Chapter 589 Save me! (3)
"How did it come to this?" The Midra Kingdom general whispered under his breath.
As he led his men through this carnage, he couldn't help remembering the words of the second prince.
Were these the consequences of underestimating the enemy?
But how could he have possibly expected something like this to happen?
How could anyone have known about this?
No, there was someone that had known about this. The enemy had known about this, which was why they had done all that they had done.
They should have known that this was a trap the moment that the enemy retreated. The retreat came so suddenly that it didn't make sense at all.
They had just assumed that this was due to the incompetence of the enemy commander when they saw their formation.
No...the fundamental reason was because of the arrogance of the general.
The general didn't want to believe that the enemy was his match. He wanted to believe that the enemy was inferior to him, so he accepted the conclusion that the enemy was a fool so easily.
But just what kind of god was the enemy commander that would know that there were these giant red worms here?
As the general was slightly distracted by this thought, one of his men shouted, "General, look out!"
The general looked up to find that there were sharp glowing arrowheads falling down on him.
Though he was distracted, he was a soldier that had served for many years. He had an instinct that was developed over the long years of service.
So the general was able to twist on his horse at the very last moment to dodge out of the way.
The only problem was that he twisted so suddenly that he wasn't able to stop himself from falling out of the saddle.
He dodged out of the way of the arrows, but he had lost his mobility...and he was surrounded by the giant red worms.
This was without a doubt a very dangerous situation.
But that wasn't the general's only concern.
There was only despair as they realized that they had made a mistake coming here.
The general could only laugh like a madman as he waved the white flag back and forth.
His mind had been completely broken from this scene.
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On the other side...
"This is..."
That was the general consensus of the soldiers under Count Zwein.
As they watched the Midra Kingdom army being slaughtered like this, they couldn't help taking a cold breath and revealing looks of terror.
Not a single one of them had expected this to happen.
From time to time, they also turned back to look at Count Zwein who had a calm look on his face the entire time. They knew that this had to be his plan, but they never thought that he would be so cruel that he would watch this with such a calm look on his face.
It seemed that all of them had been wrong about him and there was a deep fear towards Count Zwein that formed in their hearts.
They now knew...that he was not someone to be messed with.
There were some of them that even wanted to ask him to save the Midra Kingdom army, but they couldn't because of that fear.
They wanted to save them since they were all humans and in the face of this slaughter, they couldn't watch this anymore.
They could see the white flags that were being raised, but they didn't go help them or accept this surrender since Count Zwein didn't say anything.
There were many in the archer unit that had wanted to stop shooting, but they had no choice but to continue since General Killock had personally come to supervise. Once they saw him, they were afraid for their own lives if they stopped firing...
After all, Count Zwein wouldn't send General Killock here unless he knew what they were thinking...
So they were scared that they might be the next ones to die if they stopped.
Just like this, this battle became known as the Slaughter of the Rising Land Plains.
