Skaljv was more confident than ever. She had mustered the strongest force of Valkyries ever seen on a battlefield, 100 fierce ladies ready to give their life for her and their god. And these were not any ladies, but only the best of the best, as some of them had been fighting continously for now more than 2 years ! And since the beginning of the war, almost every single battle had been a cakewalk. Sure, a few mistakes were made, but only to refine the unbeatable tactics that led them from victory to victory.

The scouts had been clear : the enemy forces consisted of only 15 crystal sorceress , a few one-eyed mages and at most 20 pale-one warriors . They would be crushed, like insects.

The battle orders were the same that had been the key to so many victories. Skaljv would call upon the powers of Lord kall and bless her sacred troops with his powers, giving them supernatural agility and enhanced magical weapons. And then, after taking some time to watch the battlefield, they would fly and fall on the rears of the ennemy, spreading chaos and butchering the commanders. And then the routed enemy troops would be tracked down and slaughtered to the very last … The only thing that had changed in the tactics was that since Skaljv had become a most precious commander, she was to stay behind and monitor the battle rather than get into the fight as she did before. Nobody wanted to see her injured, or worse, killed, by some accidental arrow.

So the battle started as usual. Blessing everybody, taking off, falling on the rear, and … something was wrong. Why were the rearmost troops simple soldiers and why were the sorceresses on the frontline ? In fact … there was not much time to think as things went really fast. As soon as the Valkyries fell on the enemy rearguard made of simple Pale one soldiers, they, as planned slaughtered them. But what happened next couldn’t have been imagined in their worst nightmares. Suddenly the sky darkened and tens of thunderstrikes fell to the ground in the midst of their formation. Some valkyries were instantly vaporized while some others were stunned by the shockwaves. And as the surviving stunned ones started to recover, another wave of thunderstrikes fell on them, leaving such a carnage behind them that only a single Valkyrie miraculously survived and fled away.

In shock, Skaljv ordered a hasty retreat for her and her bodyguards … but how come was that possible ? It was like she had stepped in hell in a fraction of a second. Her entire elite army had been wiped out. The entire battle had lasted only a few minutes, just the time to call on the powers of Lord Kall and watch her maidens die …