7 The Uproar in the Capital

"Hold the line! Don't let get them get through!" Zero shouted as the first wave of mercenaries hit the shield wall, the mercenaries were shocked the wall they charged at felt like a real stone wall, the legionaries didn't move back an inch back. "Continue attacking!; they won't hold for l-Urgh!" A guard tried to shout as he saw something sticking into his body, "Is that an iron sword?" were his last thoughts as one of the legionaries pulled out the gladius from his body and let the guard collapse on the ground.

"Goddammit, loyal guards as him are too rare." The Waiter thought as he ordered for the guards to retreat and use the cannon fodder or mercenaries as they like to call themself. "What magic is this? What wizard can create things from nothing?" The Waiter suddenly realized that if he could capture them alive, he could raise his standing with Rowan and the royalty.

"Fuck, this wasn't going well." While we have suffered no casualties, my legionaries were still human. Mental and physical tiredness even affected them. I had to start changing the legionaries on the frontlines; I could see Zero, who was the backbone of the shield wall beginning to pant heavily. I had no choice but to order our only Archer to stop firing his bow and replace Zero until Zero would be able to catch his breath. The Archer nodded and threw down his bow and pulled his gladius out from his waist and picked up his scutum. Zero nodded at him and quickly retreated, one of the mercenaries saw the opening and tried to squeeze through. A scutum suddenly appeared and bashed his face breaking some teeth along the way while a gladius stabbed his abdomen. While these legionaries were almost perfect soldiers, they also had great teamwork as if they have been fighting together for several years.

Zero immediately fell towards the ground and patted heavily. "I am sorry, Legatus. I have failed you." Zero said while panting heavily. "Its okay, Zero. You made us proud, but this is not the time for excuses but the time for action, Zero. We are getting the fuck out of here." Zero slowly turned towards me as I grinned at him with my arms crossed while having my back against a wall.

//Semi-Professional Guard killed = 15 Experience//

//Mercenary killed X13 = 5 Experience//

//Leveled up to F+//

//Soldier Count increased to 10//

I immediately decided to create five more Legionaries; I knew that we would eventually tire them out and be able to retreat, but who knows if that Waiter has called reinforcements. Immediately, five bright light beams fell from the sky; everyone in the city looked towards the direction where the battle was happening. "He has started again; I wonder who is the unlucky one." Alice shook her head as she continued training with her sword.

Princess Alexandra was sitting in her private garden with her Maid, who poured her some te when she suddenly saw five light beams shot down somewhere in the city. "What was that!" The Maid exclaimed, terrified.

"He has started; I feel sorry for Royce." Princess Alexandra sighed. "What do you mean, your highness. Who is he?" Maid asked in a low voice. "By the constitution of this Kingdom, he is my husband." Princess Alexandra said indifferently. The Maid opened her mouth, but no sound came out, she decided not to investigate further and continued serving the princess as nothing has happened.

"What is that bloody light." one of the mercenaries exclaimed, "Maybe it's dark magic!" someone else shouted. "Continue charging, this is an embarrassment to our organization that we have suffered so many casualties and haven't killed any of them." one of the burlier men shouted as he was preparing to charge forth. Suddenly the mercenaries heard "Charge!" coming from their enemies. "What are they talking about? How can they charge out with that few men, they think that we will be scared because of some light beams?" And then he saw them; the legionaries bashed away a wave of mercenaries with their scutum and held them up above as the new legionaries jumped over the shield wall by jumping on the held up scutum. "FOR THE LEGATUS!" one of them shouted as he stabbed a mercenary in the head while in midair. Other legionaries did the same as they charged forth. At the same time, they looked like they were charging without tactics if you could look from the sky you could see how the legionaries always had a close distance towards each other so that they could help out whenever each other whenever there was a need to.

The mercenaries lost their morale almost immediately; the legionaries had better weapons and armour, which cooper and stone weapons couldn't penetrate or damage. "SLAY THESE SAVAGES FOR OUR LEGATUS!" Zero roared as he charged towards the closest mercenary and cut off his head with one slash. The other mercenaries were scared senseless; they haven't seen such brutality from just ten men. They looked up at Zero who was standing on a corpse pile with his gladius at hand which was still dripping blood. Zero looked directly at them with his cold eyes and grinned at them. The few remaining mercenaries couldn't take it anymore and started fleeing. "Take your Pilum!" Zero said as everyone grabbed their pilum. "AIM FOR THE HEAD, THROW!" Zero shouted as his muscles bulged, and the pilum flew at the fleeing mercenaries at a breathtaking speed. The other nine legionaries did the same as the mercenaries let a blood-curling scream as a shower of the pilum impaled them. "REFORM" Zero ordered as everyone formed a line in the direction of Syntax. "Legatus Legionis, the enemy has been defeated! What are your orders?" Zero asked in a humble voice which was filled with respect.

"We are getting the fuck out of this cursed city, choose an Aquilifer and help me up," I said to Zero, he instantly nodded and appointed one legionary who was instantly transformed as a wolfs fur was placed on his head and instead of a gladius, he got a pole with an eagle on top of it. The Aqulifer was of great importance if he died or the legion lost the eagle then it would bring massive shame towards the entire Legion and Syntax.

"Now, we march the fuck out of here! Legio I Syntax, move out!" I shouted from the back of Zero. "Yes, Legatus Legionis!" Everyone yelled together as we began marching towards the city gates with every step performed with perfect synchronization.