Bab 105: Plans Proceed
It takes longer than Michael had expected to actually calm Tiffania down, but eventually, he manages it and explains the situation to her. They still had a few hours until night rolled around, so Michael handed Tiffania his spare sword and started running her through the basics of using it... She had literally no talent for it, but it'd at least scare away some peasants while he was dealing with the tougher enemies.
After this, Tiffania showed him what spells she'd managed to glean from the book... Well, not spells, spell. Aside from Erase, Levitation, and her weak breeze spell, she managed to pick up Combustion, a weak flame burst that hurt a peasant a point-blank range, but not much else. She primarily learned it to burn down the granaries however, as Michael didn't really have a way to do it efficiently.
His Shadow Shaman spells did scorch thing's they touched, by they weren't really designed to cause fires... He was quite shocked that Tiffania went to such efforts though, as it was clear she'd had a massive phobia of fire ever since her 'death'. This was the first part of getting past it, he supposed.
Once the duo had gotten everything ready, they stealthily left the cave as the sun sets and night reigns.
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Michael and Tiffania sneak through the forest and slowly make their way towards Cendri, Tiffania was wearing his cloak and had the hood up to hide her ears, leaving him in just some chainmail. He wasn't using Cloak and Dagger yet of course, as that'd prevent Tiffania from following him.
He'd actually tried to dissuade Tiffanai from coming, as she'd be put in far more danger than Michael was comfortable with. She refused however, wanting to confront her fears and take back the control that these people had taken from her.
The group eventually reach the treeline overlooking the first granary, and Michael wasn't surprised to see a couple guards loitering around it. They probably suspected that something was up, but wasn't sure enough to commit all their troops to protect the granaries instead of the town.
He glances at Tiffania and gives her a meaningful look, "Are you ready?"
She quickly nods, psyching herself for the impending battle. Her knuckles turn white as she tightly grips the handle of her sword, reminding herself why she was here in the first place.
Michael activates Cloak and Dagger, causing his form to ripple and quickly disappear, rendering him completely invisible to the human eye. Of course, his steps displaced foliage still, and he still produced sound, so there were still ways to locate him if his enemies were smart about it.
He leaves the treeline and sneaks towards the two guards, easily getting behind them and swinging his sword at their necks, hard. In one fell swoop, two heads hit the floor as their lightly armoured bodies follow soon after, blood spurting liberally from their necks.
Michael gestures for Tiffania to come once he looks around for anyone else, noting that the area was clear. Tiffania comes awkwardly running out from the trees, grimacing at the headless bodies but doing her best to ignore them.
Michael kicks open the granary door for her, allowing her to start a small fire inside, giving them some time before flames completely overtake it. They also make sure to start a small fire in the farm next to it, the dry crops making it entirely too easy to ignite.
"Quick, let's hit the next one." he says, knowing that they still had ten out of the eleven granaries to go.
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Four dead guards later and two more burning granaries, Cendri had finally started to notice what they were doing. The first granary they hit was already completely on fire, not to mention the farm next to it which looked like a scene from hell. The other two granaries had also started smoking, causing many peasants to start waking up and trying to deal with the fires... At least, they would have had they not spotted the corpses of the guardsman outside of it. No one was brave enough to step past them and try to put out the fires as they feared they'd be next.
Of course, this also meant that many guards had been sent out to protect the remaining granaries, and strangely, Michael noted that they were far more prepared and equipped than last he saw them. This time the guards were equipped with swords, shields, spears, and even bows. There were even a couple of men riding horses and using muskets...
Tiffania had just lit the fourth granary on fire when a large group of guardsmen start charging their position. Michael was already invisible of course, allowing him to make his way into the centre of their group and start cleaving people to pieces.
Shouts of pain and terror erupt from the guards as they all turn to see what was happening. Many were shocked to see six of their comrades already butchered by the suddenly appearing enemy. The backline using bows and muskets were rendered completely useless as they'd more likely than not cause friendly fire if they tried to interfere with Michael, leaving the melee units to try to counteract him.
Michael easily fends off the panicking guardsman, occasionally throwing out a shock spell to thin out their numbers. There were around thirty units in this group, and he'd already wiped out sixteen of them.
Just as the guards are about to surround and collective attack him, he uses pounce and leaps of their heads, landing in the midst of the archers and musket man, beginning a new assault on them instead.
By the time the melee units reengaged him, all of the archers and musket man had already been killed, leaving only the seven melee guards left. Of course, by now they were completely terrified of Michael, so after one of them gets cut down, the rest throw down their weapons and start fleeing towards the town... Only to be pursued and cut down by Michael as he didn't want to allow Cendri any time to properly gather its forces and start a large scale battle.
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Bab 106: Cinders of Cendri
Like this, three more granaries burn, with small units of guardsmen that'd been stationed outside of them doing their utmost to stop the duo, but failing in the end due to his superior skills and abilities. It had to be noted that by now, Michael's agility had broken into the eighties due to Essense Shifts temporary stat gains.
To the relatively untrained guardsman, he looked like a blur of steel as he charged at them, and then darkness as their souls were sent to whatever afterlife awaited them.
Tiffania wasn't completely comfortable with his actions of course, though, this didn't refer to his slaughter of the guardsman, but instead his persuing of those that'd started retreating. She continued her job though, knowing that they could discuss this after everything was said and done.
Strangely though, as they moved onto the next granary, no guards were stationed there, leaving it completely open to attack. The duo easily destroyed it and farms surround it before heading to the next, and the next, and the next.
All of the other granaries were also undefended, allowing the duo to completely wipe them out... "Where are the guards? Have they given up already?" Michael questions, anxiously glaring at the town of Cendri, feeling as if something bad was coming.
"Ah, they are probably preparing to protect the town... Or waiting for the Dragon Knights to come." she says, glancing uncomfortably at the various fires in the distances that they'd caused.
Michael frowns, "Whatever, we still need to hit the granaries inside the town. The dragon knights won't be able to do anything once we are inside the town, otherwise they'd risk burning Cendri along with us."
Tiffania nods in response, knowing that the safest place to be right now was ironically the town itself. The dragon knights would scour the area in search of them, leaving no stone unturned, and while Michael could probably outrun them, Tiffania was another story entirely.
If they entered the town, Michael would be able to equalize the dragon knights biggest advantage, that being flight and wide, large scale attacks from both magic and the dragon's fire breaths.
"The gates'll be too difficult to clear in time, so I'll clear a part of the wall and carry you over it. Okay?"
She nods, "Ahn, okay!"
The walls of Cendri weren't as impressive as those surrounding Antomiers, Tristania, or Londiunium, as they were only around twenty-five feet tall and were usually only useful against the occasional monster raid.
Michael again turns invisible, the guards atop the walls completely unaware as he liberally uses pounce to climb up it. Using this ability reveals him of course, but by the time anyone spotted him, it was already too late.
Michael leaps atop the wall and sparta-kicks one man off of it(Insert Wilhelm Scream here), sending the unfortunate guardsman tumbling to his doom as he begins besieging the other guardsman with both steel and magic. With his agility so high, deflecting arrows was fairly easy, so Michael just charged towards the group of archers while literally cutting his way through the wall of arrows.
"BRIMIR-NO!" one man shouts for his god but gets cut in half anyway, there'd be no salvation again Michael's onslaught, and by the time three minutes had passed, this entire section of the wall was completely barren of enemies.
Unfortunately, this also meant that the enemy had no compunctions about firing onto it from distance, their comrades were already dead and the only one that remained was the enemy that'd killed them.
Michael just hops off of the wall however, running to Tiffania and picking her up in a princess carry as he climbs back up the wall and throws himself over it, into the town below where people had already started screaming at his approach.
The duo land in an alleyway, but Michael doesn't set her down yet, not wanting to leave her so vulnerable in this area. He runs out of the alley and reaches the back of the stores, eventually locating a tavern of some sort and kicking its door in.
It'd mostly been evacuated at this point, by the tavern owner raises a cleaver and starts shouting at him, "Y-YOU BETTER LEAVE HERE! OR I'LL CUT YOU TO PIECES!"
Michael just ignores him, tapping Tiffania on her side and prompting her to act. "Erase!" she easily chants, causing the man's eyes to blank as he falls backwards unconscious.
With that obstacle dealt with, Michael makes his way behind the bar and finds what he was looking for... The cellar where the alcohol was kept, "Tiffania, hide down here for now. Once things have calmed down a bit I'll come get you." he states, but TIffania looks very reluctant to let him leave.
"Look, I'm going to be fighting an army and some dragons out there. I won't be able to add protecting you onto that. So just stay down here for now, I promise, I'll come back as soon as possible." he explains, but is surprised when she nods and give him a hard hug.
"If it gets too difficult, please leave me and escape." she says with determination, squashing her breasts against his chest.
He just lightly pushes her away and snorts in response however, "Pfft, you really think I'm going to abandon you to save my ass? No way Jose, we're both getting out of this or none of us are." he says, ignoring whatever response she has and starts clambering out of the cellar, closing the hatch behind him.
With that, he exits from the back of the tavern and makes his way into the chaotic town to look for someone who'd know where the granaries are. All the while, the lord of the city, Tatiana was scrambling to get things back under control.
Michael's temporary Essence Shift stacks had started fading, so he'd have to build them back up if he wanted to effectively deal with the dragon knights when they arrive. He glances over at the opposite end of the road where a huge group of guards had gathered and were now marching. "Heh, just in time, a palate cleanser." he smirks.
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