"You are ...!"
Ahead of the iron cavalry, there was a man who had swept past Kediman soldiers and landed on the ground, he was Zeff.
"His orders. Help!"
The moment he saw this, Elheat gripped Kediman's sword even tighter as it pierced his chest.
As if to say that he would never let it go.
He prevented the sword blade from going any deeper than that.
The more he did so, the more Kediman poured all of his energy into completely piercing the sword and stopping Elheat from breathing.
It was in this situation that Zeff suddenly appeared and sliced off Kediman's wrist as soon as he landed!
"Kuaaahhh!"
Kediman, who had been distracted by Elheat, screamed as he grabbed his arm, whose wrist had been severed in the surprise attack.
–One on one, but that didn't mean anything to Zeff.
It wasn't a one-on-one fight, so why shouldn't he intervene?
Elheat said nothing either as his one on one foe already provided himself to be without honour when he attacked him from behind while he was engaged with the other General.
If Julius asked him to help, he would just help anyway, regardless of the means and methods.
Completing the order was more important to him than his life.
The Iron Cavalry that had arrived before him began to overrun Kediman's troops.
Kediman's troops were forced to fall back due to the frightening speed and strength of the iron cavalry.
Kediman's troops had a morale of 80 and a training level of 95, while the morale of the Iron Cavalry led by Zeff was 90, with a training level of 97.
In terms of morale and training level, they had no intention of losing to any unit, but Kediman's troops are infantry, so it's no surprise that they're being pushed around by the iron cavalry. Especially since like all Visigoth Soldiers they were swordsmen not a single spear to be seen meant to deal with cavalry, and Even more so since the Master General Kediman was injured by Zeff.
Kediman stumbled around shouting incoherant orders as he entered a state of shock due to the loss of his hand and blood spilling to the plains below.
Elheat pulled out the sword that Kediman's hand was dangling from.
The wound on his chest was bleeding, but it hadn't gone deep.
It was because he had used all his mana to stop it creating an internal barrier of sorts.
Then he stood up, holding the spear and sword in his hands.
"Guaaaaaah, you…..you!"
Kediman pounced on Zeff in a rage.
He didn't consider him a threat even with his severed wrist.
From the looks of him, he thought he was just a young man, so he was no match for him.
"Give me the sword!"
He took the ordinary sword he received from a soldier and attacked Zeff.
However, when his hand was cut off, his power level was already reduced.
It's not that there aren't people who can join the ranks of powerful warlords with one hand, but it's far from a possibility for Kediman who just had his dominant wrist cut off.
Zeff's sword sliced through Kediman's chest with divine speed, like a bolt of lightning.
In an instant, Kediman's body was sliced to pieces.
"Guha...!"
And with that, Kediman died with his eyes open.
Zeff continued to slash the soldiers around him with the same poker face as always.
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- - Visigoth Kingdom POV - -
Lucana didn't pay much attention to Zeff, who suddenly barged in, thinking that he was just a young man.
However, he changed his mind when he saw how fast he could draw his sword and how he handled it.
Neither Istin nor Lucana had expected Kediman to be killed by a single blow like that.
Istin immediately looked at Lucana's face.
Lucana understood what he meant and nodded.
"We're going to cover our forces now! Charge!"
For Lucana, Kediman had always been a thorn in his side.
So he had no sympathy for his death, but Kediman's troops were his comrades.
It was outrageous to abandon them like that.
Istin's troops rejoined them on the battlefield in front of the barrier, that was enough to change the situation again.
Kediman's troops numbered 50,000 and Istin's troops were also 50,000.
Compared to that, the Iron Cavalry numbered only 10,000.
But with Kediman dead, and the charge a success Kediman's army had already broken formation and was routing in all directions.
Some managing to come to their senses upon entering Istin's army formation, while other just ran for the hills
Up to 50,000 vs. 10,000, the Iron Cavalry had the advantage because of the difference in weapons, but even if they had the advantage and could deal with infantry well, they couldn't handle 100,000 enemies.
It was also the absolute advantage of numbers in a general flatland battle.
Right now, the commander of the Iron Cavalry was Zeff and he just took the lead to save Elheat.
The entire Iron Cavalry scattered and slashed at the Visigoth soldiers in the dark.
Because of this, Istin moved his own troops and chose a siege formation that surrounded the retreating path of the iron cavalry in a semicircle.
In other words, there was a barrier in front and Istin's troops in the back.
"Master General Istin will take command from here. Kediman's troops, obey his orders! Form up and get in the line of fire now!"
Kediman's soldiers, who had been thrown into confusion, began to cheer and regain their momentum.