The Golden Throne

Chapter 184: Demons within the city lord\'s mansion

George was confused. He knew that a fight that big would not end so suddenly. And the sudden burst of fire had him worried that the demons and the enemy got reinforcements.

He shook his head. “First, I must make sure that I can find the city lord, and the rest of the nobles here so that I can kill them off.”, he thought to himself as he kept moving. 

From the city square, he started going towards what could only be described as the noble section of the city. The mansions and the houses there were obviously more luxurious compared to the rest of the city.

He ran towards what was clearly the city lord’s mansion. It was bigger than the rest, but, it was also not as big as the city mansion of Dilheim. The mansion towered over the rest of the buildings, and in front of the building, there were a few guards who were patrolling the walls. George quickly slid to the side.

“There were soldiers here? That is wrong. I thought that they would all be in the shelter. Looks like the scouts did not do a good job.”, he thought to himself. “This is not nearly the things a general should do.”, he sighed as he slowly retreated from where he was, and ran back exactly the way he came.

When he was back at the entrance, he was shocked. There was fire everywhere, and there were so many charred corpses that he could not even recognize who died and how many of their own were causualities. He looked around with panic, only to see that Hu Long, and many of the soldiers were standing on the side, doing nothing.

He approached them. “What happened here?”

The soldiers saluted him instantly. 

“Sir! The phoenix helped the boy, and in doing to, many of the city guards died. We were able to take control of this part of the city. Where do we go next?”, the soldier asked.

“We will be going to the city lord’s mansion, and taking care of the people there.”, George said. “Where is the phoenix though?”, he asked.

“Sir! The phoenix left immediately after the demon died.”, the soldier answered.

“And you, boy. Are you okay? That fight was rough, after all.”, George asked Hu Long. 

“Thank you for your concern, but it is not required. I am prepared to do lose my life, much less suffer a little pain for the noble cause that master has given me.”, Hu Long replied.

“A bit extreme for a little child, eh?”, George chuckled. He then looked at the soldier. “Where are all the rest of the troops? We have so many, yet I see so few.”

“Sir! They are all waiting outside for your orders. We have taken control of all the walls and the gate, and we are ready to march in.”, the soldier replied swiftly.

“Good. That is good. This did not go how I thought that it would go. But this was only one demon. Where are the rest of the demons? I thought that there would be many that we had to deal with.”, George asked.

“They are probably in the city lord’s mansion like you said. Everyone is there. They are probably there as well. The fight is not nearly over. There is still much to do. The one I faced was just one of the demon soldiers. There are supposed to be so many more who are stronger than him, or at least as strong as him.”, Hu Long said.

“Just a demon soldier? That is bad. I thought that this one was a demon captain at the least.”, George felt a sweat creep up. “If even a demon soldier can withstand an attack from the gun that His Highness has given us, then what could possibly work against these demon captains?”

“The demon captains are not of your concern. They will be taken care of by the master’s first disciple. You just need to take care of the demon spawn, the weakest of them all. Some of them are so weak that you can probably deal with them with your physical strength alone.”, Hu Long said.

“Whatever. I do not want to waste more time. The city is not conquered yet. There is much to do. So many more people to put under the sword.”, George said as he walked past Hu Long and towards the city gates. He looked past them to see the hundreds and thousands of soldiers who were growing very uneasy.

He took a deep breath and shouted.

“One step is complete. We are almost at victory. But do not be complacent. We still have to march forward and conquer the full city!”

He then turned around and said, “No one outside saw the demon right? Only the phoenix. Do not let anyone think that the demons are powerful. And somebody get me a damn horse. All of mine are getting lost.”, he said with an irritated voice.

“Sir yes sir!”, a soldier shouted. Soon enough, George could hear a neigh. He turned around and saw the soldier bring a horse to him. It was saddled and had a few pouches tied to them.

He got on the horse, and he rode to the army again.

“We march now!”, he shouted.

The response of the army was not nearly as loud as when they had started the siege, but George knew exactly why. After a battle where they were battered by arrows, rushing into another battle was not their definition of being excited.

George shrugged as he started riding slowly into the city, and towards the city square. Behind him, the army trailed along.

He went through the exact route that he saw when he scouted this place earlier. They were soon at the city square, and George halted the army. He called a soldier. 

“Go call Teleri and Dunan. I need to speak with them.”, he said.

“Yes Sir!”, the soldier nodded and he went towards the back of the army, running.

After a few minutes, George could hear a few hooves. He turned around to see Teleri and Dunan on horseback.

“Why did you call us now? In the middle of a battle?”, Dunan asked.

“We need to change the formation a little. We need a few thousand archers in the front, behind the recruits. The recruits will serve as the archers’ shield and they will have to fire arrows towards the guards who are on the city mansion walls. I do not want to warn them of our arrival immediately. Best if there is confusion.”, George said.

“How do you know about this?”, Teleri asked.

“I scouted this place early. I thought that the nobles would be undefended, but I was stupid to think that. I also think that the civilians are rounded there, because none of the houses here have anyone within their walls. The civilians have to go somewhere. No one will spend so much on evacuating them.”, George said.

“You went forward without our approval? What were you thinking? You could have sent a scout for this.”, Teleri said with her teeth gnashed.

“Because I wanted to finish this as early as I could, and I am the strongest soldier of the army.”, George said.

“Fine. I don’t care about this anymore. Let us just get this over with, so that we can leave for the next city quickly. The transport alone is taking so much time.”, Teleri said.

“Alright. Send the archers fast. Also, make sure that all soldiers have their guns ready. Who knows when demons might come out and face us?”, George warned them.

“Fine. Whatever.”, Dunan said as he rode back.

George looked at the nearest soldier. “Where is the child?”, he asked.

“Sir. The disciple of the mage tower is currently in the middle of the army. He is on horse back and if you want him to be here, then I shall call him.”, the soldier said.

“Call him. I want him next to me. He is probably the strongest person here, other than the phoenix, and who knows what whims brought her here?”, George said.

“Sir yes sir.”, the soldier nodded.

Over the next hour, the army changed their formation, and a lot of soldiers clad in green uniforms were standing behind a few lines of black armoured recruits.

“What took you so long to come?”, George asked.

“I was eating. I was hungry, and the fight took a lot of energy from me.”, Hu Long responded.

“The next fight is going to be dependent on you. You are the only one who can possibly go against the more powerful demons.”, George said.

“Yes, I am aware of that.”, Hu Long said.

“You didn’t even have any hesitation in saying it. Not even a little humility!”, George thought.

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