Chapter 907 - : Begin! (1/2)
The two weeks for preparation flew by. According to their agreement, the princes each came to a yard at the outermost of the imperial city. Their troops that were transported into the city using various ways were ready to go. The moment the bell rang at midnight, everyone moved!
“Remember, the battle tonight will be tough, but not bloody. As we have agreed, as long as you are injured at a fatal point, you must immediately withdraw from the competition. If anyone violates this rule, I, as your leader, will be disqualified!” The First Prince made a final speech before the mobilization.
The other princes were telling their troops the same thing. Simply put, this would be an intense but friendly battle, which was even more difficult to fight than a deadly one!
“Go!”
With the commands from the princes, five armies set out from five different locations within the imperial city while four forces outside the city started to attack the four city gates. Unlike the Third Prince, the others still had many people waiting outside, and the city gate entrances were their first obstacle.
“Is everything arranged?! This is not our battlefield! Send troops into the city as soon as possible and aid His Royal Highness!” On the wall, all the captains of the garrison troops, who belonged to the Third Prince’s party, roared with their might.
Their soldiers quickly responded and all garrison troops evacuated from the city wall. This also allowed the troops attacking the gates to enter. However, a series of explosions suddenly shrouded the four gates in flames, unfatal as they had been adjusted, but all the soldiers caught in their scope wisely stopped. After all, if the garrison really wanted them dead, they would have been blown to pieces.
Meanwhile, even more soldiers who weren’t affected poured into the city in the planned directions.
However, the garrison had no intention to make their roads smooth. While evacuating, they did so not in the direction of the Third Prince, but all the other princes, planting all kinds of traps along the way and delaying the other troops. Not only so, they even exchanged blows with all other forces with only one purpose –
Stall!
As a result, the Third Prince gained the upper hand in the first round of confrontation and became the closest to the palace.
However, this development was within the expectations of many. When the Third Prince was halfway through, a group of mercenaries stopped his troops.
“Your Highness, you’d better not go forward, or it’ll be bad if your army tastes annihilation,” coldly said the leader of the mercenary group.
The Third Prince snorted in disdain. “I’m afraid you’ve never fought with official government troops before.”
With that, the Third Prince’s exclusive army instantly got into a formation, emitting an overwhelming aura that slowed down the circulation speed of the mercenaries’ origin energy. This was the ability of the Third Prince private army: Crushing Aura!
This ability not only affected the circulation speed of origin energy but also limited and weakened it. Moreover, the more the opponent was suppressed, the higher the morale of the army.
“Kill!”
A loud, piercing roar came from the private army as they charged forth. Meanwhile, the Third Prince resumed on his path as if the situation had nothing to do with him.
Reality proved that he was not being arrogant at all. Anyone who approached him was stopped and knocked down by his soldiers. When the Third Prince passed through the blockade area, the mercenaries had been dealt with to the last one.