Kuro no Maou

- Earliest, ever.

That's what Luchrome intuited when he took command of the battle.

Although the front had not yet collapsed, reports had already jumped in that several parties had been devastated at the source of Lychrome.

Until now, Lychrome continued to properly invest his rear reserves from time to time before the soldiers wore out and made it difficult to maintain the party.

But that reserve force has already bottomed out, and the only intact force left on hand is the heavy cavalry's troops needed for the ‘last push’.

Lychrome is not foolish enough to put in cavalry here on the spot, even if it is an assault, the use of cavalry in defence and retreat is an operational law that does not capitalize on its strengths at all.

Heavy cavalry with full body plate armor is a very powerful soldier, and further led by an elite First Heavy Cavalry unit promoted from the Cathedral Knights (Temple Knights), whose strength is beyond question.

But the cavalry's greatest strength lies in its mobility and aggression.

For example, when the opponent becomes slightly disadvantaged, if he eats a cavalry assault (charge) from the side, it will only be powerful enough to settle.

In other words, the more cavalry you put in at the right time, the more powerful a soldier species is to lead you to victory with one blow.

On the other hand, however, if the timing is incorrect, no significant effect is expected, and if the enemy is hitting countermeasures such as deployment of the party, the wear and tear will be increased in a hoax.

Furthermore, it is not easy to replenish it once it is destroyed.

Heavy armor on horses and the knights who manipulate them, they are soldiers that are so expensive and time consuming to cultivate that they cannot be compared to just infantry.

In addition to its limited use, it is also a soldier whose preciousness makes it difficult to operate.

Therefore, all who have been called famous generals in history in the Ark continent read the course of battle and maximized the attacking power of this cavalry.

Luchrome was not talented enough to line up with such historic heroes, but he was competent enough to understand the cavalry's operating methods and to remain calm and settled, even at a disadvantage.

Its elegant appearance was extraordinary, but its contents were reasonable, its excellence in providing a solid soldier, which is why it was on this occasion, with strong trust that Ars would certainly deliver results in a handful of subordinations.

In that way, LUCROM sensed sooner than anyone else on the battlefield that, in view of the current state of war, the Crusaders would follow the fate of total annihilation if they continued to fight like this.

Therefore, we make the decision that we should withdraw before the worst happens here.

It is impossible for any general to give an order for the retreat to the Crusaders, who carried the expectations of God and the Republic all by themselves.

We cannot retreat, there are no measures, but we only pray to God for miracles and only impose sacrifices on soldiers. We bear a great responsibility, and therefore only such actions can be carried out by a mortal general.

And for such a fool, Luchrome understood very well from the rule of thumb that God would never conveniently perform miracles or have mercy.

Miracles are called miracles because they cannot happen, synonymous with acknowledging defeat from the beginning, such as relying on such things, Lychrome sincerely thinks so, and realistically believes that that is why it is only the humans who fight there who lead the soldiers to victory, without any other.

And in a phase of defeat like now, there's nothing else to save a little more soldiers than yourself in command.

Lychrome finally tried to convey the retreat, it was then.

Gu-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o.

Huge chunks blacker than the sky descended along with a roar that rocked heaven and earth.

The two armies clash, towards the middle of its front line, the sole falls slowly.

All this time, the two armies that fought death stopped their hands and just looked up at the sky.

Only the moving men, the soldiers who were in the place where the sole would fall, will be scattered on all sides in madness in death.

Sole, which had fallen straight, finally descended into the blood-swet hills of Goldran.

Those who are present here, such as the identity of the sole, will find out at first sight, but no one could understand until this moment when they descended to the ground.

Sole was a giant black dragon.

Wings tearing apart tornadoes with just wings, arms with feet shaking the earth and cleavage claws touching things if you walk, each severed one at a time, exposing you to miserable wounds.

The walls and the mysterious long tails are also cut off and missing, as are the hands and feet, and the torso, like the black fort itself, is worn on every thick dragon scale in many places, with a full body of blood paint.

And his eyes, brighter than the burning flames of fire, had now lost more brilliance than the dull ruby, letting all his seers know that the tough fire of life was extinguished that should roll within.

Yes, it was the remains of the Black Dragon King Garvinal that fell from heaven.

Everyone noticed that there was one shadow on its forehead, the Dragon King, who had become a changed figure.

A cross spear piercing deep between the eyebrows, holding it, is a girl wrapped in a bloodstained coat.

Whether it's returning blood or your own, your whole body is painted red and black, and your beautiful long silver hair is also losing its natural glow wet in blood.

The girl had no right arm, and her right eye was crushed, and her eyelids were closed with tears of blood.

But the girl sticks a spear in the dragon king's wreckage and stands firm on it with her own feet.

On the left eye, which was open, the red glow dwelt, clearly indicating that she was still alive.

The girl's name is Sariel.

Those who gathered here today saw the legend that man had defeated the mighty dragon alone.

- An angel.

I shrugged with no one.

"An angel defeated a dragon"

Angel, the interpretation of its identity varies, but all voices raised on this occasion had a common perception.

"Oh, how beautiful"

Painted in red and black with blood and guts, even severely wounded losing his right arm and right eye, the figure of the little girl, who stood resolutely in the hand with a spear, was seen for all the Crusader soldiers as something so beautiful that it did not seem to belong in this world.

A vibrant sight every one of them will never forget throughout their lives.

But what she looked like to the Daedalus army, at least, must have been a far cry from the impression the Crusader soldiers would have had.

Every soldier gathered in the hills of the Goldran recognized the unshakeable fact that Sariel defeated Garvinal.

But the thought of coming to their hearts was so great that they forgot to move, either by the emotion of witnessing a beautiful legend or by the shock of the death of a dragon king with absolute power.

And in it, it was Lychrome who recovered faster than anyone else.

He turned to his men, who stood beside him, and issued the decree in his own voice.

"Behold! The great Seventh Apostle, His Highness Saliel, has defeated the king of evil dragons here!

Now is the time for us to gather here and destroy the army of evil demons!

All Army Assault!!

Luchrome's assault command, which sounds good, convinced of victory, the Crusaders each raise their weapons, raise their voices and run out, as they breathed back.

Ahead of us, the Daedalus army has now completely lost its will because the dragon king, who could not have lost, has been debated.

"Hurry and rescue His Excellency Saliel.

And give the first cavalry unit an attack order. "

At last the victory of the reversal visited, for the inferior self-armies to destroy the mighty Daedalus army, with now-nothing else, Lychrome knows so well and skips instructions one after the other.

At present, the difference in the number of soldiers between the two fighting on the hills of the Goldran does not change that much in their ratio compared to the beginning of the battle, rather the Crusaders are disadvantaged by the fact that the number has decreased making it difficult to maintain the formation.

Though the enemy has lost the General, it would be a muddy war of attrition and, consequently, the Crusaders would be defeated if they were immediately launched here into a counterattack of all-army decimation.

However, at this time, the difference in morale was enough to determine victory and defeat.

In a crisis of front collapse, the Crusaders are convinced of victory by Saliel's activism and go into a one-turn counter-attack.

And what Luchrome is after here is the execution of a cavalry tactic known as' survival 'when it comes to warring state-era tactics.

It is a tactic that forces a cavalry to storm against a raised enemy and break it down at once, arguably the easiest and surest cavalry tactic to use.

And there's no other time to let this "get through" wait.

The Daedalus army against this is still unable to recover the lost will, only going right and left.

The Crusaders, who have risen in morale enough to break the limits, storm abruptly at the Daedalus army, who have lost their king, fight, flee, surrender or have no choice.

Then, finally, a heavy silver cavalry lined up neatly in a side-by-side row sets up an assault (lance charge) that boasts the power to determine victory or defeat, with the help of a magician to strengthen his abilities.

Before the impending white army, the fate of the Daedalus army was determined only to the extent that the individual sporadically responded.

This showdown, later called the Battle of the Goldran, ended in the form of a glorious victory for the Crusaders.

Three days later, on the tenth day of the Far Thunder Moon, the Crusaders completely occupied the capital, Daedalus.