32 – Rotate Ethlon Plains (4)

After waving the flag and boosting the morale of my teammates, I fell to the far left of the first row of knights.

If I, the commander-in-chief, were seriously injured or even killed in action, this battle would be lost.

As I charged the enemy, I put my flag in the flag stand set up on my horse’s left side and raised the sturdy halberd with both hands on my horse’s right side.

After about 20 seconds of changing weapons like that, I could see that the enemies were getting closer and closer to me.

As I raised my flag to encourage my allies, enemies that seemed dusty now began to look the size of my hand.

At this distance… I’ll have to get ready to run with all my might…

I looked at the knights next to me before ordering to run with all my might.

Fortunately, all of my knights were running while maintaining a ‘distance close enough to touch knee to knee’.

I don’t know what kind of face he’s making with his helmet, or how he’s charging at the “iron wall” riding a horse weighing hundreds of kilos…

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My men, who overcame the fear of charging into an iron wall and were not ashamed of being a knight, charged toward the enemy, looking proud and handsome.

So I shouted with all my might to encourage them.

“Let’s show the bravery and dignity of Kreutel to those who insulted our honor!! Everyone, speed up!”

Upon hearing that, the knights raised and lowered their shields in unison and answered.

“Long live Baron Creutel!!”

Behind the cheers, I stared at the enemies in front of me.

Knights riding gigantic horses weighing 500 to 600 kilos, clad in dazzling armor shining silver in the sunlight, approached us like a wall.

I was stunned at the sight of each one aiming their lances with banners bearing their family crests, and slowly approaching to kill us.

However, I soon made up my mind again and grabbed the halberd with both hands to use the tactic of ‘breaking away after charging’, which was the task given to me.

And before I knew it, the enemy and we were getting closer, and by the time I could see the stains on each other’s helmets, I quickly grabbed the reins and slightly broke away from our assault formation.

Frost, who was already aware of that, in the second row right behind me filled the empty seat, and…

Allies and enemies clashed.

Horses stabbed deeply by lances and bleeding, and unknown knights who were protected by armor and were not pierced by lances, but in return died by falling off their horses headfirst, created a mess.

“Hee hee hee!!”

“Aww!”

“Hold on!! If you fall off your horse, you will die!!”

Then, the 2nd and 3rd rows hit the enemy again at a slower speed than before.

As soon as they collided, several knights, friend and foe, fell off their horses either by being struck by their lances or by the lances piercing the gaps between the bardings, and the horses were killed.

Some of the fallen knights would have died, and some would have survived.

The horrendous sight in front of my eyes made my heart beat like crazy, and my instinct was, ‘If we don’t go back here, we’ll all die.’ he exclaimed.

However, I overcame that fear and went back to the 6th row of the charge square.

And soon after, the reorganization of the camp began, and among the knights who fell from their horses, those who were not seriously injured began to return to their respective camps.

Curiously, during that time, both friendly and enemy forces did not attack the knights returning to their camps, but waited and settled their formations.

Then we and the enemy once again put some distance and threw the broken lance on the ground.

After throwing them away, they each took their secondary weapons such as knives, maces, axes, and hammers in both hands and prepared to charge at each other once again.

At this time, I entrusted all command authority to Frost, and I followed behind with a halberd specially prepared for me in the 6th row at the back.

As the enemy drew closer, this time Frost raised his sword high into the sky and said,

“Don’t be afraid of those kids! Our lord, His Excellency Kreutel, is watching! Hit!!”

As soon as the words were finished, the knights raised their weapons high into the sky once again and began shouting loudly.

I don’t know if that cry was a ‘fight’ to slaughter the enemies, or a desperate attempt to drive away the ‘fear’ I just felt.

I also shouted with all my might after them.

“Wow!!!”

With the sound of shouting, I also forgot the fear in me.

And finally, the first row began to fight the enemy weapon to weapon, and the next ranks in succession began to fight the enemy.

Of course, I, who was at the very end, but I don’t know who it was, faced a knight in front of me.

Here I am in a dilemma between two choices.

Since you are the commander-in-chief of this battle, will you prioritize survival and go back to the knights…

Or will I fight that guy over there as a ‘baron’ leading the knights?

No matter which option you choose, you are already in the first line of lance charging, and your honor is not diminished no matter what choice you make…

Then, to be honest, I’ll fight better than a ‘soldier’, but I’m weaker than a ‘knight’…

Yes, I should finish my role of boosting morale behind the knights.

So I looked around in a cool state to find a route that would lead me back again.

First I had to turn left and then right to get out, but there was no room to speed up.

It was because quite a few different knights were already fighting tightly together.

In the end, looking around the battlefield where I am fighting, the only way I can escape is to hit the enemy head-on and take a big turn.

Now that it’s like this, I’m determined to kill the knight in front of my eyes with my own hand, so I hit just one point and bounce.

And I saw the knight in front of me, shouted, and charged in order to deceive him as if I was going to vomit on the battlefield.

“I am Ciel von Kreuttel! Take my sword!!”

If it’s a normal case, I’ll give you a name, Lord of 00 Baron 00! Let’s fight fair and square! Perhaps thinking that he would apply for a daily meeting, the driver started to run a little later than me as if he was embarrassed.

And I took advantage of that gap…

Hit the enemy’s helmet with the head of the halberd to knock the enemy off the horse.

Seeing that it fell headfirst, it must have died, no matter who it was.

**

Since then, without leaving the battlefield, I watched the situation while holding the enemy cavalry in check in the formation of 6 columns of knights.

Right now, the enemy’s knights’ horses couldn’t run anymore, as if they were tired, and our knights’ horses were running out of breath to see how much energy they had left.

If we had driven this far, it would be like we had virtually won the battle between knights and knights.

And not long after, the sound of the trumpet announcing more good news came to my ears.

‘Boo Woo Woo’

The trumpet sounds that we have broken the enemy infantry square.

The knights who heard the sound raised their swords and shouted.

“hurray!!”

“We won!!”

“Long live Deus! Long live Baron Creutel!”

And before I knew it, Frost, who had commanded the knights on my behalf, came next to me and said,

“Our knights still have energy left. Would you like to go back to support the infantry?”

Honestly, I think I’m going to die right now.

Even though my body had the stamina to fight such a cavalry battle, I had already fought non-stop for more than ten minutes.

But, if you think about it honestly…

Now, depending on whether or not I support the infantry, the size of the sacrifice of the infantry and the scale of victory in this battle will change.

therefore…

“All knights who can afford it, follow me! You don’t have to force yourself to follow.”

After hearing that, 1/3 of the knights left the battlefield and returned to their base, and the rest of the knights followed me.

As soon as I confirmed that, I started charging towards the infantry fighting area about a kilometer away from here.

It was a distance that could be reached by riding a horse for about 1 kilometer in only 10 minutes, but the time felt too long to me, who was already exhausted to the point of being in a mess.

So, 100 meters away from where the infantrymen were fighting, I stopped for a moment to catch my breath, and looked for a place to charge after seeing the enemy being broken by our infantrymen.

Looking closely, our infantry had now surrounded the front, right, and left sides of the enemy’s infantry, and the rear was open.

The enemies won’t be able to afford to see us…

If you charge with all your power a little faster than you charged the cavalry, you’ll be able to deal a devastating blow.

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Judging from the state of our knights right now, we’ll have to charge and break away.

That one shock will greatly shake the foot soldiers’ war.

For that final charge, I raised my halberd high in my right hand and looked around at the knights and said,

“power! Attack the rear of the enemy infantry and immediately break away from the main base! Pour in the last bit of energy! charge!!”

Then, the knights and I charged with all our might to pierce the back of the enemy infantry.

Seconds after the charge, several enemy foot soldiers saw us and began to shout that we should be on our guard.

“Fifty Seals!! 50 Seals!! Look behind you!!”

“Everyone will die at this rate!!”

“However, the enemies came in front of me…”

Although aware of our charge, the enemy’s infantry, who were already on the verge of destruction, were naturally unprepared for our charge.

As a result, we attacked the enemy’s soft rear in a wedge formation almost without resistance.

He stepped on the enemy with a horse weighing more than 500 kg wearing heavy armor, slammed him, and then attacked with an accelerated knife or axe.

As a result, the enemy foot soldiers began to die with their blood bursting, their entrails trampled on, and their heads punctured.

Occasionally, the surviving enemy soldiers who passed by us had completely lost the will to resist, and began to urinate on their knees.

After completing the assault, the moment I was about to return to the main base…

Looking back, the enemy soldiers had already completely lost their will to fight, and the self-taught soldiers, who could be called the last bastion to maintain the enemy’s morale, began to look at the allies with eyes that seemed to have already given up.

At that time, I already had a hunch that this battle had ended in a ‘complete victory for allies’.

So, after holding the flag planted on the left side of my horse again with both hands and waving it to show that I had won, I declared it.

“Surrender!!”

Upon hearing this, the enemy soldiers quietly laid down their weapons and knelt down to express their intention to surrender.

In this war, it was the moment when complete victory was achieved.