Chapter 74
Chapter 73 – The Battle of Heinz Part 1
[I see . So His Highness Carlos and Archduke Saxon have returned to the capital… well, they virtually did nothing . ]
Rozenheims little lord Scion murmured as he read the report .
Carlos and Georg’s return to the capital was a shocking news .
Failure is unforgivable .
Regardless of whether those two are the Empire’s great generals, they’ll still be punished for their failures . It goes to show Emperor Sephiros’ attitude to his army .
Scion crumpled the paper and threw it away .
[Only those two were deemed responsible for the defeat… . weren’t they? I suppose I can consider this as my luck… but they are really not worth it . The names of the『Arcadia Young Lion』and『Tiger of Saxon』have been smeared . ]
It was Scion who proposed this plan . He meant it to win the generals’ favor, thus giving him some benefits…that was his original intention .
But on the contrary, both of the generals suffered losses and had become a liability . Fortunately he himself was not held responsible, but there are various aristocrats blaming him for the failure .
[Those aristocrats are ignorant fools… unsightly pulling my leg down . ]
And there is also one fact the doesn’t interest Scion… the growing demand for Ares to take the lead in lieu of his achievement in previous battles .
[At this rate, that guy will tilt the tables… and that won’t benefit me in the future . Let’s try to erase him before he can make any changes…]
Muttering that, Sion looked at the small box nearby and picked it up .
[I’ve decided that it’s time to use this… I need to move carefully…]
Scion stroked the box’s lid as he said so .
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Sephiros switched his battle plan into using the entire Arcadia forces to siege the capital Heinz .
While Scion and Silvia remaining at the rear, Ares was stationed near the Emperor Sephiros . Sigurd and the Black Legion readily following behind him .
[I never intended to make this battle a war of attrition . Tomorrow, we’ll commence all-out war . ]
That was the order Sephiros had commanded to the entire army . This caused so much tension among the aristocrats as they waited for the next morning to come .
But tomorrow, should the Arcadia forces suffer another loss, then it will be…
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[Looks like the siege will be finished soon . ]
[And in the morning… will be an all-out war . ]
Darius and Dirk discussed as they oversaw the situation from atop the hill .
[That means… the best moment is tonight . ]
Having said so, Darius commanded Dirk
[Alert the Thousand Knights . We are going to attack tonight . The target is the Arcadia forces’ ‘headquarters and Emperor Sephiros’ head . The reward for those who took it is freedom!]
[Yes!]
And so, the Battle of Heinz that will propel Darius’ name worldwide, began .
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The Arcadia army refrained from attacking the next morning .
The area was covered by thick fog, reducing visibility to a minimum .
Despite supposedly preparing for a total war, the size of the Arcadia forces is still very large . Many of them are still sleeping soundly in their tent .
The day was very calm .
The silence was broken when a long spear was thrown to the tent where Emperor Sephiros was staying in .
[Enemy! They are attacking… from behind!]
The 300,000 strong army was sent into a panic by that single spear .
The Arcadia soldiers were not really aware of their surroundings as they had little to no grasp to the geography .
On the other hand, for Darius, the campsite of the Arcadia forces is already like a playground which he knew every nook and cranny .
The knowledge of the surrounding terrain and the heavy fog allowed Darius to plan his ambush without a hitch .
Darius did not stay inside Heinz and instead marched through the back of the hills with the Grants army . He succeeded in laying the ambush and came very close to the Arcadia forces’ headquarters . .
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[Take the Emperor’s head! That’s the only thing you need to do! No need to think about other things!]
Everytime Darius screamed and swung his spear, the number of corpses on the ground would increase .
The Arcadian elite royal guards were slaughtered without mercy .
[I have never heard about this guy back at the capital…huggya!!]
[Barbarian fools! You’ll become the rust of my swo…haggyaa!]
The royal guards who were supposedly elite knights were taken down with ease by Darius .
When Darius caught sight of the Emperor…
He also noticed another man standing there at the corner of his sight, smiling .
He did not give it much thought at that point…
Darius still didn’t know…
The man who stood next to the Emperor, would be the one who’ll change his destiny .