Chương 20: Chapter 20 laser beams ready, faster and faster~

At the united kingdom, hundreds of large shadows passed over the beautiful kingdom that seemed like something out of a fairytale, the regular people at the ground looked up to see what was the cause to the sudden darkness.

upon seeing who it was, they began cheering and singing praises, this was one of their strongest armies venturing out to possibly boost their livelihood!

Since every time this army came back they always brought gifts of food and other supplies to the people of the kingdom!

this is why it was well maintained as well as the lack of beggars and homeless, the kingdom grew financially from raiding their enemies!

this is why it was so powerful, it would be painful for the whole kingdom if they lost even a tenth of them at any time much more if all.

But the king that sought to live forever any amount of loss was worth a chance of gaining the ability to regenerate!

----back to the battlefield----

The general and his troops that were turtled up in a dome made from aura were struggling from doing their best to survive, they relied on their second wind, and 'fumes' to keep their exhausted bodies going!

But like anyone else, their strenuous means to keep fighting gradually burned out their now feeble bodies, more cracks and gaps began to form, the warriors failed to keep up against the pressure the archers ran out of arrows were now joining the front lines to seal any gaps until...

the first warrior was grabbed by a brute.

the Brute reacted as soon as he managed to grab hold of the warrior with a pull and the tired soldier was like a child struggling against a full-grown man!

The victim of the brute was immediately pulled towards the gap with his arm out for others to grab hold and join in pulling, his death was quick and gruesome with his whole arm with a large portion of the warrior's torso ripped off then squeezed through the gap that was the size of an arm now!

this brought fear upon the other warriors that happened to see this, which caused their attacks to tone down to dangerous levels from the possible chance of them going through the same ending, as their enemies reached through the still open gap then pulled the rest of the dead man's body through!

one of the brutes showed off their might, by ripping the armored corpse in half with his bare hands dyeing himself in blood and gore, which stirred the other brutes into attacking more fiercely than ever which in turn created more gaps as the troops inside were already spread thin.

then finally, the first brute managed to wrench an opening wide enough for him to enter as four more followed before the gap closed, so now the soldiers had to deal with these five brutes before more-

The sound of glass breaking reverberated loudly as the last standing shield-bearer fell from using all of his aura to maintain the dome that kept them alive and away from these freaks!

the onslaught brought by the combined efforts of the brutes, made the dome guzzle down the reserves of the shield-bearers like a cup of water poured into the middle of a burning desert!

the Brutes laughed as they charged into the soldiers, showing the oppressive strength each one of them had compared to these regular humans.

Bashing of bones, ripping of flesh became a common sight for the general that rallied his troops to stay close to him while they moved as one, the said victims of the brutal means of attack were those that were too slow or failed to retreat in time, their blades failed to do much of anything.

One example was a brute that had numerous arrows and weapons sticking out of his body, yet he was still keeping up with the others!

The 'wizards' simply watched keeping an eye out for anyone that managed to escape the encirclement of brutes.

The general slowly lost his advantage in numbers despite him joining the attack to preserve their lives!

Even with his Artes filled with aura, it only did as much as temporarily cripple a brute before the said brute joined within a few minutes, they were just THAT durable!

A loud screech echoed out followed by hundreds more, it was something that all of the soldiers were familiar with, the third royal army was here!

So with the little amount of strength that they could muster, and their morale somewhat restored the soldiers began fighting like they were possessed, then succeeded in bringing down the first brute!

this made them more confident and more daring than ever since the so-called immortal soldier CAN die!

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The Sky wyvern riders flew to the area as quickly as they could before becoming infuriated from their brothers in arms were being slaughtered.

The Leading officer general Yusef 'the bone crusher' was a man with sharp features, he used two maces made from the hardest metals available to him, decked in plated armor with his helmet tied to his saddle, his short blonde hair pressed by the wind, his green eyes squinted from looking at the strange spinning plate-like object that gave him a terrible feeling.

As he was about to order his men to charge and vent their aggression, his instincts made him have his beloved mount dive downward so suddenly as he changed his orders halfway.

"CHA-SCATTER!! EVERYONE SCATTER!"

The floating object released five green beams of light, which was not only hard for him to dodge but the damage it made when it struck his troops that failed to dodge was disturbing for them!

The five that were struck including their mounts turned into green goo that fell to the ground.

Panic spread within the ranks of his troops, he immediately ordered them.

"ACTIVATE YOUR DEFENSIVE ARTES AND BEGIN OUR ASSAULT, HALF OF YOU SUPPORT OUR GROUND TROOPS, THE REST OF YOU FOLLOW ME!"

The men responded with their battle cries that shook the skies, as Yusef was a general that fought at the frontlines this made many of the soldiers follow him without question!

The object that Yusef was after was flying towards the strange fortress in the distance, with his aggressive nature, it was like someone stabbed him then ran off upon seeing this he roared angrily as his mount responded in kind flapping its wings harder to pick up speed as both the rider and the mount unleashed their attack!

Yusef created a spinning blade made from aura while the mount fueled it with his aura-filled fire breath, this attack struck the floating disc like a missile taking a third of its health!

The pilot of the disk was furious at the gift his master had given him as he yelled out.

"LASER BEAMS READY! LET'S TAKE THEM OUT!!!"

One of the upgrades that came with the five laser beams had two options that it can switch from steady fire, and the most devastating means of attack, concentrated beam!

The floating disc charged its attack, Yusef noticed this and took it as a challenge, he activated his personal Aura shield as he prepared another attack for the escaping enemy.

The floating disc fired its beam of death that covered the general completely with his mount thanks to his abundant amount of aura it was easy for him to resist this but he failed to notice that the floating disc wasn't just targeting him but also the soldiers behind him!

Their death throes reached his ears as it was then he realized that he had been played!

Yusef unleashed another aura attack with his mount, but then he heard something that he will remember for the rest of his life as the following experience prevented him from moving.

*BURURURURURURURURURU*

Something below him began firing trickling away at his aura shield and the soldiers that followed him faithfully...

they all died in pieces!

The attack became faster and fiercer the longer they stayed, within a few minutes there was no one left in the air, Yusef fell from the sky heavily injured as his mount was spinning in the air trying to lighten their upcoming landing despite its injuries being heavier than its rider.

each sky wyvern would protect their rider with their lives as before they were conscripted into the army of the united kingdom, they were considered as pests and simple prey for other monsters, the underdog basically since the wyverns were unable to manipulate aura nor did they have any at least until they were bonded with their riders.

Their chance to grow stronger, their chance to deliver their revenge and their very souls were connected to their riders, so as long as their partner remained alive they would return if given the chance to grown again.

But unfortunately for this wyvern, Mikhail coldly ordered.

"finish them off."

the turrets and Gatling tanks all turned to point their barrels to the survivors that landed on the ground and those still trying to support the ground troops, then fired.

Mikhail wanted to end this now, while he loved growing his troops to make them stronger, it doesn't mean that he enjoyed making his enemies suffer, unlike that one world where they went as far as using a child he had with one of his initiates in the past as a pseudo bomb, to eliminate his wife and other lovers, he had his enemies experience something similar as he mind-controlled theirs 'beyond saving children' that enjoyed butchering others.

So yeah, he has the blood of children on his hands despite it being in a dream, was he proud of it?

Maybe. maybe not.

would he do it again?

If he needed to... yes he would.

As children are affected by their parents and livelihood so if the kids are allowed to toy with the life or death of another... how much worse would the parents be?

But enough of that, time to finish the rest of the ground troops and collect what they can.