Chapter 208: Start Of Day 1
Morning came in a flash as the travely tired soldiers got a deep rest before being knocked from their bedrolls at the dawn call as the trumpets sounded into the air summoning the army to assemble for the days battles.
Julius and his men knew the drill they quickly assembled in their own meeting point with the commanders giving a further overview to the men, Julius meanwhile continued to check the men’s equipment and weapons as today would be a stage 1 kinda day.
The Allied force would want nothing more than to bring the Spartan’s to heel by nipping at their heels even further by reducing their greatest fighters to an even further paltry few, little did they know that the Romanus had arrived to reinforce them.
The Spartan’s meanwhile were walking around with renewed vigor, the rumors in camp had spread about how an ally had arrived and a strong one at that, the once sunken people who wished for a glorious death now had that spark in their eye who wished for the glorious death of their enemies once again.
The assembly of the army was called to order per their discussion, as Leonidas had no real idea of the Romanus strength he could not put them on the right side of their formation, and so without hesitation in rejecting Julius and his 1,000 Praetorians made up the Left most position typically saved for the weakest in a phalanx army, as the battle lines were drawn the chosen terrain was relatively flat, with forests on either side having been cleared out at some point in the past to create the grasslands where the road was made.
As the lines were drawn there was a simple pause at first, the Allied force most likely believed the Spartans to be unable to send forth champions at this point, however this belief was short lived as all across the front dozens of men strode forth, and Julius’s own 5 rows deep Praetorians were no different, 10 men including himself also stepped forth into the abyss of single combat.
Having seen this move the Allied force likewise began sending out their champions.
"I am Aris, known as Doomroar i know not where you come from stranger but your end is here!" <Aris>
"Call me Julius" <Julius>