House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men

(Third Person POV)

As the Bracken forces began to enter the field, Lord Blackwood saw this and his three small groups of a hundred men each. There was a massive swarm of Bracken forces that began to creep up into the field, filling up like a large group of ants. 

He gulped, "Will it be alright?" 

"Oh yes." Drakken said, "It will be quite easy.....well, after the necessary sacrifice." 

"What?" Blackwood said

Across the Battlefield, a single lone rider began to gallop across the field, carrying House Bracken's banner. He was clad in armor, wearing House Bracken's colors as he held onto the reigns, his brown horse galloping across the field. 

"Blackwood!!!!" the Rider said, "My Uncle demands vengeance for my cousin's death!!!" 

The three groups of soldiers readied their weapons as the rider stopped in the middle of the field, waving the banner around. 

Drakken tilted his head, "Interesting..." 

He looked down at the circle, seeing that there were strange forms that appeared within it. These were representing of the forces within the area. This was a part of Drakken's War Sorcery, allowing him to create a battle map on any surface he deems appropriate. This allows him to view the movement of the battlefield without a need of a vantage point. 

"Blackwood!!!" the rider said, "We demand the head of the bastard that killed our cousin!! Give me that stupid woman now!!!" 

Lord Blackwood clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, "I would rather die than hand her over." 

"Father!" Tytos exclaimed

"Silence!" His father retorted

Drakken crouched down and placed his finger on the single black dot in the middle of the circle, representing the rider. 

"He's annoying." He said with a smirk

Drakken then straightened up, Lord Blackwood noticed that the dot was glowing a bit. Drakken then swiped his hand in the air, a slight shift in the air was noticeable. 

Suddenly, on the field, the rider's head was immediately separated from its body, blood flying out as it fell to the ground. This alarmed the horse and caused it to stand on its rear legs, dropping the headless body onto the ground. 

"Heh." Drakken said, "Nice." 

As the horse began to gallop away in fear, the Bracken forces began to charge forwards with a resounding battle-cry as a response to the sudden death of their rider. 

"It begins...." Lord Blackwood said with sweat rolling down his cheek, "What should we do now?" 

Drakken rubbed his neck, "Send the middle group forward." He said, "Have the archers on the other two constantly fill the sky with arrows. The middle group will clash with their frontline while the arrows will litter their backline." 

He looked down at the circle and suddenly, the drawn-on squares began to shift. The middle one slowly moved to the front as the other two moved a bit closer together and behind. This surprised the other men, looking at this. 

"What sort of sorcery is this?!" Tytos Blackwood exclaimed

"The kind that will win this battle." Drakken said with a smirk

Suddenly, what Drakken wanted happened immediately. The middle group began to charge forward as the side groups moved a bit closer to each other, shooting arrows into the sky. The arrows flew across the field and began to pierce into the backline of the initial charge of the Bracken forces. 

The middle group hit the frontline hard, the loud clashing of steel was heard all over the air and Drakken began to take in the following sounds of screams. There was a strange but familiar feeling that began to fill Drakken's body as this happened, the thrill of battle. He had not done this in years, manipulating a battle between humans. 

"Our forces will not handle them!!" Tytos exclaimed, "They are merely hundreds to their thousands!!" 

"Relax." I said, "They are blessed, they are given an extra surge of adrenaline that will boost their powers. Look." 

Drakken pointed at the clash, the Blackwood forces were mowing down through the Bracken forces by the dozen which shocked the watchers. Every time a single Blackwood soldier fell, ten of the Bracken soldiers fell, pushing their entire force back even a little. As the arrows littered the backline, the frontline was surprised by the ferocity of the Blackwood soldiers. 

Their eyes were glowing red, and a bright red mark on the side of their necks was visible. They were pushing towards the Brackens with ease, surges of power flowing through their bodies. It was clear; Drakken had enchanted them with some sort of Sorcery. 

"W-what?" Lord Blackwood said

"Such is my blessing." Drakken said with a little smirk, "Let's see how it plays out." 

For several minutes, Drakken and the others were simply watching as the battle ensued. While the hundred soldiers that met the Bracken forces did surprise everyone by their sudden performance, Lord Blackwood saw that they were still being overwhelmed and eventually, they began to be annihilated. 

The Brackens simply swarmed over the measly group of a hundred Blackwoods and ran through them with ease, despite the enchantments. 

"They're losing." Lord Blackwood said

"That's one group." Drakken said boringly, "Send the next one." 

He pointed down at the circle, and the right square suddenly moved forward. On the battlefield, the right group of a hundred soldiers began to charge forward as the others still unleashed arrows into the sky. 

"What is going on?" Tytos Blackwood said with awe, "What is this?" 

Drakken then watched as the next group clashed into the frontline, breaking through with surprising ferocity. The Blackwoods began to fight as viciously as the previous group, cutting through Brackens by the dozen. 

"There you go." Drakken said, "We keep this up until...." 

"Until what?" Lord Blackwood asked

"Well." Drakken said, "Sacrifices." 

For several more minutes, they watched as the battle ensued, seeing that the Bracken forces, despite taking a significant amount of losses, simply overwhelmed the Blackwoods. Eventually, the second group was getting obliterated. The final few dozen soldiers were fighting viciously as arrows fell from the sky, cutting through Brackens like nothing. 

But eventually, they too fell to their enemies' blades and there was nothing but corpses in the middle of the battlefield. The sight of dead corpses and pools of blood excited Drakken, who could not wait to go all out at the moment. 

"That should be well enough...." Drakken smirked as his eyes glowed, "Here we go..." 

He raised his hand up into the air and clenched his fist, "Five Sacrifices, Rivers of Blood" 

Suddenly, the corpses that belonged to the Blackwoods began to emit a crimson glow and within a few seconds, there were waves of red light that spread across the battlefield. This was something that shocked everyone who saw this, confused at what this was. 

Drakken closed his eyes, "The entire field is fully enchanted...." He said with a smirk, "The real fun is about to start." 

He crouched down and picked up a couple of pebbles from the ground. 

Lord Blackwood was a bit surprised by this, "What are you....?" 

Drakken then tossed the pebbles on the circle, over the Bracken dots. 

"You'll see." He said as the circle glowed

Suddenly, above the battlefield and over the Bracken forces, several large boulders appeared out of thin air, falling down above them. The boulders crushed the Bracken soldiers, shattering upon impact and rubble flying outwards hitting nearby soldiers. 

There were around nine boulders that fell from the sky, hitting the battlefield hard and disrupting the advance of the Bracken Army, completely taking them off guard. 

"W-What?!" Lord Blackwood said with shock as he saw this

Drakken then dug his finger inside the circle where the Bracken dots were and drew several lines, an inch deep. 

Then, on the battlefield, trenches appeared out of nowhere, several feet deep that caught the soldiers by surprise. Dozens of Bracken soldiers fell into the trenches, the fall causing them serious damage. This was spread across the Bracken side of the battlefield, catching the backline by surprise. 

"What is this sorcery?" Lord Blackwood said with pure shock

"This...." Drakken said with a smirk, "This is my type of War...." 

"Get used to it, this is nothing compared to what I'm truly capable of."