Chapter 464 - Tamers War - Victory’s Illusion
Ignatius was with one of the bombardment squadrons that had done exemplary work during the conflict’s early stages.
Their power was impressive: basically 60% of all Yano’s Gold-rank fire and wind tamers were distributed among these specialized squadrons.
Although there were fewer than 100 Gold ranks, and most of the more than 5,000 bombardment squadron participants (in this defense war) were Silver 3, the coordination with them had been masterful.
Ignatius had the honor of personally knowing the vast majority of the strongest, having seen at least a third during their years at the academy. Many of them were names that would appear in history books, masters whose techniques were studied in advanced courses, and perhaps, without knowing it, today they had contributed new details that Ignatius would add to the curricula.
His academy had to maintain itself above the schools of the dusty hag and the wet jester...
The bridge bombardment had been constant and had perfectly stopped the enemy advance until Venmont’s false dragon’s unfortunate appearance.
Everything had changed there.
Many front-line soldiers had been eliminated in minutes, forcing everyone to retreat in what quickly became a chaotic withdrawal.
After losing organization due to terror inspired by Venmont’s deadly storms and poison attacks, Maximilian’s consequent lashing with his aerial troops had mercilessly devastated retreating forces.
The casualties had been devastating.
But when the situation had dramatically reversed and history’s most powerful king had destroyed the bridge in a single epic movement, Maximilian and his troops had fled at a speed that only their maximum cowardice could provide.
The 3,000 Yino soldiers who were now trapped on this side of the abyss, without a bridge to return, raised their hands in surrender before the gaze of Yano’s army reorganizing after the disastrous and disorderly retreat.