The two Knight Orders worked in tandem, while more than ten thousand troops charged head-on, utterly crushing the Ilus Legion's force of over sixty thousand.
Across the hills, German Kingdom soldiers fled in every direction, even slashing at their comrades to improve their own chances of escape.
As Ilus's direct troops, they were taught every three days about the atrocities committed by the Army of Other Gods, making them rather flee than kneel and beg for surrender.
According to military rules and orders, surrendered prisoners could not be killed without authorization unless the lord issued an order to show no mercy.
The Fifteenth Army was tremendously excited by these stubborn holdouts. Their years of running training had finally proven useful on a frontal battlefield.
On the hill, Velin sat atop a Red Phosphorus Horse and watched the distant scene with complete calm.
This battle might result in rewards totaling over a million Gold Coins, but to him, that was merely a small sum.
Since January 1st, Radiant Calendar 9753, the Expeditionary War had lasted two years and five months. He had gained greatly during the war. The enemy's Gold Coins in the Demiplane alone numbered fifty million. Including Cultivation Resources, native-plane Magic Crystal-like items, various Transcendent ores, copper ingots, and silver ingots, the total came to 3.3 billion Gold Coins.
In addition, the Demon Soul Light Orbs and demon materials he had obtained through his grandfather were worth 16.5 billion Gold Coins. However, the stockpile was enormous, and since it was located on the Metagea Plane, it could not yet be converted into Transcendent resources.
"My lord, we failed to capture the enemy commander." Greg came before Velin, dropped to one knee, and reported.
"It does not matter. Our objective of routing the enemy has been achieved. As for their