7 KINGDOMS: conquest
183. night attack

the church troops were now on their way to the intended dungeon. Angel sat in the horse-drawn carriage and looked at the map in his hand.

"the journey is still far away, it will take at least two more days" Angel murmured.

Aero lay down beside Angel and curled up, watching Angel looking at the map.

"what's wrong, sir? you look anxious." said Aero.

"Aero, I'm still worried about those rebels" Angel said.

looking at the blue sky in the distance, he recalled the whale master's message.

some cardinals are suspected of having rebelled secretly, sending the power of the church and the holy empire in decline.

and perhaps they were also the cause of the destruction of most of the Nours' great forest exploration team.

"sir, I will protect you even if my life is at stake" Aero said.

"thank you Aero." said Angel.

he stroked Aero's head gently and smiled, the day will soon turn into night.

somewhere else...

hundreds of people gathered together inside the forest, each wearing rough leather armor and various weapons.

they were also wearing helmets as well as masks to cover their faces.This large group looked like a group of bandits.

however, the bandits would not be able to line up as regularly as this group.they lined up neatly and looked to a black-robed man.

"your job is to kill the group that will pass through this place, kill them all without exception" said the man in robes.

"well!" answer all the troops simultaneously.

the cloaked man smiled, he wore a mask making everyone unable to see his smile.

Licius laughed merrily in his mind, his biggest barrier would soon be cleared, or at least he could reduce their strength significantly.

'a group of stupid humans! ahaha! they are good bait!' mumbling Licius.

the troops disguised as bandits spread out, hiding in a place that was hard to see.

they would immediately besiege if the intended group were to be seen and finish off everything.

"hey, our job is only to kill the group that will pass, right?" said a swordman.

"yes, we just have to kill him" replied the other swordman.

"then, what about the spoils?" ask swordman again.

"he didn't say spoils, so we're free to take them" said an axeman.

everyone became even more excited, waiting for Angel's group to arrive soon and rob everything.

"hehehe, this will be easy." muttered a skinny man.

of the 300 troops disguised as bandits, 150 were troops from the cardinal Yurein and troops from the nobles.

the rest were mercenaries he had recruited. Licius went and disappeared, watching everything from the top of the tree.

"let's see, are you able to survive?" mumbling Licius.

...

day became night, Angel told his troops to stop at a field.

tent tents began to wake up and the fire was lit to cook dinner.The soldiers had been hunting animals while it was still dusk, and now there was enough meat for all of them.

"captain, what about around?" said Angel.

"sir Angel, the neighborhood has been safe.I also made several groups to patrol in turn." said the captain.

Angel nodded, the captain then left and prepared for dinner.

he then ate dinner served, a skewer grilled meat, similar to barbaque.

"ah!! enemy attack!" shouted a soldier.

he ran to the camp and intended to tell the others, but after shouting an arrow pierced his neck.

the soldier fell to his knees, another arrow immediately shot out and pierced his neck several times and left him dead.

his other colleagues are still dealing with the attackers. 10 people against 30+ enemies.

not only that, the weapons used are also diverse, even some are reliable archers.

"hey! have you taken care of the running ones?!" said the burly man with two axes in his hands.

"yes, I've taken care of it" said the archer.

more people appeared from all sides, besieging the camp of the church soldiers.the paladins also immediately prepared to defend themselves.

Angel then put down her dinner and was about to find out what had happened, but she was stopped by several paladins.

"sir, stay inside. The situation outside is too dangerous" said the paladin.

"what's up? why so fucked up?" said Angel.

the paladins looked at each other, no one dared to speak. After a long silence, finally a paladin opened his voice.

"sir, the camp has been attacked by a group of unknown people, most likely they are bandits" said the paladin.

"bandit attack?" said Angel.

there were about 8 paladins surrounding the horse carriage and raising their swords, trying to protect the horse carriage.

and two of them were standing right in front of the train door, preventing Angel from getting out of the train.

the horse carriage was lined with magical attack protection runes and physical attacks, making the horse carriage's safety unnecessary to question.

the church soldiers immediately prepared and set up a defensive formation, with the priests who were near the paladins.

loud screams rang out loud dark where.the sounds of fiery cries, the cries of pain and the whirring sounds of sharp weapons mixed into one.

fire arrows were fired and burned the tent tent, making the atmosphere more chaotic.

"captain! too many enemies!" said a soldier.

one by one soldiers from both sides fell, the victims of the church troops were larger than the attack group due to surprise attacks.

the warrior captain gritted his teeth, how did they know if the church group was passing by?

"collect the remaining troops, our priority is the safety of the hero lord and deliver him to Mr. Truques safely" the captain said.

"good captain!" answer the soldier.

he then pulled the horn beside him and blew it, all the church soldiers who heard him immediately retreated and gathered.

with the captain and the ladins in charge, the church group fled the place, leaving behind all their supplies.

the most important thing is their safety, supplies will only slow them down.

"chase them! don't let go of one!" yelled a swordman.

the assailants immediately chased the fleeing church troops.The soldier captain was infuriated by the troops chasing them.

he told his soldiers to resist the bandits' attacks and continue to flee.

more and more church troops were falling. Out of about 230 people, only less than half were left.

the two priests were the most guarded, because they were so vital to the church army.

if there were no priests, their toll would be even greater.The church troops continued to advance through the dark forest at night, fleeing the pursuit of the attackers.

Licius smiled watching the retreating church troops, he stood on top of the tree and watched everything in satisfaction.

"kill them all, and you're free to take anything" Licius said.