When Nobunaga arrived at the battlefield, he was welcomed with bad news. It seems despite his efforts, the scale of the battle is still unfavourable for Nagoya. His top warriors, including Yoshinari and Shibata, are struggling.

Just then, he noticed that his uncle Nobutomo has started retreating. It was obvious to Nobunaga that the others could not make it in time. If something were not done, Nobutomo would easily escape. That would lengthen the civil war and increase casualties of Dragnorians.

Just then, an anger overcame the young Warlord. Nobunaga could not forgive his uncle's actions. The pain that has brought upon Dragnor and its people. Without a second thought, Nobunaga shouted out to his troops.

"My comrades, Nobutomo has already realized his inevitable defeat. Now is our chance, we shall pursue him and end this cursed war!"

The soldiers, upon hearing Nobunaga's voice, regained their spirit. They raised their voice and shouted in unison. A signal that they were ready to pursue Nobutomo.

Without delay, Nobunaga and his troops started riding towards Nobutomo.

Other troops were too occupied with one another to notice Nobunaga's hundred over troops passing by them. Though a few Kiyosu troops did notice their presence, they were too occupied with the Nagoyans to pursue the Warlord. Such was part of Nobunaga's plan as well, to chase down and capture Nobutomo while Kiyosu troops were occupied.

As Nobunaga was riding towards his uncle's position, various Kiyosu soldiers tried to approach and kill the warlord. Luckily, other warriors, Nagoyans and freelancers, managed to stop the attackers in time.

After a while, Nobunaga managed to reach the rear of Nobutomo's personal army of 80, 40 warriors and 40 pokemon, and additional 100 Nagoyans, warrior and Majuu. As they were preparing to attack it, Nobunaga noticed Nobutomo's troops have turned around and prepared to face them.

Looks like the old fox have decided to kill me here. Nobunaga thought. He was slightly worried as Nobutomo's Majuu is very strong. Although his best friends, Dog, Bear, and Tigress, are going to fight by his side, he is still unsure whether they can fight against a fully evolved dragon.

Maybe I should have brought her along after all. Nobunaga thought. But he quickly killed the idea. The red gyarados was his trump card. He wasn't planning to use her until the right moment. After Nobutomo, there might still be enemies in Dragnor he needs to defeat. Gyarados was meant to a trump card reserved for the final battle.

"It's okay, Nobunaga. We are here with you."

Nobunaga looked towards the sound and saw Inuchiyo, Dog, smiling at him. Charmeleon, who was standing by his side, glared fiercely at Nobutomo's troops.

"That's right, you idiot. We are going to fight alongside you until the end."

Although he could not turn behind, Nobunaga knew that Suzume, Tigress, was right beside him. "Nya!" Luxio, who evolved a while back, also roared.

Hidemasa, Bear, smiled at Nobunaga and put his fist towards his chest. "We will fight together, Nobunaga!" Following his partner, Scyther put one of his claws at its chest.

Nobunaga felt better after receiving his friends' cheering. "My comrades, charge!" He shouted to his troops.

As he started riding towards Nobutomo's troops, his own troops also followed behind. Nobutomo's troops also did not hesitate. They also started charging towards Nobunaga and his troops.

The clash between the two sides was more or less won by Nobunaga's side. That was mainly because his troops were better trained. Nobunaga and his troops easily cut through the 100 Kiyosu troops that were standing between them and the 80 elite troops of Nobutomo.

As soon as they managed to reach the middle, Nobunaga saw it.

The monster was about 2 meters tall. It stood and two legs and glared at the newcomers with a fierce look.

Deino naturally raised its guard in the presence of the dragon. Nobunaga and the other follow suit.

"Well, well. What do we have here?"

Nobunaga could recognize that voice. It was his uncle Nobutomo, the cause of this battle. Nobutomo was behind his partner, garchomp, and some other of his elite soldiers. All of them were also accompanied by powerful dragons, like dragonairs, fraxures, and gabites.

Deino's, the Majuu that Nobunaga linked with, evolution line wasn't really welcome in Dragnor or anywhere around Ransei due to their brutal nature. Once evolved, they would become really hard to tame. Not to mention they evolve slower than other dragon. The fact that Nobunaga linked with such a monster was also one of the factors that worsened his reputation.

"Hello Uncle." Nobunaga greeted his uncle calmly, hiding his fear for the giant dragon.

"Good job making it this far, nephew." Nobutomo responded mockingly. "Now, why don't you just surrender and we can stop all this fighting? Or would you prefer that Garchomp and my elites kill all of you here?" As soon as Nobutomo finished the line, his garchomp let out a roar. Nobunaga's troops were shocked by it and a few lost their will to fight.

Nobunaga knew something had to be done. If he could not defeat Garchomp, it was obvious that they were going to lose.

I can't let him rule Dragnor, damn it. Nobunaga thought desperately. Katsuie and Yoshinari, when are they going to get here?

"Nobunaga." Hidemasa said.

"Yeah?"

"Why don't we take Garchomp on together?" Hidemasa proposed.

"What?" Nobunaga was shocked.

"He's right!" Inuchiyo shouted. "Think about the fight we had together all this time! If the four of us work together, we can handle even a fully evolved dragon!"

Nobunaga looked at Suzume, who nodded her head, showing her agreement with the other two.

The Majuu also shouted, showing their willingness to follow their partners and friends.

Nobunaga looked down at Deino, who nodded his head.

"Very well, then." Nobunaga responded calmly. Then he turned to Nobutomo.

"You heard them, uncle. The eight of us challenge Garchomp to a duel!" Nobunaga shouted. "This way, nobody here needs to fight. Just the nine of us!"

Nobutomo was actually delighted by the idea.

It was obvious to anybody that this duel allows Nobutomo a chance to kill Nobunaga without risking his personal elites.

Deino, charmeleon, scyther, and a luxio. These four Majuu would barely do any damage to a veteran garchomp, even if they were to work together. And no weapon in Ransei would really be able to harm a fully evolved dragon. The few number of scars that can be seen on the veteran dragon despite the hundreds of battles it has experienced is a symbol of its might.

It was obvious to anyone that Garchomp had the advantage.

"Very well, nephew. I accept your challenge."

Nobunaga's troops, despite worried about letting their warlord fight such a battle, were too scared to say anything. If Garchomp were to run rampant here, there would be serious casualties. Not to mention, Garchomp isn't the only strong enemy here.

If this fight could be ended with minimum sacrifices, it would benefit everybody. Which was why Nobutomo accepted the duel.

Nobunaga and his friends dismounted their horses and walk forward. Troops on both sides also stepped back and made a space for the nine to fight.

The four drew their weapons and got into position as their Majuu stepped forward and surrounded Garchomp.

Nobunaga was very nervous and he could feel his heart pumping, out of fear and adrenaline. The four had faced various strong opponents before, like the red gyarados from before. However, things are going to be more difficult this time as they can no longer rely on Luxio's electricity to stun their opponent.

"Garchomp, kill that fool!" That was last thing Nobunaga heard before the dragon charged straight at him.