They would be dead in another couple of minutes...

One of Lieutenants' saw him and signaled the rest,they quickly rushed over and saluted him....

"Greetings Captain...."

The said in unison...

"At least there are people who remember how to salute..."

The Captain thought as he saluted back....

"Get your men at the gate in five,we may be facing an invasion...."

"Yes Captain..."

The four Lieutenant quickly rushed to pass down the order.

Back at the wall of the camp,the Captain, found the Lieutenant Dolly....

"Have they made any move... Lieutenant?"

The Captain inquired of their enemies progress....

"No Captain....but it seems as if they were early on biding they time as they waited for reinforcement..."

The Captain had considered this early and that's why he had the calvary and the four infantry platoon prepare.

He looked at the ten enemies, location and noted that they had retreated a two hundred metres from their original spot. The distance made it hard to pick up the exact details of the camp but he could see a big tent set up and a few more surrounding it.

They seemed to be a flag flying overhead from a mast Infront of the big tent.

Four soldiers could be seen patrolling the area round the tents. The Captain cursed at that team's strategist. He knew well that the strategist had had the soldiers set camp there on purpose.

The first purpose was to deny them a clear view of the camp ongoing thus infuriating them.

And the second was for them to have a clear sight of the fort's gate .This would grant them ample time to mount defense and even retaliate.

The fort that was their safe haven had now become their limitation.

"If only there was a western gate,then we could have snuck out and attacked from their back...."

"Or rather best....flank them..."

The Captain thought as he gestured to the bandits to remain vigilant.

As he looked at all the men he had natured on the wall with him and the rest below him,he had a wide proud smile. But this wide proud smile didn't last for long....

"F*ck me...."

He cursed loudly as he turned towards the direction of the enemies camp.

He watched the four patrolling soldiers movement and quickly ordered for the gates to be open.

Lieutenant Hercules,lead your to the enemy camp....!

"Yes Captain....All the soldiers blood boiled as they saw the calvary depart....

"Kill on site..."

The reason the Captain sent the Calvary out was to prove his idea wrong,but seeing the calvary gain on the camp with there being zero enemy respond,he knew he had been deceived.

"All infantry....head towards the boss mansion....!"

She ordered as he jumped from the wall and rushed towards the boss mansion.

"Lieutenant Dolly..... shoot anyone or anything that tries to leave the gate...!"

He gave his last order to Dolly.

When the calvary breached the hundred metre mark from the Zuchy's camp,they triggered spear throwers,that Zuchy had designed and built using one of his blank blueprints.There were five of them concealed in the small tents around the bigger one,and each was equiped with ten spears.

The spears were from the Mamba Bandit's leader spatial ring. Zuchy had the spear throwers arranged in manner that the spears trajectory would force those attacking the camp from the flanks to converge at the middle as to escape the spear trajectory.

The calvary was caught off guard and the first volley of spears managed to kill six of them. Lieutenant Hercules was quick to order his men to merge on the middle but still he lost five more....

If the Captain had still been on the wall,he would have shouted for them to retreat, as moving forward would only lead to the death of the whole platoon.

As he would have deduced from the trajectory of the spears, that they were only there to lure the main force into a trap.

Enraged by their brothers death and blinded by vengeance, Lieutenant Hercules and the remaining calvary rushed forward.

Lieutenant Hercules and her archers watched as volley of more than a thousand arrows rained on Lieutenant Hercules and his remaining calvary.

The ten men and their horses didn't even have enough time to blink once as they were submerged in the rain of arrows.

They may have been Iron Grade Armour but and the arrows were of a common grade but still,an elephant can be brought down by an army of ants.

Lieutenant Dolly and her platoon of archers gulped.They all exchanged glances and under Lieutenant Dolly's silent orders,they pointed their bows at their former brother -in-arms before raining volleys and volleys of arrows at them.

These people were bandits and bandits had no loyalty,they only respected strength,and knowing well that they would die like Lieutenant Hercules and his men,they chose to turn against their own.

They hoped that the invaders would be merciful enough to spare their life.

It only took seven volleys of allows to wipe away the infantry. The Captain at that time had already entered the boss manor.

He was welcomed by decapitated corpses of dead guards littering the stoney floor.

There was blood splattered the whitewashed walls while pools of blood converged at different places. The flies were busy feasting on the now clotting blood.

From the clotting blood,the captain could estimate that the guards had probably being killed an hour or so ago.

He slowly moved forward towards the main hall.

"When the enemy struck....I was still on the wall enjoying the view of his camp....."

The Captain made fun of himself.....

"Whoever planned this is treacherous,he truly did play me round his fingers...."

The Captain thought as he advanced. He didn't feel sorry for his defeat but rather impatient....

He wanted to quickly meet up with the guy who beat him in his own game and swear his undying loyalty.

His guts told him that this man was going to be great one day. And that serving under him will only bring him more benefits.

As he got closer to the main ,he could hear battle cries and the sounds of swords sticking each other.

The Captain pushed open the doors and walked into a battle between Zuchy's Party and the Viper Bandits Leader,Viper.

The other party still had four men fighting while another six lay on the ground,they were all alive but if not taken care off. They would be dead in another couple of minutes.