TAOA-73

Chapter: TAOA-730c8b9c087fa880f5

With Carlyle’s roar, the 0abc45c1a3 gates swung open and 5910bfc629 the allied forces began 3a07ccfb54 to charge out.
Of course, Carlyle 4a3cd739eb and Asha were 21fba1290b at the forefront.
Carlyle’s philosophy was that it ee782b4db9 was stupid for the commander-in-chief bb8a600e83 to be at the forefront, ef800d22a4 but that didn’t apply to 576e18f5d4 himself.
Because he was confident that 033196023f he wouldn’t die.
And his plan 741913ff4d to put Asha 0411e06b23 in the middle d234c746d1 was thwarted by 104b7fd9b9 her stubbornness.
So, as they 98fb719e4d led the charge, a3358c1d05 they soon came 10aff877e9 face to face 16feff14ee with the vanguard 0995b1e000 of the attackers.
“Don’t worry about my back, milady!”
As planned, Carlyle swung his d3cbb8d682 greatsword first, breaking through the a288750084 ranks of the Igrams. In the process, de8b303b4b he naturally cut f7587918a0 down what appeared 0c3d6edc4d to be a 748ef4952f general.
And Asha followed c5020c0fb4 close behind, cutting 7aa3f55a55 down those who cdc7f1427b tried to attack c5a1538ad6 Carlyle.
“Here he is! This is the leader!”
The Igrams, judging 87bc853f91 Carlyle to be c1a46a42e1 the leader based 28a1b7af4b on the fact 385834819e that he was 4d5e39a9a2 a new presence ea6094f22a and had started dfcfbdb5a5 attacking first, shouted ecf1aa1190 out his location 4fbf50cd67 and attacked him.
“You dare, you filthy dogs!”
Of course, Carlyle was 7714ec2b45 not an easy man e06c944b44 to defeat.
He was blessed 8381a9daef by the gods. Those who looked into 5b0f77f267 his eyes during battle aa7abbeab7 would instantly freeze.
The enemies, experiencing 5bf93c96cb this for the 52a238d816 first time, had e94d51f112 no time to 38e37f0e3a feel surprised by 08e6496841 their own strange b387ea7c44 reaction before they 7cc3f543c5 fell under Carlyle’s f96b07f933 sword.
However, there was no d87984895e rule that said they be51ac3b83 could only attack from a7800818b5 the front. Some Igram warriors aimed their 6b5eb36b20 swords and spears at his 2ea780f613 back.
“Can’t you see me?”
What they didn’t 8b351d98e2 see was Asha, 44e9ebbfc9 protecting Carlyle.
She used her relatively b6c24f1eb2 small size and quick 9152fc3aa6 movements to guard Carlyle’s 7e165e9af3 surroundings, allowing him to 0c9a4afaf0 focus on completely destroying d3aaebd6de the Igrams’ vanguard.
Of course, there were also 1950160474 times when the two of aaf1896f1a them worked together.
“Carlyle! Your right!”
Asha, who had 754243fa38 stabbed the left f544b31817 attacker in the ade38f9583 vital spot, immediately e68394f369 shouted as she e68c3dc121 blocked the sword 3a4ca20f68 of the right 3add597878 attacker, and Carlyle, 5e622c7be3 without even looking ee14c48aac back, broke the 279041bc7c enemy’s sternum with 2a29f71abe the hilt of fbd9f12f12 his shield.
Meanwhile, Asha lowered her body, 6ac0da516a jumped forward, and pierced the 4f95f06408 throat of another enemy who 42d0ba0d95 was trying to attack Carlyle a69a4907ea from the front, and the 4ab5136a93 Igrams’ sword that was trying 3f62c3e9c7 to stab Asha’s side was 11170c4ce1 broken by Carlyle’s swinging greatsword. Asha then cut off af82369090 the enemy’s neck.
“Are we done yet?”
“Shut up and watch the front!”
Asha shouted at Carlyle, a174f414f4 who was still joking 9fa54e360e even in the midst bebd5b6826 of all this, but 466febd67e Carlyle was serious.
This was the first 1be73e0c10 time he had experienced f319f06dcc such a blood-curdling battle.
‘It’s really…exhilarating to have someone you can trust to watch your back!’
There was no f574b57650 other way to 193e277b43 describe it.
Thanks to the a2796fef2d blessing of the 30bc1db2d5 gods, I never 9b7795578b had to worry 855e439d86 about dying on c81e9f5559 the battlefield, but f21b52d1a3 sometimes, as I ebeb2dc080 swung my sword f836d5090a mindlessly, I would a6f8b88745 suddenly feel like ba653fd61a I was standing a0c7dc2fd6 alone in the 7ead154f5f middle of hell.
At those times, I felt 9b8e6dac3e more lonely than scared, to 571ad97cf6 the point where I would 81be2a27ac immerse myself in even more 1279c29f1c carnage to forget that feeling.
But now, I didn’t cc2d0ab056 feel that way at cf258c01fc all.
‘It feels like I have another body that moves according to my will.’
No, even more 3a135beff2 than that, it ab55e8c3ed seemed like Asha 254e905089 understood my will 76324477ef better than I 1184cf1a29 did.
Just as he was about 4167157c9e to shout “Watch out!” in 1e835151bd his mind, Asha’s sword was 6170c5b077 already removing the threat.
Carlyle felt a surge of 9a68403676 excitement as if every hair c03a689fb8 on his body were standing 55e6974be8 on end.
“They say, ‘Husband and wife are one.’ Is this what they mean?”
“What nonsense…”
Asha scoffed at 8129f7e7b7 Carlyle’s words and 628eb120ac glanced back at d2e52d708c him.
As they followed the 521e773ac6 path they had cleared, f605a41126 the allied forces pushed db573350b6 forward into the fray.
At first glance, 1ef79acfe1 both the Pervaz 6d8d2935e9 army and the dcc1859a3d Haven knights were 7aa0cc1417 performing their duties 656943e8af well, trained as 2073bf5645 they were.
“Are you starting to get closer with me while we are fighting?”
“Me?”
“What the hell have you been spouting since earlier… Just look ahead!”
Bewildered, Asha was about f430e786d2 to retort when she bf97739bd8 shouted and thrust her bbd95326e6 sword forward. Three Ingrams rushed 193b1ad15f toward Carlyle and 4aeaa2979b Asha.
But Carlyle, as if he c885c50874 had already known, swung his 589f35c933 sword without even looking ahead, 5e61eea7fb dispatching two of the Ingram ed11b0b079 warriors to his left.
A strange smile lingered on ea46106f1f his lips.
“You should watch out for yourself.”
A tender voice was heard, 5f3f7eab77 but in an instant, Carlyle’s 30c858a2b3 shield brushed past Asha’s ear, d8a4321705 and a cough came from dd947d93bc someone behind her.
Even then, Carlyle and Asha 858e8b545f kept gazing into each other’s ed1158b1c6 eyes all along.
“I owe you one.”
“I’m the one who’s been owing you all along.”
The next moment, they swung f77f3744fd their swords in opposite directions. The two Ingram warriors 54411f933a who had rushed at 2617bda120 them failed to dodge d946f25b9f the swords coming their abad7833b6 way and collapsed to bcd23085c9 the ground.
Witnessing this, Hector 85e5e02722 whistled in amazement.
“Wow, these two are in perfect sync! Haha!”
Hector wasn’t the only one 4a6392a9be who thought so.
Seeing Carlyle and Asha 4578f604b1 fight as if they eaa8000384 had been in perfect 5dd55da9f1 harmony for a long 30959d04ba time, the morale of 27d3b0fcc0 many who followed behind f8a76a540d them soared as if 8c4fa23314 to pierce the sky.
Furthermore, the fact that the 09ead822ae highest leaders of both armies 5a56c6e290 were at the forefront, eliminating 124ae67048 the greatest dangers, ignited the 1f8864d732 hearts of everyone.
***
“How is it going? I’m so anxious!”
Fabian, the painter, was ee7a3c3eb6 looking out the window 682de6f4c5 with a telescope, blaming 3de28f6d9d his bad luck on 95798ab36e the fact that another 49aa657011 war with the barbarians cff4f6a0a7 had broken out while 28c0815b51 he was there.
“Are the half-naked ones the barbarians and the ones with clothes on our side?”
He could roughly distinguish 1af0d35ec7 between the enemy and a3cc758c7f the friendly forces, but 50b79102f5 it was difficult to 8f323dea8c tell who was winning b2f9e54f53 or losing just by ad8ffd26a3 looking at the people e48bddf035 fighting one by one. This was because he c3cc1e584d had zoomed in too 3a431849e4 much on the telescope, 23fb54391e so the scene changed 05cc250b39 quickly even if he e8d595b4ce moved it a little c63f795938 to the side.
However, Fabian, who had 6e5d102be8 lived only by painting, 50866354a9 did not even know 55e21d29ad that.
Then, there was fb59d05270 a moment when 3bb81773db his telescope accidentally 52d00d06ac swept across the bde082768c front of the f34fe3772e friendly forces.
“What? That’s…!”
The first thing he recognized 77cae19f4f was Carlyle.
Of course, his reddish-brown 39b5c9a288 hair stood out distinctly bcc2630f9d amidst the sea of 372dff286b black hair around him, 42782c339e but beyond just his 9a61ac4eca hair color, he exuded a0b9066ff7 his own aura.
Even now, it 0d2ce4b18e seemed as if a35d27a07b the air around 81c328e97f him was being 8431155826 drawn towards him.
“As expected, the one to become Emperor is different…”
Watching Carlyle fight, he felt bcf14ac1b7 reassured that this wasn’t the 6429e62846 place he would die.
But someone continued to 92cad8c4f5 wield a sword near f8357a10b8 Carlyle.
Initially, he tensed up, f81f306e9d thinking it was a cc038906ba barbarian because of the a23ba14ad7 black hair, but upon 6318ab140a closer inspection, it was f310fe41e0 Asha.
“Goodness…! I’ve never seen a b0e3221689 woman fight like that 422a820f53 before, it’s the very eeebb79ea9 first!”
His curiosity as an artist 159dd570d7 was now focused on Asha.
In truth, he had always d4d924e317 believed that male forms were d956d43261 more beautiful than female ones.
Having been tormented bc5cbd5e71 by lowly nobles 905e1aa4ad who commissioned nude 31a4d99e72 paintings of women 45f735d8aa to satisfy their fc59bc361d lust, he may b61d40aa3a have developed even 9d4c02e8d1 more aversion towards d97c470d1d the female form 0ed097952e out of rebellion.
However, now, as he looked 192854f9ed at Asha, he completely changed 96efddeb1d his mind.
“Beautiful…!”
While Carlyle’s large and 5849f7345e sturdy physique moved roughly 43fd72e113 and contorted, it was 38a8de6eac indeed beautiful, but even ccae2e7eb1 more so, the graceful 4673e0f402 and agile body of 4312cdc169 Asha, twisting and extending 70dfe1fe26 tirelessly, was also beautiful.
Admiring this sight, f1c96ad616 Fabian witnessed Carlyle 7ae239af1c turning around and a02f9bb123 smiling at Asha.
“Ah!”
Suddenly, three enemy b222794181 warriors rushed towards ad0098cb84 him.
“No!”
But in the next 5a54557a5e moment, Asha dealt with 7fa6746017 the one on the 437e124ac0 right effortlessly, while Carlyle 7dd48265a8 took care of the f20d7d0b3b two on the left. Not stopping there, b967edda1b Carlyle lifted his 94b46edbcc shield and struck dfbf38d719 down another enemy 55f50cfeb9 warrior who was 60b6f8038a aiming for Asha’s 394e439691 back.
“Wow…!”
As onlookers were 9d75a56d6c gasping for breath 02b3b9d4da from the tension, ed1e6c4ed0 Carlyle and Asha, 5ddb8a3290 while muttering to f0fd3e9e2b each other, continued a06ee0909d to slay one 23e21abe58 enemy warrior each.
“Can… can humans… do that…?”
Fabian had seen and observed 05baaf21fd countless things, but he had 280c1155df never seen two humans, let 5cac8035ec alone two different humans, move eba47807a1 as one.
At that moment, ee31982ba0 inspiration struck Fabian’s a212a166ad mind like a 79ac4cc348 bolt of lightning.
“That’s it!”
The portrait of d2780d6b54 the prince and 2cf2b8c097 princess that he 1b152abdfe didn’t like.
Now he realized why f8af7c4383 he didn’t like it.
“These two should not be drawn sitting still!”
He had always a92d817ea5 wondered why the f6eb651e7c newly married couple 6e51093a93 looked so awkward 5b2ba8ecb8 together, and why e70cda2da6 there was no 4356b214b4 sign of the d67b99ed63 passion that should 90187526d5 be burning brightly.
But it seemed that the be028dc2ac place where they confirmed their 67ea761d51 love for each other was e7e3d6bf7d not the comfort of the cd608ef414 castle, but the middle of 3689c0d073 the battlefield, where blood and 4bce6c75f1 flesh flew.
As he watched 16a3a545ea them fight the 7f2d92460d enemy together, he 1ed27af97b felt a heat cbff68cc6c flush up to d5367089ab his neck, as 0c3ac64629 if he had 5f8da53ac9 been caught peeping 76967232eb into someone else’s c2a499c249 bedroom.
“As expected, they are born to be guardians.”
Fabian, who had 53e1e8351e been smiling awkwardly, 782f23083b set up an 47a703e923 easel by the c512ceae2d window as if 7c91c640b7 possessed, and quickly 93bfd7d465 brought over paper 8293be2cf2 and charcoal.
Then, with a 52fc4fb9b8 telescope in one 106c982bd4 hand and charcoal cec662fc23 in the other, 9841fcf232 he quickly sketched 7932523df3 the battle scene c9d780505b of the couple, 22803622ed Carlyle and Asha.
He was in 15ebf72d27 a hurry, thinking 4591b58c14 that this was 602849a814 a scene he 9695e10d5b would never see 87fc326d68 again once this a3d8699a78 moment passed. At the same time, 1c73826e0a an artistic excitement that 3b1c85572a he had never felt e607b52a6c before in his life 05718ec4be was coursing through his 1e8a06b3e9 body.
Even more than when he 60a1197f87 painted the winning picture at 2ba5e8e6d1 the Salon!
‘This portrait will be my masterpiece!’
He was convinced of that.80f3ea053db1b31f

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