Battle of E-Naeurl

Battle of E-Naüru was a battle in the war between the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Sorcerer Kingdom. It was the first major battle of the conflict.

Background
After the Re-Estize Kingdom's New Faction attacked one of their transports, the Sorcerer Kingdom declared war on the nation.

Given the difference in military might and unlikelihood of receiving foreign aid, since their nation technically instigated the war, the Kingdom's desperately tried to sue for peace. However, despite King Ramposa III going as far as to attempt to offer up his own life to try to appease Sorcerer King Ainz Ooal Gown, the Sorcerer Kingdom's prime minister, Albedo, merely stated that the war would proceed in one month.

Thus, despite knowing they did not stand a chance, the Kingdom began preparing for war. However, this only applied for territories who were likely to be within the armies' path. On the other hand, regions that would likely only be effected by the time the Royal Capital had already fallen did not even bother to evacuate the civilians or build fortifications.

Unfortunately for the Kingdom, the date the Sorcerer Kingdom had given for the start of their invasion was all an elaborate ruse. In reality, while the Kingdom prepared, the Sorcerer Kingdom secretly marched their armies over the border and began invading those territories that thought themselves to be outside the line of fire. Like this, the Sorcerer Kingdom easily conquered the Kingdom's western and northern regions, cutting the nation off from it's last remaining ally, the Argland Council State, and isolating the Royal Capital. Then, they massacred all the inhabitants and halted the flow of information out of these regions, causing the Kingdom's leadership to have no idea that the Sorcerer Kingdom had already begun their invasion.

To complete their encirclement, the Sorcerer Kingdom targeted the port city of E-Naüru. Before this, however, news of the invasion had finally leaked out when a noble escaped his territory just before the Sorcerer Kingdom attacked and made it to the port. Now knowing they were coming, the city began lastminute preparations. The city's overseer, Count Naüa, called on multiple organisations for aid. A special Magic Caster Unit was formed and the city's strongest Adventurer group, Four Armaments, was put in charge of the defenses. An evacuation order was also given, though most citizens had nowhere to go and thus choose to stay.

A few days later, the Sorcerer Kingdom's armies arrived and the battle began.

Battle
The forces from the Sorcerer Kingdom enemies did not have a formation at all but were just gathering zombies into one spot. Two undead however stuck out to be strong: One held a huge shield in one hand and a huge sword in another while the other one was dual-wielding swords. Unable to recognize the undead the magic casters at the city's walls, determined that they were either an extremely rare type of undead or a new species. However since both of them appeared to be close-quarters combatants and have high defensive capabilities so it was agreed that it would be dangerous to engage them in close-quarters combat. Four Armaments decided to attack them from afar, but physical arrows might not have that great of an effect. If they still have to engage them in close-quarters the amount of damage they could unleash onto them before they reached the walls will dictate whether the city defenders won or lost the fight. But since they also have to prepare for the eventuality of the enemies breaching the walls and the prospect of urban warfare, Scama Elbero decided to keep some casters in reserve to provide buffs to the vanguard and offensive magic.

At the walls, the zombie horde was not moving at all and many wondered if the undead planned to move at all. Eventually, when the city defenders confirmed that the zombies were just within their range, the archers loosened their arrows at Scama’s signal. Normally, they would have waited until the distance between them was shorter to ensure they could hit their targets, but since these were zombies, quantity mattered more than accuracy. The soldiers archery skills, they were fairly accurate even from that range and perhaps only two of ten arrows missed their mark, which was an insignificant loss.

The second and third volleys started picking off a good number of the enemies when the two unknown undead began moving.