Free Web NovelChapter 123: Chapter 94: The Vengeful Angel Descends, the Blood of Verne Has No Cowards
The wide Steel Bridge Corridor stretched for a kilometer, and Grand Lord Kles’s army seemed endless.
Raider Knights in dark yellow armor were interspersed among tens of thousands of mortal infantry, forming a torrent of death that rolled inexorably toward the mortal army of the Seventeenth Military Port World.
The Knight Power of the Imperial Knights held up the vast sky of the Empire, but the sacrifices of countless Mortals were the bedrock of the Empire and the Human World!
Even in death, the officer’s furious eyes refused to close.
A strong gust of wind blew his military cap away, sending it tumbling to the ground as blood flowed unceasingly from his broken body.
Like a monument to sacrifice and courage, he stood firm at the end of the Steel Bridge Corridor, not yielding a single step, his life given without regret.
So many soldiers had already been sacrificed in the meat grinder that was the battle for the Steel Bridge Corridor. In fact, no one in the Defense Army even knew the officer’s name anymore.
His defiance inspired the soul of every soldier.
And in this moment, his perseverance found its redemption.
When Reinhardt smashed into the end of the Steel Bridge Corridor like a meteor of death, a horrifying aura of slaughter and Knight Power descended upon the very front line!
The once-clamorous Steel Bridge Corridor fell into a dead silence.
Grand Lord Kles’s army stared in astonishment at the Imperial Knight who had suddenly arrived on the battlefield, materializing before their eyes. frёeωebɳovel.com
’Does this guy really think he can stop our charge all by himself?’
’Is he insane?!’
However, when the Raider Knights present felt Reinhardt’s incomparable Knight Power, a terrifying answer screamed from the depths of their minds!
’A Six-star Military Rank—!’
’That’s a level of power beyond even the elite Wolf Pack Knights of the Raider Battle Group!’
Moreover, before they arrived at the Seventeenth Military Port World, the Battle Group Commander had given the Wolf Pack Knights an order: hunt down an Imperial Knight named Reinhardt in the Desolate Wasteland Ruins.
Nearly five hours had passed since the assault on the Desolate Wasteland Ruins began.
As fellow members of the Raider Battle Group, they knew better than anyone the strength of the Wolf Pack Knights and their efficiency in completing missions. But five hours had gone by.
And the one who had reached the main battlefield was not them, but their target...
Even though the Raider Knights were inwardly terrified, war was merciless. It did not allow them much time for thought.
At this moment, as shocking as Reinhardt’s arrival was for Grand Lord Kles’s army, it was equally inspiring for the Defense Army and the Governor’s Guard!
Bodies were piled high beneath the steel cables securing the bridge.
Debris and wreckage formed makeshift defensive lines at the bridgehead.
A sea of fire lit up the gloomy sky above the Desolate Wasteland Ruins. Thick smoke billowed, and the sun seemed to be dying.
The Defense Army’s clothes were tattered, their bodies covered in blood and grime. But whether they were the wounded resting behind fortifications or the assault teams who had been temporarily relieved, they all rose to their feet, gazing at the tall figure standing in the distance.
A member of the Defense Army, his face covered in blood and his longsword long since broken, stared in disbelief at Reinhardt, who had appeared in the distance.
The emotions of Mortal Soldiers were simple and unadorned.
In this desperate hour, when fighting to the death seemed futile and they felt long forgotten by the Divine Emperor, no one would have imagined that one of the Divine Emperor’s Angels would descend upon the battlefield.
Even if it was just one man, his indomitable presence alone, standing there on the front line, was an army in itself!
"An Angel..."
"It’s an Angel..."
Hope... or rather, the noble conviction to die for the Divine Emperor, began to burn in the soldiers’ eyes once more.
Then, a Defense Army soldier who had come into contact with the Fire of Vengeance Hermitage recognized Reinhardt and whispered his title.
"The Vengeful Angel of the Divine Emperor."
Nearby Defense Army soldiers all turned to look at him.
It was an unfamiliar title, yet an inspiring one. And after today, the name of the Divine Emperor’s Vengeful Angel would be sung throughout this world for all eternity.
The only officer still alive on the front line raised his longsword high and roared hoarsely.
"With my death! I defend the Divine Emperor—!"
The brief silence on the battlefield was shattered by the roars of the Mortal Soldiers, ignited into a blaze!
The Defense Army of the Seventeenth Military Port World, clad in the crudest, tattered armor and wielding antique longswords from centuries past, possessed a soaring battle spirit and a courage that defied death, crashing down like a tidal wave!
It relentlessly battered the psychological defenses of Grand Lord Kles’s soldiers!
They couldn’t understand why, in a barren and impoverished world long since abandoned by the Empire, so many Mortals were still willing to die for it—to die for the Divine Emperor. freewёbnoνel.com
Even the Raider Knights were moved at this moment!
But history had already provided the answer.
The bloodline of the Empire’s spark, even when darkness shrouded their hearts and the path forward was lost—the blood of Verne has no cowards!
The Steel Bridge Corridor trembled and hummed under the steps of the Defense Army’s counter-charge.
An officer of Grand Lord Kles’s army bellowed, his right hand trembling slightly. But his pride would not allow him to feel fear in the face of a group of poorly-equipped, broken soldiers.
He cut down a soldier who was flinching from the fight and shouted, "They’re just a broken rabble! Hold the line! Hold the line!"
Reinhardt stood firm at the very front of the bridge corridor.
As the Defense Army, inspired by him, launched a desperate, final counter-charge.
As Grand Lord Kles’s army roared and charged toward him.
A dark purple, living substance seeped from his skin, covering his entire body. The high-pressure air sacs engaged at full power, and in the next instant, a sonic boom thundered!
The Black War Axe carved through the enemy ranks like a hot knife through butter! As if there was no one there at all!
Like a high-speed steel train plowing into a crowd, the mortal bodies of soldier after soldier were shattered and blown apart by the impact of his Knight Power.
