Each group consisted of 500 goblin or kobold swordsmen. Their starting positions were 50 meters from each other, and the fight started when the healer cried out loud, "Fight!". Baz, having a more direct personality, ordered all of his men to attack at a time, leaving the enemy no time to enter any formation or think about tactics. He left just a group of 50 goblins as his personal bodyguards, as the commanders were forbidden to move from a designated area.

Snen, on the other hand, divided her army in three groups of 100 and four of 50 kobolds even before the fight. A group of 50 was protecting her, while the rest were put in a formation as fast as possible. The three 100 units groups were staying in phalanges shoulder to shoulder, bracing themselves for the enemy's charge. The rest three groups of 50 were in the middle, left and right parts behind the 100 unit groups. Those on the left and right had the role of attacking the enemy from their flanks after the charge, while the middle one had to reinforce the groups battling in front of them. In case one of the groups has taken too many losses, this one will come to their aide.

*Chuckle!

"As expected from Baz, that's his way of doing things. Sadly for him, this round Snen will win for sure. When the power and quantity of yours and the enemy's soldiers are the same, you must think strategically how to win. Going forward no matter what isn't the right choice in such a fight. You must think about the troops' morale, fatigue and a bunch of other things. Snen did a great job, though..." said Kamra after chuckling softly.

Ecna and Henry listened to Kamra and watched the battle with interest. Even they understood that the goblins and kobolds had similar strength, so they were truly interested in who will win in this round, the straight forward Baz or the strategical Snen. Of course, their other comrades also watched the battle.

First the goblins' massive charge took place. They collided into the three kobold groups with high momentum, then got slower and slower. Right after, the kobold flank units took action, attacking the goblins from the left and right side. This diminished the morale of the partially exhausted-after-the-charge goblins. Even more, after taking down several enemies, more came to take their place from the back, giving them the image of a never ending swarm. It was another point influencing their morale.

Seeing that his army was slowly getting more discouraged, he tried to raise their morale using different taunts, like "Are you really gonna lose to those oversized lizards?" or "Don't tell me we're worse than a couple kobolds!". Though it helped a little, their morale was continuously decreasing, being attacked from three sides.

'Ugh! To hell with this! There's no other way!' Baz thought, then ordered, "The personal guards group, attack the enemy's left flanking group!" At his command, all his bodyguards advanced, leaving him open for attacks. On the other side of the training camp, Snen was looking at the whole battlefield, and saw what Baz was doing.

*Snicker!

'Oh Baz, you still have so much to learn until you will be able to win against me!' she thought with a snicker. "You," she pointed at one of her guards, "go and inform the right flanking group to retract from battle and advance towards the enemy commander as fast as they can, no matter the casualties."

The kobold ran at full speed to send the order. When he reached the right flank, the goblins' guardians were already fighting at the left one. Even though the retreat of the right group would put more pressure on the whole force, it was worth it taking into consideration that the enemy commander had no bodyguards.

They sprinted like crazy near the goblins, going forward at full speed. When the goblins finally understood that something was wrong, it was too late. Nearing Baz, they prepared their weapons to attack. Even though Baz couldn't attack, he was permitted to evade their attacks within a certain area. Even though he evaded frantically the first three attacks, he got encircled and stricken to the ground by his enemy's numbers. The healer took a ball from the pile laying near and threw it to the ground.

*Boom!

It was a bomb of sorts, but not one with the role to kill. It was more similar to firecrackers rather than an actual bomb. The sound was big enough to stop the fight, while also not hurting anyone or being too loud. Now that the battle was finally finished, the losing side must accept their side of the agreement. As the seriously wounded trainees were sent to the hospital after being preliminary healed by the healer, the rest met face to face, both groups behind their commanders.

"So, Baz, who sad he was the greatest tactician in the world, huh? You still gonna spout those lies after today's defeat? Learn from your mistakes, man. You're a great fighter, but your tactics sucks. If charging blindly forward could be considered a tactic, of course..." she dropped shell after shell on the poor Baz.

"Snen, you know perfectly well I said that back then because I was drunk... And plus to this, my tactic always worked on other enemies, somehow..." he said, visibly said that he lost.

"Leave it be, man. Those enemies were outnumbered by your forces, and had worse equipment than you and your forces, too. You can't compare actual soldiers with those savages." she continued to lecture him.

"Yeah, I know... Well, can we consider the results of our agreement null, then?" he asked expectantly, only to be disappointed the next minute.

"Of course... not. You said you will do it, so you have to do it! You have your whole group of subordinates as help, so you'll manage it somehow! Fufufu!" Snen said with a laugh, then departed with her group to celebrate.

This time's conditions for the losing side were to go deeper into the forest and find the bee-like monsters, whose honey they used to make delicious alcohol. They weren't too cruel, as the honey and alcohol would be split equally between the both sides. The actual problem was that those monsters sting really bad, and they couldn't exterminate them either, as they continuously produced more honey for them. Emily didn't manage to tell them how anti-bee costumes are created and work like before going to the capital, but they might not have worked either, as those bees were twice or thrice bigger than the ones on Earth.

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