Chapter 197 - Single File Line!

Night fell upon Ignis, the Army has set Camp around 20 Kilometers away from Silver Kingdom after a hard day's work of travelling. Considering that Army didn't camp in front of the Kingdom's walls the same day when the group noticed them passing by, the Gang figured that this Army has camped on the opposite side of where the Horse Stable is at, last night. Otherwise why would they Camp so far away from Silver Kingdom, and start marching away from it so early in the morning?

The point is, this makes their plan a lot easier. The Wagons filled with Wheat Grain are 20 Kilometers away and the empty ones are already in Green Kingdom trying to form some kind of deal there to return with enough to hopefully go home after this, they are sick of the road and aren't nearly motivated to go all the way to Dragon's Flame Kingdom. As for Silver Kingdom, Aatë managed to fill the three planned Wagons with the aid of some connections. The best part is, 2,700 Gold Coins remained for Bargaining even after filling six Wagons. They didn't even tap in to the extra coins saved for food yet.

Putting those statistics behind, it is time to get to the mission. It took them a while to locate the Army while trying to keep a low status, Eric had to fly high up in the air at midday first, at that time, the Army appeared near because they were only 8-10 Kilometers away. They didn't travel too far under 3-4 hours, it was clear to notice. Their morale is likely very low.

That was just a confirmation that the Army is moving forwards, so they can assure that they won't turn around and take their rage out on the Wagons, once Eric and Mogranius cause Havoc at night. In order to locate them easier once they were over 20 Kilometers away, Eric had to fly as high as he could. Torches lit in midnight along with Campfires all set up in a bundle, helped define their location.

However, the two Fire Ignites had to walk for 5 Kilometers in order to completely avoid detection. Mogranius' minimal Paranormal Vision helped avoid a lot of WildBoars throughout this partially over an hour long journey. It proved a bit difficult because they(The WildBoars.) are Nocturnal and there are more of them in Ignis than people.

As taught, Eric will hide in the Forest about 100 meters away from the Camp. It will cover him completely and if he gets attacked by an Animal he can simply fly away and hope to not be spotted. Most Soldiers will be asleep at this time so it will prove easier.

Now it is time for Mogranius to get into action, but with no Fire around he had to sneak in completely visible until he reaches a Radius where he can drag Smoke from a Camp Fire towards him. To aid his camouflage, he was luckily dressed in Black clothing. His choice of basic fashion proved in quite handy. If the Snow didn't melt a few days ago, his Clothing would make him an eye catching target and it would end up really badly.

Of course he can't just casually walk near the Camp and cross his fingers in hopes of not getting caught. His first thought is to crawl closer and closer to the Camp and then use the tents to tip tap his way from one position to the other until he reaches a reasonable amount of constant Smoke, so he can become invisible.

That included most of his sneaking plan, at least it was until he figured out how dumb these Soldiers really are. Get this, they placed all the Wagons in one single file line on one side of the Road. Not even bothering to surround the valuable Wagons with tents or even Guard them for that matter!

So he swiftly crawled underneath the Wagons without wasting a moment. He was quick to find out that these Platoons required a lot of food to make up for their journey. For one way at least, as for the way back it was likely assumed that they will conquer Pameres Kingdom and use it to supply their needs while they stay there and while they get back to Crutal Kingdom as well.

The Wagons are an easy target indeed, but there were still 60 of them! Of course, that was just Mogranius' estimation. There could be more or there could be less, it will be hard to set all of them in Fire without catching a lot of attention and possibly being caught too. The Army sure used Many Wagons of food until now, they can't leave valuable Wagons behind so they sure kept the empty ones too.

The point is, it will be hard to know which ones are filled with food and which ones aren't. So he will have to set all of them on Fire. A troublesome and tiring task indeed since he can't just blast a massive amount of Fire against each and every one of them without getting shot down by a Spear or Arrow. He has to light a hard to notice bit of Fire underneath each Wagon, penetrate the wood Foundation without being crushed by the Wagon's weight and let it slowly burn from the Inside.

Until the Wagon is noticeably on Fire, he would already move to the second third and even fourth one. Everyone will just be too busy putting down Fires instead of noticing him, or at least it should go that way. It will be interesting to see the Soldiers put down a Fire with water resources limited. They can't throw their entire water supply in one Wagon for example and there is no noticeable creek nearby either.

He reached the fifth Wagon, set it on Fire and heard a few Guards yelling for assistance. "The Wagon is on Fire! Move move move!" If only they knew of the upcoming danger. A few more Wagons lighting on Fire will be their least concern soon enough.

He continued with his work as fast as he could, hoping to not get noticed along the way. Everything seemed to be going well, for him at least. Until a Soldier took a peek under the Wagon Mogranius was under. Somehow he managed to notice Mogranius either from a few meters away or he could be a smart lad between these idiots who decided to scout the Area for enemies. "We have a Fire Demon here!" The Guard alarmed and got a lot of attention, from several Guards to be more exact. Who individually alerted several other Guards.

First things first, he dealt with the smarter blabbermouth. The Soldier who revealed his location, found himself without feet a moment after. Mogranius was able to cause such a slicing effect because he was literally laid to the ground collecting mud, he was in a position to attack ankles only.

Afterwards to cut the Soldier's scream for help, short. He blasted Fire once more and turned half of the Soldier's upper body into nothing ashes. It wasn't a delightful sight to see, especially after blood started coming out from what was left of the Soldier. The other Soldiers who approached, watched in Fear and quickly took a step back. Some who have sensitive stomachs, puked out their evening lunch.

Mogranius crawled out using the other darker side of the Wagons to his advantage. Specifically, the right side. Seeing only one option possible since his cover is blown, he nailed his feet comfortably against the ground, did a half sumo squat and shot three Fireballs towards the Wagons as fast as the eye could blink twice.

One Fireball just scratched the sides but managed to reach 5 Wagons in a row before it disappeared in mid air. It didn't cause much damage since he started it off with his left hand who was nearly two feet further from the Wagons compared with the right one, the Fireball slipped without causing the desired impact. 

The second Fireball shot from his right hand, was a bit smaller in width but it managed to hit half of the front portion of a closeby Wagon. It tipped the Wagon over after making it slide for a few feet, accidentally victimizing a Guard who tried to go around the Wagon in order to find the attacker. Lucky for that Soldier, his death was quick and easy.

The third shot Fireball reached further portions of the Wagon Line, but only hitting around 7 of them on the sides. Feeling that so many people were alarmed by this situation already thanks to the numerous blood curdling screams, he decided to finally become Airborne. He can't spare staying down here vulnerably for another second.

He took off about 15 feet from the ground and started flying directly towards the Wagons already set in flames. While flying horizontally, he broke randomly spreading Fire from both of his palms and started stretching it over the rest of the Wagons, thinking. "I should of done this since the beginning it is a lot easier." Seeing that the rest of the Soldiers are nowhere close to catching him, he continued to burn the entire line of Wagons. Now even if they don't manage to kill even one person with the upcoming attack, they will have a fair chance of Victory at the final battle in front of Pameres Kingdom. The Army's supply is entirely gone.

He flew upwards the sky, this was a Signal for Eric to join the battle and spread the true Havoc. Mogranius waited for him just a little bit, feeling anxious about the fact that he can't afford to be up here forever. He can be shot down since he isn't too far from the ground and a glowing target isn't too difficult to hit.

Seeing that Eric got closer, he flew higher towards the sky. There at least they can exchange a couple of words mid air before they fly into action. "Change of plans, Shoot around the Wagons as much as you can. As for where are campfires, shoot as if you were playing a game based on luck."

Eric didn't even speak, he nodded his head down and started flying closer to the ground a moment after. He started shooting the Soldiers who were standing around the newly set Fires, Soldiers of which were yelling in panic since they literally have no water to put this Fire out. 

At this case, these Soldiers are just easy targets. He will have to shoot as many Fireballs as possible per second while flying over them. Luckily there are two Fire Controllers which can equal to a larger kill count when the individual results are put together.

The first Fireball Eric unleashed, hit around 6 people and exploded in size once it met with the ground, victimizing around 5 more people after. The second split through a couple of heads and hit the third Soldier on the chest, knocking him against the ground with an inevitable fate of death. The third, fourth, fifth and seventh hit several Guards per individual shot, causing mass damage to any target before he completely passed the Wagons.

Mogranius was following after and was tryig to hit anyone that Eric missed, and followed to shoot around the Camp grounds. The targets here are a lot more difficult to hit, its darker with Campfires here and there providing the only bit of light. So they had to hit tents instead and hope for success, nothing like getting burned alive while asleep.

"War General, the Wagons are all destroyed by a Fire Demon! I recommend we go back to Silver Kingdom and resupply." Approached a Guard Commander who seemed to have run out of breath on his way here. "Tens of Soldiers were also burned alive, we are counting the bodies now. We would dig a few Graves but our Tools are burned too!"

"This situation is foul indeed, but we can't turn back. Pameres Kingdom is four moons away, we shall hunt for our food. As for the injured who survived, have a few men deliver them to Silver Kingdom for further aid." Expressed the War General but he also had another thought in mind which he didn't put by word for a simple Guard Commander to understand. "This will be a great opportunity to form unity between these Soldiers."