Age of Adventure

On the other side, the mages corps is fighting against Lord Quentin.

As such, Quentin of House Royd, one of the nobles under Kyle and one of his Vice Commander had already split off for the main army to engage with Iapetus who is in charge of the mages corps.

The entire situation of the war was very chaotic.

There are fireballs falling everywhere, fire filling the plains and the smell of roasted meat could be smell everywhere on goes.

There is the sound of explosion every seconds. All kinds of magic fly by and rains of arrows shooting on every direction.

If one is unlucky, even when they were running, they would be shot down by the arrows or exploded with the fireballs.

Lord Quentin like Kyle was calm even amidst the explosion and the chaos.

Every once in a while, stray arrows would shoot towards him and he would deflect it with his large axe like he is swatting flies.

This calmness is not something that he had faked. Like Kyle, the moment the entire this battle, he was sure that their force would win.

After all, Chancellor Aero was the one that had planned all this.

With his plan, he had tied the hands of the western kingdoms, Duvar is safe and if Vanheim force win today and push forward, then they could take Veranis and secure the route to the west.

Aero of the East is someone that Quentin admired very much.

The reputation attributed to him is not underserved. He is as much as of a Divine Strategist like most bards and minstrel had praised him to be.

He is also the Chancellor of the Empire, the one and only that have the power to restrict the Emperor.

One might argue that the power of the Chancellor far outweighs the Emperor. And to those who had always been in the Imperial Court, this has always been the case.

The Chancellor was always the hidden shadow behind any move of the Empire.

One might expect Quentin to hate the Chancellor because the Chancellor had persecuted the noble family before stripping them of their privileges and of their ranks, reducing them nobles without power.

Quentin is also form a noble family.

The Chancellor had limited the power of the noble families, relegating them to simply honorary titles without no power. Especially those old nobles.

But Quentin was not dissatisfied with this. Instead, he believes that the Chancellor was doing this for the welfare of the realm

With the imperial power strengthened, internal problem pacified, then Vanheim could fight for the world

The prize of winning the world is creating an unprecedented Empire, and one could establish a peaceful world full of harmony after all the world is pacified.

With warlords and kings rising everywhere, all intending to unify the world, how could Quentin not know that the moves of the Chancellor were all to strengthen the Empire quickly so he could take the world before others could grow enough strength to fight against Vanheim

The only problem with the Chancellor plan was the continued rivalry between the two Imperial Brothers that is fighting against each other in the dark

However, admiring the Chancellor and liking him is two different thing

But while Quentin did not like that the Chancellor hold unchecked power in the Imperial Court, he acknowledges that without the Chancellor firm hand guiding the Empire in its initial stages after the death of the posthumous Emperor George, chaos would probably wreck the Empire apart.

He sighed

The war rages on as Quentin watches the sight of death with disinterest.

He is analyzing the battlefield coldly, thinking how to quickly break the line and provide help. He wants to land a decisive blow in the flank.

Quentin and Kyle while their army appears to be moving stably, they were actually moving quickly. There are still Antonius soldiers up there on the mountain.

If they arrived, it could lead to a prolonged fight and that is not something that Quentin and Kyle wanted.

Antonius forces that was tasked for the night raid probably have found the empty fortress by now.

But the fact that they are not here yet shows that the few small garrisons that the Vanheim forces have set up and the guerilla attack planed by the Chancellor had managed to delay them.

Before they empty the fortress up in the mountain, Aero had set up a few points in the mountainous forest on the other side of the mountain.

This point was all to mark where they should harass Antonius forces whether when he is coming up or when he is coming down.

When Antonius forces reach the mountain camp up in the mountain they would probably be harassed by a few units on their way up.

That would delay them and since these unit primary main objective is not to defeat Antonius forces and instead have to delay Alexander forces, it would be easier for them and minimize any damage.

Antonius might notice that something is wrong with what is happening and he might retreat down the mountain to aid Alexander.

But if he wants to quickly traverse down the mountain and aid Alexander, they must also follow the same route that Aero had taken to ambush Alexander forces.

And Aero had already put all kinds of obstacles so that Antonius forces would be delayed even further.

Ideally, if they could defeat Alexander forces before Antonius could come to Alexander aid, that is for the better.

Quentin stroke his beard. He is thinking about all of this things as he saw on his right flank his soldiers are being pressured hard by the charge of the mage corps.

Quentin is a middle aged man, with gray beard and stocky build. His muscle is pronounced and he had a large axe on his hand. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

’hmm. Iapetus is not an easy enemy. He knows how to uses his mage to create a death zone’

Even though he is calm, he knows he need to counterattack Iapetus offensive or he would not be able to hold this position.

And Kyle had already send the order for him to quicken the pace.

He frowned a bit.

This battle would not go the way the Emperor wanted it to be. This is something Quentin felt very strongly.

Since the moment he saw Aero in the military camp, he knows that there is another player that is playing this grand chess game

If anything, in this continent, he is the one that truly put his first pieces in this large chessboard.

In the battle of the plains, there is many dark hands in the background trying to take advantage of this matter.

But who could have thought that the Chancellor would suddenly appears with the Supreme Commander and even have a perfect plan to counter King Alexander?

One might even question that all of the dark hands in the background could not even stand against the gentle swish of the Chancellor phoenix feather fan

There is a reason of course why Quentin knows the plan of the Emperor.

He is one of the few people in the court that is on the Emperor side.

He knew what the Chancellor had done to cultivate the image that Emperor Edward is a wise Emperor.

Because of the effort of the Chancellor the Empire is at peace and the people are confident in the ability of the Imperial court to win battles and maintain the peace and prosperity of the Empire

As such, he had always admired the Chancellor. The Chancellor loyalty towards the Empire is unquestionable.

His loyalty to the Emperor however......is something lamentable.

Many ministers believe that the Chancellor is very disappointed in the young Emperor. Many times he rebukes the young Emperor at court, saying that he is unlike his father who was truly wise and deliberated carefully on the matters of governance and of matters of the people.

In other words, the Chancellor compare the son to the father and found the son is extremely lacking. Many ministers know that the rapport between the previous Emperor George and the Chancellor is extremely good.

Their close relationship with each other was a tale of many bards and minstrel, praising the reputation of Emperor George and Chancellor Aero as a sagacious monarch and a loyal and wise minister.

The relationship between them is also different in that they are like two people who were united by the common cause of uniting the world, their grand aspiration had created the bedrock which the Empire is standing upon

As such, many believes that if not for remembering old loyalties toward the old Emperor, with the Chancellor almost unlimited power among the Six Council he could usurp the position of Emperor.

The young Emperor from the beginning of his rule was surrounded by lions and wolves who were all waiting for him to fail.

There is his brother and his uncle who had always protected his older brother. James is certainly not satisfied with his lot and has been strengthening his influence in the imperial court since the day Emperor Edward was coronated.

Then there are also external enemies that is just waiting for Vanheim to show any weakness so that they could pounce on them

Wolves and lions.

As such, the Emperor turns to the biggest granddaddy of them all, the one that pacified these lions and wolves during the past and that person is the Chancellor.

With the Chancellor backing the will of the former Emperor, Edward could sit stably in his position.

But because he had asked for the help of the Chancellor, as such since then the power of the Imperial Court rest solely in the Chancellor hands.

Quentin shake his head from thinking too much about this. It is clear now his other scheme did not need to continue.

With Aero in the battlefield, it is without a doubt whether the reinforcement from the mountain arrive or not, Vanheim would still win today

He then kicks the side of his horse with his ankle and his horse rush forward.

Quentin raises up his axe and then roaring in the battlefield, he charges into the battlefield as he killed a few mages, hacking them with his large axe, splitting them into two.

’Break the line!’ he shouted as the left flank of the enemy began feeling pressure and after a while the line break and Quentin send his elite warriors to cut down those mages deep in the enemy lines.

A scene of carnage and chaos fills the enemy flanks.

Above, an owl fly by. Its appearance is very unnatural.

There is an owl flying in the morning and appearing so suddenly in the sky appearing like some omens from the Gods

This owl is no normal owl. There seems to be some holy light upon it. The soldiers of Vanheim that was behind the frontline saw the owl circling over the battlefield.

And it flew down and perch its feet onto one of the banners of Vanheim that was stuck onto the ground after the banner bearer had been slayed.

The soldiers knew about the supposed relation between the Chancellor and the Goddess Athena.

They believed that this owl that seems unordinary and seems to be surrounded with some divine aura is none other than the familiar of the Goddess of Wisdom herself

One of them shouted

’Athena is here!’

’The Goddess of War is on our side!’

With this shout, Quentin army morale rises up and began pushing faster and faster until the line was broken completely which would affect the whole overall strategy of the other captains and commander of Vanheim forces all over the battlefield

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