Alfenheims Warlords (a SAO fanfic)

Chapter 20

"Incoming!!!"

Eugene kept his shield up as he watched the arrows slowly coming crashing down upon his army and as he gritted his teeth and watched the Skeleton horde slowly marching its way towards him, those stupid pinkish-purplish skeletons, he then shouted to what remained of his units, "Now! Charge!!"

Salamander swordsmen units went charging straight down from the hill they were on as the skeleton army suddenly held its position and as Eugene ran down with his men, he watched as the enemy skeletons archers began to prepare another volley and he could only hold up his shield as soon enough another volley of arrows came down upon his army.

Another swathe of his quite green army was cut down but as the rest continued to charge the enemy skeletons on the plain they were on, he simply tossed aside the shield he had as he let loose a roar from his lips and crashed against the enemy lines.

Meanwhile, she was simply watching from atop the hill as her Salamander mage robes fluttered around her and as she held her staff, its red crystal floating on the very top of the staff, she could only hope her mana recharged fast enough for her to cast another spell before Eugene was destroyed.

"Come on!" Shouted Eugene as he hacked and slashed his way through the skeletons but it was slow going and as he managed to see another of his units begin to rout from the battle, he knew this was not going to end in his favor and so he simply shouted out, "Retreat!" as he ducked a swing before running away himself just as the skeletons began to chase after what remained of his army.

And as she watched all of this happen, she simply began to run as fast as she could from the hill as she detached herself from the archer unit she had been with and as she began to flee, she simply ran away from the battlefield as she simply hoped to get away from the skeletons.

But then, as she looked behind her for a split moment, she watched a whole unit of Skeleton Swordsmen running after her as she could only keep running away for the moment.

And the only reason why she could not fly was coming suddenly diving down upon her as she rolled to the side and she watched the gryphon and its rider, someone known as the "Princess of Lust", slowly go back into the sky, she then continued to run deeper into the nearby forest as she began to run away from any form of help.

Well, not all help.

"Aww... man keeping an eye on you all can be really... bothersome..." muttered Klein as he watched the three Spriggan Swordsmen units as they harvested the forest trees for lumber.

Ever since the first battle in Hel and the first attack against the castle, the group had been trying to do their best to up their tech and get better units out for the coming battles. Of course, with so much resources often being used, it left very little to be put elsewhere like units.

Which meant that Klein had to take what few units they had to collect and gather what resources was around the castle. And this day was gathering Lumber while somewhere Leafa was trying to gather some stone and ore with her single unit of Spriggan Horsemen.

And so, it simply mean for him that there was a few minutes to simply look around him and not to look too bored from doing this.

But as he watched the three units all taking axes to tree trunks and taking the harvested ones to be put on carts to later be pulled along, he suddenly heard a screech from some distance off and as he noticed his whole unit of swordsmen stopped to grab their swords, shields, and maces as he took out his Soul Blade.

"Somethings coming... and I don't think its friendly..." he said to himself.

And then as he slowly got onto he road, something in red suddenly hammered into him and he heard himself and whoever hit him give a yelp out as then both of them went down.