Chapter 55

A day had passed since Maximus and his army had arrived. And now, since the army is well rested, you could see lots of movement in the camp as the soldiers started preparing for a siege of the city. Lots of siege equipment was brought with the army when they left Qohor some of them were some experimental siege equipment that hadn't been used in a real battle yet.

Maximus had left command of the battle to his Generals since, he didn't need to micromanage everything and could leave the commanding of the troops to the Generals and the officers under them.

As the Imperial army lined up on the horizon, you could see lots of siege equipment amongst the army. This would be the first time that a siege tower will be used in battle in this world, and would be the first time that the people of this world experience massive wooden towers with wheels rolling up to them.

Some of the slavers on the walls were looking at these strange wooden towers that slowly approached the walls with the Imperial army, but they weren't just going to let the wooden towers approach to find out what they are, so they fired their own artillery at the siege towers, but the towers were made of iron that was reinforced with magic.

In the middle of the Imperial army, you could see 3 Wizards carrying their staffs, just like in Lord of the Rings. Maximus only summoned 3 since they cost 5k each, which depleted his points to almost 0, but luckily he will get rewards for conquering the three towns Selhorys, Valysar, and Volon Therys and conquering Volantis which will probably be some good rewards from the System.

He had already seen he had completed two missions, which he assumed to be conquering both Selhorys and Valysar, but he would wait until he finishes the battle so that he can get all the rewards at one time.

Leaving that matter aside, the Wizards were from the Lord of the Rings, meaning they were as strong as the wizards from the Lord of the Rings as they possessed physically strong bodies and highly intelligent minds. And for some reason when summoned they didn't have their old appearance as they did in the movies, instead they looked to be in their mid 30s.

Back to the battle, the siege towers with the support of the wizards had made it to the walls, which were now filled with infantry as the archers had retreated. The infantry were waiting for what they thought were the doors of the strange wooden towers to open, and as they waited the voices on the other side made their legs begin to shake, "Aroo Aroo Aroo Aroo....."

All the imperial soldiers began saying Aroo as they waited for the doors to open, and once they were opened, all Hell broke loose. The Unsullied tried to hold together with the Mercenaries, and it worked for a little before a giant Great Eagle came down and broke the back lines.

Seeing the opportunity, the imperial soldiers pushed the unsullied and mercenaries back off of the wall. If they didn't die from a sword, then falling off of the wall would finish the job.

It didn't take long for the walls to be taken and since they were taken the Elven archers had climbed the Siege towers onto the walls as they lined up facing towards the city.

The Enemy Infantry were rushing to block the city streets and guard the gate. They had their archers line up in the city, but with one volley from the Elven archers, half of the enemy archers had retreated running for their lives as the Imperial infantry started to breach the main gate and head t into the city.

The Imperial infantry on the walls had already started heading down into the streets and began clashing with the enemy infantry. Seeing the archers run made some of the enemy infantry lose morale, and the slightest push could make the enemy crumble.

Just as the enemy Infantry was clinging on to their last bit of Morale, two dragons begin raining down fire upon the enemy, burning them completely, leaving nobody behind. The Imperial infantry had backed up a little, avoiding the dragon's fire as they watched the enemy burn.

The Imperial soldiers didn't feel any remorse for the enemy, since they deserved what they got. The enemy were screaming as they were burned. The dragons had avoided the buildings to not cause too much damage to the city or harm any civilians hiding in the buildings.

Some of the enemy soldiers were too close to buildings, so the imperial infantry had to go in and finish off the last of the soldiers.

By sundown, the city of Volantis had been successfully taken. Maximus had sent a separate force to take Volon Therys, but upon arrival the city had opened its gates to the army as the enemy force had retreated back to Slavers Bay.

Back in Volantis, Maximus was walking through the streets of the city looking at all the burn marks and bodies that were being cleaned up off of the streets.

Some people had come out of their houses as they were crying, but Maximus didn't know why until a woman tried to talk to him but was stopped by the Royal Guards

"It's okay, let her speak" Maximus wanted to hear what she had to say since she was in tears

"My Lord, they took my son and daughter, please save them" The women was in tears as she begged the Emperor to save her son and daughter

"who took your son" Asked Maximus

"The slavers, they, took some of our children back to Slavers Bay yesterday after your army arrived outside of the city. The ships left last night with thousands of kids including mine, please save my children" The women pleaded Maximus to save her children.

Maximus was filled with anger at this moment, fortunately he could control his anger, if not he would have taken his dragons and the Great eagles and burned the entire Slavers Bay to the Ground every city would have been burned.

Lucky for them, Maximus could control his anger, but whoever was responsible for this idea would surely suffer a fate worse than death.

This day marked the day of a great change on the Continent of Essos. As it turned night, the clouds begin to gather and a loud thunderous sound was heard by the people of Volantis as it turned into a long and stormy night.

Some people marked this night as the Emperor's rage, as thunderous sounds were heard all night.