Mage Veigar

Chapter 466 Abandoning the Car to Save the Commander
Da da da--

The cold wind was howling and the war horses were neighing.

Lieutenant Hicks, the captain of the cavalry company of the Imperial Vanguard, led the charge at the front.

Following behind him were his hundred subordinates, and two magicians were deployed on the left and right sides to provide cover, but Hicks thought this was just an overreaction.

Because their opponent is the dynasty army.

They were the dynasty army that only knew how to hide in their turtle shells when fighting, and a regiment-level force would be captured by a company of the kingdom.

This ridiculous army is nothing more than pigs giving them military merits.

As for the last defeat?
That was just the result of a surprise attack by the Dynasty Army. If they had fought a head-on battle, they would have been able to defeat an army of 500,000, let alone 300,000 men, in an instant.

Arrogant? Proud?
No! This is absolute confidence!
Although Hicks had never fought against the Dynasty Army, he had fought with them. From what he had seen and heard, the Dynasty Army was indeed a joke. Even the Holy Dynasty could only survive by relying on the Empire. If anyone dared to stand against the Empire, they would have to prepare for destruction.

"scare!"

Hicks couldn't help but whip his horse again, trying to reach the battlefield faster. As a vanguard in the front, he must gain the most military merit in this war.

The enemy is getting closer.

Hicks could already clearly see the shadow of the Dynasty Army.

He raised his spear and laughed loudly, "Little lambs, be afraid! Howl to your heart's content under our iron hooves!"

The spear was waving.

Looking at the dynasty army that hadn't even formed a basic defensive formation, he seemed to have foreseen the crisp sound of spears piercing the enemy's throat, as well as the unparalleled sight of blood flying.

If the script was not taken wrong, this is how the war should have been.

But just then——

Hicks met the gaze of a soldier.

He was a dynasty soldier holding a dagger and with one arm broken.

If he had seen such a soldier among the enemy before, he would have breathed a sigh of relief and added a mocking smile.

Because when an army sends even the wounded to the battlefield, it means that its luck has run out and failure has become a foregone conclusion. They can also treat this war as a massacre competition and enjoy the fun of war to their heart's content.

But Hicks didn't laugh this time.

The reason was like an April Fool's joke, he was really frightened by the soldier's eyes.

What kind of look is that?

It is indescribable. Even if I use all the words, I still cannot describe it.

Cold as a killer, crazy as a gambler, fanatical as a missionary...

Hicks simply couldn't understand why an ordinary soldier could have such a look in his eyes, and he hated such eyes very much because this look made him feel cold to the bone and he couldn't feel the slightest bit of security.

"Damn it! I'm going to pierce your eyeballs."

Hicks, sitting on his warhorse, stabbed the soldier straight in the abdomen in an instant. Although the soldier was not killed on the spot, death was already an inevitable outcome for him.

But before dying.

The soldier let out a huge roar that echoed through the heavens and the earth: "I will defend the Queen's glory!"

stab-

The soldier held tightly onto the spear that had pierced his abdomen, and pulled Hicks off his horse to the ground.

He spat out a mouthful of blood and said in a tone even crazier than a gambler: "You bastards of the empire, don't even think about getting close to the Queen! You... will lose this war! Hahahaha..."

With loud laughter, the soldier finally lost his breath and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Hicks let out a long sigh, and the pair of eyes that he hated finally closed forever.

But when he stood up again, he once again felt that gaze that made his whole body shiver.

No! Not just one, but thousands and thousands of them...

From all directions, front and back, left and right, pairs of eyes so crazy that even the god of death would be afraid to look at them were staring at him, and along with those gazes came countless infantry spears.

Puff puff——

These long spears turned Hicks into a hornet's nest.

Until the last moment before his death, he had never thought that this war would end like this.

"I was wrong. This is not a flock of sheep at all..."

Hicks fell, and with him fell the vanguard that launched the first wave of the charge.

Under such overwhelming momentum, there is no need for any formation at all. The soldiers' fearless morale is more important than anything else.

This war was indeed a one-sided massacre.

Unfortunately, the party being slaughtered was no longer the dynasty army, but the imperial army that took advantage of the situation.

Less than half an hour.

The Empire's vanguard began to retreat. This was not due to Eskar's order, but they had to retreat under the Dynasty Army's overwhelming offensive because they found that the Dynasty Army had gone crazy.

at the same time.

A scout rushed to Eskar and said in horror: "Commander, this is bad. The enemy is coming. Our vanguard is finished."

"This is impossible!"

Eskar immediately denied it, saying, "The dynasty's remnants and defeated generals have no morale. How can they possibly resist the charge of the vanguard? Are you trying to shake our morale?!"

"Commander, everything I say is true."

After repeated confirmation, Eskar came to the front of the troops, raised the telescope in his hand and looked forward.

It was this sight that almost frightened Eskar so much that he dropped the telescope in his hand.

He saw a one-sided war and his army was like lambs to be slaughtered. They had no power to fight back against the dynasty army and all they could do was to escape, trying every possible means to do so.

"How could that brat restore the morale of the entire army in an instant?"

Eskar was a little panicked. He asked the scout, "Tell me, why did the Dynasty Army, which was on the verge of collapse a few hours ago, suddenly become a fierce army?"

"It's the Queen. Their Queen is here in person!"

The scout seemed to have a flash of inspiration and reported this important information to Eskar.

"Queen?!"

The moment Eskar heard this, he didn't even have time to punish the scouts. He immediately yelled at his adjutant, "Quick! Order the entire army to retreat immediately. We will retreat to the City of Black Gold immediately."

Beads of cold sweat dripped from Eskar's face.

He never expected that such an unexpected situation would occur in his perfect plan.

He understood very well how important the king was in the eyes of the subjects of the Holy Dynasty. It was no exaggeration to say that it was faith.

When the Queen leads the army in person, even the lowest morale will be restored to its peak within a minute, and even better than before, so this battle...

They have already lost.

Vega had set a huge trap for him.

Now Eskar could only pray that he could safely withdraw the main force back to the Black Gold City after abandoning the vanguard. After all, the Dynasty Army was bloated, and they were some distance away, so it was generally difficult to catch up with them.

(End of this chapter)