They didn't take much time to turn the entire ground into a wasted land. All kinds of breaths were used here, and in the end every single trap in front of the passage was destroyed.
As for the walls they didn't take long to be destroyed, then Henry led the group and dived deeply inside the enemy forces.
"Follow me," Arthur shouted while turning around, "let's clear all the enemies and create a path for others."
He knew he couldn't kill everyone in the short time left for him. Leaving the reinforcements also in the open wasn't an option, as the entire army at the ground was able to kill hundreds of thousands in a short span of time.
He didn't know if the incoming reinforcements had any mages inside or not, and he couldn't tell if they would be depended upon.
So he decided to take the worst option; they were useless and he had to act this way.
Just clashing over the ground forces turned the entire area there into a bloodbath. His dragons weren't any less strong than him, and even some showed some strong breaths enough to threaten his life if he stood against them.
They moved, first creating a gap then expanding it fast. Any place they went to was totally devastated and nothing stood in their way. As for the aerial army, they tried to interfere, but Arthur left a group of fifty dragons led by Henry to meet them.
And his other forces up there were already too much and didn't let much room for those flying monsters to act as they liked.
The ground started to erupt running rivers of blood while the track they created was literally covered with dead bodies of their enemies.
Arthur was in the lead, using his technique all the time while consuming pills and meat from time to time. He was like the tip of the spear, cutting and burning his enemies bodies into ash without any suspense.
As for his enemies, they tried to crush them, fill the gap they created and try to block their path of retreat.
"Turn back," Arthur didn't hesitate to issue the order for half of his forces to turn around and go to face those hastily assembled enemy forces inside the wide track they just created.
Like an automated saw, Arthur's forces kept reaping and lived back and forth while he slowly expanded the gap towards his city.
'This is taking longer than planned,' the golden dragon muttered, 'the reinforcements are here. You should seek their help to fortify the path and let others pass.'
"I doubt they can help," Arthur was too busy to think about this again.
'I'll contact them,' Gege said, 'I doubt all of these people and no decent mages are among them!'
Arthur didn't speak, as if this was true then this fight would shift to a better state.
After a few minutes he got the answer he looked for.
'Many can fight,' Gege said in excitement, 'and many of these fighters are strong enough to hold the path.'
"Great," Arthur heaved a deep sigh of relief, "send them towards the path and let my dragons retreat."
'On it,' Gege was so much excited about the fact she was helping him effectively in this fight.
Despite her using the tree's help, she considered her as part of her assets. After all she was already part of her body, and she was the one who helped Arthur to activate its true potential.
The next minute Arthur waited for the frontlines of his reinforcements to come and take charge. Despite this, he didn't hurry to fasten his steps forward, as he patiently waited and watched what those reinforcements would do.
"They are… good," he muttered when he noticed how they handled the pressure. At first they were pushed slightly inside, narrowing the path a little but later they managed to hold their grounds, and even started to push the line back, making the path wider.
"On me," he didn't have anything to worry about right now as he turned his focus entirely towards deepening the path. "Let Henry watch the path from the air… make him interfere if things need his aid," he said while pushing forward in great momentum while his dragon army was moving in no less speed than him.
The system relayed his orders to Henry, and from time to time he would spot him descending to some point and then return to the sky.
After the passage of an entire hour, Arthur started to be relieved totally about the state of his path. Things were getting under control, and as they started to delve deeper inside the enemy lines, they started to be covered by their aerial forces there.
And that helped greatly in relieving the pressure over Henry and his team, and also some of those up there descended from time to time to help clearing more enemies from their path.
Gradually Arthur started to run, and after three more hours and when the night started to get much deeper he finally started to fly fast. The dense numbers of his enemies started to falter, as finally after all this kiting they started to show lack of reinforcements.
This made Arthur and his elite army of dragons able to move faster. As for his other forces on the ground, they started to expand the path easier while moving forward towards the city.
Yet there was still one third left there, and he wasn't too much reassured to his victory so far.
"How about the distance from here to the city?" he suddenly asked as the main forces of his were stationed either on the city walls or fighting brutally here.
'There is nothing there,' Gege replied after a couple of minutes.
"Are you sure?" Arthur stressed again before adding, "not even scattered enemy forces anywhere from here to the city?"
'There are indeed scattered forces,' Gege said, 'but they are scattered on a grand scale. I doubt they can pose any threat.'
"Let enough forces be left in the city enough to sustain any sudden attack," Arthur didn't take her words to his heart as he decided to be more cautious, "and let others come here to guard our incoming people."
Time told that he had a point in worrying from those scattered forces. Just as he and his elite forces crossed the reign of the enemies, the incoming weak villagers moved towards the city.
And in the middle, those scattered, unorganized groups started to target them.
If not for the already arranged guards from the city, those trying to reach it from all over the planet would have been killed here without any proper chances in surviving.
"See?' Arthur smiled before adding, "Send more to them, I don't want them to be killed."
'But the city will be vulnerable that way,' Gege objected.
"Alright, leave this to me," he then flew high in the air before shouting, "half stay here to help, while others come with me."
He was already winning this war, and so he wasn't so much worried about any hidden weapon his enemies would show up at the last minute.
If they had anything up their sleeves then they would have used it when he was creating that path from before.
As he neared the city, he started to descend and help in some fights. He spread out his small army of dragons, yet each single one of them was now tyrannical, couldn't be stopped even with an army.
And despite those groups converging here to attack those villagers, they didn't have the time to really unite and form a bigger group. So the fight was like attacking smaller groups, endless in number but they were so weak.
And like this the fight here was easily concluded in less than a day. Arthur stood high in the air while gracefully flapping his wings and glancing over the horizon.
Many were still coming, and his only concern was that his enemies might try to attack them far from here.
'Ding! Don't worry too much, it's really harder to attack them from far,' the system tried to reassure him, 'Ding! After all they all came from everywhere and it would be really impossible to block all.'
'Even if some were lost, most will arrive safely here,' the golden dragon said.
"You are right," he muttered before turning to glance at his stand tall city, "I believe it's time to expand."
'Building more cities?' Gege asked in an excited tone.
Since this fight erupted she was in a very great mood. She finally found a place fit for herself and she just wanted more of such feelings.
"Yeah, it's time to expand," Arthur nodded, "but I need first to handle some stuff."
He turned his gaze towards the distant army of his.. After winning this war, part was selected to clear the battlefield and the rest started to supervise over the huge influx of those supporters.
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