"My knights, charge with !"
Lin Ke squeezed out a trace of professional energy, using it to cast an amplifying spell, then led the People’s Knight Order in a final round of charge.
Within just a few minutes, there were almost no living creatures left under Gula’s hooves.
Lin Ke took off his bloodstained helt and casually inserted the iron sword into the scabbard on the cow’s back, looking around.
All he saw were corpses.
And almost all were animal corpses.
Innards, intestines, flesh, filth mixed together, emitting a pungent and unpleasant odor.
If it were three months ago, he would probably faint from the sll.
But now...
Lin Ke gently inhaled the rust-scented air, then shouted again, "We have won! We have defeated the first wave of attack from the Great Swamp!"
"Hooray!" Lolita was the first to cheer, releasing two large hamrs from her hands, which smashed into the nearby pit of flesh, causing blood to splatter.
The splattered blood landed on Knicks, covering him in red spots.
Annoyed, Knicks shook his fur but couldn’t get rid of it, almost turning into a blood rabbit.
So he simply decided to climb onto the cow’s back, not wanting to move at all.
He was exhausted to death just now, and all his internal energy had been drained.
It’s worth ntioning that his herbal healing had probably saved over a dozen people earlier.
anwhile, Lamiel still maintained his graceful and romantic deanor, calling out, "Azanen’s glory!"
The sound invigorated everyone.
Lin Ke’s hands were originally too sore to move, yet now he couldn’t wait to jump off the cow and charge in circles again.
But he was completely out of professional energy, and the three large saplings in his Soul Space were also withered and drained.
"Stop howling!" Lin Ke imdiately interrupted Lamiel, "If you drain any further, there will be bleeding!"
"As you command, my commander." Lamiel responded cheerfully, without a speck of blood on his face, as he had deliberately kept clean during the charge.
It’s really about the level difference! Lin Ke felt a bit jealous.
Lamiel, a distinguished level-ten [Minstrel], probably had very little depletion in the charge.
Both Lolita and Butler Billy seed quite relaxed too.
Whereas John, Sophie, and Knicks were almost collapsing from exhaustion.
The other mbers of the knight order were even more visibly swaying on their feet.
But, victory is theirs in the end...
Lin Ke let out a faint exhale, then shouted, "Clean the battlefield! Head back!"
There were still so wounded soldiers and beasts alive on the field wailing.
Cleaning the battlefield now wasn’t about collecting spoils; after all, these beasts weren’t Magical Beasts and had little useful material.
Even if there were so fur and fangs, they were mixed with flesh and blood, with no ti to gather them.
Being close to the Great Swamp still posed a great danger.
So those who still had strength, the sword and shield bearers and the spearn, rushed to rescue the wounded.
The rescue thods might not have been particularly scientific, but they were trained in post-battle procedures, knowing what to do.
However, so people couldn’t be saved.
"He Weijun, He Weijun!"
A man knelt in front of another, collapsing onto the man’s chest and weeping.
The crowd was drawn to his cries.
"Qing Cha, return to the team!" The Spear Team Captain coldly shouted, frowning as he noticed.
The troops Lin Ke commanded weren’t as lax as those of other nobles, so of whom had no private army, only rcenaries.
The troops Lin Ke commanded were disciplined to an extre degree.
Lingering on the battlefield after Lin Ke had ordered cleanup was a breach of military discipline.
The Spear Team Captain feared Lin Ke’s reprimand, and it was to protect Qing Cha that he scolded him.
But Lin Ke wasn’t thinking much of it at the mont.
He quickly urged Gula onward, then leapt down, tossing aside his helt and hurried over.
"Knicks! Co quickly!" Lin Ke knelt down, looking at the man lying on the ground.
This man nad He Weijun had been with the castle for a long ti, his skin dark, a farr from a family in Azanen Village.
Now, He Weijun lay dying on the ground, with a large gaping hole in his stomach, his liver seemingly ripped away by a beast.
Knicks, who was about to fall asleep from exhaustion, imdiately turned into a blur upon hearing Lin Ke, quickly preparing to use herbal healing.
But his trembling hands emitting a weak glow did not heal the person in front of them.
"Mr. Lin Ke, I... I can’t..." said Knicks, tears naturally flowing down his cheeks.
"It’s not your fault." Lin Ke frowned, patting Knicks’ shoulder, then stepped forward to grasp He Weijun’s hand, "You are my guard; please tell your final wish, and I will see it fulfilled."
Lin Ke looked at He Weijun’s nearly lifeless eyes.
He Weijun’s eyes were fixed on the sky, his mouth seed devoid of blood, lips pale, moving slightly as if saying sothing.
Disregarding how dirty it was, Lin Ke leaned in to listen.
"Qing... Qing... Qing Cha..." He Weijun appeared to be trying hard to say sothing.
Lin Ke signaled to the crying man with pear blossom eyes, Qing Cha, who moved closer.
At this mont, Lin Ke’s followers gathered around solemnly, even Lolita remained silent.
"I’m here, I’m here." Qing Cha sobbed, looking intensely saddened.
He Weijun’s eyes seed to flicker, his mouth muttering, "Young... Master..."
Suppressing a complex feeling, Lin Ke gently said, "He Weijun, please speak, I will fulfill your wish..."
"Help ... marry my sister..." He Weijun’s voice beca a bit clearer.
Marry his sister.
Lin Ke nodded, "Rest assured, I will. I vow by the God of Joy and Love to find her a good ho... Anything else?" His heart heavy.
He Weijun seed not to hear Lin Ke, mumbling to himself, "Qing Cha... I love you, Qing Cha... Oh those... those days..."
And with that, He Weijun’s voice faded away, silent.
I love you... Qing Cha?
Lin Ke suddenly froze, and his followers held their breath, making the atmosphere suddenly cold, while only Qing Cha’s sobbing continued.
However, only Lolita’s eyes sparkled fiercely, glancing excitedly between He Weijun and Qing Cha, her face glowing with "the thrill of discovery."
"Ahem, young master, Her Highness Rica and the noble masters are waiting atop Azanen Wall." Butler Billy stepped forward softly to say.
Following this, Lin Ke stood up, commanding the Spear Team Captain, "Summon all soldiers of Azanen, gather them, as I will announce a new decree tonight!"
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