Chapter 208 - The Sacrifices of War!

Following the Command, the Archers shot right away even though King Zar isn't the one who shouted the order. They didn't hesitate to execute the task nor did they plan on disagreeing, King Michael is the man who was ready to face death for the sake of protecting this Kingdom and the two domains it is supporting, his word isn't to be taken as a joke and King Zar for sure didn't prove troublesome, he even liked the idea.

Although such an attack can cause a lot of damage, the enemy Army isn't completely dumb nor frozen in fear to the point of being target practice.

A new wave of arrows reached for the sky and then towards their targets. Although the first round caused an uncertain number of deaths, this time the story is different. 15 men are dead due to the arrow attack, they were either shot on the face, neck or faced a head penetration. Unfortunately, the victims weren't anyone from the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance. Pameres Kingdom's Platoons are the Victims! That's the sacrifice of war after all, you can't always win or escape without losses.

But the battle goes on, King Michael did notice those men being killed already that's why he yelled an order once again. "Don't cease Fire, keep shooting at the same direction! If you are certain that you spot an Archer, try your best to shoot him down!"

Afterwards with the little power he had, King Michael walked his way towards King Zar and tried to pull him back towards the other edge of the wall. "You shouldn't be here, exposed to arrows. The Kingdom needs their King to be alive after we win this Battle!"

Convinced partially about Victory but mostly trying to make King Michael sit, King Zar didn't hesitate too much and aided him to walk. "You really think we have a chance of victory? These are a lot more than 300 Soldiers, or at least where."

Drowsy enough to not notice that fact so far, King Michael at least had a valuable explanation. "I think Eric miscalculated the size of the Army, they were a lot more than 600!" Trying hard to take a peek at the battle field behind King Zar, he added with as much seriousness as a deadly tired man can have. "If we are lucky enough, this should be the entire Army. Pray to the Source of Fire or whatever you believe in that there isn't a second round of Soldiers."

While on the battlefield, the enemy Soldiers have broken a huge close combat battle against Woldemir's Platoon, for a moment it seemed like most of the Army is charging at them. The waves of Soldiers did not stop coming! Kill one, another appeared! Kill 10 more, 15 more rushed into battle! A huge hassle. Possibly because the four most powerful men of this Platoon attracted a lot of Soldiers, seeing this small group as the strongest they chose to execute them first.

Close combat is proven deadly and on this day it was proven once more, half of Woldemirs Platoon is gone! Dead! Nothing can undo life loss! As much as it pains me, they didn't make it. As for the Calidum Lutum and Woldemir, they were still deep in battle slashing and smashing against as many enemies as humanly possible.

Losing nearly 100 men so far might sound bad enough, it is over ⅓ of the current available Guards! But the kill spree didn't stop there! Arrows flew once more towards the sky and the enemy Archers had no intent of hitting the ground, they were targeting the Archers on the walls who proved more than troublesome to this ill.u.s.trarian Army.

An Arrow broke near King Michael's feet and a Guard fell after it too! It was clear that he was shot in the head with a penetration of at least 3 inches deep, apparently it was enough to kill the man! They can't do anything to help this Guard with foul luck.

It was a disturbing scene without thinking twice, after this day King Michael became quite used of slaughter. An arrow on a man's head was nothing but a mildly disturbing scene, but it hurt more since this Guard died trying to protect his own Kingdom. He wasn't the only one, 10 more Guards were shot dead and 5 others were injured, 3 of which have fatal injuries.

"Shit!" Whispered King Michael and took a more analyzed glance around to see if Eric is shot or at least still Alive, this shower of arrows ended up as very impactful and they don't seem to stop with one round. "We need to get you down from here. It isn't safe!" Urged King Michael, trying to drag King Zar off of these walls but he is just as powerful as a newborn Deer at this very moment, he can't walk properly. So he almost fell down from the wall!

"Forget me, we need to get you down from here. We can't loose a Grand Master!" Little did they know, while King Zar was accompanying King Michael down the Stone Stairs, some Guards from the two Pameres Kingdom Platoons already sneaked their way around the battling men and caught the Archers off Guard.

The enemy Archers used to be around a Hundred when they reached the Kingdom but now their numbers dropped around 60! That's still a large number compared to the 10 Guards who managed to sneak around them and slay 10 of them before the rest noticed.

Once the rest of the Archers acknowledged that these slick enemies are close, 2 Guards from Pameres Kingdom ended up with several Arrows from their head to their chest and even as low as their knees while the remaining Guards took the opportunity to strike while the Archers were reloading.

5 more Archers were slayed before 3 more Guards were shot dead! These Guards are working against all odds and are partially succeeding, even if their success led to their own death. They gladly sacrificed themselves for Pameres Kingdom, died in battle with glory and pride knowing and feeling it with their heart that they fought for the right Domain.

On the other side of the Archers, the strongest Calidum Lutum started slicing through once he noticed how much of an impact these Archers are causing in this battle. Fighting an enemy through close combat is hard enough, but having to deal with unpredictable arrows too? It's a big hassle.

The remaining Archers shot one last time against the wall, and now since their numbers are lower, they only managed to kill around 4 Archers on the wall while 5 others were just lightly injured, not enough to stop fighting though.

It is fair to say that all of the Guards that stand with Pameres Kingdom, don't have to worry about arrows anymore throughout this battle, their odds of winning are still slim though. The 10 foot tall Calidum Lutum killed each and every Archer even though his torso was covered with one inch deep arrows! There has to be at least 20 arrows on him! How much can one man take before collapsing out of pain?! We get that he has rough skin but, isn't this overdone? Good enough, out of 10 from those Guards who managed to attack the Archers, ended up with only 2 more remained. Obviously the lost lives will be missed, but there is no time to feel sad now.

The strongest Calidum Lutum was sure under a lot of pain but he showed no sign of stopping, no sign of victims but quantities can prove dangerous. Once he killed all of the Archers, he continued to attack the Swordsmen from blindspots, commonly hitting two men at once. And with every successful swing, he swiftly pulled an arrow out of his body since the arrow tails slowed down his swings.

Every hero however can meet a foul end, he was a bit cloudy minded to the point of not paying attention to his surroundings. While he was slaughtering some men from the side, more men surrounded him from all sides and struck many blind blows. Primarily hitting behind the knees until they managed to completely cut through! They cut his leg off!

Howling in pain, the 10 foot tall Guard fell to the ground and received his fate. Tens of swings were already thrown against him once he hit the ground, he faced a horrible painful death but he died as nothing less but a Battle Hero. Such a kill however, raised the ego of these foul ill.u.s.tratios, they will boast about killing such a beast if they make it out of here alive.

Woldemir's Platoon lost 50 Guards so far and their losses wouldn't stop there, Pameres Kingdom's Platoons lost 100 men on the battlefield and 15 more Archers were killed on the walls. This only points out one thing, there are around 80 men left and nearly half of them were on the walls!

As for the ill.u.s.tratian Army, there are nearly 200 of them still alive! At this rate, Pameres Kingdom has a slight chance of victory but all the Guards will die unless they retreat in the Kingdom, we don't see that happening.

Out of a sudden, it seems like their fate changed! Louder screams were heard from the back of the Army as if a Source Bear attacked from behind and was chewing through its Victim!