Novel Full Chapter 495 What A Disgusting Strategy [Part 1]
“Everyone, prepare for battle!” General Fahad commanded.
In a moment, they would be facing off against General Herodes’ Army, which would attack them from the rear.
Since their manpower was limited, Great General Sherlock could only give him 30,000 men to face off against General Herodes’ 70,000 army.
The remaining 120,000 soldiers of the Yelan Army would face off against the Ammarian Main Army, which numbered a little over 200,000 soldiers.
After Nero’s challenge, Lux came looking for Great General Watson and Great General Sherlock to propose a strategy that he thought would be the best way to deal massive damage to the Ammarian Army.
In truth, the two highest commanding officers of the Yelan Army had already made a strategy against their enemies. However, after hearing Lux’s proposal, both of them thought that this was indeed a brilliant plan, and although the price they had to pay was high, they immediately called for an emergency strategy meeting, summoning all of the commanding officers of the Yelan Army.
After hearing Lux’s proposal the other Generals, Commanders, and Captains, had bitter expressions on their faces, but understood that this was all for the greater good. Since they were fighting a war where the fate of their Nation hung in the balance, they couldn’t be too picky with the methods used for the battle.
Truth be told, Lux didn’t have any intention of using this strategy at the beginning, but since Nero wanted to fight, and the Ammarian Army wouldn’t show them any mercy, he decided to go all out and devastate his enemies.
He would show them that even though he was only an Apostle, he was an Apostle that could make the impossible happen.
Also, the Half-Elf wasn’t really that scared of his duel with Nero because of one simple reason.
Right now, Nero had fallen into the corruption of the Abyss, and that meant…
‘We’ll see if you can still act cocky later,’ Lux sneered at Nero, who was hovering above the Ammarian Army, as if he was the one leading them to battle.
Great General Gideon, who was commanding the Main Army, looked at the Yelanians who had taken a defensive stance and raised his arm.
“Advance!” Great General Gideon commanded and the Ammarian Army moved as one.
Nero, who was hovering above them, simply crossed his arms over his chest. He planned to watch the battle from above, like a nobleman looking down on a circus troupe that was there to entertain him.
“Steady!” Great General Watson ordered when he finally saw the enemy army move.
The archers had nocked their arrows on their bows, while the magicians started chanting.
General Carran, who was mounted on a giant black bear, was at the very front of the Yelan Army, raising their morale, and driving away the fear in their hearts.
The strongest General of the Yelan Army looked at the approaching Ammarians with a calm expression on his face. After hearing Lux’s plan, he couldn’t help but laugh in his heart because their enemies would definitely be surprised at the gift that he prepared just for them.
The Generals knew that sacrifices were needed to win this war, so they no longer hesitated and agreed to Lux’s plan, even though it went against their morals.
“I’m sure they will understand,” General Carran muttered. “This is for the good of the Yelan Kingdom.”
When the Main army started moving, General Herodes’ army also moved in order to attack the rear of the Yelan Army.
“Kill them!” General Herodes shouted as he pointed his sword in front of him. “Show them the might of the Ammarian Kingdom!”
“”Kill!””
“”Kill!””
“”Kill!””
The loud chants of the Ammarian Army reverberated in the battlefield as they marched onwards, boosting their morale, and making the ground tremble under their feet.
Great General Sherlock and General Fahad narrowed their eyes as their enemies came within firing range.
However, they still didn’t order their archers and mages to attack. Both of them deemed that it was still too early to attack, and doing so would not give them the outcome that they were looking for.
Only when the Ammarian Army was five hundred meters away from them did the two Generals give the order to attack.
“Open Fire!” Great General Sherlock shouted.
“Kill!” General Fahad ordered.
Immediately after that, countless arrows and spells rained down the Ammarian Army, who had deployed their barriers to protect themselves from the deadly barrage that was meant to decrease their numbers.
While this was happening, the Griffins and Hippogriff Riders clashed in the sky, making a different kind of rain fall towards the ground, dyeing it with the color of blood.
The attacks continued, but the Ammarian Army only suffered minimal casualties, as some of the barriers protecting them broke apart after repeated bombardment.
Second had used a similar tactic back in the Marshlands, and seeing that the Yelan Generals were unfazed about what was happening, Lux assumed that this was a standard strategy of the Ammarian Army.
As the enemies inched closer to their front lines, General Carran raised his spear high up in the air, and the archers immediately retreated.
The men behind them stepped forward and planted their giant shields firmly on the ground, while their spears pointed outwards.
This formation was called the Phalanx Formation.
It was an ancient battle formation back on Earth, but here in Elysium, it was a standard military formation, allowing both attack and defense at the same time.
“Brace!” General Carran ordered as the heavy cavalry of the Ammarian Army advanced towards them.
Just like a wave hitting a cliff, the Yelanians held strong as the mounts of their enemies were stabbed by their sharp spears, making their riders fall forward face-first into the wall of sharp spears that were waiting for them.
The first, second, and third wave of soldiers was easily dealt with, but not the fourth wave.
Using the corpses of their slain comrades as stepping stones, the Ammarian Army was able to break past the blockade, and engaged the Yelan Army in close combat.
General Carran found himself facing off against two Rankers, who were hell-bent on preventing him from helping his men.
“It will be my honor to take your head today, General Carran,” one of the two Ammarian Rankers said. “I will display it in our family’s residence as a trophy and keep it as our family heirloom.”
“That is if you kill him first,” the second Ranker said. “If I kill him, I will be keeping his head.”
“Fine. May the best man win.”
“Make sure you don’t change your mind later.”
General Carran remained silent as he looked at his two opponents with a calm expression on his face.
Unlike his two opponents, he had no time for nonsense and was simply waiting for their next course of action.
Fifteen minutes after the two sides clashed, the sound of a horn spread across the battlefield. This was the retreat signal from the Yelan Army.
“Retreat!” General Carran ordered before using a powerful attack to blow away the two Rankers that were facing off against him.
He then immediately retreated alongside his men to initiate the second phase of their plan.
After seeing the Vanguard of the Yelan Army retreat, the Ammarians shouted their war cries and chased after them. However, a barrage of arrows rained down on them, forcing them to defend themselves, stopping them in their tracks.
As General Carran and the Vanguards retreated, they ran past several clerics, who were busy chanting a spell.
When the last Yelan Soldier went past them, the Clerics immediately summoned barriers in front of them, preventing the Ammarian Army from continuing their pursuit.
“Mages, destroy it,” General Herodes raised his hand and countless mages hurled their powerful spells against the barriers, who were getting in their way.
Just like other soldiers, the Clerics also retreated after summoning their barriers. The barriers they put up were only a temporary one, and weren’t meant to last.
Its purpose was only to give their side precious minutes to regroup with their main army as it slowly retreated towards the East, just as they planned earlier.
As the barriers broke one by one, the Ammarian Army surged forward like a swarm of locusts, who had no intention of letting the Yelan Army escape them.
It was at this moment when Lux, and Eiko, alongside their clones, activated their trump card at the same time.
“””Corpse Explosion!”””
“””Boom Boom!”””
Immediately a shower of blood erupted from everywhere in the battlefield as Lux’s deadly skill started its one-sided massacre.
Great General Gideon who saw this, immediately ordered the spell casters to erect barriers to prevent the deadly corpse explosions from spreading.
However, they were simply too far from the vanguard, and by the time the barriers were erected, thousands of their men had already been killed in the span of half a minute.
The two Rankers then found themselves isolated from their main army, because all of the men behind them had perished due to the surprise attack that Lux had launched.
This time, the Half-Elf didn’t hesitate and detonated the dead bodies of the Ammarians, as well the Yelan Soldiers, who fought bravely to protect their kingdom.
Great General Gideon, as well as the other Generals were well aware of Lux’s ability. They just didn’t expect that he would use it in this manner.
The two Rankers exchanged a glance at each other and were about to run back to their Main Army when they felt a very powerful force pull them towards the Yalan Army in the distance.
Nero, who was paying close attention to the war, arched an eyebrow after seeing this scene.
He knew that Lux had this kind of ability, and found it very annoying. Depending on the circumstances, this skill could easily break the momentum of the Half-Elf’s enemy, allowing the red-headed teenager to take advantage of his enemies’ “taunted” state.