Chapter 83

Lord Kevan Lannister was staring in front of him as he was looking at the massive army of Tyrell soldiers which was waiting for him lined up in front of Highgarden blocking his army from advancing.

Now he knew why his scouts didn't return but forgetting about that he needs to focus on how to deal with this Tyrell army which was blocking his way into Highgarden.

While the soldiers were lining up preparing for a battle, Kevan Lannister was approached by one of the lords under him, Lord Creighton Redfort who was the son of Horton Redfort of House Redfort.

Creighton had ridden up beside Kevan as he looked at the army in front of them, which showed no sign of attacking them, instead they were just standing there with their swords and shields.

"Why do you think they haven't attacked yet Lord Kevan" Asked Creighton

"I don't know, but with these numbers it seems that they already knew we were coming, which means they knew before we left Kingslanding" Said Lord Kevan as he thought about what he should do.

His men were already lined up and preparing for a battle, but if they fight the Tyrell army and somehow win, then they would still be at a loss since they wouldn't have enough soldiers to siege Highgarden before another army comes to attack them.

Not to mention how many wounded they would have from the battle, they would need to rest and recover before they could siege the castle. Worst case is that they would lose, or they would have to retreat after marching all this way.

"Then this means that House Tyrell is in rebellion against the crown and with this large army we can assume that the entire of the Reach is as well" Said Lord Creighton

"If that's the case then we are at a disadvantage since if we lose here then the Crown will have one less army to use against the Empire, which is attacking from the North" Said Lord Kevan

"I heard from some other soldiers that there is a rumor saying how unbeatable the Imperial army is, and the soldiers have superhuman strength" Said Lord Creighton which earned him a look from Lord Kevan

"No army can ever be unbeatable just because they won a few battles doesn't make them unbeatable, maybe they haven't faced a real army of trained soldiers and only fought weak and untrained soldiers and slaves" Said Kevan referring to the war against Slavers Bay

He had heard about the reputation of the Unsullied which said that they were a very powerful army to have but to him, they were just slaves armed with weapons playing the role of a warrior.

Another lord rode up beside him after hearing what he just said, "Well that unbeatable army just beat a Vale army at the Twins and is now sieging the first castle. That Vale army was said to have 10k Vale knights, and they lost"

Lord Kevan was surprised at what he heard, since even with his pride as a knight he must admit that the Vale knights were far superior to that of house Lannister and 10k of them would be a problem if he had to face them.

Just as he was about to respond, a soldier came running up to him "My Lord there is an army of fully armored half man approaching from the rear"

"WHAT!!" Lord Kevan was surprised at what he just heard an army of half man approaching from the rear "You're not lying to me are you because if you think this is a joke than...." He couldn't even finish what he was saying, as the soldiers under the command of the other lords had started to turn around and face their rear, where the army of the dwarves were coming from.

Kevan Lannister rode his horse to the rear to see what was going on, and what he saw shocked him. A massive army of Half men were standing at their rear and in front of that army was a half man riding a strange creature which resembled a pig, but it was bigger.

As the Lannister army started lining up facing the army, the half man that was in front started riding closer to the front line of the Lannister army. Lord Kevan thought that they were coming to negotiate, so he took Lord Creighton and another Lord with him to meet the half man.

As they got closer, Lord Kevan stopped right in front of Dáin Ironfoot as he observed the creature.

"My name is Lord Kevan Lannister" Said Lord Kevan as he pointed at Creighton, "And this is Lord Creighton Lannister and....." Before he could finish, he was interrupted

"I don't care for your wee little names, since you will all probably be dead by the end of this battle. I came here to ask for your surrender so that you and your men can live another day" Said Dáin. He was told by Maximus to first ask for their surrender and if they don't surrender then he can do whatever he wants.

Lord Kevan started laughing, "You think you and your army of half men will be able to beat us just because you're playing dress up in armor"

The other two beside Lord Kevan had smirks on their faces after hearing what he said, since an army of half men would not even be able to beat them.

"Half men" asked Dáin with angry expression since he thought that to be an insult calling a Dwarf a half man "Listen here you pathetic Bastard, calling a dwarf a half men is an insult to our ancestors and to me so how about you return to your army so that I can split all of their heads open, and we will see who is smiling then" With that Dáin turned around and returned to his army letting them know that battle was on.

Lord Kevan did the same and prepared his men for combat, thinking that they were just half men, and he could defeat them easily.

But from their right flank another army was approaching bearing the banners of House Martell of Dorne.