Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 1281 - 1279: Afraid to Speak

"Bang!"

Vincent’s body fell to the ground. The three soldiers still alive couldn’t help but take a step back, looking at Frank as if he were the enemy.

Frank opened his mouth, "You... don’t look at me like that, this really has nothing to do with me."

The three soldiers shook their heads in unison, expressing disbelief.

"Damn it!" Frank couldn’t help but curse, then took a deep breath, "Alright, whether you believe it or not, surviving is the most important thing now. Don’t just stand there, fight back, or we’ll all die here! Revenge Vincent with arrows, teach those Sika a lesson!"

The three soldiers had no objections to this and immediately drew their bows, aiming outside the walls.

Before the arrows were even released, they saw a fireball almost the size of half a house rise in their field of vision, heading straight for their watchpoint.

"Run—" Frank uttered, sounding desperate.

"Bang! Boom!"

Before his words were finished, the entire watchpoint collapsed in the explosion, burying everyone under the rubble.

...

"Cough, cough!"

Some time later, Frank awoke from unconciousness. After pushing the bricks and tiles off his head, he was pleasantly surprised to discover that he was, apart from some minor injuries, intact.

However, this discovery only made him happy for a second before he quickly realized the dire situation he was in, and his heart sank.

Then his peripheral vision caught someone buried nearby, and he quickly went over to dig them out, discovering it was the watchtower captain.

"Captain, captain, how are you?" Frank patted the captain’s face, calling.

The captain slowly regained consciousness, looked at Frank, and spat out a mouthful of blood. Weakly, he said, "Frank, I’m afraid I won’t make it. Run yourself. The watchtower is gone, can’t hold it. Run east towards Reef Rock Castle. Remember... remember, don’t run in a straight line, go around, that’s the only chance to avoid the Sika people and meet up with our reinforcements. Otherwise, you... will certainly die."

"Captain, I know, I’ll get you to Reef Rock Castle." Frank said, trying to lift the captain according to his guidance, and head east.

He was stopped by the captain, who said, "Frank, leave me. I’m... too badly injured. A stone hit me earlier, my entire lower body has no sensation, and it’s still bleeding. Even if you took me back, I wouldn’t survive. Run yourself... your chance to survive would be better."

"No!" Frank gritted his teeth, his eyes a bit red, "Captain, you are different from the others in this watchpoint. We came from the same town, I have to take you back."

"Frank, listen to me..."

"Captain, don’t speak, just rest. I will take you back. Once back at Reef Rock Castle, let the physician treat you, you will survive." Frank said, starting to move with the captain on his back.

After just two steps, he heard the sound of "whoosh", followed by "puff", and felt a warm liquid flowing quickly down his neck.

Turning his head, he found an arrow from nowhere had struck the captain on his back, piercing through his throat, the captain had closed his eyes.

This...

Frank numbly placed the captain’s body on the ground, teeth clenched, whispered a cry of pain, and tugged at his messy hair with both hands. Then, stamping his foot hard, he breathed heavily and ran towards the darkness in the east.

...

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Frank was gasping for breath.

In the night, he didn’t know how far he’d run, feeling completely numb, mechanically moving forward.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly an arrow shot through the air behind him.

He had a premonition that this arrow would hit him, but he couldn’t control his body, continuing to step forward out of inertia.

Then came the "puff", seeing the arrow pierce through his calf.

The subsequent pain was slow in transmitting to his brain, his body swayed and he fell heavily to the ground.

He flipped with difficulty onto his back, looking behind him, seeing a group of dozens of Sika Kingdom light cavalry in pursuit, the leading cavalry captain lowering a curved bow, obviously the shooter of the arrow.

After dropping the bow, the leading captain drew a saber, expression cold, approaching on horseback.

Frank stared at the nearing figure, despair filled his heart first, then calmness, speaking inwardly: Well, I am going to die after all. Dying is okay, the captain’s dead, everyone’s dead, my death is only natural, he’d never been particularly lucky. Just a bit regretful he couldn’t go home and marry Nosa.

Farewell Nosa, farewell...

"Slash!"

Just as Frank was finishing his inward farewell, he saw the rider and horse under the cavalry captain stall slightly, then they were sliced into thousands of pieces by an invisible thread, exploding into a large blood mist, dead on the spot.

Huh?

Frank was startled, then saw the dozens of Sika Kingdom cavalrymen behind also burst into blood mist one after another, in a blink they were all dead, turned into ground meat.

This is...

Frank had a guess and abruptly looked up, seeing a figure in a purple robe fly by, it was the official wizard of the Soma Alliance.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Followed by the sound of dense hoofbeats coming from the east, a large group of cavalry clad entirely in black armor broke out from the darkness, galloping past, heading towards the Sika Kingdom army, the first batch of reinforcements sent from the Soma Alliance’s Reef Rock Castle.

And then the second batch, third batch...

The Soma Alliance began its formal counterattack.

Frank sat on the ground, dumbfounded, watching all this, suddenly unsure of what to say.

He was also a bit scared, not daring to speak.

...

...

It’s late at night.

Shaya Palace.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Oscar’s face was darker than usual as he strode into the palace.

The Alliance Emperor sat on the throne, glancing at the approaching Oscar and asking, "It’s about the border?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, as you expected, the Sika Kingdom really launched an attack at the border, mobilizing a large army, once breaking through to Reef Rock Castle. However, we were well prepared, and with the Military God stationed at Reef Rock Castle, we easily repelled the attack. We may have lost some watchpoints and garrison posts, but the Sika Kingdom suffered even greater losses, so we can say we won."

"Won?" The Emperor listened to Oscar’s report but didn’t seem pleased, instead he frowned and murmured, "This doesn’t seem right. The Sika Kingdom has been resisting us for years, they’d be well aware of the situation at Reef Rock Castle. That defensive line can’t be broken while stationed by him, choosing it as a breakthrough is tantamount to suicide.

So either their army commander lost his mind, or it’s a diversion — the assault on Reef Rock Castle is merely a feint, their real target must be elsewhere."

Oscar listened, somewhat surprised, "Where would it be?"

"Creak!"

Just then, the palace doors swung open.