William Williams
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NOTE: This contains some spoilers, so read at your own risk. (Energy Unit: Mystic Energy.) (Power Levels for Mystic Warriors) - Basic Mystic Warrior - Intermediate Mystic Warrior - Advanced Mystic Warrior - Super Mystic Warrior - Legendary Mystic Warrior (Power Levels for Mystic Beasts) - Basic Mystic Beast - Intermediate Mystic Beast - Advanced Mystic Beast - Super Mystic Beast - Mythical Mystic Beast (Grades for Mystic Treasures) - Basic Grade Treasure - Intermediate Grade Treasure -…-
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Alexander's men initially watched two of the enemy ships retreat with unbridled glee, finding the sight of them lifting their anchors and sailing beneath their bridge of great amusement. Hence they grinned and cheered to themselves, "Haha, Look! They are running! They are running!" "Damn right they are! They were idiots to try father in the first place, hahaha." "It seems their commander finally realized the stupidity of his action. Tsk took them long enough." "Yeah, what a waste of so many good…-
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Alexander, who was observing the ongoing battle from atop the bridge found the fight to be going quite well for him. The legionaries fought bravely and the lines up till now showed little signs of buckling, appearing very strong and robust. Things were going so well in fact that the usually prudent man even brushed aside Hemicus's concerned urging, who had tried to make Alexander retreat by saying, "Alexander! This is not safe. Fighting on this small bridge…. it's too easy to get trapped. Let's…
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"Ladder! Enemy ladders against the walls!" "Push! Push them off! Don't let them stay there!" "Use your hands men! Use all your body! Help your brothers to push these damned things off!" "Enemy up the ladders! Bastards are starting to come up the ladders!" "Quickly! Shoot your arrows! Don't let a single one get up! Throw anything you got!" It was like this that Alexander's legionaries greeted the brave Margraves troops who were willing to brave extreme perils to come and meet them, thus denying…
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Alexander watched his men form up and launch volley after volley of crossbow fire with a real gladdened tranquility in his heart. When he had first noticed the approaching ships, his insides had lurched, and his beat soared to a height it had reached only a few times ever. This was because Alexander was currently in a very precarious position- atop a narrow bridge with only five hundred men having waters on both sides. Waters which danced between being sometimes deep and safe and at other times…
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Like so many times today, Alexander's sudden and precision arrow fire from his crossbows caused a great deal of casualties among his enemy, especially in the first few volleys. The thick bolts with sharp steel heads pierced through the bronze armor and the light clothes the Margraves men wore underneath like they were paper, before strictly embedding themselves into the flesh- digging deep, deep into the hands, chest, thighs, belly, and for a very unlucky few, even the head and face. The Margraves…
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It was very clear from Lord Bernard's words that his primary goal was not really to go win the battle or even take Phyrros Island back. All those were just convenient reasons and extensions of his real objective- trying to achieve grand battlefield glory and accreditation, for himself as well as his family. And Ser Robert knew this. This is why Lord Bernard had made some very good points about attacking Alexander, he was initially of the mind to reject him, afraid he was just saying this to get in…
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When Lord Parker sent Lord Bernard to the aid of Lord Kite, he did it with the hope that both sides would use this to familiarize themselves with how the other fought, thus helping them fight better as a single coherent fighting unit in the future. Plus, Lord Parker was also interested to see if what he had read about the Margraves family troops was true, that they were almost as skilled as any ducal forces, especially when it came to naval fighting Being a scion of one, such a bold statement…
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If Alexander had only wanted to deny any enemy reinforcements from reaching the other side of the island, he would have simply had a section of the bridge destroyed, and then put a small garrison behind. With just a few good crossbowmen, he was very confident in being able to retard any repair attempts made by the other side, being more than adequate to hold Lord Parker at bay for a very long period of time. But denying access to just one side of the bridge was not quite enough for Alexander. He…
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There were several good reasons for Alexander wanting to have the bridge, and thus let his men chase after the fleeing enemy. One was because his officers were right. Killing even one of them would reduce their opponents by that amount. And even if the size of the garrison seemed inconsequential, a few hundred at best, well even if only a drop of water from an entire ocean was lost, that would still count as being lost, no matter how small. And Lord Parker's forces were certainly not as vast as…
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