Lord of the Rings: Warriors

"Lord Lavian, I think you're being too cautious!" said the Knight of the Crossed Purple Jasmine riding alongside Lavian, his tone filled with helplessness. 

They had been riding for almost an entire day, and forget about encountering chariot warriors — they had barely seen a handful of wild beasts.

"Shut up! Don't you think this is strange? A patrol unit goes missing, and yet no one comes looking for them! 

Are you the one with water in your brain, or are they? Stay alert and keep an eye on our surroundings! I've got a bad feeling about this," Lavian said, letting out a sigh of frustration.

"Well… this…" The knight fell silent, unable to refute Lavian's reasoning, and obediently followed his lead.

"Something's wrong! The Duchess is in danger!" Lavian's eyes darted to the sky, where a flock of birds suddenly flew away in a panic. His heart sank.

"Turn around! We're heading back! The main force must not continue eastward! The enemy might have aerial riders!" Lavian's face twisted with grim realization. 

The disappearance of the patrol could be explained as a slow response from the chariot warriors. 

However, the soldiers they had encountered earlier had clearly stated that this was their patrol route. 

And yet, they hadn't seen a single enemy along the way. There was only one logical conclusion — someone had informed the patrol to avoid them. 

The goal was clear: to lure their main force deeper into enemy territory, right into a trap.

"Damn it!" 

The knight riding beside him gritted his teeth. He wasn't a fool. 

As an educated knight with basic battlefield instincts, he immediately understood the gravity of the situation as soon as Lavian laid it out.

"Hyah!" 

Their Rune-bred warhorses neighed as they whipped the reins, charging at full speed to retrace their route. Their hooves struck the ground with a thunderous rhythm.

"Screeeee!"

A piercing, bone-chilling screech echoed from above. A large shadow emerged from the clouds, descending with an oppressive presence.

"F…" Lavian glanced up and couldn't help but utter a refined expletive.

"Are you kidding me?! A two-headed dragon?!" The knight's face went pale, his expression as colorful as a spilled paint palette.

"Return fire!" 

Lavian's eyes flashed with cold determination. His arm moved with practiced grace, pulling back his longbow until it was fully drawn like a full moon.

"Twang!"

The string quivered, and a streak of light shot toward the sky like a shooting star.

"Clang!"

A sharp metallic clang echoed through the air. The aerial rider atop the two-headed dragon knocked Lavian's arrow aside with the tip of his thick lance.

"There's no way! We need to run!" Lavian's mouth twitched. He turned to his companion with a grimace.

"I'm a Knight Commander, not a wizard! I can't fight that thing in the air! Do you have some hidden power you haven't told me about?"

"Curse it all! A two-headed dragon knight! Just my rotten luck!" growled the knight riding beside him. He spat on the ground in frustration, knowing that they couldn't deal with such a foe.

"Dragon? It's not worthy of the name! It's just a mutt of a two-headed lizard! If we had a ballista, it wouldn't be so cocky!" Lavian scoffed. 

Despite his irritation, he had already assessed the situation after that brief exchange. The aerial knight wasn't as strong as he seemed. 

At most, he was a second- or third-tier combatant, barely able to hold his ground thanks to his draconic mount.

"Ignore him! Our priority is to return to the Duchess and protect her escape!" Lavian barked. 

He noticed his fellow knight glancing back while still attempting to fire arrows. "Stop wasting your arrows and energy!

We're knights, not rangers or mounted archers. This isn't our specialty!"

"Tch, how annoying!" grumbled the knight as he lowered his head, urging his horse to speed up. He knew Lavian was right, but it still irked him.

After all, even if the two-headed dragon was a mongrel of the dragon lineage, it still had its most dangerous feature — breath attacks. 

Its corrosive acid could melt through armor, flesh, and bone alike. Not even Lavian's enchanted armor could guarantee protection from that.

"Faster! Faster! Stay sharp!" Lavian suddenly yelled.

"Ah, crap!" The knight ducked his head just in time as a streak of cold steel zipped past his helmet, barely missing him.

"Lord Lavian! It's a chariot!" The knight's eyes narrowed in realization. The arrow just now had come from a chariot archer.

"Charge! For the honor of the Knights! For the Duchy of Nyx!" Lavian bellowed, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. 

He lowered his starsteel lance, and a brilliant surge of fiery battle energy wrapped around his entire body. It coiled around the lance and extended it like a flaming spear several meters long.

"To hell with it!" The knight grit his teeth, his eyes filled with determination. Like Lavian, he lowered himself on his horse and raised his lance. 

His own battle energy, a sharp wind-elemental aura, swirled around him. The thin, sharp glow of his extended lance could stab straight through plate armor.

"Thunk!"

"Argh!" The knight let out a muffled grunt as a sharp, steel-tipped arrow pierced through his shoulder.

It went through his battle aura, punctured his armor, and lodged into his shoulder blade.

"Goddammit!" 

Lavian caught sight of the blood spray out of the corner of his eye. He clenched his jaw in frustration.

But his fellow knight's face was full of rage, not pain. Despite the wound, he gripped his lance tightly with his good arm and threw himself forward.

"Boom!"

With a loud crash of splintering wood and the screech of bending metal, the chariot shattered into pieces. 

The driver and two chariot soldiers were obliterated by the charging knight, who drove his lance through the entire cart, flipping it like a toy. 

Only the two warhorses pulling the chariot remained, galloping wildly without their riders.

"Screech~"

Compared to his companion's wild display, Lavian's attack was methodical and clean. His fiery lance pierced through a chariot soldier like a hot knife through butter. 

The soldier's body was charred black as he fell from the wreckage.

"Hyaaah!"

Lavian swung his lance sideways, catching another enemy soldier by surprise. The man screamed as his lower body remained in the chariot, but his upper half flew into the air.

"Go to hell!" Despite the bleeding wound, the knight with him was still fierce. He activated his wind-elemental energy, slashing the air with wind blades. 

The razor-sharp currents shredded unlucky enemy soldiers, warhorses, and even parts of the chariots.

"Holin! Move!" Lavian shouted as he deflected another arrow shot from above. They couldn't forget the aerial knight looming overhead.

"Ugh!" The knight named Holin grunted in pain but obediently leaned forward, hooking his lance back onto the saddle. His face twisted with discomfort, but he forced himself to focus.

"Slash!" Lavian drew his longsword and sliced through a chariot soldier wielding a halberd. He tugged on the reins, steering his warhorse to avoid pursuit. 

Cavalry were still faster than chariots, so they had an advantage.

"Lord Lavian…" Holin slumped against his horse, his voice weak. The blood loss and constant use of battle energy had drained him to his limit.

"Can you hold on?" Lavian glanced at him with a grim expression. He didn't want to lose one of his knights.

"Forget me… Take the Duchess and run," Holin muttered, his eyes half-closed.

"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense!" Lavian reached out, seizing Holin's reins. "You're not dying here, not today."

He yanked Holin's horse to a stop, pulled out a dagger, and cut the arrowhead from Holin's shoulder.

"Arghh!!"

Holin howled as Lavian forced the arrow out. After applying medicine and tightly wrapping the wound, Lavian tossed him back on the saddle.

"Splash!"

Cold water splashed on Holin's face, waking him up.

"Ugh! What the hell, Lord Lavian?! Trying to kill me?!" Holin gasped, glaring at him.

"Yes, and I'm bringing you back to life," Lavian said, snapping the reins as the two charged away once more.

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