The Beginning After The End novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210

Chapter 210: Awaiting the Horde

We arrived at the ground level of the Wall, where a small welcoming team was waiting for us around the designated landing podium.

Sylvie, after dropping Boo on the ground, transformed back to her human form.

“Ahh—oof!” my sister let out as she fell into my arms. “Couldn’t you have used wind magic to like... I don’t know... gently float me down to the ground?”

I looked down at her with a smirk. “I thought all girls wanted to be carried this way at one point in their lives.”

“Gross,” Ellie groaned as she rolled out of my arms, landing deftly on her feet. As she dusted herself off, she looked around for the first time, only to start blushing as her eyes scanned our surroundings.

‘Arthur,’ Sylvie nudged mentally from beside me.

I pried my gaze from my sister to realize that there was a crowd forming, silent and expectant. Callum and Gavik had already handed their mounts off to the beastkeepers and were awaiting orders.

“L-Let go of me, idiot brother!” Ellie whispered.

Dropping her on her feet, I teased, “Are you embarrassed of your brother?”

“General Arthur,” a familiar voice called out. I turned to see Captain Trodius Flamesworth with both Albanth and Jesmiya on either side of him. Upon making eye contact, the three of them inclined their heads respectfully.

Rather than addressing the captains first, I swept my gaze through the crowd. Most of the people appeared to be the merchants or workers who worked within the Wall, rather than the soldiers.

You should’ve stayed in your draconic form, Sylvie.

‘They’re staring at you, not me,’ my bond responded with a faint smile.

To keep the morale high, the soldiers most likely did not inform them of how large the enemy force was, but even then, their eyes were filled with worry. It seemed that having a boy the age of many of their children as backup didn’t particularly fill them with confidence. Some of them were even mumbling to their neighbors about whether or not I was really a lance.

I let out a heavy breath and ignited Realmheart. Power surged through my limbs and the world shifted into a colorless scene aside from mana particles that lit up around me. While the runes glowing on my body were covered by my clothes, it was obvious that the change in my hair and eyes stunned the crowd.

There were gasps that could be heard even from where I was standing and many of the people in the crowd buckled, unable to bear the pressure of my aura—even with me holding back.

“While my presence in this fortress may be unnecessary, my only wish is to expedite our victory with as little loss to our forces as possible,” I stated with my head held high.

The people in the crowd erupted into cheers and shouts as I walked toward Trodius and the two captains beside him.

Suppressing my dragon will, I returned to my normal auburn-haired form to greet the senior captain in charge of the Wall.

“Senior Captain Trodius Flamesworth.” I held out a gloved hand. “I didn’t think I’d have the pleasure of meeting you again so soon.”

The senior captain shook my hand with a tired smile and waited as I repeated the same gesture to the other two captains.

“General,” Jesmiya said curtly.

Albanth removed his armored gauntlet and shook my hand. “General Arthur. Pleasure to have you here.”

“Let’s head to the meeting room,” I declared, matching my pace with the large armored man in charge of the Bulwark Division, whose main duty was to defend the Wall. “My younger sister would like to contribute in this battle. Her skills as a magic archer should be of use to your troops. If you’d like to test her out...”

“No need for that, General. A lance’s word is plenty enough for me and my men,” Captain Albanth responded resolutely. “I’ll also have my most capable soldier guiding her.”

“Benjamin!” Without stopping, Albanth beckoned for a messenger and had him fetch the guard.

“I don’t need a babysitter, you know,” my sister complained, walking up to me. “I still have the pendant you gave me and Mom, remember?”

Ellie pulled out the phoenix wyrm pendant I had gotten her and Mother on Ellie’s twelfth birthday.

“I’ve let you come on this mission as I promised, but you’re not allowed to say anything about me taking extra precautions,” I chided. “That pendant only works once and it’s not something I can easily acquire again.”

By the time our small group had arrived at the familiar meeting tent, the soldier that had been beckoned for by Albanth was already there.

“Stella,” Albanth called out. “This is General Arthur’s younger sister...”

“Eleanor Leywin,” my sister finished with a salute.

“Eleanor Leywin. She’s a capable magic archer that I’ll leave under your direct care,” the captain of the Bulwark Division ordered. “Make sure she’s properly equipped before taking her to the top level.”

If the woman named Stella was discontent with being stuck protecting my sister, she did a great job of hiding it. Her scarred face was expressionless as she held her helmet in one hand and a mace in the other.

“Yes, Captain,” the soldier barked, clicking her armored heels. “Please follow me, Lady Eleanor.”

“Please. Just Eleanor, or even soldier, is fine.” My sister scratched her head in frustration as she followed after Stella.

“My apologies for having one of your soldiers guard my sister like this. She was rather adamant about serving and I thought the Wall would be a safe place to start.”

“Normally, I’d agree with you. But with the size and strength of this beast army approaching, I can’t say that for sure,” Albanth responded.

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