Reincarnated as the Chapter 1155: Ready Or Not

Chapter 1155: Ready Or Not

Rhefia PoV

With the moonlight illuminating everything around us I was able to see quite far, while the torchlight scattered around the city helped

keep an eye on everything that I felt required my attention.

Since it had reached that ’ti’ already, I was posted up in the little perch on my own, my bow leaning on the wall beside

while I just kept a lookout until sothing happened; just below

was Aethisia, napping quietly and waiting for

to tell her to take over or wake her up because we had company.

I had taken the ti to carve a little lookout nest into the rock face above the cavern entrance, concealing us rather well from view and hopefully making it quite difficult for us to get found out prematurely.

The real hope was that we would have enough ti to get a handful of arrows off before we needed to retreat down into the cavern below, and since we were against an unknown quantity of rcenaries that was quite pivotal to the battle to co.

All of the citizens below were relying on us to not make any mistakes and to keep them safe, which draped a certain weight on my shoulders that I hadn’t felt in quite so ti; it was an uneasy weight that was quick to be knocked off balance, and it was one that made

wary.

It was one that made it easy for

to disassociate with each individual below since thinking of them as a collective of ’civilians’ was easier than

thinking of them as real people with their own lives... because if I let down a few of the civilians I could deal with that easier than I could knowing that Sarah or Jessie were either dead or injured.

Shaking those dark thoughts from my mind, I returned my focus onto the town below, entering a sort of trance for however long as I just continuously looked around and kept watch; I didn’t know when they would arrive, just that they would, and up until they did this was going to be quite irritating with how boring it was.

Yet it was good to be bored because it ant nothing was happening, and when nothing was happening no one was at risk of getting killed... so when I noticed that sothing was happening I felt a jolt of adrenaline that sharpened my senses instantly, and with a quick nudge to my daughter’s knee I had my bow in hand and an arrow on the string.

Far in the distance I could see a spattering of torches creeping through the trees, getting closer and closer before they got extinguished when they got too close to the walls; they were too far for

to see them, but if soone was going to extinguish their torch before they arrived inside of the walls it usually ant they weren’t friendly.

Aethisia was up beside

a mont later, her own bow in her hand and ready to sing its deadly song, and thankfully she caught the last of the torches getting extinguished so she had no questions to ask.

Looking through the ’window’ I had created, we watched over the town and waited for the rcenaries to begin showing themselves, the previously agreed upon plan already ringing in our heads.

Whoever we saw we would shoot imdiately, and hopefully we could take out quite a few of them before we needed to retreat back down into the cavern; speaking of, I reached for the rope beside

and tugged on it, letting the chis way in the back clatter together softly to alert the people below.

They just needed to get into position, hoist their spears and wait for the rcenaries to attempt to breach the walls; they were going to have to co all the way to us, because otherwise they were going to have to just abandon this and head back the way they ca.

If they were smart they would know they were likely going to be caught between us and the soldiers that were going to respond to the town being taken over, so they would either push forwards aggressively or cut their losses and run while they still could.

If they were dumb they would take their ti working through the town, searching for the citizens and hoping to find their peers in charge; I knew they weren’t dumb though since those torches went out early, which was a precaution that no brash leader would take.

It made it clear to

that this Altan was disciplined enough to think that her vanguard might have failed, and if she was able to grasp that early it ant she was quite sharp... and therefor very dangerous.

With all of the torches in the town I was able to keep track of most things, and when I saw one go out I couldn’t help but smile wryly since it ant they were really being wary of everything; likely so mage was being told to douse those flas, but sadly for them the moonlight was just bright enough for ...

So much ti spent in the depths of a forest from dawn to dusk ant I was more than capable of seeing rather well with little light, and for them it ant I could tell where they were even though they were being this cautious.

I counted over a dozen already creeping through the town, a few of them flickering with mana as they extinguished the torches we left around the area, so I drew back the arrow and waited, watching them and waiting for the right opportunity to strike.

Aethisia mimicked , waiting for

to let my arrow loose first; each second had my heart thundering in my chest as the adrenaline started to rush, and with that increased blood flow my senses were at their peak.

Ti slowed to a crawl as I strained them even further, so by the ti I saw the next flicker of magic I snapped my bow over towards it and took aim, finding a masked Beastkin of so kind slinking through the streets.

When the arrow was released it sliced through the air quietly before piercing the skull of the Beastkin, dropping them instantly and sending a rush of satisfaction throughout

as I reaffird my abilities in the most practical way.

Another arrow was nocked imdiately, and my bow was turned towards the next target almost at the sa ti that the first rcenary had dropped; beside

Aethisia had shot once as well, and I could see a rcenary drop just a few feet away from the Beastkin I had shot, aning she was picking her targets with .