Just as in the war between the Empire and The Church, where the Kingdom of Carlos had been destroyed.
The violent frontal clash between two Legendary Knights had left Vera Fortress suffering the greatest damage.
The enormous castle was still quite new, only a little over a hundred years old. It could not withstand the impact of a legendary battle. Nor was it some extraordinary structure. Countless stones cracked amid the turmoil, and the crystal chandeliers swayed until, with a snap, one fell to the ground and shattered before Duchess Vera.
"Is there any way to stop them?"
The Duchess asked her Guardian Knight. The latter remained silent. There might have been quite a few legends in this world, but that did not mean the legendary rank had become any less formidable. Legends still utterly crushed extraordinary beings below their level.
Saint Realm experts could be killed by armies, but legends would never fall in obscurity.
"My lady, you should go somewhere safer."
"In my own castle, you're telling me it isn't safe enough?"
Duchess Vera asked in shock. The knight did not dare answer and could only lower his head.
This minor interruption did not affect the two Extraordinary Legions outside Vera Fortress. The Armored Bear Legion was eagerly itching for a fight, but unlike Borgeld, they retained a certain degree of reasoning.
Mainly because—Lord Ryan really would kill them for violating military discipline, or strip them of the right to go to war.
Commander Borgeld did not need to consider such things.
"Our numbers are too small."
The Holy Kingdom Knights opposite them numbered at least six or seven thousand. The remaining few thousand knights were most likely still searching this land for Cultists, but even six or seven thousand far exceeded the numbers of the Armored Bear