Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 418 Nadjeta! The defeat of the imperial female general!
The moon rises and the sun sets, night falls.

Inside the commander's tent of the Imperial Expeditionary Force camp, the lights were blazing.

Najenda, the deputy commander of the expeditionary force who is now temporarily acting as the commander, is all alone, repeatedly looking at the intelligence sent by the scouts, her head buzzing.

When Genshi was able to lead his men to investigate the Imperial Army's camp at night, the Imperial Army's scouts would naturally also be able to discover the tracks of the tribal army that was approaching them.

After all, with an army of 300,000 men marching in a vast and imposing manner, like dark clouds pressing down on the border, their marching tracks were simply impossible to hide.

"I have a headache..."

Najeta reached out and pressed hard against her temples, groaning softly.

Although she had not yet received the battle report from the front line of Changyuan, the fact that a tribal army of this size was able to break through the Changyuan defense line and appear in this position was remarkable.

This alone speaks volumes.

"How exactly did that guy lose?"

Najenda's eyes were full of confusion.

"Could it be that an even more terrifying monster has appeared in the Northern Lands, defeating monsters like her?"

Although Najenda was very dissatisfied with Esdeath's decision to abandon the army and rush to Nagagaki alone to provide support ahead of time.

But that was merely out of caution on the part of a general.

She still had absolute confidence in Esdeath's terrifying strength.

In her understanding, unless more than ten skilled Imperial Arms users were deployed, along with an elite army of at least 100,000, it would be possible... only possible, to defeat Esdeath, that monster.

This is the true value of the empire's strongest warrior.

The problem is that, judging from the current results, Esdeath, this monster, has failed, or at least been held back by the Empire's strongest warrior.

"How am I supposed to fight this? I simply don't have the ability to command such a massive army!"

Najeta scratched her short hair in frustration, feeling a surge of irritation.

Her command ability is limited to around 60,000 to 70,000 people. Commanding such a massive army of 400,000 would be like asking a child to wield a thousand-pound hammer. It would not allow the army to exert its true potential. In fact, with the troops hindering each other, it would be better if she only had 70,000 troops.

But unfortunately, she couldn't run away!

Leaving aside the fact that the people of the empire's northern region would be completely exposed to the tribal coalition's iron hooves once she retreated, from a purely strategic perspective, she also had to confront the tribal army directly.

After all, what if Esdeath wasn't defeated, but was simply held back by the enemy's powerful monsters, and was short of troops, which prevented her from stopping the hundreds of thousands of tribal soldiers?

If the situation is indeed like this, as long as Najenda can hand over the 400,000 Imperial Expeditionary Forces to Esdeath, they still have a great chance of winning!
In Najenda's calculations, this was the most likely possibility, and that was exactly how she explained it to her officers.

After all, she had never seen anyone who could easily defeat Esdeath.

In the Northern Lands, the appearance of another monster like Esdeath is already a low-probability event.

In situations like this, hiding intelligence is pointless.

Informing the entire army of the worst-case scenario in advance can actually buy valuable time to stabilize the situation from collapse.

At the same time, she dispatched more scouts, sending them from all directions to gather more detailed intelligence at all costs.

From a general's perspective, every decision Najenda could make at the time was correct.

The problem is that her scouts have only just been dispatched.

At midnight.

"Boom--!"

The thunderous roar of ten thousand horses approached rapidly from afar, like rolling thunder!

Najeta was startled and rushed out of the command tent, peering out.

Under the cover of night, a figure charged ahead, heading straight for her central command tent!

The burly general, wielding two axes and clad in heavy armor, along with his warhorse, was enveloped in a dense, dark red aura, as if he were a demon emerging from hell!

Najeta rubbed her eyes in disbelief, initially thinking it was a nightmare-like hallucination caused by the stress of the past few days.

As a result, when she looked closely, she was horrified to find that it wasn't just the leading general who was emanating a black and red aura. Behind him, the thousands upon thousands of cavalrymen, each one of them, were like demons pulled from a pool of blood, emanating the same aura!
"It's terrible! General Najenda! The front camp has been breached! General Kay... Kaylan has been killed! The entire camp is leaderless and in chaos!"

One of her close associates, covered in blood, stumbled and crawled over, looking extremely disheveled.

"I don't have night blindness; I can see on my own."

Najenda stared blankly at the enemy general who was about to break through her personal guard and was charging towards her.

What the hell is the point of fighting?!

Putting aside the fact that the opposing force exuded a black and red aura, it was clear at a glance that they were terrifying iron cavalry with extraordinary power.

The fact that the enemy could see at night, while most of the Imperial Army on their side were blind at night, was enough to predict the outcome of this battle.

At this time of turmoil within the Imperial Army, a night raid would be too much for them to handle; they would collapse without even being able to hold out.

"Ugh……"

Najenda sighed deeply. She turned to her trusted confidante, who had served her for many years, and calmly said:

"Go on, run fast, you should still be able to escape."

"Me? Then... what about you, General?" The confidant was stunned.

Najenda silently drew her sword from her waist and gave a self-deprecating smile:
"Now the empire's 400,000-strong army has perished at my hands. I will not leave, for I will simply... repay my country with my death."

Even in this hopeless situation, even if the defeat in this battle is not due to any fault of the war.

But she did it anyway, the last thing a general could do for the empire.

The sword and the giant axe collided with a crisp sound, and then the sword was thrown high into the air.

Immediately afterwards, a spear appeared in her hand as if by magic, and she thrust it into the enemy general's lower abdomen!
"Keng——!"

Sparks fly!

The sharp spear tip failed to pierce the thick armor enveloped in black and red aura. Instead, a tremendous impact came from the spear shaft!

To avoid getting hurt, Najenda released her spear prematurely.

"Xilulu~!"

Buck suddenly pulled on the reins, his legs clamping tightly around the horse's belly like iron clamps. The warhorse reared up with a neigh, but he managed to keep his balance and avoid being knocked off by the spear!

The horse's hooves pounded down, and the great axe in his hand cleaved down with the momentum!
Najenda withdrew, dodging the attack that cleaved the ground, and took the sword handed to her by her personal guard, looking at Buck with a serious expression.

Although she is a strategist, as the character in the original work who managed to escape from Esdeath and become the boss of the resistance assassination organization "Night Raid," her personal combat strength is actually not weak.

However, after receiving several blessings from the God of War and possessing the Imperial Arms of the Axe, Buck's strength had already surpassed hers.

"You are Najenda?"

For once, Buck did not continue his fierce attack. Instead, he held his giant axe horizontally and asked from his superior position.

"It is indeed I, the general!"

Although Najenda did not understand his meaning, she still pointed her sword at him and said proudly.

"war!!"

Buck nodded, said no more, and his black and red aura intensified. He steered his warhorse and charged at her once more!

A faint flute melody drifted through the night sky.

With the power of the God of War, the 100,000-strong tribal army, completely ignoring the obstacle of night blindness, surged towards the central command tent of the Imperial Army like a tidal wave after completely tearing apart the vanguard camp that had been breached by 8,000 iron cavalry!

Five other massive armies, each with 50,000 men, appeared simultaneously from the left, right, and rear directions the instant the flute music began, completely surrounding the Imperial Expeditionary Force's camp and launching a deadly attack towards the center!
"Run away—!!"

"Kill them all!!!"

In an instant, the fervent battle cries of the tribal warriors mingled with the panicked screams of the imperial soldiers, enveloping an area of ​​more than ten miles.

"Clang!!"

Buck rode his warhorse and clashed with Najenda again, but the battle remained evenly matched.

Najenda's mind was inevitably distracted by the battlefield situation that was falling into complete collapse.

And it was in that moment of distraction that Buck seized the opportunity!

For the first time, he hurled the two large axes in his hands at Najenda with all his might!
Najenda was startled and quickly swung her sword to deflect a flying axe, then dodged another one.

Unexpectedly, both of these great axes were Imperial Arms. After flying past her, they were summoned by Buck and drew two strange arcs in the air before returning!
"what?!"

Najenda was shocked, but it was too late to react!
"boom!"

A large axe slammed down on her.

For some reason, at this final moment, Buck used the axe face instead of the blade.

Even so, the terrifying force still caused Najenda to spit out a mouthful of blood mist, fly backward, and crash heavily to the ground.

Several tribal cavalrymen clad in black armor immediately dismounted and bound her tightly with ropes.

Furthermore, fearing she might bite her tongue and commit suicide, one of them casually took out a piece of dry food and stuffed it into her mouth as a gag.

Najenda seemed to already see the miserable fate that awaited her as a female general after being captured by the enemy.

In her despair, she still managed to discern the composition of the dry rations in her mouth.

'It's dried meat? It's very salty, and it tastes...like sugar too...'

A bitter feeling welled up in her heart.

If this is what the enemy's rations are like, then their defeat in this battle is truly not unjustified.

But when did the resources in the harsh northern lands become so abundant?

(End of this chapter)