When Victory Arrives

At this point, the battle could basically be summed up in four words: the outcome was decided.

Even if Adil led the elite Qasari Guard in a charge, at most they could hold back Jeanne's personally led heavy cavalry company. It would do nothing to change the overall situation, unless they could crush elite forces like the Iron Pagoda cavalry, armored horse archers, and the Kheshig Army as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, then charge into the Crusaders' flank without suffering a scratch.

But that was impossible.

In terms of individual combat strength, every elite soldier under Lothar's direct command, having undergone system class changes and received all sorts of enhancements, was far stronger than the Qasari Guard. Even if Adil had them each down a bottle of potion, it would only bring their strength roughly even.

And if Lothar noticed that happening, he would immediately have Fringilla cast a group Bloodfall on everyone. There was no way he would let his own men suffer a disadvantage.

Lothar was not at all surprised by this outcome.

The Crusaders' individual combat strength had always surpassed that of the Saracens. If not for poor command, the historical Battle of Hattin might not necessarily have ended in the Crusaders' defeat.

If the Crusaders had truly been so weak and useless, the Saracens would not have treated Saladin, who had traded victories and defeats with the Crusaders, as the "Savior" who would recover the Holy Land.

Moreover, the Armored Lances held by Jeanne, Lothar, and Hans each granted aura buffs to the soldiers under their command. Coupled with the gap in morale between the two sides, the Saracens' slight numerical advantage meant nothing at all.

Only after engaging the enemy did Adil realize that his original thought of crushing the Crusaders' main force,