mages, along with Mia were working hard to make a wooden golem. Ash had read about golems but didn’t know that they could be used and in most cases he was right. It was impractical since they required a large amount of MP just to move for a short period of time. It was only thank to Mia and one of the other skilled mages this was possible.
Mia has an ability called “Bestow Life,” Which allowed the golem to move and follow simple commands. The other mage named Gilhan has an ability called, “Soul Bind,” which allows him to allow an object to store MP. Though the item used will affect how much MP it can store. Thankfully it seemed that many common items would work. That was why while Mia made the golem, the other mages were charging a number of items so that the golem could be used during the coming battle.
In the last tent, the officers were working over the strategy while looking over every single point time and time again to make sure that nothing was missed.
In this way, two days quickly passed and soon Ash found himself standing at the front of the army as night was only a few hours away. At Ash’s side was a nine foot tall creature that had been made out of thick vines, each one which was nearly as thick as one of Ash’s arms.
The march toward the enemy was intense, but passed by all too quickly for Ash. In what felt like moments, Ash found himself looking across a large field at the staked lines of the enemy who were currently lined up awaiting them with their bows drawn.
After countless hours, the plan of attack had been decided, though it seemed far too simple for so many hours of work. Ash raised his hand and four eagle mounts soared into action. Once they were over the enemy encampment, they dropped their payload and the air was covered in a dusty tan cloud. Before the dust could settle, at Mia’s command, the golem rushed the field. The wooden stakes that had been placed to obstruct movement were like twigs bending and breaking easily as the golem charged into the camp. The normal screams of panic one would expect didn’t fill the air. Instead behind the cloud of dust, Ash could hear the composed call to arms one would expect from an elite unit.
Ash raised his hand one more time and a last volley of arrows filled the air. “Charge,” Ash yelled as he lowered his arm fully.
Ash rushed forward with the rest of the army, but he was not allowed at the forefront of the battle though he was in the second row. It wasn’t hard to find someone to fight, but it was hard for Ash to have a real battle that allowed his blood to boil. The second a fight would start, if he didn’t kill the opponent quickly one of his wives would step in.
Ash knew that if they hadn’t used the poison that sealed the enemies’ abilities and skills that things would be much different and a part of him started to wish they hadn’t. Ash’s blood was calling for a true battle, not this one sided slaughter. Though Ash called it a slaughter, there were a number of knights that using only their skill with a blade were able to push back their attackers, but as soon as two demons joined forces they were quickly brought down.
Soon Ash could hear the call to retreat from within the chaos. The knights were well trained and knew that retreating in a formation would only allow them to be hunted down so they scattered like dust. The sounds of battle quickly quieted down and Ash was left standing looking over the aftermath of the carnage.
Bodies were strewn across the ground and what had once been green land was now dyed red with the blood belonging to both human and demon. It was too hard to say how many the humans had lost but from a cursory look Ash guessed about 80% of their force had been left on the battlefield. The demons on the other hand had lost only a few dozen, though many more had suffered wounds some of the major. Ash had to hand it to the elite soldiers, even when they were in a dire situation, they were able to cause