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Breakthrough

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The pitch-black darkness gradually thinned, and the surroundings became faintly bright.
The sunlight, slowly emerging, illuminated the hushed hill. Even though it should have been the morning light announcing a new day, it was dyed red like the setting sun at the end of the day. The blood, continuously flowing without end from the many soldiers lying collapsed on the hill, had become like a small river.

Tyr, who was also covered in wounds, pointed to that red hill.

“Look. All the ones who have fallen are enemy soldiers. Not a single one of our comrades is here.” (Tyr)

“Oooh!!!!” (Tyr’s Soldiers)

As the surroundings brightened and the soldiers realized that they had truly succeeded in breaking through the enemy encirclement, they raised a great cheer.

Now they could go home!

What had been merely a comforting wish while they were surrounded now gained a sense of reality, and the soldiers’ hopes swelled.

“Now, continue the march!” (Tyr)

Tyr and the others had broken through the encirclement.

They mowed down the enemy soldiers who swarmed as blockades and even defeated the incoming reinforcements. Although the vanguard led by Laika and the middle unit led by Randal suffered considerable losses, everyone fought together as one and literally carved a bloody path through the numerically superior enemy. Thus, they succeeded in escaping from the desperate encirclement.

Meanwhile, the Kali-Laplace Allied Army, which had completely encircled Tyr. The situation shifted dramatically from the easy victory mood of having overwhelming numbers surrounding them to the disastrous blunder of allowing Tyr and his forces, who were desperate for a breakthrough, to escape. That was due to the fact that Tyr had calmly grasped the enemy’s positioning.

King Rudolf, General Renoir, 2^nd Unit Jeanne, and 6^th Unit Sanya, the main forces, were positioned on the opposite side from Tyr’s escape direction. It was a blunder caused by the unfortunate overlap of various factors.

“Damn it! That bastard Tyr!” (Jeanne)

Jeanne, overcome with rage, struck her sword against the ground.

To think they had encircled Tyr, only to let him escape… there was no way she could report this to Casablanca. Jeanne’s fury left her subordinates trembling in fear.

“Jeanne-sama… the regular report to the royal palace…” (Jeanne’s Subordinate)

“Hii!” (Jeanne’s Subordinate)

The one who timidly opened his mouth was mercilessly struck.

“Regular report?! Like hell I can report such a massive screw-up! The report will be after I kill Tyr!” (Jeanne)

Jeanne’s irritation extended even to the Kali Kingdom, who had been fighting alongside them to corner Tyr. If the Kali forces had fought properly in the first place, there was no way Tyr would have escaped.

“Seriously. Leaving it to those weakling Kali soldiers was the mistake. Kali is nothing more than a paper-thin nation where mediocre fools gather under the charismatic king. From now on, we Laplace will act alone.” (Jeanne)

Jeanne was quick to make the cut.

In reality, there was an undeniable difference in skill between the Laplace soldiers, who had experienced numerous internal conflicts and wars, and the Kali soldiers, who had spent a long time in peace.

“Reform the unit!” (Jeanne)

Jeanne removed the exchange troops that had been dispatched from Kali and reorganized a high-level subjugation force consisting solely of Laplace soldiers.

As Jeanne was hurriedly assembling her unit, a messenger soldier rushed in with a report.

“Jeanne-sama! Sanya-sama is missing!” (Messenger Soldier)

“Sanya!?” (Jeanne)

Sanya had entered Kali ahead of the Laplace army, alongside King Rudolf, under Casablanca’s orders. This time, she was supposed to be leading a mixed unit of Laplace and Kali soldiers, handling part of the encirclement. There was no doubt about it. She must be chasing after the escaping Tyr on her own.

“That guy! I told him not to move until dawn since this is an unfamiliar land!” (Jeanne)

Jeanne stomped the ground in frustration.

Sanya was probably trying to monopolize the achievement of defeating Tyr. Killing him would undoubtedly be the greatest merit in this battle.

“The one who will kill Tyr is me!” (Jeanne)

She could not afford to waste time.

Jeanne hastily divided the partially assembled unit. There was no longer any sense of order, but since this was a pursuit rather than a large-scale battle, it would be fine.

“Everyone, full speed ahead! Pursue Tyr and Sanya!” (Jeanne)

Without even confirming whether her orders had been properly conveyed to her subordinates, Jeanne fiercely struck the flank of her horse.

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