Ersatz stopped his horse when he heard a stir among the Agarthans and the ominous sound of iron armor scraping against the ground. The retreating Agarthans led by Matkal had counterattacked. Not only that, a contingent of the Warlovian army, led by Chan and Worka, had moved in behind him, trying to cut off Ersak's retreat.
Ersak looked at Denza, who was holding the gag of his horse. He had refused to heed the advice not to leave the durga, and now a grave situation had occurred before his eyes. But Æsak did not see it as a crisis or an emergency. He was in an unusually high state of excitement due to the effects of the spiritual magic that Lois had cast on him. He had been confident that the Kingdom of Burial would be able to defeat a mere 1,000 or 2,000 Agarthans, but now that he had the enemy in his backside, he was not sure what he should do.
"Commander-in-Chief, I think the only way is to join up with Lord Moroz's army.
Denza advises. The Moroz team was the one guarding the area around Ersatzak. They were in the left rear. They had pushed out to just across the bridge leading to the main gate. The only way to get out of the way before the enemy surrounded us was to fall back toward the left, join the Moloz column, and pull back directly across the bridge to the main gate. That would be very difficult to do now, but it was obvious to everyone that this would be the least damaging course of action.
"What, you want us to join up with the Morrows, or ask the Morrows for help! ...... here, you rude bastard!"
Ersatzak raised his whip and struck Denza on the cheek. Denza is the commander in charge of guarding the main gate of the durga. He was a capable commander who had successfully defended the city against several general assaults. His family has produced many talented military men. Denza stared at Ersatz on his horse, his hand still reflexively on his bruised cheek.
...... is too mercilessly done. Can't you see what's happening? I wonder what his brother, the king, would think if he were to hear this.
Denza's eyes said so.
Denza is one of the military men trusted by the king, Loussac. Ersanq could not wield the second whip when he met Denza's hard eyes. Denza took the gag off his horse and rode toward the Moroes while ersak flinched.
"Get away! Join up with the Morrows!"
Denza was shouting. Denza had said what Ersatzak should have said. This was clearly an overstepping of authority, but to the soldiers around him, it did not seem in the slightest bit overstepping. There was no other way in this case without such an order.
As soon as Ersatz's head turned in the direction of Moroz's column, the entire Ersatz force began to retreat, as if they had found a way out of the situation.
However, the cavalry of the Warlovian Imperial Guard, commanded by Chan and Worker, came between the Moroz and Erusac columns. It was as if they had anticipated this move. The Ersatz force was now completely surrounded.
"Now! Now is our chance to win! All troops attack!"
Matkal shouted from his horse.
Denza was only anxious to rescue Ersanak. If he was killed, the battle would be lost. Therefore, Denza tried to attract the enemy's attention by exposing himself among them.
With nearly 10,000 men and an undisciplined army moving ahead of him toward the main gate of Dorga, Ersatz's forces were in chaos. A small retreat route opened up between the soldiers. Denza drew Ersac's horse into it. There, Denza handed the horse's gag to one of Ersanak's followers.
I will take care of the rest. I will take care of the rest.
Denza was prepared to die. The faint pain in his cheek from Ersac's whip seemed to tell him what he should do now. Denza sat on his horse with his spear at the ready, waiting for the incoming Agarthans. It was somewhat strange to see Denza standing alone in the midst of the retreating army.
"I am Denza, the commander of the Dorga main gate troops! Matkal, you will fight with me!"
He thought he would capture the head of the enemy general, Matkal, if he could. If he could capture her head, it would cause a considerable amount of unrest among the enemy. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to force Ersatzak and the rest of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Burial to retreat to Durga.
But his voice was not heard by Matkal. He had to take the spears of the Agarthan soldiers at once. Denza went on an asura-like rampage against the spears. This caught Matkal's attention.
"Aim at the enemy general. Don't look the other way!"
Matkal gave that order, but he could not leave Denza waving his spear under his nose. The Agarthans stopped moving.
Ahead of Ersatzak's eyes, there was a huge battle between the forces trying to enter Durga and the warlords of Chan and Worka who were trying to stop them. The Moroes were in no condition to move. If they made a wrong move, the enemy might break through the main gate of Dorga, and at the same time, they were so exhausted from the attack by the Warlovs that they did not have enough strength to rescue Ersatz's army.
Ersatz glanced backward. Denza was trapped in the vortex of Agartha's army, along with about 20 of his allies.
"Don't try to live, die. Die with me!
Denza was fighting, screaming. Even the soldiers of Agartha's army were not prepared for this. They had no real damage because they were equipped with Linos' ward stone, but even so, it was difficult for them to spear Denza, who was rampaging about in a death-defying frenzy.
Just as he was about to turn his attention back to the front, something flashed through Ersatz's mind.
He saw that of the surrounding forces, those deployed on the right flank were the thinnest. It was the unit commanded by Chan, who was attacking Ersatz's forces while at the same time attacking Moroz's units. Moreover, they were trying to break through Moroz's troops and enter into Dorga whenever they had the chance, so that the formation appeared to be somewhat stretched.
Ersatz took his men around him and attacked Chan's unit. Ersatz and Chan's forces began to circle around each other in a tangled mess. If they continued to circle, a part of Ersatz's force could slip past Chan's force and escape from danger. However, Matkal was calmly watching the situation. She would not fall for Ersatz's plan so easily.
"Keep up, all of you!
With that, she left the rampaging Denza to her soldiers and took her own troops to flank Ersac's troops. The speed of the attack was so quick that Ersatzak did not see it coming until it was too late, and his troops were thrown into chaos.
The attack was so quick that the ersacks were too late to notice the attack and the troops were in chaos.
"...... would like to say!"
A messenger waited breathlessly for Linos. He nodded slowly and urged the soldiers to report.
"Master Matkal, we have defeated the enemy commander-in-chief, General Ersatzak. We also took out the enemy commander, Denza. Your forces are continuing their attack on Durga.
"Thank you."
Linos did not change his color, but simply, in a matter-of-fact manner, expressed his gratitude to the soldiers.
"Go around and tell the whole army to attack!"
The voice came from Sheeva. She cupped her chin and urged Gigi and Toits, who were standing by.
"Well, I'll leave you to it," she said.
"Wait."
Sheeva looks doubtful as she turns to leave. The masked man who stopped them crosses his arms and looks in the wrong direction. The masked man who stops them crosses his arms and looks in the wrong direction, an attitude that Sheeva finds annoying.
"We're busy ......"
"If you don't want to die, don't move."
It was as if he was saying, "If you want to die, go ahead and do it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two cavalrymen coming toward him. .......