Four Split Personalities

"Right, close up ’Tail Cutting,’ pressure the left to hold them."

Batty Arthur issued the command almost instinctively after Motan crashed into him fiercely. Although he wasn’t aware at that moment that Diesel’s knights could change direction at a right angle just before the two sides completed their first clash, because the other party, like himself, was conducting ’transparent command,’ upon hearing the phrase ’hit and run,’ he reinforced his perception of the Diesel Iron Riders, preemptively conducting damage control.

Simultaneously, Batty swung his right hand down forcefully, pointing steadily at Motan, whose body was flowing with dark purple electric sparks after activating Scale Against, and took a deep breath—

"At any cost, take him down for me!"

In the next instant, five heavy cavalrymen from Diesel’s side, acting as a sharp blade, suddenly shifted their direction, leading the entire team in a ferocious charge toward the opponent’s right wing, which had just advanced three positions. Meanwhile, several students positioned in the second echelon of the Holy Spear Knight Academy’s central formation immediately wielded their weapons, launching an assault on Motan with the aid of their front-row partners.

With two rounds of dazzling arcs, Motan, evading the first round of combined attacks using Waning Moon, instantly eliminated the three closest shield-bearing heavy cavalrymen. Simultaneously, Liya Delin and her four heavy cavalry teammates bulldozed over the enemies in front of them, matching their own vanguard in number!

Using the most primitive, direct, and savage method to hammer opponents off their warhorses with blunt weapons, they raised their boots and used spurs to drive away the riderless, panicked mounts. Although Batty’s decisive ’close up’ command didn’t break through the Holy Spear Knight Academy’s right wing, Diesel Family’s main force still effortlessly eliminated that section of ’Tail Cutting,’ which was the five heavy cavalrymen serving as the Holy Spear’s right-wing vanguard.

At the same time, the left wing of the Holy Spear Knight Academy began to flank furiously, trying to fulfill Batty’s ’retain’ command. However, they were too far from Diesel’s heavy cavalry vanguard, and far less speedy and nimble compared to the lightly-armored Light Cavalry. So, despite their high execution capability, they ultimately only intercepted and eliminated a single Diesel Light Cavalry at the rear of the team.

The main forces of both sides brushed past each other, and with the loss of nine members, the Holy Spear Knight Academy clearly suffered a significant loss on the field.

But Batty’s expression remained unclouded for a very simple reason: although he failed to hold up the primarily Light Cavalry command until the return of the Snow Bathing Sword for cleanup, he had successfully tied down that powerful strategist in the opposing formation!

If he could eliminate this guy here, incurring a bit more operational loss would absolutely be worth it!

So, the most viable way would be—

"Double-layer net formation, encircle him."

After a brief contemplation, Batty cautiously distanced himself from the Half Dragon Knight, whose gaze was locked onto him, while commanding in a grave tone: "Only restrain him, wait for the Snow Bathing Sword to return!"

Yes, this was the most secure method. While it was unclear how strong Motan was, one thing Batty was sure about was that this guy definitely ranked above everyone else in his main formation, yet certainly couldn’t rival the Snow Bathing Sword.

With this premise, the correct course of action was self-evident.

Ensuring the survival of as much force as possible while stalling until the Snow Bathing Sword rejoined the main formation, to directly pick off the opponent based on numerical superiority here.

Although the time taken to resolve that Diesel heavy cavalry team exceeded expectations, in Batty’s judgment, even the less skilled mounted Snow Bathing Sword wouldn’t take too long to return from the side to the main formation. Therefore, they only needed to stall the Half Dragon Knight named Mor here for a short while to fully control the rhythm of this match!

However...

[Is it really possible that the opponent can’t foresee such a low-difficulty deduction?]

[Judging by the rhythm of the previous commands, although the opponent’s tactical application lacks fluidity and isn’t especially precise in rhythm control, its clarity is unnervingly clear.]

[Though unwilling to admit it, the person who has truly been controlling the match’s rhythm from beginning to end is this Mor.]

[Has he already anticipated and devised a plan, making it trivial even if I, the commander, get exchanged?]

[Or has he failed to see through this level of guidance, thus falling into this rather rudimentary trap?]

[Or could it be that he is simply fearless, believing that without the Snow Bathing Sword, we cannot contain him at all?]

In a flash, several thoughts and speculations turned over in Batty’s mind.

And the time left until the return of the Snow Bathing Sword’s group to the main force was less than five seconds.

At this moment, as Motan found himself deeply encircled, he suddenly took a deep breath, dodged a downward slash from a Holy Spear’s heavy knight, and seamlessly hung the fearsome looking Warhammer "Untainted Justice" back onto his back. He then drew a rather unassuming White Board Dagger from his boot.

"Ram through!"

Steadfastly watching the opponent’s originally god-like agile figure suddenly sway slightly, Batty, already somewhat unsettled, suddenly had his pupils contract, drawing his sword to point at the half-dragon man, who no longer exuded any trace of power and whose very presence was growing faint, more resembling a ’Thief’ than a ’Knight,’ exclaiming fiercely, "Stop him at any cost!"