Vampire Hunter D Vol17 "Tyrant's Stars" Pg24-25
He then turned to D and asked, "What happened to your left hand?"
It was missing from the wrist down.
"It's on the job, "D responded.
Whether repairs to the reactor were going well or not was unknown.
"Well then, let's go!"
At the same moment the count pulled the reigns of the gigantic steed, the doors opened. From there they went straight through the central courtyard, where a black dirt road stretched toward the distant gates.
First went D, followed by the count and the car. Thirty feet away, the main gates opened. The words "barrier removal" danced across their goggles. At the same time, crimson streaks of light flew all around the pair. Struck by them, a portion of the ramparts instantly evaporated.
The air was still searing hot as D and his mount bounded forward. The reins were wrapped around his left forewarm, while his right hand merely rested on them. As the white steed galloped like it was possessed, the enemy troops closed on it. From the horses back, a stark flash of light mowed through them, and they fell. Severed heads and torsos promptly changed into dead branches. Valcua's magic was gone.
A blue light mowed down enemies with rifles at the ready. The blistering particle beam of seven hundred thousand degrees was fired from a cannon mounted on the roof of the count's vehicle, and it evaporated not only the soldiers, but also the trees and earth.
However, ahead of the pair the enemy milled in a thick black swarm, firing beams and missiles at them. The count's car was hit by the shots, and the count himself received wounds all over his body from flames and shrapnel.
Can we catch up? he wondered.
The count's internal clock was also telling him dawn was nigh. As the enemy soldiers piled up, not seeming to have dwindled in numbers at all, the first doubts crept into the count's mind.
Will we make it in time?
Just then, the air froze. Shouts and shrieks from the enemy--in fact, all sounds--were completely silenced. Even the wind died out.
"What was that?" the astonished count said in spite of himself. He was asking D. Why did he think D knew the reason for this unexpected silence?
D gave an abrupt kick to the flanks of his steed.
For some reason the count forgot to try and stop him, and he was unable to even follow D, but rather watched the young man's fate unfurl.
"What's this?" Braujou cried out, and rightly so.
In front of the galloping D, the soldiers that fell beneath his horse's hooves were suddenly transformed into dead branches. D dashed through an army of thousands, if not tens of thousands, leaving nothing but trampled tree limbs strewn in his wake. The magical might of Valcua--The Ultimate Noble--had been broken!
"What in the world is this fellow? the count groaned, finally giving his horse a crack on the reins.
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