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Eunius straddled his horse, coht with him to face off with the army of General Bahn
On this chaotic battlefield, both sides had their command in relative order Albeit, only relative to the rest The reason they couldn’t pay undo ora recklessly thrashing around
Eunius took a glance in its direction
“I’d like to end this while Aleist is keeping it busy; then I can go help him out”
Even if the sky was beyond hiardless of anted to do, the eneral who had worked his way up, a seasoned veteran of the e opponent in land battles While he didn’t stand out due to the existence of the dragoons, Eunius’ father had held a close fight with hioons would come out before the victor could be decided, so there was no score to keep Which side was stronger? Both countries likewise regarded the question as wholly inconsequential
Yet on a battlefield where they couldn’t borrow the dragoons’ aid, it would hold a largeThe quality of troops at Eunius’ hoh
But the opponent was a prominent force of the empire
Eunius licked his lips
“Go at it ht of the his sword as he looked at the faces of his enemy—the faces of elite soldiers
“Run them down!”
The nuht advantage The empire had supplemented a majority of their forces with monsters For that sake, the numbers of hu out their voices, gripped their weapons and collided with ene the air with the sounds of clanging ht casualties didn’t fluster thehtest
But perhaps the opponent’s side was short on tie-buildsoldiers on Eunius’ side
Swinging around a large axe that- at a glance- ht line towards Eunius
The official to Eunius’ side cried out
“Young h our arhis horse’s stomach, he had his allies ahead of him stand back as he raced towards the unit led by General Bahn
Upon seeing that, Bahn perfor with his axe to cut Eunius down; but Eunius caught the bloith his greatsword The horses both rode had stopped in their tracks, their hooves sinking into the earth
Once a conspicuously large metallic sound had chiun taking distance fro, are you related to Diade?”
Eunius held up his greatsword in one hand, directing its tip towards the general
“The eldest son You’re Bahn Rhoshwas, right? I’ve heard about you Heard there was some bloke my old man couldn’t take out”
As General Bahn clenched the hilt of his battle axe, it let off a grinding, grating noise His muscles swelled and raised a sound
“Oh quit it You’re just another coward protected by the dragon, I’d usually say But if your Diade’s brat, that changes things up a bit You lot are just about the only ones to hold back h their weapon of choice, what folloas a si… now you’re in the way I’ll send your oldhis sword horizontally to block the strike frouy really is strong)
Eunius felt his own horse’s shaking legs and tried to ward the blow aside, yet his attempt had General Bahn forcefully blow hiht ent out front was proround before iet in the way! I’ll take hi down on Eunius from horseback, Bahn scoffed at those words
“You look halfway competent, but you’ll stand before me with that level of skill? Your head’s in the clouds”
But Eunius had properly ot it with that one I’d love to have fought you in your heyday, old
“… Youngling, I’ll praise your tongue if nothing else!”
General Bahn galloped his horse, lifting his axe, charging at Eunius to slice him in twain Eunius lowered his hips and watched his , old er And I know people far stronger than me!)
As he watched his foe’s movements, Eunius was overco by in slowGeneral Bahn’s ht, and as that light grew stronger, he finished his cut before the general ithin sword range
“You fool You grew i his mouth, he fell froround as he fell to his knees
A single large wound across his chest
Eunius’that, Bahn siped his mouth, stood, and took a stance with his axe
“Hey now, I felt quite some resistance”
While Eunius felt resistance on his blade, it did seeeneral laughed
“Gahahahah! Youngling, I’ve been fighting form before you were born Like hell it’d be so easy to off me But… I’ll adathered around hi you as uess you wouldn’t want this old ht you ten Nay, twenty years earlier”
Eunius laughed
“Don’t be stupid You’d cross axe with rattle?”
The two laughed, their looks gradually shifting to serious as the surrounding air tense up Around theht, yet their minds were taken by the duel
And the two stepped in and passed by
It happened in an instant
A large cut opened up on Eunius’ arht on the spot
The ground floith a heavy torrent of red
“… Youngling Your naood na in hell Until our net th, the surrounding imperial soldiers lowered their weapons one after the next Eunius saw that and shouted out
“Don’t kill those who’ve surrendered Spread the word… Bahn Rhoshwas has fallen to Eunius Diade! Cease your resistance!”
His subordinate raced over
“Young ora had vanished, lacing a scene of black s about this… Rudel, just end this already”
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Meanwhile
Luecke’s aras barked from nearby
“Maintain forhts toting shields engraved withup their shields Upon confirreen fla that rained down froed out
“We’re lucky the ground was daas cried out at Luecke’s words
“Not that itabout this At this rate, the et any closer”
The ene prepared a circle there, and was firing off ic output ay too high
If they took on a single blow, it would be enough to inflict serious daed to elude those attacks, utilizing the shields to cast large-scale spellcrafts
Luecke toughed his hand to his chin
“But how curious With that setup I can her output That’s what I’ve been preparing for with each defensive ?”
As one who used as’ pleas
“You can think about it later, but just do soer!”
Luecke felt so to do with Rudel and the others, and ourfor the it’s coate their circle No, there’s no such tier)
While he looked the type to prioritize his own interest, at the sa his ht of us Otherwise, they can only launch incoic circle isn’t fully prepared I’d rather it not be number one That would ic on this paltry level”
Vargas leaked a sigh Even in that instant, lightning rained down froic