All Chapters of The Dark Blade: Return Of The General.
: Chapter 141
- Chapter 150
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Chapter 141: Eastern Border Falls
The vision from combining three artifacts faded, leaving Jacob with perfect knowledge of where Verons kept the fourth piece. It was embedded in the armor plating of the command tank Verons used as his mobile headquarters—hidden in plain sight where no one would think to look."We need to go," Anna said urgently, pulling Jacob toward the vehicles. "The invasion is starting."They could hear explosions in the distance even before they reached the command center. Argo artillery was bombarding Seron's border defenses, softening positions before infantry and armor advanced. The systematic destruction spoke to professional military planning that would overwhelm the improvised resistance.Jacob reached the command center to find controlled chaos as reports flooded in from all defensive positions. Argo was attacking with far more force than intelligence had predicted—not the measured assault of a cautious invader but the overwhelming strike of someone confident in total victory."Eastern defe
Chapter 142: The Tank Battle
The vision of artifact four's location faded, leaving Jacob standing in the ruined mansion with his team staring at him in concern. Anna steadied him as the mystical backlash from combining three artifacts subsided, his body adjusting to the surge of power that had momentarily overwhelmed his senses."Verons has the fourth artifact in his command tank," Jacob repeated, making sure he had heard his own words correctly. "It is leading the invasion convoy right now.""That makes tactical sense," Carl said, already thinking through implications. "Keep the artifact close where he can protect it personally rather than leaving it in some vault that could be raided."They rushed back to the command center, arriving just as reports flooded in about Argo's main force crossing the border. Dozens of armored vehicles supported by infantry battalions were pushing into Seron through three primary routes. At the center of the northern column, heavily protected by escort vehicles, rolled a massive com
Chapter 143: Verons First Encounter
The vision from the combined artifacts showed Jacob exactly where Verons's command tank would be positioned during the invasion—leading the central assault column that would push through Seron's main defensive line. But seeing the location and actually reaching it through an active battlefield were completely different challenges."You cannot seriously be planning to assault a command tank in the middle of an invasion," Carl said when Jacob outlined his intentions. "That is suicide even by your standards.""The fourth artifact is inside that tank," Jacob replied, still reeling from the mystical visions the three combined artifacts had shown him. "We need all five to activate the full protective ward. Without it, Seron eventually falls no matter how well we fight."The invasion had begun at dawn exactly as the captured soldier predicted. Argo forces crossed the border in three massive columns supported by armor, artillery, and air superiority that resistance forces could not match. Fig
Chapter 144: Anna's Stand
The invasion had been raging for six hours when reports reached Anna about a catastrophic situation developing in the western evacuation corridor. Two hundred civilians—mostly women, children, and elderly—were trapped between advancing Argo forces and a collapsed bridge that had been their planned escape route."They are sitting targets," Leo reported grimly. "Argo has infantry moving to surround their position. Without immediate relief, those civilians will be captured or killed within the hour."Jacob was engaged on the eastern front, fighting desperately to prevent Argo breakthrough at the main defensive line. Carl's forces were pinned down in the northern district. Roseline was coordinating guerrilla operations that kept her teams scattered across the city. No one was available to mount a rescue operation.Except Anna."I am going," she announced, already gathering her equipment."You do not have forces for a rescue mission," Leo protested. "Maybe eight fighters total available in
Chapter 145: Bishop's Capture Attempt
The battle for Seron had raged for three days with neither side able to gain decisive advantage. Argo's superior numbers and firepower were countered by resistance fighters' knowledge of urban terrain and willingness to fight from every building and street corner. The city had become a meat grinder consuming soldiers from both sides.Jacob and Anna fought together throughout the chaos, their combined mystical abilities proving devastating against Argo forces. But the constant combat was exhausting even enhanced warriors, and small mistakes were beginning to accumulate.Anna had taken command of the southern defensive line where civilian militia and criminal fighters held against repeated Argo assaults. She was coordinating reinforcements when the attack came from an unexpected direction.Bishop's elite guards hit her position from behind, emerging from tunnels that intelligence had not identified. Twenty fighters wearing body armor and carrying military weapons moved with professional
Chapter 146: Proving Ground
The battle for Seron's northern district had raged for six hours without pause. Argo forces pushed relentlessly against defensive positions that Jacob's fighters held through sheer determination and increasingly desperate tactics. Bodies littered streets where civilians had walked days before, and the smell of smoke and blood permeated everything.Anna had lost the artifact during a chaotic engagement when Bishop's forces ambushed her squad while they were repositioning. The mystic bracelet was torn from her wrist during hand-to-hand combat, disappearing into enemy hands before she could prevent it. The loss stung not just strategically but personally—she had been entrusted with safeguarding one of the Krigg family's sacred relics and had failed.But there was no time for self-recrimination. Argo troops were exploiting gaps in the defensive line, threatening to break through into the city's residential core where thousands of evacuated civilians sheltered."Eastern barricade is fallin
Chapter 147: Victory at Cost
The first major battle for Seron lasted eighteen hours of brutal urban combat that turned the northern industrial district into a charnel house. Argo forces had pushed deep into the city, overwhelming outer defenses through superior firepower and numbers. But resistance fighters had made them pay for every meter of ground.Jacob stood in what remained of a factory that had served as a defensive strongpoint, surrounded by bodies of both defenders and attackers. The building's walls were pockmarked with bullet impacts, and entire sections had collapsed from artillery fire. Blood pooled in low spots on the floor, mixing with rain that leaked through the shattered roof."Status," Jacob demanded through his radio, trying to assess the situation across multiple fronts."Northern sector is holding," Carl reported, his voice hoarse from shouting orders over gunfire. "But barely. We have pushed them back three blocks from our primary defensive line.""Eastern front collapsed," came another rep
Chapter 148: Fallen Heroes
The vision from the combined artifacts faded, leaving Jacob shaking and disoriented. Verons possessed the fourth artifact and was carrying it directly into battle inside his command vehicle. The opportunity was clear—if Jacob could destroy that tank, he could recover the artifact and eliminate Argo's supreme commander simultaneously.But there was no time to act on that revelation. Argo's invasion had begun in earnest, and defenders were being pushed back across multiple fronts despite fierce resistance. The battle for Seron had transformed from skirmishes into full-scale urban warfare that was consuming the city block by block.Jacob returned to the command center to find the tactical situation deteriorating rapidly. Northern defenses were holding but taking catastrophic casualties. Eastern positions had collapsed entirely after sustained artillery bombardment. Southern districts remained contested, with street fighting raging through residential neighborhoods where civilians were tr
Chapter 149: The Vow
The vision of artifact four's location faded, leaving Jacob standing amid the wreckage of Bishop's vault with three Krigg family relics in his possession. The mystical power they generated together was extraordinary—he could feel capabilities awakening that had been dormant for fifteen years."We need to move," Carl urged again, more insistently this time. "Argo forces are advancing. If we do not get back to defensive positions immediately, we will be cut off."They drove back through streets that were transforming into battlefields. Argo's invasion had begun while they were retrieving the artifact, and resistance fighters were already engaged across multiple districts. The sound of explosions and gunfire echoed from the northern sectors where the heaviest fighting was concentrated.At the command center, Jacob found chaos barely contained by Leo's organizational efforts. Reports flooded in faster than anyone could process—Argo breakthroughs here, successful defensive stands there, ci
Chapter 150: The Decision
The vision from the artifacts faded, leaving Jacob standing in the ruins of Bishop's mansion with knowledge that changed everything. The fourth artifact was not hidden in some vault or treasure room—it was actively being used by Verons, integrated into his command tank's mystical defenses."We need to get that tank," Jacob said, still processing the implications. "Before the invasion begins, while it is still on Argo's side of the border.""Impossible," Carl replied flatly. "That tank will be surrounded by Argo's best troops. We cannot just drive up and steal it."But Jacob was already planning the operation in his mind. The artifacts had shown him more than just the fourth piece's location—they had revealed weaknesses in Verons's defenses, timing windows when the tank would be vulnerable, and tactical approaches that conventional military thinking would never consider.The next hours blurred together as Seron's resistance fought desperately to hold back Argo's invasion. The fighting