166 Chapter 166: The War part 8 (2/2)
Caesar suddenly snapped his eyes open as he chuckled to himself, his armor shaking with his body as he laughed loudly at the sky. The laughter striking fear into the trolls and causing them to look toward the top of the walls.
They bared witness a fully armored man laughing manically toward the sky. Even though people were dying all around, he could still laugh. This caused the trolls to slightly shiver until finally, the laughter abruptly stopped. Descending the entire battlefield into silence as they anxiously waited for his next move.
In response, Caesar took a few steps forward and once again raised his arms into the air, a cold mist following behind him. Even with the responsibility of an entire race resting on his shoulders, he would not cower in fear.
He once again dabbed into his already nearly empty mana reserves and transcended his limits, once again formulating a colossal amount of ice in front of him. His very body turned ghastly cold and the menace in his eyes caused his enemies to tremble before him.
Even if it meant dying from overexerting himself, he would gladly do it. As such, a huge shadow suddenly covered many of the trolls. A huge meteor formed above them and was moving downward at a slow pace.
Although it didn't cover the entire enemy army, it was enough to strike fear into all of those present. Two small trails of blood escaped from Caesar's mouth as he tapped into the mana from his surroundings. His already whitish skin turned even more pale, with a shade of blue.
”What are you looking at? The war won't stop until the enemy is no longer breathing… FIRE!” Caesar ordered crazily at the fox-kin who were just watching with their jaws dropped. His shout brought life back into the silent battlefield and both forces scrambled.
The fox-kin shot their arrows, while some of the trolls prepared to stop the meteor, including Zul'thar. His muscles expanded as he twisted his large halberd around his body, ”I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS, BUT IF THIS IS ALL YOU CAN DO, THEN IT IS FAR FROM ENOUGH!” he roared and leaped toward the meteor with his ten commanders. Each wielding their weapon expertly to crack the huge mass of ice in the sky.
They moved through the air and strange, greenish electricity seemed to coil around their bodies as they consecutively struck with their weapons. Like a dance, they moved in a strange formation, forming some sort of circle.
In response, from the cloudy sky, a huge beam of lightning struck down in the middle of ice meteor, halving it. Both sides fell from the air and Caesar lost control over the mana he had already utilized.
The halved pieces of ice heavily fell to the ground and injured a decent amount of trolls, but it was nothing compared to the damage it would have done if not stopped. Distressed, the fox-kin warily glanced at Caesar, who was breathing heavily.
”Since you are a worthy opponent, I shall now answer you in full!” Zul'thar, who was slightly tied, announced, and he, with his ten commanders, rushed forward. His reserve forces charging in response as well, effectively skyrocketing the troll morale, while severely injuring the fox-kins morale.
”Akari, Ebisu, Falthor, hold the gates and fend off the enemy forces, I'll handle the troll king” Caesar ordered weakly and hopped off the walls. His orders shocked the three clan heads behind him, they were tragically aware that the troll king was nearly Musashi's equal.
And Caesar, who was evidently exhausted, dared to fight someone of that strength. The three could only bite their lips with reluctance while a single tear fell from Akari's eyes, however, unbeknownst to them, Caesar had no plans of dying.
He forced his mana-less body forward and the troll army seemed to dodge him on purpose, forming a strange gap in their formation. Zul'thar then walked in front of him with his halberd resting on his shoulders.
”As the respective king of our forces, no one else is worthy of fighting us… as such, I shall meet you as an equal,” Zul'thar stated and moved the halberd from his shoulders. He was fully aware of how much mana Caesar used, and it was due to this fact, that his confidence was overwhelming.
In response, Caesar chuckled with his palm placed on his forehead. After a few moments of laughing, he finally stopped and took his scythe out from his storage ring. His muscles were sore and his mana reserves empty.
”You seem to be confident of victory,” Caesar whispered with a bloody smile, his eye-lids barely remaining open.
”Haha, I'm not merely confident, I am certain of victory… even though you, yourself are strong. You cannot win the war alone, alas, I admire your tenacity” Zul'thar spoke with a hint of regret as he took a step forward.
”You are correct, winning the battle alone is impossible. But you seem to be misunderstanding something, I have never been alone” Caesar said through tightly clenched teeth as he strengthened his back and fully opened his eyes.
”From behind, I have those that I must protect, those that have died because of me, and the entire fox-kin clan. I have one of my great friends and father-in-law behind me, a step-daughter, and of course, the love of my life,” Caesar whispered slowly as he trod forward, the resolve in each step unwavering.
”It is not that I cannot lose, I refuse to,” Caesar said with a slight smile as he finally made it a few feet away from Zul'thar. His hair fluttering in the wind and two streams of blood falling from his mouth.