Chapter 403: Victory!

Crash!

Hearing their captain's shout, the Wolf Knights hesitated not at all; the next moment, they urged their mounts and, with a whoosh, began fleeing backward.

"The Wolf Knights are retreating! Everyone, pursue them!" As the Wolf Knights fled, Lei Meng's command rang out again.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Just as Lei Meng's words fell, the third volley of ballistae was already loaded.

As the orcs fled, five arrows pursued them.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!

Instantly, five more cries of agony rang out; five more Wolf Knights were cut down while fleeing.

"Damn it!" The Wolf Knight captain's eyes bulged with rage, yet he could do nothing.

Fortunately, those human infantry could never catch up to them.

Thus, the remaining members of their group finally escaped to the heavens.

Of course, in just a few short minutes, fifty Wolf Knights were directly halved.

"This... this... did you see? The Wolf Knights ran! They ran! Haha!"

"I saw it, haha! The Wolf Knights ran, and the ones who defeated them were a minor noble squad just like us! Haha! They created a miracle!"

"Exactly! They truly created a miracle! Before this, I had never even heard of a single legion of soldiers capable of crushing a Wolf Knight assault on their own! Yet they did it. From now on, who dares say our minor noble squads cannot fight!"

"Exactly! Our minor noble squads have elites too! Though few, they are still elites!"

On the opposite bank of the river.

The moment the Wolf Knights fled, all the nobles grew excited.

Especially the minor nobles; in days past, they had always been overshadowed by the great nobles.

Yet precisely because their foundations were too thin, they could do nothing about it.

But at this moment, they witnessed a miracle: a squad belonging to the minor nobles had defeated the Wolf Knights, whom even the Northern Legion infantry feared.

This made them not only not jealous of the minor noble who had cultivated such elites, but instead proud of it.

Of course, while the minor nobles were excited and joyful, the great nobles were naturally happy too!

"Haha! The little brat from the Marquis Marquis Aosiding family actually spoke true! That squad did not fail; instead, they crushed the Wolf Knights!"

"Yes! This is too incredible! Infantry fighting Wolf Knights and driving them off without a single loss! Although the numerical gap between the two sides was huge, this is still a rare victory!"

At this moment, the assembled counts and marquises did not stint their praise.

For the smoother the battle, the more those nobles who had been conscripted would benefit.

"Gentlemen, since everyone is so pleased, I wish to ask: what other thoughts do you have regarding that squad?" At this moment, the Legion Commander suddenly posed a question.

"Thoughts on that cavalry squad?" The nobles paused, stunned.

At this, Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding pondered for a moment and spoke first: "Gentlemen, let me answer first! I am wondering: how did those minor nobles cultivate such an elite squad?"

"So am I! Such elites, yet they are not Title Knights; we truly cannot fathom how they achieved it!"

"Exactly! If they were Title Knights, there would be nothing remarkable; but since they are not Title Knights, that is what makes it most difficult!"

With Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding leading the way, the other great nobles also spoke up one after another, voicing their current thoughts.

"Duke Hernand, what about you?" The Legion Commander looked toward Grand Duke Hernand.

"My current thought is that, no matter what, we must meet the master of this squad later, especially the master of that spearman and the 'Windbreaker'!" Duke Hernand said with a smile.

"Duke Lieshi, what about you?"

A flash of sharp light passed through Duke Lieshi's eyes; immediately, he spoke with feigned calmness: "I am much the same as Duke Hernand; I too wish to meet those minor nobles!"

The Legion Commander barely perceptibly curled his lip; Duke Lieshi appeared somewhat perfunctory.

However, he did not mind; instead, he voiced his own thoughts: "Since all your excellencies have spoken, now it is my turn. My thought is: if possible, I truly wish to seize that squad and make them my subordinates!"

Upon hearing this, everyone paused, then burst into laughter. "Legion Commander, you truly dare to dream! That is far too greedy!"

"Yes, Legion Commander! Who wouldn't want that! However, this would violate the Kingdom's laws!"

"Haha! Gentlemen, I have already said it; I am merely thinking aloud! This does not violate the Empire's laws! Hahaha!"

With the Wolf Knights defeated, the great nobles' moods clearly improved.

For now, the scale of war had tilted completely toward the Kingdom's main army.

As long as no other mishaps occurred, victory in the war would belong to them!

And indeed, after the Wolf Knights withdrew, they headed straight for their rear camp without looking back.

And with the Wolf Knights' restraint removed, the thirty thousand auxiliary troops were no match for the eighty thousand serf soldiers.

"Everyone, attack the stone bridge!"

Lei Meng and the others did not delay; they directly began their assault on the stone bridge's head.

As for those auxiliary troops, they were simply not worth their attention.

"Great Leader, your subordinate is incompetent and failed to complete the task you assigned!"

In the rear, the Wolf Knight captain returned to the camp with a face full of shame.

"Is that squad truly that formidable? They defeated even you! I thought they were all infantry!"

"Great Leader, that human squad is very different from others. Their spears are extremely long, and they are highly trained."

"Furthermore, their swordsmen's strength can rival our orc warriors! They can withstand one-on-one clashes!"

"Again, human soldiers capable of one-on-one combat against our orc warriors?" The Great Leader's expression revealed solemnity.

Previously, Babic had described several times that those human soldiers possessed immense strength.

Who would have thought that, time and again, it was those human soldiers who had ruined his battle situation.

"Iron Claw, order the Wolf Warriors to withdraw first! Inform His Majesty the Beast King of the failure here. I will issue the retreat order immediately. This time... we have failed!"

The Wild Wolf Knight captain's face showed sorrow, but he held his breath and replied, "Yes, Great Leader!"

Immediately, the Wild Wolf Knights began moving northward.

Soon after, horn blasts echoed from behind them.

It was the orc retreat horn!

"Ha! We've won! We've won!"

"That's right, we've won—we've defeated the orcs! Ha! And the key to our victory this time was Baron Mil! Baron Mil is mighty!"

"Baron Mil is mighty! We've won!"

As the orcs broke and fled, the kingdom's army erupted in cheers.

At this moment, no one knew who started it, but someone began chanting "Mil is mighty!"

In an instant, the cries of "Baron Mil is mighty!" rang across the entire wasteland.

"Baron Mil? Did you help the human race win?" The Great Leader had already ridden his gray-horned rhinoceros away, but hearing the shouts behind him, he couldn't help turning back, etching the name "Baron Mil" deep into his mind.