Ambushed, Pride, Regret and Two More Battles.

Eleonora's army's retreat path got blocked off by an army of their own country. This raised suspicion, after all, they were supposed to be their reserves, however, now they are blocking the bridge that they need to cross. Some of the soldiers of Zhcted were cheering thinking them as reinforcements. With those numbers they could push them back.

'Are they reinforcements?'

Eleonora asked as she thought that they were here to assist her in their withdrawal. They numbered 20,000 men and they are all fresh troops that were left on standby. Which means there is a chance that they can turn this around or at least secure their path to retreat.

"Eleonora-sama be careful something is wrong!"

Her advisor, Lim screamed. The unexpected happened, the Zhcted's army on the bridge attacked when they reached the bridge.

The one leading the army is Elizavetta Fomina, the Vanadis of the Lightning. This was when Eleonora thought that something was weird. Someone like Elizavetta wanted to stay in the reserves instead of the frontlines...

'Since the beginning she planned this.'

She gritted her teeth. Now with Vergo's army closing in from behind and Elizavetta blocking the bridge they have to cross, they were trapped.

Eleonora tightly gripped her hands, enraged at Liza's act of betrayal. After seeing Elizavetta leading the army, she ended up losing to her anger, so she took her sword out and dashed at her before both clashed their swords.

"Are you throwing away your pride as a Vanadis?!"

Eleonora asked as she frantically moved her sword and clashed with Elizavetta.

"I do not serve that King... not anymore. Now I serve an Emperor, someone worth of my allegiance."

Elizavetta calmly replied while effortlessly blocking Eleonora's strikes. Eleonora is enraged. Her attack patterns are predictible and she is exhauted after fighting and losing against Oemitsu, turning this "fight" to a simple exercise to Elizavetta, who is in her peak condition

"Then I shall kill you now, in the name of my King! I will serve judge you in my King's place! For your treason... you will pay with your head!"

Even if she was exhausted, Eleonora's attacks were being fueled by her rage, increasing their strength and speed.

"Come and get it then, Elen."

Elizavetta taunted Eleonora, just to almost fall from her horse by Eleonora's angry strike.

"Don't call me by that name!"

Both were fighting on horseback. Eleonora even with the strength and speed boost from her anger, she knew that it wasn't enough to defeat a calm and rested Elizavetta... but she couldn't accept her betrayal.

Meanwhile, Vergo's army hit their flanks. All of Oemitsu's family members were on board, thirsty for revenge.

Their soldiers shouted for Brittania, they were willing to give their lives for their country and Emperor. To them it was the time for revenge, to pay them back for the destruction they caused in pendragon. They threw their lives away like madman and their enraged expressions caused deep fear into Eleonora's army.

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In the end, it was a bloodbath. Oemitsu's family together forgave none. The army rarely took any prisoners, they hunted them down like hungry wolfs. They were thirsty for blood... and that is what they got.

Out of 100,000 soldiers; only 5,000 managed to escape together with Eleonora and Olga who also managed to escape.

Out of the 6 Vanadis that came to attack, three escaped, two were captured and one defected.

After the arduous battle, Elizavetta is in front of a cautious Vergo.

"Identify yourself. You have aided us, however, if you are not part of our family, then I cannot trust you. You will meet your end at my hands right here and right now."

Vergo told her as he was ready to decapitate her before she could even react.

"It is quite rude to ask my name without saying who you are. Hmm...about the family thing, I don't know. I just know that I am Oemitsu's woman, so I have more authority that you will ever have."

She said with a cruel smile. She doubted that Oemitsu's dog would be able to kill her without Oemitsu rampaging and killing him.

"I am the second-in-comand in Oemitsu's family. I will remind you only once, I am allowed to execute anyone that is rude to our family in any way that I want as long as Oemitsu is not around. Be careful with what you say, while you are his woman I outrank you in hierarchy."

His cold words hit her with strength. She didn't think that this dog would be so daring, so without wanting to lose in this power play, she displayed the wings that Oemitsu gifted her.

"So, he added you to his peerage. I guess that he saw something in you that I can't see."

He sighed, after all, Oemitsu's only fail, is his need for family. If Vergo was here before, he wouldn't let him add this woman to his peerage...

'But what is done... unfortunately, is done.'

Liza ignored his remark before hiding her wings.

"Where is Oemitsu? He should be the one leading the army."

She asked as she glanced as the army's direction.

"Oemitsu is resting, he fought an arduous battle and it costed him a lot."

Vergo answered her with a grim face. He wasn't showing, after all, he had to be Oemitsu's reason, but his anger is increasing the moment he entered in this war. Seeing Oemitsu, someone who was supposed to be their almighty leader, in such a state, made him feel angry against those who hurt him and towards himself. Part of this blame was his because of his late arrival.

"I should have entered with my army earlier. If I knew it... I wouldn't have let Eleonora escape even if it was Oemitsu's orders..."

Elizavetta mumbled, however, since Vergo's ears were acute, he easily heard what she said.

"Oemitsu wanted you to let that woman escape?"

Liza nodded.

"I don't know why. But it was his orders to let any Vanadis that he didn't kill, escape. Only kill the soldiers. Either way, Zhcted can't resist anymore."

She was right, Zhcted scrapped the barrel to pull this many soldiers. With Britannia destroying their armies and her defection.... there is no way that they can resist Britannia. Not anymore, this failure will bankrupt Zhcted.

However, these were things for the future, now that Zhcted has been repelled. Britannia turned it's eyes to the other two battlefields. Now it is the turn for Muozinel and Sachstein.