Chapter 201 - Farmer's Bacon

King Zar was not a fan with the War General's wordplay or requirements either. The entire letter is based on the Alliance's self feeding ego, while at the same time this Army plays as the victim. This sort of nonsense is nothing less but a nerve wrecker to read, covered with a massive amount of delusion too. They really think that they are the Heros here. "How many Soldiers could this War General be actually leading to attain such a level of over confidence?" Thought King Zar to himself and afterwards expressed something different by word. "He must be thinking of us as weak and unprepared."

"What does the message say?" Approached Mogranius, trying to take a peek at it. But only saw it being ripped in two pieces and being thrown from the wall and to the mud, it was a short answer to what King Zar thinks about these Commands.

King Zar didn't become too descriptive about it, but he did explain the main point. "They want my Head."

Everyone was partially shocked by such a requirement coming practically from King Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll. After all, he was the one who sent this Army to tame the Revolution. Sure King Zar isn't getting along with his father, but to order for his son to get killed just for a piece of land, or at this point ego games? That's low and keeps reminding these people why they hate the Grand King.

"What do you recommend us to do, King Zar?" Asked King Michael, not that he was feeling self conscious about his abilities, but quite the opposite. He got bored of waiting and wanted to start this battle. He didn't use his powers against an enemy for quite a while, last time was when he torched those R.a.p.ers/Cannibals, tough crowd I'm aware.

Although the spawn of the most impatient person on Earth, King Zar chose to be patient for this case. Not because he is afraid, but because he feels like it is for the best at the moment. "We should stall them until at least one Platoon arrives, if the opposing Army made it this far even after the huge loss of supplies they faced, they can't be underestimated." 

"Indeed you are right, we can wait." Tried King Michael to explain his choices and different War tactics. "But I have an idea which might cause a bit of a War Crime, but it might just turn the tide." 

"We are the Kingdom under attack, what possible War Crime could we commit?" King Zar has a point, but sometimes he forgets about the fact that Michael is 312 years old, with more experience in many aspects. As for King Zar, he became 28 after the new year. On the 8th January to be more exact, he still can be considered young.

"Disorientate them of course!" Smirked King Michael in a bit of confidence and dared to point out an obvious fact. "We can't do much against them after they break through the Main Gate, the battle would practically be over."

Thinking about such a fate, King Zar let out a loud stress fueled sigh. Answering, "You are right!" And rubbed his temples after in hopes of relieving the developing headache right on his forehead. "But how can we disorientate them?"

"Air attack." He answered calmly as he stared deeper towards those hills and the messenger too, trying to be quiet enough to not reveal this sensitive information to their enemy. "They are at least a Kilometer away, we can cause quite some damage until they arrive here. We have them at the position to attack before the battle even starts." 

Odd to hear a suggestion of War Crime from such a wise man, but who would have a better idea here? Mogranius maybe but it would still be a form of attack. "That isn't exactly fair, but I need to protect my people."

"There are no rights and wrongs in War, they won't let anyone fare well if they win and they would sure commit a War Crime too if they had the option, they have been doing so for 100 years and another 100 after the War too." Added Eric in order to help King Zar feel less guilty about an idea King Michael didn't even reveal yet. "I killed hundreds of Guards in Crutal Kingdom because they threatened my group, you have an entire Kingdom to consider."

Finally deciding, "It is up to you King Michael, I trust your capabilities." King Zar didn't find a reason to hold back anymore. With more damage dealt to the Army, they at least could have a bigger chance of success.

"Thank you. I advise an attack from behind, we can use the clouds as a camouflage." Cutting to the case already, that's a good way to speed up yet another situation where time isn't on their hands. While they talk here, the opposing Army could already arrive and deal their damage even though the messenger is here.

"What about the messenger? If he sees us flying towards the Army, he will run back to alarm them without wasting a moment." Addressed King Zar the issue of which most might have skipped, I did say most.

A blink after, they saw Mogranius appearing behind the Messenger. While the rest were talking about a plan, he went into action since King Zar was obviously not agreeing to the Army's requirements. Using smoke to grant him invisibility all the way there from the looks of it, but now he was quite visible and ready to spring into action. "Boo!" He shouted from behind and spooked the Horse more than he spooked the Soldier!

A moment after, the Soldier was on the ground. It appears that he wasn't holding on tight. "Stop Horsing around." Joked Mogranius as he faced the enemy. Well more like, the enemy had to raise his own head from the mud to face the "Fire Demon".

Without letting the enemy Soldier speak, he broke Fire from his hands and showed whose land this Soldier is trying to invade. Clapping his hands, and lifting them up to his right shoulder first. He finished off the attack by bringing his hand to his left hip swiftly, unleashing a brutal cutting force of Fire from his hands which dealt damage one man couldn't withstand.

The attack split part of the enemy Soldier's head. To be more exact, the top part of his head (About 10% of it.) was cut narrowly before this slicing formation of Fire met his back too, cutting the man in half and pushing him about 3 meters away. As if that heavy armour was nothing but soft penetrable human skin.

The slice was so clean that even Blood took a couple of seconds to burst out before it spread all over the road, a disgusting sight to see because even his intestines spread across the road once he bounced away. Sparing everyone the trouble of looking at such a dismantled Corpse, he unleashed a 5 foot wide wildy spreading Fireball, burning the Soldier almost whole. But he had to unleash such a Fireball twice because the bottom half of the Victim's body was several meters further away.

The only thing remaining from this Corpse, was a bit of Armour here and there. The Iron boots were the most in tact. As for the Horse which appeared like a "he" made a dash for it right away. I suppose he got spooked by the sound of raging and at some point, explosive Fire. Fair to say he didn't even get injured physically!

The Horse is a valuable Animal, especially for transportation purposes. If only King Zar knew that 100 Horses can be to their disposal, it would solve most issues and he would still have a few Horses to sell. He can even spread them to Gaster Kingdom or Bale Town as a thank you for their contribution in this Battle. To their luck, most Guards tend to attack the Soldier himself instead of attacking an animal. Even after considering the Fire Controllers, only a few Horses might die or get injured. 

That's not a case to worry right now, the Horses won't make it far and would eventually be tamed after battle, if Pameres Kingdom wins that is. "Dash towards the sky!" Yelled King Michael as he passed 15 meters over his head, this plan is already in motion.

After Mogranius took off, the two other Ignites flew higher towards the sky. Reaching the clouds could be time consuming since they can be at least over three Kilometers high, which means that they would need to go at full speed in order to appear behind them before it is too late. A bit too risky Stamina-wise, but they don't exactly need to be in the clouds in order to become invisible to the n.a.k.e.d eye. After they are a couple Kilometers above the ground, one Ignite can only appear as a dot on the sky, nothing people would be able to notice without the utmost voluntary focus.

While high in the sky, Eric took a look around and managed to spot what this entire Kingdom has been waiting for, the Unit from Gaster Kingdom. Now at least the chances of success are a bit larger. "I think I see my father's Platoon!" Yelled Eric in mid air, trying to notify the two Ignites about this wonderful information. It became rather hard to do so because they are all flying as fast as they can, wind blew against their ears making them almost deaf towards a conversation.

"You see a Farmer's Bacon?" Answered Mogranius, trying to be reassured of what he heard. I mean, who wouldn't ask twice if they heard it like that.

"Oh nevermind!" The Guards will report it to King Zar anyway and do proper arrangements, all they need to do right now is focus on their new plan.