"Stand ready! Defensive Testudo!" Said a Tribunus.

The Vanoran soldiers in the middle of the formation raised their shields above their heads and braced themselves while the men on the front knelt down with their swords tucked away on their sides, ready to to the bellies of the enemies.
(Like this)

Takamina was in the middle of a Testudo formation, large 6 foot plus tall men in bronze or gray colored scale armor surrounding her. She was the odd one out due to her unimpressive height, fur hat and pistol.

"Hey vergrand! Where the bloody hell is your shield?" A Skutatoi shouted at her

"I.....forgot it...." Takamina muttered.

"You want to die you idiot? We got Cultists coming up and the city is at stake!"The Skutatoi replied.

Just then, a rumbling sound of a million men was heard causing the anxious Vanorans to quiet down. The Cultists of the Eternal End's charge was like a million blacksmiths pounding their hammers.

Then Belisarius rode infront of his troops to give a speech before the battle.

"Look at all of them! Heretics! Enders of the Endless! Cultists of their 'Invincible' Queen*! More like a ravenous horde of locusts coming to reap our harvest. For their army are indeed greater in number than us and you have every reason in Deus in Caelum to despise them! For their 'army' is little more than just a crowd of ungrateful and bratty peasants who come into battle to dig through walls, despoil the slain and to serve their rogue automatonic masters. For this reason, they have no real weapons that can harm us. Just their big shields which is the only thing that is keeping them from having a blade to their hearts. Therefore, shrew yourselves in this brave struggle. For we are the shield that safeguards the civilized world against those who wish  to do it harm! To arms men! Leave no Cultists alive!" He spoke then retreated back behind the lines to rendevous with his men for the battle ahead.

"Hey its Belisarius, he just passed by me." Takamina said

"The General? Dont be so cocky, he doesnt care about you! Now get ready to kill some Heretics." the Skutatoi said

The loud screams of thousands of Cultists became louder and louder. Stench of anxious sweat, muscle twitching and quiet praying filled the air as Takamina locked and loaded her gun.

"The finest wine for the first kill!" said an Antesignani.

The soldiers can now see their enemies charging at them. The Cultists were rushing helter skelter into the fray shouting and crying out their battle cries. The Vanorans however were disciplined and remained in their Testudo formation and stood quietly.

"Bravery Takamina, Bravery....think of home....Acchan...the girls and everyone....your fighting for them...." Takamina said thought to herself.

"Here they come!" The Antesignani said.

The crushing weight of the charging bodies of fanatical Cultists collided with the shields of the Vanorans. The impact shook Takamina's body as the Skutatoi were being dragged and pushed back by their enemies sheer weight.

"Push! Push! Push!" An Antesignani said. His white face became reddened to the the great exertion he is dealing with.

Takamina had her body pushed behind her as the Vanorans struggled to regain their footing, their feet sliding the dirt off the soil they stood on. She felt like she was in a busy Tokyo train during rush hour where people cramped up the locomotive and her trying to cover her identity of being AKB's GM to the general public. The cirumstances changed however as now the pushing began to slow down.

The Vanorans were able to stop the Cultist's momentum and now they are now just jostling each other's shield trying to get the push on the other.

"Now, heave!" the Antesignani shouted.

The Skutatoi gave a great big push with their shields shaking off the Cultists and leaving them exposed for a strike.

"And Push!"

The soldier's ed their spears and swords into the bellies of their enemies. Blood gushed out of their bodies coating the men in the front in crimson red.

"Maybe I dont need to fight, I just let these soldiers do all the fighting and I will be safe." Takamina thought.

"And...switch!" The men on the front immediately pulled back and the man on his previous immediate behind became the new front men.

"You better get ready kid, you're next in a few minutes." Said the soldier behind her.

Takamina mentally wussed herself inside, her mind panicking and her fight-flight hormones flowing through her veins. Looks like she's gonna have kill her way out of Auriga.

------------------Hayato's POV------------------------------------------------------------------

"Wear those wings and hole those lances with pride men! For on this day! We shall be as swift as the Angels!" Leoferic said. He rode pass the Hussars looking at every single one of them. All of their armor was spotlessly polished giving off a beautiful  gleam as the morning sun reflected on them.

Hayato carried his gear ready for his first battle as a newly recruited and fresh off of orientation Hussar. The last comforting words came from his sister Haruka who wished him safe. He could still remember her worried smile and the tear that dropped on her cheek before he rode off with his commander Leoferic Wieskirche.

"My blade itching to cut you open!

  Where is the man worthy to face me!

  More than expected. More blood to spill!" Said the Hussars as they hyped up for battle.

"Baldwin, stay in the back and dont do anything stupid. The Heretics will eat you alive like Geier if you die. So stay with me Anfanger." Leoferic said to Hayato.

"Hai! Yes sir." Hayato saluted with military discipline.

Leoferic raised his blade forward to the air cuing his Hussars that it is time to gallop in to battle. The trumpets and horns were blown signalling the beginning of the march as Hayato giddyupped his horse.

(Not my photo but credits to Tengu Fitness)

The sight of men fighting was seen in the distance as Hayato held on to his Dust Horse as it galloped faster. 

"Lances!" Leoferic shouted.

Hayato lowered his right arm letting the pointy longspear aim towards his direction. He could feel Dust began to form up on his body just like during the Exam he took to become a Hussar.

"Charge! Burn them all to ashes!" Leoferic raised his sablia* to the air. Dust began to surround him and the Hussars which made them glow as bright as the sun (and as hot as it) as they moved faster creating an Infernal Blitzkrieg.

With fire burning through his heart, Hayato set his sights on a group of closely packed Cultist who were attacking a Testudo of Vanoran Skutatoi. He manned up and gripped firmly his lance as he charged towards the enemy.

*CRASH!!!!*

The warpath of the Gimaelic Winged Hussars left a fiery footprint on the field as they set the battlefield ablaze. The Cultists who were directly in their path were set on fire while most those who werent fell dead down on the floor. Some of the Vanorans hid behind their shields to cover themselves from the heat while others were shook off balance and fell down to the ground. With their charge finished, Hayato pulled out his Katana and began to hack and slash whatever Cultists who got on his way.

"Take that you rebel swine!" Leoferic exclaimed proudly as he decapitated a Cultist with his sablia.

The battle field became hell on Earth or Auriga since this is another planet we are talking about. Men, Vanoran or Cultists alike were falling down dying, limbs or heads getting cut off, screaming in pain, shouting orders in desperation as the fight raged on. As Hayato fought with all of his might, he saw from afar that another wave of suicidal Cultists were on their way ready to hew any horseman they come across.

Leoferic looked forward to the sight of enemy reinforcements, expecting this to happen because of the many years as a commander he shouted:

"Sebharii!, Jagen ihre Kopfe!" he yelled

---------------(Churi's POV)------------------

Churi couldnt believe she has to be with Osgar again. His arrogant behavior and apparent distrust of her Japanese heritage was like being force fed barbed wire. The only reasons she was doing this was that Belisarius ordered her to do so and that Rena told her to comeback to her alive. And she was determined to fulfill the latter.

How she was to do that was that one of Belisarius lieutenants told to Osgar, Ulrich and her was to utilize the Sebharii's Inivisibility cloak so that they can ambush any Cultists reinforcements since the only tactic that these fanatics can actually do is rush down and overwhelm the opposition.

The cloak she was given felt surprisingly silky in her skin. She remembered that time she watched Harry Potter put on a similar one for his adventures, and what crazy antics might Churi do if she is allowed to keep it?

Prank Osgar or Rena?

Sneek in a y grab to Takamina or Paruru?

Go all scary Yokai around the Gedriht's camp making ghost noises?

"Hey Birdie, I bet my your smiling behind me ain't ya? We Sebharii's like our clothes comfy. Unlike your pathetic Cotton that comes from a plant! Why the bloody hell would you get clothes from a plant? What's the Sport in it?" Osgar snickered.

(In Gimael, all clothes are made from the furs of animals and they were just introduced to the idea of clothes coming from plants, and some Gimaelics find it....Taboo)

"Pfft!" Churi let out her tongue and made a low tone noise with it.

Churi looked forward to see that Leoferic (and Paru's little brother) were now charging towards the enemy through their right flank. Their Infernal Blitz attack was a success as hundreds of the Cultists were burned and knocked down by the charge. Just as they were about to finish them off, the Bird girl could hear the roaring sounds of more Cultists heading towards the Vanorans.

"Sebharii! Jagen ihre Kopfen!" shouted Leoferic.

Churi got out of her inisibility cloak and aimed her crossbow at the enemy. The Gimaelics who were with her threw javelins and throwing axes at the Cultists. By the dozens they were shot down by the surprise volley of missles. When their ammunition ran out the Gimaelics drew their blades and shouted war cries and 'Te Heta Hada Wodan!'.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Ulrich roared, his eyes grew blank with bloodlust and his veins rushed with adrenaline. He drew his sword and axe and charged first towards the enemy.

Churi locked and loaded her crossbow and followed Osgar as he followed 'the Young Wolf' into the fray.

The Hussars later followed them with several Vanorans breaking up their formation to fight.

The fight now truly began as men and other kinds of living beings alike fought. People were taking hits, dying, screaming and yelling.

Churi set her sights on a particular Cultist who was charging straight at her. Aiming her weapon, she fired a bolt intending for the neck of the heretic. But just as the bolt was about to hit its mark, Osgar charged his spear through the side of the Cultist at the same time the bolt hit.

The Spearmaster and the now dead Cultists laid down on the blood soaked soil of the battlefield.

"Are you crazy! I could have shot you!" Churi shouted.

"That guy was mine when I saw his-----Look out!" Osgar pointed at Churi.

Churi not knowing why, swung her crossbow behind her. Its arms knocked out another Cultists who tried to sneak a stab at her. After quickly disposing him with a quick shot of her ballista. Churi turned around to see Ulrich fighting against several Halberd-wielding Cultists.

The heretics ed or swung their polearms at the beserker who took in their attacks in full force since he was wearing nothing but tatoos on his torso.

"Ha! Die infidel!" One of the Cultists smiled seeing he was able to sneek a hit on the Gimaelic.

But Ulrich didnt look like he was injured let alone fazed by the attacks. His tatoos glowed black as Black Dust began to envelope his body. His eyes also became pitched black as he cut off the poles of the halbreds that ed him in the abdomen with his axe.

The Cultists stepped back cautiously, then tried to run away. But Ulrich, quickly stabbed one of them with his sword, hacked another in the head with his axe and grabbed the last one with his arms.

(Graphic stuff coming!!!)

"More.....death.....Me......give......more.....DEATH!!!" Ulrich went berserk. He snapped the neck of the Cultist he grabbed so hard he managed to turn it around 180 degrees. He stood up menacingly as Cultist, Vanoran and Gimaelic alike looked at him. The Gimaelo-Vanoran alliance soldiers cheered while the Cultists were cowering in fear as Ulrich roared.

"The Langobardi berserk! I always wanted to see this!" Says a Vanoran soldier.

"Stay the hell out of his way if you dont want to end up being his lunch." Osgar joked to Churi.

Ulrich charged at the enemy with his hands raised up in the air, he let out a prayer that Churi couldn't understand since the battle was hounding her helmet with noise.

Ulrich hacked and slashed dozens of Cultists who were all now running away from the berserked wolf screaming.

"Get that monster away from me!" one of the them cried before being hacked in the chest by Ulrich.

"Forward! Cut them down!" Leoferic ordered.

The Vanorans and Gimaelics advanced behind Ulrich as he chopped up dozens of the enemy like a whirling dervish. As the soldiers ran Churi noticed that one of the Vanorans was unusually midget sized....

-----------------Sakura's POV------------------------

Rainoric's Ulfberth slashed the last of the Cultists who was guarding the entrance of the Ydeli Dust Revitilization plant. Sakura, Wulfgar, Eslek, Gizzur (with several of his friends) and some Salian Gimaelic warriors made a behind enemy lines move against the Cultists. Sakura felt like she was in an action movie that she and her father watched when she was young. A group of brave soldiers behind enemy lines to sabotage the enemies plans.

"That's the last ones, lets get in now." said Wulfgar. He breaked open a lock door with his humongous axe and let everyone through.

Sakura was assigned to assist Eslek with helping out Rainoric reclaim the Dust currently being stolen by the Cultists while also providing first-aid assistance to Gizzur and his fellow Bejewelled Headhunters.

They all got inside the plant quickly where they were greeted by more Cultists.

"Wwwrrraaaaggghhhh!!!!" Wulfgar shouted jumping towards a Cultist with his axe. He splits the man in half which sent chills down the enemy (and Sakura's) psyche.

The infiltration team fought the heretics and cut them down effortlessly. Sakura stayed behind so she can be ready to move with Eslek.

"Too easy! I deserve a challenge!" Rainoric boasted.

"Ah.....the bastard son of the Eadwulf has made his prescence known to me. How delightful." Said a voice. A white-roboticfigure with a headress whose sides were adorned with a Cultist mask on each side.

"Urol the Speaker, Preacher of the Queen, Prophet of the Unspoken and general to the Heretics."  Eslek said.

"Choice....the Chosen ones......Now....where are we??? That girl you have behind you. Her death shal surely weaken the veil's grip on this world." Urol said drawing two swords freshly coated with blood.

Sakura's heart sank down to hell as she heard those words from the automaton. This machine/person or whatever it is wants to kill her? A former Jpop Idol who just became a slave and just found out she has Dust pow......

Sakura used her new found powers and force pushed Urol so hard that his body slammed the wall.

"Nice shot! Let's kick his flowergirl." Rainoric said.

Urol stood up from the rubble that was made when he hit the wall. He let out a blaring whistle that signalled in more Cultists.

"That's it! Help or hide Amethyst, where dealing with these idiots first." Gizzur said.

"His head is mine!" Wulfgar said.

Sakura stood in the middle of the group supporting her friends and friends of friends as she could whether by pushing the enemy away or mind frying them.

As Sakura continued to use her new found Dust powers she began to feel a strange mental sensation within her head. Memories from her old life back on Earth poured into her. Her days as child star, her schooling, the audition to HKT48 and becoming a prominent Idol in Japan surrounded her. She felt grief, pain, remorse and anger.

"YYAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!!" She cried out releasing a great pulse of White Dust energy that struck the Cultists. The heretics eyes glowed explicitly white as all of them reacted differently from the White Dust.

"Oh s*** this is going to be nasty." Rainoric commented. He quickly grabbed Sakura and covered her eyes.

"Its best you dont look Sak." He added

Sakura could here screaming, cries for help and mercy, the sound of gushing blood and bones breaking. When Rainoric let go she saw what happened.

The Cultists were lying either dead or in anguish on the floor. Some with their throats slashed by their own blades, others wriggling around the floor as if being struck by a fierce headache. Did Sakura really did this? Her friends were just equally as shocked as she was.

"Bloody hell! You did that sh**?" Gizzur asked.

Sakura looked at her hands to see that her veins are now glowing white with White Dust. She nervously looked towards the Bejewelled Headhunter and nodded.

"A White Dust Mage? A rarity in the universe. Her head shall please my Queen." Urol said.

"My Axe and to your Queen if you dare lay a finger on a Mage!" Wulfgar exclaimed.

"I'll spare ya the pain if you kill yourself right here and now. Otherwise I'll twist your clockworky body from the inside and out." Rainoric added.

Urol dashed forward towards the attack with Rainoric and Wulfgar fighting the Cultists leader head-on. Leaving Sakura, Gizzur, Eslek and the rest of their men to fend off the rest of the Heretics.

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"Forward! Charge!" Leoferic ordered. The Gimaelic Calvalry and ambush forces rushed to finish up the main wave of Cultists from the Vanoran vanguard forces.

Osgar, Churi and Ulrich were just behind the Hussars trying to keep up. Blood coated all over the half body of Ulrich who just finished butchering several dozens of Cultists that Churi can say 'Rival any action movie she had ever saw.'.

The Sebharii-Gimaelics were also joined by several Vanoran soldiers looking who were still looking for more of a fight. Thenn one of the Vanoran soldier's tripped infront of Churi.

The soldier's fur hat fell off the person's head revealing a familiar looking head bun on the owner's head.

"Takamina? What the hell are you doing here?" Churi asked combat stress beginning to overcome her usually kindhearted character.

"Belisarius made me do it Churi. I didn't have a choice." Takamina replied

"What is this woman doing in a middle of a battle!" An Antesignani yelled.

The Vanoran Elite Soldier pulled up Takamina and fiercely stared at her.

"Don't you recognize me? I was the woman who woke you up and warned you that the Cultists are coming." Takamina tried to persuade the Vanoran to not get angry at her.

"And I was having the best sleep of my life 'till you rang the bell." The Antesignani answered back.

Just as it was about to escalate to a inappropriate arguement. Churi noticed that Ulrich suddenly began to react shakingly. He laid his ears to the ground as if he was listening to something.

"Ulrich, what are you hearing? More Heretics to kill?" Osgar knelt down

"Giant....Giant.......Iron Giant.......More......More....Giants....." Ulrich stuttered.

"Giants...Giants.....Giants!!! What's your name Antesignani?" Osgar asked with a rushed voice.

"Antesignani Isiaja of Legio Gemini II, Spearmaster.." The Antesignani replied

"Don't freakout when I say it but.....We got ublyodoking Fanatic!" Osgar exclaimed.

"Fanatic for real? Men! Men!" Isiaja tried to rally his men but they were to busy running towards the front lines.

Takamina who luckily still has the megaphone she used to wake up the Legionaires brought the deivce out.

"Attention! Everyone listen to me!" She said throught the Megaphone.

The Vanoran soldiers turned around to listen to the woman.

"Fanatics are coming to run us over! Men Defensive formations, now!" Isiaja said.

The Vanoran's quickly formed a static line which can break the charge of any adversary that is brave (or stupid) enough to try to punch through. Most of the Vanorans and their Gimaelic comrades were nervous. All of them had never encountered a Cultist 'Fanatic' in their lives by the look of their nervous faces.

"What's a Fanatic if I can ask from you." Churi asked Osgar despite their recent differences and rivalry.

"I have heard stories of Fanatics from old warriors who fought the Cultists during the last major battle against them. Automaton abominations of wrapped up parts rolled into a 2 ton nightmare or at least thats what my grandfather said before he died." Osgar explained.

"Eh!? 2 tons? Are you kidding me? That's like a tank back on Earth of this 'Fanatic' your talking about." Churi said with a shocked tone.

"That Auto-

"I remembered that when my grandfather fought them with his friends during the last Cultist War, he had a tactic when his warband met a Fanatic in the battlefield. He would let the thing charge towards them and at the last possible moment he and his men would sidestep the beast. Then when we got the beast right where we want it, we barrage it with Dust enchanced fire. Javelins, arrows and crossbow bolts or anything that can punch through its armor. Basically we make a 'Corridor of Death'." Osgar said.

"Alright we dodge then fire at the thing. I will tell the men, and you, Woman Praeventore, use that thing that makes your voice loud. We have no moment to waste." Isiaja said.

"Yes sir." Takamina nodded. She grabbed her Megaphone and yelled out the orders to the soldiers who gladly listened to her. If their is a way to make it out alive against a Fanatic charge the soldiers would gladly listen to the plan.

As the soldiers got their orders. The ground began to shake once again. The Fanatics are coming.....

Takamina quickly got behind the Vanoran's who bulky armor and defensive formations made a makeshift haven for her.

"Get ready! Men! Remember what I told you!" Takamina reminded the soldiers.

"Legio parati!" The Vanoran said telling Takamina they are ready for the fight of their lives.  For once she felt like she was back in Japan again. Telling her subordinate sisters of AKB48 (and sister groups) what to do to make the show a success. A Military general has many similarities to her previous job as AKB's Soukantoku. Only the 1st one's stakes are much higher....Its either YOU.....OR THEM......

"Enemy at the Horizon lads!" A Skutatoi said.

"Then lets get ready to greet them." A Gimaelic Sebhariian sarcatically replied.

The enemy came closer to the defensive lines of the Allied forces. As Takamina peeked through the soldiers shield she saw the Fanatics in all of its mechanical monstrosity.

The Fanatic was 19 feet tall and 5 feet wide. On the back was some sword of mechanism that moves up and down like a clockwork as it moves. Its body was covered in a metal exterior painted ashened white. At the head of the beast was a cloaked rider who hangs on by 3 attached 'heads'. The Cultist also carried a pike for charging as well as an archer's bow for range. Judging by the sheer size of the beast, its weight could be more than 2 tons if Takamina is correct.

The Fanatics screeched loudly as it began to charge towards them. Accompanying the Titans were another band of radicalized Cultists hungry for blood.

A few seconds later, the Cultist chargers are now a few dozen meters away from the Vanoran-Gimaelic formation.

"Get ready.....Get ready.......NOW!!!" Isiaja yelled.

The everyone from the lowliest Vanoran grunt and veteran Gimaelic swordman to Churi and Ulrich, sidestepped the Cultist Fanatics barely having the beast graze anyone in the process. The now vulnerable gargantuans are now being countered by Dust Javelins, arrows and bolts which skewered its metal skin.

Then the Fanatic's entourage of radicals collided with the shields of the Allied forces.

And all Hell broke loose...................................

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"More arrows! Shield now!" Gizzur yelled to Sakura.

Sakura has started to become very adept with her new powers. Some of her newly discovered abilities was some sort fo shield. White Dust would encircle around her (and anyone else in the field) to make a canopy which is nigh impenetrable to projectiles. Gizzur and his men quickly took shelter inside as the next volley of whistling death rained down on them. The arrows (as I mentioned at the last sentence) simply bounced off of the shield.

Sakura then release the Dust energy contained inside the shield to create a blast which staggered the Cultists making easy kills for the Gimaelics to obtain.

"Hiya! Take that Cultists swine!" Gizzur sank his blade to the chest of a Cultist.

The Bejewelled Headhunters were more like having fun rather than taking the fight seriously. But who could blame these psyhcopathic criminals of Gimael. Sakura continued to help her friends as much as she could.

Meanwhile Rainoric and Wulfgar were battling out with Urol by the very heart of the Dust Revitilization plant, the Main Reactor.

They both knew what is at stake if they fail to protect the reactor from the Cultist leader.

"Urol why not give up now? I will kill you quicker if you do." Rainoric said while slashing his 'Ulfberth'. But it was parried by Urol.

"I am going to go to that reactor and im going to overload its power. It's going to explode and anyone withing a 3 kilometer radius will be incinerated Son of Gewis!" Urol bragged. He ed his sword to Rainoric's chest. It punched through his Lorica as far as it could.

"DIE!" Wulfgar grabbed Urol from behind and held him. With synergy and a little 'Gimaelic connection'. Rainoric pulled out Urol's sword and with a might of a thousand men slashed the blade at Urol's body. He chopped up the automatonic Cultist like a butcher given a pig to make ribs out of. Urol's iron body parts flew off all over the place. And to finish him off rather ironically, Rainoric decapitated the heretic with his own sword.

"Let bards, poets and criers sing of my triumph!" Rainoric raised his arms in victory making sure his voice was heard near him.

But his celebration was cut short when he heard a ticking noise. Wulfgar who was carryig the remains of Urol's body placed his head over it. He quickly threw it out to a nearby wall and covered his master with his body.

Urol's corpse exploded leaving an opening that exposed a great view of the outside. Pushing Wulfgar aside, Rainoric stood up to the giant hole in the wall.

"Well at least he died still trying to kill me. I can give him for that." Rainoric said. He overlook the outside of the plant. The Vanoran's and his men were fighting off the Cultists well. Perhaps its another decisive victory for the Gimaelic-Vanoran alliance to---

"Oh! Whats that over there?" Wulfgar panned his hand over his eye sockets.

It was a portal..... a LARGE ONE! It was spewwing out more Cultists plus more of their gargantuan Fanatics.

"S***! Were all f****ed if we don't kill off their reinforces before they reach them. They will be overwhelmed." Wulfgar said

"Master! I heard you said you won that the Wh****son Cultists dead." Gizzur appeared followed by his men, Sakura and Eslek. They were all blood soaked from their recent fight and now lined up infront of their master.

"Lads we got ourselves a little mess at over there." Rainoric pointed outside. The Gedriht looked outside to see the overwhelming number of Cultists now charging forward to attack their friends who were still attacking the 2nd wave of Cultists.

"What do we do? Churi and Hayato are good as dead if we don't think of something fast!" Sakura exclaimed showing concern for her friend.

"Hey don't forget Ulrich, Osgar and Belisarius too." Eslek added.

Rainoric tapped his head to think. Every plan he conceived had dire consequences. Run really fast to the front line to confront the 3rd wave but they will all die buying only a few moments for them. Call in a retreat, but most of the soldiers will be cut down during that. Lure the Cultists, but he will just get overwhelmed in seconds by them.....

But there was one plan......I plan that could cost him some infamy among the Aurigan nobles.

"Eslek, Sakura....WEAPONIZE the Dust.... all of it......" Rainoric ordered.

"What about the Kendeal act?" Eslek objected.

"F*** the treaty and F*** Galerian! He can kiss my a*** if he sends his 'bureaucrats' to just shout at me, he I'll just rip their balls off and sell'em to a Hurnan! Now Weaponize the Dust or we all die! THATS AN ORDER!" He yelled back.

"Whats the Kendeal act?" Sakura asked

"Basically we can't weaponize Dust into bombs without approval from the Ghoghthic senate. And they simply won't let us run around with bombs do we? Now go! We are wasting time." Gizzur answered.

Sakura and Eslek quickly went to work. She was instructed that Eslek shall weaponize the Dust while Sakura will place them in containers. She will then pass the containers to Wulfgar and Rainoric who will place a charge on each one making them into an IED. Then Gizzur and his men will roll down the containers from the hill that the Plant was sitting on. Then Sakura and Eslek will lastly detonate them.

The team went to work doing the their assigned roles. After 20 minutes of preparing, the bombs were ready.

"Done! And just in time lord! They Cultists are charging for the front line right now!" Gizzur pointed.

The Headhunters quickly pushed the barrels down the hill it rolled quickly towards the enemy.

And with a twitch of their minds, Eslek and Sakura detonated the bombs.......

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KABOOM! KABOOM! KABOOM!

Explosions were heard across the littered battlefield of allies and adversaries alike. The group of friends were still lucky to not have any grave wounds. Well....Except for Ulrich who got a few nicks on his chest, but he walked it off.

Takamina shot her pistol more at the enemy. Adrenaline kicking her in as she fought the Cultists just to see tommorow.

"Your aim is getting better Takamina-san." Churi complemented.

"Yeah th--- look out!" Takamina pistol whipped a Cultist who was about to pounce on the birdie girl.

"I owe you a curry ok?" Churi smiled.

Just then general Belisarius gallop towards them. His Dust Horse swayed back as he yelled:

"The Cultists are in dissaray! Gizzur and the Prismatic Knights of the Jeweller's guild have decimated them! Forward in the name of the Goddess of glory Ange!" He galloped forward cutting down as many of them as he could. He was then followed by the Tagmata and Leoferic's Hussars.

The Tagmata would run over the infantry and the Hussars will 'Infernal Blitz' the legs of the Fanatics making them topple down giving off a loud shockwave as it crash.

There were no more formations, flanking moves or any order when the Fanatics began to fall down. It was just grinding.

Everyone were fighting one-on-one, men crying or screaming in pain, blood stains spilling all over the ground. Rainoric and his men just came in on time to fight the last of the Cultist horde.

(Photo taken by me)

"Kill them all!" Rainoric yelled rallying the Gimaelics for one last warcry.

"TE HETA HADA WODAN!!!!" All the Gimaelics shouted. The warcry sent unholy fear into the hearts of the Cultist as some began to flee.

But just as the Cultists minions were retreating, sinister whistling sounds were heard.

"Arrows! Shields up!" yelled Osgar.

Takamina took cover to Isiaja's shield while Churi ducked behind Wulfgar and Sakura was covered by Rainoric.

"Whistling arrows? They are here..." Rainoric said

"Whose hear?" Sakura asked shell shocked.

"Nameless guards! Hiya!" Gizzur answered then bashing his shield forward to reveal another Cultist Automaton. It was under a Dust Spell that was giving them physical invisibility. The 'Nameless Guard' was unlike the Automatons that she saw earlier in the Dust revitalization plant. It was physically taller in appearance and leaner too. It was equipped with only a sword, a Bow and its arrows. It  head also had multiple 'faces', four in fact.

(creds: Amplitude)

"Looks like they are in Damage control... trying to pick some of us off....cover their lackey's retreat...." Rainoric commented struggling to speak while keeping his head down.

"Indeed these swine do. Akane.... I mean Churi, put some bolts on their pretty faces." Wulfgar said.

"With pleasure..." Churi smiled and got out of Wulfgar's back and released a volley of bolts which downed several Nameless'.

As Churi rained steel and lead at the Cultist, several Tagmatas and Hussars including Hayato ran to them.

"Lord Eadwulf! Have you seen Belisarius?" A Tagmata said.

"I thought Horsey is with you?" Rainoric replied.

"We lost him when you rolled those barrels down a while ago." Hayato said.

"Damn we need to find him. We can't have him be captured by those Cultist swine. Lads spread out and search for Belisarius. He must be here..." Rainoric ordered.

"Yes sir! Come woman, we find the General" Isiaja said to Takamina.

The allied soldiers spread out to search for the Magister Equites while also dodging skirmish fire from the Nameless guards. Hayato, Isiaja, Takamina, Ulrich and Eslek were in one team while Rainoric, Sakura, Churi, Osgar, Wulfgar and Gizzur were in one other. Sakura barely held her sanity together as she passed by the dead corpses of soldiers in the battlefield.

'So this... is ....war...... I never thought I would live to see such atrocity.' Sakura thought. The longer she was here in the Ydeli fields, the more likely she would throw up. Osgar saw Sakura's uneassiness and approached her.

"Hey look at me. Take a deep breath,then count to ten and let it out" He placed his hands horizontally between his upper chest and abdomen and inhaled then exhaled.

Sakura breathed through her gut and held her breath, then exhaled. She now felt a little better.

"You know, Gimaelic, you're a great fighter." Churi said

"Oh Thank you! Now Birdie recognizes my----" Osgar was interrupted by Churi

"I was talking to Gizzur." Churi corrected.

"Thank you Crystal Swan." Gizzur said in gratitude.

"Fick Dich!" Osgar shouted to Churi.

The gedriht continued to search the ground for Belisarius, then a faint cry was heard.

"Auxi! Auxi! Auxi!" It was Belisarius shouting for help.

They rushed towards the source of the voice to find out what Belisarius has gotten into.

His right leg was crushed beneath a downed Fanatic. And he looks like he is on the verge of passing out. The gedriht and several of his horsemen rushed into his aid but Belisarius shouted:

"Horse Whisperers*!"

Then out of nowhere a group of feral tribesmen appeared and began to scare off the Dust Horses.

(Also taken by me)

Hayato was dragged out of his horse and nearly took a spear to the chest if it was'nt for the lightning hands of Takamina and her pistol. His horse rode off not able to withstand the 'words' of the Horse Whisperers.

"Thank you Takamina" Hayato said

"No problem Shimazaki-san, now lets help Belisarius." Takamina pulled him up and rushed to Belisarius aid.

Rainoric, Sakura and several Gimaelics and Vanorans were lifting up the deceased Fanatic to free Belisarius.

"And one, two, three....heave!" Wulfgar said.

The men lifted up the carcass giving a window of opporunity for Osgar to pull out Belisarius from his trap. After pulling him out, he observed the damage. Magister Equites Belisarius right leg was completely shattered. Blood, bone, muscle and marrow were all over his wounds. His leg had suffered several displacements all over the affected area of his leg.

"S***, his leg is shattered. We need to get him to a doctor now! Eslek!" Osgar shouted while covering the bleeding leg of Belisarius.

"Im a little busy right now! And Sakura too! You got to get Belisarius out of here! We'll take care of the Horse Whisperers." Eslek replied.

"Blyad! Blyad! Blyad!" Osagr cursed. He lifted Belisarius up and carried him over his shoulders.

Takamina, noticing Osgar intention to run back to camp was apparent, called out to Isiaja.

"We need to protect Belisarius. Do...that...uhm...Tes....Testudo!" She said.

"Good Idea! Form testudo now!" The Antesignani ordered.

Skutatoi and Gimaelic warrior alike made a protective sphere over Osgar as he moved Belisarius out to safety. As the Testudo moved, Churi and Hayato would cover them with their respective weapons. Hayato slashed his Katana as adrenaline took over him. And Churi shot her crossbow to anyone that even dares move towards her.

After a gruelling 15 minute run, they have reached the camp. The Testudo broke and Osgar carrying Belisarius made a rush for the tent where a doctor was present. At the tent was also where Miyuki and Yuki were also tending to assisting the doctors and healers.

"Bel-kun! What happened?" Miyuki was shocked to see her significant other barely looking alive as if he just overdosed himself with drugs after a horrendous day all over again.

"His leg got crushed by a Fanatic, giant basically. Where's the doctor?" Osgar replied.

Miyuki called out a doctor who quickly attended the General. He observed his leg carefully touching it with his hands (much to the pain of Belisarius). He then turned to the Gedriht and said.

"Im sorry, but its beyond repair. We need to amputate it...." He said with a depressed voice, sweat and other men's blood littering his face.

"Doctor, I can't find the saw." Yuki replied

"Get me....something strong to drink...... AHHH!!!! It hurts!!!!" Belisarius screeched in pain.

"The other doctor must have it, look at all the injured." Churi commented looking at the grisly scene of injured soldiers who were in the tent. Blood was littering over the floor, some were lying unconcious. Others were throwing up blood and some were already gone from this world yet still twitching their last bit of life away.

The doctor attending them had to go attend another patient leaving Belisarius to continue bearing his agonizing injury.

Belisarius, with a last bit effort to relieve himself of his crushed leg, saw Hayato's Katana tucked by his waist. He held the handle and ordered.

"Cut my leg off!"

"EH!? What?" Hayato was shockedon what he was told.

"You heard me..... CUT MY F****** leg off! That's and order!" Belisarius yelled.

Hayato still felt hesitant lending his blade to the General. But Miyuki with her teary doe eyes said:

"Please do it Haya-chan, Belisarius is too good of a man to die today." She had tears on her eyes as she held Belisarius hand to comfort him in his pain.

Hayato turned to Takamina and Churi who both nodded in approval with Miyuki.

With a swallowed reluctantcy, Hayato unsheathed his blade.

Yuki came in and gave Belisarius a drink of a strong alcohol as anesthetic. She then place a bark of wood on his mouth.

Hayato raised his Katana and slammed it to Belisarius right leg.

"AAAHHHHH!!!!!!" Belisarius yelled. His leg was still stubbornly attached to its host body.

"Again!" Miyuki said gripping Belisarius hand tightly.

Hayato raise his sword again and slammed it down again. Belisarius screamed but the leg was still connected but by a small margin. Belisarius began to wriggle in pain, apparently the anesthetic he drank wasn't enough to unfeel what he just felt.

"Again! Hurry!" Osgar yelled holding Belisarius still so Hayato can chop his leg off.

Hayato raised his sword one more time and with one quick cut, the leg came off.

Yuki quickly cleaned the wound and wrapped a bandage out of the amputated leg. But as she wrapped the wound, another whistling sound was heard.

"Duck!" Osgar said shielding himself and Yuki from arrows which hit Osgar's shield. Thankfully none of the arrows went through the shield since it was made of Gimaelic Steel.

Osgar checked to see if Yuki okay and the stood up and broke off the arrows from his shield. It looks like the Nameless guard are trying to attack the injured soldiers especially Belisarius.

With unshakeable courage, the Spearmaster charged straight for  the Nameless guards who were shocked to see him stand up and fight them.

"Takamina! Isiaja-san! Hayato-chan! Get Belisarius out of here!" Churi ordered after reloading her crossbow to join Osgar fight off the last of the Cultists.

Isiaja grabbed Belisarius with Takamina and Hayato protecting him as they made a run for it to the horses which will quickly take them back to the safety of the walls of Vanoran.

Osgar ed his spear into several Cultists and their Nameless Guard leaders. Churi shot her crossbow at a heretic who was about to sneek a blade into Osgar's back. When Osgar noticed he got saved by his rival...

"Are you crazy? You could have shot me again! Behind you!" Osgar threw his spear towards Churi who instinctively ducked. The spear landed on another Cultist who also wanted to sneek behind her.

Osgar pulled out his Seax and began to slash and stab the Cultists who was near him. He cut through the man's abdomen and slit his throat quickly spilling his blood and some of his guts all over Osgar's armor. Churi shot the last of her volts then unsheathe her large Bowie knife and did the same thing with it. She ed the blade towards the chest of a Nameless Guard and ripped out his inner circuits causing it to fall down to the floor.

The 2 rivals with their short blades (rather unusually large I prefer to say) both cut down technically superior armed soldiers in record numbers and speeds, much to the astonishment of everyone (especially Miyuki and Yuki) saw. They were like a tandem machine doing work that many thought was impossible to achieve. With Osgar's experience with his long knife that was a standard tool for Shepherds back at his ranch and Churi's training with the Bowie Knife, they became an unstoppable pair of butchers.

As the last Cultist fell, Osgar knelt down to the floor breathing heavily. His breath slowed down for every consecutive inhale and exhale.

"Its....over....we won......we won......" He said to Churi

"Im still alive.....I can't believe it.....that was..... Sugoi...Sugoi....." Churi added still checking to see if she had any unnoticed wounds but fortunately for her she only got a few fleshwounds on her arms and hands.

The both stared into the Sunrise as the Battle of Ydeli Plains had lasted for a full 24 hours. The sun that Auriga revolved around was similar to Earth's sun in size but the Aurigan Sun was significantly younger in age. They both felt relieved as they bathed in its warmth.

After a moment of brief silence and relaxation after what was Hell for one day and night....

"91" Osgar staed his counted kills.

"95" Churi said proudly

"Fick Dich! Japaniche fotze!" He teased back to his rival before collapsing on the bloodied ground for some much needed sleep.

Unfazed by the insult, Churi grabbed a fur coat from a dead Cultists that fell by her crossbow and tucked the coat over Osgar giving him a warm blanket for him to sleep with.

This close victory against the common Enemy of all Aurigans deserves a celebration later.....

*Queen: The 'monarch' of the Cultists and their tyrannical ruler hell bent on the Destruction of the Endless (Broken Lords being an offshot of them)

*Sablia: A curved calvalry sword popular among the Hussars unlike Hayato's Katana its a one-handed sword. Its still pretty effective at slicing through people

*Horse Whisperer: A Cultist Unit of Spearmen who speciallizes on fighting Dust Calvalry, hated and dreaded by both the Tagmata and Hussaria during their campaigns against the Cult of the Eternal End.