Part 6 (3)
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A terrifying counter-howl was heard, making the men in uniform shut up like one man.
And given the gravity of the situation, Polo hastened to elevate the new Commander of the imperial forces so he could right away take full responsibility for the military operations.
He did so in a cemetery silence, for the big noise originating from the forbidden mountain had sent a shiver down the spine of the lumberjack's soldiers.
They observed quietly Polo wrap the imperial medal of supreme military command around Babida's neck and hand over to him the papyrus containing the Emperor's decree.
As he was done, a pack of uncountable bats appeared over the sky and emitted unfriendly sounds that destabilized the troop.
Babida immediately ordered the young maiden Suzie to rush to her room and close all entries. Without interrogation, she obeyed and left the balcony as fast as she could.
The new Commander of the imperial forces lifted his axe in the air and yelled as powerfully as he could: "Comrades, let's eradicate these devilish flying mammals once and for all!"
Then he jumped over the barricade and landed on the ground of the administrative headquarters' esplanade.
The bats descended from the heavens and began to attack indiscriminately the imperial warriors.
A deadly fight then went on. The archers used their arrows to pierce the stomach of the villains and their slingshots to knock them on the head. The fencers wielded their swords to cut the savage animals in half.
As for Babida the lumberjack, he mercilessly beheaded with his five-kilogram steel axe the hellish bats, sending them thus to the kingdom of their creator, Edimo, the god of ruin.
However, some of these terrifying creatures were faster than certain men of honor. They mortally stung with their pointed fangs the slower, older, and inattentive warriors.
Dead bodies were strewn over the ground and reddish blood was flowing all over the battlefield.
Nonetheless, guided by their new Commander Babida the lumberjack, the imperial warriors didn't let the devilish bats run over.
They exterminated each of the villains that were flying over their heads. They showed great determination in defending the empire to the last sacrifice.
After a moment that seemed infinite, the place was quiet. The combat had ended and the view was messy, for so much damage was accounted for. Humans, beasts, and materials dearly paid for the drawbacks of the fighting.
Babida the Commander of the imperial forces looked so fresh as if he didn't just risk his life whereas the skillful warrior had just slayed an inestimable number of savage bats.
Had his Herculean steel axe not been stained with the flying mammals' blood, no one would have ever thought he was on the battlefield.
