Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 176: Rise of war (1)

Training grounds of Dracton,

A man stood opposite the army of soldiers on a large stage with a syringe in his hand and next to him was a soldier who sat atop a wooden stool showing his bareback.

"Everyone I will now exhibit!"

He said with an ominous smile on his face.

He was in his full black armor and a long sword attached to his waist. There was the City's symbol engraved on the right side of the armor. Judging from the looks he seemed to be the captain of the Dracton knights and the general of the Dracton army. 

"Yes sir!"

The soldiers said in unison.

The old administrator and Raes Henil sat in a distance opposite the ground scrubbing their beards while watching the scene that was about to unfold with keen interest. Next to them was a wicked-looking mad lad wearing a lab coat with an ominous smile on his face as though he was looking forward for the man on the stage to insert the syringe.

The general abruptly struck the syringe into the spine of the volunteered Soldier and slowly inserted the drug into him.

The soldier's body started to vibrate as his veins bulged out. 

" "

Everybody stayed silent waiting for a change to happen but soon the soldier's veins subsided and his body went back to normal.

"How do you feel?"

The general asked with a smile.

"My body seems to be brimming with energy, Sir!"

He said abruptly rising from his seat.

"Is that so?"

He said and pointed at a target which was about ten meters away from them and gave him a spear.

"Here swing it with the aim of cutting the center point of the target."

As he said that the soldier nodded his head and borrowed the spear and pointed them towards the target and slashed it with all his might imbuing his mana into the spear to inflict damage to the target which was quite a few distances away from him.

"Swishhh!"

With a loud sound splitting the air, strange energy expelled out of his spear and severed the wooden target into two pieces and exactly cutting through the center.

"For Dracton! For Dracton!"

The soldiers chanted tapping their spears on the ground.

And walked in a queue towards the outside of the field while receiving six of those syringes.

The general smiled inwardly and turned towards his king who looked at him with pride.

"Your majesty, With this Drug. A soldier can fight with heightened senses and awakened Vital force for five minutes as you insisted. The problem is some soldiers may suffer from side-effects some may become crippled if they were to overuse it."

The mad scientist said rubbing his hands with his back bent. He seemed fat and a hungry pig who craved for shit as he grabbed the coin pouch the Administrator threw towards him.

"I am grateful to gain this opportunity, your majesty!"

He said bowing down towards the king who arrogantly looked at him holding the syringe.

"Your family will be taken care of and you will receive handsome reward and an honorary award as mentioned for mass-producing. The Dynamism Drug."

The king said with a smile.

Dynamism drug is what Raes henil wanted to get his hands on over several years. It was one of the open secrets he was working on. Nix also knew about this fact when he read about him. 

Dynamism drug is something that is derived from the mana of various Monsters. They are like an adrenal pump that draws out the full potential of what a normal soldier could pump out. Unlike fight or flight, this keeps the senses intact yet bombards their brains with Mana and draws out their strength.

This was similar to Berserking but different from it, as one can keep their senses. He invented it several years before with the Mad scientist's help. And it was one of his three goals.  Securing Dynamism drug for the Frontline soldiers which were over two thousand number was one of his goals. 

Though it took years to amass such quantity it sure was worth it. His main goal was to stabilize the number of soldiers under him and the Reserves of his city which he had already achieved.

The last goal was to make Fernadel abandon the treaty of vehement peace which he failed due to the fact Akaysh and the city handled in a more underhanded way by killing Nix.

In any case, it seems he had already made his mind to abandon the Treaty of vehement peace since he possesses the power to fight back now. At least that was what he believed.

"Raise the banners!"

Raes henil ordered raising from his throne. 

Soon the knight next to him turned and signaled the drummer to beat the drum.

Dum! Dum!

As soon as he beat the drum the banners opened up and the flag holders in the center of the army held the flags high. While the gate of the city opened up as the army which contained twenty thousand men began marching.

The soldiers in the front line possessed four pockets in which they carried their syringes. Each of them held on to about six of the Dynamism drug. Six syringes may seem overdosage but it could bring out an immense performance in the battle.

Raes henil wore his helmet and approached his wyvern and sat atop of it holding on to his broad sword while clutching the leash.

"Kraykk!"

The wyvern spat fire with its head pointing towards the sky signaling the army that the king had started moving.

Soon several Mutinos flew towards his location as he raised to the center of the air force.  His general flew next to him with his blue wyvern abruptly and slightly bowed towards.

"Blow the horns!"

He ordered and the General took out the horn that hung down his waist and blew it.

"Haha! You know the consequence of forsaking the Treaty of Vehement peace, don't you?"

The ominous devil that represents his city asked with a smile on his face.

"I know all well and I do not fear something that why would I fret about a treaty that was made several years ago. That had lost its value over these recent years?"

Raes henil said pulled the leash rasing to greater height watching his infantry marching towards the battlefield.

It was still night and a surprise attack on Ferandel but, it's not like they wouldn't know. So, Ferandel was prepared for the rise of war but, it sure was sudden so they were slightly at a disadvantage.

Meanwhile in Theemai,

A man with his legs on top of his office desk was reading a thick book while smoking his cigarette with his mind fully immersed in the illustration that was mentioning a skill called feint.

Feint is a tricky attack with which the person while acts as they'd attack. It might work to opponents who fully rely on instincts since they could pull a hasty move by judging the feint as an attack he can produce a surprise counter and simply knock them out at ease. Even though swordsmanship was not simple he was just doing some research and continuously trying to get diverse knowledge in battles.

"Knock! Knock!"

Some knocked on his office door.

"Who's that?"

"It's Cinzia!"

She said in an annoyed tone and entered without giving a damn.

"Hey! Heard some of the members went to gain levels. So what about you?"

"I did not get level-ups. More like I refused the proposal and which in turn led to me not getting levels..."

She said with a worried face laying her head down.

"Why did you refuse?"

He asked calmly grabbing her chin raising from his seat.

"I was demanded to participate in the war that was about to raise along with Outlaws. If I accepted I'd have to operate separately."

She said looking at his eyes.

"You can't trick them?"

"No, I will be penalized and later sent to the underworld to repent for betrayal."

"I wonder why the fuck we should participate in this war. I have an idea. How about you seek Heredia? I said I'll participate in the war for her even though I don't want to. I will negotiate with her and we'll see how things work alright? So don't sweat it."

He said kissing her lips.

"Okay...But I am worried. You chose to become a Regular? I can understand you've been targetted by the corrupted gods but, you'll have to place your soul as leverage if you do that."

She said after ending the kiss.

"I do know that but, I sure I won't be enslaved by gods at least that is what I believe in. We will see how things go. But for now, I don't have a choice but to do this."

He explained without showing any expression on his face.

"I am worried Nix... I scared of this war, to be honest."

She confessed.

"I am not confident in any of this either nor can I escape this situation? I Believe no one in this continent can. But I assure you.  Our clan will make it back alive."