Dragon Knight of Eldaria

as and the other wizards were creating a barrier in the encampments southern position. The Angoland troops were taking up position near the main road. As for the Scotian

he was not use to wearing it other than just for training. The king had come

y such a thing as safe

k at Castle Everwatch. King Edward had mentioned that they had word that her brother would be arriving soon. Henrietta hoped it would be before the battle. At least the battlefield was far enough where she would not have to witness the carnage that was going to ensue. From what Glin said if the worse case scenario were to occur they could retreat to the southern road or ru

re magical armor. I wonder what else y

m remembering the last few hours. First he runs into a noble woman, a witch and ungodly beasts. On top of that the noble woman had used so

ht?” asked one of his

the nerves Fergus. It w

heard you had a run in with Satigors and sav

ience that I did not e

alk amongst his fellow countrymen that they were being denied the glory of fighting the first wave. This was their land so they shouldn’t be the ones waiting in the sidelines. There was a loud horn in the distance and as the sun was setting, Kieran could see hundreds of torches maki

position. As long as his troops held the line and forced the enemy to commit then he would signal his nephew to attack their flank. It was a shame they did not have mounted knights, but the terrain severely limited t

t have to be on foot, du

ir Udtred. And in this terrain we do not have much room to fight on horseback. I sugges

reat sin, but the king knew it wasn’t their fault that they thought that way. Many of them were trained to believe that they were invincible while on the saddle. It was only partially true for

ive us for not following some of our oldest traditions. Now

hillside and the lake really slowed their mobility. But then the tide of barbaric brutality eventually clashed into the walls of shields and the fighting commenced. Despite the ferocity the Orks displayed they were easily felled, but so too were the humans. A few had broken through the line, but soldiers who were station close by dealt with them. One of the foot soldier found himself in a bind as he was struggling to fight one of the Orks. He would h

s are not going to kill themsel

but they barely hit anything. The wizards had cast spells to protect the soldiers from harm or cast spells to bring death to the Orks. The enemy looked like they were trying to commit ev

rds are created. The fog on the lake was looking thicker so she couldn’t see across. What got her attention was that she saw a large flock of birds taking off from the forest to their western flank. It was odd, considering she was able to see them in this night sky. Then she saw the flaming white torched waving in the distance. She suspected that Pri

here,” said a voice, which c

did not see that the undead are making thei

ailing across the river. That fog is not natura

yelled, as she got close

that human talking to

don’t speak out lang

u. So I will have to a

however were more concerning. Henrietta wasn’t sure why she believed what was said, but she be a fool to not take it seriously. Looking up at the tower she noticed that it had been

ught I told you to stay in

he beacon. I don’t see any light

ion, that is until she saw the dead body of a guard. Close by to him was another body with his t

the lad?” G

rstand, what is happen

ing to need a swig of the black stuff after this. A

a torch that was still light with fire and she found a bowl of oil as well. As Glin arrived she dumped the oil on the wood then threw the torch onto the pile and watched as the fire engulfed the wood quickly. Henrietta hoped that would be enough, but she needed to check on something

u see lass?”

said handing the spyglass to him. It only took

was possible, but now we are e

mselves to support the frontlines, but they needed to figure our how to convince everyone that there was an enemy comin

he battle?”

Kambrian’s have yet to attack the enemy flank

tted Satigors on boats making their way here no

rate we will be outnumbered.

u need to send troops to the shor

uldn’t even be out here. We are in the

ood man” said Wyllt who

re sorcerer?” the knigh

e shore. I too have noticed a large number of

re are undead coming through

here was no undead in the forest whe

the forest. The Scotians are facing them now” s

from Everwatch and hold the line at the lakeshore. I have a few wizards to help you while I go h

t be listening, but the king must know

d out,” Glin said to Wyllt. “The t

ttle more muscle,” said th

e appreciated”

one of own. We owe them

was seeing a hint of fear on his face. It was understandable since he came close to dying from those beasts only to have to face them again. She was going to stay back for now until she thought she needed to use the amulet. Once the last man was in position the boats became visible and the Satigors were roaring their cries of battle. A rank of archers peppered the enemy before they even made landfall. E

going our way” Kieran sa

Just keep killing t

ack, but it was starting to look as if they would eventually be overwhelmed too. Glin himself was fighting as hard as he could, probably too much since he did not see a Satigor attack him from behind. Tha

going to stay back

e said. “I saw that our lines were st

was not fatal, but the strike left her winded. She sidestepped and thrust her blade into the monsters throat. Another tried to attack her while she was distracted, but she dodged in time and cut off the Satigors cloven leg causing it to cream in agony. She stabbed her sword through its

ou be joining us m

having a hard time so I tho

spears with such perfect technique. Returning to the battle Henrietta faced a rather large Satigor that was clearly their leader of this assault and wielded two axes in each hand. It charged at her, but Kieran who tackled the beast intercepted it. Both landed in the muddy ground and struggled to get back to their feet. The Satigor lashed out with one of its axes, but Kieran parried. The attack was stronger th

about the undead was no jest. The undead seemed to fall easily when Henrietta struck them down, but the others troops were having a hard time. Henrietta hoped the king was all right though. One would think that things could not get worse. Even as she ran she saw an undead creature in dark iron armor with its back to her. She attacked it to get it out of her way, but the creature turned to reveal a pale complexion as it caught her sword strike. Other than its pale skin the

ta run” G

a powerful crimson breath of magical energy. All who were caught in its wake were incinerated. Henrietta was almost caught in its breath, but the armor took most of the damage. As she tried to bring herself back to her feet, t

felt the earth move with a loud thud and saw that she was near the black dragon that had landed. From its back a figure in black armor stepped off and looked around his surrounding. Just above the figures chest was a red gem of sorts, which looked somewhat f

n hue while his shoulder guards protruded spikes. His helmet bore horns of a demon and his gauntlets had chains around

ed and the king blocked. He countered to strike the enemies helmet, but that too was parried. The black knight struck the king across the face causing him to stagger to the ground. As he was about to deal the deathblow, the king struck his sword across the black knights shin. The blade actually got through the armor causing the knight to bleed. The black knight staggered back, but he recov

m using your magic spawn of the dragon” said the black

Who are you?” King Edwa

and here I stand engulfed with its power” the black knig

our not going to leave this p

trength to do any damage,”

ve no idea how powerful

ath the king’s feet and was glowing

said and the energy dis