Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 266: War of the orcs clans (2)

A large boulder stone with fire all around it drop down from the skies and as it collides with the ground, a massive explosion happens in the middle of the battle

hundreds of Orcs were thrown backward and away, while some of the Orcs is crushed under the weight of that stone, squashed into mashed meat and the unlucky ones that survives barely were burning.

And orcs are not the only things that is burning. The fire catch on the grass and now the entire filed is burning and the wind increases the rate of the fire spreading

Arial infantry and cavalry have already retreated before the stone comes. Siege weapons, mangonels and firestone are all Arial ideas.

Arial smirks as the enemy orcs lines open a gap

The fire spreads even faster and all of Arial troops could hear is the screaming of those enemy forces begging to save them from the heat of the fire.

'Asteros fire' Arial muttered

It is hard to extinguish it and even harder for him to find its ingredients.

It has been hours since the battle started.

Velamina is on horseback with her cavalry division and the Legion of Leaf have managed to disperse the second division of the Orc and they have begun strengthening Arial center behind him.

Then one messenger run towards Velamina position even amidst the heavy attack by the siege weapons and the arrows.

The messenger came from the front so this means he have important news from Arial.

'Orders from Dawarai Arial' the messenger said and the missive is given to Velamina. The messenger immediately went back to the front line

She opens it, read it, and she nodded.

Then she orders her troops to stand back.

She closed her eyes and feels the wind and suddenly on the clear sky around the area, the blue sky turned dark and then BOOM! Thunder is rumbling up in the sky.

Arial yelled to his troops

'RETREAT IN AN ORDERLY MANNER!'

They retreated back, their eyes did not leave the enemy troops and then suddenly lightning begins to dance in the battlefield striking thousands of Bor Orcs and rain begin trickling down, and the wind become heavier and more violent.

For about five minutes the battlefield is attacked by lightning from the sky and when the thunder and lightning stopped the rain and the wind persevere and Arial then quickly charged again at the weary Orc horde.

'KILL THEM ALL!' He yelled

On the muddy terrain, the sound of fighting, axes clashing, shields clanging can be heard echoing all over the battlefield that determines life and death.

All around there is fighting. All around there is death.

Velamina rest behind Arial forces while being protected by the Legion who focused on healing her fatigue.

While her reserve of mana is limitless her body do feels the draining of mana and if the body is not strong, she could not last long.

But to use the same moves in one day is a testament of how she trained her body.

All the while she is resting the Legion of Leaf is hurling fire magic and sharp small knife at the Orc hitting them at their vital arteries and veins, killing them instantly.

There is a reason why the Legion of Leaf is one of the Capital great forces.

It was like fireworks of fire magic and flying knives and dagger around Legion of Leaf. And the Legion of Leaf moves like the shadow in the darkness appearing at the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected moment and strike a blow at the Orc while protecting Velamina.

Arial finally can let loose.

With a roar he entered the field of fire and handed his fury. No one is spared by his relentless attack and his speed in killing increases that quickly spreads fear and chaos among the enemy lines.

The formation lines of the Bor clan Orc horde is crumbling and seeing the opportunity in the gap Arial order his troop to charge.

The siege weapon barrage of stone fire is stopped and so is the arrow attack since they are now too close with each other. So now the battle will be decided on the infantry and the cavalry.

Fires is still burning in the background

Koer in the back also began to move forward bringing his fast cavalry to try encircling the now thinning horde of Bor clan Orcs

Arial rampaging on the battlefield helps the focus to remain on him. Arial planned this by himself.

Instead of him becoming the center of the battle he is the bait.

The Orc Generals are all angry at him for deceiving them in the Valley, and Arial used that anger to keep the focus on him, insulting the enemy general intelligence.

Not to mention the mess he is doing now is doing substantial damage to the Bor forces

Every time Arial swing his glaive, the enemy Orcs lost their lives and die in a painful way. Even though they attacked Arial in group they still lose without any scratch on Arial armor.

He is unstoppable like a storm that is getting stronger by the minutes. And his Orc troops behind him is making sure no one escape the area around their commander.

It is a vortex of killing. It was by all intent and purpose a massacre. From the beginning of the battle until now, Arial has killed about ten thousand Orc by his own hands.

It is like he is in a state of extreme focus. He did not know how many people he killed. All he focused on is to move forward and anyone that stands in his way has to be cut down

'FOCUS!' He yelled and his troop roared with him as they charge through the lines and broke the enemy formation.

Their target is now wide open and that target is none other than Orc leader of the Bor clan

They finally broke the formation.

Kill him and the battle ends' Arial thought to himself even as he cut down the enemy that tries to pierce him with a spear.

It is a thrilling battle for Arial.

Fires were spreading everywhere at a rate faster than before causing the area to be like the representation of the Fiery hell in the Lucellian belief, explosion sounded every few seconds as the stone boulders were restarted, thousands of arrows fly up in the air and fall down bringing death and pain all over the battlefield

Dead bodies filled the ground, like they are the soils of the land and sound of battle could not be distinguished between each other, whether be it axes clashing with axes or swords clashing with each other

And once again he felt it.

He felt like the whole world falls away from him, like he is separated in a different world from all of them.

And he is once again in that state of pure clarity of perfect awareness of everything around him, from the slightest sensation of wind touching his skin or the blade of grass that he stomps on, he felt it all.

And then his speed is as fast as like lightning, his slashes cut people down before they even knew what struck them

his strike shakes the ground and his force emanating from his body is enough to bring the Orc to knees.

Then without realizing it he has obliterate almost everyone on Bor division and he stand looking at the shocked face of Faes Bor, the Orc hand trembling in fear, his eyes wavering with anxiousness.

'Hero Arial' he said, the nervousness in his tone could not be hidden

By now, the story of Arial exploits in the Orc Land is famous. The hero that fell fortresses and an avenger in the battlefield.

Thinking that surely Arial would not penetrate the line of defense, Faes Bor is confident that human is unlikely to be so strong.

But seeing Arial hacking his subordinates like paper and doing it in such a calm manner and stable disposition only increase Bor fear toward the legend of the human hero that have been making waves in the capital

And now he is face to face with the famous human that help Koer and he realizes this human is not a normal human at all

This human eye has a hint of red and he could swear that when Arial is fighting the horde of Bor clan members could see a silhouette of a dragon behind him.

The Orc troop behind Arial is all ready to charge and kill the leader of their enemies but Arial hold his hand and then he yelled

'FAES BOR! MY STRENGTH AGAINST YOURS! VICTOR TAKES ALL! NOT ANOTHER ORC WILL DIE. WHAT SAY YOU!' he yelled in front of Bor and the battlefield stood frozen.

Arial forgot. Orc is not like human. There is no need to kill all of the Orc forces. They submit to strength.

Orcs live. Orcs die. And nature soothes

And Faes Bor is not in a position to refuse. Whether he fights Arial and win, or denies Arial and then get pummeled to death by the Arial army, both outcome result in his deathjosei

'I ACCEPT!' Faes Bor yelled and then Arial quickly leapt up in the air and swing his glaive in midair and an invisible force comes out from his strike

the force alone is enough to push Faes back even though Faes uses his shield. And then a few seconds later, the shield cracked before it crumbled and shattered to the ground

the sight shocked everyone.

'Monstrous strength!' Faes remarked. His heart is beating furiously and his right hand is still shaking.

'You're not that strong are you?' Arial asked and then in one second he is in front of Faes, his glaive is already on Faes neck.

Everyone was once again shocked. It was just in a few blinks of eye, that Arial had managed to close the distance and even put his weapon around the enemy commander neck

'Any last word?' he asks.

'I…Err..I..I' Faes Bor was too shocked that he was speechless. His mind is going blank. Arial only smirked and then he said

'Too slow' and with one casual swing Faes Bor head fly into the air and roll along the muddy battlefield, his body fall to the ground slowly as his neck spurts out jets of red blood all over the area of the body

The entire battlefield was frozen for a while before someone suddenly realize what just happen and broke out from the shout

and then the cheers came while the enemies Orcs all kneeled. Their commander has died and there is no more point to resisting

Arial intention of becoming bait failed. Instead he took the entire spotlight without meaning to.

So end the War of the Clans.