35] War

Somewhere in the woods~

In a low lit room, 2 figures were sitting side by side. In the dark room their figure seemed shadowy. One figure was reading a letter. After he went through it, he passed it to the person beside him.

"Eh... Vanished!.. The Bandit King must be furious." Said the 2nd person in a rough voice.

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Another place in the woods~

A figure was sitting in the center of a room. 2 figure were standing opposite to him. His back was facing his men. He had a similar letter.

"It's not as simple as it looks. We shall wait and observe." said the figure in a dreamy voice.

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Some place else in the woods~

5 people were sitting beside a round table. One person has a similar letter in his hand.

"So he already took a step. Good for us that he suffered a loss though .... Make preparations. War is coming."

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Someplace else~

A man was walking out of his tent, with a letter in his hand. Few men were waiting for him.

"It's an opportunity. We shall be the first to seize it. Prepare to head out. "

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~In the Bandit kings camp~

In a room few people were gathered around. A muscular man sat in front of them. His brows furred as he read the letter.

"Vanish without a trace. F*ck!" The man punched the table with rage. The table turned into dust without resistance.

"Is this all the information you got?" The man shouted at the men standing in front of him.

"There were n..no sign of struggle or an attack. It is as if they didn't even exist in the first place. There wasn't a single body in sight boss." A man among the people standing reported. He was shivering due to the intimidating pressure from the boss.

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~hideout of one of the big 5 bandit groups that occupy the woods~

A disorganised mob of few thousand men was gathered in an area. 12 men were standing in front of a man.

" Is your information accurate?" The man asked.

"Yes Boss. A hundred percent. The wastelands have been united under a single banner. To conquer the area, all we need to do is to beat the group into submission." One men form the 12 men surrounding the boss spoke.

"Good. Gather All our men. We shall display our power to the world." the boss replied with arrogance.

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~somewhere on the wasteland borders~

"Man, I am bored . I would rather prefer fighting a group of people than standing guard here."

A man said as he leaned over the temporary wall, a meter high, made around the border camp.

2 men were sitting on the ground and laughing at his words. Another man was surveying the borders. He smiled at those words but said nothing.

" Raul, stop scouting. No one is gonna attack this barren land." One of the man who sitting on the group said lightly.

The man that was doing the surveillance smiled lightly and said. "Yeah, I guess. I shall relax after this round of..... enemies ahead!! ... Release the signal!!"

Raul spotted unusual movement. What he saw made him shiver in fear. Others present stood up. One man ran to the tent behind and brought the signal flare. He then released the signal flare. A red light was unleashed in the sky like a arrow. Then it exploded in the sky forming a small red sun.

" So many men!! Everyone retreat!" As the man shouted 2 more flares were shot in the sky from 2 different locations.

Everyone's expression changed. One man shouted. "Run!! "

Everyone started retreating. Even the other post after seeing the flare, ran back to the base.

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On top of the hill, Boaz was reading some scrolls. The sudden bright red light in the sky caught his attention. One after another, a total of 3 explosion took place. His face turned pale.

"Every man present shall gather his weapons and arrive at the base of the hill in 5 minutes." Boaz's thunderous voice resounded throughout the area surrounding the hill.

Almost everyone saw the red flare. They knew what was happening. Everyone sprung into action.

Within minutes, 1100 men were gathered at the base of the hill.

Boaz, Kage and Morgan were also present. Everyone was equipped.

"The Blood Knights along with The Judgement Tower, station yourself at an advantageous location on the hill. Scatter around the hill and prepare your bows. You will provide cover fire on my signal."

"The guardian squad along with Morgan shall prepare a defensive formation at the base of the hill. You shall be our last line of defense. Shield your position with your life. Do not let the honor of a guardian get sullied."

"Kage and the Reapers will dive in the shadows and wait for the right time to attack. Make sure every swing of your blade reap a life."

Boaz distributed everyone their tasks. As he was gonna make a speech to boost their morale, the Men that were guarding the borders returned.

" What's, the situation? " Morgan asked.

A man marched out from the group and reported." Sir! There are thousands of men marching this way, fully equipped. They must be around 5000. We can't fight them. We should..."

"Silence!!" The voice of Boaz resounded throughout the area.

"So what if they have 5000 men. Even if they were 10,000, we have the confidence to fight them and still emerge victorious. These 5000 men are just a small hurdle in our path. Our Lord Daren and General Arius can fight hundreds of men alone. We all just have to fight 3 men per person. Show that we are above those normal soldiers. Show that we are worthy of Lord's trust. Show them our superiority. Show them our strength. "

"It's time to put your training to a test. In the absence of Lord Daren, it's our duty to guard this place with our full capacity. Let's fight for honor!! for Glory!!"

Boaz tried to boost the morale of everyone.

"Aaaye!! For glory!!" everyone replied in unison. Everyone's spirit were lifted. No one could say these are bandits at first look. Arius and Daren's strength and capabilities have left a deep mark in their heart.

"All 900 of you along with 500 men of the guardian squad, shall prepare a double wedge formation. The 900 men shall sheild up and hold your opponent down like an unbreakable wall and impale them with your spears.Everyone shall strive to kill one or more of our enemy with each attack. The guardians shall provide support to the flank that is being suppressed. Make sure the formation doesn't break. Others must provide support with their arrows. One Arrow, One life. Show them our power. Remember, 3 each and victory shall be ours. "

Boaz notified them about their formation and asked them to take position. The only way to the mountain was blocked by the formation. And rest of the people were taking cover on the hill at different altitudes, as they waited for the enemies, some eager, some nervous.

Minutes later everyone saw an army of 6000 men marched towards them. They all tigtened the grip on their weapons.

With his keen sense Boaz noticed that the army has one SSS Rank expert, 12 SS rank expert, 100 S rank experts and the rest were in A and B ranks.

The army stopped few hundred meter form them. Boaz frowned.

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Wedge formation is a arrow-head shaped formation. Double wedge formation is like a triangle with border. Something like this [ <<= ]

You can Google it as well.

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