Empire Of Souls 105 Battle For The Steppes 1

The response of the tribals was sluggish, but they began to slowly a.s.semble as the call to arms spread throughout the camp. Only a quarter of their forces had formed up before a vast cloud of dust could be seen quickly approaching. By this point, it was clear to all that the camp was about to be attacked and there could only be one opponent who would be arriving from the south. In a mad rush to a.s.semble, the barbarians ran about disorderly and by the time they could see their opponents in the distance, they still hadn't fully a.s.sembled.

Ravenous couldn't make sense out of Grobak's actions and the camp was too far from the walls to send men after him. Any approaching tribals would surely be attacked by those on the wall. Grobak's men had come under heavy fire while retreating, but he didn't seem to care about the deaths of some of his men. It almost seemed like he had been using the lives of his weaker warriors to a.s.sure his elites could escape unscathed. Why Grobak had done this, he couldn't say and it was too late to question him. With an enemy arriving at the rear of his forces, he could only shift his men to the rear to face them head on.

Ravenous rushed out towards the fore of his army and looked on at the distant enemies with a grim expression.

"Form up! We need the Shamans to quickly begin summoning beasts. Have our spear units rush to the front and prepare for the a.s.sault. Have the Shamans also boost the defensive strength of our warriors!"

Ravenous yelled out several commands and wildly gestured towards his commanders and warriors. They could now see the enemy's Giant Lizards and knew exactly what they were facing. Tens of thousands of Chevaliers were pointing their lances atop the Giant Lizards in their direction. This was a mighty and frightening force which the warriors greatly feared. It would be extremely difficult to halt the charge of these powerful beasts and their riders. On the walls, the defenders could also see the distant Dragonmen and cheers erupted from them.

"Dammit! It's the Dragonmen. They were able to evade our scouts? But how is that possible? They should have easily been able to make out these Giant Lizards."

Ravenous did not expect that such a large army could get past his scouts, but the reason soon revealed itself. An immense roar shook the air, causing fear to spread throughout the barbarian warriors.

"Dragons!" Ravenous shouted.

It now made sense to him. These Dragons must have killed all his scouts. This was something within his expectations, but he still had confidence in the ability of the scouts he sent out. For them to have been all killed was somewhat of a surprise. Nonetheless, this was the reality and he now had to deal with it.

"Hmph, even if you have dragons, so what? It's not as if there is no way to deal with dragons, we have been preparing for this!"

Ravenous took out a horn and began to blow it. The sound of the horn reverberated through the Steppes and another horn soon responded to it.

Two large dragons swooped down and were rapidly approaching the barbarian army. They were both large and powerful with immense wingspans. These were clearly dragons at the Legendary level and were not to be underestimated. Their strength was nothing to scoff at. Ravenous did not lose his calm though, he was prepared for this.
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"Don't worry about the dragons! The chief will deal with them. Quickly ready the longspears. Have the Shamans prepare to use curses on the Giant Lizards at the front of the charge. If we can slow down their charge even a little it will allow our spearmen at the front to deal with them. Get those warriors moving! We only have moments until the enemy arrives!"

Despite Ravenous's efforts, not even half of their army had been fully a.s.sembled yet. They were too slow and the enemy was approaching too quickly. His efforts weren't entirely in vain, and a portion of their forces were already waiting in position with Shamans having already begun summoning creatures and preparing their curses. It wasn't nearly enough.

The oncoming charge of tens of thousands of Giant Lizards was a terrifying sight, especially with two dragons leading the charge from the air. As the dragons were about to reach the barbarians below and spew fire on them, a large figure jumped high into the sky and immediately attacked them. It was difficult to make out the figure as it leaped from the ground up into the sky, but all the barbarians were clear on who this was. It was the chieftain of the Harkul tribe, their most powerful figure.

With a wave of his axe, the chieftain quickly struck out at the two dragons. His attack sent shockwaves through the air which collided with the dragons. They weren't expecting such a powerful attack and the two swerved in different directions to avoid it. This caused them to lose their opportunity to breath fire on their enemies below. The three Legendary beings began fighting over a large distance as the chieftain drew their ire away from the barbarian army. They began a battle on an unprecedented scale. Battles at the Legendary level were awe inspiring and defied the common sense of the world. They were truly powerful.

Even without the dragons, the Dragonmen did not slow their charge. Their lances were pointed straight ahead and their mounts glew with a magical light from powerful spells. The huge bodies of the Giant Lizards could easily crush dozens of barbarians at the speed they were charging. Even though there were only a few dozen thousand of these Chevaliers, their numbers were enough to fully rout the over two hundred thousand barbarians if their charge couldn't be halted. The barbarians had their own plans on how to deal with this, but because they were caught somewhat unaware by the attack, they hadn't fully put all their plans in place.

Nonetheless, a number of the Shamans began casting curses to slow down the Giant Lizards while others cast spells causing thick vines to grow out of the ground. Some of the charging lizards were slowed by the curses while others got caught in vines and tripped. It wasn't nearly enough to cause much of a dent in their numbers, but every lizard affected was one less they had to face head on.