A month had passed since I met that lady.
it had been a week since she had gone on her march towards the new appearing gate that she had told me about before.
as she said this season would not only be a normal monster horde that appeared usually once every two years.
but there would also be a new gate that would appear in this territory, so she went to defend against the monsters before they came to destroy this city and the towns near it.
as I waited for the james to open the door of cell for me i couldn't help but say
"another day has begun"
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Hundreds of miles away from Oakenburn City.
a massive battle was raging in an unnamed plain ,that had turned crimson from the blood of the monsters that had spilled on the ground.
Surprisingly, most monsters had red blood running through their veins, with the exception of a few.
Despite the fact that the human side only had a hundred thousand soldiers while the monster side had over a million orcs.
the human side was one-sidedly massacring them.
one against ten was not a difficult situation for these soldiers .
they were used to fighting one against hundred.
so when the use only some simple tactics, the human army was gaining an overwhelming victory.
Even so, such a thing did not make Scarlett happy.
she frowned looking at the ten metre wide four metre high gate in the back of the plain.
The size of the gate in front of Scarlet indicated that the monster had already passed through before the human army arrived to comfort them in this plain.
So—Scarlet had became concerned about where the monster who appeared before they arrived had gone to.
so she dispatched some scouts to investigate where they were and where they were going.
When the scouts came back, she realised that what she had been fearing happened .
as the scouts said those monsters were heading in the direction of Oakenburn City and the towns near it.
"What should we do, General ? Should we send some troops to assist Oakenburn?" a commander in the war council said
"Although I would like to do that, we can't; our current situation is good, but we need to do everything we can to stop those monsters that are still coming through the gate; if we sent some of you to help at some point, we would not be able to bear all that burden; you have already been through several battles, so you should understand that clearly."
"But should we just leave it that way?"
"William, I want you to run as fast as you can and report what is happening to the city and the towns nearby so they have time to flee before those monsters arrive."
"All right, general , I'm leaving now."
"wait while you are at it go and free leo and..."
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One day later
In leo's prison cell
Leo who was trying to sleep couldn't because he had been hearing some loud noises above for some time.
"What the hell is going on in the city today?"
I tried to ask the prison guards who are usually present, but there were none available at this time.
I waited and waited until I saw doom that had sweaty face and an abnormal breathing rate.
As he approaches the front of my cell, he grasps the bars of the cell prison with some power enough to producing a metal ringing sound. while breathing unevenly .
when his breath became normal he said
"Leo, we've got to get out of here!"(doom)
"What the hell are you talking about now, what is happened?"(leo)
"A large horde of orcs is coming here in less than a week, and the general , can't send us help at anytime soon, so she asked one of her soldiers to come here and inform us so we can run" as doom said that his face was being painted red from anger as he said in an angry tone high enough that it may have reached outside the prison," but that basters keith and some nobles took their carriages and some of the soldiers who agreed to go with them and run away instead of helping the citizens to evacuate."(doom)
"Is that why there's so much noise?"(leo)
"Yes, the outside is a mess; let's get out first, then talk."(doom)
He then took some keys from his pocket, opened my cell door, and took the cuffes that were restraining my legs, saying, "So, what are you going to do now, doom?"(leo)
"Right now, all I can think about is getting out of here."(doom)
"Is that so? Have you brought the cuffs key of the other prisoners?"(leo)
"They're all the same key, but I didn't bring the key to every cell door with me if you wanted to free them."(doom)
"That's enough!"(leo)
I went to the cell next to mine and saw a middle-aged man laying on his back in the bed. When he saw me, he said, "What is happening outside Mr.leo?"
"Now is not the time for that brother, cover yourself with something quickly."(leo)
He did as I said, but I was a little speechless when he covered himself with the bed itself.
not minding that I gathered some strength in my legs and kicked the cell door with my right leg, breaking it.
I looked at Doom and said, "Please explain the situation to him and undo his cuffs, Doom."
"Y-yes, I will do that," he replied strangely as he did what I said,.
then I did the same for the other cells one by one before sending them to doom.
After Doom explained everything to them, they asked me, "What should we do now, Leo?"
"everyone calm down ,you already know it will take about six days for those monsters to arrive here, so there is no need to worry so mush now."(leo)
"Then what should we do now?"
"First, let's go outside, and then we'll send you all to meet your families." (leo)
They couldn't help but smile when they realised they could see their families again.
As we walked we soon arrived at the outside of the Colosseum.
we then noticed a large crowd of people discussing loudly and nervously what they should do.
Fortunately, the situation did not devolve into chaos.
as we were a very distinct group due to our prison clothes, we were immediately noticed.
"Sana is that you?"
"Morad...."
"Kamal..."
"Son...."
"Father...."
"Husband....."
"Wife.....
We were quickly surrounded by the prisoner's friends, families, neighbours, and others.
I took doom and fled from the crowd , where I encountered a man dressed in a black military uniform who i asked, "Are you the envoy of the crimson army?"(leo)
"I am, who are you? Wait, a prisoner with one arm and a spear, are you perhaps Leo?"(william)
"Do you know me?" (leo)
"I heard about you from the general."(william)
"If that's the case, could you please inform me of the current situation?"(leo)
"It is the worst! Although we have 6 days to run from here, it will not be enough, those scoundrels took most of the carriages in the city and put their wealth in them instead of taking elderly and those who can't move. so now even if the city people run, they will only delay thier death by less than three days because of their spreed. when those elderlies realised that most of them said that they will stay as they are already old, but most of their families refused to do so, saying thing like
A really tricky situation we have here now .
think of how to get this peaple from this crisis ,i came to the conclusion that we first need a leader,but after thinking for long i found out that all the people i know none of them was a good leader material, i though of asking william but as he is unknown in this city there is no Guarantee that peaple of this all will listen to him, so i finally come to a conclusion.
that is i became the leader.
"Doom, could you bring me a map and gather information on who had the ability to fighting in this city?"(leo)
"Huh ah yes, immediately"doom after being confused for a while stood up running to do what i said
"Do you have any sort of plan?"(william)
"I don't know , William."(leo)
"You don't know??"(william)
"know thyself know thy enemy a thousand battles a thousand victories,So first— I'll gather information first to see if there's anything I can do."(leo)
"Oh, please do so; it appears you have some experience as a commander."(william)
I didn't respond as I was lost in thought ,while walking around the city.
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"This's what you asked about Leo."(doom)
"Many thanks!"(leo)
Looking at the map in his hand, then at the paper that shows the current manpower and fighters that can be used, leo tried his hardest to come up with a plan that could change the situation, but everything he thought of was very risky and had a lot of casualties,when he was about to fry his mind he finally thought of a plan.
"Doom, could you please ask the people of this city to gather in the piazza?"(leo)
"Have you thought of something?"(doom)
"Yes, but it's a very risky plan, it's all I can think of right now with our current strength."(leo)
"Okay i will call them leave it to me" (doom)
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"Why do we need to gather here?"
"I'm not sure."
"Perhaps reinforcements will arrive to assist us, and they are here to inform us of that."
"maybe"
"You guys are very optimistic, I envy you"
"Hahah"
As the gathering people were conversing, they noticed a man walking towards them in slow confident steps.
"Isn't that..."
"What exactly is he doing here?"
"Was he the one who brought us here?"
"It appears that's the case,"
Leo looked at the crowd in front of him. He then used his ability to amplify his voice and said,
"I am sorry to gather you today, first I would like to introduce myself, my name is Leo, as most of you already know I am or i was a warrior slave in the colosseum, as I don't want to waste time I will be straight forward towards you,none of us are surviving this ordeal with the way we are now no matter what you do even if you run it's meaningless "(leo)
His voice echoed throughout the city,
"What do you mean it's meaningless? Even if we died, we at least tried.
Runaway,"
"because your speed would only keep us alive for a few more days at most"(leo)
"Do you think we should just give up and wait for death, or do you think we should die fighting?"
"That's exactly what I mean to say [fight] "(leo)
"Is that why you've gathered us to say those words if that's the case, Then you shouldn't have called us its a waste of time."
Hearing the man who said it, I couldn't help but laugh. then with a serious tone of voice I said. "I have a plan that will help you survive what do you all think,interested ?" (leo)
"then what are you waiting for say it
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"This plan can save us all without any casualties, but if it fails, we will all perish, not just one or two."(leo)
"Why go from 100% to 0% in one shot?"
"This plan requires your assistance, whether you are civilians, soldiers, or fighters...everyone one of you is needed for this plan, but you must completely follow my instructions ,even a minor mistake will cause us to fail. then Would you like to hear my plan now?"(leo)
"""""""""""""""Yes,please!"""""""""""""""