The War of the Roil: The Knight and the Warlock

Chapter 31: Eternity

The bellow of warhorns accompanied the projectiles fired by Atrellian artillery. And just after that, thousands upon thousands of screams.

Pious and Snakes, all armored and bearing the triangular shields of the Atrellian Infantry barreled down the hill.

A second army to aid in their fight. And a much larger one at that.

Arrows and crossbow bolts rained from the sky, accompanying the explosions of flaming boulders landing in the dirt.

The Atrellian infantry formed up like a well-oiled machine in front of Edmund and his companions, stacking their shields upon one another.

Pasco rode down behind them on horseback.

"You know, I probably could have caught up to you guys before you got here." Pasco chuckled as he came to a stop.

"What? Why didn't you?" Camilla asked.

Pasco shrugged, "I took a little detour to some of the other camps and forts. I think it speaks for itself, eh?"

Indeed, Edmund didn't remember having nearly this many foot soldiers ready to fight back at Fort Killigrew.

"Well you arrived right on time." Edmund said, "We need to clear a pathway through that horde, so we can get under the giant disc and climb up. We also need the longest length of rope you have."

"I can definitely do the second. The first, though...what even are these things?" Pasco frowned.

"Lara seems to know a thing or two about them." Edmund said, passing off the grounds to speak to her.

Pasco broke into a surprised smile, "Hey, I remember you! I screwed you over!"

"He's a friend?" Lara raised an eyebrow.

"A dear one." Edmund nodded.

"Aw, see I knew you'd-"

"Don't read too much into that." Edmund cut him off.

Lara shook her head, "These creatures are known as Titanspawn. They were the foot soldiers of the Titans during the War. As far as we know, they can regenerate, unless you land a solid blow to the head and they can get stunned by electricity. Also, don't get hit. It causes something similar to what the Morgauls have."

"You know, we can actually do electricity." Pasco said, "Just give me a sec. Oi! Aim for the heads! And bring out the chariots!"

Edmund let himself half-grin, "Are you doing what I think you're doing?"

"What do you think I'm doing?"

"You're gonna shove us into a Chariot and have Lara electrocute the grafted-on fronts." Edmund said.

Pasco nodded, "Didn't know that girl was a Sparker, but yep. That's pretty much it."

"Oh boy. How many Sparkers do we have?" Edmund asked.

"Two hundred, give or take ten." Pasco estimated.

"Stick them on however many chariots we have. We need to make a dent in this horde. It'll be denser up front than further back. We'll only need them for a minute or two." Edmund said.

"If you say so." Pasco rode off on his mount.

The Atrellian army was doing a remarkable job of regularly rotating soldiers to the front two lines. Edmund knew they were efficient, but he never would've guessed they'd do well against a horde of ancient technologically advanced monsters.

A few minutes later, a line of chariots rode downwards, each manned by a Sparker, save one. Pasco also brought a rope coil so large it nearly fell off his shoulder.