149 Battle And Fate
~Leo~
The time had finally come, and I was very nervous. Sylvester tried to boost our
morale by giving us a heartfelt speech, but I could not take my mind off that we
might be outmatched tonight.
All my life fighting, I had never gone to battle with fear of being beaten. This was
indeed the first, and I hoped we would survive it.
“Leo, You are taking command,” Sylvester said while we headed out.
I nodded and felt like the pressure of the world was on my shoulders. Commanding seven hundred troops would take a lot of work.
“Don’t worry, Leo, you have us,” Alexei linked me.
“You must return home to Amelia,” Clay said to me.
I was grateful for their consideration, but it did not alleviate my fear.
They had control of two hundred and fifty out of the seven hundred and still had
to wait for my orders, but the best part was we all had each other’s backs. Even
though Alexei, Clay and Andrew had just joined our group, I knew they would
not betray us. We were fighting the same cause.
We headed out and did not move as a group. We were scattered, and I made
sure our men were hidden. I did not want to alert the Stepanovs watching, and I
did not want a confrontation immediately. A sneak attack to begin before the
entire assault will serve us better.
“Darts!” I linked all the men so those possessing the darts would know to use
them now.
We hid from view and watched the Stepanovs guarding the place mysteriously drop to the ground.
Those guarding the entrance to the theatre were the first to fall. I do not know
what they put in the dart, but Amelia had told me it was lethal. The goal was to
reduce them as much as possible so we would not fight too many people, which
seemed to work.
We remained unseen and waited for our men to shoot all the Stepanovs on the
street. I knew there were three buildings in the vicinity the Stepanovs occupied,
and I expected they would come out once they saw their comrades dropping
like flies.
They all fell, and soon the streets were empty, and our men stopped shooting
abruptly.
Satisfied with the performance, I linked everyone to advance towards the
position our men nearby and take control
the Stepanovs in the Theater will be trapped, and the ones
confidently because
hostages. We all wanted Yuri but were prepared to kill as many of
advanced towards the theatre with me leading. Our men
I wondered why. Was the Agk32 affecting
communication too?
weren’t together, so it would
an attack formation.
raise my hand and clench my fist to
together and take novelxo.com our positions in
was yet to inform his men to advance.
we would be attacking
backup fighters. The Agk32 would have to help for
eerie
for people to come out of the surrounding
knew three buildings in the vicinity had Stepanovs in them; it made
they had not come out to defend their comrade and protect
theatre.
to everyone, telling them not to relinquish their
positions.
is the matter?” Alexei linked me. I could tell that he could
oddity of the
me and some of
What was going
me. I was trying
to seem like it. Had we walked
about it when people exited the theatre,
if they were waiting to
their people just to deceive
with Sylvester beside me while the others
men were in sight, and I chose to keep
felt my connection to the men break, and
might lose our entire fighting force.
white-eyed men and women came out of the
the building to another,
formation with the point facing
was silent
They looked intimidating.
the same people we saw going into the theatre. Was there a back door or blindsight? Or did they arrive in
promising. We would be in big trouble if they
knew of our
the middle,
man walk through slowly
face.
almost bleached, and his eyes looked utterly
me know he could see clearly. He had a brown expensive trench coat
composed and relaxed. I did not need
was.
linked me, and I figured
honour,” He finally
and hoping at least one
us take out Yuri from a distance because I
linked the men, but there was silence. What was going
Northern soldiers have been captured, and we do not have
eastern warrior linked me, and I realised what had happened. More than half of our force was gone
not include the Stepanov warriors from the ten families because I
if they would fight on our side or
with the treacherous Stepanovs, decided to join
His voice snapped me out
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