77 The Clash (1/2)

Standing on the fortress walls, I watched as a swarm of monsters began invading the forest, the soldiers behind me that were on their positions looked nervous as this was the first battle they will face.

'5km...4.7km…' I began to watch as the monsters composed of many races such as demonic wolves, orcs, ogres, humanoid beasts and some demon looking ones.

I raised my left arm signaling the soldiers to prepare for a head-on collision to the walls and to focus on what I will say next.

”Soldiers… No, brothers, we might not share the same blood or race, we might not be of similar mindsets or religions, but today, I want you all to survive! I want to see you guys covered in the blood of your enemies and not your own!” I said this and hit my shield twice with the sword.

Clank! Clank! Clank! Every soldier began to hit their shields, creating a magnificent scene, the sun began to rise, and every soldier was able to see the monsters, this time they weren't worried but pumped up.

'1.2km… 500 meters… 200' I counted and finally shouted as loud as I can, ”Trigger the traps under the trees!”

A soldier pulled a giant rope under the fortress, a few soldiers joined him and pulled harder, outside of the walls, the trees began to position themselves in a defensive manner causing all of the wolves who were running at full speed to crash on it.

The other wolves were smart and jumped over the tree before rushing towards the walls and trying to claw their way to the top.

Eric stood next to me and shouted: ”Open the trap doors!”

The land beneath the walls suddenly swallowed several tens of the wolves before closing itself. I smiled as I watched Eric command. I raised my voice once again ”Release the ropes!”.

The soldiers pulling the ropes down released it, the trees began to roll downhill. Hundreds of monsters began to die, but it seems like this is but a small amount of them. Suddenly a loud shout was heard behind the monsters as an ogre came in rushing towards the walls and jumped above it before landing on my sword.

Slash! Cut in half before being thrown towards the warehouse, looking at the enemy I smiled, ”Everyone! Switch to your bows and prepare to shoot!”

Everyone followed commands and switched to their bows adding the arrow and pulling very hard. I watched as the monsters were attacking the walls, I still didn't allow them to fire, I was waiting for the right moment as I watched the ogres carry the orcs before throwing them.

”Fire!” I shouted with full force, and arrows began to pierce the orcs flying with a great force, ”group 10 to 14 prepare to engage the enemies in melee combat!” I shouted as I commanded four groups to switchgear.

Orcs that haven't been shot began to land on the walls, ground and some even crashed into the wall before falling over their comrades and killing them in the process.

Swish! Ting! Clack! The soldiers were fighting hard as the ones with the bows began to add another arrow to their strings and pull them back before shooting.

Eric and I watched silently as the soldiers battled, ”Brother Eric, command the battlefield, I will be fighting the enemy alone… I order you not to die, am I understood?” I said while clenching on the sword and shield.

”Sir… Yes, sir!” Eric said as he went towards the captains who were commanding their troops before he began to supervise them.

Standing on the edge of the walls, I looked at the enemies that were crashing on the walls over and over again.

”Release the spikes!” I shouted before jumping at the enemies 40 meters away from the wall. Spikes began to appear over all of the walls surrounding the fortress.

I landed on a demon with a few horns on his head, letting the shield taking all of the impacts, I stabilized myself and slashed the demon head. Walking with a fast pace, I cut whatever attacked me and blocked an attack coming from the enemy without getting hit once.

”You are dead,” I said as a murderous intent filled me, my entire body transformed and everything that attacked by me got either slashed by my sword or destroyed by my arms that were long enough.

Tink! Blocking a few attacks, I used the edge of the shield to slash with, and the armor surrounding me began to change into a tattered set.

I slowly looked at everything around me while fighting and saw the ogres all gathered together, I began to rush to them downhill, throwing the shield on the ground, I jumped on it before sliding downwards while slashing anything the came towards me.

The wind blew and the blood on my body covered every inch of it, time began to slow as I was sliding and I started to see the green and red lines.