BXBX NOVEL Chapter 497 First Encounter (3)
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of the alarm bells rang in the entire camp and as the giant Biggie went on a rampage, Leon gave his signal to the Blades and charged.
"Head to the communication room!" Leon ordered them.
It was Blaze\'s team who headed towards the place and immediately incapacitated those who attempted to communicate on the other camps.
It\'s a race against time, although the communication tent is destroyed, the officials still had their notification papers.
Leon did not watch anymore and immediately confronted the Lieutenant. Their plan is to make everyone busy so that they would not have a chance to send their distress signal.
"How could this be?!" The Lieutenant was extremely caught off guard. He did not expect to meet Leon so soon.
He also did not expect that he could be alone with his army when it happened, " Y-you shouldn\'t be here at all!"
"Why not? I am sure you would gloat and be delighted if it was my side who said the words just now…" Leon coldly replied.
The Lieutenant gritted his teeth. He had no confidence to fight Leon, an S class, open path mage alone!
He whistled a distress call and summoned all the B to A class mages to join him in attacking Leon. Since there were only less than thirty men, the mages did not hesitate to answer their Lieutenant\'s call and face the strongest enemy among them.
Leon did not mind, for he knew that it was easier this way. He stood surrounded by enemies and chaos. Devourers, Summoners, and Casters, the strongest of the camp, set their eyes on him as the target.
But he remained unmoved. He just looked around to see how many enemies were surrounding him at the moment.
When the Lieutenant saw Leon\'s actions, he thought that he was overwhelmed by the number of people who went to deal with him.
A surge of confidence and hope rose in his heart as he raised his sword and bellowed, "Charge!"
"Roaaaar!" The mages and knights in the enemy camp let out a cry and used their strongest attack to charge Leon.
However, the moment they looked at the unmoving figure once again their hearts froze.
Something was amiss!
Suddenly their legs started to shudder and their vision started to turn red.
The man in front of them became like a monster in their eyes.
"D-demon!" Even the Lieutenant could no longer breathe as he stumbled backward. His eyes dilated and turned bloodshot in feet when he looked at Leon\'s face.
In just one look, the strongest of the camp were on their knees, completely pale and shaken. The casters and their colleagues nearby were the most unfortunate because they could no longer cancel their strongest spells and exploded within their area.
In an instant, two-thirds of the strongest forces were completely wiped out. The ones surviving were the devourers and some lucky summoners.
This is a great loss!
And the Third Prince did not even move!
On the other hand, Leon could not help but lament his reputation. The enemy is calling him demon when he was so close to the Temple and his fiance is even the Paladin! His son\'s godfathers were the guardians themselves!
How could these people call him a demon when he only had released his bloodlust aura spell to reduce their battle efficiency?!
Lamentable! Truly lamentable!
\'Sigh… I should do something to change my reputation on the battlefield…\' Leon thought to himself before he moved towards the Lieutenant.
He disabled all the surviving mages and seized all of their belongings, once they were cleared he activated a birdcage spell and threw them all inside.
"Let\'s quickly take care of the rest!" Leon used mana to amplify his voice all over the camp. Now that the strangest were dealt with, they have to take care of the 400 and so enemies.
"Cursed users must be killed at the site, the normal soldiers are to be disarmed and thrown into the birdcage." This was Leon\'s order when they planned the night before.
This was because the Seirende Empire would never want to hurt those who were forced. But as for the curse users, they could never be pardoned. For it was their choice to side with the evil knowingly.
The Blades worked efficiently, it showed how many times they were able to do this kind of thing, much to the knight\'s amazement.
Upon hearing Leon\'s instruction, they suddenly went all out.
The summoners accessed all their contracted beast, the devourers rushing so fast that the enemy did not even know who knocked them down, the casters expertly using their wide-range spells in such a way that did not harm their allies!
Most of all Biggie was the one picking out the enemy-contracted beasts who would add up to the total number of enemies if left alone.
It was chaos from the enemy\'s perspective but from the knight\'s perspective who almost had their jaws dropped, it was something so organized and well executed!
Seeing this, they also pulled their weight and did not dare to become complacent.
With everyone\'s hard work, they managed to finish everything before midnight. Only when they saw the totally empty camp then the men heaved a sigh of relief.
"Good job everyone! You handled a great number of people very well." Leon looked at the men who were still catching their breaths after handling 500 men.
"It is because of Your Highness\'s and Master Biggie\'s help." The Blades replied humbly, it was really not easy for them to handle 500 men when they were only less than thirty men.
But because of Leon and Biggie, who single-handedly defeated a third of the enemy troops and a great number of the contracted beast, they would have a hard time executing their tasks.
"Let\'s stay in the camp for a while and tend to those who are injured. Oliver and Blaze, come with me and survey the things we can use, though we can have it accounted for properly tomorrow… Tonight, rest well and regain energy, we still have a lot to do in the morning." Leon ordered.
The men nodded at Leon\'s order and planned how they would set up their tents in the midst of the destruction. camp. But when they gave their surroundings a good look, they were surprised!
It was as if Biggie knew that this would happen, he left several tents that are good enough for all of them to sleep for the night!
Meanwhile, it did not take for Leon, Olivier, and Blaze to complete the survey. In the end, they joined the rest of the Blades who were now cooking their dinner while the others were being bandaged from their injuries.
Twenty or so men were gathered at a bonfire, all having their food and wine to celebrate their first victory.
The knights who came with Leon could not help but throw compliments toward the Blades and Leon\'s ability.
Their faces were so excited that they were like children who were talking about their superheroes.
Their actions became a source of entertainment for the exhausted and injured Blades who laughed along with them as they made the place lively.
"Rest up well and recover. Tomorrow, everyone shall go and account for the things we can take as spoils. From this point forward, we might not receive any replenishment of supplies until the war officially began. So the supplies we can gather here are important for us at this moment."
Leon raised his cup and initiated a toast.
He gave the men his reminders before retiring to his own quarters.
When the men saw Leon\'s retreating figure they all sighed, \'It feels good to have a loved one!\'
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In the tent, the first thing Leon did was to send a message to Eli that he is safe and they were able to carry their first mission victoriously.
It did not take that long for him to receive another reply.
"Are you injured? Have you eaten? Are you getting a rest at the moment?"
Three questions flashed in the notification paper. It was limited and seemingly monotonous, but when Leon read it, his heart was filled with sweetness.
Leon closed his eyes and did not reply right away.
Instead, he cleaned himself up and took off his battle armor. Only when he thought that the traces of battle were no longer in his body did he pull his communication stone and called Eli instead.
"Leon… how are you? Did you incur any injuries? Are you able to take a good rest at the moment?" Eli\'s anxious voice sounded in his chambers immediately after he called her through the communication stone.
"I am good, I promise that I did not incur injuries and I can take a rest as of the moment," Leon answered softly.
His low, sultry voice tickled Eli\'s chest, almost leaving her breathless. But then the sense of relief overcame her thoughts as she answered, "Good… it\'s good that you are safe! Thank heavens!"
"Enn… How about you and our child? I reckon you are in the merland right now."
"Indeed! Leon, how I wish you were here with us! You should have seen our son\'s happy face…" Eli seemed to have lost her sleepiness and engaged in telling Leon what happened during the day.