Lith felt as if he had vertigo when he imbued some spiritual power into the obelisk. After that feeling was gone, he saw himself standing in the middle of a barren land. He looked around and saw Ralph, Dennis, and his teacher, Emilia.
They grouped together and Emilia said to them with a smile, “we will now see the life experiences of the general, Minzoi. Make sure to observe properly and learn.”
Emilia knew that these three had nothing to do for the next two months. She didn’t want them to slack on their cultivation and wanted them to raise their magic ranks. She found a good opportunity to train them while ensuring that they had fun. Minzoi’s Memorial was a good spot for them to see and also learn.
Lith looked around for a while but saw nothing. But soon, he started feeling the ground rumble and at a large distance, he saw smoke arise.
The rumbling intensified after a few seconds. Lith looked around him and found smoke to be present in all directions. Something or someone was coming towards them.
The rumbling intensified even further and at the north of Lith was an army of undead marching towards him. At the south there was an army of dragons; west there was an army of humans and at the south there was an army of elves.
They were at war!
Lith realized he was in the middle of some sort of war and judging by how everything feels so real and he was in this memorial with his body intact, he wondered if his body would take damage or hits from the people at war.
“Teacher, will we take damage if we get hit by those people?” Lith asked Emilia.
“Yes.” Emilia replied with a smile.
“What!?” Dennis was the one who shouted after hearing this.
“Eh?” Emilia looked at them in confusion. “Did you not know about it?”
“Obviously not, teacher! How are we supposed to know this!?” Dennis said hurriedly.
Lith and Ralph were calm even though Emilia had said that. They knew they would be safe as long as she was here with them. It was only Dennis who seemed to have not realised this.
“When you arrived here, you didn’t see a single person except for us, right? Did you not figure out that it’s dangerous so nobody comes in here?” Emilia asked with a smile.
She was trying to pinpoint the things to Dennis that he may have missed to observe.
“Oh well…” Dennis became quiet and tried to think about something.
Lith left Emilia and Dennis alone and extended his wings to fly high up in the air to have a bird’s eye view of the war that was about to happen. Ralph too flew up for the same reason.
Being around three hundred meters high, Lith saw that the armies were marching towards them in various formations. One thing that was common among these armies was that the ones present at the front of their army were weak looking beings. Lith guessed that they were the cannon fodders.
Behind the cannon fodders was at least one general and there were warriors with a strong build around them. They were the tanks of the army who would take the damage onto themselves.
Behind the tanks were warriors who can fight in short range such swordsmen and spearsman. A general was present along with them. Behind them were the mages and here too, a general was present.
There were warriors proficient in long range weapons behind the mages, followed by healers who were surrounded by warriors proficient in short range weapons. A general was present with each group.
This was a basic yet efficient placement of the warriors. The only thing that made the four armies different from each other were their formations.
The Demon army’s formation made them appear like a blanket getting draped over the ground. The Dragon army seemed to be a ball; the Human army looked like a triangle, and last the Elven army looked like an arrow.
A few seconds later, Emilia arrived near him and just as he had thought previously, she covered them in a protective barrier.
Lith looked at the intense fight unfold between the four armies and since the four were equal in prowess, the one with the best strategy would come out as the winner.
Since it was about strategy, Lith looked at Ralph and asked, “Ralph, what do you think of the strategy the Demon army is using?”
Ralph turned his gaze towards the Demon army and said, “it’s not bad. But in my opinion, they should’ve worked more towards increasing their defense instead of keeping offense and defense balanced.”
Lith nodded his head. He was thinking of the same thing too.
“So children, who do you think will be the victor?” Emilia asked the three.
“It’s difficult to say. They are at a stalemate currently. The offense of Elven army is strong but the defense of the Dragon army neutralizes it. The Human and the Demon army have a balanced offense and defense. It I am correct, an external factor or a change is needed to trip this balance off.” Lith said calmly.
Emilia nodded her head. She then turned to Ralph and Dennis and waited to hear their answer.
“I agree with Lith. And if I am not wrong, General Minzoi hasn’t appeared yet, right?” Ralph said calmly.
Emilia simply smiled and didn’t answer him. She then turned to Dennis to hear his answer.
Dennis looked at his teacher staring at him and said, “well, teacher… strategy isn’t really my forte but I do understand what the two are trying to say. In my opinion, however, I can see clearly that the humans would exhaust first if this war is of endurance and the demons actually would have an upper hand as the war drags out. The reason being, some group of demons down there have a regeneration abilities.”
“But then again, it’s not a sure thing. We have not seen any army use any form of pills or potions. It seems like they are saving them for later use. So like the other two, I can’t answer you about who may win. There are too many uncertainties.”
Dennis, although was a battle maniac and didn’t like to use his brain, he wasn’t stupid in any sense. His intelligence was on par with Ralph’s, it’s just that he was too lazy to use his brain and preferred to use his fist more.
Ralph was the opposite of him. He had high battle prowess but he always made sure to solve things logically with his intelligence first. Fight was a last resort for him.
Emilia, hearing Dennis’s answer, nodded in satisfaction. It seems he was out of his playful mode and was seriously observing and learning now. She was happy knowing this.
The battle of the four races went on for an hour and suddenly a loud noise was heard.
DONG!
DONG!
DONG!
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