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Chapter 14

Icarus' scouts discovered the Noname Knights. This news reached Icarus' ears like the wind itself. A battle between the Noname Knights, Chronos, and Silonica was about to start…

In the kingdom of Daraak, "Chronos has invaded Minos." A soldier announced to his king

"So Chronos has started to move." The king commented as he began to chuckle, "It has been quiet for 10 years, it's about time it started getting noisy. Now we shall quietly get prepared for war as well! Contact each King in the Radink Alliance!" he ordered

"At your command, your majesty! We shall take our leave at once." The soldiers replied

"Oh! Tell the leader of the Black Knights to come to my room." The King said as a side note, 'If we want to take Chronos now's the best time when the King has lost his mind!' the old King took a shaky hold of his wine, 'Chronos!' he then broke the glass in his bear hands. "I'll pay you back double for what happened 10 years ago!"

In the kingdom of Isiris, "There's trouble, your highness!" the soldiers announced, "Chronos has invaded Minos."

"What does that have to do with us?" Their king inquired

"Um… that is…" The king's advisor began

"Out with it!" the king ordered

"A report came in stating that the prince is also out in the battlefront." He announced

"So Chronos was where he left to do his warrior training? I see! So how is he doing?" the king inquired, not very interested

"He's traveling with a group called the Tample Mercenaries." The advisor replied

"Tample Mercenaries… Yes, it's good to start at the bottom!" the king mused

"I believe it would be best if we told him to come back home." The soldier suggested, "I fear for his safety your majesty."

"That child is my son. He must endure the cruelties of this world." The king began, "If he dies in such a trivial battle then he wasn't worthy of being my son! He is a child chosen by the heavens so I'm sure he will come back to me."

Back at Minos, the Tample Mercenaries were already getting into position for their ambush. Michael had chosen a location hidden with shadows; he didn't want to deal with Athena's new friend.

"What are we doing hiding here?" Ariadne inquired

"We're going to ambush the enemy." Athena explained, "We're going to hit them when the least expect it."

"How cheap!" Ariadne exclaimed

The mercenaries were silent in their wait for the enemy when the sound of a horse hoof hitting the ground alerted Michael of their enemies' approach.

It was a relatively small army that mostly moved on horse. There was a sound coming from the bushes and the captain immediately turned his head toward it, "Go check out that noise!" he ordered, his blade claws nearly cutting his subordinate

But when the subordinate did as ordered, all he found was an empty clearing. "Captain, there's nothing here, sir!" he yelled, just as a spear went through his body.

"Shit! It's an ambush!" the other soldier realized

A net suddenly flew onto some of the foot soldiers, "What is this? A freaking net!" But they were too distracted by the net to stop some mercenaries stabbing them with spears.

"Let's head to that side!" Athena quickly suggested as she pulled Ariadne away from the fight

"Why do we keep retreating into the forest?" Ariadne exclaimed

"I need to show you something!" Athena lied

An already lacking Athena didn't want to show the evil warrior in her while on the battlefield.

"Let's sit down and get some rest." Athena suggested, "We'll be safe here."

"But everyone else is fighting!" Ariadne cried

"Let's go back when it's over." Athena suggested

"What? That's cowardly Athena!" Ariadne exclaimed

'I really want to fight but…' Athena thought as she tried to explain, "That's not…"

"I don't want to listen to your excuses! I'll just go by myself!" Ariadne declared

'No! She can't go!' Athena panicked as she saw the tree next to her. Athena kicked the tree with all her strength and cried, "Aaah! Help me!"

"What's wrong?" Ariadne asked out of worry as she saw Athena's injury. Athena's knee was bleeding and already making a small puddle.

"I hurt my leg and can't move anymore! Please help Ariadne!" Athena explained

"KYAA! Are you ok Athena? You're not going to die are you?" Ariadne screamed

'If a small flesh wound like this shocks her…' Athena noted as she glanced back to the real battlefield.

The soldiers were mercilessly killing each other and Icarus was watching from above to make sure everything was in order. "It's almost over." He noted

The defeated soldiers quickly retreated, "There might be a second ambush in the forest so do not follow! Move out to a wider area!" their leader ordered

"A net?" the leader realized; he made quick work of the net with his clawed hands and when the spears came he merely abandoned his horse.

"Fast!" the soldiers and mercenary exclaimed. The Noname captain merely licked his lips and instantly cut through the soldiers' bodies into small pieces. The captain continued to cut through different soldiers, "The captain's broken through the enemy!" one of his soldiers exclaimed, "Let's run away!"

"Where's the commander?" the captain inquired from his new location on another soldier's horse

'What, when did he…' the soldier thought in shock as he answered, "He's surrounded over there." Those were his last words.

The captain wasted no time in cutting through the poor soldier as he scolded, "How dare you try to run away while the commander's still trapped! The Noname Knights don't need useless people like you." The captain rushed over to the surrounded commander and yelled, "I'll make a way sir, so please use it to escape, Commander!"

"Captain!" the commander recognized the man

"Who the hell is that guy?" the soldiers exclaimed at the sight of the captain in the air above them.

The captain made short work of the soldiers surrounding his commander. But, while on his killing spree, Rikion rushed to be right next to him. "Where are you off to in such a hurry?" he nonchalantly asked

'No way…' the captain gasped, 'He caught up with me!' The two immediately went into combat. The captain tried to slice at Rikion, but the Silonican merely dodged and wrapped the chain of his weapon around the captain's arm. "Release me at once!" the captain ordered. Rikion chose to ignore him and simply pulled on the chain, forcing the captain forward and threw his knife aiming for the captain's throat. But the captain quickly ducked his head and used his helmet to block the blow. "Whew," he sighed, "barely dodged it." Sadly, Rikion had other ideas as he quickly tangled his chain so the captain's arm was behind his back and the chain was around his neck. "Shit!" the captain realized, "My arm's tangled up!"

"Let me see your face before I kill you!" Rikion demanded

"Shut up!" the captain yelled, "The greatest disgrace for a Noname Knight is to show his face to his enemies!"

"Then I'll take it off myself if you don't want to." Rikion decided as he began to reach for the helmet

"Don't you touch me!" the captain screamed as he sent his free arm to Rikion's head

A solider that noticed his captain's plight was already racing to the warriors on his horse, 'We must save the captain!' he thought. While he was racing there, Rikion made short work of destroying the blades on the captain's hand. "Captain!" the soldier yelled, "I'm here to save you sir!"

But the captain knew what Rikion was going to do, "STOP!" he yelled

But it was too late. Rikion jumped out of the way of the soldier's javelin and the captain took the blow instead. He was killed instantly. "Captain!" the soldier screamed at what he just did

"Killing a superior officer," Rikion scolded, "You…should be hanged!" with that, Rikion cut off the head of the foolish soldier.

About an hour later, most of the Noname knights were killed. The ones who ran into the forest were also killed. Only the ones that were able to run away through the plains were saved from such a cruel fate.

While the victorious soldiers were checking to make sure their enemies were really dead, Baroona came across a soldier who merely couldn't stand back up in pain. His breathing was labored as he stared back at Baroona with an imploring stare. Baroona raised his spear and brought it to the ground… right next to the soldier's head. The soldier didn't understand Baroona's action at first until he heard Baroona yell, "It's clear over here! Let's go back!" the fallen soldier was shedding tears at the thought that he was allowed to live by Baroona.

Michael, too, found an injured soldier, but he wasn't as kind as Baroona. He sent his spear through the soldier without blinking.

Elsewhere, the commander of the Noname Knights was already captured as he yelled, "Let me die like my subordinates here. Give me an honorable death! I'll do it myself so untie me now!"

"Alright." Icarus decided, "We'll let you go to kill yourself."

The moment he was released, the commander of the Noname Kinights fled as fast as he could. After seeing such a sight, all Icarus could do was laugh. He didn't even send out a squad to capture him.

"It there are leaders like him commanding this country's forces, Minos will fall much easier than I had imagined!" Icarus declared, "Genasis!"

"Yes, General!" Genasis called

"You take the cavalry and head here." Icarus ordered

In Minos, there are two rivers named Nadow and Reaver that split the land into east and west parts.

"Go and destroy all the bridges across these rivers." Icarus told his most trusted soldier, "If we are successful in doing this, we will be at a huge advantage. Do not wait and leave at once."

Genasis answered with a bow of understanding as he said, "Be careful, General."

"Ah!" Gohu exclaimed as he saw the cavalry leave the base in a rush, "Where's the cavalry going?" he wondered

"They usually don't keep the soldiers busy…" Baroona agreed

"I guess they're going to destroy access from the Nadow and Reaver rivers." Michael suggested, "Minos is divided into Eastern and Western parts. If we attack the capital from the east, then the soldiers from the west will have a hard time coming over to help without the bridges."

"Are you sure?" Baroona asked

"Nope!" Michael easily admitted, "Just a guess."

But Baroona was suspicious, 'How does an average mercenary soldier know that?'

"Has anyone seen Athena?" Gohu suddenly asked

"I think she's with her friend." Baroona offered

"Man…" Gohu sighed, "I'm so jealous of Athena! A friend comes out onto a battlefield just to see her! It's like a story from a novel!"

Baroona and Michael looked at each other in worry. Athena's situation isn't to be desired. She had a lot to lose. All Ariadne had to do was see her fight and Athena could lose her first normal friend.

Athena and Ariadne were hitching a ride on one of the wagons, "Is your leg okay?" Ariadne asked in worry

"Yep!" Athena replied with a smile, "It's all thanks to you!"

"I couldn't get to see any fighting because of you!" Ariadne pouted

"Sorry." Athena apologized with a laugh. But she suddenly stopped when she recognized Helena, 'It's the scary lady! We have to hide!' Athena quickly pushed herself and Ariadne to the floor of the wagon in hopes that the wall would conceal them. But Helena noticed some movement and trotted towards them on her horse, 'Please just pass by!' Athena prayed in her mind as Helena went by them. "Whew!" Athena sighed, "She's gone. Hm? But my hands feel a little weird…" Athena wasn't paying attention to where her hands were in order to keep an eye on Helena. Shame, she would have known she was basically groping Ariadne's chest.

"Where do you think you're touching?" Ariadne growled

"Huh?" Athena honestly didn't know what she was doing wrong, "What's wrong?"

"Just stop touching them!" Ariadne yelled as she hit Athena from her location, "How would you like it if I did that to you?!" she yelled as she began to take Athena's shirt off in anger

"Ariadne!" Athena cried out, "Stop!" She even tried to crawl away from Ariadne's wrath

It was then that Ariadne had seen it. On Athena's back was a very clearly etched in and then burned scar in the shape of an eye. "Athena..." she began in a quieter voice

Athena managed to put her shirt back on when she looked back at Ariadne in complete ignorance, "What is it?" she asked

"...Nothing." Ariadne replied with a smile

Ariadne wanted to ask Athena about her scar, but chose not to.