Throughout one other day of complete battle, a as soon as peaceable area of fertile plains was remodeled right into a theatre of battle.

Cannon-fire rocked the air as artillery items from either side positioned in strategic positions tore aside their enemies’s positions.

Males each on foot and horseback skimirshed across the battlefield, choosing off key targets from afar or maintaining their counterparts at bay.

On the centre of all this had been organised ‘strains’ of males who fired upon their enemy concurrently, all of the whereas persisting via the fixed bullet storm.

And when gunfire did not win the day, the 2 sides clashed onto one another with mounted bayonets, shortly dissolving the ‘organised’ battlefield right into a chaotic brawl.

Numerous males died in what could possibly be in the end surmised as a ‘pointless’ dying.

And Leon watched all of this unfold in entrance of his very eyes.

“My what a tragedy…”

With glazed eyes, Leon watched your complete battle unfold with no sense of grief and even ecstasy, however boredom as an alternative.

By a pc display screen, Leon boredly watched the fictional battle going down in entrance of him.

However not solely was he spectating the battle, he was actively participating in it too.

Extra particularly, he was controlling one of many 4 factions taking part inside the battle.

Commanding and main stated faction to victory.

The lads wearing darkish blue uniforms.

The Prussians.

However there was nothing extra to actually describe.

For the battle was already in his arms.

One other victory.

One other straightforward victory that in the end meant nothing.

Though it was solely a online game that was meant to entertain him, Leon discovered that to his chagrin, he felt moderately bored.

Really, the phrase ‘bored’ merely couldn’t describe it.

Whereas ‘nothing’ could also be a extra appropriate, Leon felt that it additionally wasn’t actually that correct a phrase to make use of when describe what he felt.

There simply wasn’t a phrase that he may use to explain what he was feeling.

In all honesty, it was moderately annoying.

The sensation of the ‘good phrase’ mendacity on the tip of his tongue, but nonetheless not having the ability truly bear in mind what it truly was.

In actual fact, he is not even positive if the so-called ‘good phrase’ truly existed.

Nevertheless, as Leon misplaced himself in his personal ideas, he then instantly remembered that actually, he was in the course of a sport.

For probably the most half, he was solely ‘on auto-pilot’ for almost all of the battle.

Maybe, he ought to divert a few of his consideration in the direction of the sport in order that the battle may finish faster.

Quickly, he cleared his thoughts of stray ideas as he as soon as once more targeted on the sport in entrance of him.

Just for him to understand that-

“Oh we simply received…”

The truth that he was allowed to daydream whereas enjoying simply proved how straightforward the sport actually was, solely requiring minimal enter from him as a way to obtain victory.

Even when he wasn’t paying consideration and did not even contact the mouse, he was positive that his teammate would in all probability clear up the mess with out him anyway.

His opinion of his ‘opponents’ was simply that rattling low.

Talking of his teammate, he ought to in all probability tackle her whereas he nonetheless can. In spite of everything, he would moderately not give her a purpose to say that he ‘forgot her existence’ once more.

“Why did you make us play presently of the day Lydia? It is rattling beginner hour once more.”

“What’s so fallacious with that?”

Nevertheless, he quickly shortly realised that in actuality, it was extra of a lose-lose scenario the second he heard Lydia’s response over the decision.

“Weren’t you the one one which at all times stated ‘{that a} win remains to be a win, irrespective of how arduous or straightforward it was to truly get hold of the win, a win remains to be objectively a win’?”

“Do not make me mute you once more…”

For some purpose that not even Leon knew, he felt that he was extra irritable right now, nicely greater than standard anyway.

Both manner, Lydia both did not discover that he was extra irritable or she simply did not care. As a substitute, she simply scoffed as she gave a sarcastic comment.

“Gah you are no enjoyable.”

After all, simply because he was extra irritable than regular, that did not imply that he misplaced his ‘sarcastic edge.’

“Effectively it might be good in the event you may cease being a ache within the ass. Absolutely it may well’t be that arduous now can it?”

As Leon anticipated, Lydia’s response was equally as sarcastic.

“Heh, nicely why cannot you cease getting so agitated so simply?”

As Leon bickered with Lydia, the sport quickly returned to the ‘marketing campaign map’ because the battle has concluded.

In essence, the marketing campaign map was the ‘macro’ a part of the sport, taking the form of a scaled reproduction of Europe.

On this ‘marketing campaign map’ every participant can handle their cities and practice new military items whereas on the identical time transfer them across the map.

A single military unit could also be a easy line infantry regiment or it might one thing distinctive and particular just like the Royal Scots Greys cavalry regiment.

As one would count on, an precise ‘military’ composed of a number of military items which may transfer across the marketing campaign map as a way to garrison a metropolis, or lay siege to at least one.

It was solely as soon as two armies of opposing factions clashed with each other whether or not or not it’s throughout a siege or on an open area that the sport would depart the marketing campaign map and enter the battle map.

This battle map was the ‘micro’ a part of the sport, the place the gamers can provide particular and distinct orders to their items.

They’ll order their items to type up strains or squares, march or cost ahead, and even place their unit regiments in strategic positions.

After all, what most gamers ought to try to do was out manoeuvre and outflank their opponents as a way to improve their odds of profitable.

However the battle has already ended.

And evidently, Leon and Lydia’s opponents had been outplayed and clearly outmatched.

In a single two vs two battle, your complete foremost drive of the Russian and Austrian gamers had been nearly worn out, forcing them to consolidate no matter forces they’ve remaining of their most necessary provinces and lick their wounds whereas they wait for his or her reinforcements to be educated.

As of proper now, the 2 gamers had been successfully out of the sport for just a few moments till they might rebuild their navy power.

In different phrases, their navy capabilities was ‘stunted’ in the interim.

All that was left for Leon and Lydia to do was benefit from their weakened state to blitz and seize as lots of their provinces as potential earlier than they rebuilt their armies.

Such a transfer was to be anticipated and as such, Leon did not should put a lot thought into it as he as soon as once more went again into auto-pilot whereas he continued bickering with Lydia.

“Hear Lydia. I am simply saying however… maybe it might be good to not steamroll the opponent 24/7? I imply I might counsel a handicap however I’ve my reservations about that.”

Leon heard Lydia chuckle over the mic earlier than she responded.

“You imply that you simply’re frightened of your win-rate that you would be able to’t danger being ‘ruined’ by shedding to some scrubs due to some self-imposed challenged? Oh please recover from your self Leon.”

“Now you are simply taking it the fallacious manner.”

Leon could not actually describe how he felt at any time when he had these moments with Lydia.

They had been considerably entertaining positive.

However on the identical time-

“Lydia, you are such are a ache typically, I hope that you recognize that.”

Lydia scoffed when she replied to Leon.

“I would similar to to remind you that I used to be not the one which introduced up this dialog within the first place. Heh, I am beginning to suppose that you simply get pleasure from it after we… we…”

For some purpose, Lydia trailed off into silence, forcing Leon to query her.

“We what?”

“I believe I simply got here up with an thought.”

Leon’s immediately had a hunch as to what her ‘thought’ was the second she proclaimed that she had one. He simply hoped that he was fallacious.

“You stated that ‘it might be good to not steamroll the opponent 24/7’ proper?”

Leon may solely verify the reality in response to Lydia’s query.

“Sure I did.”

“Then I do know simply what to do to ‘spice issues up.'”

Leon chuckled as he replied to Lydia.

“Oh absolutely you will not do such a-“

“I have already got.”

Quickly, a notification appeared in entrance of Leon informing him that Nice Britain has declared battle on Prussia and has even laid siege to certainly one of his outer provinces.

With a sigh, Leon spoke.

“I anticipated this and but I one way or the other nonetheless really feel stunned.”

“Loosen up we’re reaching the endgame anyway.”

Lydia paused for a brief second to chuckle earlier than she continued.

“And what’s an endgame with no climax?”

When Leon heard what Lydia needed to say, he could not assist however really feel that maybe she was proper.

Moreover, it could not harm to go to digital battle together with her may it?

Quickly a smile fashioned on his face as he clicked on the immediate to start the battle, wanting to take part in Lydia’s so-called ‘endgame climax.’

A wallpaper of troopers lined up in formations on inexperienced plains changed the common marketing campaign map as the sport loaded up the battlefield.

On the backside of the wallpaper, Leon may see a bar which was colored largely black with besides being the sunshine blue color in the direction of the left.

As seconds handed by, the sunshine blue color crept sidewards, changing the black of the bar.

It took just a few quick moments however ultimately, that bar stuffed up totally with the color blue.

After which Maxwell opened his eyes.

…

Maxwell could not assist rubbing his eyes as he groggily sat up from his mattress.

Though he wakened on his personal phrases, his imaginative and prescient was nonetheless a blur.

In a daze, Maxwell glanced round his bed room, solely barely making out his environment as he did so.

To his shock, he discovered this tall gray and purple ‘peculiar object’ that stood at a top barely taller than the typical Drussian.

Nevertheless, as his sight returned to him, it quickly dawned on him what this ‘peculiar object’ truly was.

It was Erika.

Erika was standing inside his bed room in her typical straight-faced and chest-puffed method together with her arms behind her again.

Her navy blue eyes barely dewy due to maybe sleepiness whereas her usually easy hair which reached the highest of her elbows was barely extra matted than standard.

However in full distinction to her barely worn out look, her mouth marginally curved upwards right into a slight smile whereas a ‘glimmer’ appeared in her eyes.

Nevertheless, it was not ‘that’ glimmer in her eyes that Maxwell was accustomed to, however one thing else totally.

A distinct type of glimmer that solely seems hardly ever.

That solely seems as soon as Erika is bound that she’s going to personally take part in battle herself.

Quickly Maxwell remembered that the one time that Erika could be in his room like this was when she had pressing data that she instantly needed to give to Maxwell.

Nevertheless, regardless of Maxwell’s makes an attempt, he may by no means persuade her to wake him up. As a substitute she opted to ‘allowed his Majesty his well-deserved relaxation’ and to easily anticipate him to get up.

Usually, Maxwell may inform from Erika’s expression if the information she gave him was good or dangerous.

However proper now, Maxwell discovered that Erika’s expression gave him the impression that the data, no matter it was, was each good and dangerous at the very same time.

As if the pressing piece of reports that she needed to give him was one thing to be fully glad about but on the identical time, additionally one thing to be horribly unhappy about.