"Kill!"
"Arghh!"
"Mow them down!"
Loud aggressive shouts resonated amongst the din of the battlefield.
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The two wings of the cavalry corps led 16,000 strong soldiers deep into the flanks of the Glacial mountain's liberation alliance's Vanguard, culling over 30,000 lives in a mere ten minutes. A demoralising, terrifying result that shook the very foundations of the army. Thousands of monsters quivered in fear and ran away in terror whenever the enemy drew near. For the cavalry corps killing the enemy was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Because the vanguard was held back by the War Ursa Battalion's own frontliners the majority of the enemies Frost and Casper had to face were long distanced fighters who fared poorly in close combat.
Apart from the minimal amount of defenders and the occasional interruption from enemy heavy cavalry the ambush operation was proceeding smoothly, so smoothly in fact that many soldiers were becoming cocky, letting their guards down as they relished in their superior strength.
A natural reaction even amongst the most battle hardened and strictly trained soldiers. Victory especially a decisive one could easily warp one's mind, making them forget the threat of cornered prey.
Casper did his best to crush such behaviour the moment it surfaced and thankfully the cavalry corps weren't amateurs, their guards only loosened slightly but even so, it was enough for a disaster to strike.
At the core the Alliance's Vanguard.
"How many?" Vash the commanding General of the enemy forces asked.
"It's nearing 35,000 General." One of his trusted subordinates replied with a cold sweat dripping down his brow.
"Hoh 35,000 deaths in just a few minutes...the Cavalry corps of the War Ursa Battalion certainly live up their renown...." Vash spoke in an almost playful manner before letting out a menacing laugh. "Hehehehe I'm curious to know what kind of faces those two bitches will show once the tables are turned." His gaze honed in on the top of the Northern wall. It was time for a little payback.
"Weep in regret Katrina, Jesscia hehehehe." Vash sounded like a depraved ghost, hysterical at the climax of his revenge.
20 seconds later when the time felt right he looked to his subordinate and said, "Send the signal." Before returning to his own personal amusement, eager to watch the fireworks go off from a distance.
"Yes General." The subordinate officer replied with a forced smile. The loss of 35,000 soldiers on top of what they had already lost because of the meteor weighed heavily on his mind but he was just a mere mid-ranked officer, it was not his place to argue against a General.
The vast majority of these spider monsters however remained in place above their self-created trapdoor and fired dollops of poison at the fleeing Cavalry corps hoping to restrain their mobility.
"Demonic trapdoor spiders." Colonel Casper said through a clenched jaw as he urged Avalon to pick up the pace.
These monsters were rarely seen even in the deeper layers of the Glacial mountains. Vicious creatures that ambush their prey and drag them down in the depths of their underground nests. Deadly assassins, armed with some of the most potent paralytic poisons known to man.
Thankfully Casper reacted quickly and set off the emergency firework otherwise the cavalry corps could have met with a real disaster. Quick, hidden leapers armed with a poison that affect mobility, a cavalrymen's bread and butter. It wasn't a stretch to say that these monsters were their antithesis or at least they held a significant advantage.
Frost fired off some [freezing fireballs] and occasionally stabbed with his glaive whenever one of these demonic trapdoor spiders attacks.
'D and C-ranks.' They weren't too threatening to him but to the average member of the cavalry corps they were deadly.
"Pick up the pace!" Casper roared as he carved a path through the still floundering flanks of the alliance. The chaos was great for killing but detrimental to picking up speed, something they desperately needed right now because it wasn't just demonic trapdoor spiders that were hunting them down. That sense of danger Frost and Casper felt was still there and still growing.
About 15 seconds after the spiders showed themselves the ground shook once more and in the distance, barring their path to the western mountain long thick pillars appeared.
"Fuck! Night bloom adders!" An upper ranked major who was riding nearby loudly cursed, his aura trembling as he spoke. These things were even more dangerous than the demonic trapdoor spiders.
"Colonel!"
"I know, I know....Frost, Laman, Kursch, Deikka with me we'll carve a path for the others." With time being such a critical factor Casper relayed his orders, summoning some of the most powerful soldiers under his command to his side.
"So the Demonic empire has made their move after all." The demonic trapdoor spiders and the night bloom adders were not units under any of the other alliance members, he was certain of this.
Colonel Casper didn't quite know how to feel about the situation. He was glad that the unknown had finally revealed something but their timing and what they actually revealed spoke volumes about their nature.
Decisive, powerful and vicious.
Casper trying not to dwell on the overall situation but rather on the problem currently facing his team shook his head and urged Avalon to steam roll through everything in his path. To which Avalon grunted in reply before kicking it up a notch.
"Night bloom adders." Frost muttered, he had read a little about them in the compendium of monsters found in the Glacial mountains, but the information was quite bare. Huge, venomous vipers that could only be found in the deeper layers of the inner regions, the further north the better. Rumoured to have the blood of demons running through their veins, weakest members are C-rank. That was it.
Keen to know more about this deadly enemy Frost turned to the Major who immediately identified them at a single glance, a man by the name of Kursch.