Talamus Valley, the year 1348 of Crown Royale order.
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Rrrraaaaaaaa……..
Attaaaaccckkk !!!!!!!......
Release the brimstone!!!......
Closed the Gate!!!..... Break the Bridge!!!!....
Well, all sorts of cry arise around him, as he stands on top of the second wall.
As I remember, Brhams City is the fortress city that marks the edge of Nulms territory. The frontier to the wasteland. Well, can’t say they weren’t right since all you can see in front of you is the Garmosh valley which acts as the entrance to Arkhram wasteland. The biggest arid area on this South Continent.
What?..., Sorry, allow me to introduce, my name is…. Hmm, you can just call me the Librarian.
Who? oh… him? well, let me continue the story first. Eventually, all of you who are too dumb to read shall be enlightened by our greatest …. ‘chuckle’ (if dumbest not the best word) ‘chuckle’ …. Hero of this story. So where are we…. O yes, the first siege!
So as stretch over the southeast part from Brhams City is the Claron Gorge, which is so vast that by itself are natural boundaries and protection against any attack from the wasteland. On the other side, the north is Thomus Cliff and highland. That’s why Brhams naturally became a fortress city which also acts as a port that connects the wasteland and Nulms territory.
The ruckus we heard at the start of this story are coming from those fools barbaric people who can't properly use their head to have a peaceful talk…. (with a little bit of stab and some slice of course)…. ehm, well I think they did try, but I might just not remember how they become more clever those days.
So, Faux start lifts his banner. A pike lance with a red-gold flag attached. The Tortoise mark of Nulms is stitched in the flag, present him as the banner lifter, or to be short the Herald. It is nothing special since there is another 5 flag bearer spread around and took a stand over the top of pedestal provided for them.
As the Sthraum kingdom army moves forward passing over the destroyed first wall, they become limited by the natural barrier that surrounds the wall itself. To the north the high cliff and to the south the gorge maw which ready to swallow whoever falling through. Even though restricted, thousands of men are passing through.
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And He smiles.
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I did smile at that time. Remembering the days during the lancer platoon training this will be the best stage for us. Request to move to the highest spot near the cliff was great choice. As I saw the Sthraum army start to regroups in the chunk, it made clear which the main general army is.
Holrd, our magician send me the light signal, telling me that he is ready. I look up and nod to him who positioning himself on the top of the cliff. Surely he won’t miss it. [Eagle Eye] passive skill owned by that old man makes me feel creepy, especially the way he uses it against the populace of this city. Hopefully he never gets caught, if not the tough that my picture collection gets confiscated after those so many weeks [Linking] through his [Eagle Eye] skill really fright me.
A Flash of light and here I am at the top of the cliff as my [Jump] skill lift myself up. “ugh, I didn’t expect this”
“What?” comes the mind connection from my best friend Holrd.
“Well I did arrive on your spot, but all I can see is the clouds here”
“What do you expect, a grand view of man-killing from the top? Of course, it is not. Thick clouds area, remember? Don’t tell me you’ve been sleeping when we talk about this crazy idea of yours two days ago.”
“Well I’m not sleeping, but just a little bit distracting.”
“Define distracting…..”
“Lady Montgomery….”
“Well…?”
“On her bed….”
“Continue…”
“Without a,” my word get cut as Holrd yell at my head, aarghh the headache.
“What the, so this is the reason you are borrowing my [Eagle Eye] vision skill these whole years?”
“Err… two years?”
“Two years and 65 days include today, to be exact, and I want my share of whatever you produce while using my skill!”
“Okay…. You’ll get 40 of them.” I replied as the [Eagle Eye] that [Linking] to my vision got blurred a bit and suddenly get bright, allow me to see over the clouds below. ‘hmm, its start approaching the main gate, well the range still too far from here. I guess, must wait for it.’
“Nope, I want 60!” as Holrd cry ringing in my head.
“Okay…, okay 60 blossoms painted in gorgeous scenery picture on you”
“That’s what I’m expecting… wait the minute… what you said?”
“60 blossoms painted in gorgeous scenery picture”
“Painted picture, I thought you are recording?”
“Nope, painted”
“What exactly you are doing with my [Eagle Eye] skill? Don’t tell me it is not surveillance and recon as properly written in documents.”
“Well you see, it is and it isn’t. So 60 pictures and 10 recordings, last offer, I need to [Jump], the timing almost there, and there is a good flower in their main army. Maybe she’ll be your type?” I start to stretch and take a few steps backward as preparation for my [Jump] skill.
“Damn it, if it is not because this dumb war I’ll haggle more, so be it 60 nude pictures and 10 recordings, and I’m the one who will picking which it is!”
“Deal, here I go!!!” Running a bit and [Jump] activated as my body shoot up in parabolic flow to the sky. This is going to take me a few seconds before the descend. Well, hopefully, Holrd didn’t know that my collection already exceeds a thousand.