Chapter 342 The Commander-In-Chief

"I want the archers on top of the right side to be switched right away, the reinforcing cavalry should wait near the secret entrance so that we can flank their army after they arrive at the wall, and the shieldbearers and the spearmen should be positioned right in front of the archers, the second some of their soldiers try and climb up, they should take care of them!" A fully armored person shouted orders as the generals and officers that were currently looking at a map nodded respectfully.

"Yes Ma'am!" They all saluted the armored person, even though some of them were nobles and others were generals with a long service record, compared to the armored woman in front of them, they were nothing.

Lisea Arbenot, the chief commander of the army and one of the three first evolution combatants of the kingdom of Riplas. Right now she was probably amongst the most talented people in not only the surrounding area but even when pitted against the talents of the larger kingdoms. When she was 28 years old she managed to go through the first evolution and become a cornerstone of the kingdom, her brilliant leadership skills and strategic mind allowed her to quickly rise through the ranks of the army and she had become the chief commander at the young age of 33, successfully becoming the youngest chief commander in the history of the kingdom.

Many a time had she fought against their enemy, and each time she managed to force them back, this time would be no different as the army attacking them wasn't that large as about 56 000 people were in it. The king was facing a huge army that was over 100 000 men strong and two first evolution fighters, still, his situation was relatively well as the one place that was currently the weakest was the fortification that was commanded by Raigon.

Even though Raigon was well-known to be a brilliant man that could do things that seemed impossible at a glance, when put against a first evolution combatant, even he wouldn't be able to resist for too long. Because of that, Lisea wanted to try and bait the enemy and deal with this battle quickly, of course, that was a much harder task compared to simply standing their ground and defending against them.

"What orders do you have for me, Ma'am?" Lico asked as he looked at Lisea with a calm expression, the two had known each other for quite some time and he knew that she was probably thinking of the fortification that Raigon was commanding. She was one of the kingdom's sharpest blades, but she always tried to do what was best for the entire kingdom instead of trying to get glory from her military exploits.

"From the intel we gathered, it seems that they have sent a couple of their top combatants here, for now just stay hidden, but if our men need help, then please do help them out, if they don't need it, however, then help me, if the two of us join hands, I might be able to seriously injure, or perhaps even kill that bastard." Lisea looked ahead and stared at the back of the enemy line, a huge tent was set up behind as a person was observing the army whilst having two gorgeous women blow fans from the sides. The man looked as if he was in his early twenties, long black hair was put up in a ponytail as a couple of strands fell over his left eye, and a gorgeous purple robe that was a bit open and showed his muscular torso was wrapped around him while a third woman was feeding him some fruits.

The man in question was the king of Asuria, king Licht the Third. Not only did the man come from the royal family which had been controlling the kingdom for the last three centuries, but he was probably the most talented person in the history of the family. Right now he was only 24 but was already a first evolution combatant that could go toe to toe against Lisea. Not only was his personal strength high, but the power of his kingdom was also only beneath Riplas and the other two top kingdoms of the area.

The kingdom was well known for its engineering skills and Licht wanted to continue improving that. Compared to most people that only focused on one thing, he was able to not only focus on his strength and go through the first evolution at such a young age, but he was also one of the leading scholars of the kingdom who had done much to help the kingdom out. Contrary to his appearance, he wasn't an arrogant person, but he knew how to play well with people's emotions.

He knew that Lisea was a strong woman and simply seeing a man having female servants that did anything he asked would be enough to make her a bit angry. When the female servants in question were noble ladies that had been missing from the kingdom, however, the anger should be amplified manifold.

Of course, Lisea knew what Licht was doing, and even though her anger was great, she tried her best not to show it. Slowly the enemy army approached and in about 30 minutes, another battle took place. Contrary to how everything went at Raigon's fortification, the battle here has been lasting for a couple of days, Licht and Lisea had fought a couple of times before and no clear winner was shown. Since Licht's job wasn't to conquer the fortification he didn't go all out and neither did Lisea, the army did the same as neither one had used up all of their cards, even their top combatants still hadn't shown themselves.

Big catapults could be seen at the back of the army as they continuously rained down giant rocks on the defending army, contrary to the gorge where Raigon's fortification was, this one was many times wider and there was a need for a larger army to defend it, it of course also allowed the enemy to bring big siege equipment, and Asuria was the one kingdom that had the best siege equipment in the whole area.

Huge catapults that could launch rocks that weighed anywhere from 600kg ( 1332 lbs ) to 1 ton ( 2 204 lbs ). The damage such heavy rocks could inflict was massive and even the thick wall and towers that were made in order to defend the passage couldn't last too long against them. Of course, it wasn't as if the defending army didn't have a few tricks up their sleeve.

The whole wall and towers were coated in mana and were many times tougher compared to normal walls, this had been done a long time ago when the kingdom had a second evolution combatant. The old fighter had traveled for a long time before and had brought a lot of things with him, one of them was the method of coating buildings with mana in order to reinforce them further.

Thanks to that the kingdom was able to turn the fortification that was hardest to defend into the one that was suddenly the hardest to break through, unfortunately, the method of coating cost a lot and it was mostly thanks to the old second evolution combatant that they were able to coat this whole thing. Even after so many years had passed, the kingdom hadn't done the same to the other two fortifications simply because it would cost them too much.

Increasing the size of their army, training more elite soldiers, and allowing talented people to become top combatants, those things were all many times more important than simply making the walls stronger. No matter how high the defense was, if the enemy had more top combatants then it would be meaningless as they could easily scale the walls and decimate the army.

As the battle continued the whole thing became more and more intense, it was obvious that this time, Licht wasn't planning on pulling back any punches, and why would he, the king of Older would soon arrive with his troops after breaking through the fortification, with him attacking the enemy from behind, victory would be assured and even Lisea wouldn't be able to fight against both of them simultaneously.

After about 2 hours had passed, Licht and Lisea had finally clashed, the two first evolution combatants immediately started fighting ferociously as Lico and the other top combatants fought against the enemy top combatants. Licht's army had more fighters and Lico was currently fighting against the strongest 3 combatants by himself, each of them was powerful in their own right, but when put against Lico, they paled in comparison.

Lico's powerful wind ability made him incredibly hard to deal with, not only could he use the ability to fly in the air for a short period of time, but he could also blow his attackers away, cut them with powerful wind blades, make it hard for them to move thanks to his strong wind blowing around and more.

As the battle was happening and becoming more and more chaotic, nobody managed to spot a man that had just arrived and was observing everything from above. A trail of lightning was left behind him as he looked from the wall of the gorge down below, he flashed a ferocious grin as he looked down and stared at Licht who was currently fighting against Lisea.

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