58. War 2

As King had said to the rest of the soldiers in the fort. The Asgardian armies were really coming to Alfheim now.

Hela had finished surveying the whole of Muspelheim and Odin had ordered her to march her armies onto Alfheim.

Vanaheim had already surrendered without giving a fight. Frey was forced by the ministers to give up and just accept surrender.

So they were spared from the fate of a massacre and could safely just enter the wings of Asgard but they had to send Idunn as a captive for their surrender which was a big blow to them.

Idunn is Frey's sister and also the keeper of the Golden Apples. Now the Golden Apples are in Odin's hands which naturally takes away their monopoly on them.

Frey also took Freyja and Frigga back home after conveying the message to Aelsa and also asked her to be careful.

He just said to surrender if the prospects of victory weren't big because death and destruction won't do them any good.

Aelsa also told him that Alfheim will stand tall till the end. This will not change because they also have their pride and dignity.

If Odin really wants this realm then he will have to pay with at least half of Asgardian forces to even come close to that dream.

Hela looked towards the fiery plains of Muspelheim and dispelled any thoughts of staying here for even one more minute.

She looked towards the sky and yelled. "Heimdall!" A colourful beam penetrated the sky and teleported all the Asgardians back to Asgard.

They will be given a day's rest and then they will again march onto Alfheim. This will be their last march in conquer.

The wealth that they have acquired during this period of war is mot small. The Asgard from the legends has already started to take shape with Gold everywhere that you can look.

Piles of Gold just laying down on the road for later use and multiple powerful weapons for the warriors.

A day passed very quickly and the warriors were ready to march towards their last destination. All of them were raring to go.

They couldn't wait to just end this nightmare now. They had gone numb from all this war. They had to kill innocents with their own hands.

Women, children, elderly, none were spared in their conquest to the rest of the realms. Even they were shaken from all this death and destruction.

Everyone of them were on the verge of literal collapse morally and mentally. They were struggling to keep their minds.

Most of them weren't ready for this. Some of them were okay and they could hold it down but still a significant part of them were not ready for these massacres.

"Let's go". Hela said simply without an expression on her face. She was still behaving like the tool she is.

She boarded the Bifrost and got teleported to the plains near Enchanted forest along with the rest of the army.

They suddenly found themselves on a vast plain with a massive troop stationed in front of them. Ready to take their lives at any time.

"Hela, welcome to my realm. Hope you have a good stay". King came out of the troop encirclement and confronted Hela while sitting on Lopt.

"Charge". Hela didn't waste her breath with King because she knew that both of them were stubborn and since they were already found then there was no point in arguing at all either.

She just decisively ordered her army to take charge and fight head on with the enemy since that was the best option right now.

"Roar". All the soldiers roared from both sides and sped up as fast as they can to meet the enemy.

The armies met and collided against each other heavily with their shields and other weapons in front of them.

On the side of the Fort.

"Hahahaha, Oh my Fucking God. I'm dying, Oh fuck, I can't hold it, Hahahahaha". King was laughing his ass off on top of the castle wall.

The other soldiers and the high ranking officers were looking at the army on the plain a bit sympathetically.

The army was fighting air. They were all trapped in an illusion and as soon as they got entangled with the enemies in the illusion. They were switched with half of them appearing enemies to the other half.

They could only see enemies and some friendlies here and there. The whole army was fighting each other rather than fighting the enemy itself.

There was a wide Illusion array laid out on the whole plain by Aelsa three years ago. Unless you reach her strength or have some special means. You will forever be trapped in this illusion.

The Asgardian army was facing the horror of illusions now. They were actually facing each other as enemies and didn't even see a toe of the Alfheim's army.

This can be regarded as extremely cruel and insidious if you really think of these tactics but everything is fair to win a war.

If they can slaughter innocents then King can also make them kill each other like rabid dogs. He doesn't have those scruples at all.

The numbers started to dwindle like crazy and nearly ten percent of the whole has already fallen under their own companions' hands.

This trend is continuing and the speed of death is getting bigger and bigger. It won't be long before the numbers reach twenty percent.

Just then a certain voice came to Hela's ears when the casualties reached fifteen percent and they were already an hour into the battle.

'You are in an illusion. You are killing your own soldiers. Stop immediately and regroup'. Odin conveyed the message with difficulty because Aelsa was trying to block his transmissions.

This single transmission took a lot for Odin to convey because Aelsa's strength was no joke and she was hellbent on intercepting him.

"Stop!" Hela's voice rang but no one heard her. They continued to fight like madmen. She flared her power all the way up and shouted again to finally show some mild effect.

All the warriors on the battlefield stopped when they heard the voice of the princess and looked around in confusion.