Today was the day i felt it in every part of my body that feeling of foreboding and dread I got dressed and had everyone get ready I also had all the non army members hold up in the castle.
It was evening when the scouts returned they counted 10'000 heads but couldn't make out anything else without compromising themselves we had roughly 30 minutes I gave out my plan.
On my mark everyone would fire a volley of arrows even though most of them hadn't learnt to use a bow and arrow I was relying more on the sheer number advantage.
I had a few soldiers hold shields and get ready to make a shield wall of course I was also planning to use my bloodline if something went wrong.
Most of my soldiers were either armed with a spear and back up dagger or a sword and shield with all of them holding bows and arrows right now.
I could see them they were mostly covered in light leather or partially iron armour so they definitely weren't too high ranking it looked like they weren't really worried about any sort of resistance that meant it was really meant to be a slaughter.
I waited until they were just close enough them I shouted loud enough for everyone to hear.
"NOW!"
Thousands of arrows got shot towards the unexpecting army a bunch of yelling ensued but that didn't stop me.
"AGAIN"
Another volley of arrows rained down except this time people were prepared and used there shields and I heard a commanding feminine voice from the army.
"MAGES SHIELD WALL"
A light transparent barrier started forming around the enemy army it seems like they had strong mages which made me curse under my breath.
I let out a new order.
"EVERYONE SHOOT FIRE SPELLS AT THE ENEMY"
A low level fire spell was basically just an ember except almost everyone in my army had "mastered" their spells and now with thousands of weak fire spells together something happened.
A fire storm.
Thousands of little red sparks got shot out lighting up the dim night sky and then it was my turn spark by itself even a strong one and multiple was still weak but what if they all gathered in a wind current?
That's right I was moving the weak flames with gust and once they gathered I pushed them towards the newly erected barrier that was inching closer to the walls of serothor.
The small fires created dozens of holes in the barrier it must have been a light barrier since fire can bypass light.
That's when it happened the enemy which were all gathered started to catch fire and them I heard the voice again.
"Everyone scatter attack sporadically we should still have an advantage in terms of numbers mages create a powerful attack!"
They all followed the orders of the feminine voice thousands of soldiers running towards serothors gate I gave my orders.
"Archers, mages and healers stay here the rest of you stand ready at the gates"
Then I got an unexpected reply unanimously every all answered me.
"YES GENERAL PRINCE!"
I didn't expect to get such a nickname but it wasn't wrong so I didn't correct any of them once the main army left I commanded the archers and mages.
"Throw everything you've got at them even if your numbers are small range support is very useful even in small bursts"
With that they started attacking the enemy army didn't seem to have brought any siege equipment so the walls were safe but they could probably get through the gates if they tried.
That's when if happened a giant spear of ice came hurdling towards serothor If I didn't stop it the damage would be huge so I reluctantly raised my hands and used my soul shield.
A giant transparent iridescent wall of glass like material manifested and the ice spear hit it causing cracks to appear in it.
I felt winded almost as if I had been punched in the stomach but I kept my hands raised another ice spear was thrown this time the barrier was almost shattered and I coughed and tasted some blood.
Then again an ice spear attacked except this one was huge even bigger than the others I braced myself and took a deep breath before the impact.
It was painful at first cracks appeared as the ice spear kept on pushing I heard the sound of glass starting to break but just a little more and it would be fine.
Blood was dripping down my nose and I felt like knives were stabbing me but I needed to block this spear.
After a few more moments the spear disintegrated and as soon as that happened I heard a shattering and felt excruciating pain as my consciousness escaped me.
•••enemy commander pov
After the declaration of war by the iron empire the Dust kingdom sent out small armies to capture small independent states and I am in charge of the army targeting serothor.
It was a small city state built by the ruling family only a few generations back and it was only meant to have a small fighting force and no strong individuals.
Which must have been very outdated because as soon as I could see the city walls a few thousand arrows rained down I grabbed my shield and protected myself and then another volley of arrows rained down.
After it passed I let out an order for mages to make a shield wall magic was very coveted requiring incantations to learn so a magic barrier was a safe bet as long as they wasn't many magic users.
But I was wrong a storm of heavy fire magic was shot in our direction they had thousands of archers and a mage capable of high fire magic? I thought they were meant to be weak.
I had my army scatter except for my mages who I ordered to shoot the strongest spells they had at the city.
The kingdom of dust was renowned for their ice magic and we should be able to break down their walls with it.
But an iridescent wall of glass like material manifested and blocked the ice spell I order the mage to try again.
It failed again then I ordered for an even stronger spell this time a grand ice spear the strongest spell we had was conjured I could tell that the barrier blocking us was a bloodline so this should work but I was wrong again.
The spear broke before the barrier I was speechless the strongest spell we had was beaten that's when I gave out my final order for a scout to be sent back to say that the city was more powerful than thought and I put all my might into saying my last command.
"ATTACK DON'T LEAVE ANYONE ALIVE"