Word Of Chapter: “Knowledge is a cutting edge weapon of choice of turning tables”
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Marcosias was surprised in witnessing the explosion of the black shells, these explosive is quiet strong up to third tier magical blast explosion that he is currently studying and practicing, this is truly a fantastic and astonishing accomplished mission that well planned, he saw how many enemies are struggling to survive and killing each other without any of the Lightenguard forces needed to attack them at close quarter, the outcome was surely at their hands, he just gave a bitter smile for them, this is the backfire of what they’ve done and surely it is just to see them suffer.
“Everyone! Fall back, we used all our ammunition, we need to go back to the service depot on the next area, proceed to plan, disperse hastily!” Marcosias said as he looks once again t the scorched grounds of the enemie’s main base.
“But sire how about the enemies?” one of the crew of catapult squad asks.
“Let them be, for now we need to escape, the bloody scent of their deaths will attract the monsters, as per plan of operation Smoke Disarray, the attack of the beast will be their biggest problem now” Marcosias answered and explain about the outcome of the ambush.
“So that’s the reason! But that’s..” another crew said in surprised.
So it’s basically flow to the plan that have been coordinated, that was mind blowing, whoever this tactician, surely knows and experience countless warfares before, but the Lightenguard is a peaceful kingdom and up to almost thirty wars they have been participated, no one in the kingdom is well experience in such war tactics, let alone the royalty and even the nobility, so who’s noble can do this accomplishment of massive weapon of destructions?
“Yes, I know, this is the first time I witness such grandeur tactics in my life, but this war plan is just the beginning, we are just starting” Marcosias said in low tone.
He remember Yinhua suddenly, this woman, from what country she once belongs and gain such knowledge in wars? Does she once become a general of warfare in the huge and powerful country, but why did she leave her post? That somewhat mysterious, and still unexplainable, but still that was a huge help to them in facing huge numbers such as Duke Christopher’s alliance army, what if she was on the side of the duke? She will just use a few soldiers in making a huge ruckus in their country and make it their own doomsday.
Suddenly they heard a huge roar coming from the enemy’s main base, looks like Duke Christopher is somewhat pissed off and truly ashamed to his situation now, he thinks mightily that he can tampered anyone in his way with his strategies in the war, somewhat laughable, but for now he will encounter a huge mistake of his life, there is more tricks under the sleeves that the Lightenguard kingdom has, and all of this tactic sources are from Yinhua herself.
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Marcosias catapult squad leaves the battlegrounds and withdraws from their position as the tame wild beast hastily pulls the catapult carrier and moves fast like a horse in their destinations, back to Duke Christopher’s ruin camp, half of his hundred thousand soldiers died, faint, sick, and somewhat turned into madman, their army turn into whole mess, destroyed tent, burning grounds, despaired people, dead bodies, disarray formation and mostly a breakdown of morale.
Duke Christopher face turned into sour, this is the biggest humiliation he gets in the rest of his life, how does the enemy knows that they will set a camp into the forest just to hide and prepare an ambush to the kingdom’s blind spot? Where did they get such powerful armament that gives a crippling situation to his army? This is very unreasonable; he thought that because the weakening of the kingdom will become his stepping stone to glorious power and sovereign, but that was just an empty dust in the air, the grasping of the triumph become suddenly taken away from him.
“Maybe that son of a b**ch Urzan turned his back on me, traitor he is, I’ve sent many poison concoction to poison the whole royal family to him but now this is what will give back to me, once I’ve see him I will chop him into tiny bits!” He angrily said as he draw his sword and then face his whole messed army.
“Hear me out people, Lords and Ladies; those who survive should now regroup with the second army formation on the Rodes road, we shall leave this place, they already spotted us in the beginning and lure us to go here, Lord Urzan betrayed us!” Duke Christopher said in stern tone, while his fist clenched in anger.
“That Mother F**king traitor, When I see him, I will beheaded him and throw his body to the beast forest!”
“Damn it! Betraying us, this is truly shameless lord!”
“Damn You Lightenguards! I gonna torture you after we win this!”
“I want to go home! My ladies are waiting; we shall massacre them all at once!”
“We shall leave now, kill them all, avenge the people who die miserably for us!”
“Your Majesty, let’s slaughter them all like there is no tomorrow!”
Words coming from the remains of the nobilities and soldiers who survived the attack, all of them are burning with hatred towards the Lightenguard army, they truly motivated with rage because of the sudden impact of the attack, Duke Christopher devilishly grins and then struck his sword to the ground and said.
“Let’s move and regroup with army, and we will wipe these petty forces of the Lightenguard kingdom!”
A huge uproar coming from the rest, all of them are starting to packed and loot the remains of the dead, some of them are compile the dead bodies and will gonna burned them in the pile of woods as a sign of respect and honor to their death, everyone is on packing their belongings when they heard a huge roars coming from the forest, they felt paled and scared suddenly, the atmosphere suddenly change, they forgot the beast senses are strong , and all of them are powerful that needed many soldiers to take them down.
“Brace yourselves I saw a horde of beast coming, all weapons draw, mages support us on the back protect all healers, F**K this Mother F**king bullsh*t land!!” Duke Christopher seriously order, this is truly another huge mess situation they have been entered to.
“Bombing first! Now Beast! What will be the next?!” One of the Lords said as he drawn his ornamented blade, gritted his teeth in dismay.
“No! I want to live; I don’t want to die in this horrid place!” One of the ladies said as she hides in the back of her subordinates.
“Darn, my luck runs out again!” Another one said as he also drawn his blade and prepare for the encounter of the alarmed horde beast.
“Better to action less to talk, if you want to survive, just be cooperate, we will get through this situation” Duke Christopher cheered up, as he wait for the beast to get closer.
Sooner the beast arrives, the war for survival begins, many beast falls and even soldiers died in the fight, exchanging blow to blows with the huge beast monster, the numbers of beast fallen re too great, as for the Duke Christopher’s alliance army reduce again too, later the outcome of battle finishes, a thousands of the alliance army survives, travelling to the base camp in the Rodes roads, all of them felt fatigued, hunger, and morale breakdown, they felt hapless like there is no hope can see in their faces, this is truly unjust war they participated, this is totally a graveyard to them.
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At the Luvic Canyons, Wilhelm remain at his tent, studying the war plan set for his squadrons, along with the whole map of Luvic canyon and it’s narrow road below, at his side there is a lot of wooden barrels, which make him felt unease.
“Operation Black Hell? These barrels? Why do such thing that Yinhua wants to do with this? Ah whatever, I know that she is not a rash person to do what she likes” Wilhelm smiles and remember their meeting in the garden where he sent her some food to eat, he then became sudden felt an ache in his heart, departing, going away from him.
“Damn it!” Wilhelm slams his fist on the table, causing some materials bounce and fall from the table.
“What on earth is she thinking, leaving the kingdom just like that, there is a lot of danger in the outside world, and does she pay attention to her safety?” Wilhelm said in disbelief, although he can accept about the departing part of Yinhua spoken of, it felt like something pierces his heart.
“No, that’s not of it, I think she plans it too, she has a reason to do such thing” Wilhelm suddenly thought, surely Yinhua is not a very normal or typical girl that will do anything she wants without reasons.
But Wilhelm can help to sign in grief, he likes Yinhua so much but, he can’t confess to her face to face, even from the beginning where he met her in the river, through how she cure the king, and aiding them now in battle, he felt worship and admiration to her, and also felt the love for her grew so deeply.
Sooner a scout entered the tent and report the situation, Wilhelm set the orders to begin the operation, every footmen start to take the barrels outside the tent and put them in the right place where it was set according to the plan, and wait for his signal to roll them to the cliff of the canyon fall to the road under.
“All of you brave people, hear me out! We are now at verge of war; all you can do is to follow my lead and take the kingdom of Lightenguard to triumphant victory! Everyone join me in this battle! Long live the King Charles and Princess Erina! Long live the Lightenguard kingdom!” Wilhelm vigorous announces and signals to start the said operation.
Below the canyon, a horse Calvary battalion of Duke Christoper slowly walking due to narrowness and their hundred thousand sheer numbers in total in entering the narrow road of the canyon, as they pass they didn’t notice the scattered barrels due that it covers in dust and rocks, all of the army are focused to reach their destination and prepare a pincer attack to the side of the army of Lightenguard kingdom.
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A scout remain vigilant in surveying the movement of the army, after a few moments it moves away to the cliff and immediately report that the whole army are inside the canyon to Wilhelm, Wilhelm sets the whole squad to roll the barrels to the cliff and let them fall to the crowd below, all the soldiers obeyed and start the roll fall of barrels to the enemies, sooner the enemies notice the falling objects coming above them.
“Destroy those feeble stones, and don’t let it distract our mission, proceed!” A commandeering lord ordered as he wave his sword and slash the said stone.
The barrels was sliced, releasing a black, stinky and itchy powder to the air and sticks to the armor skin and hair of the soldiers, so the mistaken stones was a barrel of a powder, they felt pissed when they found out about that, still there is many barrels falls from their top, and as expected, they slash it and it released so much powder to them.
“What the hell is this powder, it so very itchy?!” One of the nobles said as he wipes his exposed skin covered in black powder.
“Dunno, but I felt they thrashing us because they know that this is only they can do to stop us” Another one said as he keep ignoring the falling powder and proceed to their destination.
“Forget what they taunting about us, their days are over to begin with, ahahhahaha!” added by another then make a rejoicing laugh.
The whole army keep slashing the barrels that fall and endure the itchiness of the powder released, they keep moving forward and never stop, because the only thing they know that they will be triumphant under the wing of Duke Christopher, all of them are excited and imagining the destroyed Kingdom of Lightenguard and looting the spoils and people that they want in the vicinity of the kingdom.
Little didn’t they know that black powder they keep ignoring was a unstable form of mix of igniting agent, corrosive agent and adhesive types, this mixture can cause a huge and dangerous explosion that emits abnormal waves similar to radiation, back to Wilhelm as he saw that the barrel rolling operation is over, he then ordered to all archer to begin their operation.
All archers are igniting their arrow and move to the cliff all of them are pointing to the Duke’s alliance army of Calvary knights below, all of them are focus to fire and waiting for their commander the signal of fire, it was a deep silence and then Wilhelm execute the order.
“Fire!!”
All of the archers release their arrows below, the arrow travels so fast because of the force and the gravity, and many burning arrows are falling down to the enemies, enemies saw the falling arrows and alarm, they now realize what was the barrel for was, they start to slice the arrows and block them, but futile many arrows still slid to their defense and penetrate to their target, the powder reactants.
Suddenly a huge black flame emerged from the ground, it arise like an erupting volcano, blazing than any burning furnace, the heat are so hot even in distance, the archers and the rest hears the scream and agony of the whole Calvary knights that gives them a chill in their bodies and start to walk closer to the cliff to look below but were stopped by Wilhelm.
“Don’t come any closer that black flame is dangerous in contacting it, beware and wait the fire to disperse and you will be safe from the contamination” Wilhelm warns.
The people stop approaching upon hearing what Wilhelm said, surely there are not foolish enough to approach the fire upon what will be the effect upon contacting it, they stop their tracks and suppress their curiosity, after few moments the black flame disperse, some scout approach the cliff and use the telescope, his eyes widen and turned paled as he look back to the crowd.
“T-the calv-vary knights, t-they are g-gone!” the scouts report nervously causing his speech become unstable.
“W-what?!” Wilhelm said in surprised.
Wilhelm runs to the cliff where the scout standing and burrow its telescope and look below, he was shocked on what he discover, the knights and horses are both gone only thing that left was the pieces of armor and swords, different shapes and sizes, what happen to the bodies? Surely they will just burn to crisp, but the black flame was somewhat dangerous to contact, the whole situation was explaining like the people and horses are being ruptured their existence to their eyes.
Every one follow Wilhelm and look one by one on the telescope, when they saw what is going on below, some of them felt fear, others are amaze and some are truly shocked and twitched to what they witness, the black flame wasn’t just an average flame, it’s like an unstoppable force of nature that erase any existence that it touches, this simply was a creation of a demon, particularly the horde of the monsters higher ups
“The black flames, was just a powerful curse?” one of the nobles ask.
“Dunno, it may be kind of sorcery!” one answered.
“Or even the gift from heavens retribution” another added.
“This is simply madness, this is truly unknown arts to us, I’ve never encountered such power before”
“Be happy that we are not in that side or else we gonna goodbye our asses!”
“Definitely that was, we are totally lucky that we fight for our kingdom and not for them!”
Wilhelm stops for a moment and then look to the barrel at the side of the tent, that was a powerful weapon of destruction made, Yinhua made this creation out of nowhere that defies the way of common sense, she is totally a genius that exceed all the smart people known in the world, or maybe even the mages that still living and researching about the flow of magic and runes.
“We shall leave these grounds and regroup with the main army, our victory will be mark in the history, you shall be happy now that you will be also part of it, regardless, we kill a hundred thousand without losing anyone at all, this is the biggest achievement we have now” Wilhelm said, as he take a deep breath.
Everyone cheered themselves and become more active as they packed their belongings and take any items to the carriage, all of them are starting to walk and trailing the way to the main force to assist them in the main war that about to coming later on, Wilhelm looks to the sky and thought of something.
“Yinhua, just what kind of a lady are you? You are totally a monster hiding in a beautiful silhouette”
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Back to Yinhua as she rides her horse and lead the footmen who are marching simultaneously and coordinated, sooner they saw a huge army of Duke Christopher, it was a battle of five hundred vs hundred thousands, but Yinhua remain calm and compose and look to the battlefield that serves as their arena.
“Lady Risa, lead please the water mage at the side of the road several kilometers away from us just like as planned, we will ensure your safety and we will make our battle to become glorious and victorious!” Yinhua request to the beautiful lady at her side guided by several waters mages.
“If that is your wish, then I should proceed, better not to fail me, Miss Sakura!” Lady Risa said and then ordered her subordinate mages to move, the mages follow and sooner their silhouette gone in the sights of everyone.
“Attention! All soldiers here must march and proceed to face the enemies as of now, we are totally outnumber but we will crush them and do not let them give a time to cry or to fight back, they made a wrong choice and move to face us! So are you with me?!” Yinhua announce and then ask proudly.
“YES WE ARE! OOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!” The full of energy respond of the footmen and raise their spears.
“Good hunting everybody, proceed!” Yinhua ordered.
Everyone now are proceeding to the middle road of Roder, marching bravely and full of vigor sooner they saw a huge army running to them like a wild beast that are frenzy to their hunted prey.
“Shields position! Unbreakable wall!” Yinhua shouts to all footmen.
The footmen place their shield in their front and cover each other’s comrade, spear tips was pointed to the enemies, waiting for them to get closer to the range of their weapons.
“Here comes the fools, everyone! Korosu Tame!” Yinhua Roars and everyone is boiled up.
A huge wave of enemies are coming closer and closer until they collide with Yinhua’s forces, the footmen bashes the enemies away and stab them with their spear unstoppable, one by one died of being stabbed, but the wave never stops, until pile of dead bodies are being step by the Lightenguard army leaded by Yinhua.
More or so, the enemies have a nice swords and shields but futile because of their lack of coordination, they are fighting by impending numbers, no one can land a single hit or penetrated to the shield of a footman in such powerful formation of defense.
“Stubborn till the end huh? Yoi Tsuitachi!” Yinhua let alone a sign as she watch behind the lines of her army slaughtering the hordes of enemies, the formation was good no one can land a hit but more of them died by the spear stabbing.
“This is gonna be a long day after all, but since the main spotlight of the war has not seen yet, where is the Duke? Could it be that he also caught in the explosion in operation Smoke Disarray or in the operation Black Hell?” Yinhua suddenly frowns after not seeing the Duke or even his silhouette.
“Maybe he is hiding in ladies skirt and afraid to come out for a moment, let see how long you could run, Duke Christopher!” Yinhua giggles and stare to the battle field.
“I can’t wait for the celestial maidens, they give me too much cliff hanger, I’m so excited and eager to meet them, but now let these fools become my amusement for a moment”
“The dragon of heavens flew to the sky”
“And meet the little butterfly”
“from their stand, grows a tree”
“A perfect foundation of divinity”
“Answer my prayer, answer my call”
“Hence forth I summon you, Petal Fall!”
Yinhua chants as the sky suddely turned dark and many carnation pink insignia emerged from the skies and formed an array above the enemies.
Lights emitted from the sky as many as hundreds of spectral swords form and falls to the direction of the enemies, pinning them to the ground, it is like a rainfall massacre that the enemies cannot anticipated to happened, whatever it is, is just a certain death.
And sooner the battle ensues and once again it was noon for the huge blood bath that is filling the soil, metal clashes, fear and rage uprise, the people of Lightenguard became unstoppable, as for the Duke Christopher’s alliance army are turned into disarray and sooner it will fall in a deep abyss of despair.