Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 536: Grand strategy vi

And then BOOOM! 

With a sound that shakes the battlefield, the log exploded into pieces of bark and small sized wood as Arial landed on top of the battlements with only one wound on his cheek.

He landed right in front of the red hair man, and he was surrounded by the red hair man subordinate each one did not make any moves. 

The red hair man was about to retreat but then Arial unleashed his internal energy and pressures the red hair man making him unable to move ads sweat filled the red hair man forehead.

But Arial was shocked to see no fear in that red hair man eyes. 

Arial lifted his glaive and pointed it at the red hair man throat and ordered the man

'Surrender!!' Arial spoke his voice was authoritative and some soldier almost unconsciously wanted to kneel.

The Red Hair man smiles and then shouted 

'Attack!' The red hair man yelled. 

The officer beside the red hair man rushed forward, his spear pointed towards Arial like the momentum of a dragon but Arial only flick his finger and an invisible sword made of pure energy was shot out towards that officer head.

'Impudent!' Arial mocked

The man head exploded. 

But that was not the end of it, from behind Arial a man wielding a large axe charge towards Arial back, this time Arial flicks one of his other fingers and an invisible sword energy shoot towards that man and his body exploded.

This is Arial All Conquering Finger Technique. 

'You dare?' Arial said as the glaive rested only a few inches from the red hair man throat.

'Why would I not dare? Even though you managed to enter the city you are alone. You are surrounded by hostile forces. Your martial arts might be unrivalled but your soldiers are ragged and weak. If not for you, those people outside following you, how could they be able to break the defense of this city?'

Arial was impressed by the calm analysis of this red hair man. 

'Are you not afraid of dying?' Arial asked as the people on this part of the battlement did not make any rash move after Arial display of power.

'Why should I? We are all going to die anyway someday. This is as a good time as any.' He said almost like he was joking. He was calm in front of death and this impressed Arial further. 

'I already said surrender and I would spare the people of this city. Why wouldn't you surrender?' Arial asked even amidst the sound of arrows being shot towards his soldiers could be heard in the distance.

'Two reason.' The red hair man said calmly. 

The surrounding around Arial is tense as everybody was itching to attack Arial the moment they saw any opening or weakness to exploits. 

But Arial was not affected. He stands there, his glaive on the throats of the lord of the city, his eyes lazily bore down on the red hair man.

He was standing there unaffected, his posture was imposing like he was a mountain and people would feel suffocated just to face him face to face.

'First, because I was confident in defeating you. I did not know you are an expert of martial arts. Even if you are I didn't think you would be able to break the Log Arrow. Many experts try to attack Balhae long before you came and they all have experts. And none of those experts have even able to guard themselves against the log arrow. You are the first.' 

'Then what is the second?' Arial ask

'Second, even if you are able to enter right now, there is still thousands of my army here. You are but one person. Don't tell me you alone could destroy sixty thousand men? Experts like you could at least kill two thousand people and then leave. But sixty thousand men? You will be overwhelmed just by simple number.'

'You would sacrifice that many just to kill me?' Arial was a little shocked hearing this red hair man decisiveness.

'If necessary' he answers without an ounce of guilt on his face.

'You could have surrender and I would have treated you well.'

'And how do we to know that? The people outside the Shadowlands have always hated the monopoly of the Three Great Tribes. Who knows whether you are not that kind of people?'

'I am an outsider' Arial answer

'Hmph' the red hair man snorted and added

'With subordinates that come from the tribes Outside the Shadowlands' he countered back. 

'I have no words to say to you. I might die here but you will also be buried here!' 

The red hair man suddenly shouted before he broke out from the pressure of Arial internal energy and lunged forward towards Arial chest with a dagger.

Arial was shocked as he quickly understands. The red hair man distracts his attention by talking to him. 

Because Arial was so impressed by the man talents, he unconsciously loosened his oppressive internal energy thus opening a chance for the red hair man to attack.

When the red hair man lunged to attack, the people behind Arial also unsheathed their weapons and simultaneously attack. 

'This ungrateful people!'

Arial unleashed his Divine Lightning and a shockwave of energy exploded around him repelling all the people that was about to attack him.

Some of them were flung down from the battlements and die falling down from such height. 

Some were lucky as they collided with the city wall and managed to keep their life.

The red hair man was flung backward and laid unconscious on the castle gate battlements. 

Arial approached the unconscious red hair man and he was about to slice the red hair man throat before suddenly stopped at the last minute.

'This man is interesting. Such talent.it is such a waste to kill him' he said before he jumps down from the castle gate battlement and immediately his arrival alerted the entire army inside the city.

Arial then quickly run towards the city gate his glaive slashing wildly and energetically as rivers of blood flow towards the trails leading to the city gate.

Sounds of killing inside the city steadily increased while the civilians all shelter themselves inside their home, some even hiding under some dark corners of their house.

It was like the city was battling ten thousand people when the truth is they are trying to contain only one person.

Ragar was shocked after he saw Arial destroying the Log Arrow but on the front of the gate he quickly reorganizes the formation and is now withstanding barrage of arrows. 

It was then he slowly realized that the barrage of arrows coming down on him is slowly decreasing.

From the distance, General Castile could be seen rushing through the battlefield with his squad as he has sense the opportune moment is coming Ragar smiles. 

Castile is like a blood hound. He must have sense that the opportunity is ripe.

Inside the city screams and cries filled the city gates as piles of bodies slowly clog the area near the gate

Many of the people on top of the battlements tries to pour oil, shoot flaming arrows, hurls stones at him but none of it was effective as he hurled everything back with one swing of his glaive.

Bloodied soldiers covered in wounds shouted towards the city in a weeping manner.

'The Gate is being broken!' He said before he was cleaved into half. 

Arial was in front of the gate now and with one swing of his glaive he cut apart the log blocking the gate and then he trusted forward his glaive to the wooden gate and an explosion shakes the city wall as a huge sized hole was formed and wood dust covered the area near the city gate.

When the dust settles, Ragar who was outside the city cheered. He saw his lord standing there, crimson red bathed in the blood of his enemies, looking like the incarnation of a War Deity and then his lord nodded. 

Ragar smiles and then he shouted

'CHARGE!!!'