Whispers of the Gods

Chapter 91 Zhuoke IV (3)

"His Royal Highness Zhuo Ke!"

Zhuo Ke was pulled back to reality from the dream, he opened his eyes suddenly, and there was a fire outside the abandoned temple.The ominous wind howled through the loopholes of the building, the weapons collided outside the wooden door, and the war roared again and again, shaking the temple to the point of collapse.

"There is an enemy attack, Your Highness Zhuo Ke!" After Ai Jia shook him awake, he immediately killed him with his long sword.

Zhuo Ke pulled out the long sword beside him, and "Dusky Star" shone coldly under the light of the moon and fire.

Zhuo Ke was trembling with excitement, he quickly followed Ai Jia and rushed out of the temple.

The imperial guards are holding their positions in a neat posture, and behind them is the stone wall of the temple.Hastza's Royal Guard are renowned for their superb swordsmanship and discipline, with years of training and experience showing in their every move.

Zhuo Ke joined them, and also saw clearly the appearance of the soldiers on the opposite side.

They wore rough-steel exposed helmets, red armor, and orange cloaks—those they had seen before evening.

There were more than 30 enemies. They held seven or eight-foot spears in both hands and spread out around the guards, constantly testing their opponents with their spearheads.

Zhuo Ke and Aiga stood shoulder to shoulder. The Chief Guard had more combat experience than him. He had also participated in many wars in Vivalia as a mercenary.

He knew that Edgar must have a stern and determined face under his helmet, which made Zhuo Ke more confident. On the battlefield, he hoped that he would be surrounded by dead soldiers like Edgar, not the carpenter Harry. coward.

After hearing an order, the enemy soldiers began to slowly approach them. They raised their spears horizontally and kept moving the spearheads, compressing the distance between the two teams.

"I need your cover." Zhuo Ke said to Edgar.

Aiga nodded knowingly, "Steady." He ordered the guards.

The enemy continued to advance, and the sharp spear points were within two feet of them.Zhuo Ke adjusted his breathing, his eyes were sharp, and he could see the anxiety in the eyes of the enemy soldiers.

"Stay steady..."

The distance continued to shrink, and Zhuo Ke and the guards held their long swords tightly, blocking the rashly thrusting spears.

"rush!"

When the enemy's spears were about to reach their chests, Zhuo Ke and Aiga gave orders at the same time. Zhuo Ke cut off the wooden pole of the spear in front of him with a vertical chop, and Ai Jia stabbed him with the right side of Zhuo Ke. The incoming spear bounced away.

Zhuo Ke roared, and Aiga's cover gave him a safe right side. He turned to the left side and used his long sword against the support stabbing from the enemy on his left to continue advancing.

It wasn't until he reached the attacking distance of his long sword that Zhuo Ke pushed the gun barrel he was facing away with the sword. He attacked frantically, and the Dusky Star in his hand locked his opponent in the dance of death following his footsteps. In the end, the curtain ended with a sword piercing the heart.

The guards imitated Zhuo Ke and Aiga's method, weakening the advantage of the number of spears, and interspersed between the spear shafts to pull the distance between the two sides.

The enemy continued to retreat, while the Praetorians continued to advance while maintaining their formation.

Zhuo Ke continued to destroy the enemy's formation, and he was always careful not to let other distant spears approach him. This is not a one-on-one duel. The formation is the whole battle. Once the formation is disordered, the head will be lost. This is What the Janissaries taught him.

As soon as he retreats into Edgar's line of guards, Edgar will step forward and occupy the position on Zhuoke's right, while Zhuoke is responsible for protecting Edgar's left side, pushing all the spears out of the way .

The enemy's soldiers were continuously found flaws, and fell down one after another. Every scream encouraged the guards, and they charged towards the enemy's rout.

At last the enemy dropped their spears and retreated, leaving their fallen comrades outside the temple of Meera.

All the imperial guards survived, but four of them were injured to varying degrees.

Zhuo Ke did not continue to pursue, he raised his long sword and let out a roar of victory, and the guards also began to celebrate.

"They're the Doctors."

Edgar beckoned to Zhuoke, he took off his helmet, held it in his left hand, and used his sword to pry open the orange cloak of a soldier's corpse on the ground, revealing the six diamond patterns on their red armor on their chests.

Beneath the helmet, the veteran praetorian has a resolute expression, his black hair trimmed neatly, and his sharp brown eyes surveying the torch-lit battlefield with keen alertness.

He had seen this look in the eyes of the master swordsman Beldan Kavalek, it was the mark left by the heart after the severe test of war, a confident yet cautious attitude and unwavering determination.

"They followed us?" Zhuo Ke looked at the Liuling family emblem and asked.

"Yes, Your Highness." Edgar nodded, "The soldiers of their family are good at wielding spears."

Why did the Doctors attack them?Chuck couldn't figure it out.It is Queen Lozaria and her Corva family who are against the dukes, and has nothing to do with the Hastza Empire, unless these dukes feel that the Apollian family is also involved in this conspiracy.

Julius Doctor is dead, along with his two sons.This is what Zhuo Ke saw with his own eyes. The bodies of the three of them were stacked with the guards of the Doctor's house.

Besides Mostek, Perke, and Jagoron's family, the remaining four dukes were also arrested. God knows what fate awaits them.

"It seems that someone told them about King Lin," Zhuo Ke sighed, "and they regard the Hastza Empire as an enemy, and they should also consider us as the accomplices who killed their Duke."

"His Royal Highness Zhuo Ke, this place is no longer safe." Aiga reminded him, "They are only the first batch of troops, and more enemies will appear soon, and the danger has come."

Danger is coming.

Zhuo Ke's head began to ache, and he put his hand on his forehead and rubbed it vigorously, and the flame that appeared in his dream flashed again in his eyes.

Someone in his dream warned him that he was in danger, and the fact proved that the warning was true.

The soldiers of the Doctor's family, the dark clouds of the night, and the terrifying flames devouring everything, is Ehe, the star god of dreams, reminding him of something?

Zhuo Ke closed his eyes and prayed to the gods, thanking them for their protection, but he still had his brother to save.

"Haine, Dago, Gunter, Clovis." Zhuo Ke asked the four guards who were being bandaged, "Can you still hurry?"

"No problem, Your Highness," replied Clovis, his left arm grazed by the point of the spear. "We're all minor injuries that don't take long to heal."

"I don't want you to be reluctant, but we must continue to move west." Zhuo Ke said, scanning the guards.

"Forgive me for speaking bluntly, Your Highness Zhuo Ke, this is too dangerous."

(End of this chapter)