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The week with his dad quickly passed.

In the week with his dad he had heard new stories of war and his dad had also sparred with him , and on the last day he was gifted a book, we'll it was a small diary to be exact.

"here son there is a technique in here that will help you later, and some good words from your dad."

"Thank you dad, and good luck on your mission."

"I'll see you again son, goodbye."

Those are the last words Noah would ever hear coming out from his father's mouth.

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Derrick moved towards his new officer in command.

"Sir!" Derrick saluted him. Davon looked at the man before him.

'hm rank 3 knight, he's also already starting with letting aura flow around his heart. '

"It's good to have you on the team Derrick, you'll have to fill in for our fallen rank 3 comrade."

"yes sir" derrick answered.

"Sir, if I may ask a question.?"

"Yes, what is it, derrick?"

"On what front will we be fighting?"

Davon narrowed his eyes, "we will be fighting on the middle front, derrick, so it will not be calm."

When derrick heard his answer, he started to suck air in through his teeth. 'damnit, I knew I would get sent back to this shithole .'

"Well, if that's your only question, then go and meet up with the rest of the troops."

"yes sir"

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Derrick was marching with his fellow knights to the wall.

This wasn't the first time derrick saw the wall, but it was still as majestic as he first saw it.

A hundred meter tall wall, which spanned from the great river Ortecs till the zone of death in the north.

In total, the wall was around 600km's long .

After admiring the wall for some time. They slowly started to walk through Gate Malonia.

And when they went through Gate Malonia, they saw a big camp we're hundreds of thousands of knights and other members of the empire were stationed.

10 km's in the distance, there was another wall called wall saviora . Which was only 60 meters high but still imposing.

This wall was also a lot shorter it was only 150kms wide. It was situated around the left, middle and right front.

"BOYS, WE'LL SET CAMP BEFORE WALL SAVIORA SO WE'LL MARCH FOR ANOTHER 8 KM'S," said Davon

Davon didn't actually have to scream as he could amplify his voice with aura, but it didn't have the same effect.

Well, you could yell while amplifying you're voice but then every normal knights eardrums would shatter.

After walking for another 8km's they set camp and started to eat and drink because tommorow could be there last.

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When the first rays of daylight shined, everyone got up and started to break down their camps.

Davon called out his 20 rank 3's and each gave them their squad.

The unit existed out of 10.000 knights.

So every rank 3 had around five hundred rank 1 knights under him and then another 5 rank 2's who each led a team of hundred rank 1 knights.

"Okay, let's move out."

Everyone went through the gate of wall saviora.

Once they went through the gate, they could see a vast land. It was littered with weapons and some of the dead.

They still had to walk for around 6km's before they would reach the real battlefield. Or so derrick thought.

As they were walking, they moved over 15km's which was now actually almost on the border of the 2 kingdoms.

"Did we push them this far in the last few months?" derrick asked no one in specific

One of the other rank 3 knights answered. "Not really. The last attack 3 days ago pushed them this far. It's our first real victory in over a year."

"Well damn, and how many other units are attacking today from our side?"

"Hmm, I think 5 units, including us."

Derrick looked concerned . "Aren't there mostly 8 to 10 units fighting?"

"well yeah but because of the previous victory, a lot of the knights got a one week dispatch."

"Oh, and there are sorcerers with unit 4." The rank 3 knight said excitingly.

'huh so there are also nobles fighting'

After a few more minutes of walking, they finally saw the enemy.

They all had a yellow shield with the emblem of a wyvern on it. They also had around 5 units of troops neatly lined up.

" EVERYONE GET IN POSITION,"Davon yelled out to his unit.

The rank 1 knights first started to move out, followed by the rank 2's and then the rank 3's who went to oversee their squad.

Ranks 3's are only used when the enemy sends in a rank 3 or anything else that's on the same level as a rank 3.

As everyone got in position, the enemy started to move. When they were only 200 meters away from each other, one could hear a loud bell ringing.

"ALL UNITS ATTACK" an ear deafening shout could be heard from a rank 5 knight.

Derrick felt a bit more relaxed right now. 'So, one of the big stars is here.'

Derrick then heard the screams of all the soldiers from his side running towards the enemy.

The enemy responded in kind and also started to quickly move towards them.

Derrick quietly looked at his squad and surveillanced the battle. There was no movement of another rank 3 so he stayed on his position.

He then heard some explosions coming from his left. There he saw fireballs getting tossed from one side to the other.

He could also see some other elements, but they were harder to notice.

He quickly averted his gaze. Still no movement of any rank 3's, but some rank 2's had made their move.

He looked quietly at their battle. They were moving at a fast pace, but it looked like normal movement to derrick.

After the battle went on for 20 more minutes, a sign was given by the enemy to retreat.

As the enemy was retreating, some of the knights also started to return to their position and help the one's who got wounded.

'Well, that was a bi-' derrick couldn't finish the sentence in his head as he saw rank 3's from the enemy dashing forward and even the enemy's rank 4's.

Derrick immediately sprang into action and also dashed forward. Moving some of his aura through his feet so that he would reach and even greater speed.

He moved at an 80 km's/h pace. He was now at the back of his troops. He then quickly jumped over them, and while he was jumping, armor started to from around his body.

At the same time, a white ring was vibrating on his finger, and a millisecond later, a long sword with white lines in the middle appeared in his hand.

Just as he arrived before his troops, the enemy retreated again. 'What the f*ck?'

Derrick looked behind him and saw that the knights were all looking at him with respect.

Derrick then looked to his side and saw the other confused rank 3's, and even his commander, the rank 4 stood there.

Davon also looked around. And quickly gave an order. "EVERYONE RETURN BACK TO YOU'RE POSITIO-"

Davon couldn't finish his sentence as he heard a loud screech.

A shiver went through everyone on the battlefield.

Derrick looked up and saw that their was something coming down from the clouds.

A dark dot becoming bigger and bigger. Until it dashed out of the clouds. "W-w-wyvrennnn!!!" All of the soldiers screamed out.

"RETREAT," the rank 4 screamed out.

Derrick saw the wyvren moving out of the clouds. And immediately started to sprint back to where the wall was located.

But obviously, a rank S beast would be faster.

The wyvren or better called the king of the sky, dived down.

As it dived down, a bright light started to form in its chest.

Once it was close enough to the ground, just 100 meters above the soldiers, it started to breathe out a transcluscant smokey substance.

It traveled between the soldiers and almost reached derrick.

The wyvern then started to move in a horizontal line. It released all the translucent smokey substance between the other units.

And then it released his fire.

Derrick felt his instincts scream at him. Every ounce of his aura was moved to his lower body. He was now reaching a speed of around 110km's /per hour.

Then it happened, warmth a scorching warmth and screams. Thousands of soldiers were turned into ash in seconds.

Some of the rank 3's couldn't escape the blast and also perished.

The wyvern then quickly moved in front of the people who escaped his breath and now purely released his flames.

The wyvern was now moving from the other side towards derrick.

He didn't want to die. He started to reach an even greater speed. He felt his aura flare up.

Derrick was now burning his life force to gather more aura. Blood started to come out of his nose, eyes and ears.

He started to run faster at around 140km/h

But he could still see the wyvern flying in the corner of his eye.

Tears mixed with blood were running down his face.'I'm sorry, Olivia and my beloved son Noah. I won't be -'

He couldn't finish his last thoughts as flames ingulfed him. Turning him into ash.