through his defences giving him a slight cut even though he was wearing black vest armour.
Mordek's sword accurately pierced the gap's in the armour worn by Rhyne which startled him, breaking his focus from the fight.
At one point both his and Mordek's swords collided creating a large shockwave which pushed the man back a few steps.
Mordek retreated his sword and punched in Rhyne's direction.
Rhyne's body reacted subconsciously and he tried to dodge it but still, he was blown away by the impact of the fist hitting the ground after he evaded it.
A large hole a few metres deep in the shape of the first was made in the ground which shocked Rhyne.
He hadn't even landed on his feet when Mordek's figure disappeared from its place and leaving behind many after images, he appeared directly before him and punched him hard in his gut.
Rhyne raised both of their arms with the sword before him as he tried to block the punch but Mordek's first hit him hard in his gut and sent him flying.
Spurting blood, his figure flew straight and crashed onto the boulder smashing it into pieces.
Cough....Cough...
Rhyne spits the blood and wiping the blood from his lips tried to stand up with the support of his sword but he felt a sharp pain assaulting his body.
"Shit!" Rhyne cursed and yelled.
"Soldiers, attack this demon. Try to buy some time for me so that I can deliver the final blow."
Rhyne planned to take advantage of his soldiers who would divert Mordek's attention while he fled away.
He wanted to use the soldiers as a scapegoat for his survival.
As long as he can escape from here, he swore that he will pay back both Mordek as well as the whole Nevan for this insolent crime.
"Soldiers charge!" Rhyne roared while pointing his sword at Mordek but frowned as he heard no sound from behind.
Feeling uneasy, he turned back to see why the insolent assholes were not following his orders.
But his jaw opened wide and almost dropped to the ground on witnessing the scene.
The whole place had been turned into a cradle of corpses and the blood flowed like a small river and joined the river water dying it with the blood.
"What the hell!" He screamed.
Listening to his scream, Max, who was pulling out a bloodied man like a corpse, looked at Rhyne and asked, raising his eyebrows, "Did you say something? Can you repeat it because I was too busy killing this punk while you were shouting?"
