A few days later, there was another assault by Ramsey's forces on the Campbell estate. Alex looked at the battlefield; they were severely outnumbered, as expected.
"Damn..." Alex said under his breath.
"Are you that worried?" Lady Campbell asked.
"Oh? Lady Campbell." Alex replied.
"Please call me Miranda. Now tell me, what's your story?" Miranda asked.
"I don't know if this is the time, Miranda..." Alex said it with worry.
"Well, we might all be killed today; there is no better time than right now." Miranda said. "So, I heard from Leonora that you left your family. May I ask why?"
"I did something horrible, and I needed to separate myself from them for their own safety." Alex said.
"I see. Did it by chance have anything to do with what happened to the Tarren family all those months ago?" Miranda asked.
Alex was shocked. "How did you-?"
"I was there in attendance; I was technically family, a cousin of a cousin kind of thing." Miranda said.
"Oh...I'm sorry..." Alex said it sadly.
"Don't be; I couldn't care less about Tarren's. In fact, I saw your actions to be quite admirable." Miranda said it with a slight smile.
"Admirable?" Alex asked.
"Quite. You went in and saved your family despite all the odds stacked against you." Miranda said. "For someone as young as yourself, that's quite the dedication."
"Oh, thank you." Alex said.
"Which is why I ask this of you today: save my daughter no matter what." Miranda said.
"I don't understand." Alex said confused.
"If my house falls today, make sure my daughter Talia survives. I don't want her to endure the suffering that would be unleashed..." Miranda said it sadly.
"I understand Miranda...but listen to me. I will not let our forces fail; I made sure of it." Alex said it with determination.
"You're something else, young man." Miranda said, laughing.
"Oh, you've seen nothing yet. Leonora, before she left, gave everyone my plans, so hopefully this is executed well." Alex said.
Soon Ramsey's forces marched onto Miranda's territory, and fighting immediately began.
"I'll be back, Miranda, after I pull off a miracle for you." Alex said it with a smile.
Alex ran to the frontlines of the battlefield, and he began fighting against the enemy groups.
Meanwhile, Miranda watched from the distance.
"Why are there so few troops on the frontlines? They are at an extreme disadvantage..." Miranda asked herself, very confused.
Just then, Alex's group of troops allowed a large number of Ramsey's soldiers to push inside, and then two more groups of Alex's troops converged on Ramsey's, almost as if they had created a bulge in their own forces.
"Just what...?" Miranda was asking herself until four more large groups of Alex's soldiers moved onto the enemy, nearly blocking them off and only allowing the back end of the enemy troops a way to retreat.
"He turned the tables...wow." Miranda said.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, there was a loud horn and a few dozen horses, all showing Miranda's banners, coming in from the backend of the battlefield.
Alex remembered in his world's history that during the Second Punic War, and more specifically, the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal Barca of Carthage would use this exact strategy to completely encircle the superior Roman forces. After the battle ended, the Roman troops, which were around 86,000 strong compared to Carthage's 50,000, would be destroyed, ending in a Roman casualty count of between 67,500 and 80,000 troops compared to Carthage's 5,700 and 8,000 losses.
Alex had just executed the strategy perfectly as his forces with him and the silver blades leading the charge cut through the opposing forces and, in the end, completely annihilated the enemy forces, destroying Ramsey's confidence and his money.
Miranda was shocked. "He...really did it...he won?"
Alex, who was standing in the middle of the battlefield, had his entire body covered in blood, his sword dripping the blood of those he killed. He had never killed that many people before; this was shocking to him. His purple eyes were noticeably shining, and a certain figure was watching him from a far, far distance.
"That's it, Alex. Be my chosen one."
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