Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

The pitch-black night descended upon San Juan Port, shrouding the trees and tall grass to the west in dangerous darkness. This stronghold, seized from the Taino Tribe, had been the safest "Tender Place" for the Castilian Expeditionary Army during their four-plus months of landing — a "Conquering Paradise" where they could easily seize from the natives, indulging without restraint!

However, when the Cipangu Barbarians appeared, the previously easy conquest of the colony for the Castilian Expeditionary Army quickly became difficult, marked by brutal slaughter and death!

The fervor and fearlessness, cunning, and cruelty of the Cipangu Barbarians, along with their devil-like prophetic knowledge of them, continued to challenge the colonizers’ understanding, bringing ever more unbearable heavy casualties!

The Almighty bears witness! This East India Island, which the expeditionary force occupied easily, had turned into a quagmire like the Peninsula’s reconquest Holy War. Yet behind their expeditionary force, there was no endless stream of supporting Crusaders, nor had they even properly established a foothold, now facing the incessant harassment of the Cipangu Barbarians.

Just like this very moment, a full one hundred and twenty Cipangu Barbarians, with suddenness, launched their first raid on the west side of the stronghold! The twenty or so Holy War Veterans by the bonfire were suddenly met with a rain of arrows laced with venom!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!..."

"Damn it! It’s a sneak attack by the natives! Quick! Raise your shields, form a shield formation!... Ugh!..."

The veteran company captain, Bertrand, wore a distinctive nose guard helmet, adorned with a red feather symbolizing his identity, and around his neck hung a Holy War Silver Badge personally bestowed by the Queen. These distinctive signs of honor made him the "most favored" target of the sneak attack! Red-haired Mique was the first to shoot a poison arrow at him, quickly followed by another arrow!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!..."

"Gurgle gurgle..."

A good dozen poison arrows flew simultaneously from the west! Veteran Company Captain Bertrand only managed to raise his shield to his chest before an arrow pierced his throat! Then, an indescribable feeling of numbness spread from his neck. Soon, he could no longer feel the muscles of his throat!

"Demon..."

His entire body stiffened, and his throat completely lost its voice. Saliva and blood flowed unconsciously, choking his airway, yet he couldn’t even cough it out... Just like that, he fell with a "thud", kicking his legs a couple of times in a futile effort, ultimately choking to death on his own saliva and blood!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

"Damn it! It’s the natives’ poison arrows! Ugh!!...My arm...my arm can’t move!..."

"Ah! An arrow hit my knee... my leg! I can’t move it..."

Over seventy Red-haired Dog Descendants emerged from the darkness, shooting fiercely and sharply! The twenty-four Holy War Veterans by the bonfire, under two volleys of poison arrows, were half taken down!

These veterans were not without vigilance, and responded instantly by taking cover to protect their vital areas. But unfortunately, this was their first encounter with a native poison arrow sneak attack. And those damn Shenluo Mercenaries never told them any experience on dealing with native attacks. They simply didn’t take cover like those mercenaries did, behind wooden huts and fences!

"Damn it, quickly take cover! The native poison arrows are cursed by demons, like those Moors tribe archers from the depths of the desert! Hide behind the wooden huts, don’t get injured at all!..."

After just two volleys of arrows, quick-reacting Holy War Veterans anxiously shouted out warnings. Sadly, it was too late! The first time always comes at a cost of blood!

"Ah! These damn poison arrows... demon natives..."

These two volleys of arrows, coated with Caribbean Frog Poison and Scorpion Venom, even if not fresh, were enough to incapacitate any Breastplate-armored veteran, if they merely scratched their cheek or grazed their skin! And immediately after, the Kingdom’s Warriors, striking while they’re down, wouldn’t give them a chance to recover!

"Chief Divine protect us! Kill them! Chop off their heads!"

Warrior Captain Tai Giant Eagle roared in a fighting frenzy, swinging his two-handed battle axe, forcefully chopping down the makeshift fence in their way! Leading by example, he and ten or so trusted aides charged in, chopping off the heads of fallen Holy War Veterans with one axe swing each!

"Crunch!... Crunch!... Crunch!!..."

"Haha! Chief Divine protect us! Killing evil demons, this is a war achievement to the Divine Kingdom!!"

Tai Giant Eagle chopped off three veterans’ heads, laughing heartily! Veteran Company Captain Bertrand’s head rolled in the mud along with them! Then, this ferocious Tecos Warrior Captain, directly picked up Bertrand’s head, and flung it towards the seven veterans hastily gathered, rapidly forming a shield formation!

"Die! Evil Demon!"

"Captain! The captain’s head!!"

"Javelin!"

"Whizz! Whizz!"

"Bang! Bang!"

After a head was thrown, another round of close-range javelins followed, smashing the rapidly-formed shield formation of the veterans into disarray! Then, Tai Giant Eagle let out a wild roar, wielding his axe and charging with ten or so trusted aides, engaging in a brutal fight with this strongest group of elite evil demons!

"Die! Die! Die!!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!"

The two-handed bronze heavy axe swung continuously, like a heavy warhammer, tilting the shields of the veterans and exposing fatal gaps. Seeing this opportunity to break the formation, the nearest Kingdom’s Warrior roared like a tiger and charged into the Holy War Veterans! With one hand wielding a hand axe and the other holding a wooden shield, he madly hacked and collided, receiving five sword cuts from three veterans before one cut struck his neck, spraying a gush of blood!

"Damn it! Damn it! These natives’ armor? It’s not leather armor, it’s cloth heavy armor!!..."

"Almighty! The barbarians are closing in... all of them have heavy armor!"

"Holy Mother! The shield formation is broken! Broken!..."

"Roar! Faith! Cross! Redemption!!..."

As soon as the shield formation broke, the leading Holy War Veteran seemed to trigger the muscle instinct of the battlefield. He let out a hysterical battle cry, threw away his iron shield, raised his longsword, and charged forward, clashing with the armored warrior of the Kingdom! Thereafter, the two wielded their weapons, striking the opponent’s body, one side resonating with the "bang" of breastplate, while the other tearing cloth armor with a "slash"!

"Bang! Crack! Slash!..."

After three rounds of hacking, the fine steel longsword of the Holy War Veteran pierced the chest of the Kingdom’s Tecos Warrior. The Tecos Warrior suddenly widened his eyes, staring fiercely at the "evil demon’s" face, gripping the longsword tightly without letting go. The face of the Holy War Veteran showed no smile, only desperately trying to withdraw the sword! But the longsword was caught in the cloth armor and flesh, unable to be pulled out momentarily. Just at that pause, the howl of death swept from behind the head!

"Prepare to die!!"

"Crack!"

The Tai Giant Eagle forcefully swung out the heavy axe, directly cleaving half of the evil demon veteran’s head, along with his jaw! Then, he shook off the blood from his face, his steps heavy yet agile, roaming on the edge of the battlefield. Whenever he spotted the entangled Kingdom’s Warriors and evil demon veterans, there came a righteous, unstoppable assault!

"Crack!"

"Haha! Die again!..."

At this moment, seven Holy War Veterans and a dozen Kingdom’s Warriors were fighting desperately, pressing person against person, blade against blade, armor against armor! This close-quarter combat was the most brutal, and within twenty breaths, the crimson blood already marked life and death!

"Hoo! Hoo!"

The Tai Giant Eagle leaned on his giant axe, breathing deeply the bloody, sweet smell of death, recovering the stamina consumed by the whirlwind-like attack. He glared around, finally seeing those unyieldingly tough evil demon veterans all fallen, their heads severed by supplementary battle axes, rolling out red lines! Along with the heavy armored warrior who sacrificed himself to charge the shield formation, a total of eight Kingdom’s Warriors died in battle, their bodies completely mingling with the Holy War Veterans, blood merging with blood!

For the first time, with a twofold numerical advantage, in a small-scale frontal combat, the heavily armored Kingdom’s Warriors faced Castile’s elite Holy War Veterans, achieving nearly a one-for-one exchange ratio!

"Hoo! Witness the Chief Divine! These damn evil demons! Watch as my big axe takes your heads!..."

"Blessed by the Chief Divine! I chopped off an evil demon’s head!"

"Aha! I killed one too! After dying, I can go to the red Divine Kingdom!"

Excited, the Kingdom’s Warriors shouted, hauling out the remaining Holy War Veterans, severing their heads one by one! Many veterans, still immobilized from the poison arrows, could only stare angrily or fearfully, unable to resist or barely rolling around. Then, they faced despair and unwillingness, watching as a battle axe swiftly approached, and suddenly their necks felt a sharp pain, then another pain, and the ground was quickly rolling before their eyes!

"Ten, fifteen, twenty, over twenty... Haha! These stubborn evil demon veterans, all lost their heads!"

"Praise the Chief Divine! Kill! Keep killing!"

The brutal and bloody slaughter concluded within two quarters! Ten Kingdom’s Warriors perished in battle, while twenty-four Holy War Veterans’ heads were severed. This overwhelming victory mainly relied on the sudden poison arrows attack by the Canine Descendants, followed by the heavy armor of the warriors and their numerical advantage.

After killing all the stationed Holy War Veterans, the church within the evil demon stronghold also sounded the emergency assembly bell and blew the warning signal for resistance!

"Dong! Dong!..."

"Dwee! Dwee!..."

"Almighty! Quickly assemble, quickly assemble! Everyone put on armor, it’s another Cipangu natives’ ambush!"

"Damn it! Where did they come from? The west? How is it the west?!"

"Dee Dee Dee!!"

The signal sound grew more urgent, and a large troop of evil demons was assembling, while in the scattered farms to the west, the Red-haired Chabo finally shouted, catching up with the fleeing evil demon strong men. Then, he suddenly charged, thrusting his weapon straight into the opponent’s back!

"Holy Mother! Queen!... Arevalo’s... home..."

The colonial strongman screamed twice, tilting to the ground, collapsing into the dirt. Having traveled thousands of miles across the ocean, survived the storms, and recovered from disease, he thought he had finally found fertile lands, a home and native women, infinitely grateful for the generosity of the Almighty and the Queen! But now, in the final outcome, without having time to regret, he embraced death, dying on the land of the slaughtered natives!