Rumble!!!
The iron hooves of warhorses trampled the gray earth. Their primal, wild muscular power made even this lifeless land restless and violent. Billowing dust filled the sky, and within that hazy world, the Holy Kingdom Knights, blooming with snow-white holy radiance, charged forward like distant waves carrying the power to destroy everything.
Within the sacred light, blessings upon the Holy Kingdom Knights flashed one after another. They were already knights, and with the power of those blessings, they became even stronger.
By the time the warhorses could no longer stop freely, the Holy Kingdom Knights had charged close to the Imperial Legions. Looking at the Imperial forces waiting in tight formation ahead, Knight Damon's eyes held confusion. Yet in a situation like this, he could not simply wave his hand and make the Holy Kingdom Knights, galloping at full speed, halt.
What greeted them were naturally great pits in the ground filled with metal spikes. The moment the iron hooves of the foremost warhorses stepped into empty air, the Holy Knights visibly panicked at the sudden sensation of weightlessness. The sharp spikes rapidly approaching before their eyes pierced through their metal armor before they could react. Even the Divine Art protections on their bodies did little.
"War creations!"
A Holy Knight shouted. They bore Divine Art blessings and wore hard metal armor. How could ordinary metal tear through them so easily? There was only one answer: there was something wrong with those metal spikes.
The Empire had never lacked such war reserves, created specifically to deal with Extraordinary Legions.
Though their bodies were riddled with bloody holes, the Holy Kingdom Knights had not died. Their vitality was too powerful, and the priests' blessings upon them meant that even a pierced heart would not kill them immediately.
Moreover, they could