Highly effective torrents of wind have been crashing in opposition to the excessive wall separating the Empire’s territory from the Darkish Lands. The wall was lengthy, defending one of the vital necessary cities closest to the Border.

After the Darkish Lands expanded, absorbing a number of villages with the Darkish Mist, Order directed its forces in the direction of this metropolis, Falrin. For a very long time, it was only a regular city of smaller than common dimension, however with the arrival of the forces of the Order, all the pieces modified.

It was now one of many largest and most developed cities within the japanese a part of the Empire, as this was the place it confronted the affect of the Empire.

Nonetheless, it was laborious to name Falrin a affluent metropolis. A lot of the growth was because of the army issue. The town expanded and have become extra favorable for residing, however not at all times for abnormal folks.

A lot of town was taken over by Order management, in addition to the quite a few items of Destiny Knights that have been completely stationed right here. Their job was to guard Falrin from the waves of monsters that sometimes attacked town.

For the monsters, there was a sure profit on this, as Faalrin had a whole lot of precious sources, particularly Mana Crystals, which have been mandatory to keep up the performance of town. 

Mana Crystals might assist monsters evolve, and if any of them had already gone by way of the Woke up Course of, they might immediately soak up power from Destiny Knights.

Odd folks have been consistently on edge as their metropolis may very well be attacked at any second. The Destiny Knights and abnormal Knights did their greatest to guard Falrin, so progressively it grew to become a fortress metropolis.

On one of many partitions, stood a person in darkish blue armor, as his blue eyes stared into the space whereas the wind fluttered his quick black hair.

“Mr. Marcus!” A mild feminine voice sounded, from the west facet of the wall.

Marcus rotated with a relaxed look, obvious at his subordinate.

“Sara, what’s mistaken?” Marcus requested, clearly seeing that she was alarmed.

Sara fastened her lengthy blonde hair, then straightened her again and with a critical expression mentioned, “Crusader, Eler Uri, requested Order for a rescue mission! Order has handed it over to us!”

Sara hadn’t completed her message but, however Marcus had already understood as he turned his head in the direction of the Darkish Lands.

“Who’re we presupposed to rescue and the way deep is our goal?” Marcus uttered, holding his palms behind his again.

Sara blinked, stunned that Marcus had guessed so rapidly, then she mentioned, “It is Zayne Fellen, Traveller. In line with unconfirmed info, Erel Uri needs to supply him to turn out to be a Destiny Knight after the match at Zexiton Academy ends, which begins in two days.”

“Oracle from the academy has decided that Zayne Fellen was kidnapped by Chaos Energy and transported to the northern a part of the Darkish Mist Forest! In line with present info, he’s nonetheless there and he is superb!” Sara completed her report.

Marcus took a deep breath, “It is fairly far, although if we take one of many quick routes we are able to get there fairly rapidly. Advantageous, put together a squad of 5 males, together with you and me.”

“Agh…? Solely 5?” Sara was puzzled, “Mr. Marcus, are you positive…?”

Sara was one of the vital loyal subordinates, keen to do virtually something Marcus would say. Nonetheless, when it got here to the Darkish Lands, she would begin to fear. Even the Destiny Knights could not make certain that they might return alive from the Darkish Lands. 

“Yeah, it is a rescue mission. We do not want firepower, all we’ve got to do is attain a sure level rapidly and return again simply as rapidly. 5 males can be greater than sufficient, particularly since we’ll even be in a squad.” Marcus defined, inserting a hand on the hilt of his sword.

Not like Erel, Marcus wasn’t a Crusader, he was a Destiny Knight, however he was very near transferring up. He was a Destiny Knight Commander, in addition to one of many members of the conflict council of the Falrin, which confirmed his significance to the Order.

He solely wanted to take some time and turn out to be considerably stronger in order that Order might pretty promote him to Crusader. 

“Positive, as you command! I am going to do all the pieces proper now!” Sara exclaimed respectfully, taking one final take a look at Marcus’ left shoulder plate earlier than heading downstairs.

There have been three white crosses on his shoulder plate, which meant that he was a Third Rank Destiny Knight. This was the best rank, the one factor that may very well be extra necessary was the commander standing he had.

Marcus shook his head, then his ring sparkled. A lighter and a cigarette appeared in his hand, which was instantly lit with a purple flame.

“Agh… By some means I do not like this in any respect…” Marcus muttered, exhaling a scorching puff of smoke, “Erel at all times appeared too cussed to me. He is decided to recruit this Zayne Fellen, plus he is additionally a Traveller…”

Marcus sighed, scratching the again of his head, “Effectively, that is in all probability proper, nevertheless it’s undoubtedly not value risking the lives of the Destiny Knights to save lots of him. Rattling, the worst factor there may be is obeying silly orders.”I believe you must check out

Lower than an hour later, the squad was prepared.

Marcus and Sara stood in entrance of the opposite three Destiny Knights. They every had one star on their left shoulder pads, Sara had two. Amongst them have been two males in cumbersome armor and big swords, one woman in gentle armor, and two daggers on her belts.

“Advantageous, Sara has already knowledgeable you of all the pieces. The mission is easy, we should rescue a younger man who had the misfortune to be the goal of chaos.” Marcus mentioned calmly, tossing apart the final cigarette of the numerous he had smoked just lately.

“Commander, I’ve a query.” The woman with a critical expression requested.

“Hm? Go forward.” Marcus raised an eyebrow.

“What ought to we do if we encounter monsters or Chaos’ followers alongside the best way?” The woman mentioned confidently.

Marcus waved his hand, “Nothing. If the battle will be averted then that is what we’ll do. We’ll solely battle in determined conditions.”

“However, is not destroying the followers of Chaos and cleaning the Darkish Lands of monsters our responsibility?” The woman straightened up.

Marcus glanced reproachfully at Sara, making her look away, then he stared on the woman, “What’s your identify?”

“Fosca Fucci, First Rank Destiny Knight!” Fosca mentioned proudly.

“First Rank, while you’re fairly younger… You lately grew to become a Destiny Knight, proper?” Marcus requested. 

He did not know each Destiny Knight who was below his command, as there have been fairly a couple of in Falrin they usually modified infrequently. Some have been leaving for different positions, some have been resting on account of accidents, and a few have been dying. Recent blood was at all times coming in, it was a unending course of.

“Nineteen! I grew to become a Destiny Knight at fifteen! Bought promoted six months in the past!” Fosca rapidly replied as if she had been ready for this query.

The opposite two Destiny Knights obtained wide-eyed seems to be. Usually, the earliest age to turn out to be a Destiny Knight was eighteen, earlier than that it was solely attainable to be a candidate. Nonetheless, even for such a end result, one needed to have expertise.

Fosca, however, was capable of do it three years sooner than most abilities. Even when Zayne have been to just accept Erel’s supply and instantly turn out to be a Destiny Knight, he would already be three years too late since he was eighteen, virtually nineteen.

“I see… From the seems to be of it, you are pleased with your outcomes. Effectively, I will not conceal it, it is truly wonderful and commendable. Nonetheless, there’s one thing you should understand…” Marcus muttered, then his silhouette disappeared.

In a heartbeat, he discovered himself proper in entrance of Fosca, along with his sword held to her neck. She did not even have time to react, to her it seemed as if Marcus had simply teleported to her.

“If you need I can put you on patrol proper now. Given your confidence and abilities, you’ll be able to in all probability deal with a couple of monsters. Nonetheless… ultimately, you will face the form of opponent that may pull your coronary heart out of your chest, and you will not even discover it.” Marcus coldly mentioned whereas barely tilting his physique ahead.

The sharp blade of the sword left a lower on Fosca’s pores and skin, from which trickles of blood flowed.

“We nonetheless have time to kill monsters, now the one factor I care about is conducting the mission and never letting any of you die for the sake of it. Sooner or later, every of you’ll be able to carry a whole lot of worth to society, however that will not occur in case your vanity causes you to die immediately.”

Marcus took a step again and returned his sword to its scabbard in a clean movement.

Fosca gulped, she realized that if Marcus, her Commander, grew to become the enemy, her head would already be on the bottom. 

“Do you perceive, rookie?” Marcus checked out Fosca from prime to backside. She was First Rank and was technically removed from being a newbie anymore, nonetheless, she did not dispute that.

“Sure. I’ll do all the pieces in my energy to efficiently full the mission. I hope this younger man is value it.” Fosca mentioned respectfully, holding her palms behind her again.

Marcus nodded, “Me too.” Then, he seemed up on the blue moon, “Effectively, let’s head out. Darkish Mist Forest is a harmful place, however solely in sure areas. Oracle from the Academy will information us.”

There was a white crystal hanging from Sara’s belt, by way of which messages might come to them from anyplace within the empire.