Stannis stood at the front of his formation, coldly watching the tide of fury surging toward him.
Beside him, the Red Priestess's eyes gleamed with fanaticism.
Her lips moved soundlessly, as though she were whispering some ancient incantation.
"Lord of Light, unleash your divine might!"
She let out a piercing shriek that cut through the din of battle.
The banners of Stannis's army snapped in the wind.
The stag banners embroidered with flaming hearts seemed to truly catch fire.
"Form ranks!" Stannis's adjutant commanded.
After the initial confusion, Stannis's army regained its composure.
Like an unbreakable reef, they faced the oncoming tsunami!
Their shields locked tightly together, their spears raised high.
BOOM!!!
The soldiers of the Reach slammed into Stannis's line.
The breakthrough they had expected never came.
Their furious charge struck what felt like an invisible wall.
The Reach soldiers' longswords hacked at the armor of Stannis's men, but some power seemed to reinforce it, leaving their blades unable to make even a scratch.
"What?!" a knight of the Reach cried in shock.
"The holy fire never dies!" Stannis's soldiers roared in unison.
Fanatical flames burned in their eyes.
Their armor began to give off a faint red glow.
"Burn them to death!" the Red Priestess shrieked again.
Among Stannis's ranks, the blades of the knights wielding longswords suddenly erupted in orange-red flames.
Those flames were no illusion.
They radiated searing heat.
"Aah-!!"
A Reach soldier's longsword clashed with the flaming blade of one of Stannis's knights.
Flames coiled around his sword, instantly burning it into a red-hot strip of iron.
The fire spread along the blade, igniting his glove and scorching his skin.
He screamed and threw down his weapon.
"Lord of Light, cleanse all!"
The Flame Knights swung their burning swords.
Every slash carried enough heat to