All Chapters of Department of unintentional Heroics: Chapter 111
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Chapter 111: The Square Ignites
Chapter 111 – The Square IgnitesThe first stone flew like a bird loosed from a hunter’s hand. It struck the temple wall and shattered, the sound sharper than a thunderclap.That was all it took.The square erupted. Shouts turned to screams, fists to blades. Mothers dragged their children away. Merchants slammed their shutters shut as the crowd surged into a storm.Revnar bellowed above it all, his voice booming like a war drum. “Calvess belongs to me! Strike the heretics down!”His zealots surged forward, armed with cudgels and torches. They slammed into the citizens who had rallied behind Solenne’s words. The square became a battlefield.Solenne StandsSolenne, pale and trembling, stood her ground despite Mira’s frantic pull on her arm. Her voice rang over the chaos, ragged but unbroken.“Stop this! Calvess does not need more blood—”A stone whizzed past her face, clipping her bandage. Blood trickled anew, and Mira cried out, catching her before she fell.“Damn it, Solenne, they’ll
Chapter 112: The Duel in Firelight
Chapter 112 – The Duel in FirelightThe flames clawed skyward, turning the square into a furnace. Shadows twisted across scorched stone, and amidst them, two figures faced one another: Solenne on the temple steps, and Revnar striding forward, blade in hand, his crimson cloak billowing like a banner of war.“Pretender,” he spat, pointing his sword at her heart. “I’ll carve the lie out of you before these people’s eyes.”Solenne steadied herself against Mira’s shoulder, then stepped forward alone. She trembled, but her voice cut through the roar of fire and panic.“I don’t need to defeat you, Revnar. I only need to show them who you are.”Revnar’s sneer was answer enough. He lunged.Mira IntervenesSteel shrieked as Mira blocked the first blow, her blades flashing. Sparks burst where sword met steel. Revnar’s strength drove her back across the stone, but she twisted, kicked, and forced him to stumble.“You’ll have to go through me first,” she growled.Revnar laughed, savage and raw. “Gl
Chapter 113:Ashes and Oaths
Chapter 113 – Ashes and OathsMorning broke heavy over Calvess. Smoke still rose from the blackened skeletons of stalls and carts, drifting like ghosts above the square. The temple steps, where blood had run in rivulets only hours before, were scrubbed clean but could not be made new.The city bore its wounds in silence.Solenne stood on those same steps now, wrapped in a fresh bandage, her staff more crutch than weapon. Around her, the people gathered again—not in frenzy, but in wary hope.She took a breath, feeling the ache in her ribs, the tremor in her hands. Mira squeezed her shoulder once, grounding her.“My friends,” Solenne began, her voice soft, “last night showed us what happens when fear rules. Revnar wanted you to kneel. I want you to stand.”A murmur rippled through the crowd. No prophet’s thunder, no holy flame—just a young woman’s trembling defiance.The City RebuildsBuckets still passed hand to hand. Burned beams were hauled aside. Bread was shared where shops had bur
Chapter 114: The Envoy with Black Ribbons
Chapter 114 – The Envoy with Black RibbonsThe gates of Calvess had not opened since the fire, but on the third morning after, horns sounded from the walls. A rider approached along the northern road—not an army, but a single figure draped in black ribbons that fluttered like dying flames.The people gathered at the battlements, whispering. Some expected another zealot, others a trap. Solenne, pale but upright, came to the wall with Mira and Kai at her side.The rider halted just short of the gate. He removed his helm to reveal a sharp-featured man with eyes too calm for someone beneath so many bows. He raised a gloved hand.“I come not with sword, but with words.” His voice carried, smooth and cold. “Open, and hear the will of those who stand beyond your borders.”Mira muttered, “Sounds like he wants us to let the wolf into the barn.”Solenne’s knuckles whitened around her staff. “Open the gates.”The Meeting in the SquareThe envoy was led not to the council hall but to the same squ
Chapter 115: The Siege if Silence
Chapter 115 – The Siege of SilenceThe horns came at dawn. Low, drawn-out notes that echoed across the valley, shaking the windows of Calvess.When the people climbed the walls to see, their breath left them.The hills beyond the city bristled with banners the color of burnt bone. Rows upon rows of tents sprawled like a gray tide, campfires dotting the slopes. At the edge of the road, siege engines waited—towering wooden giants crouched in silence.No charge. No arrows. No thunder of war drums.Just silence.The army had not come to storm the gates. It had come to wait.Hunger and FearBy midday, panic spread through the city. Farmers who had fled before the encirclement wailed that their fields were lost. Merchants cursed as trade routes vanished. Mothers clutched their children tighter, remembering the envoy’s words.At the council hall, Solenne stood as the reports poured in.“Our grain is already low.”“Water is safe for now, but the wells cannot last under siege.”“If this contin
Chapter 116: The Splintering Inside
Chapter 116 – The Splintering Inside The great hall of Calvess had once been a place of laughter and feasting. Its long oaken tables had borne roasted boar, golden breads, and wines so sweet that bards wrote songs about them. But now the air inside was thick with the sour stench of sweat, unwashed armor, and the low hum of desperation.The torches guttered in their sconces, throwing uneasy shadows across the council chamber. At the high table, Lady Solenne sat rigid, her face pale but her eyes sharp as steel. Across from her, Captain Bram leaned forward, fists pressed against the table as if he could hold the city together through force alone.“We cannot ration further,” Bram roared, his voice echoing against the stone walls. “The men already march on half-bellies! They falter at their posts, and a soldier who cannot lift his spear is worse than useless!”“And yet we cannot conjure bread from air!” Solenne shot back, her hands gripping the edge of the table until her knuckles whitene
Chapter 117: The First Betrayal
. Chapter 117 – The First Betrayal The night began quietly, with the kind of quiet that pressed on the lungs. The drums outside the walls had stopped hours ago, leaving Calvess wrapped in an uneasy silence. Even the wind seemed to avoid the city, as though wary of what was brewing within its walls. Theo lay awake on his cot in the barracks, staring at the rafters. Sleep had become a stranger—too many nights filled with gnawing hunger and the endless pounding of those cursed enemy drums. When the alarm bell rang, harsh and sudden, he didn’t spring up so much as roll out of bed, already expecting bad news. At first, he thought it might be another skirmish at the gates. But when the shouts rose—hoarse, panicked, furious—he realized it was different. Wrong. The noise wasn’t coming from the walls. It was coming from inside the city. Theo sprinted through the narrow streets, boots slapping against cobblestones slick with night dew. The cries grew louder, sharper. Steel clashed
Chapter 118: The Enemy Watches
Chapter 118 – The Enemy WatchesBeyond the walls of Calvess, the night was alive with firelight. Thousands of torches ringed the city like a crown of burning thorns, their smoke rising into the cold sky. The besieging camp was vast, stretching across the hills and valleys, a sea of tents and banners fluttering in the wind.At the heart of it all stood the pavilion of General Kael Varros, commander of the Iron Host. His tent was a fortress of scarlet silk and black iron poles, guarded by soldiers with masks of beaten bronze. Inside, a long table was spread with maps, candles, and the half-eaten remains of a roasted boar.Kael Varros himself leaned over the table, his gauntleted fingers tracing the outline of Calvess’s walls. He was a man carved from war—his face pitted with old scars, one eye clouded white, the other sharp and burning with ambition.Around him stood his lieutenants:Serra the Whisperer, thin and pale, draped in dark robes, her voice barely more than a hiss.Druven Iron
Chapter 119: The Weight of Silence
Chapter 119 – The Weight of SilenceMorning in Calvess came not with birdsong or bells, but with silence. A heavy, watching silence, as though the entire city held its breath. The cobblestones outside the citadel were still stained with blood from the clash the night before. People walked past them with lowered eyes, whispering only when they thought no one could hear.The capture of Captain Bram spread through the streets faster than wildfire. To some, it was justice. To others, betrayal. And to many, it was proof of what they had feared all along—that the city’s walls might hold, but its heart was crumbling.Inside the great hall, Lady Solenne sat upon the council dais, her face pale but resolute. Mira stood at her right, hand resting on the hilt of her sword. Theo lingered nearby, shifting nervously as a hundred pairs of eyes bore into him.The council chamber was overflowing—lords, merchants, guards, and common citizens pressed shoulder to shoulder. The air smelled of sweat, smoke
Chapter 120: Sparks in the Dark
.Chapter 120 – Sparks in the DarkThe streets of Calvess burned with torchlight that night—not from the enemy outside the walls, but from its own people. The unrest that had begun as whispers in the council chamber had erupted into something sharper, louder, and far more dangerous.Shouts echoed through the alleys:“Free Bram!”“Down with the council!”“Open the gates before we starve!”A mob surged through the market square, overturning carts and shattering windows. Merchants cowered in their homes. The city watch tried to form lines, but their numbers were thin, and many still bore loyalty to the very man now chained in the dungeons below.From the battlements, Mira watched the chaos unfold, her fists clenched white around the stone railing. “It’s begun,” she muttered.Theo stood beside her, the din of the city rumbling in his chest like distant thunder. “But they’re our people. We can’t just…” His voice trailed off, unsure how to even finish the thought.Solenne swept onto the wal