With the first mortar round out of ten falling into the fortress, all the available rail cannon shot at the same time, aiming for walls and even the holes on those walls where more enemies were coming out of.
The monsters entered a complete state of panic and the magic projectiles came to a halt, but all of the platoons used all of their explosive ammunition on what was left of the walls, doing enough damage to the structure that nothing could go up them, whiteout the whole thing, and come down crumbling.
Even after Alon’s order, the soldiers tried not to shoot on parts of the fortress where they thought a building was next to it or the wall itself was part of it, as they didn’t want to kill the prisoners that may be in those buildings.
The last shot felt, and with that, Alon’s order to move forward into the fortress was given via radio; to their surprise, no reaction came from the fortress as the soldiers approached from all sides.
‘Here we go again.’ Ethan murmured to himself.
‘Don’t worry, corporal, you will be fine.’ Egor patted him on his back.
It was quiet up until they got really close to the walls, where orks ran towards them coming from the debris of the walls and gaps on the remaining structures. They weren’t alone from behind; some mages used them as shields and fired their spells, some even hitting the orks themselves in their backs.
‘Get down and shoot!!!’ Egor shoulted as he quickly lay down.
There were some orks that got close to some soldiers and knocked them down but the others around quickly disposed of orks using their knives or even shot at them in an opportune moment while the exchange of fire between the two sides continued, but Alon’s company advanced, almost getting stuck as they passed through the monsters bodies lying on the ground as they reached the ruins of the walls.
Ethan took a deep breath entering the gap in the wall and was surprised by the fact that inside the fortress was completely destroyed; unlike the fortress his platoon invaded before, there was nothing left inside the fortress, just the remains of the walls and as he looked around, he saw soldiers coming from other gaps in the wall.
‘This new weapon sure is powerful.' He talked to himself while walking forward.
‘Inside is worse than outside; look at these body parts.’ Caleb looked around and kicked a hand away.
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As the soldiers surveyed the ruins of the fortress, no building was intact, the mortar rounds made huge holes all around the fortification, and the body parts of the creatures were all around a sight to make the stomachs of those inside turn, but right in the middle, one of the soldiers heard a voice; it came from a pile of debris. As he came closer, he called for assistance from those around him.
‘Angel-1, this is 1-2; there are voices coming from a pile of debris in the middle of the fortress, over.’ The A-Dam looked intrigued at the huge pile of rocks.
‘Maybe the prisoners; proceed with caution over.' The gray-fur Shafran turned around and saw the sargent in the distance.
‘Undestood,1-2 out.’ He nodded to the soldiers next to him.
They started to get the rocks out of the way as more soldiers came closer to see what was going on and help with the task at hand.
‘Angel-6, this is Angel-1; we may have found the prisoners trapped on the debris over.’ The familiar voice came from Alon’s radio.
‘Oh, I hope they are fine; now I’m not going to feel bad for my order.’ Alon smiled.
‘You did what it had to be done, captain; I would do the same, but what are your orders now? Over.’ The gray-fur Shafran stopped and observed what was going on in the middle from a distance.
A hand touched Alon’s shoulder; it was Edmund smiling at the captain and with his other hand showing a blue crystal to him.
‘Look what I found. Can you ask the soldiers to open the chests of the mage creatures to see if there are crystals like theses? And if there are, take it.’ He smiled.
‘Why would I be surprised by anything you say Edmund?’ Alon sigh.
‘Angel-6, do you hear me? Over’ The voice again came from the radio.
‘Yes, help the prisoners over.’ Alon spoke in a calm tone.
‘Undestood, Angel-1 out.’ His voice was full of determination.
‘So, when are you going to ask them? Now?’ Edmund poked Alon’s right shoulder.
‘The goddess gives me patience that I can only be grateful for.’ The captain took a deep breath.
‘Seriously? That is new.’ Edmund looked intrigued by Alon’s words.
The captain looked at the white-haired young man and shook his head. He felt that the operation was a success for the fact that now he has a better idea of how things should function and was happy about the new weapon Edmund developed, but there were still gaps that could be fixed.
‘Angel-6 to all units, open the chest of the mages and look for a blue crystal; we will need them. Angel-6 out.’ The order was heard by all soldiers.
At the back of the fortress, Egor’s squad was patrolling outside the fortress as they heard the message from their radios. The sight outside was chaotic; craters and bodies of monsters scatered between the fortress and the forest; even the forest had some sections burning because of the magic the mages used.
‘Now we are butches; I wonder if the pay will increase as well.’ Oran sigh.
‘What are you talking about, brother? Is not hard at all, look..’ Samal raised his voice and showed a small crystal to Oran at some distance.
He looked at the crystal and to the body by Samal’s side with the chest open and a knife plunged into its holder. It surprised him how fast his brother simply followed the orders with no hesitation but it wasn’t the first time he acted like this and he thought that it wasn’t going to be the last.
‘Why are you like this brother?’ Oran shook his head.
‘What did you say?’ Samal shouted, confused; he put the crystal in his pocket.
‘Well everyone, do like Samal there; let’s continue with the patrol and pick the ones we see, but continue to look for any Velvent rats; remember your orders; kill on sight.’ Egor spat to the side.
‘Yes, sir’ All of his squad members spoke in unison.