Chapter 440 — This Is a War
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Three years... within three years the situation in this country ought to settle. Whichever side prevailed, the Eastern Province or the royal house, at least by then there would be a new, unified dynasty to face the rise of the Cecil family...
And more important still, he would have fulfilled his oath—to hold Boulder Fortress.
Gao Yang looked at the knight who had challenged him to a duel, and again after a long while broke the silence: "I accept your challenge, but the attack will not end."
Sir Marchi stared at Gao Yang in astonishment, as though for a moment he could not react: "...Why?"
"I accept your challenge because you are a worthy knight, and as the founding father of Ansu's knighthood I acknowledge and respect you," Gao Yang said, drawing the Pioneer's Sword; a mighty flame of magic began to suffuse its black blade, and he leaped down from the prow to land on the river before Sir Marchi. "And the attack will not end because..."
A lethal, overwhelming pressure struck him full in the face. Sir Marchi hastily roused all the magic in his body, poured it into his longsword, and held it crosswise before him to block—and caught the Pioneer's Sword's ferocious blow.
The black blade wreathed in flame pressed heavily upon the knight's sword. Gao Yang fixed his eyes on the knight's and said, word by word:
"Child, this is a war."
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