The minute pa.s.sed in silence; the soldiers" eyes were rived on the far distance. Fogs were released near them, as their breath condensed due to the coldness and alt.i.tude where they stood.An oppressing and dense atmosphere surrounded them. One that continued growing with the pa.s.sage of time. Their bodies might be stationary, but their mind was restless — a complete contrast from the image they portrayed.
Of course, a few of them were strangely calm. Their eyes glanced at the distance without betraying any internal thought, and those people had since long come to face and accept the fact that they might die.
Through this acceptance, those individual"s mind yearned for time to pa.s.s faster.
Before long, dawn made its way in the far distance. A soft, warm orange light broke through the veil of darkness, and from the alt.i.tude, it gave the impression that it was chasing away the obscurity in front of them.
Jamie stood silently next to Fell. His gaze didn"t leave the rising sun in the distance for a single second, and he couldn"t help but feel his spirit bask in the strange yet unusual ambient mood.
Fell smiled, a broad and pure smile. "It truly is as beautiful as you said.", he mumbled in a calm tone that couldn"t contain his wonder. "Just like you said, this view is truly one to yearn for.", he exclaimed one last time before falling back to silence. Jamie nodded, and after a few minutes of standing behind Fell, he took a step back with a stern expression on his face.
"They are here…", muttered Fell in a low tone. Due to the complete silence, his word dropped like a bomb, and a different expression flashed on the faces of the soldiers in the wall. A wide range of emotions traversed the heart of the defenders- from fear to anger - with the might of a sporadic infection, it was pa.s.sed from one individual to another.
In the distance, a dark ma.s.s could be seen accompanying the rising sun. They were spotted by everyone high in the wall due to the clouds of dust they rose during their advance. After a few minutes, an alarm reverberated in the city, and the soldier moved in sync.
The standing MechSuit, who had been akin to sculptures, came to life with flashes of colorful lights. Their engines roared, and they moved forward at the same time, causing a wave of tremors to travel under their legs. Mechanical sounds of steel plates grating one another reverberated, and weapons of all kind appeared in the hands of the MechSuit.
Guns, rifles, and cannons made up the majority of the weapon used by the defense corp. Yet Fell noticed a few MechSuit with swords, spears, and halberd that glinted under the soft light coming from the sun.
When the rays of light from the rising sun basked the smooth surface of the wall surrounding New Casablanca. The sea of black in front of them had turned from an indistinct ma.s.s to discernible shapes.
Fell"s face had since long turned serious. With knitted eyebrows and dark expression, he roared through his gritted teeth.
"Advance!", the short order entered through the ears of the many soldiers present. MechSuits stepped forward at the same time. Their engages roared and produce beastly war cries.
Fell took a steady and confident step forward. With the void under his feet, his figure disappeared from the wall, and he began a speedy descent toward the ground. The soft windy breeze that had been calmly brushing his skin turned into a vigorous gale from the speed of fall. The air turned into sharp knives that poked at his face; the cold feeling awakened Fell"s mind, and he gathered his arms at his sides to accelerate his descend.
Behind him, dozens of MechSuits armed with their weapons were following his descent. From the distances, their figures resembled a rain of arrows that were advancing toward the beast wave.
As Fell was the first to leave the wall, his body was also the first to touch the ground. A deep hole appeared in the place where he landed, and a cloud of dust rose once again as he darted forward.
Dozens of thuds rhythmically resounded from the dozens of landing MechSuits. Engines roared once again, and beams of light escaped from their backs as they followed Fell"s back.
The image of a sole back darting toward a sea of vicious beast left a deep impression in the mind of the soldiers present. The youth"s broad back turned taller as he approached the sea of beasts in front.
In one of the MechSuit behind Fell was a yellow colored one. Jamie was inside of the armored steel, and couldn"t help but flash a smile on his lips. "He truly is reliable.", he though right before Fell disappeared in the ma.s.s of morphing black.
Soldier"s Fortune appeared in Fell"s grasp. With one final stomp on the ground, he disappeared from the ground and reappeared over the advancing sea of vicious beast. His eyes darted left and right, and his senses swiftly detected the strongest beasts. Thankfully, he only needed to search for the strongest blood essence.
In a second, before his body even had time to began descending, he finished choosing his prey. A slippery figure, hidden among the vicious beasts, slithered on the ground at a fast speed. It"s gigantic body didn"t seem to hinder the small behemoth.
Fell"s figure began descending, and with a strange push on the air his figure disappeared yet again. His figure appeared among the sea of beasts, a few dozens of meters away from the t.i.tanic snake. The limb that grasped Soldier"s Fortune turned into a windmill, and many semi-circular strokes were unleashed in a single beat.
Tens of vicious beast exploded, buckets of blood and innards scattered on the ground, and on the many beasts near them. A dense metallic smell arose around Fell, and the blood coming from the corpses dispersed in the air.