Outside the Feudal Capital, knights of the Kiber Guard, who are mounted on their armored horses, carrying lances and wearing full plate armor, bearing the imperial coat of arms on their breastplates, they were preparing themselves while waiting for the order to attack.
- Sir General!
A scampering soldier walks up to one in gold-plated plate armor, and in a confident, thick voice, asks him.
- What do you want, soldier?
Tired of running and panting, he replies.
- I've come to bring you the urgent attack order, General Rubion asked me to bring it to you...
Upon hearing this, General Kiber maneuvers his horse in front of his riders and shouts.
- Everyone here knows what we're here for! Gentlemen! Duty calls! Let's free the Seven Lakes Fiefdom from the clutches of the Kirbom! And bring order again!
Everyone shouts intensely and he continues as he maneuvers in front of his knights again.
- Then let's go! To glory!
Consequently, everyone sets off fiercely to fight in the city, at which point the scampering soldier makes his way back to Rubion.
While the soldier isn't back, Rubion thinks.
"If they can't stop the advance, I'll have to fall back, especially if he doesn't come."
So they advanced towards the interior of the Feudal Capital, and quickly reached the front line.
There they were faced with a calamitous situation.
Many soldiers were retreating wounded, or carrying wounded.
In this way, the General of the Kiber Guard shouts to the retreating soldiers.
- Get out of the way! The heavy cavalry has arrived!
The retreating soldiers soon make way for the 100 Kiber Guards.
- Forward Guards! And be careful, we don't know what enemy awaits us.
In this way, they advanced towards the interior of the Feudal Capital, where they passed more coup soldiers desperately retreating, carrying one or two wounded men screaming in pain.
Faced with this increase in wounded on the front line, Guard General Kiber wonders as his forces push further into the Capital.
"What's happening that we have so many casualties in such a short space of time? I wonder what weapons the Kirbom are using!"
His question isn't long in being answered, for as soon as he arrives at the battlefield, one of his knights is shot at the end of a street corner near the center.
They are all startled by the surprise attack.
- But what? - shouts General Kiber.
The attack continues and new shots are fired from rifles and machine guns.
They've never seen such a thing, and the noise is deafening, causing any horse to despair, but the Kiber Guard horses are very well trained and selected to be intimidated by nothing.
So in the midst of the chaos of battle, the General points at the barricade of Wiki's legalist soldiers, shouting.
- Attack!
Consequently, they all advance towards the allied barricades.
The Guards manage to break through the barricades, but they suffer heavy casualties: from 100 Guards, they are down to 75.
The General is surprised at how easily Wiki's loyalists have killed his guards.
"How did they do that?!"
Just then, the armored vehicles followed with more Wiki loyalist troops.
Guard General Kiber is confused when he sees the armored vehicle.
-What kind of armor is that?
With its 75 mm cannon, the first shot hit a house next to them, and the explosion caused a lot of debris to fall on them.
Desperation takes hold and the General of the Guard manages to retreat unharmed, thanks to his agility and reflexes.
But many are killed or wounded, resulting in 5 deaths and 10 wounded, including their horses who died.
"Damn! They're fast!"
- Let's retreat, sir! Then we won't be massacred! - A guard shouts.
However, while the wounded among the wreckage beg for help, Magno's soldiers advance and execute them one by one with their pistols.
Seeing this legalistic advance, the General, despite not wanting to, quickly assesses the situation.
"That soldier is right, there's nothing to do but retreat, but this is a disgrace for our entire Guard, but it's our life or... Die pathetically.
Then he shouts.
- Fall back!
In this way they retreat in an almost orderly and desperate manner, but the Kirbom Loyal Army wastes no time and targets them with several shots, and with that a lieutenant, carrying a repeating rifle similar to the M1903 Springfield, shouts ordering his subordinates.
- Attack! No mercy to the traitors of our great fiefdom!
The attack is massive, making the retreat of the Kiber Guard even more humiliating and desperate, as they are a division of the Imperial Guard, resulting from the 60 still standing or not wounded to only 20 and the wounded were all killed due to not being able to keep up with their fellow soldiers.
"How do they do that?! What is this demonic armor? I've never seen that, but before I devise a new plan, I have to retreat, my men won't be able to stand it if it goes on like this, damn it! I couldn't even touch those bastards!" - The General thinks as he retreats.
Outside the Feudal Capital, Rubion is watching the battle there, until he hears a crash behind him.
Looking back, he gives a confidently sadistic smile.
- So you've come, I was beginning to think you wouldn't.
This reveals a man emerging from a crater caused by the explosion behind Rubion.
This white man, with brown eyes and black hair, was wearing almost complete plate armor, since he wasn't wearing a helmet.
But what he was wearing was gold-plated, and at his waist was a silver-plated one-handed magic sword in its grip, with obsidian-plated steel guarding its scabbard.
And in his right hand, he held a bow that wasn't large, it was medium-sized, also silver-plated with sturdy strands of giant spider web.
- I'm only here at this end of the world because you promised me a good reward and I owe you something for helping me there with the Emperor after that incident in the Imperial Capital.
Smiling, the General comments as they stand face to face.
- That was nothing, then.... Your mission is quite specific, Hero of the Bow.
He began to pay attention to what Rubion was ordering him to do.
- Locate and kill all the members of the Kirbom family, as well as anyone who is with them.
The Hero thinks briefly.
"That's it? Then it'll be a piece of cake."
He replies.
- Yes, sir.
So he set off in search of them and watching him go, Rubion reflected.
"With the Hero and the Kiber Guard at my side, the Conquest of the Seven Lakes Capital is only a matter of time."
Meanwhile.
Magno and Cobalsk are near the front line, a little over five blocks from the castle, now in ruins.
The two of them are commanding the legalist advance, but Charles is also doing the same thing, but coordinating the forces of the Capital that haven't betrayed him.
- So far, the revolts are located in the Capital, northwest and north, northeast and southeast of the Fiefdom, right? - Charles asks a legalist general.
However, he was thinking.
"Luiza, my dear wife, I couldn't protect you, on the contrary, you saved me, I will make sure with all my strength that your death was not in vain, for you, I will never forget you, never! Oh God, give me the strength to carry on!"
- Yes sir," replies the general, who continues, "Thanks to this technology that your younger brother designed, we have contact with practically every city without needing many messengers.
Hearing this response, he shows the map of the fief with all the cities in his domain before the attempted coup.
- Our goal now is to drive them out of the capital and keep the cities that we still control, but if the front line is too wide, we will eventually retreat in some sectors.
- Yes sir, I'll immediately summon the soldiers from the cities not affected by the widespread betrayal. - Replies the General.
- Go on then, I'm counting on you. - He orders.
And so the general leaves the meeting room, which was an abandoned restaurant because of the clashes.
Antonia, on the other hand, as she is unable to coordinate anything militarily, let alone wield a pistol, because she is a child, was heavily protected by legalistic Feudal Guards in a recently abandoned house.
Among these Feudal Guards was a personal friend of hers, Lavinha.
A young Feudal Guard with humble origins, who had worked hard to reach the rank of Feudal Guard at the age of 14, and now having lived with the Kirbom for another five years, ended up becoming a very close friend of Antonia's, as they are both similar.
So when the lies of the coup were spreading in the castle halls, she remained devoted to her position, because she knew they were lies. She was even the one who prevented the lies of the coup from spreading throughout the Feudal Army in the Capital.
However, she is in the same room as her, and worried about the situation in the Capital, she talks to Antonia in an attempt to calm her down.
She's a white woman, with brown eyes and hair, a friendly appearance, but she's wearing all plate armor, but her helmet is similar to an ancient Greek helmet.
- Hey, everything's going to be all right in the end.
- Really? - Antonia asks, clearly afraid.
She hugs her.
- Of course, we'll fight to the end, I'll give my life to protect you.
- It's not that much.
- Yes, it is, trust your brothers, we'll sort it out, it's only a matter of time.
But suddenly the sounds of gunfire get louder, and a soldier arrives in their room.
- Ma'am! We have to get out of this place now! An enemy is attacking our defenses.
- What is it? - Lavinha shouts in astonishment.
But he thinks.
"Are the traitors having help from the demi-humans? Or ....."
She leaves the room.
- Sorry Antonia, but I have to make sure you're protected, it's my duty.
- Hey, doctor! Protect the Feudal Lady like your life in that room!
- Yes, ma'am!
And leaving the cell she looks up at the shots.
"So he's nearby?"
So using a jump amplification spell, she goes up to the top of a house and there she sees the Bow Hero Rubion had talked to earlier.
"No way!"
He notices her presence and turns around with his bow and arrow, a debauched expression on his face.
- Come on, so I'm near one of the kirbom, huh?
She becomes afraid and angry at the same time, and she realizes the impending combat and draws her two-handed sword.
- So you're the Hero of the Bow, why would you have to come here?!
- Isn't it obvious? I'm just doing my job as a Hero. - He comments in a debauched manner as he pulls out his arrow and takes aim.
He continues.
- I'm freeing this poor fiefdom from the clutches of the Kirbom.
The shot is fired and in the blink of an eye, the arrow would have hit his eye if he hadn't dodged it in time.
"That was almost it!"
- Wow, you managed to dodge my arrow, so I'm going to have to take this a bit more seriously.
- I never thought I'd have to fight one of the Five Imperial Heroes, but if you're standing in the way of me doing my duty, then let there be a fight!
- He.
Lavinha creates a circular magic shield similar to those of the ancient Greeks and goes on the attack.
Her attack is easily deflected by the Hero, who counters with another arrow shot.
- Here's one to watch out for.
The arrow flies past his head.
"That was too close!"
But this time, she had little chance to react, as he was soon elsewhere, ready for the next shot.
She instinctively put her shield in front of her in the path of the arrow, which would be fatal.
Then an explosion occurred with the impact on the shield, which threw her backwards, falling face-first on the ground.
"Ow! Ow! That was strong!"
When she got up, she realized he was gone.
"Where is he?"
As she went to the edge of the roof, she saw an explosion in the street, which was coming from the Hero.
"Antonia!"
She jumps into the street just as it was about to fire on the legalist soldiers.
But.
- Did she think he wouldn't be there?
She saw him quickly aim his bow at her head.
- No, I just made a mistake.
Without him realizing it, she made a discreet hand gesture to one of Wiki's legalist soldiers, who was furtively watching everything from the window of the house where Antonia was.
They also stealthily remove her from the house and take her away from the fight.
- What's wrong? Is something bad happening? - Antonia asks the doctor who has just taken her out of the house through the back door.
- One of the scammers is outside, so we have to get out of here as quickly as possible, so please don't shout or we'll all get caught. - whispers the military doctor as she leads her away.
Outside where the fighting is taking place, Lavinha is on the verge of death, his armor almost completely broken, and with several bruises on his face and body.
However, some of Wiki's loyalist soldiers intervene and shoot at the Hero of the Bow.
When he felt the shots hitting him, he immediately turned and fired a magical bolt at them, killing them instantly with the explosion.
- I don't want ants getting in the way of my work!
He turns his gaze to Lavinha, who has gathered the strength to attack him again, with the magic shield in front and the sword behind.
- You fool! I'm not a Hero just because I have that title!
He dodges and even removes his magic shield, and throws it at her.
- My skills are superior to any human in this world!
When she realized she wasn't carrying her magic shield, it was too late.
"But what? How did he take my shield?!"
Turning back, her own shield hits her in the forehead, causing her to fall to the ground unconscious.
Seeing this situation, the Hero of the Bow walks away while watching her magic shield disappear.
- Perhaps this showed her that resisting Rubion's ascension was a mistake.
However, he returns to the scene, takes her sword and sticks it in her belly, only to leave.
- No, it's better to kill her anyway, just to make sure she doesn't cause any trouble later.
But when he saw the Hero leaving, some soldiers who were still hiding among the houses immediately went to her to treat her wounds.
- A healer! Quickly! Does anyone know healing magic?! The medical equipment can't handle it!
Being far from the place where he had confronted Lavinha, the Hero looks down from the roof of a house thoughtfully at the fighting going on,
- Damn! So far I haven't found any Kirbom, even when I searched the area where I found that ant, I didn't find anyone.
However, he begins to pay more attention to the fighting visible from where he was, and notices the beginning of a widespread coup retreat, which is disorganized and desperate.
The legalist troops take advantage of this and massacre the coup plotters, leaving a pile of bodies in the streets.
"Since I won't be able to complete my mission in time, then I'll have to find and kill some Kirbom, but how? Well, standing here I couldn't do anything.
With that, he goes to the legalist rear, because logically that would be where there would be more legalists concentrated, and he would also stop the element of surprise.
And so it was done.
He stealthily killed the legalist forces in his own rear, but his presence was alerted when a massacre had begun in a large military camp.
And with their brutality in combat, fear spreads in the place, but even in fear, the legalist forces in the rear fight to the last man.
- Don't these insects give up? Then at least it amuses me to see despair in their eyes.
But he hadn't counted on the fact that Charles himself was also in the camp. Because the legalist advance had been so rapid, the improvised military camp that had previously been on the front line soon became a rearguard, and since it wasn't feasible to move the whole camp to stay on the front line, they stayed right there.
And so a soldier managed to reach Charles himself, who was planning with his generals the future plans for fighting the coup plotters.
Until now, all he could hear was the sound of the fighting.
"What the hell is going on, are my forces retreating to make that much noise?"
- No way! - He exclaimed in surprise at the information, because he had been completely sure that there would be no intervention from anyone outside the fiefdom, but reality shattered his now mistaken conviction.
Suddenly an explosion occurred in front of him, killing the soldier who had just warned him.
And as he rises from the rubble.
- What do you know, a Kirbom among the rubble? - The Imperial Hero speaks arrogantly.
- Well, times have changed, even for you. When this treason is finally crushed, you'll be the first to be sentenced to death.
He laughs haughtily when he hears your threats.
- That was good, but now I'll have to kill you, you Kirbom bastard.
Yet Charles goes on the attack without him realizing it.
- You will pay for the deaths of my generals!
- Generals? What's left to call generals?! - He shouts as he dodges his attacks.
But just as the Hero was dodging an attack from Charles, he fired a magical arrow, glowing yellow, at him.
He was thrown away.
He gets up, but when he raises his head, he sees the Hero pointing another magic arrow at his head.
- You won't get away with this.
- Don't worry, sir, you'll die quickly. After all, your armor looks better than mine, so I want it for myself. - Said the Imperial Hero in a debauched manner.
However, Charles still had a card up his sleeve.