"Crack"
Caesar cracked the bowl in his hand and tossed it to the side…
"Step"
"Step"
A soldier rushed towards Caesar"s tent alerted by the noise.
"General is everything okay?"
"Did you see a woman pa.s.s by here?"
"A woman? There are no women in this camp general"
Caesar started stroking his chin in contemplation "why would they send a woman to a.s.sa.s.sinate me? And how did she get by all the soldiers without them spotting her?
"Bring Ivar Bloodfallen to my tent immediately"
"Yes, general"
About a minute later
"General, you asked for me?"
"Sit"
Caesar gestured to a nearby chair… After Ivar sat down Caesar asked him a few questions
"Are elves proficient in magic?" Although Caesar had a hunch, his past lives myths aren"t exactly accurate for this world
"I believe the female elves are masters of magic while the male elves are masters of archery and swordplay"
"One more question, do female and male elves fight together?"
"Yes, unlike humans they consider women fighters as well"
"Thank you Ivar, you can leave now"
After Ivar left the tent Caesar furrowed his brows "we have only moved about 45 kilometers from the kingdom not to mention we have only been traveling for one day, how could they already be in my camp?"
Caesar brainstormed a few feasible ideas, 1. There was a mole inside of the kingdom, 2. They have some sort of spyware…
Caesar stepped out of his tent and hit a drum that was nearby if you hit the drum once it is a signal for the soldiers to group up, if you hit it twice it is a signal that enemies are attacking….
"Badum"
The soldiers inside the camp perked their ears up and stopped what they were doing to rush in the direction of the drum.
As the soldiers were moving towards the drum they started talking amongst themselves.
"What do you think the general wants?
"Who knows"
"I wonder if it"s an emergency"
The soldiers soon arrived at the location and started lining up. Once the last few soldiers lined up Caesar started talking
"I was visited by an elf woman around 30 minutes ago, she snuck pa.s.sed you guards without being seen and managed to poison my dinner… I thought you knights were the best of the best?"
The soldiers didn"t say a word and held their breath.
"Increase the night"s watch by double. the elves already know that we are coming… Also, sleep with one eye open"
"YES SIR" The soldiers roared in response
Caesar walked back into his tent with a smile on his face, "they sent a woman because they probably underestimated me, why would you underestimate an enemy general unless you knew who they were? They should have known that this camp was only men, they practically blew their cover by sending her the only explanation is that they were sure of my death"
Caesar started laughing out loud, "there is a mole" he whispered after his outburst
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In a dark room a ball suddenly lit up and illuminated a beautiful girls face, she was the same woman that gave Caesar the stew.
She suddenly opened her supple lips and said
"The a.s.sa.s.sination has failed"
A sound came out of the ethereal sphere.
"Failed? Didn"t that boy say their general was a mere spoilt young brat that committed acts of debauchery"
The woman hesitated for a bit then replied
"I think that information is false, he did not look the least bit fooled and he….." She hesitated for a little bit before she continued
"He… doesn"t feel human"
"Interesting…. Come back to the forest, Anna it is too dangerous to stay there"
"Yes, father"
The blue ball suddenly dimmed and the woman inside rushed out
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The morning sun shined into Caesar"s tent and woke him up. He got up from his bed and got dressed. He placed his swords on his waist and headed out of his tent.
The soldiers were already waiting for Caesar, they had already packed up their tents and waited on either side of his tent.
Caesar smiled inside "they are started to become more serious," He thought to himself
He walked down the gap the soldiers left for him and hopped on top of his horse, He raised his hand and pointed forward.
"FORWARD" Caesar roared
The soldiers stomped the ground once in acknowledgment and started marching forward with Caesar at their lead.
They traveled on a vast gra.s.sy plain, after about three hours of marching a scout that was up ahead came rushing back on his horse.
"General there is a group of goblins 10 kilometers ahead… What are your orders?"
Hearing the words "goblin" the soldiers behind me all radiated a fierce killing intent, it made sense, if goblins were the same in this world as they were in my past lives world then they were the enemies of all woman and men alike.
"What are their numbers"
"We estimated them to about 120, they also have two orcs in their group"
Caesar started stroking his chin in contemplation…. If they lost men to these goblins they may be weaker in the war against the elves.
The scout had a hesitant look before he gritted his teeth and continued…
"They also had some human "captives""
Caesar hesitated a bit before roaring his commands
"SOLDIERS"
All of the soldiers expected them to move directions to avoid the goblins/orcs…. No general wanted to fight those monsters.
"PREPARE FOR BATTLE"
But Caesar"s words betrayed their expectations, all of the soldiers gained a bloodthirsty light in their eyes as they roared back.
"YES SIR"
The soldiers put the visors on their helmets down and started channeling their inner strength. All knights practiced inner strength, Inner strength and magic are what has allowed humans to strive in this world with such strong monsters.
The army traveled much slower than before and reached the tip of a hill… Below was a big encampment of goblins and orcs, below you could vaguely hear cries and disgusting laughter.
The knights gripped their swords and shields tightly, Caesar raised his hand to stop them from making any rash movements and observed the encampment.
"If we shoot arrows down at them like this we have a chance of hitting one of the captives," Caesar thought inwardly
"Calvary, circle around and make sure you are not seen. When I give you the signal charge in from behind"
"Yes sir"
The fifty or so cavalry went down the hill and positioned themselves behind the encampment forming a perfect pincer formation.
"Hit the drum to grab the goblin"s attention"
"Yes sir"
"Bang"
A soldier hit the drum and gained the attention of all the goblins,
"Kruk"
The goblins made unintelligible sounds as they started grouping up under the mountain facing Caesar and his men.
Caesar raised his hand and roared
"KNOCK YOUR ARROWS"
The one hundred arched their bows and waited for the command
"FIRE"
Hundreds of arrows flew down towards the goblins… The goblins knowing of their impending doom started running away.
"Puch"
"Puch"
"KRUUUK"
Goblin screams alongside the sound of arrows penetrating skin sounded out, the goblins didn"t have the courage to fight so they started to run away… As they were running away Caesar lifted his chin and said to a nearby soldier.
"Blow the horn"
"Yes, sir!"
"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM"
The sound of a herd of galloping horses soon came from the front side of the goblins, the goblins now only half their numbers showed fear in their eyes. The horses kicked up the dirt and were in an arrowhead formation (>).
Caesar didn"t just sit there and do nothing, he started rushing down with his horse as well. His horse was just a tad bit faster than the rest and he soon reached the back running goblins. He pulled out his swords and started beheading them.
"Splash"
Blood rained down after each kill
"CRASH" The cavalry slammed into the goblin ranks and started a ma.s.sacre… Caesar looked up and saw the two orcs not too far from him, he rushed towards one that had his back facing him and slashed down.
"Crack"
His sword cracked under their tough skin, Caesar furrowed his brow. The orc feeling the attack turned around and slammed down with his club.
"Bang"
Caesar maneuvered the horse out of the way and the club hit the ground, Caesar jumped off of his horse and landed on the orcs shoulders. Caesar placed his right hand on the orcs head a started freezing the blood inside of its head.
Soon the entire orcs head was an ice cube and the orc body fell down.
"Crack"
The orcs head cracked into many different ice shards, Caesar thought about sucking the blood out of these creatures but he felt that even his vampire lineage was repulsed by orcs and goblins.
Caesar set his sights on the other orc that was fighting one of his soldiers, He looked like turned into a blur as he rushed behind the orc and placed his hand on its neck.
"Crack"
He froze the orc"s neck and broke it with ease, the soldier stared wide eyes at the general who just broke the neck of an Orc.
"T-t-thank you general"
"It is expected of me to protect my subordinates" Caesar replied and walked back to his horse. "An orc is only a D+ rank monster…" Caesar thought to himself
The rest of the goblins were quickly taken care of by the rest of the soldiers. A scout soon came over towards Caesar on a horse and said excitedly
"Our casualties are zero general"
"That"s good"
"How many human captives did we find"
The scout"s excited look was soon replaced by sadness and said
"About 15 human woman and 3 elf woman but they are…. I should just take you to see them general"
The scout took Caesar towards the insides of a hut where around 18 women were tied to a wooden pillar. Their eyes were lifeless and they all seemed to have bulging bellies.
Caesar looked to the scout and asked
"Do any other soldiers know about this?"
"No sir just you and me"
"Keep it that away"
Caesar looked towards the women tied to the pillar and said in a soft tone
"You guys are safe no-"
Before he could finish
"Kill me please…"
"Kill us please"
"We can"t go back, please give us salvation"
"I can"t face my husband anymore"
Caesar closed his eyes in silence.
There was one younger looking girl that looked as she hadn"t been touched yet
"Please save me" She still had life in her eyes.
Caesar took off his jacket and put it on her shoulders "everything is ok now young lady"
The girl cried on his shoulder… Caesar looked towards the scout and said
"Tell the soldiers, there was one human captive and she was saved before they touched her"
"But si-"
"That"s an order!"
"Yes sir"
The crying little girl was escorted out but before she left she looked towards Caesar and asked with an innocent face
"What are you going to do to them?"
"I"m going to save them" Caesar replied softly
"You"re a good man, uncle!"
The little girl smiled and was escorted by the scout after she left Caesar"s warm smile was replaced to an emotionless expression if one looked closely you could see sorrow in his eyes.
Caesar walked to the ladies and gave them all quick deaths… "this is the only thing I can do for you" he said softly.
About 10 minutes later Caesar walked out of a burning tent to his soldiers celebrating…
"Haha those goblin b.a.s.t.a.r.ds got what they deserved"
"We even saved a human child, were heroes now"
Caesar didn"t speak much and went back to his tent to rest… "man I really need a smoke right now" He thought inwardly