Myth: I am God!

Chapter 117 Ice Magic

Fearing the fall of Mycenae, Perseus, like a lone hero, arrived at the Mycenaean fortress ahead of the reinforcements and led the remaining Mycenaean army to defeat 10,000 enemy soldiers in one night.

The Allied commander had no choice but to lead his remaining 3,000 troops to retreat deep into the Nemean Plain.

Meanwhile, the allied forces had lost all morale and will to fight.

The good news is that although many soldiers died in battle, including a large number of Silver Warriors and even Gold Warriors, the 1000-strong magical army from the Kingdom of Corinth suffered no losses. Furthermore, because they were far from the battlefield and hidden in the jungle, they remained undetected by the Argos people...

This was a stroke of good luck for the coalition forces.

As long as these people are still here, there is still hope. This emerging branch of the military, which has only appeared in the last twenty years, has not yet been demonstrated in actual combat... but the commanders have no doubt about the destructive power of these soldiers.

The vanguard of the allied forces then retreated to the Nemean Plain and reported to Athens and Corinthians on the situation on the eastern front and what they had discovered. Subsequently, the Athenian confederation dispatched another legion of elite troops, numbering between 30,000 and 50,000, to garrison the army that had come from the north. This force was comparable in size to the army led by Perseus...

The Athenians were aware of Perseus's threat, and in order to better deal with this strongest warrior on earth, they transferred another four thousand soldiers from Corinth's magic legion, bringing the total to 5000, together with the magic soldiers stationed on the Nemean Plain.

They firmly believed that even if the Nemean Lion from twenty years ago came, it would still be there.

Even that couldn't withstand the attack of 5000 magical soldiers!

So, after Perseus's army set up camp in Mycenae, enemy reinforcements began to arrive one after another on the plains of Narneme. According to scouts, the number of enemies was several times greater than before, at least 50,000.

When I heard this news.

Perseus wasn't afraid at all...

Having organized that charge of 800 against 10,000, he is now incredibly ambitious.

Meanwhile, upon hearing of His Highness the Prince's astonishing achievements, the morale of the troops on the southern border of the kingdom soared. They followed Commander Pan and the Second Prince as they conquered numerous fortresses and repelled several enemy attacks.

Seeing the soldiers' high morale and the army's thriving progress.

Perseus believed now was the best time to strike, so after several weeks of preparation, he led an army of ten thousand men northward from the Mycenaean fortress...

At the very beginning of the campaign, the allied fortresses and strongholds were utterly unable to withstand Perseus's fierce fighting and leading from the front.

Argos possesses the finest copper mines in all of Middle-earth, and boasts the most experienced and skilled blacksmiths, whose armor is more robust and whose spears are sharper.

The hastily assembled allied forces of various city-states were utterly incapable of stopping this army of kings.

Just as Perseus was about to perform another war miracle, capturing dozens of small fortresses, four large fortresses, and a city-state within a few days.

Meanwhile, Perseus was engrossed in his campaign and failed to notice that the battle lines had become extremely long, and the supply of equipment and provisions could no longer keep up with the speed at which he was conquering cities and capturing fortresses...

Just as Perseus was about to break through the Nemean Plain and reach the homeland of the Kingdom of Corinth within half a month, an officer suddenly received a message from a scout who told Perseus in alarm, "Our supplies and escape route are in danger."

"They were cut off by an army of about 50,000 men."

"As we moved forward, it seemed as if something was interfering with us, causing us to brush past them..."

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"And now, they are marching toward Mycenae and Canaan."

"Your Highness, we've gotten too deeply involved."

"They have laid many obstacles in our retreat route."

"This will greatly delay the speed of our army."

The officer uttered a fact that made Perseus's pupils tremble: "Your Highness, Mycenae and Canaan cannot be saved."

When Perseus set out on his campaign, he led 20,000 men.

Ten thousand men were stationed in Mycenae, and the remaining twenty thousand were stationed in Canaan.

Although, in theory, 10,000 men defending a city should be able to hold off 50,000 men outside the city for a while... the balance of power in the war had shifted in favor of the allied forces at this moment.

Unbeknownst to the allied forces, a legion clad entirely in black robes emerged from behind shields, chariots, and archers. This legion wielded standardized magical weapons—a combination of staff and spear—capable of close-quarters thrusting and slashing like a spear, and also able to manipulate magic crystals to unleash the sorcery of the staff…

Of course, due to Argos' advanced war concepts, they also equipped each legion with a team armed with magical weapons, but these people were worlds apart from those of Collins.

The Corinthians never told Argos the correct way to use magical weapons.

Only wizards favored by the gods or those who have made a pact with Nyx, the goddess of night, can unleash the true power of magical weapons. Ordinary people are merely ordinary soldiers wielding magical weapons; perhaps they can ignite an enemy's hair, make the ground slippery, or crackle with a few arcs of electricity.

But ultimately, they cannot compare to true wizards.

Just like the huge gap between an ordinary person and a Golden Warrior.

The same applies to mortals and wizards.

When the wizards in the allied forces worked together to activate the magic crystals on their wands, the power of their magic instantly enveloped the Mycenaean fortress.

The soldiers in the city first felt the cold.

Those wielding magical weapons tried to summon flames to dispel the cold.

However, they discovered that the magic crystal on the staff had dimmed instantly, except for a few sparks.

It had absolutely no effect...

Immediately, frost began to form on the ground, and the soldiers shivered from the cold.

Later, even the well water in the fortress froze, and the food turned into hard blocks of ice. They had to use pickaxes to break up the food and then struggle to swallow it...

After one night, the cracks in all the doors of the fortress were frozen shut with ice.

Even the Silver Warriors expended great effort to kick open the doors and windows, and when they arrived outside, they were horrified to find that the entire fortress was covered with a layer of hard ice bricks.

At the central campsite, a towering icicle stands, gleaming brightly under the summer sun.

When the officers rushed to kick open the soldiers' doors, they found that many had frozen to death the night before. Those who survived had lost fingers, toes, or even entire feet, and their bodies were stiff, purple, and covered in gruesome frostbite.

Overnight.

Nearly a thousand soldiers inside the Mycenaean fortress froze to death.

The frozen, blackened corpses were piled up on the open ground in the center of the fortress.

Like towering, cold buildings.