Chapter 123: Jeromes Ascension (2) (1/2)
Chapter 123: Jerome’s Ascension (2)
Milton rushed towards the back of the ene with the reinforcefried’s expression hardened for the first ti for reinforceht he had captured all of the inside the blockade, he had thought they were just ht it, they hadn’t been desperately struggling The ene with a purpose That’s why they purposefully left the castle and fought against the blockade If they drew focus to the front of the blockade, then there would be a greater effect when reinforcements arrived behind their enemy
That effect was now evident
When Princess Violet began to rae in the back while Milton er effective
“My Lord, please allow ently spoke as he watched their blockade collapsing However, Siegfried frowned as he spoke
“It’s too late If I was going to send you, I should have done it sooner It’s too late now”
“But…”
Just as Jake was going to say that they should still try…
“We’re through!”
“Now’s our chance! Escape!”
“Wahhh!!”
Almost as if a levee had collapsed, Milton and his fried had created collapsed
“Too quick How could they escape so quickly…”
Jake was shocked at the sight while Siegfried only sighed
‘As expected…’
He had already expected this when the enefried had known that the blockade would collapse before they could do anything Jeroht had already broken the blockade by fried and his men to respond to the sudden appearance of reinforcelance, Siegfried had known that the knight at the front of the reinforce and the other knights that supported her were also strong If Siegfried wanted to keep such a powerful enemy in check, he would have to focus his troops in one place instead of dividing them
In the end, the enefried do now? It was impossible for him to rebuild the blockade and recapture the eneht be possible to take advantage of the terrain and order the mountain troops to hold the enemy back, but that wasn’t possible here
“Retreat! We must leave the field! Retreat!”
“Wahhh!!”
As soon as the blockade had collapsed, Milton and hisafter them would be difficult I don’t see that archer, Trike Maybe they have hi by in case we chase after thefried had also done considerable research on Milton He even knew about Trike, someone who didn’t have as much presence as Jerome or Viscount Sabian outside their own country He heard that the archers that Trike commanded moved in chariots If they were to pursue Milton and histo ambush them and use their chariots’ mobility to quickly retreat If that’s how the eneht now
“dafried had to accept the result Thankfully, he was always quick to accept results and change plans and arrangefried commanded his army with a new approach
“Completely annihilate the enemies left behind in the blockade We will increase our military accomplishment as much as possible!”
“Yes, Sir!”
He hadfish he wanted If he wanted to even out the cost in preparing for this particular operation, then he had to kill as many enemy soldiers as possible and increase his le one of theet past the blockade’
The battle wasn’t over yet Since he was now on the battlefield, Siegfried had no intention of letting theed to escape
Defeat You can win or lose a battle But this was the first time Milton experienced a defeat this badly
“How many do we have left?”
“15,000 sir”
Jerome reported
Milton closed his eyes at the number
‘So the ones who couldn’t escape the blockade got wiped out?’
“daht about it, the more it hurt How could he have fallen for the enemy’s trick like this? No, the problefried was involved in that battle
Milton had unknowingly gotten careless as he won consecutive victories and this was the price he paid for such oversight He would only know the final nulers, but the estimated number of troops he lost in this battle was between 20,000 to 30,000 This was a painful loss for Milton
“Are you alright, Marquis Forrest?”
Princess Violet spoke up with a worried look frohness But more than that, thank you for your assistance I survived thanks to your reinforceratitude Princess Violet had been left behind because her personality didn’t fit the nature of the operation, but in the end, that ultirace Milton had been able to save more troops because she had quickly knocked down the blockade fro I’ve only done what I should as an ally”
When she was not fighting, Princess Violet was calet the debt I owe you froht after thanking her once again
‘We lost badly’
How much effort had he put in to raise such an elite force? All the elite troops that Milton had brought as reinforce and efforts over the past two year
It was a heavy loss Looking beyond the loss of power, each er return to their fa as they were at war, this was the inevitable reality He had fought on countless battlefields and intellectually understood this reality But
“XX…”
This was the first time he fully understood it emotionally With his first defeat, Milton felt the heavy sense of responsibility that weighed his shoulders But there was so of defeat even more than Milton
“My Lord, Viscount Sabian and Trike led troops to join us”
Trike and his archers returned They had been waiting to afried if he pursued Milton and his men With them came Viscount Sabian As soon as he rejoined the ar to the side and immediately appeared in front of Milton
Then…
Thud
“I’otten off his horse only to immediately kneel in front of Milton with his forehead pressed into the ground
“……”
Milton looked down at Viscount Sabian with bitter eyes It wasn’t that Viscount Sabian was blameless Milton had told hifried, but Sabian had ulti hihed deeply