14 The Start of The D Day (2/2)
”Ahh there you are, you must be Edward.” An old man who seems to be in his mid forties, is walking towards Ares with his greetings as the chief of Caracus village.
”You must be honorable Mr.Nero, the chief of Caracus. Pardon me, I'm Edward, acting leader of Mindoro army. We're here to lend you a hand” Edward (age - 32), a guard and a medic with a sword on his waist introduces himself to the chief of Caracus.
”I'm really happy that your village had decided to help us on this matter, even though we have done many awful things to your village in the past. We realized how stupid we are after having a taste of our own medicine. We don't even have any creative leaders like you all do in your village to rebuild our houses, from the terrible shape they are in right now” Nero (age - 47) asked for forgiveness while kneeling down and bowing his head on the ground in front of all the villagers of Mindoro with a very sad smile on his face.
After witnessing how it feels to be plundered, looted and slaughtered by others. The old chief now, knows how it feels to lose everything. Hence they reached out to Mindoro for their aid, betting all of their lives on this battle that they didn't choose to fight.
”Please chief Nero, don't embarrass us anymore. We both have experienced the loss and pain of having everything taken away. Also we are hoping to find a little benefit for our village in this aid. That is, strengthening the bonds between our villages and holding the enemies here, so they don't come to Mindoro next to raise hell.” Edward speaks.
”Thank you for forgiving me, now let me introduce you people to my army and we can have a plan on how to win this war. The sun will be coming out any moment now and we can expect the enemy.” Nero says to Edward.
Nero introduces General Gideon to Edward and his army. Gideon evaluated Edward's army strengths and weaknesses, and started assigning them to their positions and squads.
Caracus had a massive amount of 500 soldiers on their sides already, from which 200 will be on the front lines with barricade walls and heavy shields that can defend against heavy fire. Following them will be 50 guards with spears from Mindoro and 100 guards and raiders from Caracus with swords and hammers and axes. Behind them are the archers and mid range fighters. And the rear will be protected by 150 soldiers consisting of again Guards from Caracus and medics from Mindoro and on a completely different unit are 100 soldiers along with the supporters and communicators of Mindoro, will be concealing themselves behind the hills to ambush if the opportunity is created. And the four soldiers along with the general of Caracus will be leading this massive army standing in between the barricades.
”Ah by the way, It don't seem like there is someone from Sable village here, did they not come?” Edward asks with surprise.
”Yeah right, they said they would rather try to flee the island if they were attacked, but said they won't be standing along with us in a fight. It is expected since we have been attacking their village from a long time.” General Gideon spoke without a hint of remorse.
”But I'm not ashamed of what we have done. Our village suffered harsh climatic conditions and droughts. Our ancestors were kicked out and thrown rocks at by both of your villages when asked for some roof and food after the great calamity.
They even had to feed the dead to their kids to keep them alive. It was what shaped us into war freaks. We didn't want to suffer anymore, which means we have to take from you guys. We did what we had to. Now I look forward to work with you guys to protect my people.” Gideon said compassionately and was determined to do anything for the sake of his village.
And Edward doesn't even know what to say at this moment to Gideon and was left in a shock. He cannot completely agree to what Gideon said as it is the ancestors of Mindoro that treated the people of Caracus like animals. Whereas Mindoro now, is a changed village which always gave help to anyone in need.
The war siren has been given by Caracus as a message to the warriors to standby in their respective positions.
All the soldiers started taking their positions. The rear guards and medics equipped with basic armor and weapons. The archers have been given the finest of bows made by the best Craftsmen of Caracus village and the four soldiers along with Edward and General Gideon had taken cover inside barricades waiting for the enemy to show up as the first rays of sun hit the shields of the warriors near the sea-shore.