CAPTAIN! OVER THERE!!
WE'RE TOO LATE!
HAS THE CITY FALLEN?!
I DON'T KNOW, SIR!
WHEN THE CAPTAIN SENT HIS LAST CROW,
HE SAID NASSAU WAS ALREADY SURROUNDED!
HE SAID HE LEFT ONE SHIP BEHIND FOR OUR ESCAPE!
THE FIRES ARE ONLY BURNING ALONG THE COAST!
THE GATE HAS PROBABLY ALREADY FALLEN.
IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO THE HARBOR?!
WE CAN REACH IT DIRECTLY IF WE CLIMB DOWN THE COASTAL ROCKS,
BUT WE'D HAVE TO LEAVE THE HORSES BEHIND!
LEAVE THEM BEHIND, MY ASS!
ARE YOU CRAZY?!
I'D RATHER WE DIE TOGETHER!
WHAT DO WE DO?
MAYBE WE SHOULD ESCAPE TO THE SOUTH INSTEAD...
IS THAT...
LORD RUTIGER WAS OUR PERSON IN NASSAU?!
SIR VLAD!
WE'LL REACH NASSAU SOON!
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE...!
WE'RE BREAKING STRAIGHT THROUGH.
STRAIGHT THROUGH?
WITH JUST THE FEW OF US?! HOW?!
WITH SHEER AUDACITY.
ALL UNITS, TO YOUR DESIGNATED POSITIONS!
HURRY!
SECURE BARON IZNIK!
YOUR UNIT WILL REINFORCE THE HARBOR!
WE'LL STRENGTHEN THE GUARD AT THE GATE!
SEAL IT SO TIGHTLY THAT NOT EVEN AN ANT CAN GET OUT!
HM?
CAPTAIN!
THERE'S A GROUP APPROACHING FROM THE WASTELAND!
WHO ARE THEY?!
THEY'RE...
TH-THE COUNT'S CAVALRY!
MESSENGER!
I AM A MESSENGER FROM GAIDAR'S THIRD CAVALRY!
WHAT? THE THIRD CAVALRY?!
THEN DOESN'T THAT MEAN THE COUNT SENT HIM PERSONALLY?
THEY SHOULD BE IN THE VANGUARD. IF HE'S SENT THEM TO THE REAR, IT MUST BE IMPORTANT!
C-CLEAR THE WAY!
DO NOT STOP THEM!
WHEEEW.
THAT'S ONE HELL OF A MURDEROUS STARE.
...BUT DOESN'T SOMETHING SEEM OFF?
THEY'RE NOT GAIDAR'S CAVALRY.
HE SAID HE WAS A MESSENGER, DIDN'T HE?
THE MAIN FORCE IS MARCHING ON THE NORTH. THEY PROBABLY SENT SOME MERCENARIES INSTEAD.
WOULD THEY ENTRUST THEIR CAVALRY BANNER TO MERCENARIES?
DO NOT THINK.
LEAVE THE THINKING TO OUR SUPERIORS.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FOLLOW ORDERS.
WE WEREN'T ORDERED TO STOP ANYONE FROM ENTERING NASSAU.
STILL, WE SHOULD CHECK...
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
BLOCK THE GATE AGAIN AND TIGHTEN SECURITY!
...I'M SURE IT'LL BE FINE.
GAHAHA.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ACTUALLY WORKED.
ME NEITHER. THIS BANNER WORKS WONDERS.
BE READY TO CHARGE AT ANY MOMENT.
THE TWO OF US WILL HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH IN ONE GO.
JUST SAY THE WORD.
HOW FAR TO THE HARBOR?
IT'S NOT FAR.
THIS WAY!
GYAAAGH!
AAARGH!
F-FALL BACK!
I SAID FALL BACK!
YOU STILL HAVEN'T SUBDUED THEM?!
DIDN'T YOU SAY THERE WERE ONLY TEN OF THEM?!
TH-THEY'RE NO ORDINARY FIGHTERS!
EVERY ONE OF THEM IS WIELDING POWERFUL AURA!
WHAT ARE OUR KNIGHTS DOING?!
THEY'RE ALL ALREADY...
PATHETIC!
REQUEST REINFORCEMENTS FROM THE OTHER UNITS!
SUMMON EVERY LAST KNIGHT!
MESSENGER!
IT'S A MESSENGER!
CLEAR THE WAY!
A MESSENGER?
WHERE IS YOUR COMMANDER?!
I'M THE COMMANDER HERE!
WHO SENT YOU?!
BAYEZID.
...HUH?
BREAK THROUGH!
HUH?
H-HUH?!
AAARGH!
GAAAAH!
MM?
HAHAHA! THERE YOU ARE, GREENHORN!
I THOUGHT I'D BE WAITING TILL DAWN!
I TOLD YOU I KNEW THAT BASTARD WAS A SLIPPERY ONE!
TIME TO WRAP THIS UP.
AAAAAGH!
G-GET OUT OF THE WAY!
GWAAAAAAGH!!
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS!
YOU'VE DONE WELL.
HURRY AND BOARD THE SHIP.
VLAD!
OVER HERE! HERE!
...HUH?
WHAAAT?!
HARVEN?!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU IDIOT?!
HURRY UP AND GET ABOARD!
In The Stellar Swordmaster Chapter 139, Vlad must decide how to reach Nassau as the burning city is surrounded. Learning Lord Rutiger was their contact inside, he chooses sheer audacity and bluffs through the sealed gate posing as a messenger from Gaidar's Third Cavalry. Inside, his aura-wielding riders cut toward the harbor where Harven waits with their escape ship.