Karma looked on with shock as he saw the fleet of ships lined up with the coastline. The connons rained down as the men struggle to get out of the line of fire but fail as the water and wet sand made it impossible for the horses to get a stable footing. As Darzen looked helplessly at his men dying, the look on Lenin's face enraged him.
"Just because his petty tactics tricked us he thinks he has won this war. He may have forgotten war is won with men. I shall remind him of this"
As the tides went back and the ships had to return in deeper waters where the cannons were out of range, the second line of cavalry began to rush forward as Darzen wanted to end it before another high tide could come.
As he rushed, Lenin formed his army into an outward bulge.
As the Gramwis cavalry collides with the front of the army, absolute chaos began as the men stabbed, slashed and cut anything that moved but Lenin was calm.
Karma did not like this fact. He knew if he was this calm he must have something big planned he wanted to warn Darzen but it was too late as he was already in the middle of all this chaos. So the only option Karma was left with was to end the battle as soon as possible so he moved swiftly through the men. He unsheathed his black longsword 'Reaper's Gift'. Cutting through men making his way towards Lenin.
But as the battle continued Lenin's outwards bulge started to cave inwards. Darzen thought he was making progress and soon they will break through the frontlines. As the bulge caved in more Lenin blew another horn. Suddenly his cavalry came out of the flanks through the forests and got behind the Gramwis army.
Lenin had done it. A general's dream, total encirclement of the enemy force with a much smaller force. Unbeknownst to any of them this battle shall cement Lenin's legacy and his tactics in warfare into the history books as he used the enemy's superior numbers against them. And made full use of the environment with which the enemy was unfamiliar with.
Currently, as the Gramwis soldiers get completely surrounded getting attacked from every direction they try to escape but to no avail as their number was so huge that they actually suffocated themselves. There was nothing else they could do but get slaughtered by Lenin in the front and Adlaf in the rear.
But there is a gleamer of hope as Horis makes his entry on the battlefield looking from a distance,
Darzen on noticing him pleads for his help," Horis, HELP ME !! " But this hope also gets squished as they were not the only ones who asked for backup.
From on top of the mountain, Horis sees it as it turns out Bek had asked for reinforments from Kel Ester the lord of his House. And there He was Kel himself making his way through the ocean with a fleet large enough to even scare King Horis of House Frega himself.
"WHAT are you Waiting for?!!!!! Come help me" Darzen shouts in desperation
Upon thinking a little Horis makes his decision,
This battle was already too far gone. There was no point in trying to rescue them. They had already lost. With this he turns his back and leaves the battlefield, completely shattering the Gramwis's hope. As Darzen curses Horis, Karma in the middle as he was still fighting his way through the centre trying to reach Lenin thinks this was not very surprising as "once a betrayer is always a betrayer" was the only thing in his mind. He swears to take revenge on Horis in this lifetime or the next.
Seeing how his men were getting helplessly murdered he couldn't bear it any longer as he shouts on top of his lungs, "LENIN, OF HOUSE JOYERN, I APPLAUD YOUR PROWESS IN WAR AND NOW CHALLENGE YOU TO SINGLE COMBAT.
If I Win You Let My Men Go"
Though this was a move born out of desperation, Lenin still accepts his challenge which shocked his men. Afterall why would he risk fighting him even though they were winning.
As it turns out, what Lenin desired was a complete victory and he knew if he could defeat Karma this would absolutely crush the moral of his soldiers. Because as long as Karma was fighting he would keeping boosting the moral and spirit of his men. So to ensure a complete victory he would have to defeat Karma.