356 THE DEATH OF A KING

Everyone could see it even though they were a long distance away

That fist strike dissipated with one slash. 

Aero frowned a bit as he mutters

'A bit rebellious, huh' he said to the sword that is trembling on his hand.

The forces of Heaven could still be used though Aero does feel resistance from it, no doubt that it comes because of Aero transformation to a demon. 

Right now, Aero golden armor is red in color, his long hair is wildly swaying left and right. 

His eyes are as red as blood and each of his attack seems to possess killing intent that made anyone around him feel constricted and could easily fall to confusion and madness.

As he jumps upwards to the sky and cut the fist strike, he truly looks like a demon defying the sky. 

Aero title Demon of the Battlefield also felt stronger after that killing he had done.

And because he had uses that Slashing through life and Death skill, his killing intent has thinned considerably. 

But that did not mean it is not there anymore. Aero did not use up all of his Killing Intent. At that last moment, he held some of them back.

If he had only give it a little bit more, then Alexander would have been dead. But Aero did not care. If one slash is not enough, he could use the strike for the second time.

He is confident in his ability to kill Alexander before he could return to his castle or wait on more reinforcement.

Because he is also thinking about the aftermath of the battle. Aero had a bigger plan than just killing Alexander.

Alexander is just the beginning of that plan, a simple chess piece that is no longer needed. A chess piece that no longer have any value to the game

Alexander had managed to cross the river and is on the other side. At the same time, Antonius unit on the other side manages to pierce through Kyle mages unit.

And he is rushing with his men to reinforce the king. 

'Protect the king!' he shouted, bloodied all over while he is pushing his horse to go to the direction of King Alexander

'That is suicide' Kyle thought to himself 

If Antonius went to the river with the current of the river right now, he is leading his men to his death. 

At the same time all kind of volley of arrows riddles the area around Antonius battlefield

Many more men fall down form the horses. All around it is a scene of chaos. There is no longer any formation to speak off. 

At this time, it devolves simply to killing the enemy that is in front of them. Sword clash with sword, magic clash with magic

And Aero is still chasing Alexander. 

Alexander right have reached the other side of the river but it would not be easy for him to escape Aero chase. 

He turns into a blur as his sword thrusted forward. A powerful force once again was forced out from his sword 

The entire land around him cracked and exploded, thunders and lightning cracked above his head, as the skies turns incredibly dark. 

This is frustration and now this frustration is turning into a killing intent that is palpable and solid.

Alexander dodges the attack and Aero become even more angry. He jumps and dashed forward in the air, appearing like he is flying. 

Aero right now knows that his emotion is affected by the killing intent. In normal battle, he would never be angry simply because he missed a strike. But anger have its uses. Aero knows this and as such, he allowed the killing intent to affect his emotion.

He could feel power coursing through his every veins. The angrier he is, the powerful he become

He swung his sword down and sword light flew down toward Alexander, like a bolt of lightning that come down from the Heaven. 

It hit Alexander knees, blood spurted out from the terrible deep gash mark and a scream sounded.

Alexander scream, gritted his teeth and continue running with his other feet. Aero eyes become even colder.

'Die!' Aero said and as he swung down his sword down again from the air, Antonius who could see this scene from afar could not help but shouted

'NO!'

And with one slash, the King of Veranis, Alexander Veran was cut down in the Plain of Ethylred.

Everything felt like it was slowed down. 

That is how it feel like for most people in the frontline that saw Aero slashing his sword down toward Alexander.

But the sword connected and with Aero tracks of battle, whenever that sword landed, one would surely die

The sword light appeared and shot down toward Alexander. 

He screams and then when the sword light hit him, like a butter being cut with hot knife, the sword light cut him cleanly, splitting him into two.

And there was silence, before the sound of blood spurting out from his cleanly cut veins could be heard, splashing about like a cow that is being drained of its blood.

He defecated in fear and one could see the feces that is pouring out from his intestine and then his left part of the body was flung to the left side and his right side of the body was flung to the right side.

The sight was very gruesome and terrifying

There was silence in the battlefield for a few second. No one knows how to react. Antonius was pale in the face and Aero landed on the ground.

The wind blows and the sound of explosion had also stopped. With his long hair swaying wildly left and right and his red eyes, Aero look nothing like an elegant scholar.

Yet, there is this elegance about him. 

Even though he had the appearance of a demon, with that Heaven Sword on his hand, he looks like more like a lone swordsman than he is a general of an army.

In this battle, Veranis had lots a lot of men. They not only lost soldiers they also lost their generals. Prikrios, Pericles to name a few generals that have fallen since the battle began

And now, with the death of King Alexander, the war could be said have been won by Vanheim. Of course right now, the Veranis soldiers in the back is still not aware that their king is dead

Antonius was pale looking at this scene and all the memories that he had shared with the king bursted out in his mind.

He roars and his face is flushed red with anger and hatred, losing all sense of logic anymore and he shouted

'Avenge our King!' Then he was the first to ride his horse toward Aero. He did not know what impact that word that he had uttered would do to the other soldiers of Veranis

Aero looking at Antonius on the other side of the river, riding through the shallow part of the river 

And he is smiling. 

'Does he not know what he had shouted will affect his army?' he thought to himself but then he understood, Antonius must be close friend of Alexander and as such, seeing his friend being split into two would surely rob him of some awareness of his surrounding

Aero only scoffed.

'This would make it easier for Kyle and Quentin at the back' he thought to himself. Now, is not the time for him to worry about what Kyle and Quentin is doing on the other side of the battlefield. 

Almost all of the soldier sunder Antonius is crossing that river to kill him.

But Aero is still calm. Now, that he had killed Alexander he regained back his emotions.

Aero himself had expected this kind of reaction from Alexander soldiers. 

The difference between the military of Vanheim and Veranis is that Vanheim discourage to much glory to the generals.

This is the measure he had taken after he became Chancellor. 

the military is still one of the factions that have the most funding above all the other departments but he himself discourage to much hero worship in the military circle

Of course that didn't stop them. After all, who would not want to serve under a victorious general? It beats serving under a defeated general

Aero measures are not harsh or strict. It is not like he outlawed hero worship, he just discouraged it.

To not give acknowledgement to the heroes fighting for them would disheartened those generals, but giving them too much credit would then inflate their sense of self

He fears that there would be a talented general who have the heart of a wolves that would be able to persuade people to rebel, if hero worship is to be normalized.

But while Vanheim discourage it, Alexander promoted it simply because he is the hero in question.

While Alexander greatest feat was during the Battle of Coro where eh relieved the Vanheim forces from being annihilated, he also had pacified many rebellions all around Greater Veranis. 

After all, even though he had conquered the lands that make up Greater Veranis there is still a lot of elements that could have dissolve the new kingdom.

Phillip when he is alive had always entrusted the military matters to Alexander and as such with each victory that he had under his belt, this image of him as an undefeated general had formed in the minds of his soldiers.

They would die for him. 

It is unlucky that he had met Aero and met his doom today. 

Alexander might have chosen a different tactic if he had known that Aero was among the person present in the Plains. 

At least he would have not been as confident as he is today and might have chosen a different plan altogether.

As such, Aero had expected that if he killed King Alexander today, the loyal soldiers that had worshipped Alexander would not just lay down their weapons and surrender. 

That is the reason he did not unleash all of the Killing Intent with his Slashing Through Life and Death before.

But even though he knew that he might be surrounded by a mob of loyal soldiers, all wanting him to die, and increase the risk on himself, he still has to kill King Alexander 

After all, his next plan would not work if Alexander lives.

Because Aero plans in returning lies heavily in King alexander dying in battle. 

Aero right now has set himself up once again as the undefeated general of Vanheim, the divine strategist that hold back the western kingdoms and also the savior of the Empire…once again

All of this achievement means nothing, if he could not sole one problem which is the accusation that was levied upon him one and half years ago. 

Aero right now is thinking of all of this while looking at the terrible corpse of King Alexander.

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