The Kind of Evil

"Have you heard?" A knight approached a group of South Neva Union knights who were resting at the campfire. "The messenger hasn't returned from the capital city. I think they were killed," he said as he sat down among the knights.

"Yeah, we heard. We were talking about it as well," the other knight answered as he nodded his head, staring blankly at the bread in his hand. "I don't know about this. I have a weird feeling that keeps gnawing me," he muttered.

The other knights stared at the campfire, watching the flame devour the woods and listening to the crackling sound in silence. They felt the same thing that something didn't feel right, even though they had gone through something like this countless times in the past. They were all seasoned knights, yet they felt uneasy about the situation.

"I went to talk with the Servil's knights this evening, and they were oddly quiet too," a knight stared at the distance at the Servil's knights' tents. "I guess we are on the edge because they're not here with us..."

"Who? Count Blackheart and Lady Aris?" The other knight asked as he warmed his hands on the campfire.

"I mean, we are dealing with demons, and they have been the ones who dealt with those things for us, you know? It's just..." The knight muttered, but then he heard a faint horn being sounded in the distance. "Did you guys hear that?" He furrowed his brows and stared at the other knights.

Once they heard the horn more clearly, they jolted from their seats, hurriedly put on their helmets, and grabbed their weapons. They were too focused on grabbing their weapons when they saw a massive ball of fire fall right on top of them.

"God... have mercy on my so—" before the knight could finish his sentence, he got hit by the fireball and exploded into pieces.

The fireball exploded and flattened a big chunk of the camp, and there were a few more fireballs going down toward the camp from the sky. The knights couldn't protect themselves from such devastating and destructive spells. The shockwave and the heatwave crushed and burned their bodies inside their armors.

A single massive fireball was enough to kill dozens of knights. They didn't know where to go, and it was pointless to escape their deaths because nobody could stop those massive fireballs. However, they were wrong because Novia was there, creating a massive barrier that she had prepared before they set the camp. She had created dozens of magic formations around the camp and activated them from such threats.

"Run! I don't know how long the Mana barrier will last!" Novia shouted as she looked around, where the knights were mesmerized and stunned by the Mana barrier and the explosion that the fireballs created.

"We can't run. We have nowhere to run," Xena walked past Novia as she unsheathed her sword and stared at the sky where more fireballs appeared. "Can you give me a lift? I'll destroy all of them," she looked at Novia over her shoulder.

Novia nodded and created a magic formation on Xena's back. She then pulled out the artifact gloves from the storage ring and wore them hurriedly. She linked the magic formation to the gloves with Mana and then gave Xena a nod.

"Don't think! Just send me toward the fireballs!" Xena said as she held her sword with both hands.

Novia raised her hands and made Xena float in the air, sending Xena flying beyond the Mana barrier and toward the fireball.

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Xena imbued Aura with her sword as she flew toward the fireball. Once she was close enough, she imbued her body and armor with Aura as well to protect herself from the intense heat. Once she was in range, she swung her sword, releasing a massive slash wave. It was enough to cut the fireball in half, and it exploded.

Novia flicked her hands to the right, making sure that Xena didn't get blasted. She began to run as fast as she could, and then flew above the ground, following where Xena was going. She was like playing a kite where the kite was Xena, and when she found out that Xena was fine, she guided Xena toward the next fireball.

Thalior watched everything from a distance, but then he heard horns from every side. He squinted his eyes and saw thousands of revolutionary knights marching toward them. He was surprised that they were surrounded, and couldn't believe that he was unaware of their movements.

"Your Grace! Your order!" Knight captains approached him, fully prepared to fight the enemy.

"Dome formation. We still have the Mana barrier, use it while it lasts. We need to stand our ground!" Thalior ordered.

All the knights' captains nodded with understanding and went their separate ways, ordering the knights to defend the camp.

Not long after Thalior ordered his knights, the Mana barrier suddenly shattered, shocking everyone, including Novia and Xena. Seeing the Mana barrier disappear, the enemy mages began to cast their spells and bombard the camp from a distance. However, both the South Neva Union and the Servil's army had dozens of high-ranking mages, Wizards, and High Wizards to create magic barriers.

Grayson appeared behind Thalior, covered in blood and wounds. Thalior was shocked to see his trusted eyes and ears in that state.

"My Lord... the enemy... the Corrupted are here... thousands of them..." Grayson could barely form a sentence, his eyes were close to turning white, trying to stay conscious. "A demon... a powerful demon..." he muttered before he collapsed.

"Grayson!" Thalior held Grayson and checked Grayson's heartbeat on the neck. He was relieved that Grayson had just fainted.

"Your Grace, allow me to attend Sir Grayson," Archbishop Theresa said as she went down to her knees and looked at Grayson.

"Please, Your Excellency..." Thalior nodded and carefully put Grayson down. "I'll lead the army," he said as he unsheathed his sword and looked at which side needed his help the most.

Thalior, with all his trusted knights, went to the north side where the enemy's main force was. His presence alone was enough to raise their morale, the leader who came to the front line to fight was enough to make the knights remember that they swore to protect humanity.

"Knights! Raise your weapons! If God wants us dead tonight, then we will fight until our last breaths!" Thalior shouted as he glared at the thousands of revolutionary knights in front of him. "I'm proud that I can die side by side with all of you," he continued as he readied his stance.

All the knights shouted their lungs out as they raised their weapons and shields.

"Even if you can only survive for a second, a minute, or an hour, that will make a huge difference! Fight with everything you've got!" Thalior said as he tightened the grip on his sword.

All the knights readied their shields, creating a wall of shields with Thalior in front of them.

"Eat your own medicine you bastard!" Novia screamed her lungs out as she swung her hands down toward the enemy line.

Thalior and all the knights looked up and saw Novia redirect the massive fireball toward the enemy line. They were shocked when she single-handedly threw the fireball toward the enemy. They watched as the fireball fell and exploded on the enemy, killing hundreds of them while the remaining hundreds were injured by the heatwave and the shockwave.

The revolutionary knights lost their momentum, and then Xena landed right in front of Thalior. She was injured, her face was covered by her own blood after she destroyed countless massive fireballs in the sky. She didn't show the pain that she endured, only a sharp gaze toward Thalior with determination.

"For humanity, Your Grace," Xena said as she turned around to look at the enemy line as she readied her stance.

"For humanity!" Hundreds of the Servil knights repeated her words as they joined the line.

Thalior looked to his right at the Servil's knights with a faint smirk on his face.

"For humanity!" Thalior raised his sword.

"For humanity!" The South Neva Union's knights repeated.

"Charge!" Thalior pointed his sword at the broken enemy line.

"Charge!" Xena pointed her sword at the broken enemy line.

Novia watched hundreds of knights charge toward the enemy without a single fear in their step. The enemy, on the other hand, they were cowering in fear as they had lost a big chunk of their force. She then turned around and decided to help the other side from the enemy.

(On the enemy's back line)

The Prime Lord looked at the sky as a small imp landed on his index finger.

"They thought it was a powerful enemy that attacked them? How disappointing..." The Prime Lord listened to the imp, the one who created such destructive and massive fireballs in the sky. "Looks like the one that I'm looking for isn't here..." He muttered.

The Prime Lord swirled his left hand, and immediately dozens of imps came to him.

"Kill all of them..." The Prime Lord ordered.

All the imps flew away and went up high into the night sky.