Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 359

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Anyway, we won.

It’s said that nothing is more important than the main force battle between Jin and Jin, but an equally important battle was taking place in the nearby plains.

It was the battle of the cavalry, which had the power to disrupt and paralyze the enemy’s flanks and rear.

Defeat here would mean never being able to return to the battlefield. The opponent would reorganize their lines and mercilessly ravage the exposed flanks and rear of the formation.

Because the outcome of this battle often dealt a decisive blow in subsequent battles between the main forces, Ludwig gritted his teeth and was determined to win this battle.

‘I must prove my worth to Father, and to that hotshot!’

It was his father, Marquis Volko, who had been saying he was getting old lately.

It seemed that he thought he could put down some of his burdens now that a great junior named Sion Clausen had appeared, and he seemed to have relieved some of the burden on his mind.

If so, his successor, himself, should grow even more so that his father would not worry about the family, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not surpass Sion, who was recognized by his father.

‘At first, I wondered what the hell was up with that guy.

But now it doesn’t matter.

It doesn’t matter if that guy is above me!

If Sion has become a hero of Hispania, then I just need to become a proud knight of Hispania.

I can’t fall behind. Aren’t you ashamed, Ludwig!’

In the past, he had tormented and despised Sion a lot.

No matter how much Marquis Volko warned him, it was only for the moment, and he continued to repeat foolish things with the childishness of a young boy.

He had no idea that the seemingly immature and foolish boy was actually a giant crouching down, waiting for him to step forward, with his eyes gleaming!

‘I’m ashamed!

My immature past, the stupid me who couldn’t even properly grasp the opponent!

To think I had eyes like that, to think I lived with a head like that!

I’m ashamed to Father, ashamed to Mother, ashamed to my retainers, and ashamed to my family!

And, and!’

He was utterly ashamed of himself, who dreamed of becoming a knight who would lead the future of the kingdom!

Ludwig shouted that and thrust his spear forward again with force.

But the knights of the Holy Prussen were formidable enemies.

Instead of simply blocking Ludwig’s attack, they tried to knock Ludwig off his horse by striking the spear shaft. At that moment, Ludwig immediately abandoned his spear without hesitation and drew his sword.

Then, he succeeded in stabbing the opponent’s knight in the shoulder, taking advantage of an opening, and succeeded in knocking the opponent off his horse by colliding with him, causing him to lose his balance.

Of course, just because a knight or cavalryman falls off his horse does not mean that he can no longer fight.

Although the plate armor is solid, it is not excessively heavy, and even if you fall off your horse, you will never be unable to move your body.

So, a knight who has fallen off his horse is just an enemy who continues to resist and fight unless he is completely subdued or killed.

“Haa!”

Ludwig spurred his horse and mercilessly trampled the fallen enemy knight.

Mercy for the enemy is only shown to those who have surrendered, and before that, a knight’s honor is not about saving the enemy, but about killing even one more opponent in the war to save his allies. Ludwig had newly learned this from Sion.

Hehehehe!―Clang!

Clang!

Thud!

Thud, thud!

Cavalrymen do not only use spears or swords.

Weapons that focus on striking, such as axes or maces, were also frequently used, and sometimes they pushed the opponent off their horses with shields instead of blades.

The power of those on horseback comes from their momentum, but that only applies when the opponent is infantry. When facing the same knights and cavalrymen as now, it was not about speed, but about individual ability, the skill to divide moments, and the momentum to overwhelm the opponent.

“Waaaaaa!”

“Drive out the enemies! Push them!”

Time passed and a desperate bloody battle continued, but it was not easy to determine the outcome.

The Hispania are those who have been trained by fighting against Nudia and the warriors of the north, and the Holy Prussen are also those who have been training and training, waiting for this day, and have fought against the demons.

The skill and training intensity are similar, and in addition to that, both have a strong will that does not break, so it was impossible for one side to be pushed back.

“Young Master Ludwig!”

“We must pierce through the enemy! Show them that you are trying to turn the cavalry and strike the flanks, and when they move, use the Knights to split them in half!”

“Yes, I understand!”

Their battle takes place relatively far from the main force.

Therefore, they cannot receive support easily, and they must repel the enemies with their own strength and return to the battlefield to strike the flanks of the enemy’s main force first.

Conversely, if they are repelled, the enemies will drive their horses straight and strike the rear or flanks of the allied forces, which is why they are fighting a bloody battle without ever backing down.

“Charge!”

“Break through, break through!”

If you break a huge chunk of ice, the melting speed becomes twice as fast, or even faster.

Aiming for that point, Ludwig led the knights who had the leeway and directly broke through the enemy’s formation.

Since it is already a chaotic battlefield, they cannot gain much speed, and the enemies will have checked this side’s movements, so they will have entered preparations.

But there was no other special way other than this number now.

The Hispania army only has the Hispania army itself, while there was intelligence that troops from the south were moving north in the Holy Prussen army.

If they arrive on the battlefield at just the right time, and send even just the knights and cavalry first to attack the Hispania Second Army, the formation could collapse and be annihilated.

“Tear them apart! Separate them and prevent them from rejoining!”

“Don’t back down! We, the Holy Prussen, will not be defeated by dirty heretics!”

“You ugly bastards! Let’s show those who call themselves light what true justice is!”

A melee of those who believe in themselves as light and good and fight.

It was a battlefield where neither side would ever back down, and the determination to repel the opponent and return to the battlefield was burning.

While fighting like that for a while, Ludwig suddenly noticed a slight agitation on the enemy’s side and his eyes lit up.

How much power does even one of those minor reactions bring in such a battlefield, and why are they showing such a flustered appearance?

“The enemies are acting strange. Now is the time! Push the enemies! Make them leave here!”“Waaaaaa!”

Ludwig, leading the warriors of Hispania, rushed in.

Soon he was able to understand why the knights and cavalry of the Holy Prussen, who had been fighting so well until now, were flustered and floundering.

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“The front line of the left formation is about to collapse!”

“Tell them to rebuild the formation behind with the reserves that were just投入 [thrown] in and hold on.

If the left formation collapses when the right is pushing back the enemies, the center won’t be able to hold on either. Tell them to hold on no matter what!”

I’m sorry to the soldiers who are fighting like crazy and the field commanders, but hold on, just hold on.

There is no other way.

Sion bit his lip slightly as he looked at the battle situation.

His heart was to just throw in Lilith, but she is currently moving with her own kind to poke at the back door of the Holy Prussen.

Fortunately, Ekaterina was performing a massacre against the 천족 [Cheonjok, a race of celestial beings].

I’ll correct it; it was about to be seen here that a cruel massacre was taking place.

‘That crazy woman.

I told you not to turn your eyes, but what if only your eyes don’t turn and you do the same thing!

I’m going to be sick. Even if she’s branded as a demon for doing that, she has nothing to say, 시펄 [a Korean curse word, similar to ‘shit’]!’

It was fortunate that the soldiers of each country were not paying any attention to the fight between Ekaterina and the 천족 because the battlefield was so fierce, but if it had been between the two armies, everyone would have believed that a demon who eats 천족 had appeared.

‘···No.

Would it be better to watch it instead?

If they see the descendants of that great light being 탈탈털리 [completely defeated], the Holy Prussen bastards might sense that they’re screwed and their morale might drop a bit.’

But if that’s the case, something flashy is needed rather than a cruel atmosphere.

It’s much better to confuse people with things like 쾅 [sound of an explosion] here! 쾅 there! 번쩍 [flash]! than to do a blood fountain show and tear off limbs.

“Rishi.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Ludwig is too late.

Take the reserve cavalry and go once.”

“Then there won’t be a single cavalryman guarding Master!

If even I leave···.”

“If Ludwig is being pushed back, it’s a bigger problem.

At least Ekaterina is cleaning up the 천족, so we’ll avoid annihilation, but if the enemy cavalry rushes in, it’ll be a disaster.”

I wish the fanatics of the Holy Prussen would watch the scene of the 천족 being massacred, but unfortunately, they are faithful to their duty of fighting, so they cannot see that scene.

Unless a thunderbolt falls from the clear sky and concentrates the attention of the two armies fighting like crazy···.

콰콰콰콰쾅 [rumbling sound]!

콰쾅 [explosion sound]!

파지지직 [crackling sound]!

In the clear sky of the late afternoon, a blue lightning suddenly strikes and the sound of thunder fills the world.

Even those thunderbolts were falling not far from where the two armies were fighting, right where Ekaterina was, spewing out eerie flashes.

Thanks to that, the soldiers of each country who had some leeway to look around from behind, even those who were in the middle of the battle, started to make a fuss asking what was going on after seeing the scene.

파앗 [whoosh]!―

At that moment, someone with pure white wings spread out from the blue flash and soared into the sky.

The moment they saw the scene that could be said to be the very flapping of an angel’s wings, the people of the Holy Prussen shouted in unison and praised the descendants of light.

We were not wrong, the light is with us, so we can overcome any ordeal and push back any ugly enemies and win···.

푸확 [splatter]!

Those pure white wings, shining cleanly without a single blemish, flutter helplessly in the air, scattering red blood as they were attached to the bodies of the descendants of light.

The soldiers of the Holy Prussen, who were shouting while looking at the sky, froze, and in the meantime, another wing was torn off whole and scattered to the earth with white feathers and red blood droplets.

‘···That crazy lizard.

I told you to do it moderately.’

Perhaps she didn’t like the pigeon dismantling show without spectators, so Ekaterina personally attracted attention and soared into the sky with the 천족 and personally dismantled a pigeon there.

She seemed to have noticed Sion’s inner thoughts and made some lightning 쾅쾅 on her own, a kind of eye-catching 演出 [performance], but in the end, she couldn’t abandon her blood-loving nature.

After plucking two wings from the pigeon and landing lightly on the ground with the remaining body, Ekaterina shook the 천족, who was held in her hand as if playing with a toy, and then threw the 천족 roughly on the floor.

“···.”

“···.”

“Wh, what···.”

The descendants of light, who had been flapping their pure white wings that no race could dare to imitate until just now and charging towards the enemies, were now all rolling on the ground with their wings torn off.

And the woman who defeated the descendants of light was fiddling with the 천족’s sword that was in her hand, and then snapped it in half as if breaking a wooden chopstick!

“···.”

“···.”

Please don’t run at me with strange nonsense, saying that it’s the reincarnation of the devil, that I have to punish evil, and so on.

Just be flustered and lose some momentum.

Sion muttered inwardly and hoped that the Holy Prussen side would back down.

It was about time for the enemy reinforcements to come, and since the news of this side’s attack had been conveyed, the 천족, who had been catching the demons and returning, might be speeding up and rushing in.

If the victory or defeat of the battle is not decided here and continues to be sluggish, Hispania could be in more danger now, so it was the moment when Sion was worried about whether to think about a retreat order.

“···Uwaaaaa!”

“Push them! Push them!”

“It was all a lie.

Look! The 천족, who no race in the world can 함부로 [carelessly treat], have lost their wings and are 처박혀 [lying face down] on the floor, begging to be saved!”

“Liars! Disgusting liars!”

For reference, it was true that they were 처박혀 on the floor, but there was no scene of them begging to be saved.

It was just that some of the Hispania commanders and soldiers shouted that.

But those words spread rapidly and the thought that the 천족 were actually nothing special, just guys who carried around wings and 까불다가 [showed off], and if those wings were all torn off, they would beg like dogs, began to spread.

“1 step forward!”

“1 step forward!”

The center, which had been focusing on holding out while waiting for the breakthrough on the right, slowly pushes the center of the Holy Prussen in line with the shouts.

When that huge wave 쾅 [bang]! and collided, the central formation of the Holy Prussen shook for a moment and small cracks appeared here and there.

“Master!

There!”

Rishi, who was about to move towards Ludwig, calls Sion.

Sion turned his head and was able to confirm Ludwig and his cavalry and knights, who were fiercely chasing the enemy’s knights and cavalry and returning to the battlefield at the same time.

‘That’s right!

Ludwig, you’re finally earning your keep!

If you’re a knight who claims to lead the future of the kingdom, you have to do that much!

Fuck them!

Fuck them all!

Fuck them all!’

While shouting 가즈아아 [let’s go]! in his heart and his shoulders were 절로 들썩 [naturally shaking], Sion had to face another tsunami of emotion coming in addition.

Behind Ludwig, a group of knights who looked a bit strange to be called Hispania knights, a group of knights with a somehow familiar appearance, were following them.

At first, I thought that the enemy reinforcements had already arrived, but that was not the case.

If they were enemies, the ones running away should have been the Hispania, not the Holy Prussen cavalry!

“Master.

It’s the Nudia Knights.

That flag is definitely···.”

“Vice Commander!

Reporting!

Nudia reinforcements are approaching from the rear!

They have sent a messenger saying that they will move as is and aim for the flanks of the Holy Prussen!”

It seemed that they had come to their senses earlier than Sion had expected.

Although they had to defend the line and the battle had not ended long ago, so the number was barely a thousand, the news that the Nudia army was coming was enough for Sion.

As I said, the battle cannot go against the flow and proceeds accordingly.

The tense atmosphere can be solidified into an irreversible victory with that one flow, and sometimes it can face a refreshing headwind that reverses a battle that seemed impossible to win.

And in the current situation, that flow has 넘어왔다 [come over] to the Hispania side.

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