340 THE GENERALS OF VANHEIM

Thousands die per minutes.

Bodies fall down like flies as some warriors had to step over the body of their comrade to keep fighting.

On the other side of the battlefield, King Alexander of Veranis is frowning. 

He is sitting on his horse while giving orders to his captain to relay to his generals. 

His personal guard remains alert. 

In the distance, he could see that both of his flank is being pressured. 

And on the middle, Aero of the East is forging his moves forward with the speed of lightning and his momentum is like a thunder roaring in the plains, shocking all of them

Even though Alexander knows that he had miscalculated, he could not retreat right now. he had to wait for Antonius forces to come down and render him aid to fight Aero forces

Aero rides the plain with his sword reaping lives every second. The force of his sword sweep through dozens of people with one slash. Aero is like inside his elements.

His fighting spirit is of superior rank and just by looking at his eyes and being near him, unless the soldiers are elite soldiers that has been honed in hundreds of battles, they could not even thrust their weapons towards Aero. 

They would be seized by fear the moment Aero eyes swept through them.

With his fighting spirt, Aero strength increased even more. 

He already had the Curse of Styx that made him an unparalleled warrior under the heavens and with his fighting spirit, none could stand in front of him without being petrified.

This aura that is coming out of him also has other effects. And that other effect was that it helps his allies to gain morale in battle.

Those behind him, all riding their horses, is full of determination and had thrown their survival to the back of their mind. 

Wherever the figure of Aero is, that is where the cavalry follows him. No matter how deep Aero geos to the enemy lines, they would follow.

The battle devolves into chaos as more and more soldiers clashed with each other. One would be hard pressed to give order at this point of time. 

Alexander had missed the opportunity to stage a counter defense and as such, they have to fight in chaos.

Aero on the other hand keep moving closer and closer toward Alexander main forces. Unlike other people, Aero stamina is endless. 

Possessing a Divine Endurance because of the Curse of the Styx, he could fight all day without getting tired.

This kind of endurance is even more pronounced now as he bears the brunt of the attack without stopping

Unless someone attack him in his ankle, he would be without a problem. There were some slashes that hit his skin. 

But like hitting a hill of iron, the sword broken

Aero fought like the War God Ares. When an enemy tries to grab his sword hand. 

He would just fling them, and with his strength, the men that grab his hand all were hurled up into the air before being shot to death by the archers from behind.

The winds howled, and the air over the battlefield was far more intense than one could imagine.

Aero kept his pace and his soldiers behind him fowl him loyally. If Aero is going down into the Underworld, these soldiers would still follow him faithfully

Because they believe, if its Aero, they could come out of the Underworld.

On the other side of the battle Pericles is holding off Kyle advances as he sends some unit to cut off Kyle attempt of trying to roll up the line. 

Considering that Alexander forces is taken by surprise, they performed extremely well against Kyle

But like compounding interest, with the adventurers running away some parts of Pericles wing were wide open. 

And Kyle is not some third rate general that did not know how to capitalize an advantage when he sees one.

But Pericles is not a simple enemy that could easily be ignored. His personal strength is one of the best.

Pericles riding his war horses shouted to his men to charge while he himself is fighting with those few soldiers that managed to broke through the lines. 

Pericles is an adept user of the long spear. Before these soldiers even manage to reach him, they would be pierced to death by his long spear.

They try to counter charge and with Pericles leading them, full with morale the countercharge decimated a lot of men. 

Some of the army under Kyle was thrown back into confusion. But Kyle who look at this is very calm. His eye is cold as he sends his orders.

The screams and the shouts and the chaos of the battlefield did not waver his heart at all. He is no longer that easy to provoke.

One could say his defeat to Aero might be the turning points of his career as a general.

If the Emperor did not trust that Kyle could hold on against Alexander full forces, he would not have given the task of the Supreme Commander to him.

'Pericles is eager to go back to Alexander. I guess Aero act of charging forward is creating such effect.' Smiling a bit, he mutters to himself

'This war had been won by the Chancellor even before he steps into the battlefield. It is quite good that I am not in the receiving end of his scheme' 

Kyle who was standing on his horse raises his flags signaling his soldiers to follow the orders. 

To enable secret order during the battle, Vanheim had flags orders. 

Not everybody had to understand it. Only the captains and high ranking soldier so that they could lead their team

They did not use magic messaging. 

So, is the enemy soldiers. They fear that their magical network could be intercepted by powerful mages who is talented in magic network.

As a mage he knows that there are mages that is capable of such thing.

And as a general of the army, he understood the implication of having his military order intercepted. 

That could change the battle in a blink of an eye. As such, they had to use flag orders or manual kind of way of relaying orders

Mages are an indispensable unit in the army. They are different than the normal infantry which could be composed of normal warriors.

Elite soldiers of each forces on the other hand is trying to kill each other mages. 

Soldiers are good and could follow orders. 

But mages are dangerous. Any army that is fighting each other would always reserve an elite team to take down mages.

In the past, this is not that prevalent but as adventurers become stronger and some of them is reputed to become an Archmage, most army would equip their team with an elite soldiers that could cut down an Archmage. 

Most of these elite teams consisted of powerful warriors that is beyond normal warrior's level. 

Their attack could cut down dozens of people with one slash. As such, they could not really be viewed as normal warriors.

As most magician, while their magic power is very devastating their physical body and defense is weak.

But Archmage is not some cabbages that could easily be found or trained. 

Magic itself is very mysterious and even Kyle who could be considered a great fire magic user did not consider himself as an Archmage.

It seems that Alexander did not have an Archmage level existence among his mage corps. 

But just because he didn't have an Archmage doesn't mean mages could not do great damage with their offensive spell.

Kyle look at the other side. He did not have to worry too much about magician unit. Because the other flank had to deal with it. Kyle had send some orders to the left flank to hurry up. 

He then continues looking at the situation.

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