In that brief moment of stunned hesitation and thought—
"Boom—!!!"
"Boom—!!!"
Two more earth-shaking volleys rang out almost at once! White smoke surged and spread like raging waves! Lead bullets swept toward them like a violent storm!
Harald saw clearly as the dazzling silver helmets of the charging White Wolf Guard cavalry seemed to be scythed down by an invisible blade, whole swathes collapsing in unison! Their exquisite white armor shattered under the impact of the bullets. Before they could even cry out, riders and horses alike crashed heavily into the muddy pools of blood!
The entire cavalry formation was thrown into instant chaos by those three head-on volleys! Horses shrieked and reared in terror amid the dense rain of bullets. Some rose onto their hind legs and threw their riders off; others spun in place like headless flies, utterly losing their bearings. The charge that had surged forward like an unstoppable rainbow was strangled head-on by that devastating firepower!
Then, a roar of battle cries like mountains collapsing and seas raging rose from ahead! The Carnford infantry and Dragon Cavalry, who had long been standing ready, pounced like tigers released from their cages. Seizing the instant when the White Wolf Guard had been stunned by the volleys and lost their momentum, they charged in viciously! Sharp bayonets and the Dragon Cavalry's short muskets mercilessly harvested the lives of those riders who had lost their speed and fallen into chaos!
An even deadlier blow came from the flank! Several hundred Carnford cavalrymen, like ghosts emerging from the shadows, crashed in with a disciplined formation against the already scattered ranks of the White Wolf Guard. Like a red-hot dinner knife slicing through butter, they cut this once-arrogant elite force cleanly in two!
Under the triple assault of Carnford infantry, Dragon Cavalry,