When the Saintess Arrives, No King Exist-Chapter 605 - 572: Twilight Dawn (9k8, Four-in-One - , Watch the Decisive Battle in One Go)_2

With a heart full of helplessness and humiliation, Edmund ran towards the mound.

Standing beside Alfus's corpse, His Highness the Prince looked at the battlefield with deep melancholy.

With just over an hour until dusk, the sun still set in the west, and under the gentle sunlight, the Salvation Army loomed over the mound like a black iron mountain.

Between the mound and the lowland, riderless warhorses ran wildly, wounded soldiers bled and wailed, and the occasional twitch of a knight's corpse indicated the banner of the Golden Finch Family was casually thrown onto the ground.

This kind of battle was simply not one he could imagine winning.

At the mountain pass of the high platform ranges, at that time, Horn's banner only bore the symbol of the sun without the black and red colors. He was so close to that banner, were it not for that old knight, he would have caught this rat.

Later, he didn't hesitate to send the Count with an Imperial Knight Squad for pursuit, but they still allowed them to escape the Blackbone Marsh and reach Duke Kush's territory.

The battle at Joan of Arc Castle, the battle at Rapids City, three Imperial Knight Squads were exhausted.

As of now, holding four Imperial Knight Squads and two Elite Mercenary Corps in his hands, he still hovered under that sun banner, as if he could never touch that simple battle flag.

And today, he had given everything, exerted all his strength, yet he had to retreat again.

Should he continue to retreat? If so, then why did he drink that Dragon Potion?

"Wooo—woo—"

"What's the rush?" Already in a bad mood, hearing the urgent horn from the highlands, Prince Kongdai couldn't help but stand up and curse, "Didn't I order a retreat? Why still blowing?"

But as soon as he stood up, he felt something was awry, the scouts on the highland plain were spread out, it didn't look like they were preparing to retreat.

As if realizing something, Prince Kongdai suddenly jumped up, clambered up the sand dune with hands and feet, ignoring the arrows flying back and forth, he straightened his body and looked towards the plain.

The shrubbery shook as startled birds flew up in flocks.

On the road between fences and houses, the blue flag billowed like a cascading flood, slicing through the world, charging straight towards the riverbank.

These knights, though wearing colorful surcoats, each had a black cloth tied to their arms, and those who could, changed the crest on their helmets to black too. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

As many as thousands of knights or mounted infantry were charging this way, and the battle flag embroidered with the fleur-de-lis and obsidian was deeply familiar to the Prince—that was the banner of Grand Duke Hemashi Moliat.

"What? When did they arrive?" Ailard, having climbed up the sand dune as well, couldn't help but exclaim.

As the attendant officers and captains of the lancers climbed onto the mound, fear spread like a dark cloud over everyone's faces under the scorching sun.

The path that the flood of cavalry took was the same route that the Imperial Knight Squad used to exit.

Retreating along the riverbank meant continuous streams and mounds, a certain dead end, they could only take those few routes.

Their retreat path was cut off.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." A light-armored messenger knight supported his tilted helmet, "Lakunio recommends you take the remaining Imperial Knight Squads on the battlefield and immediately return to the highlands."

For a moment, the previously noisy sand dune fell silent, all the knights fixated their eyes on Prince Kongdai's face.

They all understood the implication—they had to flee.

"Haha..."

"Hahaha."

"Hahahahaha—"

Prince Kongdai suddenly burst out laughing, it could even be said he laughed crazily, he opened his mouth wide, revealing white teeth, holding his belly and laughing heartily.

Clearly, he was in a dead end, yet he laughed so joyously and freely.

"This is the choice given to me by the Saint Master, this is the choice given to me by the Saint Master! Oh Saint Master, haven't you already made the decision for me?"

Prince Kongdai now had two paths, the first was to follow Lakunio and retreat, turning into a war beast, perhaps winning a piece of territory after Leia's recovery.

He wanted to choose the second, to charge forward, cut down that sun banner, maybe they'll be flanked by Moliat, maybe they'll catch the fleeing soldiers, defeating Moliat who was also at the end of his strength.

Indeed, by Lakunio's strategy, the first was undoubtedly the most prudent choice, having given up on attacking the Salvation Army, then fall back.

Except, this was not Prince Kongdai's choice.

Learning in High Castle City, fighting by the Kush River, touring Leia Kingdom, suppressing all enemies of the royal family and the Pope.

He bore the title of Prince, yet he grew up always as a knight.

He finally remembered, scheming, weighing pros and cons, those were tasks for nobles.

He was just a knight, his only task was one thing, and that was—to charge! Charge forward relentlessly!

Prince Kongdai's eyes shone brightly: "Edmund, are you willing to be my vanguard?"

"Victory or death!" Edmund exclaimed, heavily pounding his breastplate.

"Brother Chanoa, grant me two more blessings."

Brother Chanoa initially wanted to discourage him but ultimately sighed and began preparing the ritual.

With a relaxed stride, Prince Kongdai mounted his horse, riding before all the knights: "Pass my order, gather all Imperial Knights! Be ready, as usual, charge with me!"

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Lowering the telescope, Horn turned to Armand beside him and said, "The likelihood of Prince Kongdai fleeing is high, our little surprise prepared for him hasn't been used."