Inside the forest, screams of people could be heard everywhere, wild beasts ran away from their lair not to get involved in this massive war between two human sides.

It is clear that Clan Asura is a lot stronger than the Duke thought them to be, half of his army has already been wiped out, and one of them was especially violent, it is none other than Zio's grandfather, the strongest member of the clan, one swing from his blade and 10 soldiers fell on the ground separated into two.

Zaden and Lisa were also slaughtering through the enemy forces, some of the elders of the clan were also no pushover, they took down four to five enemies in one swing, with just 50 members, Clan Asura is able to push back the force of 200 soldiers.

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Near the edge of the forest, inside the army camp, Duke Vivien Clian, he got permission from his father the Grand Duke to massacre the wild clan that lives in the forest area close to Mount Asura.

Inside the main tent, Duke Vivien is tossing vases and pots all around the place, flipping tables and slapping his own commanders, he didn't expect to face such a crushing defeat from a group of wildlings who live in the forest.

"How is this possible, you what happened out there?"

Vivien pointed at one of his commanders and asked.

"Sir Duke, the enemy is very powerful, even with a force of 1000 we cannot take them on, especially the ones who are in the front lines, they are killing our men like butchering chickens, we cannot face them, we have to retreat right now" The commander gave his answer, he is still afraid that he might die today, he regretted coming here, he thought he would be able to get on the Duke's good side once they were done with the wildlings but after facing them he realized what kind of monsters these people really were.

He has never seen people so barbaric while killing others, it was as if they were born to kill others, especially that old man who was in the front, that old man even ripped one of his men into two with his bare hands.

The scene was very frightening, the commander rushed back to the camp as soon as he knew they were fighting a losing battle.

"What? retreat? are you fucking dumb? what do I tell my father when I return? that I cannot get rid of some useless low-class wildlings"

Vivien gritted his teeth angrily trying to figure out how to get rid of the wildlings but he couldn't, even he is scared, he had no idea how fearsome these people were.

As he and his commanders were thinking about how to deal with the current situation a soldier rushed in with panic written all over his face.

"Sir Duke"

He shouted.

"Insolent, how dare you barge in like this without any permission"

One of the commanders shouted angrily.

"Forgive me but this is not the time, those wildlings are here, they are slaughtering their way through our defenses"

The soldier informed them, as they heard the information the color on everyone's face inside the tent dropped as they realized things are going to go very bad, it would be a miracle if they survive.

"I will see what these wildlings are really made off, commanders, behind me"

Vivien said and picked up a blue war-axe that was next to him, this axe is his Religan and it has a bull-like head right between the two massive blades, the spirit in this Religan is of a blue horned Bison, a very powerful magical beast that is known for its immense strength and speed.

Vivien walked out of his tent and headed towards the defense line with the commanders following right behind him, each of them holding their own Religan ready to battle.

As they reached their post they saw something that scared them shitlessly, they saw their own men being chased and slaughter, and right behind them were 50 to sixty men holding Religans in their hand trying to cut down any enemy that got in their way.

Vivien realized how fucked up this situation really is, now that he is here he cannot escape, looking at the speed of the attackers they know it is useless to run, these terrains have been home to these people for years so they know the ins and outs of this place.

They can get ambushed before they can even reach the city gates safely.

"Send more men at the defense, don't allow them to enter the camp" Duke Vivien gave an order, hearing these several commanders glared angrily at him but they couldn't do anything, this was their superior's command.

For this person, the commanders had to sacrifice all the soldiers that they trained and raised till now, no commander who cared for his or her battalion.

"What are you waiting for, GO"

Vivien shouted.

The commanders could only nod and send their message to their battalion to stand ground and fight. After they were done giving their commands they turned around to see Vivien getting on top of a domesticated beast and trying to escape.

"What are you looking at, hold them back, I will bring more reinforcement and wipe them out"

Vivien said and rode away, once he was gone the commanders started to curse.

"That bastard, he left us here to die just so that he can escape, this is unacceptable"

One commander said.

"We can't do anything now, we cannot also abandon our battalion"

Another one said.

"What's the difference, we will die anyway, these wildlings won't even think twice before killing us"

Another one said and he was right, every single one of them died.

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Zio's grandfather led his clan members straight into the enemy's territory, even though Zaden is the current clan head, grandfather here is the battle commander.

When it comes to fighting and war-related matters no one is higher than him, even Zaden has to listen to him.

Grandpa swung his massive sword cutting down tens of soldiers who wanted to stop him but it was all useless, even after the troops stood their ground and increased their numbers they couldn't hold up against Zio's grandfather and his clan members.

"Zaden, it looks like one of them is trying to escape, take care of them"

Grandpa told Zaden to finish of the one who is escaping.