Just as Kino had expected, Silapi, hidden in a forest more than two thousand meters outside the harbor, immediately mobilized his troops after seeing the signal flare rise in the distance. The cavalrymen in blood-red battle robes rode out of the forest into the open and immediately accelerated into a charge. Terra's remaining soldiers followed close behind.
Hearing the dense thunder of hooves, Kino saw the dust raised by the charging cavalry in the distance and the crimson riders within it. He immediately gave the order for the Valantis heavy cavalry to turn their horses and charge to meet them.
The deafening hoofbeats continued without end as the two cavalry forces drew closer and closer. The soldiers in the first ranks of both armies were almost certainly doomed, yet none of them wavered. Though death lay before them, their hands gripping their lances remained steady.
They lowered their bodies and tightened their grip on their lances. The enemy arrived as if by agreement. The instant the two armies crossed paths, horses collided, lances pierced enemy chests, and then snapped under the force of impact.
Men and horses tumbled together. Soldiers lucky enough to survive had their legs crushed beneath dead warhorses, only to have their skulls smashed by the hooves charging in behind them. Throwing away their broken spear shafts and drawing curved longswords, the two cavalry forces charged back and forth in turns.
Warhammers struck chests, breastplates shattered, and blood sprayed from mouths. Corpses flew backward, only to be held in place by legs strapped to their horses, then slumped limply over the saddles. Their riderless mounts continued charging until they were tripped by a corpse.
Terra's infantry arrived soon after, but they were blocked by the Allied Forces' prepared reserves. The battle within the harbor gradually reached a