The Eastern Army

(5/5)

Just passed the Solus Straight, an army of 10,000 began their march towards one destination, the Elf Kingdom.

Many of the soldiers were talking among each other as they marched.

"Oh man! I can't wait to get my hands on a beautiful elf girl! Those bastards back home would never shut up about how amazing their elf slaves were."

"I'm gonna catch at least 5 before we return home. I'm gonna make sure to celebrate by taking all of them to bed! Ahaha!"

Many of the men talked about how excited they were to catch an elf. Only lust could be seen in their eyes. The thought of thrusting their hips into a beautiful elf was what kept them moving forward.

One man however was different.

"Captain! What about you? What will you do with your elves?"

The Captain that was leading the soldiers here was a young man. He looked to be about 18 years old. Young on earth but in this world, he was consider to be a monster. This boy was a summoned Hero.

"Nothing. I'm only following orders."

The man that asked him felt the cold aura that he gave off so he left the young captain alone.

'I will do what I must. I will make sure that this is the first successful campaign.'

Even though this army was moving on their own, at the actually Solus Straight, stood an army of 50,000.

That army was led by a General with four Colonel. They were waiting to hear from the young captain. They wanted to see if he could move a small army without alerting the enemy and take out the bases set up by the elves along the way.

They felt that the captain wouldn't struggle and the captain himself also felt good about everything. So far, no one has died while marching. Every base they've come across has been dealt with.

'Let's make sure that it stays this way.'

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Atlas carefully moved among the tree tops. Jumping from tree to tree. He didn't know what capabilities this army had so he didn't want to be discovered until the end.

Thanks to Ceto, he had many of his insignias marked around the kingdom. This helped him move a lot faster. It took about an hour before he final saw signs of life. He lands about 30 feet away from the armies current location.

'Now that I've found them, I still haven't found the right answer.'

The entire time Atlas was going through the forest, he was thinking about his plan of attack. What should he do?

He had three ideas.

Number 1: he would ambush the group and kill them all.

Number 2: he would find the leader of the group and take him out first. Making it harder to keep the troops together.

Number 3: he would approach the group and try to get them to turn around first.

After a lot of internal debating, he decided to approach them peacefully first. The elves are supposed to be peaceful so he wanted to make sure this army knew this.

He stood up and vanished from his branch. He reappeared in front of the army.

"Prepare yourselves! Enemy ahead!"

The moment Atlas showed up, a huge line of soldiers holding shields came forward. Behind them stood spear users.

"State your purpose or you will be eliminated!"

Atlas couldn't believe what he was hearing. These soldiers were marching on land belonging to the Elf Kingdom and they said they would kill him?

He unleashed 30% of his [Death's Aura]. He wanted to scare the soldiers.

"I should be the one asking you to leave. This land belongs to the Elf Kingdom. State which kingdom you serve or I will have to kill you all."

The spear holders unconsciously backed up. The shield wielders tried to move but they were held down by not only Atlas' aura but his mana as well.

After waiting and he still hadn't received an answer from them, Atlas decided to give them one more chance before giving up.

"Where is your leader? You have 5 seconds to come out or I will start killing your men!"

1 second. The shield wielders began to prepare their mana.

2 seconds. The mana in the air was quickly used. Some were taken in by the army while most were taken in by Atlas.

3 seconds. The spear users also began to circulate their mana and prepare for Atlas' attack.

4 seconds. Atlas began to circulate his mana around his body. The aura created by this was felt by some soldiers. They couldn't believe how powerful it was.

5 seconds. A young man's voice could be heard screaming. "Kill him! It's just one man!"

The spear users and the shield wielders spilt into pairs and began their attack on Atlas. Atlas only stood still as surrounded him.

Three duos came at him. All Atlas did was send out three mana spears. He made them long enough to pass through both the shield holders and spear users.

The soldiers suddenly lost a bit of confidence. They just witnessed six of their comrades die instantly. Atlas used their hesitation against them and attacked.

Using wind magic to move around quickly, Atlas began his counter assault.

In total, there were 14 people surrounding him. Taking that into account, he tried to take out the spear users first. Atlas created two earth daggers and attacked.

The first four spear users fell after a hole was appeared in their necks. They tried stopping the blood but it was to late. The remaining three spear users realized what Atlas' plan was. They tried running away but two of them fell down instantly. The daggers were thrown and hit the back of their heads.

The last one didn't look back and kept running. Atlas decided to use him and so he captured him with his shadow magic. The soldier didn't understand this. He didn't know why his body suddenly stopped listening to him. He stood frozen. The shield holders and the rest of the army stood still. They were all in awe of what was currently happening.

The spear that was dropped suddenly flew into his hands. He was bewildered. His body then turn and ran towards the shield holders.

The shield holders held shields for a reason. They all lacked the necessary combat skills to protect themselves. With Atlas controlling the spear user and the lack of combat skills from the shield holders, it was a complete slaughter. The ground was littered in bodies when Atlas was done.

The spear user was crying. He couldn't do anything to stop his body. He had spent time with these men. They all talked about their loved ones and how they would invite each other over to their homes after they finished this campaign.

He slowly turned his head towards Atlas. He started begging for his freedom.

"Please… just kill me…"

Atlas walked forward and prepared to kill him. Seconds from reaching the man's neck, someone had sent a fireball towards him. Atlas quickly covers his hand in mana and smacks the fireball away with his hands.

A gasp could be heard from the army.

'Why is everyone so surprised? Anyone could do this if they practiced.'

Atlas proceed to kill the spear user. The man died with a smile on his face. He then called out to the army.

"It's over for you guys now."

The army could feel the mana in the air getting sucked towards Atlas. They all tried to brace themselves. Once Atlas felt good about the mana he had, he used his most trusted spell.

[Golem Creation]

Twenty earth golems began crawling out from the ground. Atlas had them attack the army as soon as they could.

He then used a spell that he hasn't used in a long time.

[Kuzuryū]

A nine headed water dragon suddenly appeared behind Atlas. Atlas pointed towards the crowd.

"Go ahead and eat as much as you want. There are 10,000 people standing there. Consume everyone."

The dragon heads all smiled and nodded. It flew into the air and power dived right into the center of the army.

Atlas then created a giant water ball and casted another spell that he hasn't used in a while.

[Majestic Water Show]

Once he uttered those words, thousands of different kinds of fishes came flying out of the water ball. He also mixed in some lighting magic to add more damage to the people around once the water creatures hit their target.

The army was now in utter chaos. They hadn't lost a single person since the beginning but now one person was obliterating them.

The captain was in the back, he could see Atlas just standing completely still. This infuriated him. This man suddenly appeared and ruined his plans.

He blocked an exploding fish and protected his men. He then jumped up from the crowd and began running on air, aiming to take out Atlas himself.