Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 30: It Begins!, part 1
HEKIEL silently looked at the course of the first clash that occurred between the Imperial Army and the Knight Templars. Although he called it a clash, the battle still had not taken place. The Knights Templar troops did not come out of the passageway; they fired a spell from within. Meanwhile, the Imperial Army troops did not charge into the passageway; they retaliated by firing a spell from the front of the gate.
Two minutes have passed, and things have not changed. What increased was the intensity of the attack. The spells released by the Knights Templar were more and more aggressive, making the number of Imperial Army soldiers who were in charge of countering attacks more and more.
Hekiel did not know if the one leading them was a Saint or not. However, clearly, he was not stupid to directly command his army to invade. They don't fully know what awaits at the end of the passage other than the enemy soldiers ‒ being alert and testing it by firing a spell is a great solution. Hekiel could directly drop them into the already made moat if they were stupid, unfortunately they were not stupid.
But that doesn't mean they are smart. Entering the hallway was a folly in itself. Did they forget that he made it? Didn't they think he could destroy them at any time if they were in his artificial passage?
Unfortunately, even though it was easy to do, Hekiel would not do that now. If he were to finish them off, it would make the Saint move and deploy all the troops. He did not know the strength of their leader; it was not impossible if he could destroy his adamantite wall. It might even be possible that he had sent an army around the wall. Therefore, an effective and efficient way is to serve them.
“However, that doesn't mean I won't participate.”
Hekiel created ten earth spears one meter long before him. Then he turned the spears into adamantite. Hekiel aimed his spear eyes into the passageway. And, along with the counter-attack spell that the soldiers were pinning down, Hekiel glued the ten adamantite spears at high speed. It slid swiftly and unstoppably into the passageway.
From where he sat, Hekiel could not see his spears hitting the target or not. Therefore he did not stop at only ten spears. Hekiel created another ten and a half minutes later, and another ten after half a minute, and so on like that.
“Commander, wouldn't it be better if we started attacking?” ask a soldier beside Hekiel. “The position of those inside the hallway makes their movement limited. If Commander creates two bridges a few meters to the right of the left of the road and then makes space on the edge of the wall, we can attack from the right and left lip of the passageway. They won't know we're there because they're busy releasing the spell. I think it's good for us to try.”
Hekiel throws down ten of his umpteenth adamantite spears, then turns to the soldier. “That's a good proposal,” he said accompanied by a big smile. “I don't want to burden you too much. Draining the enemy's energy by serving them from here is better. However, if you are so eager to extend a hand…. Alright. Prepare each about two hundred warriors.”
“Ready, Commander!”
Nodding, Hekiel immediately raised both his hands to the right and left after the soldier left. Two land bridges were created about twenty meters to the right and left of the road connecting the mouth of the passageway and the gate. Then Hekiel created a rather spacious terrace in front of the wall between the two bridges. To make it more solid, Hekiel turned it into a rough adamantite floor.
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The hallway that became the only access to pass without taking a detour was only three meters wide and ten meters high, while the total length reached eight and a half meters. Gibral put 270 soldiers into it, all of whom were reliable Magic Casters. Their main task is to provoke the enemy forces to come out by releasing a series of spells, at the same time they are required to check the situation in front of the hallway.
Nearly twenty minutes had passed since their first attack began. Gibral, who was waiting with thousands of other soldiers in the back of the hall, was reported to have given the enemy fierce resistance. They could not risk coming out any closer, let alone the adamantite spear that the enemy had fired had killed dozens of soldiers. The current situation is very unfavorable. Underestimating the Imperial Army was truly a mistake.
Gibral, as the captain who is believed to lead this assault duty, is eager to directly break in and attack in total. However, with no intel on the conditions outside the hallway, the decision was very risky. He did not want his army to fall into the trap of the enemy. The protection their leader gave was not strong enough to make Gibral reckless, the death of dozens of soldiers was proof. Gibral was forced to wait.
Gibral condemned his careful listening to the words of the soldier. As the soldier said, their leader would not be happy about it. They were the Knights Templar, and the Knights Templar were worried about such trivialities? Just break. Destroy them with the traps they make. Such would be what Alfonso Alsabnitz called for if this matter were brought to him.
“Good. We use it that way. Select a hundred Magic Knights and four Magic Masters to attack. Tell the Magic Casters inside to concentrate the attack, so that they make room on the left-right for the soldiers to pass through. We can use this to simultaneously get intel.”
“Ready, Captain! We need to show the sinners that their foolish tricks will not be able to hinder the holy army under the banner of the greatness of Emiliel Holy Kingdom.”
What a wonderful spirit his soldiers were. Gibral hoped to express such a great spirit. Of course Gibral also had a tempestuous spirit, diamond-plated fire determination. However, the care he had made both of those things restrained. He knows the situation ahead is not always easy. The Knights Templar were strong not because they were invincible, but because of the Fie Axellibra that stood behind them.
“You guys, users [Earth Magic]!” gibral shouted, summoning a few soldiers he remembered could clearly use earth magic.
The five soldiers came together. “What's up, Captain?” ask them compact.
“Build the stairs to the top,” command the captain. “I want a staircase that extends at least ten meters. Furthermore all Magic Caster users [Lightning Magic] and [Fire Magic] will be assigned to attack from above. The height makes the range and power of the attack break down to be a little further and stronger.”
“Good, Captain. We will do as you command. Come on, we hurry.”
Seeing them start to work, Gibral next ordered all Magic Caster lightning and fire magic users to gather behind him. After that, Gibral ordered the Magic Knights to get ready. They would storm after one of the hundred and four soldiers came back to report.
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Hekiel narrowed his eyes seeing the attacks of his magic users the Knights Templar quickly centered. It surprised the soldiers in front. Some of them were wounded by a successful centering attack on the 6th Division's spelling spells. Of course the soldiers were quickly saved, but it took tens of seconds to make the situation improve.
Hekiel assumed that the enemy was already in a rage fighting the Magic Caster Imperial Army. They're gonna barge in. Therefore the attack was centered in the middle, so it would open up space for the soldiers to pass through.
And coincidentally, each of the two hundred Imperial Army soldiers had already walked across the two bridges that had already been made.
If this is in accordance with Hekiel's assumption, then the first real confrontation will begin. However, looking from the space that each army has, this will not be a balanced confrontation. The 6th Division's soldiers will destroy them.