Power of the Union

" You know French woman are beautiful.."

" I know right, I've heard they are blond and has blue eyes..."

" Sounds dreamy.."

" Oh well, Don't fall in love with your imagination boys.."

" Aye, but I've heard there are many brothels there in the cities.. maybe we can get to see some girls there.."

" You gonna go and pay to get laid.. that's weak.."

" Well people like us only have chances in a brothel.."

" I wouldn't mind though considering i have heard that the French woman are good at moving their as— " The guy stopped moving his mouth as he saw Allen by their side..

" Ah, I understand since i have spend time with some french women and trust me.. they are absolutely good.." Allen said with a smirk as he walked towards the front.

They were closer to the City of Lille, as there was a military base there from which the Empire has been attacking the base of the Union.

The entire region was under the control of house Vermont as the land of Franks or France was divided into territories under the control of some families in which two stood out as the central and eastern regions were ruled by the Rhodes while the western regions were controlled by House Vermont.

Vermonts were traders and merchants who held massive trading rights through the seas as they also had a powerful navy.

But House Vermont never partakes in any political debacle as they always avoid it since for them making money was always important as meager issues like fighting for the throne was meaningless but this made them valuable since they were important to the treasury due to making nearly 40% of the economy of the Empire.

This made other houses avoid having any problems with Vermont since it would cause the economy to plummet.

Rhodes have tried to pull some strings to gain the territory and trading rights of Vermont so they can absorb the House Vermont and be more powerful and unite France under their banner but this didn't work out due to how much value money has as any moves against Vermont didn't work because Vermonts simply payed the problem away.

But Rhodes did successfully manage in murdering some of the members of Vermont as to warn Vermont.

Rhodes was tasked with handling the Rebel faction called Union of Dawn but the Union was far more powerful as Rhodes were forced to spend more of their knights but they failed in exterminating the rebels. To ensure they can survive since Rhodes strength is its military, They used the order of the emperor to force Vermonts into spending their forces.

Vermont began to strike at the union which prompted Allen to aim for their base which was close to the factory.

" Look at that..." Allen said while looking at the massive military base which was approximately 58km away from their position.

Allen was backed by the 6th Regiment of the Unions forces, the 6th regiment handled the entire French area doing raids, sabotage and disruption of logistics but for now they were tasked to destroy the base but with Allen and some of his Elite soldiers help.

" Sir, it seems they have three Verner artillery cannons in the base.. " Commander of the 6th regiment spoke while pointing towards the base.

Verner Cannons were 50.5 metres long as it was a massive cannon built to break open even the most well fortified fortress as the cannon was built by Verner a scientist part of the Winchester family. The cannons were used by the Empire of Dawn to expand its borders as its peak use there were 3200 cannons in total and all of them has a massive mana crystal inside from which a powerful mana ray is shot on a specific area.

To use the cannon, a person must have the affinity to not only feel mana but to manipulate it as well.

After the Winchester family was killed off and their worked murdered the technology to produce and maintain the cannons were lost as each cannons require a weekly maintenance which got disrupted and if one cannon was lost then it could never be replaced making them all precious.

After having a massive war in the east, the empire was forced to use the cannons and were losing it faster.

Now only a hundred or less cannons left as majority are on the east supporting Rodriguez and his campaign against the Slavic Tsardom while the remaining few are used to guard strategically important locations.

" If we charge in, They'll surely use the cannons.. three are enough to wipe almost all of us except the elites.." The Commander said with a worried tone.

" You are absolutely right Commander, You guys don't stand a chance against the onslaught of the artillery.." Allen replied to the words of the Commander.

" Sir, we are willing to charge ahead... Elite forces along with you sire can attack from the defenceless rear of the base.." The Commander told Allen as his men were all willing to die for his cause.

" Hmm, Sacrifices are necessary.. it's true considering we are a rebellious faction.. but in this scenario, Your deaths for such a thing is meaningless.. one day I'll tell you to charge towards the death, do it then.." Allen replied as he placed his hand on the shoulders of the commander and tapped it before walking away.

" Mark.." Allen called someone named mark as he looked at the base.

Suddenly out of the group of men standing behind him and the commander, a man who seemed weakly and short appeared as the man walked towards Allen.

" Your orders, Boss." The man while standing beside Allen.

" You see that base.." Allen said while pointing towards the military base.

" Yes boss.." The man replied as he looked at the base.

" I don't wanna see it anymore.." Allen said with a gleeful expression.

" As you wish boss.." The man replied in a nonchalant way.

The weakly man named mark leaned down as he grabbed a rock at the size of a baseball and then stomped his left leg down on the ground as he was taking a ball throwing stance.

Upon the rock got released from his hands, it completely shattered the sound barrier while moving straight towards the base and reaching it in a blink of an eye as if it was faster than not only sound but even light as the moment the ball struck the area on the base where the cannons were it resulted in a massive explosion.

So massive that half of the base simply disappeared from the map as only leaving the area where majority of the troops were present.

" Behold the power of the Union.." Allen said while laughing while the shockwave hit the place they were in followed by the smoke.

" A single elite soldier has this much strength... Then i wonder how powerful the generals are.." The Commander said while coughing and hiding his eyes from the smoke crashing down on their position.

The Elites were part of assault groups which are tasked to face off against difficult positions which the normal units cannot attack.

But the elites were simply the lowest as the second last position as there were many stronger positions above them with the Supreme Commander/Leader Allen Walker at the top.

" Well, Commander charge ahead.." Allen said whilst being calm.

" ahh yes yes... Men charge ahead.. " The Commander shouted before they all ran towards the base whilst the smoke covered the whole area.

" Mark, guide those men towards the base and kill everyone except for the enemy who has the highest position there.." Allen said while sighing.

" As you wish boss.." The man jumped from the area as landing near the 6th regiment as he began to ran infront of them as making them follow them towards the base.

After some hours of fighting, Allen walked in to the base as he began to find corpses here and there.

Due to them charging while the enemy was confused and stunned, it was easier but even then 6th regiment had some loses. Out of 569 only 435 left but the enemy were wiped out completely as the whole region will now fall under the Unions control due to the destruction of the base.

The only survivor was the head commander of the base but it was a member of the House Vermont names Alphonso Vermont.

" Ahhh let me goo.. do you know who am I.."

" I am Alphonso Vermont, Cousin to Pierre Vermont the head of House Vermont.."

" My uncle will kill you all.." The words of Vermont was heard but he was spared under the order of Allen.

Allen slowly walked in as he saw the Vermont and listened to the petty bickering of the man who is about to meet death.

" I am a Vermont, How dare you.."

" So what if you are a Vermont, You are currently surrounded by men who can dice and slide you.." Allen said while smiling though not in a gentle way.

" Nooo, My uncle will come and save mee.. he is a vermont..."

" I don't care..."

" You'll pay, He'll kill you, Vermonts always gets their revenge.."

" Vermont this, Vermont that... I don't care.. they'll die just like how you'll die..." Allen simply sighed as he didn't wanted to listen to this annoying brat as he walked away.

The moment he walked away the area began to fill up with screams of a dying man who was being slasher and stabbed and ripped apart.

" Ahhh, this is a disappointment, I wanted more vital information but got a runt who has no clue of what's happening in this world..." Allen simply sighed while saying..

" I am sorry to hear it sire." The Commander of the 6th regiment said while following.

" Well anyways, Fortify the area and make a new base.... We can add in a new unit for this fortress and from here we'll launch direct attacks against the Vermonts and capture the western regions.." Allen gave out his orders before walking away from the area back to the HQ.

Meanwhile at Paris,

" My Lord, news from the north.." The Butler said inside the office of the Vermont Family Head.

" What is it.." Pierre Vermont replied while reading reports of the trade settlement.

" The base near Lillie, Was destroyed and captured by the rebels.." Butler said with a worried tone whilst sweating..

" And..."

" Alphonso Vermont has been declared dead by the Imperial forces.." The Butler said with a worried tone.

" I see, Prepare a funeral for Alphonso and tell the commander to prepare for a full fledged invasion on the factory..." Pierre said in a calm tone as if such things didn't even matter to him.