"Boss" The soldiers exclaimed as they hurried to get to Yufan, upon arriving however they could immediately see that it was too late, their leader had already died. A thin stab wound could be seen on his chest, but there was no blood flowing out from it, that was because of the lightning that Reign had used, not only did he fry the insides but the stab wound was cauterized as well.
Sios grit his teeth in anger after seeing his comrade dead, he and Yufan weren't the best of friends or anything like that, they often disagreed about many topics and had constant fights. During a battle, however, there was no one that Sios preferred having with him than Yufan, seeing a person he had fought side by side for years being killed was definitely not a pleasant feeling.
He clenched his teeth before speaking.
"Everybody start marching back, we are leaving this place, our mission is a failure!"
The vice-captain and their top combatants had just returned and managed to get inside the defensive dome without Reign blocking their way, their retreat had gone smoother than expected.
Reign, on the other hand, was looking at the defensive array from afar, for some reason he wasn't attacking them, merely observing while occasionally glancing at Raigon who had a large smile on his face.
"Really now, there was no reason for me to even use this huh?" Reign shook his head as he watched the army march back, arrows and skills from the many soldiers were constantly bombarding the defensive array and more soldiers were passing out thanks to the large amount of mana needed to keep the array working.
As the army traveled a bit more than 20 meters something suddenly happened. The ground shook violently as some of the soldiers lost their balance and almost fell down, it wasn't only the ground that was shaking however as even the walls of the gorge were shaking as well.
Before they could do anything the walls and ground in front of them split apart as three enormous stone gates suddenly exit them. The stone gates move forward and soon they touched each other. A loud banging sound was heard as the three gates came together and seemingly fused, a massive stone wall was now in front of the army, the stone wall was a full 50 meters tall and there was no way that the army could go above it.
Even destroying the wall was out of the question as all of the top combatants were exhausted, their mana was running low and they simply didn't have the strength to deal with something like this right now. Sios had his eyes open wide in shock as he observed the gate, it was obvious to him now why Reign was patiently waiting for them to move, the man had a golden opportunity to get rid of Sios but he decided against it. Right now the army was like a fish in a barrel, simply waiting to be killed.
There was no need to risk anything during this fight, the wall in front of the army was one of the trump cards together with the mana curtain. The reason for creating it was a simple one of course, not only could they prevent their enemy from escaping once they were defeated, but they could also use the wall in order to divide their attackers at the very beginning of a battle, if a large army was to attack the fortification they would be met with the wall that would only allow a smaller portion of the army to stay in the vicinity of the fortification, of course, those soldiers would die without being able to much to the fortification.
It was a great contraption that had multiple uses and this was the first time it had been used in battle. Even though the enemy army hadn't done a lot of damage to them, Raigon still felt that it was best for them to completely annihilate it right now as he didn't want to see them in the future. He knew that they were mercenaries and held no grudges over the attack as he knew that they were simply doing what they had to in order to survive, but it was war and the fewer enemies they had to face in the future the better it would be for the kingdom.
As the shocked army stares at the giant wall the soldiers from the towers suddenly start attacking them once again, this time however they didn't use the same normal arrows as before. Explosive arrows, lightning arrows, ice arrows that exploded in a chilling blast upon contact, there were all kinds of arrows used.
The mana canons from before were charged again, however they weren't fired this time as Raigon didn't want to risk the wall being damaged by it, there was no reason to use them anyway since there was nothing that the attackers could do in this situation.
Dain and Ilas had retreated from the battle, both of them had gone all out in order to defeat the vice-leader and they were low on mana right now. Dain's fingers were bleeding profusely as he had overdone it with the bow, he didn't mind however as the enemy he was constantly attacking was forced to use mana in order to deal with his attacks, and in the end he fell to Ilas and his swift attack.
Lieara and her troops approached the now trapped army, but they didn't get too close as it was still too risky to do something like that, there were still over 2 000 soldiers in the army and it would be too dangerous for them to try and fight them. Reign was standing a bit closer to the array and smiled after seeing everything that had happened.
He suddenly disappeared from the spot before appearing in front of the defensive array, with his swords drawn out he pointed them at the array as the phantom of a Kirin manifested around him. The Kirin pierced through the array with relative ease before continuing its charge, every single soldier that tried to stop it was skewered by it.
The other vice-leader and the elite soldiers of the army looked at the giant Kirin in horror as they didn't dare move from the spot. They knew that there was nothing they could do against such an opponent, even the most powerful one amongst them, Yufan had perished while battling against the monster that had managed to enter the array.
Sios glared hatefully at the approaching Reign, he and Yufan had fought together for years before finally managing to make this army into what it now was. Many times they had gone through perilous fights and there were times when they almost died. The number of comrades they had lost during those years was more than Sios could even count, but each time they managed to survive, each time they persevered and came back stronger.
This time however it would seem that all was over. Sios knew that none of the members of the army was particularly talented, that, of course, included him and Yufan, otherwise, they would have been much stronger after fighting for so long. Dying wasn't a problem for them as they had come to terms with the possibility a long time ago, what stung him right in the heart was the fact that they were defeated by a young man who was much younger than them.
No, defeat would be the wrong term to use, they were destroyed, toyed with by the young man until he finally decided to use his full power and annihilate them.
'This was never a battle for him huh?" Thought Sios as the Kirin arrived in front of him, he stared straight into Reign's eyes before flashing a sad smile before the Kirin's horns penetrated through his body and killed him.
With both of their leaders dead, the army was a mess, and the only person they could turn to was the vice-leader. He unfortunately was not faring any better than them, he knew that there was no chance of survival, the enemy had played them from the very beginning. They never stood a chance, if the enemy had wanted to, they could have broken their spirit a long time ago, but it was clear that they didn't want that, on the contrary, they wanted to let them get closer and closer and think that they had a big chance of winning the battle.
It was clear now that they never stood a chance, not only was the area filled with traps and many different contraptions, but he also had a feeling that this was not all there was to it. The true power of the fortification hadn't been shown as they were simply too weak for it to be used.
Reign quickly destroyed the cube-shaped device before sending a couple of lightning spears toward the carriage. With the weakening device and the defensive array now destroyed the army was done for, there was no chance of them surviving the barrage of attacks that the defensive army was throwing at them.
Reign quickly retreated before attacking the vice-leader. He knew that Lieara had wanted to kill the man, but Reign was going to use this battle to fulfill as many goals for the evolution as he could. Killing 100 soldiers would be easy, there was a large amount of them that were level 40 and above and Reign was certain that he would be able to fulfill the first goal today. He had already killed 2 out of the 5 level 50 enemies, if he was lucky enough then the remaining vice-leader would also be level 50, bringing the number to 3.
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