Ch 259: The Wrath Of [skylight], A Crimson Divine Punishment Descending From The Heavens

Let’s rewind time to when Bal and Phia set out.

“We need to hurry!”

After saying this, Phia instantly used Teleportation Magic to teleport the two people to outside the City Wall in the north of the Royal Capital. After confirming that no one was around, Phia, holding Bal under his arms, directly flew up.

“How far is the Border from here?”

“It’s quite a distance, we need to hurry.”

“Then I’ll speed up, don’t move around.”

“Understood.”

Phia directly accelerated in the air. She created an Air Barrier in front of the two people to prevent Bal from being unable to breathe. After flying for a while, Bal saw a soldier running wildly towards the Royal Capital.

“Below, that soldier seems off, let’s land beside him.”

“Okay.”

Phia made a dive, she threw Bal about fifty meters in front of the soldier. Bal drew his Short Sword and charged towards the soldier, Phia also landed behind the soldier at this time.

“Huff…ha…Help! Is anyone there……The Border is under attack! Ah!”

The Young Soldier didn’t pay attention to his feet, a stone protruding from the Ground tripped him.

“It hurts…”

Bal also arrived in front of the Young Soldier at this time, he was wary of the Young Soldier.

“You, a soldier, are running towards the Royal Capital, are you a Deserter?”

Hearing someone, the Young Soldier seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He ignored the abrasion on his knee and directly knelt before Bal, begging for help.

“Please save us, the Border is under attack by unknown forces! I may be the last survivor! Please save us!”

Hearing the Young Soldier’s words, Bal knew he might have arrived too late again, but he didn’t abandon the Young Soldier, after all, he was also a member guarding the Border. Bal helped the Young Soldier up, and he patted the Young Soldier’s back to calm him down.

“Don’t worry, just tell me the important part.”

“Okay! I snuck out for drinks with the Old Sergeant, unexpectedly, the Outpost at the Border was attacked by a group of Black-clothed Men, the Old Sergeant kicked me out to get reinforcements, can you save us?”

Bal thought for a moment, he suspected there might be a trick to it. Phia came out at this time, leading a Black-clothed Man, she threw the Black-clothed Man to the ground.

“He wasn’t lying, I saw this Black-clothed Man chasing this soldier with a Dagger when I landed, the Outpost might really be under attack.”

The Young Soldier turned his head at the sound, he saw the Black-clothed Man’s corpse thrown to the ground by Phia, and shouted immediately.

“It’s them! The Old Sergeant is fighting a Black-clothed Man, he’s a good man, please save the Old Sergeant!”

“I know, you lead the way.”

Bal helped the Young Soldier up, he looked at Phia, signaling Phia to heal the Young Soldier. Phia nodded, she directly generated a Healing Formation at the Young Soldier’s feet, green Healing Light bathed the Young Soldier, his leg injury and lost stamina were all restored.

“Thank you! Please follow me!”

The Young Soldier led Phia and Bal back towards the direction he had fled. Phia felt that the speed was too slow, she directly used Magic to enhance the Young Soldier’s legs, then she looked at Bal and signaled to accelerate. The Young Soldier didn’t notice the Enhancement Phia gave him, he ran with all his might, trying to save the Old Sergeant before he was killed, bringing Bal and Phia to rescue the Old Sergeant.

“It’s in the forest ahead!”

The Young Soldier pointed to the forest ahead, Phia quickly released a large amount of Magic to explore the Forest. Soon she found a weak reaction and a relatively strong reaction in comparison.

“Quick, get out of the way!”

Phia called out to the Young Soldier, the Young Soldier was stunned, he turned his head and saw a Long Spear shining with a Golden Ethereal Glow appearing in Phia’s hand. Seeing this, Bal immediately pulled the Young Soldier away. Phia forcefully threw the spear, a golden ray pierced through the forest, the gust of wind generated by the flying spear almost blew the Young Soldier away. When the Young Soldier stood firm, he was not surprised, but continued to run towards the direction where the spear flew. Because he believed that these two people came to save himself and the Old Sergeant, even though they had only just met, he didn’t even know the names of these two strangers.

Following the spear’s trajectory, the Young Soldier stepped over the shrubbery blown away by the spear, only to see the spear directly piercing the forehead of a short Black-clothed Man.

“Sergeant, I found reinforcements!”

The Young Soldier excitedly ran to the Old Sergeant to report the good news, Bal and Phia soon arrived.

“Heal them, I’ll go and clean up those Black-clothed Men.”

“Understood, be careful.”

Phia reached into her Cloak, she took Bal’s Long Sword from the Extradimensional Space and threw it to Bal.

“Catch, this should be more useful.”

“Thanks.”

Bal caught the Long Sword, he put the Long Sword on his back and ran towards the Camp.

“Who are you?”

After receiving Phia’s Healing, the Old Sergeant looked at Phia warily.

“We’re here to pick someone up, we originally didn’t intend to contact anyone other than our target, but my Husband, the one who just ran out, he’s a kind-hearted man, moreover, you are only defending the Border now, and haven’t started a War. So we are willing to help you, now you are safe, you can do whatever you want, but don’t interfere with us.”

“……I understand, I won’t reveal your whereabouts.”

“You’re a smart man.”

The Old Sergeant stood up, he pulled the Young Soldier and prepared to return to the Camp.

“Where are you going?”

Phia stood behind the two of them and said coldly.

“Going back now is sending yourselves to your deaths.”

“Our comrades are in there, even if only one person is alive, I have to save them.”

“You know you can’t beat those Black-clothed Men.”

“I know.”

“I have a suggestion.”

“What?”

“My Husband and I are Adventurers, you can commission us with a private Commission. As for the fee…I’ll only take a promise from you.”

“What promise?”

“Don’t tell anyone you saw us.”

The Old Sergeant thought for a moment, then nodded.

“I’ll entrust this to you.”

Phia smiled in response to the Old Sergeant.

“You’re very smart, I hope you can leave the Army and find another job in the future.”

“Let’s get through this crisis first. This kid and I deserted our posts, when the higher-ups investigate, we won’t be staying in this Army anymore.”

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On Bal’s side, he was already wearing a black Cloak, so he could blend into the night and infiltrate the Camp silently.

“Are there any survivors?”

Bal was lying on a Rooftop, he was eavesdropping on a Black-clothed Man communicating with his Companion.

“Those who resisted were killed, there are a few who look like Children, they were taken away by the Captain.”

“Our people will take over this Camp tomorrow, then we’ll pretend to be Kingdom Soldiers and quietly infiltrate the Kingdom.”

“Speaking of which, the Vice-Captain said he was going to chase someone, I wonder if he caught up.”

“Don’t worry, although the Vice-Captain looks rather short, his strength is top-notch. Those small fries being targeted by the Vice-Captain, it’s their bad luck.”

Hearing this, Bal couldn’t help himself, he jumped between the two, he beheaded the Black-clothed Man on his left with his Short Sword, and simultaneously severed the right Black-clothed Man’s hands with his Long Sword.

“Say, where were those Children taken?”

Bal thrust his Long Sword into the Black-clothed Man’s abdomen, the Black-clothed Man was speechless from the pain. But Bal didn’t have the patience to wait any longer, he had to save those Children. So he rotated the hilt, the sword body stirred the Black-clothed Man’s internal organs, causing him even more pain.

“Speak!”

“Northwest……direction……they were…cough…taken by…the…Captain…to the…Northwest……kill me…”

Bal pulled out his Long Sword, he severed the Black-clothed Man’s neck with one stroke. At this time, Phia’s Communication came from Bal’s Bracelet.

“Kill all the invading Black-clothed Men.”

“But the Children were taken away.”

“Where were they taken?”

“Northwest.”

“I’ll go chase after them, after you’ve cleaned up the Black-clothed Men, follow me.”

“Okay.”

After ending the call, Bal continued to walk towards the depths of the Camp, while Phia, taking advantage of the Young Soldier and the Old Sergeant’s inattention, directly left the two and flew towards the Northwest.

“Who’s there?”

After no longer needing to stealth, Bal, with his Short Sword in his left hand and his Long Sword firmly grasped in his right, appeared in front of a group of Black-clothed Men, backlit by the Moonlight. The Black-clothed Men saw Bal, and they became wary.

“This is the territory of the Ferenti Kingdom, you shall not act recklessly!”

“Kill him!”

The Black-clothed Men drew their Daggers and charged towards Bal. Bal was extremely angry at this point, he didn’t reveal any Identity, only raising his Long Sword above his head with one hand, at the same time, he shouted.

“『Celestial Light』!”

This Celestial Light was different from what he had seen before. Bal was now furious to the extreme, his former Country was invaded, the Children he was supposed to protect were taken away, the Warriors protecting the Country died tragically in the Camp, plus the anger from not being able to save Vena before. This time, Bal’s Celestial Light turned blood red, with black Lightning swirling around the pillar of light.

“Offer yourselves as sacrifices for these deceased Soldiers, go to hell!”

The blood-red Celestial Light descended, the Black-clothed Men in front of Bal turned to ashes instantly. Bal quickly patrolled the entire Camp, and after eliminating all the Black-clothed Men, Bal charged towards the Northwest.