16 Chapter 14 (Backstab)

// Back in the Fortress //

// Seren P.O.V //

Enemies are standing right in front of us, but they won't dare to move a little bit from their spot... cause the first step means the war is begun... and they are not in the position to take the hasty decision. First of all, they are surprised that there are only fifty werewolves in front of them and twenty standing on the top of the Fortress wall, they... the ground werewolf warriors are not well equipped with weapons and only those stationed on the top of the wall are carrying crossbows. With all that unprepared arrangement and still simply letting the entrance wide open to welcome the enemies like guests... moreover, they are being led by a human youth...!

Their captain Amzi is staring at me from the time he encountered me on the battlefield between the chaos of arrows and oversized arrows shooting from both sides. Though I am sure he still doesn't know that we are not only seventy left in that war of arrows... Those arrows' must have torn them apart but, their inferior marksmen were not able to pierce the skin of even a single werewolf among our five hundred fifty warriors. I can see it through his gazes', he is still confident nevertheless, there must be too many questions running in his mind...

"Explain yourself, Traitor~! You will be punished by the king himself in the royal court." He shouted at me while pointing his sword towards me. what...? was that all he was going to ask, I thought he might ask about those weird Bows and oversized arrows... and why should I explain anything to him, I am the Captain of my Troop and you have no rights to question me. He is so bold that he is threatening me right in front of my Troops, all things' he said will be explained only if he can defeat us.

"Isn't it obvious! that you and your cavalry were just fooled by a Kid." I mocked him, this time without altering my voice so he could realize that not only I am a Kid, I am also a young female warrior who has outwitted a nearly fifty-year-old Captain... Besides, he still doesn't know that I am not a human child.

"You~ Do you not get manners you insolent brat...?" *Bittered* He made an angry face towards me... *Thoughts* like that! You are not my father, okay... don't act like you are facing a little kid. well, I am a kid but I'm not like your worthless lambs.

"Why should I? I have no manners' for ugly face geezer who can be fooled by a youth that has no experience at all." I mocked him for his face that is cut upon from several places from the recent fight. A cut from his last war has been reopened from his cheek and eyes due to the excessive use of mana and physical energy to protect himself from the rain of Catapult arrows. Now a small amount of blood is flowing down from his left cheek that is slightly hanging outside of his face. *Thoughts* "That's gross, yuck!"

// Amzi P.O.V //

**Scratching Head in Confusion** *Thoughts* "What...? what's going on here? This Kid right here is a teenage girl! When did she infiltrate inside my Cavalry? How did she get inside our troop and she even goes unnoticed by me and everyone regardless of her size? She is so brave and strong that she easily avoided all those crazy arrows and so bold to mock me like that..." *Determined* "Fine! She must be a human kid that has been raised by these werewolves to act against us... I will capture her and give her to the royal court, she can be a great information holder for us to know about the other camp and secrets of these Werewolves." *Anticipation* "I will get another great recognition for capturing a valuable enemy on top of destroying this camp. I might get a promotion to the 'Kings' Warrior' from the king himself, I am tired of working with this inefficient cavalry... I will request him to make my own group of elite troops. he-he-he..."

// Kings' Warrior is the rank above the normal Troop of the kingdom and they are more esteemed and experienced //

// Seren P.O.V //

Huh! He is giving a creepy smile... *Thoughts* what's going on his mind? Ah...! he must be thinking that he can easily defeat us. Well... from his perspective, they are over Seventy-Six in numbers, slightly outnumbering us with four Troops. But, he is ignorant of the fact that we are not outnumbered and they are the ones in the weak position and overly outnumbered... They have Sixty Cavalry Troops following Amzi and the other fifteen Mages are also there, on top of that he is also thinking that in case they couldn't hold off us, there are also backup Troops' who are in the protection of Prince. "You are surely winning..." **Chuckle**

// Sunrise(Somewhat later as the Fortress is a little down the Mountain)//

I smiled as I saw something...

"Surrender...!" *Shouting* Hugo shouted. "This is the first and last chance I'm giving to you. *Menacing* I might spare your lives and let you live under the dungeons, so you can spend the rest of your life in our care... Don't worry, we will just do some experiment and let you go after that... it depends on you if you can survive after that!" *Manically smiling*

"Presumptuous...!" *Angry* I replied as soon as he finished his shit talk, his face changed from smirking to a confused look. oof... all those threats are not going to work on us, you will soon realize how Ignorant you are... "Truly, you and your troops are just a bunch of morons blinded by the anticipated Victory, which is not even in your hands... How can you be so sure that I can't crush your disgusting face?"

*Pointing* "You~ you will soon regret it foolish Br~ ha...!" He pointed his sword towards me with a menacing look. But, before he could say any further things' a horn rang behind him... But, without turning his head, he shouted *Irritatingly* "Why did you sound the horn...? *Scornfully* we do not need additional Cavalry for these wild dogs!". He didn't shout in a harsh tone and only complained about it unlike dealing with his subordinate Troops. He thought it was used by the Magis at the back of the troops' and he can't casually shout them like his Troops cause he has no rights to do so...

"Cap~ Captain loo~k behind!" A Troop called him while stuttering.

"What?" *Curiously* Amzi turned around his horse but only half-way, as both he and his horse stayed baffled the moment they turn around. What did he saw...? He saw hundreds of enemy walking towards them from behind while surrounding them from all the direction. Everyone along with the Magi's are now sweating heavily, which can be perceived from afar. It was actually one of our werewolf who sounded the horn accidentally, maybe on purpose, I don't know... Everyone must be thinking, why did the enemies never use that in the first place when they were being attacked by our warriors? I don't know either... hehe.

The range of the horn is around one kilometer if blown by a normal human being, which means it can easily reach to our ears if those enemies Marksmen had used it for help, but what is the use when they never thought about using it? Most probably they have been seized by our warriors... or, they were too shocked that they even forget about it? *Slight Chuckle* Well, I actually forget about telling them to seize the Horns, it must have been planned by Tracy herself. *Thoughts* "Oh my, she is so much clever and experienced than me.".

// Amzi P.O.V //

*Thoughts* "Wha~ what is happening? How did they get there?" *Horse* "neigh..." *Amzi Turning his eyes to the left (Fortress)* *Cursing* "This Bitch fooled me... aargh!" *turning right* "Wait...! some of them are riding our horses. No~ it can't be..." *Shouting unconsciously* "No...!" *Thoughts* "No... they don't have our prince. Right, he may have been already escaped with the senior magus. No, we can't stay here, they are planning to trap us inside the formation." "Damn, those spies are useless. They can't even find out enemies hide-out that is stationing hundreds of werewolves."

*Shouting* "Everyone, on my command... head to the west." I have to quickly make my Cavalry escape from this trap or we will be actually trapped soon. Everyone turned their horses' to the west as soon as I command, though the left is actually a dead-end for us, we can abandon our horses to continue retreating on our own feet. It is not a guarantee that all of us can get back at the Kingdom safe and sound with that route, especially those weak and wounded soldiers' but the chance of survival is higher than staying here to fight them from every direction.

// West is behind. currently, Amzi's horse is facing left, that is east between south direction Fortress and north direction werewolves returning from hunt //

// Seren P.O.V //

Huh! he is trying to escape after this. How did he even think of escaping now? especially after saying those words... My warriors are already feeling enraged with his reference. He called us 'Wild Dogs', such a disrespect... *Thinking out loud* "Unforgivable!"

"Retreat~!" Amzi shouted, but as soon as he finished his words a silhouette of a pillar appeared in the West. But, it is not all the thing they have to witness. The silhouette is actually a Pillar made of Earth by non-other than Hugo... a humans' head can be seen on the top of the pillar. Amzi and his Troops halted their moment as soon as they saw it. Why wouldn't they? The raw Head is the head of the Senior Magus who is supposed to protect the Prince! But before they can believe their eyes' and think about what is happening here...

"Aargh~!" Amzi howled in pain. A deep cut in his waste can be seen from afar... looks like a person stabbed him in the back while he was distracted by the Head. Who is it? It is Hugo...!