章 36: war for blueleaf - strong

Most of the forces of the allied troops fought to kill every imperial soldier here. It was a fight for the lands of the Blueleaf kingdom and they defended to protect their very dear lands. The mercenaries were also commissioned as war bands and would be fighting until this war was over. In wars, when the Supreme General of an army is defeated, the army is said to have lost the war. Here, 3 great imperial armies were attacking separated Blueleaf regions on 2 or 3 distinct front. If the Supreme commander is defeated, the remnants integrate the other armies.

The remnants, because of this same reason, couldn't show up without the corpse of Ivan Goodheart or they would be filled with great dishonor. They attacked in wild abandon to retrieve the corpse of their dead master. The remaining nemean cavalry and the remaining white tower mages created casualties. Mercenaries and soldiers were facing imperial soldiers. The latter didn't care about their own lives. Every single rank 5 was fighting in the frontlines.

In this madness, the Behemoth mercenaries were standing in a semi circle, around the corpse of Ivan Goodheart.

Sauruüne took the head of Ivan Goodheart in his hand. The ferocious rank 5 of the allied forces: Yamamoto Kureshi, Andros Khirissi, Dizio Blueleaf and Argia Blueleaf were unconscious and on the ground, healers aiding them, just nearby. Suddenly, Sauruüne' ghostly energy surrounded Ivan's corpse.

His dead eyes lit up, blue lightning seemingly expolosing. His aura and mana flared and surrounded his whole body. His Thunder lion armor present, even his sword was coated with Thunder. It seemed that Ivan was about to fight.

Ever so slowly, Sauruüne's energy pulled Ivan's energy towards him. Ivan's fierce aura and mana seemed to be sucked by Sauruüne's ghostly aura. His right hand slowly glowed blue.

"Protect the master at all costs! Maintain formation!" Shouted Hulann.

Every single behemoth were ready to face both the allies and imperial forces.

Ezyze was stunned. While his troops were similarly facing outwardly, Ezyze saw Sauruüne sucking in Ivan Goodheart's energy.

The very all powerful Ivan Goodheart, the monster that fought numerous incredibly powerful rank 5 and could kill them despite being heavily poisoned. The monster that managed to go through with such a brutal fight. The strongest being that Ezyze ever saw fighting. This monster's aura was being slowly swept away.

It took him 30 minutes. During 30 minutes, Sauruüne siphoned Ivan's energy. The thunder lion armor, then the intense blue lightning, then even the slightly glowing electric eyes escaped Ivan's body.

Rumble!

Lightning suddenly appeared and struck Saurune. His eyes grew an electric blue and Thunder mana was flaring from his body. Even the lightning lion armor surrounded Sauruüne. The lightning mane seemed to have a crown. Sauruüne threw his black mace to a nearby orc, who was wielding a single hand axe in his right hand. He swiftly wielded the one handed mace in his right hand and the axe in the left one.

Sauruüne bended and grab ahold of Ivan's blade. It was created using a very rare material, Mirthil, and various other cristals. Thunder cristals of the highest purity were used. While the blade was curved and charged with rippling blue lightning, it went out of the mouth of an engraved lion. His body was black while his mane was silver. White and black colors circled to reach the pommel where an essence of Thunder was situated.

The essence of Thunder is present just before a Thunder golem is naturally created. This very rare Cristal can thus be processed through Thunder energy consciously or unconsciously and can smoothen using specific Thunder spells and casting them. This sword is of the highest purity.

When his fingers touched the handle, huge sparks exploded. It seemed that the blade was rejecting Sauruüne's entire being. He intensified the output of his lightning mana and energy and grabbed the handle.

Sauruüne stood.

He zapped.

"Now watch, young Ezyze, watch how can mana and aura be used. Follow me."

He zapped once again and appeared on the frontlines.

The stunned Behemoth saw their Master fighting in the frontlines and ran to his aid.

Sauruüne was brimming with lightning energy. Everyone seemed to be stunned. His ferocious mana exploded outwards and he sent thunder slashes with his sword. He raised his hand in the air and vast amount of thunder mana concentrated in the clouds above. He moved his sword to eye level.

An enormous bolt of thunder exploded against the imperial forces. He accelerated and killed many rank 5s, slashing them, sending them flying. He seemed to be more rigid than Ivan yet more savage. His hammer was sending Shockwaves or crushing armors. He was a lightning lion but showed less of his majesty and more of his bestiality.

Behemoth struggled to give aid to their lord, and simply seemed to.be charging behind. The Unshakables had the occasion to pick up the injured in Sauruüne's wake and managed to rack in lots of experience points. The allied blueleaf forces banked on their charge for all of them to trample upon imperial forces.

While some managed to resist, most imperial forces were killed until sunset. The remaining Blueleaf soldiers and weaker mercenaries were killing dying imperial soldiers and tried to see if allies could be healed. They were also in charge of picking up the equipment of the deceased imperial soldiers. Mercenaries' and armies' equipments were returned to their rightful organizations.

After rampaging through the middle bridge, Nefrus reanimated the imperial corpses and resume his advance. A million dead imperial soldiers were killing living imperial soldiers, the forces of the Central bridge went to help the Eastern forces and charged the read of the Imperial army. They managed a pincers movement and crushed all the soldiers of the Eastern bridge.

Most of the Elite forces died during the fights, but some Nemean riders, white tower mages, steel knights and few imperial knights and bowmasters managed to escape and this 450 000 people army retreated and would reinforce the front in the Glimmering mountain range.

Everyone celebrated their victory. It was a hard fought battle, and one that saw the rise and fall of many. They drank and sang and partied ubtik morning. Sauruüne of the behemoth was hailed and celebrated as a hero al were grateful to him. He requested to feast on Nemean lion's meat.

While the Unshakables were celebrating with other Behemoth, mercenaries and soldiers, Sauruüne called for Ezyze.

He left his quarters and went towards the commander tents. The atmosphere around was joyous.

Ezyze asked to enter and was followed by Jarral. Behind the round table, on the opposite side of Ezyze, Sauruüne had his feet atop the table. He was sitting on his throne filled with skulls. He was still wearing his dark gray heavy armor. His helmet was otherwise on the table, in front of him.

Or her.

The face that was laughing and smiling was the one of a lady in her late 20s. Her white hair were cascading on her back and her golden eyes were smiling. She had two tear drop like golden tattoos under her eyes and intricate and delicate golden tattoos drawn on her forehead, making a beautiful circle. She was speaking with Hulann and both were drinking. When she saw Ezyze, she stood up and bowed lightly. She then sat, her elbows resting on the table.

"Sit."

Ezyze sat. Jarral was standing behind him. Hulann was looking at him warily. Sauruüne inhaled. Her golden eyes pierced through Ezyze.

"Did you saw everything?

Did I saw what?

Don't play coy."

Ezyze gulped.

"I saw nothing."

Sauruüne chuckled.

"What you saw is a combination of the ultimate of my legendary class: ghost battlefield destroyer - rank 5, and my new trait called ghost of the battlefield. By reaching rank 5, I was able to slowly reinforce myself using the souls of the deceased. It was a skill that created for me some sort of essence, that slowly absorbed the deceased souls and used it as fuel to boost my stats. I mulled over what my new trait would be for a long time and even postponed to use it. I didn't know if I wanted to be faster, or stronger, or capable of ranged attacks. I didn't know what to do until I was in the middle of a war in the North of the Empire. There, people wage wars continuously, over and over again. Every villages are martial or magic villages and everyone can be killed or kill daily. There, I managed to survive a war. My essence was brimming with the souls' powers and I understood! I could fix the soul of a person briefly in his body and siphon their being in my essence. During decades, I fought over and over again. I faced monstrous beings, ones that would make you tremble in fear."

She was staring intensely in Ezyze's eyes and sent a wave of her killing intent and aura.

"I am a very strong warrior and my class is legendary. It fused two of my unique classes at rank 4. At rank 4, if you evolved in a truly unique way, you can fuse 2 classes, creating a unique class. I fused the class Ghost walker and Armoured destroyer and gained something unique, more powerful. The holders of these unique class are the truly powerful. Those that wield such classes usually focus only on this class. I wanted to find such unique beings, in order to acquire for myself such a unique power. You may already have a doubt but these wielders are extremely powerful and thus very hard to kill. While I roamed many battlefields, I counted only 7 of these guys and they were all monsters. One of them is Murrne Brightlake. He is the acting chief of the Imperial armies. He wears a two handed spear and wield water magic. He has a dragon like mana and aura mana and is the most powerful being I ever saw. It seemed that the Empire had few of such monsters.

I wanted to have a class that would allow me to be faster, stronger, and most importantly, wield mana. I once was able to fight such a combined class of a mage that was wielding light and trap magic. I almost lost my life despite me already being a legend and of a unique class. During countless years I grew, growing more powerful and reuniting more people. Jarral and Hulann are my very first companions.

I joined wars after wars against the Empire, hoping to fight one of their heir. I actually managed to fight many of them, but these monsters are impossible to kill. So many legends lost their lives fighting them. I survived.

Here, we are fighting the Empire and I managed to kill Ivan Goodheart. The Ivan Goodheart that managed to rise to his position through sheer talent. I can now only strengthen myself with the fuel of the deceased and lost my trait 'possessor' but here is the fun part Ezyze!

I am now a legendary - Thunder incarnate, lion swordmaster - rank 5. I siphoned Ivan of his very being. The skills that he honed during countless years, his Thunder manipulation and outrageous mana capacity. His trait, thunder generator, was using a very small portion of his mana to replenish his mana reserves and create thunder mana, while each kills made him faster, stronger and more intelligent.

Anyway, it soon will be discovered that I am able to fight as Ivan was. Especially when fighting imperial forces, it is sure that words will come out and that I will become a target. During this time, I must show how powerful I truly am.

I reached a deal with the Blueleaf kingdom. North from here, in a very arid region, there is the border between Blueleaf, the Empire and the kingdom of monsters. They will allow me to establish myself in this region and grant me a title. In this region, I will be king and wouldn't be considered as forces of the Blueleaf kingdom but instead a subsidiary kingdom of sort. I will establish a base, a city and try to truly create something great. While it will take some time, we will eventually establish ourselves and the Behemoth mercenaries will have to continue to exist and keep generating incomes for the Behemoth kingdom. The warriors that you see now are people that I honed continuously. The commanders of my armies are people that I trust dearly.

You saved me, Ezyze. You saved me and you showed me that you were wielding monstrous mana! Spatial magic! Now that's something! In all honesty, I managed to see your great magic reserves. Despite this, you said that you were a close range fighter. While it is amazing in itself, you are strong enough to hide it in the middle of the war. Your units are strong and you managed to magnify some forces that I didn't know how to use."

Ezyze didn't know what to think. He was initially stunned by Sauruüne being a woman, but now, he understood that he was discovered as a magic user since the beginning and that he was carefully monitored.

"I will give you units to command in this war. You must improve on your magic capacities. Hide it if you want but you must be ready to wield this power if needed. What I can offer you is to join my kingdom as a mercenary afterwards. If you are strong enough, you will be one of my generals and roam battlefield as a mercenary of the Behemoth kingdom. I understand that someday, you will create your own thing, and I think that in the meantime, it is a good compromise."

She paused.

"Ah! And your forces will stay as your forces. Of course, I will assist you to the best of my capabilities! How is that?

I don't know.

You have until the end of the war to decide. Also, I must reward you. Loyalty between mercenaries is very rare. Jarral told me of the impact that you made during this past month. You not only saved me but your people were significant in our advance. I have seen small tribes of starving goblins during my time as a mercenary. They were often to be subjugated! I gifted you the body of 10 nemean lions. Also the one that Ivan was riding on is included. For you, I don't know how to reward you separately and it will come afterwards.

Ezyze bowed. Thank you."

He went back towards his troops. There, the Unshakables were surrounding corpses of 10 big Nemean lions. And were otherwise partying, celebrating the victory of the biggest battle they ever fought in.

Ezyze called Arthur, Medea, Baal, Aries' spears, Broblin, Froblin, Zephyr and Rea over. They all entered his tent.

"How many dead, Arthur?

We have 180 remaining newborn goblins. 2 Aries warriors died, 7 spearmen hydragoblins and 20 goblin warriors.

What about the ones living?

The hoplites are gaining levels in their rank 4 class. The warriors are strong rank 4. 1 Aries is about to hit rank 5 and the others are strong rank 4. The mages are rank 3 and 4. The hunters scouts are rank 4. Vandal is rank 4 while the others rank 3.

The 180 goblins, what about their traits?

4 gained the A rank trait superior reflexes, 3 the A rank trait sharp fangs and 2 the A rank trait unending Stamina. One has the S rank trait shield and sword mastery.

Zeohyr, Rea, do you have enough experience to increase your monster rank to rank 3?

Yes! - Yes!

Would you like to eat these Nemean lions?

Yes, please, my lord! Answered Rea, her forehead hitting the ground. These beasts are the most fearsome monsters that I ever saw. Their muscles, fur and senses are the strongest. Their aura was suffocating!

No, my lord. Answered Zephyr. These monsters are, as Rea said, standing at the apex of physical strenght. I want to develop my powers using both superior monster strenght, and developed mana senses and powers. I would like to focus on a monster with powerful bodies and strong magic powers.

Very well. Rea, the corpse of Ivan's lion is yours. The 9 remaining ones will go to the S rank trait. The A rank with superior reflexes will stay with them, but we will need to find him a monster with superior physical abilities.

Understood!

Thank you, my lord.

Also, I have something to tell you."

Ezyze explained what Sauruüne offered him, omitting that she was a woman, he said it all, her powerful 'stolen' class, her ambitious dream, him being a lieutenant and having his magic power found out.

Arthur answered.

"No matter how hard I think about it, this will be beneficial. We came here to establish ourselves as mercenaries. We may be able to develop ourselves under Sauruüne's leadership. Also, while she is strong, you may have other benefits from him, depending on what you have to offer. We have the war to think about it. Let us take things step by step and remain alive until then."

The celebrations quickly died down.

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The remaining days were busy. They had to reinforce the fortress and then aid the battlefields.

It took them 2 weeks for the troops to return to full power. Of the million of Blueleaf soldiers, 630 000 remained. The 300 000 mercenaries were reduced to 187 000.

Andros, Argia, Dizio and Edigo reassembled the remaining soldiers. And left 130 000 and the ogre general to man the reconstructed Everain.

10 goblins evolved. Rea evolved and improved greatly.

Name: Rea

Race:Strong legged ferocious Nemean hobgoblin - Unique - rank 3, level 41

Title:

Level: 112

Trait:

Martial body S

Enchanted impervious hide S

Strong muscles S

Swift murderous legs A+

Class: unique monstrous bladed fighter rank 4

Haldur, the living armor - Unique

+150 strenght

+150 dexterity

+100 endurance

+100 Stamina

+ 150 physical defense

+150 magical defense

- Increases tremendously regeneration rate through photosynthesis of energy. Stamina regeneration x5. Endurance regeneration x5.

-living object. As long as it is not totally destroyed, Haldur regenerates itself, regaining its former shape by absorbing ambient Mana.

*Alive, this unique armor grows alongside its wearer. Fabricated from the the bark of elder Ents, it is almost unbreakable. Soaked in the magic River for 5 decades, it gained sentience.*

She was a 2 meters tall hobgoblin. While her rank 2 was taller, her energy was compressed in a smaller size. Her brown skin was brimming with dark brown aura. Her legs were still extremely muscular, but her muscles grew tougher and denser. She had slit irises and brown pupil. Her previously golden hair were now pitch black, and looked like a lion's mane that flowed through her rabbit-like ears. Her aura was denser than ever. In pure physical form, she was the strongest goblin physically and the most evolved. She was stronger physically that few rank 5s.

4 goblins with A rank superior reflexes, 3 with A rank sharp fangs, One with A rank unending Stamina and one with S rank shiekd and sword mastery became rank 2 Nemean hobgoblin.

They gained the S rank strong muscles and A rank magic resistant tough hide.

They were around 1.8 meters. Their skin became brown, their head had a black lion mane that younger lions can have. Their canines grew and their eyes still stayed as those of a goblins. Their muscles grew and seemed denser. The 4 with superior reflexes were wielding two one handed axes and the 3 with the sharp fang trait wete wearing solely a koplesh. The other 2 wielded a shield and a koplesh. The shields were made of metal and were designed to protect their torsos. They were smaller than an hoplite's shield and was shaped like a diamond.

The one with the S rank shield and sword mastery was given a rank 5 nemean lion. He was called Dissidius and gained the S rank strong muscle and S rank impervious hide.

The Unshakables were 217 strong of those who initially departed for the war. 180 new goblins were born meanwhile. The Unshakables were now 397 strong.

390 000 mercenaries and 500 000 Blueleaf soldiers departed for Bluemount and Tidestopper, of the Glimmering Mountain range.

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On their way, the 187 000 mercenaries were to rejoin Tidestopper with Yamamoto Kureshi. There, Argua Blueleaf and her soldiers were battling with enemies. The 500 000 Blueleaf soldiers were to go at Bluemount, in order to fight with Grilli, the 3rd princess, fighting for recognition and her country.

During their trip, Ezyze and Sauruüne spoke frequently.

He explained the role of Arthur's class. He told her that he could teach few of Sauruüne's guards and Sauruüne herself of some powerful martial arts that could be found as records of the Aries Empire. In exchange, Ezyze wanted Sauruüne to teach him and Zephyr ways to wield mana better while fighting, after Sauruüne explained that she is a matter un utilizing her aura. Also, he wanted Garrek and few other troops to join his leadership and be part of the Unshakables, if they agreed. Garrek and 400 orcs and 200 Yak beastmen joined the Unshakabkes.

In exchange, Arthur was teaching Sauruüne the enlightened martial arts. This art was developed by a tribe of humans under the Aries Empire. They forego all sorts of protections to wield a weapon in each hand. They were not very acrobatic but very string and parried most of the attacks.

30 rank 5 orc blademasters were taught the blood dance sword arts. These arts allow the user to cut the flesh of the enemy. Combined with the innate strong physique of orcs, these blademasters were becoming like real royal knights.

87 000 Behemoths and 124 rank 5s were traveling with the allied forces.

When they entered the Glimmering Mountain Range, their scouts were stopped by allied scouts. The 687 000 strong army followed the scouts and regrouped with Argua's camp.

They were in the mountains and lost Tidestopper and Bluemount.

After Yamamoto joined Everain, they were under continuous artillery fire.

They eventually managed to destroy the artillery but lost one fortress in exchange. They fought for weeks in the tunnels but were eventually rooted by the imperial forces and lost the second fortress. They made sure to sabotage the fortresses, making them useless for prolonged defenses and regrouped in the mountains. They were now fighting in the rocky valleys of the Glimmering mountains.

Argua Blueleaf and 3 princes of the kingdom, were speaking with Grilli Blueleaf and her brother. The 3 princes were all melee fighters. One was wielding a two headed spear and the other 2 were wielding a longsword. Grilli was holding a white scepter and had a red book hovering around her. Her brother was a tall Slyph and wearing a spiked armor and a large axe. Numerous mercenaries leaders were present as well.

Argia accelerated and saluted her sisters, Yamamoto to her right, Andros to her left and Sauruüne behind her. Edigo and Dizio were directly around Argia.

"Greeting, sisters, we managed to destroy Ivan Goodheart's imperial army and defended Everain fortress!

Congratulations sister, it is a great achievement. We are in the middle of a fight with 5 million or so Imperial troops. We have remaining 3 millions of our soldiers and 480 000 mercenaries. With your forces, we are almost on equal footing with them."

They talked about strategy for the remaining of the evening. They assumed that the Imperial forces would eventually leave the comfort of the Fortress in order to conquer Blueleaf.

By entering deeper in the Blueleaf territory, they would be facing a region filled with rocks, that was still in region. The unstopping rain was good for many of the Blueleaf soldiers that had increased statistics under the rain.

They were facing Damian Goodheart and Urgo Goodheart. The former was an incredible necromancer, that had a dark dragon of death as a familiar and was himself a great longsword fighter. The latter was a an incredible Spearman and was wielding various treasures. He bonded with a griffin and had strong aerial forces.

Nefrus explained that Damian was someone that he feared and he would make death unstable in the area. Death Awoken, the Shurissi mercenaries and most of the others mercenaries went with Argia Blueleaf and expected to fight Urgo'sforces. The behemoths and bird of preys joined Grilli Blueleaf and her troops to fight against Damian Goodheart, fierce necromancer and contractor of dragon.

It took then 3 months to prepare for the upcoming war in the region. While Tidestopper and Bluemount were forfeited, it didn't mean that they would easily be able to turn things around. It took them 3 months to modify the terrain slightly, while they waited for the Empire to make a move.

Meanwhile, during both the trip and the 3 months, 870 goblins were born.

Some of them had outstanding traits, A rank genius commander, A rank sword affinity, 3 C rank good reflexes and one B rank fast legs. The commander was trained in magic. 469 goblins were trained using swords and 400 using bows and crossbows.

Of the 397 Unshakabkes, Medea was the only original tier 5. The 400 Garrek orcs had Garrek, a rank 5 Battlemaniac, a rank 5 Orc champion and a rank 5 Battle axe Grand Master. They were training themselves over and her again, sharpening their blades.

Of the 200 Yak beastmen one rank 5 was a shaman warrior. He was wielding one handed axe and had totems on his back. Powerful rank 4s were among his ranks.

The initial formation was maintained and the 200 Yak beastmen were joined by 400 orc swordmen and 469 goblins archers.

This bigger army was in a vast rocky field. Then, they were with Sauruüne and the Unshakables, Grilli's forces. Coming from the mouth of the canyon, an unending number of death approached. Blueaf soldiers, beastmen, monsters, royalty and peasants. Imperial soldiers and their mounts. Every single dead one was present on the field. An army of more than 5 million undead was approaching. Every single dead awoke to fight again.

Damian Goodheart's army of death was manned by several Lich and 3 archlich.

"Listen up, everyone! Said Grilli. A horde of undead is approaching us, encroaching our lands. Behind them lie the army of Damian Goodheart and his lieutenants. We must destroy the undead, but hear me out, soldiers. You are not allowed to die, because your cadaver will bolster the enemy's forces."

The various troops created defensive formations. At the vanguard of Sauruüne's army with Jarral, the unshakables had the hoplites facing the frontlines. Weaker hydragoblins and goblin warriors were mixed with Garrek's orcs and the unshakables. The trolls were accompanying the orc Battleaxe grand Master at rank 5. The newborn goblins swordmen were each in a side of a Yak beastman.

The ranged classes were at the back, and if things went direr, they would have orcs bodyguard them.

Blueleaf soldiers and mercenaries engaged. While they were very loud and motivated, the undead didn't do much besides groaning.

Olivier was extremely effective against undead. His light magic was more effective towards undead, which whole beings were created with dark mana. Likewise, Whoblin and Golblin were killing many.

During these squirmishes, the undead never tire. The fight and keep fighting. The allied forces could only fight defensively and carefully so that no death on their side occurred.

Still, Damian Goodheart had hidden several strong rank 5 units among weaker undead. Strong skeleton knights, 1200 or so, ogres warriors 250 or so, foxlich magicians, giants, barbarians and Death stalkers. These various units were strong and moving around in groups. When facing them, the allied forces simply retreated.

Like that, the Allied forces fought and killed again those that were dead once, while retreating for kilometers in the rocky plains. It took them 2 months and they managed to lose only 100 000 warriors. The pain of seeing their comrades raised to fight them again was atrocious. In these 2 months, 2500 goblins were born. 50 had the B rank Trait born warriors and 10 the A rank train monster's reflexes. 1800 were trained as hoplites and 700 as archers. The dead were hard to kill.

Their bodies made with bones were tough and couldn't be slashed or pierced easily with arrows. The fights were arduous and the sullied tired.

1 million undead were remaining and were bolstered with 2 million imperial troops. A huge dragon, with black scales and surrounded with dark energy flew in the air.

Boom.

It landed and opposed the 2 million allied forces.

The imperial troops were wearing for the most of these heavy armor. Even the archers were heavy armored archers. Damian unmounted the black dragon.

"Foolish Blueleaf kingdom, face the wrath of death, face the wrath of the Eternal Empire!"

The dead horde resumed its march, followed by imperial troops.

Grilli Blueleaf was a strong soul Archmage. She could cast debuff and attack the mind of her enemies. While undead were impervious to her attacks, their souls were still influenced by the strong magic, making them losing some of their power in clashes. Bruto Blueleaf was a strong magic axemaster. He could control water mana and was an excellent close combatant. While he could take the frontlines, he mainly relied on defending his sister.

The Blueleaf army was not resting either. Their army was made of races that were tough to kill. Sauruüne and the Behemoths were leading the fight against these imperial troops. Atop the humongous behemoth, Sauruüne coated her whole being with lightning mana. She then dismounted the beast and walked to the front of the troops.

"Mercenaries soldiers. Today, we are united to face the Imperial army. Today, we are facing death itself. Follow me and the behemoths and make them pay for thinking that Blueleaf would simply surrender and that they are the sole masters of the Southern continent! Warriors, charge!"

The frontlines charged towards the imperial forces. Sauruüne herself took the lead and decimated numbers of enemies.

The Unshakables were fighting in wildly. They killed and killed and killed again. The goblins had to be protected at all cost. While the 1800 new hoplites were manned by weak rank 1 goblins, 1800 of them was a force to reckon. They fought and breathed as one.

Grilli'a book was casting fire magic one after the other. This ego weapon was like an autonomous fire mage. Fire tempest and fire blasts were roasting the undead.

While they managed to kill without being killed, the Unshakables were fighting close to Scorpio forced. These human beings had tough armors and a venomous tail. They were mele fighters and didn't go down, even when attacked by tough attacks. The Crarps, especially, rode Earthworms. Their mouth filled with teeth were crunching enemies and their lances skewering undead. Ezyze manoeuvred the Unshakables to fight side by side. The power of Scorpio was great and this strange cavalry could kill many unsuspecting adversaries. The unshakables maintained their formations while these troops were fighting among orcs and Aries. They were a killing machine.

Sauruüne was deep in enemy ranks, trashing rank 4s and 5s in a one sided manner.

Suddenly, she was targeted by a monstrous blast of black mana. The dragon was flying over her and sent her his strongest attack. Sauruüne raised her hand and an enormous lightning bolt crashed against the breath, exploding in the surroundings. Damian threw one deadly spell after the other, that Sauruüne skillfully blocked.

The war grew tough.

For the next few weeks, that turned to 3 whole months, the allies and imperial forces fought and fought again. The dead were raised once again and the declining allies were fighting an enemy that was replenishing his forces in real time. The new hoplites were the only casualties among Unshakables and 430 of them died, and 1370 hoplites remained. The goblins had 2800 newborn. One of them had the S rank trait mana fighter and none of the others anything special. 1000 were trained as hoplites, 1000 as swordmen and 800 are archers.

Sauruüne kept fighting against Damian. His dragon was extremely strong and flew around, making her enormous power virtually meaningless against someone who could flee. During these 3 months, she was also targeted by units of rank 5s and endangered. Jarral, Ariel and Nebrus were part of her elite troops. She didn't yet make use of her salamander cavalry.

Ezyze was called to her tent.

"Greenhorn, I have a task for you.

Yes, Sauruüne?

You will have to lock this dragon in place. Once we kill it, Damian will be less powerful and wouldn't be able to fly away. We must kill the dragon and drag his corpses so that it can't be resurrected. Easy, no?

And who will distract Damian while we kill his beloved dragon?

That would be me."

The towering Bruto Blueleaf was slowly advanced.

"I will kill this damned imperial prince."

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Early morning. Because of the dense fog, no one could see after few tens of meters. The days were becoming colder, the death ambiant mana and fighting undead was taking a toll on everyone. They were on edge, and heard voices, guttural sounds during months after months with no end.

Their ranks were formed. Today, they will be facing and killing the dragon. They were ready to charge and deliver their lands from the imperial oppression.

Suddenly, the frontlines saw one, then two, then hundreds and hundreds of undead.

They will be the ones facing the enemy then!

The blueleaf soldiers proudly stepped forwards. Every one of them were facing undead. The first ranks were made with oh resurrected Blueleaf soldiers and mercenaries. It was atrocious for the combined armies.

Zephyr brandished his ego saber and slashed. A powerful wind slash made a deep cut in the fog. They coukd now see further away.

They could see every single undead and imperial soldiers fighting them. They were facing annihilation.

Sauruüne once again created fireworks and threw herself in the enemy ranks. While she killed, hacked and slashed wildly, she eventually was facing 100 or so imperial soldiers. She was put on the defensive, until the salamanders came and aided her. 200 death knights and greater skeleton warriors were combining their forces to kill her. The royal guards and knights at rank 5 assisted the behemoths. Bruto was among them and killed many of them.

Damian charged from the air and his dragon sent a black breath that Sauruüne countered. The dragon hovered around slightly, then accelerated and charges straight towards the rear camp.

Grilli Blueleaf faced a beast of doom. Their Supreme Commander was in danger.

She suddenly had a red shield made of mana surrounding her. She sent few mental attacks towards Damian that winced in pain. He screamed then kept attacking her. She was largely on the defensive but somehow manages to hold on. Her shield was destroyed by one of Damian's slashes before the dragon sent his breath, creating a huge crater.

Seeing how things were unfolding, Rea, Ezyze and Zephyr left the Unshakables and ran to aid Grilli.

While Ezyze leapt high in the air and crashed against Damian, Zephyr accelerated and slashed the prince.

Meanwhile Rea went straight towards the dragon's breath. She felt her bones being crushed and she hugged Grilli to shield her from the attack.

While her skin was impervious to magic, a huge concentration of magic power eventually damaged her, be it her insides. Grilli and Rea were burrowed in the ground by the dragon's breath.

Ezyze and Zephyr, having crashed against Damian, ended uo fighting him on the ground. His swordmanship was ferocious. He didn't have any openings and used his mana skillfully. Ezyze and Zephyr were constantly on the defensive and barely managed to survive.

When Damian raised his swords in order to kill both, Bruton crashed against him. His being was coated with a water armor and had needles like water mana.

His mana suddenly inflated and he was inside a humanoid blowfish made out of water mana. He crashed against Damian once again.

The dragon tackled Bruto and tried to bite him when Sauruüne in her lion lightning armor smashed his head powerfully. She was fighting the dragon while Bruto was fighting Damian.

In these fight of monsters, Ezyze had to forbid the dragon from escaping, stay alive and help. In this fight between monsters, he was like a housecat. He knew that he was harmless.

Damian's aura and mana exploded. Black horn made of aura and mana grew on his horns. His sharp teeth, black aura scales and dark shadow wings made him look like a draconic warrior. Bruto was clearly overpowered. He managed to parry Damian's slashes but the unending stream of magic attacks: dark explosions, dark rays and dark debuff made him weaker. Each time that he was attacked, Bruto's blue aura explodes and splashed the surroundings. He managed to survive only by bloating his aura and escape in the giant human blowfish armor made of mana and aura.

Sauruüne was hitting and slashing at the dragon. This black dragon is a rank 5 and one of the fiercest monster that exist. His magic is capable of annihilating legions of soldiers and his body is that of a killing machine. Sauruüne's ghostly aura exploded, mixing with her blue lightning. When the dragon clawed at her or tried to bite her, she managed to turn herself ephemeral and quickly moved, resuming her onslaught. While the large dragon kept throwing one magic after another, she defended with her powerful newfound class or managed to turn herself into a ghost, narrowly avoiding fatal damages.

The dragon sent a black breath, that she managed to dodge. She then zaps quickly and deliver a huge blow on the dragon's lower jaw.

Stunned, the dragon flaps his wings.

Ezyze charged then teleported himself atop the dragon, hitting him with a powerful axe slash. He used spatial chains that pierced through his scales and maintained it on the ground. Zephyr slashed at his wings. Ezyze leaped and returned further from the dragon, on the ground and Zephire sprinted to his side.

Boom!

Sauruüne kept punching and slashing the beast. She raised her right hand in the air and the whole sky was filled with Thunder clouds.

Ezyze casted heavy mass designator on the dragon.

Grilli, who went out of her whole after carrying the unconscious Rea, used her soul magic and her book summoned enormous fireballs.

They all sent their magic, then casted other magic, over and over again, without even aiming. Sauruüne's hand descended and one enormous thunder bolt after the other crashed on the dragon. She resumed her attacks and slashed fiercely the dragon's face. It was bleeding.