Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 155: The battle of dented shield

'ROAR!' With a shout he broke through the front, slashing the enemies with his sword and their blood bathed his armour.

Behind him, his cavalrymen follow as they mow down the frontline piercing them and open a gap in the defense.

Up above, arrows flew out blocking the sun and turn the battlefield dim as the archer division begins their attack.

Lord Paris is in charge of the archers.

He must have order them to shoot. Enemies troops fell like trees. Arial troops employed turtle formation while still moving under the sea of the arrows.

West and Kyle fight fiercely behind him while they are following Arial charge.

Lisa and the other lords deals on the rear preventing the enemy from encircling Arial and his soldiers that have broken through the front.

They keep the gap opens as long as possible to allow other lord soldiers to enter and disrupt the defense formation from the inside

One of Lord Summersill troops division managed to slip in the gap created by Arial division and they clashed with the main army of Alderam.

They use their sabers and swords, hand to hand fighting as the killed each other amidst the screams and shouts.

Bloods poured all over the battlefield like some kind of fountain erupting from the ground. Even the soil become sticky and the smell of blood permeates the area.

'THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY' Arial yelled as he spotted the opportune chance.

He did not wait for other to keep up with him as he charged in between the enemy's line while the snake formation clashed into both of the armies but still maintain the neat formation.

The enemies' troops were startled and confused, and some of the enemies even scattered disorderly.

'Is that you, Arial?' the voice yelled

Alderam is near.  Arial did not panic, instead there is a killing glint in his eyes. His eyes are still surveying the battlefield and then he yelled.

'TIGER' he yelled.

And the formation of his army changed.

The front occupied the front position, and the rest of Arial troops enveloped Alderam army as they became more confused and the allied lords seeing this followed in suit in helping Arial army enveloping the Alderam army.

This formation has subtle variations; each of them is very powerful.

The troops divided into small groups can confuse the enemies and went continually attacking them

Arial laughed internally.

He imagines there must be great fear that crept on them now because they must have a hard time to know the exact number of Arial troop.

The plan is to cut off, little by little their troops.

Keep them isolated from each other. This will induce fear and confusion making Alderam task of managing his armies an impossibility

In a short moment the formation is employed, thirty thousand troops of Alderam had been cut off from each other; each group could not help each other.

After securing these enemies troops in the formation, Arial troops leave the enemies to the allied lords while they return back to their formation as the lord troops hacks away the enemies.

This strategy works like a charm

Arial private army will separate the enemies and the lord's troops will kill them.

On the other side of the battle, Lisa fighting took a different turn since the enemies fighting spirit has weakened after seeing many of their comrade has been encircled and slaughtered

First, they are tired.

They are tired of the war and the civil war. Second they were afraid of the dragon wrath.

They celebrate when Alderam shot him with the spear thinking surely that the young lord of the Vermont will die but now that he has awoken fear crept in their heart.

Everyone knows of the young lord reputation to deal with his enemies mercilessly.

The dragon wrath, the troops called it.

As soon as Lisa who also employs the same formation, those soldiers lost their will and motivation to fight

Lisa also learn of military tactic from Arial when they were young. And only now she could use what she had learned when she was in the academy.

When the enemy troops lost their will and motivation to fight, Lisa sense this.

She yelled

'Put down your saber, bows and arrows, swords and knives to avoid the dragon wrath! Surrender now and your lives will be spared!'

Almost all the noble lords in that side listened to her pleas and they dismounted their horse and quickly they threw their weapon to the ground.

Their troops seeing that their lords surrendered also quickly surrender and kneeled on the ground while throwing their weapons away.

Lisa and her troops quickly secure the prisoners.

Arial could hear the battle from his position, the sound of weapons clanging, hitting the hard ground as a sign of surrender

In his side, Lord Dreyfus and about a thousand of his loyal followers charged with great zeal and ferocity but Kyle with ten groups of cavalry came surrounding them from all directions.

One by one they are mercilessly hacked down and one by one they fell from their horseback, some of them is even being trampled by their own horse.

Their heads were smashed like pumpkin and mashed into the sticky ground, leaving an imprint of their shattered face onto the ground and their teeth scattering all over the area of their gruesome death.

The scream of pain and the shriek of fear is contagious but Arial troop's morale is higher than ever.

Win this war.and they are coming home.

Lord Kean is surrounded by West after he split off with the main army with five thousand troops and lord knows that if they were forced as the same like Lord Dreyfus, they will die a meaningless death.

Lord Kean quickly made his decision and they surrendered and dismount their horse and throw their weapons down.

They are forced to sit down as their hands were tied behind their backs. West leave the supervision to a one thousand troops led by Ser Holmes.

West then with his four thousand troops joined back the main army and guarded the rear.

Arial on the other hand had charged deep into the enemy lines. Behind him his troops are killing quickly to reach to their young lord.

Finally, Arial could see Alderam in a few distance away from him and he looked scared looking at him. but Arial could still see hope in his eyes.

And Arial meant to crush it. No grinning and smiling anymore.

Alderam face is full of worries and fear as Arial come closer to him. Even at this moment Arial have the time to look at the formation of his troops and his heart swelled with pride.

This formation is useful because it confuses the enemy. These dreams help him lot of times. He got this formation from the dreams.

He shakes his head

This is not the time to think about it. He took the horn knapsack that is saddled on the left side of his horse and blow it.

His troops reacted upon hearing the signals.

Arial front troops moved backwards and the rear teams moved forward, and quickly Alderam forces were surrounded on all directions.

Ten thousand of his troops split into ten smaller groups but did not charge forward but moved backward.

Alderam yelled attack but these ten groups moved around, the right flank groups charged to left, the left flanks groups strike to the right, all with strange variations, swiftly moved back and forth.

The resulting conclusion is that Alderam lords and troops who have never seen such intricate or even see such formation were confused and in a state of disarray.

Arial troops swiftly moved back and forth all the while striking and killing Alderam forces.

Until finally because of the disarray Arial could see a spot that opens and quickly he rushed through it

'MY LORD, DON'T GO BY YOURSELF' Kyle yelled as he saw that Arial went into the opening and inserted himself in the encirclement of Alderam elite guards.

'Protect the Lord!'

'Open the gap! Don't let them trap Lord Arial!'

They are at a safe distance from each other while all around them fighting and killing is happening.

In the back Arial troops is trying to break the encirclement that has close up after they realize that Arial the Dragon enter it thus trying to trap him.

But Arial was not flustered or worried. He chose to enter it knowing what it entails.

In Alderam rear line, his troops are trying to hold back Arial troops from attacking their lord from behind.

At this time, Arial appeared only a few meter away from Alderam, his entire armor is sticky with thick blood. Arial white hair ids tinted with a hint of red.

Arial looked at Alderam and he looked at him.

'I challenge you to a duel Alderam' Arial yelled to him and he then shouted back

'If you can, come to me.' He yelled back.

Arial only smiles. Alderam guard went charging to him. All of them have a determined look and readied their arms.

One of the few bowmen hides behind the guard no doubt wanted to finish him off with a combination attack of swords and arrows.

And Arial jumped down from his horse and charged forward. Firebringer was hit by his master and run on the opposite reaction and Arial swing his sword

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