Chapter 683 - End of Monster Legion 3 (2/2)

Despite being very careful while chasing after them, it seemed that they were hit back.

It was evident that they dug up a trap in that forest, after knowing that the monster legion would split in the narrow path.

“Kuek! Stop those bloody flames first!”

Lenuk, hurried the other warlocks to stop the flames.

However, the time he gave out the orders were already late.

Hundreds of sulfur and magic stones engraved with explosive magic circles on them burst out in an instant, and more flames rose as a result of it, it was impossible for the warlocks to subdue it.

Moreover, with the air currents colliding with the flames, fire tornadoes began to sprout.

Kiek! Kiiik!

Kuakkk! Kwak!

Kwaaaak!

The warlocks and the monsters which were in close range of the tornadoes began to get pulled into the flames.

Large monsters with a higher desire for survival began to trample over the small monsters, and the small monsters clung to the large monsters.

It wasn’t much different for a Chimera.

‘We were wrong! We can’t do it anymore!’

Eventually, Lenuk and his other party members decided to escape from the place without extinguishing the fire.

However, as they went towards the mountain range, flames were spreading and they decided to run over to a lower plain.

“Good thing. I was worried that the explosion wouldn’t happen.”

Marquis Rogers who watched the fan-shaped forest turn into a sea of fire, tapped his chest.

When the first monster legion joined in the forest, he thought that he would see explosions.

However, there didn’t seem to be any sign of explosion until the time passed and the monsters, in turn, were ready to charge.

The moment when his heart was trembling, he tried to communicate with the troops in the mountain in order to know what went wrong, but then suddenly the explosions began.

“But a moment ago, a horse ran in front of that forest. What happened?”

Rogers’ question brought in a shocking answer from the lieutenant who communicated with the engineer unit.

“W-well it was said that the explosion didn’t happen in the beginning.”

“What? Then that scene we saw?”

As Rogers pointed to the flames roaring in the forest, the lieutenant then explained.

“It was said that the commander, Aslan jumped into the forest with high-grade magic stones as the spells for explosion didn’t seem to work.”

The trap got activated thanks to Aslan, who had reached all the way to the main point of the trap, and exploded the high-level magic stones.

“Th-that can’t!”

“I think that the rewards will be huge from His Majesty after the battle.”

“Of course he should be!”

If it wasn’t for Aslan’s sacrifice, the battle would have been difficult to win.

If the troops had to fight with the monster legion without the explosions, there was a high probability of the monsters breaking through, and if that happened, villages and various forts would have taken huge damage.

‘Aslan, he sure saved so many lives.’

Rogers, looking at the forest in flames, pulled out his sword.

Srrrng-!

Pointing to the enemies who started to escape out, he cried out loud, enough to excite the men behind him.

“Listen to me soldiers! It is said that the engineer unit commander Aslan sacrificed his life to make that explosion a success! In order to not waste his sacrifice, we shouldn’t let those monsters run away! Remember the name of the hero and slaughter every one of those monsters running away from the forest!”

“Woahh!”

At the cry of Marquis Rogers, the entire Symphonia troops began to run towards the forest.

On that day, a large army of 100,000 monsters got trapped and annihilated at the entrance of the Pamire mountains and plains.