Adventures of the 1st Company 9th Regiment

"Finally!" Vegas grunted, watching with pride as the 1st Squad of the 9th Company, 3rd Royal Regiment marched out of the barracks. It had taken a bag of gold to get information on the hideout of the band of assasins that had wiped out 2nd Squad on the day of their arrival on the New Continent. Armored in thick Elite Schvarlier Armor that are socketed with Great Spudomenes, every man carried a shield and javelin. It had cost a fortune to equip them with the enchanted armors but they will provide effective defense against the assassins' crossbows.

1st Squad moved fast. Within the hour, they had reached their destination, a dilapidated hut atop a hill in the Deserted Quay just outside the town. Spreading out, the men moved towards the hut in silence. As they drew near, they raised their shields and readied their javelin.
"Charge!!!" the squad leader shouted and began to sprint towards the doorway.

The door flew open, as did the window shutters. Bolts of lightning speared through the air and struck with resounding force into the men. "Magi!" the men in front screamed as lightning lanced through their armor and into the men following behind. The carnage was terrible to behold. Metal melted in the intense heat and burnt the flesh beneath filling the air with the smell of burnt flesh. The assault disintegrated as the survivors scattered and fell back. Waves of fire emanated from the hut next. An inferno of flame washed down the slope towards the men. The sight of the blazing inferno was more than the men could take. 1st Squad fled...