Sirius hadn’t received the message about the battle’s beginning from Selphira, but from Julius.
She was always like that with him... ignoring him when he tried to be serious, treating him like a child despite everything.
Even despite the fact that she needed the ring he carried to demonstrate her maximum power, it seemed she was always reluctant to give him major responsibilities.
This time had been no exception.
The pattern was frustratingly familiar. Selphira would make grand pronouncements, issue dramatic threats, and then proceed as if everyone else was merely a supporting character in her personal drama.
But at least Julius had people paying attention to warn him the moment Selphira moved. Both knew that any promise Selphira made wouldn’t be in vain... when she said she would have someone’s head, that someone ended up unable to stop that prophecy.
Kharzan was dead.
The certainty was cold and absolute in Sirius’s mind. Not because he had seen it happen, but because he understood Selphira’s nature.
Although Sirius had no idea exactly what Selphira would do to initiate her attack, at least Julius had a plan. A plan that depended on Sirius fulfilling his part to reduce the march’s speed.
Winning against 10,000... even 1,000 Silver ranks would be impossible. But he didn’t need to win, if it was just about scaring the front line...
He only had to give Julius time to gather all possible soldiers at the wall and help him connect a tunnel with shadows, so Kharzan’s earth elementals couldn’t sense them approaching so easily. They would notice at the end due to the mana signature, but if he could disorient them a bit, it might be enough to prevent them from discovering the route before initiating battle.
Sirius was waiting for one of two things: for Julius to finish his preparations, or for Selphira to appear.
And without planning it, both showed signs of life at the same time.
When he felt in the distance the sudden increase of his master’s power, he knew something had begun in Kharzan’s rear guard.
It was quite far, but hitting Kharzan’s castle wasn’t a bad beginning.
Sirius was certain. The energy was unmistakable... the type of power only Selphira Ashenway could deploy when she truly took off the gloves.
Even at this distance, the raw magnitude of her unleashed power was enough to be felt.
’Julius must be almost ready too,’ he calculated mentally upon seeing the agreed signal at the wall. ’Selphira is far, but someone like her will take only minutes to arrive.’
It was time to do his part.
The plan was audacious but feasible.
If he could stop the main advance, maybe they could divide the army before Kharzan gathered it completely and allow Selphira to separate about 5,000 troops from the main cluster. Meanwhile, Julius would help him delay the advance to the bridge as much as possible until Kharzan received the announcement that they were attacking his home.
’If Selphira can fight directly against him and I activate the ring for her, she’ll surely win.’
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Sirius jumped from his own shadow, the movement carrying him several hundred meters backward in an instant. It was time to show why he had been chosen for this apparently suicidal mission.
He began charging power with his Celestial Tiger, but first sent his Black Serpent to merge with his shadow and expand it. The creature obeyed instantly, preparing to amplify what was about to come.
Then he completely fused with his Gold 3 Celestial Tiger.
The transformation was always spectacular for any observer. Golden light patterns ran across his skin like circuits of pure power, while his eyes acquired the fierce glow of a predator whose very presence commanded respect and fear.
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