Jacob had lit a firework that burst in the sky with a lovely blue flame. It was a signal to his comrades who were scattered all around. Their priority was to protect Sinnet nobles who were now sheltered in the fort. With the firework signal, every restriction on the usage of their relic was lifted. They were free to use any means necessary to complete their mission.

Although, one of their comrades, Amelda Nevarthalises had already engaged the enemy and was already using her relic beforehand. She’s the daughter of the commander of the knight order, Cecelia Nevarthalises. She had her mother’s recklessness in her genes. She had a similar personality of not obeying orders and doing things on her own accord. Like mother, like daughter.

Although, Nina and Ruth were on standby and waiting for this signal.

Nina was the first one to notice the signal.

“That’s the signal. Are you ready?” she asked.

Ruth was on a meditating posture as she slowly opened her eyes.

“Yeah, I am ready. Three relic wielders at the west side, two at the north, and one at the east. Also, one at the fort who already battling with Amelda.” informed Ruth.

Nina patted Ruth’s head,

“Good job. Well, I might forgive you for dozing off on duty,” she said with a smile.

Ruth looked at her with dog puppy eyes,

“Could you please not write the report then? Pretty please?” she pleaded.

Nina looked at Ruth with a disappointed look,

“Sorry, that I cannot do. Not reporting would be equal to false reporting. As an upstanding I must-”

“Tch. Meanie!’ replied Ruth as she leaped from the roof on to the ground. She landed on her feet without any problem and stood in the middle of an empty street. Thankfully there were no rebels around the vicinity.

“Hey, be careful.” warned Nina, “Listen up, although Amelda might take care of that relic wielder they are still outnumbered. It would be any minute any of the rebels might get past the soldiers and if that happened, all will be for nothing.”

“I know! I know! I’ll head go to the fort to assist her. Although, she might not like the idea of teaming up.” replied Ruth with a nervous smile.

“Well, I’ll try to go near the fort to a high vantage point and give you two cover fire from a distance. We must defend it until Jacob and Zara can back us up.”

“Yeah, yeah! I know. Don’t treat me like a kid.’ replied Ruth as she pouted agitatedly.

“One more thing…”

“Now what?!” asked Ruth as she glared angrily at Nina.

“Don’t die,” said Nina with a concerned look for Ruth.

Ruth smiled and equipped daggers from her back pocket,

“I don’t plan to. Snipers are more vulnerable, okay! You must worry about yourself being. Later.”

Ruth started running towards the fort armed with double daggers. She gained tremendous speed in the first five seconds that it was almost a blur before disappearing in front of Nina’s eyes.

Ruth Esklowia, she’s a magic knight from Fiery Lion’s squad. She’s short and looks quite young because of her favorite twin-tailed hair but she’s 22 years old. She’s also an Elder class knight, which is the third-highest post in the knight order.

She’s also a third-generation mage with an ability to sense mana of mages or relics alike at the 5 kilometers of her range. Her weapon of choice is using knives, a regular weapon. Although her enchanted relic is her boots. Ruth’s boot gives her a crazy boost to her feet, almost the speed of lightning.

Ruth sprints across the field at a high speed that the rebels didn’t even notice her. Thanks to her small light body with the addition of the lightning speed, the enemy could see nothing but a blur.

She maintained her high speed and slipped by the rebels without alerting any of them. She had already targeted other relic wielders who were the other Lieutenant ranked rebels in the revolutionary army.

First, she heads to the east side, where there was one relic wielder leading the east wall siege. Ruth maintained her lighting speed and got past by all the rebels standing at the ground and approached the lieutenant.

Nobody could stop her or even knew that there was an enemy lurking inside their own men.

Ruth sprint across the rebel lieutenant and he didn’t even notice her presence. The next second the lieutenant throat split open and blood gushed out. He fell to the ground wailing in pain and agony. The rebels around him were shocked and puzzled as they tried to understand what just happened but it was already too late.

Ruth then sprinted to her next target, she approached the other two relic wielders at the northern side of the fort. There she closed in the two lieutenants the same way. She went past by the two lieutenants and they didn’t even see her coming.

The next second, both the relic wielder lieutenants’ throats were cut open as they fell on the ground. The rebels were confused as they started doubting each other for the assassination of their lieutenants.

Chaos started amidst the rebels.

Ruth continued to approach now her last targets at the west.

Without even minute has passed by and already three of the relic wielders fell to Ruth’s blade. The lieutenants had their guard down as they never expected an attack of such a degree. Ruth was an experienced magic knight and a skilled assassin of the Fiery Lions squad.

As the rebel’s top-ranking officer was being hunted, the battle on top of the fort was getting mucky and muckier. The rebels were still flooding in numbers and almost the entire battalion of the soldier was being wiped down. Only a few dozen soldiers were left and the rebels were still pouring through the ladders.

The rebels wore ragtops and some skinny leather clothes for protection, compared to the fully armored soldiers at the fort. Hence the soldiers were able to slay a number of invaders but they were exhausted from mind and body. Not to mention the rebels had more flexibility and maneuverability compared to the full metal armored soldiers at the fort.

Their captain however maintained his men to stand their ground and giving the rebels a tough fight. Despite being injured, he stood in the frontlines with his men pushing the rebels.

Meanwhile Amelda and the Lieutenant of the rebel army, Kriger were on a full out battle.

Kreiger and Amelda both enhanced their blows with equivalent mana force behind each strike. Although, they managed to block and evade each other’s blade from harming their vitals.

Kreiger’s double-sided lance was long but thin and lightweight giving him easy and quick maneuverability. He almost had the same speed as Amelda who was using two short swords.

The two relic wielders swords emitted sparks in every time their blades collided. Their each other's strikes were fast that the other people present only saw their arms in a blur.

Although, the two were equally matched Amelda was more flexible than Kreiger.

She jumped around and used the environment around to her advantage. Meanwhile, Kreiger would get pissed and chased her around.

This caused a lot of standing by rebels who were cut down by the clash of two relic wielders.

The two relic wielders wreaked havoc when they exchanged blows. They already killed any of the rebels or soldiers who mistakenly came between the two relic wielders.

The rebels and the soldier were equally avoided to get in between the two relic wielder’s fight.

“You bitch!” shouted Kreiger, “Stop your jumping around! I am tired of your shenanigans.”

Amelda glared back with a wide grin,

“You needn’t worry about that, I will end it soon enough.”

Saying so Amelda once again rushed with a frontal attack. Krieger blocked her attacks with lance and was once again pushed back.

Kreiger looked frustrated,

“This is pointless! I already wasted a lot of time. I shall end this very-”

But as soon as Kreiger tried to take a step, he fell to the ground on his butt.

“What the… What’s happening?” he shrieked out.

Amelda approached him and stood tall while looking down on Kreiger.

“Oh my! What’s this? Have your legs started feeling giddy, huh?” she asked with a taunting tone.

“What did you do to me!” asked agitated Kreiger.

He tried to stand up but wasn’t able to do so. But just when he realized his leg joints were dislocated.

“Well, you did it to yourself, okay? Trying to use two relics at a time.” Amelda mocked with a wide grin on her face.

“What the heck do you mean?!” asked the confused Lieutenant.

Amelda sat on her knees while still looking down on Krieger,

“Listen up, you already were armed with your weapon type relic which already made you quite strong. On top of that, you also used enchanted gloves type relic meanwhile increasing your overall attack power, did you not?”

To that Krieger just sat on his butt and remained silent.

Amelda continued,

“But you forgot about your lower body meanwhile empowering your attack prowess. Meanwhile, you tried to attack with your relics, the recoil put quite a strain on your legs. And even though you successfully blocked my attack, It still exerted pressure on your legs that you weren’t aware of. Which in the end, resulted in you sitting on your ass to be easy pickings.”

Amelda Nevarthalises, the daughter of Cecelia Nevarthalises, the leader of ‘Fiery Lions’ Magic Knight squad and the commander of the Knight Order. She’s an Elder Class Knight, like Ruth. She’s also a third-generation mage but her abilities are to boost her physical strength, similar to that of her mother. As you can already guess, she loves to fight and boast her strength in pursuit to surpass her mother.

Kreiger could do nothing but sit there laying on the ground motionless.

‘This cannot be! Dying in the hands of some crazy girl.’ thought Kreiger to himself as he bit his lips.

Just when Amelda tried to get up but she suddenly fell on the ground on her butt as well.

“What the-” mumbled surprised Amelda.

Even Amelda was exhausted and her body also suffered the repercussions from the aftermath of the battle.

Kreiger saw that and laughed,

“Ha! Talking that you would have the last laugh, what a load of crap!”

Amelda smiled back in response,

“Well, it's been so long that I had so much fun that I overexerted myself. How embarrassing.”

Kreiger reached out to his pockets and took out a small bottle with a red liquid in it.

“I’ll be the one to have the last laugh.”

Amelda stopped smiling as soon as she saw that bottle,

“A battle potion. How cowardly,” replied Amelda with a frown.

A battle potion is a magic potion that gives anyone that drinks it, some magical abilities for a limited time. These types of potions are usually used by non-magic users to get a certain buff during a battle. Although these potion’s buff comes at a price, the user gets painful after-effects to their bodies depending on the magic used in making that potion. Sometimes even causing its users to lose their life. Hence, there are certain restrictions on these potions, that only allow soldiers to use as their last resort.

Kreiger held the potion to his lip ready to drink.

Amelda tried to move but she couldn’t move at all.

Crap! If he drinks that, this fort is done for, thought Amelda as she tried to reach out for her swords.

But just when Ruth appeared out of nowhere and kicked Kreiger right at his face with all her strength. The bottle of potion flew past and landed on the ground into broke into pieces. The red liquid spilled on the ground and went soiled.

Ruth scratched her head,

“Oops, I meant to kick the bottle, my bad.” she apologized.