Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)
Chapter 262: War! (3)

with their cavalry they charge toward the infantry troops and slashed down the unprepared Orcs on the Plains and like Arial predicted, Orcs blood flowed on the green pasture.

What he didn't expect that it was his own men.

But at the time Arial is still fighting on top of the North tower wall, still slicing and slashing.

Velamina on the other hand notice this ambush attack by Bor forces but she could not leave her troops position and help the troops on the Plains.

She had to leave them to their fates. At least some of them will survive she thought to herself.

'PRESS YOUR ATTACK.' Velamina focused back on her fight. Her priority right now is securing the east tower before trying to go down and open the front gate for the main force of Vor.

Arial bathed in Orc blood that day, and his troop behind him could swear his eye turned red as he plowed his way all over the enemy troops

After the troops stop coming to the north side, Arial began realizing the situation in the plains.

'WHAT!' Arial spit on the ground. Seven thousand soldier of his lost their lives because he is late. Arial is eager to open the gate now, more furious than ever.

He forgot.

He might be strong but his troops are not as strong as him. He then orders his troop to help the eastern side while he will engage the ground forces of the Fortress. A few Orc guard of his army come to him.

'Larenas Arial, you are alone? Do you want us to follow you?' Arial shakes his head

'I will manage' he said and then with that he jumped down from the top wall, hundred meters from the ground and then he landed with a thunderous sound.

The ground shakes and produce a crater around the area where he jumps down

Surrounding him is thousands of enemies Orcs that even he could not estimate how many of them. He grinned.

'COME!' He yelled.

And then he began swinging his glaive and this is where his power shines. His strikes kill hundreds of Orc with one swing.

He charges forward, swinging that weapon of his left and right, killing dozens with each full powered strike.

Truly a scene of a great hero fighting a thousand people. One against thousands of Orcs.

'Whether he is stupid or he is really confident in his victory' some Orc remarked.

But Velamina know that Arial is neither stupid nor weak. She believes if a man can hold his own fighting a dragon, fighting thousands of Orcs is not out of the question.

Arial truly is now enjoying the fight and no matter how many Orcs tried to stop his rampage, none could even approach him with the glaive swinging like a storm around him.

They would die even before they reached him

All the Orcs could see is blood decorating around the path he walked; all they could hear is the screams and pleading of the defeated, and all they could smell was death.

This increase the Orcs morale on Arial side on top of the wall seeing their Commander fighting so ferociously and by now the Eastern wall tower is all but taken by Velamina troops and now with purpose they began focusing on the South side.

With the east side secured, the survivors of the seven thousand troops which now numbered around one thousand and five hundred troops, they quickly climbed the east wall hoping they would be spared by the attack of the Orc cavalry in the plains.

They quickly rejoined Velamina troops in the South side and began a battle on top of the wall to take it from Bor Orcs archers and throwers

Velamina speed and her acumen on determining the weak points of the enemies and her ability to fight in crowded area really shines on this battle.

She slides around with her blade, cutting the Orcs feet and jumping and stabbing all around, and pinpoint exactly who is the leader of the enemy army with extreme precision.

With her thunder magic she harnesses the power of the sky and decimated her enemies.

Orcs soldiers could hear the sound of thunder roaring up in the sky every time Velamina swing her blade. This is her ability as a High Elven.

With almost an infinite reserve of mana, this is why they are revered and feared, an equal of Kings and Queens.

While she cared about Arial intention of bridging peace between humans and the Dark Lands, she didn't mind hiding behind her troops to avoid injuries.

Arial inspires loyalty which is why Orcs follow him.

He is heroic, self-sacrificing, and fight for the greater good, putting his comrade suffering before himself, the perfect honorable commander but the reason for following Velamina is different.

She is smart, cunning and her methods are usually dirty and she doesn't mind fighting dirty but in the end she always has the best result.

This is not saying that Arial is not capable of devising military strategies but sometimes his heart gets the best of him.

The same time that would be his weakness, is also his strength. They fall for the charms of Arial, the commander that would eat the same plate with them, live together with them and train together with them

He has a compassionate heart and Orcs also have a heart that could discern people who cares for them or treated them as simply as straw dummy to throw to the enemy

The battle rages on.

Many of Orcs in Arial side are wounded and weary. Arial is on the ground still slicing and killing any enemies Orcs that falls into his sight, but he also knows that he could not keep up this forever.

And then his acute sense heard the beating of hooves, the horns, and the gongs. He smiles imperceptibly.

The main force of Vor clan is approaching. Arial charges even more forward, pushing himself into the forefront of the battle, leading his brave soldiers to kill and bringing misery to the enemy

Arial could hear how the main forces are engaging with the enemy cavalry outside, attacking the cavalry that killed his troops on the Plains.

Arial did not notice it but it has been hours since they began fighting and the main force is already near the fortress.

'THIS IS IT!'

Arial yelled as he took a deep breath

'Heaven Punishment Style' he thought as he stuck his glaive on the ground and unsheathes his Enochian blade. Then he jumps forward, leaping into the air and begins with a slicing motion that split a large Orc with a height nearly reaching eight feet.

He did not stop as he lowers his body and push the ground with his palm and slide under that big Orc thigh and slice a few orcs ankles.

Then after he pass under the thigh, he pushed back his plan on to the ground and he once gain stand in the battlefield.

He then began sliding around the Orcs while slicing their throats effectively and swiftly and in no time he arrived in front of the gate.

Before the Orc could stop him he employed Dragon Palm toward the wooden gate.

He focused his internal energy onto his palm and the moment his palm hits the wooden gate a large explosion resounded all across the plain

That large wooden gate explodes leaving a big hole in the bottom that could fit for a cavalry.

As the dust settles, Koer could see Arial from the distance. He could see Arial had managed to secure the front gate and he nodded.

Arial saw it and nodded to and Koer understands.

'LET US RIDE TO VICTORY!' Koer shouted to his troops and his strong cavalry storm the front gate without any hindrance, no barrage of arrows or fierce attack that Arial and his troop had to experience.

They avoided Arial and keep on charging into the fortress, trampling the enemies under the large hooves of their warhorses.

This is mostly because of Arial effort on eradicating those archers and the attackers in the ground.

Most of the Orcs inside the fortress were caught unprepared and got trampled by the cavalry division and stabbed by the Spear division.

In the wall, they cheer, and is screaming in excitement as the enemy Orcs in the wall, lost their morale and easily defeated.

Some Orcs on the wall even surrendered.

Arial has already joined the battle in the ground, no fatigue at all after hours of swinging that big glaive.

Before his eyes were red but now around his body an aura of blackness envelopes him. With red eyes and black aura, he looks like Demons of Old.

And the battle begins anew.

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