58 Chapter 18 : Three Alchemists

A tall man running towards the city suddenly joined his steel gloves as he clutched a scarlet stone between his teeth, red lightning flashed from his hands, and then the sand five hundred yards away decomposed and rebuilt itself into a great wall of metal that rose out of the ground.

Dozens of shells fell on the metal wall and exploded, the explosion even knocked some of the soldiers off their feet, creating a dust storm.

"Keep moving and don't stop under any circumstances!" Shouted an officer.

"Yes Lieutenant General!" Shouted the soldiers who were running at full speed towards the city.

Ravi standing on the observation tower with his binoculars clenched his teeth and descended quickly.

"They suffered no casualties and we even lost 10 shells, damn it."

"Prepare to fire, gunners aim at tanks, soldiers load your machine guns and target the enemy!!!"

"Yes, Lieutenant!"

All the militiamen took a deep breath and aimed at the soldiers coming towards them.

"Aim!"

Amestris' soldiers were only 100 yards from their position and closing in on them at full speed. When they reached 40 yards from the town, Ravi gave the order to fire.

"Fire!"

*Bang* Bratatat* *Bang* *Bratatat* *Booom*

The artillerymen fired on the Tanks while the militiamen fired on the soldiers running towards the town.

The soldiers of Amestris in front of them were instantly shot, but within a second a red lightning bolt hit the ground and several trenches appeared in which the soldiers took refuge.

"AHG!"

*Bratatat*

"Ouch!"

"No quarter!"

"Death to Amestris!"

"For First Hope! For Ishva!"

"Kill those Ishaval dogs!"

The battlefield was chaotic, explosions occurred here and there, one out of every two soldiers and militiamen died, the tanks dodged artillery fire as best they could before aiming at the city.

*Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

The shells hit the militia and buildings causing dozens of deaths in large explosions.

Some were injured while the shock waves knocked some out.

Ravi who had retreated backwards while holding the front lines was constantly giving orders.

"Load the mortars, brigade 15 and 11 will take shelter in the buildings to the south, brigade 7 shoot the two tanks at 11 o'clock! Soldier, notify the MLT! They have to send us reinforcements faster than expected!"

"Yes, Lieutenant!

But while Ravi and the militiamen were focused on the soldiers of Amsetris three people took advantage of the chaos and entered the city.

BOOM

Ravi suddenly saw a red flash of lightning cross the right flank of the defensive line, then the next second a devastating explosion destroyed all the buildings on the right flank before his stunned eyes, hilling one-tenth of his men.

When he returned to him he saw in the street in front of him three men running towards him, one of them with a full of joy on his face.

"Kill the enemy!"

"Don't let them cross the line of defense!" Ravi screams as he draws his gun.

"Kill them!"

*Bratatat* *Bratatat* *Bratatat* *Bratatat*

The militiamen opened fire on them, but one of the gray-haired men suddenly joined his hands and the ground under his feet became silvery liquid before turning into a gigantic spade that pierced all the militiamen in front of him.

While his bald companion with a pointed moustache wearing iron gloves banged his fists against each other creating cannons, the fire of which destroyed everything in their path.

The last man with black hair banged his palms against each other creating explosions that razed nearby buildings to the ground.

Some militiamen who were afraid threw down their weapons and tried to flee but without means of protection they were killed instantly.

"Is this the power of the state alchemists!" Murmured delightedly as he aimed at the gray-haired man walking towards him, his hands trembled because he knew he wasn't strong enough to kill the man in front of him, but he fired anyway.

*Bang*

But before he reacted, a silver spike emerging from the ground and pierced his shoulder, causing the gun to fall into his hands.

The man came in front of him and grabbed his neck and pointed to his forehead with his index finger, from which a silver bullet materialized while swirling at the tip of his finger.

"Tell me where your boss is and I'll let you live safely." Crowley said indifferently while Kimblee and Grand were causing havoc among the militia.

"Fuck you..." Said Ravi as he tried to free himself from Crowley's grip.

"Then die!"

But suddenly Crowley released Ravi and backed away, narrowly avoiding a swirling ball of air that shattered the ground (Nen's Ball).

James who was coming at full speed stopped near Ravi who was coughing on the ground.

"Are you all right, sir?"

"Yes, boss, but our troops are being demolished, and Amestris' army is advancing faster than expected."

James nodded his head and then looked at Crowley with a calm but piercing look and walked towards him.

"You've done a good job, Ravi, Maha's going to come and support you in a few minutes, I've already taken care of the rats trying to secretly enter the city, take care of yourself and your men, destroy this army, I'll take care of those three."

Ravi nodded and slowly got up and ran north.

"Are you their leader?"

Asked Crowley, who was staring at James curiously.

But James didn't answer, he leaned over slightly and ran towards Crowley at full speed.