William Williams
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?"Hurry up men! Force march! Your brothers need you!" In the dead silence of the night, this forceful, slightly irritated shout rang particularly loudly across the wide, open Tibian countryside, as Alexander from atop his horse sounded a bit annoyed. Upon receiving news of Grahtos, the young pasha had mobilized his army as soon as possible, waking the camp up and putting two thirds of his men on a forced march, wishing to come to his detachment's aid yesterday. To make the pace even faster,…-
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?Due to the city gates being closed, even Philips, who was just on the opposite side of it, had no idea of the life and death battle his father was facing. The marketplace was unfortunately too far from the place they had camped to allow even the sound of the raging fight to carry over, so instead, given the current time and being tired from the day's march, the prince and his entourage of more than 20,000 men were doing what was naturally expected of them- being blissfully asleep. Only a few sentry…
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?Grahtos's pincher's attack from behind managed to catch Perseus completely and utterly off guard. The king perhaps did not even think such a possibility existed. In fact, when the first sword strike had begun to hit them, some of the mercenaries had even cried out not in horror but pure unbridled rage, "Bastard! The enemy is in the front. What are you doing?" Yes. They initially thought that this group of men had gotten confused in the darkness and was hitting their own men. And it took…
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?When Grahtos had first launched his attack, the man was super confident that the offensive would be an instant grand slam. And it was reasonable to assume so given that he had caught the enemy completely unaware, with many of the mercenaries caught literally out of their pants. Hence Grahtos was of the mind that he would have to 'just kick in the door and the whole thing would come tumbling down.' Thus it was very frustrating for him to find himself bogged down right at the start of the…
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?As the legionaries made their way along the single, one way street, they soon found themselves being confronted with what appeared to them many shadows recklessly running towards them. Given the ambient darkness, the men were unable to judge who, or even what these were. But it did not matter anyway. For they knew the only friendlies were the people beside them. So by default, everyone else was the enemy, regardless of whether these men were civilians trying to run from the disaster, or…
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?When the captain of the city guards had informed everyone of the disaster unfolding right next to them, the very first thought that had went through Papando's mind was that it was all a ploy by Perseus, cock sure that what the mercenaries were doing was all orchestrated by the very man sitting on the chair of highest honor. 'This is exactly what the Lord of Zanzan had warned us about.' At the news of his city being sacked, Papando actually felt a bit elated initially, as the man saw himself as being…
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?Perseus had married his wife, Lady Parthia of his own choosing, after being charmed by her looks and personality. And it was not hard to see why, given she was definitely a beauty on par with Ophenia and The Queen Mother as could attested to by Alexander. But initially, this act was fiercely opposed by the royal family, who found the woman to be too lowborn. For Lady Parthia, though not a commoner, was born of only a minor noble house that was in decline at the time, as all its direct line of…
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?There was indeed a reason why nobles did not like mercenaries in their territories and vehemently disliked them inside their cities. It was because these men would almost always be troublemakers. Not only would they be armed, but with many years of fighting under their belt, they would have a very rough and combative attitude towards any sort of authority, a will forged over many years of combat. And it would be this defiant mindset that proved especially hard to control for the local city…
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?The reason why Alexander had a foraging party such a distance behind his main army was mainly due to the fact that although the man provided the men with the basic food rations, i.e.- grain for bread and vegetables, with meat, egg, and fish once a meal once a week, sometimes the soldiers wanted something a bit more variety to their meals. So they often went out hunting for ingredients, be it various herbs to add to the stew fruits or vegetables, eggs from nearby farms, or even meat, hunted from local…
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?Chapter 879 As Perseus approached the city of Kalimat, the noble governing the place was overjoyed to be in his king's presence. "Welcome Your Highness! Welcome to our humble fief." The large, rotund lord with multiple layers of flabs on his face produced a greasy smile as he personally greeted his sovereign at the gates of his city with such words, euphorically shouting with open arms, "We have always believed that you would be able to drive the invaders back Your Grace, "Hahaha! We have always…
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