Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 93

Just as the faint shout disappeared, another cry came.

“Enemy attack! Rear trenches! About twenty knights!”

When he heard the report, Logan smiled slightly.

“Twenty, you say? That’s perfect.”

“Sir?” The soldier reporting looked confused, his eyes wide.

Logan looked out at the battlefield. His voice became loud and strong.

“Everyone! Charge!”

Immediately, all McLaine soldiers looked at him. Logan pulled out his sword and pointed it towards the enemy castle.

“But sir, the attack…” the soldier started to say, glancing back towards the rear.

“Charge!” yelled the McLaine knights. They had been waiting for action all morning, and now they ran forward fast. Soldiers with crossbows and foot soldiers followed them. Logan, who gave the order, also joined the charge.

*Thud thud thud.*

The main camp charged entirely towards the front, leaving behind…

The soldier shook his head, confused.

“Okay, I guess we’re going this way!” He looked quickly at the back and then ran towards the front with everyone else.

The McLaine army was much bigger than the enemy. When they charged, the enemy soldiers became very confused.

“Stop them! Stop them!” yelled the enemy commander from the wall. He looked helpless. You could see the panic in the enemy soldiers as they ran around.

The enemy soldiers on the wall shot arrows quickly, trying to stop the McLaine knights. But the arrows bounced off the knights’ armor.

*Thwack, thwack, thwack* went the arrows, but none of the knights fell down. Even though there were many arrows, they couldn’t stop the charging knights.

Logan watched and felt relieved.

*Good. Half their knights went to the back. Heinckel will handle them.* Even if Heinckel can’t beat all of them, keeping them busy is enough. This is what Logan needed for his plan.

*We will dig under the wall to make it fall down. Clayton’s earth magic and golems can do this without much magic.* Logan thought about this plan. It was good, but it would take too long for this battle. They needed to win before enemy help arrived. Even if they worked fast, the wall might fall just as more enemies came. So, Logan decided to trick the enemy instead. He made it look like they were going to attack the wall directly, even using crossbows that wouldn’t really hurt anyone.

“What if your trick didn’t work?” a voice asked. Logan turned and saw Clayton. Clayton was a big man, looking like a strong fighter in his soldier’s armor. He looked much better in armor than in his usual long mage clothes.

“It had to work,” Logan said confidently. “They are losing, we are much bigger, and the wall is shaking! Only a fool would stay put.”

The shaking wall was just a trick by Clayton’s magic. It was to make the enemy come out, and it worked.

*Now, all that’s left is to capture the castle.* Fiery red eyes watched the allied knights who had just reached the wall.

*Bang!* The first knights hit the castle gate. They saw broken pieces of wood, but behind it was a strong metal grill. The knights quickly moved away from the gate. It was too strong. Breaking the wall would be easier. They had just tried the gate quickly, to check. The knights moved back and looked at Logan.

Logan pointed three times.

“There. There. There.” He could sense where the strongest enemy knights were on the wall. He held up three fingers to show the knights. They knew what to do. They avoided those spots and jumped up to climb the wall.

“Knights are climbing the north wall! Thirty or more!”

“Fifty knights on the south wall!” The enemy soldiers on the wall became even more confused. Logan looked quickly at the enemy soldiers, watching how they tried to stop the McLaine knights.

“We need to take the castle now, fast. Help me, Clayton.”

“That’s why I’m here,” Clayton said, smiling sadly. Logan glanced to the side and saw magic energy around Clayton.

Logan’s father had given Logan full control of the battle. He was waiting for Logan’s signal nearby. Logan nodded to his father and then looked back at the wall, concentrating hard.

The best knight and the strongest knight – the two most powerful fighters in the McLaine army – started to find weak spots in the enemy defenses on the wall, to beat them quickly. Logan saw two knights fighting very fiercely.

*Oh no…* He knew them well and cared about them. But they were drawing too much enemy attention. But he couldn’t tell them to stop fighting well. They needed to learn and grow. And they were actually doing great, so he didn’t need to worry. Logan smiled, watching the red-haired man and woman fight like they were born for this battle.

*I can do this!* Eileen thought, looking at the wall. She had practiced climbing cliffs for months, working very hard. This wall was even shorter than those cliffs. And unlike the cliffs, there were places to step on the wall. Eileen could feel that someone was making these steps appear. *Magic. It must be that mage near Logan.* He was the only one who could help like this from far away. *Maybe Logan and the lord are staying back to protect him.* But Eileen didn’t care about that now. *I need to do something important!* She wanted to prove herself more than anyone else here. This was her chance to show everyone she was a real knight, not just a girl.

Eileen, gritting her teeth, was the first to leap fearlessly onto the ramparts.

She was fast, reaching the top of the wall with quick steps and jumps. But suddenly, hot oil rained down from above, poured by enemy soldiers.

“‘Gasp!’ She had expected danger, so she quickly moved to dodge the oil. Then, she saw a knight with a sword right in front of her.”

She had jumped high to get over the wall, and now, a sword was falling straight towards her head. She was in the air, with nothing to stand on.

Luckily, she had faced this exact situation again and again in training.

“‘Hah!’ With a shout, Eileen pushed herself up, almost like she found a step in the air. She changed direction in mid-air, rising even higher.”

“‘Huh?!’ The enemy knight sounded surprised. His voice came from inside his helmet as Eileen landed behind him, moving like an acrobat.”

But this jump in the air was risky, and she landed badly. *Thud.* “‘Ugh!'”

Because of the bad landing, the enemy’s sword hit her helmet hard. The helmet flew off, and her long hair blew in the wind. But this moment also gave her a chance.

“‘A woman?!’ the knight shouted in surprise. For a second, his sword stopped moving.”

Her sword cut quickly across the enemy’s neck. *Shlack.* “‘Kchhh… You…!'” the knight choked out.

Blood sprayed out like a fountain. The knight’s angry dying words and his wide, bloodshot eyes stayed in her mind, clear and sharp.

Strangely, it was only then that Eileen really understood she was in a real battle.

*Crack.* Something inside her broke. Fear tried to take over, rising up in her chest.

Without thinking, Eileen swung her sword to push back the fear. Her sword moved wildly, hitting anything nearby.

Luckily for her, she was only surrounded by enemy soldiers.

*Shlack!* “‘Aaaargh!’ Her wild sword swings made space around her on the wall. Then, other knights quickly climbed onto the wall behind her.”

“‘Well done!’ Lecton, a knight, said quickly as he ran past her. He was one of the knights who didn’t like her much.”

*She’s got spirit, I’ll give her that,* Lecton thought, *but real fighting is different. And she’s a woman… isn’t she supposed to marry the young lord? Shouldn’t we be protecting her instead of letting her fight?*

Eileen thought, *After today, maybe he won’t say things like that anymore.*

That thought helped Eileen calm down. She had almost panicked, but now she felt steadier. “Hoo…” She breathed out slowly, and the light came back into her green eyes.

*I can do this,* she thought. As her green eyes shone with fighting spirit again, her sword moved faster and stronger than ever before, cutting down enemies all around her.

*Whoosh.* Ronian grinned, watching the soft orange glow coming from his sword.

This power was new, something he had just learned right before the fight. *Because he’s the master’s brother, I worked hard on this sword,* someone had told him. *It’s not as good as the master’s sword, but with my skill and using strong Mythril metal, it should be better than most normal magic swords.*

Now was the time for his sword, Mane (Morning), to prove itself. It was named after his brother’s sword, Lux (Dawn), which he loved. *Now I’m getting closer to Viktor,* Ronian thought.

He felt less worried about Viktor now. Viktor was someone Ronian used to think of as just a friend who was good at swords. Ronian’s heart filled with confidence. He felt like all his hard work was finally making a difference.

So, Ronian ran towards the wall without stopping. “Huh, look, it’s the young lord…” someone nearby whispered.

Ronian jumped up, even faster than the first knight. He dodged two swords falling from above, moving so quickly it was like they just brushed past him. He landed right on top of the wall. Then—

*Waterbreak!* Ronian thought. *Kwaaaang!* Waves of orange energy burst from his sword. They hit the two knights in front of him and knocked them away completely.

“‘Come on!’ Ronian shouted. He was still shorter than most grown men. But the energy he showed right then made everyone around him stop and stare.”

“‘That kid…!’ someone muttered. *That’s too much,* another thought. *It’s good he’s strong for his age, but he’s showing off too much with that power.*”

But because Ronian drew attention, the chance Logan was waiting for came faster than expected. Two strong enemy knights rushed towards Ronian. Another one went to attack the knights fighting with Eileen.

These strong knights were now far apart, at different ends of the wall. This meant there were no strong enemy knights left in the middle.

As soon as Logan saw this, he ran forward quickly. His father also started running towards the wall. *Faster, faster!* Logan thought.

He reached the wall in a single rush of breath. He used all the power of his magic boots, the Boots of the Wind God, and his special skill, Shadow of the Ghost. He seemed to fly onto the wall in just two jumps. No normal knight could have stopped him.

*Shlack.* Logan landed on the wall as light as the wind. Right away, he swung his sword and cut down two enemy knights.

Logan felt worried. Their plan was working, but it was dangerous for his brother.

Just as Logan was about to use all his power to draw the enemy’s attention to himself— “I am Patrick McLaine!” someone shouted.

The shout came from Patrick, who sounded even more worried than Logan. Patrick’s loud cry made everyone on the wall look towards him. The strong enemy knights who had been going after Eileen and Ronian turned around and rushed towards the middle instead.

Two enemy knights were shocked by the bright blade of energy that appeared above Patrick’s sword, rising high into the air. They quickly stepped back, their faces pale, as Patrick attacked fiercely. Another strong enemy knight coming from the other side was also in trouble.

*Whoosh.* *Earth Divide!* Logan thought. A giant sword of golden light appeared above Logan’s sword. It cut through the enemy knight charging at him and all the soldiers around him at the same time.

*Jjeooooook.* It was a powerful attack, so strong it looked like it could even cut the wall in half. Right in front of Logan, a huge area was cleared, filled with fallen bodies.

And just like that, the fighting spirit of the soldiers in Tomodo Castle broke completely.