After one day...
In the tent of the commander-in-chief of the Inrud Army, the old general Aesop and his son Bender looked at the two young generals.
"Listen carefully, both of you. This will be your first battle. I repeat, as the commanders of this battle, your task is to lead the troops to escort the siege equipment to attack the walls and gates of Uro City. If it succeeds, I will allow you to take the lead to attack Uro City as the vanguard. But remember, we don't know anything about the situation in the city, so you need to be cautious, you two follow?" Aesop explained seriously.
"Understood, Commander!"
These two young generals are the sons of nobles, and they were sent by their family to hone themselves on the battlefield and accumulate achievements so that they can have a good resume for their future careers in the political arena.
However, the young generals were still young and brashful after all, and they didn't take the old general's warning to heart at all. But on the surface they still expressed their obedience. After all, the old general Aesop was a veteran of two dynasties. Had it not been for his support back then, the current king, Nicholas IV, would not have been able to usurp the throne from his father Nicholas III. Coupled with the veteran general's outstanding record, Nicholas IV placed great trust in him.
After the young generals took their leave and left the commander-in-chief's tent, the red-haired Vaneis, asked the other, the blond-haired Barrett:
"Barrett, do you think the old general is worrying too much? This place can't even be called a city, it is at best a town with walls. I don't think we even need to use those siege equipment. "
"To be honest, I don't care. I should also thank the old general for giving us such a low-hanging fruit. And as long as we are the first to attack the city, the chances of making meritorious deeds and seizing the booty in the city will be ours !" Barrett said excitedly.
Back in the commander's tent, Bendor looked at his father worriedly, and asked:
"Father, Barrett and Vaneis will be fine, right?"
"Theoretically speaking, they will be fine. An army of 5,000 people plus a hundred battlefield mages is enough to protect their safety. Even if they encounter the army of the empire, they should be able to escape safely. But I still can't guarantee it 100%. The situation in that city is most unusual. There is still no news of the spies and assassins we sent, not even a letter for help. But as long as they don't act recklessly, this battle should end with our victory." Aesop said.
"I hope so." Bendor said with a sigh of relief. As Vaneis and Barrett's classmate who graduated the same year from the Noble Academy, he knew their personalities very well. On top of being prideful and complacent, they are also very reckless in their actions. Had their fathers not been high-ranking officials in the King's court, they would have been expelled from school long ago. To put it simply, both of them are typical brats.
An hour later, Vaneis and Barrett set off towards Uro City with a vanguard of 5,000 men and siege equipment such as battering hammers and catapults.
Along the way, the 5,000-strong army inevitably made quite the commotion, but Vaneis and Barrett didn't bother to hide their arrival. Soon their forces were discovered by exiled soldiers on patrol. They rushed back to the city to warn everyone, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately rang the simple alarm bell that Marika ordered to be set there. As the alarm bell rang, the soldiers entered a state of readiness one after another, and went to their defensive posts to prepare to meet the enemy.
Marika was also notified by the system at this time, knowing of the arrival of the Imperial's Army. The system then issues the task:
"Mission triggered: Inrud's vanguard troops brought siege equipment to capture Uro City, your mission is to destroy the siege equipment of the Imperial's army and kill or defeat the two commanders of the vanguard troops, so that they can see the power of the Golden Order. Mission Difficulty: Medium. Rewards: Multiverse gacha pull x1, Spirit-Tuning maiden Rodrika, Traveling sorcerer Rogier, Hunter of the Dead D, "Graven Witch" Sellen, "Deathbed companion" Fia, Diallos, Brother Corhyn, Ensha, and Gideon Ofnir "The All knowing"."
'It seems that this reward is a large collection of round table tarnishes? Even Sellen is here? Just my luck! I happen to be short of usable Glintstone sorcerers', Marika thought as she looked at the quest rewards.
Marika flew to the south gate and called Achilles and the cavalry brigade as well as the three Banished knights. After everyone arrived, she began to explain the task:
"Achilles, I need you to take the cavalry brigade to face the Kingdom's army invading from the south. Your primary goal is to destroy the enemy's siege equipment, and your secondary goal is their commander. The golem guards and I will provide you with long-range support. Remember not to linger, we have few troops, and I don't want to see any casualties among you, understand?"
"Don't worry, Master! As a warrior from the Trojan War, such a small scene will not trouble me! Besides, the soldiers under Master all seem well trained enough." Achilles said confidently.
"Then I'm counting on you, Achilles. I wish you good luck!" Marika blessed. At this time, the Golem Guard detected the approaching Imperial army had entered its range, and began to carry out long-range strikes. The footsoldiers handed each member of the cavalry brigade a bag of kerosene bottles according to Marika's instructions.
"Alrught! Leave it to me, Master! I will return triumphantly with the head of the enemy general!" Achilles promised, his tone full of confidence and firmness.
Achilles blew a whistle, and a burst of green mana thunder was lit, from which Achilles' Immortal chariot rushed out. Achilles jumped on the chariot and drove the horse to the city gate, followed by the riders, all itching for a fight.
At this moment, Achilles exudes a powerful aura, which can be felt by everyone present, even by the most ordinary foot soldiers. Achilles' arrogant aura is the complete opposite of Artorius' that is calm and restrained. If one were to use a metaphor, Artorius is like an old wolf, sophisticated and dangerous. Achilles is more like a roaring tiger, full of pride and strength.
In the eyes of the soldiers, Achilles' powerful aura akin to a chosen hero showed his status as a demigod. Some gossiping soldiers have even begun to secretly speculate whether Achilles, like Artorius, is another demigod birthed secretly by Marika.
[Recommended BGM: Fate/Apocrypha OST-Battle]
As the city gate slowly opened, Achilles shouted to the soldiers behind him with a high voice:
"Brave warriors of the Golden Order! Let us bring glory and victory to our goddess on the battlefield under her gaze! Cavalry brigade, roll out!"
Hearing Achilles' encouragement, the knights of the mobile unit felt their blood boil. They responded to Achilles with a deafening war cry, full of fighting spirit.
Achilles drove the chariot out of the city gate first, his immortal chariot spewing green magical energy, followed by the cavalry brigade. Mere twenty riders have created the momentum of thousands of troops.
After Marika saw that they left, she flew high in the air outside the city wall, opened her clairvoyance, and started shooting at the enemy troops outside the city with Gandiva alongside the golem guards.
Facing the giant crossbow arrows fired by the golem, the two commanders were not frightened, but instead commanded all the mages on the battlefield to cast spells at the same time to form a huge magic shield. The giant crossbow shattered or bounced off when it touched the shield. Vaneis looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing:
"Ha! It seems that these crossbows are not a big deal! Such petty tricks won't do against the might of Inrud!"
Hearing Vaneis's loud ridicule, the mages all cursed them secretly, 'Fuck you, do you know how much effort it takes us to maintain this shield! '.
The vanguard of the kingdom continued to move forward despite being under fire from the giant arrows, and even had their archers return fire. But when Marika joined the ranks of fire, the advantage of the Royal Army disappeared. All the high-power magic arrows shot by Gandiva easily pierced through the magic shield, causing casualties in the Inrudian army. The mages were all shocked by this,while Vaneis's smile disappeared without a trace, and the magic shields they used with all their strength to create were like thin paper in front of these magic arrows, useless. Even the strongest sages in this world can't easily break through the magic shield cast by a hundred battlefield mages as easily as these arrows.
Marika noticed the mages on the battlefield, and turned her aim to shoot at them. Seeing the arrows coming their way, the mages gave their all to maintain the shield above them with the highest power output of magic power for their own lives, but it also cause the remaining The shields over the army to thin, allowing the Golem Guard's giant crossbow bolts to burst through after a few shots, causing more casualties among the army. But the shields that the magicians put all their mana into to maintain failed to save them. The high-powered arrows shot by Gandiva, carrying divine fire and divine thunder, shattered the magic shield fiercely, and burned the mages to ash, where they could only watch helplessly.
'What form of power is this? ' These were the last thoughts of many battle mages before falling to the arrows of Gandiva.
The Royal Army had lost its magic shield and was in chaos. At this time, the cavalry brigade led by Achilles and the Banished Knights also arrived on the battlefield, making the situation for the Royal Army worse.
Seeing the incoming riders, the generals ordered the infantry to raise their shields and spears to form a counter-charge formation, thinking that their weapons could kill these well-equipped cavalry. Perhaps these counter-charge formations would be useful against ordinary cavalry, but they were facing the iron cavalry of the Golden Dynasty, not to mention they were led by the legendary demigod hero Achilles.
The infantry could hear Achilles' wild laughter from a distance, and when the general in command of the infantry saw Achilles, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Is that a chariot?"
In this world, like ours, chariots were indeed all the rage on ancient battlefields. But like our history, chariots gradually phased out and were replaced by heavy cavalry. So the sudden appearance of an old antique like a chariot really surprised the infantry commander. But he wouldn't dare underestimate that antique of a chariot, but fear. After all, what kind of chariot would spew out such terrifying magic energy!
Achilles' roaring chariot and the iron cavalry behind him put great psychological pressure on the infantry, making them doubt whether they could hold back this terrifying charge. Achilles could clearly see the counterattack formation in front of him, but he was not afraid. He roared excitedly, and his loud voice clearly reached the ears of every soldier in the kingdom.
"I am Achilles, son of Peleus! Warriors of Inrud! Show me what you got! Who dares to fight me to the death!"
Looking at the terrifying chariot, none of the generals behind the infantry formation dared to step forward to a duel with Achilles.
Achilles looked at this group of turtles, and smiled contemptuously, and his chariot rammed head-on into the formation of infantry. As expected, the mere infantry couldn't stop Achilles' chariot at all, and soldiers one after another were crushed to death or knocked away by the horse's iron hooves and the man of the galloping chariot. Behind Achilles, the three Banished knights used their swords and halberds to bring up gusts of razor wind, tearing the soldiers of the kingdom to pieces, leaving behind a bloody storm. The following cavalry composed of Godrick knights charged with broad-headed spears while slaughtering the soldiers with superb martial arts. The armor of the kingdom's soldiers was as useless to their spears as rags. At this point the infantry commander on horseback tried to attack from Achilles' right side.
"Out of my way!"
But Achilles cut off his head with one shot. He shouted loudly again:
"What's the matter? Is that all the warriors of Inrud can muster?"
Several knights couldn't bear Achilles' provocation, and they all rode their horses roaring and attacked Achilles from the left and right sides, but they all turned into corpses one after another under his spear. Looking at the incomparably brave Achilles, the knights of the cavalry brigade silently equated Achilles with the demigod. Only a demigod can possess such feats.
"Hmph! Your making this too easy!" Achilles taunted the Royal Army.
Soon after Achilles and the knights blitz through their ranks, they quickly find the siege equipment. Achilles directly smashed the equipment with his chariot. The knights on the other hand took out the kerosene bottle that Marika had given them in advance from their carry-on bag, lit the kerosene bottle and threw it at the equipment, igniting them. The flames created by the leached oil will completely burn these devices.
Soon all the siege equipment was destroyed. Achilles glanced at it with satisfaction, and then led the mobile troops to continue charging, heading directly for Vanies and Barrett.
Seeing their soldiers being crushed so easily and all their siege equipment destroyed, no matter how stupid they were, they knew that the gig was up.
"Lord Barrett, Lord Vaneis! We have to retreat quickly!" an officer on their side suggested nervously.
"SHut up! Do you think I can't see it! Damn who is this Achilles?" Barrett said angrily, his chances of making meritorious deeds were all ruined by this green-haired general. At this moment, a battle cry interrupted his thoughts.
"Commander of the kingdom's vanguard! I, Achilles, have come to take your head!"
Achilles' chariot had rushed to their main formation, and it might not be long before he would kill them.
"Barrert, what should we do?" Vaneis asked in horror.
"Isn't it obvious, we gotta retreat! Only fools would fight him!" Barret turned his horse and fled away after saying that. Vaneis also reacted and led the officers to follow. Although they will return without success or even be demoted, it is preferable to death.
"Cowards! Spineless rats who don't even have the courage to fight!"
Achilles was disgusted and would not let them escape easily, he flicked his horses, and the speed of the horses directly broke through to the speed of sound. His chariot immediately rushed to Vaneis and Barrett. He swung his spear and chopped off their heads with two swift strokes..
"The enemy general has been defeated!" Achilles shouted, holding up the heads of Vaneis and Barrett. The knights of the Erdtree let out a battle cry of celebration. Seeing their commander decapitated, the morale of the Royal Army immediately collapsed, and they rushed to escape. Achilles did not give chase, but returned to Uro with his riders. Their objective had been accomplished, and the enemy had been repulsed.