Chapter 692 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 84 – Commander-General Ash Farran

The scale of this conflict was unprecedented Even the likes of titans like Cloudhawk and the Cloud God were limited in how much they could affect Victory or defeat would not rest upon the le person, or even a handful

Both sides ary Anxiously they held their breath

Wolfblade's forces tentatively lashed out at his command Two hundred airshi+ps and several thousand mounted troops met the Elysians in the center of no-man's land Their clash occurred ten thousandthe Elysian front line to bow But Wolfblade was cautious, he didn't want to break through into the city and find himself surrounded

The Elysian commander also practiced restraint He was undeterred by the wasteland's show of force and deftly commanded his troops and airshi+ps He refined his orders on the spot, based on the Green Alliance's ambit

Both leaders displayed an adroit talent for strategy It wasn't so shi+p of Skycloud's areddark hair danced with the breeze He stood nailed to the bridge like an iron tower, both hands wrapped around a dark spear A fan of swords were strapped to his back like the tail of a peacock Around hi communications This was the heart of the city's defense

Ash Farran was the greatest warrior in all of Praelius His bearing was no less i than the late Skye Polaris The Avatar had named him Commander-General of the realm's shi+ps and armies

Ash's story idely known back where he caends, a reputation earned through origin and exploits He was born to an aristocratic family of mediocre rank but was not afforded the benefits of his station – for he was an illegiti the coes of his birth Not even aallowance When he was six years old he passed the entrance exae student coraraduation exaed warrior at the age of seventeen He had earned a name for himself by then, but refused when his family called for his service He also turned down positions with the army and other noble houses Instead, he set off on his own into the wastelands with nothing but his sword Five years later he returned, strong enough to be counted a the realm's best Finally he accepted an offer froh the ranks

By the age of twenty five he was the realest ever General At thirty-two, he broke the record again by being named Commander-General

He was now fifty years old and for all that time had reinnings utilizing only his talent and will, Ash had risen to beco his people

With a story like that it was obvious Ash was no ordinary foe His willpower and judgsten steel Decades of on of command He was in his elen

Ten thousand airshi+ps A ering display of force would not be easily thwarted!

Ash was the sort of cooal here was not to defeat the enemy, or even protect the city His mission was to bide time The Avatar had taken her other lieutenants with her into the Temple as protectors A battle of this scale was more than her Eyes of Time could pierce What's more, the Cloud God was now on the side of the enemy Best she did not involve herself directly

In the air above, enore as small cities and the air screamed in protest as they barreled toward Skycloud Without a doubt this was the terrible power of Cloudhawk at play, deadly and frightening to behold

But Ash had been prepared Cloudhawk had to summon his meteors at least ten thousand e potential, several tens of thousands of meters was better