20 To Battle!

A few hours ago, I announced the attack on the city Hartbrunn. The city was currently shifting their focus away from defense and to an economy. Which will only spell danger for them, because they are a vital piece in the defense of the human empire.

All the past nobles executed their tasks perfectly, repelling hundreds of attacks from armies from all sorts of countries and empires.

Now the city was under attack again, however, this time the city won't last long. Since right now, there were hundreds of soldiers ready to storm towards the city, all they needed was an order. Which would be given any moment now…

"TROOPS! I really hope you are done preparing, for the battle starts… NOW! CHARGEEEEE!" Drok, the leader of Squad 3 shouted with all his might.

Quickly after the shout, the soldiers started to charge towards the city. In front of the soldiers, there were people as big as giants, the tanks. Following right after them was the archers and the mages who were in charge of protecting the battering ram.

The soldiers were fast and crossed half the 700-meter difference in just one minute. With the battering ram following right behind them, it was around this time the alarm bells of the city started ringing.

When the bell rang, all the archers available in the city were sent on top of the walls and was ordered to fire. However, the archers did nothing to the big army that came charging, and soon the soldiers would reach the gate. The captain in charge of city defense did his best to round up all the guards and prepare for the breach of the gate.

It didn't take long before all of the wall archers were killed either by the long-range spells or the archers on our side. It was around that time as well that the battering ram reached the gate and the soldiers operating it would bash the gate open. It took only a few swings to open the gate and the soldiers charged inside.

When the soldiers entered the city, they were greeted by the only defense this city had, the guards. All of the guards present started fighting the soldiers, but with the superior training the soldiers received they easily eliminated the guards. They then went in and started to secure the city.

After a while into the attack, Squad 1 and 5 were sent in to apprehend or kill the noble, Gilbert. They approached the mansion Gilbert lived in but got ambushed almost immediately by the giant entrance to the house. The ambushers were guards that had around 18 people with them, completely determined to protect the noble.

"Damn! I didn't expect to get ambushed by the door!" Itami shouted.

"Don't panic, if they are like the other guards we have met then it shouldn't be difficult to defeat them," Ligert said while he was being stared down by the guards.

Ligert felt unease from all the vicious stares from the guards. His hands were shaking.

"It must be uncomfortable to fight your previous subordinates, don't worry, you and squad 5 can go inside and take care of Gilbert," Itami said to Ligert.

"Thank you, best of luck to you," Ligert said and rushed inside the door to the mansion.

The insides of the mansion were truly prosperous, everyone in Squad 5 couldn't help but be amazed.

"Enjoying the view?" An unknown voice said, and when everyone turned their heads, they were greeted by a man wearing clothes that had a beautiful golden color. It was Gilbert.

Gilbert was sitting in an over-decorated chair and was also surrounded by the noble's personal knights.

"However, you won't live long enough to watch it for much longer," Gilbert said and pointed at us. "Knights, attack them."

The Knights rushed over to us, they were around 4 people. It seems Gilbert didn't have many knights either, they were also lacking training, because I and my squad were able to easily kill off all of them. All it took was one swing and the knight was lying dead on the ground.

Gilbert, seeing his personal guards getting killed so easily was in shock. "Gilbert Silvertomb! You are now a prisoner of the slave army camp! And your city, Hartbrunn is now under our Commanders' control!" Ligert shouted at Gilbert. "Give up now, or die!"

Gilbert said nothing and didn't do anything, it took a while, but he started moving his head to look outside the window. He saw his own flags being lowered and said, "I should've listened to you, If I did then this wouldn't have happened," Gilbert said.

"But you didn't and now you are here without any power, and with no one to save you," Ligert responded.

"If there is no one to save me then…" Gilbert stood up, "… I'll just come with you then."

Ligert moved to him and tried to apprehend him, but Gilbert quickly tried to stab Ligert by surprise. Ligert dodged the attack but Gilbert started to run away.

Gilbert was about to reach the door when Dakota shot him in the back with a poison arrow. Gilbert immediately fell to the ground and died a coward's death.

Ligert sighed and said, "As expected of him, he would never do anything that might lead to imprisonment. Bastard saw an opportunity to run away and he tried to take it, but it resulted in his death," Ligert just walked past Gilbert's body and went outside and his squad members followed him.

Ligert looked upon the city he was once a guard captain of, there was a lot of things he needed to do in the aftermath, but he still took the time to admire the sight. The soldiers were currently taking down any flags they could see and control the citizens, and with this, the battle was won.

Despite just winning a battle, there was already a second attack prepared on a different city. This attack would be even bigger and would finally spread the name of the army as a force to be reckoned with.

You could say that the conquering of the Human empire has finally started.