The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 37 - Battle of Reinard 1
Capital of the Rena Kingdom, Reinard.
South Side.
In front of the towering walls protecting this city, there were 30 thousand goblin troops with makeshift weapons. A small sword that had begun to wear out as well as a small shield made of wood. Clothing from tattered animal skin. That's the equipment the goblins use.
In front of them were 14 thousand human soldiers with extraordinary equipment. A sturdy iron armor, an enormous and powerful iron shield, a long and powerful spear, a sword capable of slashing bodies like butter and an iron-coated horse. That was the appearance of the Riding Knights of the Merchant Federation.
The pedestrian soldiers also had similar appearances. Strong iron armor and sword and shield from iron that still looks shiny.
Their archer troops used light iron armor as well as clothing from animal skins that wrapped their bodies neatly. In his left hand was a powerful bow and behind his body carried at least 30 arrows. Next to their bodies was a small sword used during close combat.
Their numbers?
2,500 knights on horseback.
3,000 archers.
8,500 foot soldiers.
Against 40 thousand goblin troops led by 2 Goblin Warior as well as 2 Goblin Shaman in the open field only made them lose 1000 troops.
What a terrible power.
Not enough to get there, behind the ranks of their troops there are also 8 Trebuchet or large stone throwers that are useful for knocking down walls. In addition there are also 4 Battering Ram which is useful for breaking down the defense gate.
According to the reconnaissance results from the goblins that Elin had sent, they built the heavy equipment during the journey here using the trees in the forest they passed.
Meanwhile, Elin and I only led 30 thousand goblins and 8 thousand defense soldiers. Plus, there are 12 thousand goblins left from the previous battle in the forests of the Eastern region.
“The situation is quite difficult...” I muttered to myself.
“I agree with you Eric. Given the ability of their cavalrymen on flat terrain, we will also suffer the same defeat here.” Reply Elin.
Yes, outside the walls of Reinard's defense is a field that is flat enough to give superiority to the cavalry. What makes this battle different is just the wall we have to protect. Right, there's no longer an option to escape this time.
“Chris fucking, why is he still not back? It has been 3 days we prepared the defense forces on this wall, but he still has not returned?” Shouted Elin with annoyance.
Chris who was at first very excited with 5 million gold coins is now lost somewhere. Has he still not found the legendary blacksmith?
Without negotiation and waiting for cue, a large stone was thrown towards the walls of Reinard City.
‘Duuuaaarrrrr!!’
The sound of a collision between the large stone and the wall was so loud that it hurt the ears of many people. The soldiers who were on standby at the wall also suffered quite a bad fate.
“Damn it! Do they plan to pellet us with the stone until the end?!” Shouted Elin full of anger.
“If this continues, won't the defensive wall be completely destroyed?” I asked Elin.
“Can you not ask stupid questions right now, Eric? I was thinking hard.” Elin replied while biting her finger.
“Sorry.”
I feel like I'm just a bully in this place. Can't do anything to change this terrible situation.
“We're going to attack them Eric! We have to destroy that heavy equipment before..”.
‘Duaaaaarrrr! Duaaaarrr!!!’
Several large stones flew back towards the wall. But this time some of them missed and fell behind the wall, destroying many houses.
“We're going forward, Eric! Leave the guard soldiers inside the walls for unexpected situations!” Shouted Elin while jumping from the top of the wall. He had put on his combat equipment and was preparing to join the fight.
I immediately ordered the goblins outside the walls to advance against the enemy forces. The Shaman Goblin beside me gave the task of signaling to the goblins hiding in the forest to attack the enemy from behind.
Faced with the invasion of 30 thousand goblins, the enemy troops seemed calm. Pedestrian soldiers moved forward and made a Shield Wall formation or shield wall. They lined up neatly while preparing their shields so as to form like a wall. The troops in the second and third rows raised their shields facing the sky to guard from the goblin jump.
Meanwhile, the archers from the Merchant Federation had already prepared their bows and were ready to fire whenever an order was given.
At that moment….
“Shoot!” Shouted the General of the Army, Burner, out loud.
Instantly, thousands of arrows shot into the air and led to the assault of tens of thousands of goblins.
‘Wuooshh! Claps! Jleb!’
The thousands of arrows instantly pierced the body of the goblin that had almost no defense. Thousands of goblins were killed instantly and turned into light from just a single shot of the arrow.
“Damn it!” Shouted Elin very loudly. He immediately ordered the goblin to make a wide enough distance between the goblins to avoid a direct attack from the arrow.
But before all that was done, the second wave of arrows had already stuck into the bodies of the goblins.
“Damn, dammit, shit!” Shouted Elin furiously. He immediately moved as fast as he could into the ranks of the enemy archers and prepared to kill as many of them as possible.
The slaughter of the archery troops carried out by Elin went very smoothly. Armed with his Crystal Dagger, he was able to slash very quickly before the enemy was able to react to his attacks.
At that very moment, the Goblin Shaman I had ordered to signal had done its job.
‘Duaaaarrrrr!!!’
The extremely loud sound of lightning as well as the huge fireball in the sky gave the signal to the goblins hiding in the forest to immediately attack. They also moved very quickly to attack the rear side of the Federation forces.
Not only silent, the Horsemen of the Federation made use of the gap created by the defense goblins. Their efforts to make a wide distance to reduce the damage from the archers actually became a double-edged sword. Their non-tiered ranks were easy prey of the knights on horseback.
The atmosphere of the war became very chaotic.
From the South there are 12 thousand goblins that attack from the forest with the main purpose of destroying heavy equipment and archers.
Meanwhile, the 30 thousand goblins moving from the walls of Reinard City were currently facing 2 enemies. The first were pedestrian soldiers who had made a shield wall, blocking their goal of eliminating heavy equipment. Then from the side there was the attack of the unforgiving Horse Knight.
8 thousand defensive soldiers were still standing guard over the walls of Reinard City. They were all horrified and desperate to see this battle situation.
“I-this is not a battle! This is a massacre!” Shouted in horror one of the soldiers who were on standby above the wall.
“A-will we also a-will be slaughtered like that?”
“No! I don't want to die!”
Instantly the atmosphere that was above the defensive wall shattered. The morale of the troops plummeted to the ground seeing the number of goblin troops that were as many as it was slaughtered easily.
Then what about me?
I could only be silent on the spot without being able to think of anything seeing the horrors that were in front of me.
“I am indeed a useless person..”.
...___________________________________...
...[.Before reading on]...
...[.It's good to press the Like button]...
...[.And leave comments of any kind]...
...[.There's nothing to lose to you guys]...
...[.But believe me, it was that simple thing that encouraged me to keep writing]...