Five days after the defeat of the Inrudian Army, after several days of careful planning and preparation, the Inrudian Army and the Falkerhi Army coincidentally reached the same consensus, that is, an all out assault. Of course, their conclusions are based on actual combat experience. Both Aesop and Maxius are experienced generals. In a way, their way of thinking is very similar. Both of them knew that the best way to deal with a force with few numbers but excellent soldiers was to drown them with crowd tactics. As the saying from another world goes, "Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang". So at nine o'clock in the morning, the two sides simultaneously ordered the whole army to launch a general attack on Uro City, vowing to raze Uro City to the ground. But Marika has not been idle these days. By converting the dead enemy soldiers into runes, Marika exchanged the runes she got for 300 Godrick soldiers and 200 exiled soldiers. Now Marika's troops have come to more than 800 Godrik soldiers and 600 exiled soldiers strong. Counting all the knights, there are more than 1,450 warriors under her command.

The news of the two armies pressing down on the border quickly reached Marika's ears through the report of the patrol team. Marika believed in the strength of her soldiers, so she assigned Achilles to lead the mobile unit and 300 soldiers out of the city to face the Imperial army, and Artorias led 300 soldiers and knights to fight the Kingdom's army at the south gate of the city in infantry combat. The remaining 200 or so soldiers guarded the city and maintained law and order together with the foot soldiers. The residents of the city were gathered and arranged next to the sites of grace in the city, and could be transported to the Uro Forest for refuge at any time.

The sun was shining high in the sky, and the breeze in the air made it pleasant upon the skin, but the defenders at the south gate had no time to enjoy it. At this time, they were waiting for the advancing Kingdom Army, and the golem guards were deliberately ordered to wait until the Kingdom Army's formation was in chaos before firing their bows, so as not to waste ammunition on the magic shield. Artorias brandished his cursed black sword and waited quietly at the front of the formation. The kingdom's mighty 50,000 army slowly advanced towards Uro City, and finally stopped 150 meters outside the city; the two armies were ready for war. At this time, General Aesop, accompanied by his son Bendor rode to the front of the kingdom's army. Aesop cleared his throat, and then broadcast to the Erdtree army:

"Soldiers of Uro City, I am the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expeditionary Army of the Kingdom of Inrud, Lord Protector, Aesop Hulid! I have seen the bravery of your soldiers in the past few days, and I greatly admire your gallantry. But I think you all know that you will eventually be outnumbered against our superior army. So I am here to offer you a chance to lay down your arms and join the kingdom of Inrud! Our country needs strong and courageous fighters like you! If you choose to join us, I assure you you will get the best treatment. So leave the side of that your ridiculous lordand join the embrace of the Inrud kingdom!"

Aesop very much hoped to recruit this well-equipped and disciplined army. In this era, such an excellent army is too rare. Most of the ordinary soldiers were either arrogant nobles or timid conscripts. If such a well-trained army can be handed over to Nicholas IV, it will definitely bring his dream of unifying the continent one step closer, instead of being obsessed with prophecy and superstition like his father.

But what Aesop didn't know was that his words accurately pushed the defenders button. Betray the Erdtree? That is to betray their beliefs they have believed since they were children, and to betray the god who gave them a new life, impossible! Their lord ridiculous? Their lord is the goddess they believe in, isn't that just ridiculing their goddess? Unforgivable! Artorius was even more furious. With his unwavering loyalty, there was no way he could possibly betray his lord. This was a direct insult to his character.

[The author recommends BGM: Sabaton-Sparta]

"Battle formation!" Artorius ordered, calm anger in his voice. The defenders followed the instructions one after another, pointed their spears forward, set up their shields, and formed a shield wall formation.

"What are you doing!? If you resist, you will all die! This isn't worth it!" Bendor anxiously tries to persuade them. If the army in front of him was wiped out here, it would be a huge waste of good soldiers.

Artorius looked at the army in front of him, knowing that he and the soldiers behind him would probably die. But he's not afraid, he's faced far more terrifying abominations. At this time, he thought of the story of the three hundred warriors of Sparta, and it gave him a bright idea, as he uttered an furious battle cry:

"Molon Labe!"

Although the Godrick soldiers and the Exiled soldiers could not understand this unknown language, they could hear the unyielding will burning in it.

"Molon Lab xN!"

What the soldiers of the Erdtree who are burning with fighting spirit at this moment do not know is that their battle cry this very moment will become an immortal legend in the future of this world.

"Damn it! It seems that they will not change their minds. Attack!" Realizing that the soldiers of the Erdtree will not surrender, Aesop gritted his teeth and ordered. After receiving the order, the soldiers of the Kingdom began to attack Uro Castle in full force. The defenders and golem guards in the city also began to release crossbow bolts. On the city wall, the figures of Sellen and Rogier could even be seen leading the newly trained Apprentice Glintstone sorcerers unleashing powerful glintstone spells towards the Kingdom's Army.

At this moment, it was a great pay off that Marika asked the soldiers to dig the moats in advance. Knights on horses and heavy siege weapons could not cross the moats. Soldiers attempting to climb across the moats on foot became target practice for the defenders because they had to exhaustingly cross multiple moats, which seriously delayed their attack. Even some particularly unlucky soldiers fell into the spiked stakes in the moats during the push of the charge, and were pierced front to back.

"Damn, this won't do!" Seeing that the army began to suffer a large number of casualties under the obstruction of the moats, Aesop couldn't help but marvel. At the same time, he ordered the logistics force to urgently make some wooden boards that could cross the moats, and then looked at the infantry.

The infantry unit of the Golden order fought hard in the only passage leading to the city gate. Their shield walls could not be broken no matter how the kingdom's soldiers attacked. Their spears pierced through the kingdom soldiers' bodies time and time again. Once the soldiers in the front row get tired, they will be replaced by soldiers in the back row and continue fighting. Each soldier fought like the legendary 300 Spartans, one for one hundred, not a single one fearing death. At the forefront are Artorius and the five Banished knights. The superb martial arts and storm ashes of war of the Banished Knights continue to harvest the lives of the enemy. Their knight halberds split enemy shields with ease, and their longswords cut through the enemy like hot knives through butter. Even if the soldiers of the kingdom attacked vigorously, they could only occasionally inflict a negligible wound on the knight by chance. Artorius was at the center of the storm. No one can resist the slashing blow of the cursed black sword, and the sword, spear and axe striking on him did not stop him from fighting. Relying on his wolf swordsmanship, Artorius shuttled across the battlefield like a beast, diverting enemy attention away from the infantry. At this moment, he has put life and death aside.

"Impeccable discipline and teamwork, who can train such an outstanding army?" Aesop muttered.

"What destructive power, no attack can stop him. A perfect fighting machine. What a perfect ultimate fighter!"

Meanwhile Bendor sop was completely entranced by the figure of Artorias. He had never seen such a perfect warrior, and his desire to recruit him became stronger and stronger.

[The author recommends BGM: Attack on Titan soundtrack OST-Before lights out]

Meanwhile on the western battlefield, the Erdtree Army is fighting the Empire head-on. Achilles, followed by the cavalry brigade, rushed to the left flank of the Imperial Army towards their formation. Beside him is D who asked to join the cavalry assault. At this moment, he was holding a war spear forged by Hew, and riding a war horse given to him by Marika.

"Hahaha! Come on, warriors of the empire! Show me your bravery and skills!" Achilles laughed wildly and plunged into the enemy's formation. Wherever he went, no one could not stand up to the impact of his immortal chariot.

"Die! You damned sinners!" D roared angrily from his flanks, the spear in his hand slashed at the enemy with all his fury. In his opinion, these imperial soldiers who dared to draw their blades at the Erdtree deserved to die as much as the undead he hated.

The targets of Achilles and the cavalry brigade were the enemy's siege equipment and battlefield mages just like the last battle. As long as they were eliminated, the soldiers and golem guards on the city wall would be able to shoot and kill the imperial army more easily. And they are slowly approaching their goal.

But at this moment, a young Godrick knight of the cavalry unit accidentally went too deep into the enemy's formation, fell off his horse, and was surrounded by the imperial army.

"Mark!"

Achilles shouted anxiously, he had made a special effort to learn the names of every knight before the battle.

"Leave me alone! Don't let me drag you down! Long live the Erdtree!"

Mark shouted, pulled out his knight sword and plunged into the depths of the enemy's formation, resolutely deciding to sacrifice himself to maintain the team's charge speed.

"Damn it! Mark—!"

Achilles shouted, although he participated in the brutal Trojan War, he was still stricken with rage and sorrow whenever he lost his comrades who fought side by side with him. He looked back at the fighting knights and shouted:

"Knights of the Golden Tree, do not disappoint your fallen comrades! Today we will use our spears to engrave this battle into the history books! Even if we die on the battlefield, our epic will live forever! Long live the Erdtree!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

[The author recommends BGM: Attack on Titan Soundtrack OST: Vogel im käfig]

At this time, Mark, who was deeply trapped in the enemy's battle formation, was already covered with wounds, and his armor was stained red with blood. But he was still holding on to his big brass shield and knight's long sword, continuing to slash and kill his enemies. He firmly believed that his goddess was watching him at this very moment. If he stopped, it would be an insult to his title as a knight, and failing the goddess' expectations of him, so he will not stop!

But an unexpected thing happened. As if they had received an order, the soldiers of the Empire stopped attacking and stood by with spears pointed at Mark, as if they were waiting for someone. A group of knights rode from the formation, and they were guarding a middle-aged man with blond hair and a mustache. The expensive armor he wore clearly indicated that he was a high-ranking general.

"It really was quite a brave performance, knight of the Erdree Dynasty." The general said without any haste.

"Who are you?" Mark asked, wary of this mysterious general.

"The commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Force of the Fakerhi Empire, Maxius Williams."

"!" The commander-in-chief of the enemy army is right in front of him, what exactly does he want to do?

"Young man, I admire your skills. But I'm not one to run around in circles, so I'll cut the long story short. Do you surrender?"

"Hmph, I think you know my answer very well." Mark pointed his sword at him and said disdainfully.

"I have a hunch that you will say that, kill him." Max ordered casually, as if he was just asking what he had for lunch today. Immediately, the imperial soldiers rushed to Mark again. Mark dropped his shield, let out a final battle cry, and slashed at the enemy with his sword raised with both hands.

"It's a pity to lose such a good knight. Today's young knights rarely have such talents."

The lieutenant on the side of Maxius admired Mark's fearlessness.

"Indeed, it's a pity." Maxius agreed, but there was only cold indifference in his eyes.

Mark already felt that he was about to lose his grip on his great sword, his armor was severely damaged, and his whole body was bleeding profusely. The only thing that supports him is his devout belief in the Golden Order and Marika. Finally, a stray arrow hit his chest exposed by the damaged armor and pierced his heart. He fell to the ground, his life slowly draining away. His breath starting to cease and before closing his eyes, he tried his best to turn his head so that he could see the dazzling golden tree in the distance.

"Long live the Erdtree..."

With his last words, the knight of Godrick, Mark Baggins, returns to the embrace of the Erdtree.

Looking at the entire battlefield, the soldiers of the Golden Order have already begun to experience casualties. One after another, soldiers fell to the ground and died due to multiple fatal wounds on their bodies. The soldiers of the kingdom have set up the siege ladder and are trying to climb the city wall. Ladybug, Sellen, Corhyn, Diallos and Rogier are all armed with weapons and fighting to prevent the enemy from climbing the wall. Roger's rapier pierced the enemy's armor with precision, and Diallos' ancestral iron whip knocked down the soldiers trying to climb the city wall with a crackling sound. Sellen led the apprentices to release magic to cover everyone, and Corhyn used a spear and incantations to become a combat priest and kept beheading the enemy. Even the most timid ladybugs are fighting with swords raised. And all of this is seen by Marika through her spiritual connection to the Erdtree.

[The author recommends BGM: Attack on Giant original belt OST: 0SK V2]

"Damn it, do I really have to use that skill?"

Alone on the roof of the City Lord's Mansion, Marika thought anxiously. As a place where the field of vision can look at both sides of the battlefield, Malika chose this place as the place to command and snipe at the battlefield. Looking at the subordinates who gradually suffered casualties, Marika sincerely hoped that she really didn't have to use that skill on the soldiers of the two countries unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Are you talking about Incarnation of the Dragon? You can win easily if you use it, so what's the hold up?" the system said in her mind, puzzled by her inaction.

"If I used the Incarnation of the Dragon, so many people would die unnecessarily! Damn it, my other skills are not intimidating enough, I have to find a way to scare them off and make them retreat. They don't deserve to die here. They don't have to lose their life here and become a faceless corpse!"

"Really? What about the people you killed earlier?"

"You don't understand! Those soldiers of Bass and those Valkyries asked for it! But these ones are different, these soldiers don't want to be here, I can feel it!" Marika's newly acquired powerful spiritual perception of a New type allowed her to sense the emotions spreading across the battlefield. Marika can feel the regrets of the soldiers of the kingdom and empires before death, the pain when they are injured, and the longing for their families, and this makes her understand their pain.

"I don't understand? All I know is that if you don't use that skill now, all your subordinates who are working hard for you will die!"

"My subordinates..." Marika was shaken by that. Could she really give up the lives of her precious subordinates for her own moral values? But on the contrary, the soldiers of kingdoms and empires are not damning criminals, or coming invaders. They are just poor cannon fodder pushed into the battlefield by their higher ups. They have hopes for tomorrow and family members who love them. Can she really send them all to hell with her own two hands?

Marika knelt on the ground, a feeling of vomiting welled up in her throat, she covered her mouth tremblingly, tears swirled in her golden eyes.

At this time, the system appeared and whispered in her ears like the devil who seduced Eve:

"What are you doing? Stand up, Malika. Have you forgotten? The reason you overthrew Bass. To avenge the inhabitants who were tortured by the kingdom's incompetent rule. To protect your dear companions, Corhyn, Achilles, Siduri, Artorius, Hewg, Rodricka, Sellen, Ladybug. You must use the Incarnation of the Dragon, you must take responsibility for your companions, and for those who died because of you. This is the story you started, Marika."

At this time, there was a dragon's roar in the distance from the south. The kingdom had sent the ace up their sleeves, the dragon knights. The arrival of the Dragon Knights will undoubtedly make the already tilted battlefield even worse.

"I—I want to protect everyone!" Marika finally made up her mind and stood up.

At last, she chose her companions.

"Very well, for your friends, use the Incarnation of the Dragon on them!"

Marika took a deep breath and recited the incantation that will sentence 120,000 soldiers to death.

"I will become the demon god who brings the storm, I will become the disaster that brings thunder, I will become the demon who brings destruction, I will become the demon dragon that destroys the world, A Bheith in Dragan"