Age of the Gods: The Complete, twelve novel, fantasy series (The Blood and Brotherhood Saga) by Laszlo Jeremy

Author:Laszlo,Jeremy [Laszlo,Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Khaleesi Press
Published: 2016-09-23T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

A Day of Sorrow and A Promised Tomorrow

Though there had been weeks of preparation and training, no one was ready for what came that tenth morning. Though everyone was awake, armed and even present when the enemy arrived, nothing was according to plan, and immediately everyone knew that all was lost. There were no lines formed, archers were mingled with the soldiers, and battle groups who had been training together for weeks were separated and lost to one another. All was pandemonium when the enemy arrived, and no one even remotely expected what happened in those first few minutes.

Bursting forth from the fog were not battalions of monsters or even armed men, but only a dozen cloaked figures. With the wave of a hand, one of them dissipated the fog to reveal the army under King Sigrant’s banners in its entirety, and twenty-five thousand had been a gross underestimate by at least half. The second figure, his arms out to his sides, brought both hands together in front of him. When his hands connected, everyone in before him screamed in pain, his clap having been enhanced by magic and causing blood to flow from over a thousand persons’ ears. The third mage made a gesture and water burst from under the ice in a torrent that washed Valdadorian soldiers to the ground by the hundreds as yet another mage cast a spell turning that previous water to ice, encasing men and women alike, the death screams frozen upon their faces. Fire exploded from both sides as Valdadore’s mages began to retaliate, but they were outmatched. More than half their fireballs were snuffed out mid-flight by balls of ice or walls of water. Sigrant had magicians of the like never before encountered in Valdadore. However, they would not last long if Seth had anything to say about it.

Pandemonium or not, Seth gave the command to attack at the same time his own brother exploded in size. Lending his voice to the battle, the King of Valdadore called a full retreat. In less than a minute Valdadore had lost a thousand men, and Seth realized that this was the moment he had been preparing for without even knowing it would come. It seemed as if Seth watched through someone else’s eyes as those loyal to him first and foremost sprang into action to defend those who were loyal to his brother retreated. Borrik and Eve exploded in size as well, each taking to the air to wreak havoc as they saw fit. Garret and the only two remaining Knights of Valdadore who were present with the army waded into the enemy in an attempt to take out the mages who had already disappeared back into the massive enemy army ranks. Now came the foot troops of Sigrant’s military, nearly twenty thousand men heavily armored and armed each with a shield and sword. Seth knew the knights would not be enough, and the more time they could buy the common troops to fall back and retreat to Valdadore, the more likely they would survive.

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