Rather, it was the pure moon, the slender stars, the spotless lily, and the silver flag snapping in the wind.
A deafening roar of cheers suddenly erupted across the battlefield.
The young man jolted violently and instinctively rubbed his eyes, finally realizing that he was not hallucinating. He had truly seen the flag that belonged solely to the Kolkovan Royal Family.
"Reinforcements!?"
Nemesis suddenly stood up as well. The female knight still had tears on her face, and she stared in astonishment in that direction. Behind the rebel army surrounding the fortress like an ocean, several blocks away, Star-Moon Lily Flags were being raised one after another.
But whose army was that?
The Royal Knight Order?
Or the White Lion Legion?
From what direction had they come to Mintai? How was that possible?
Nemesis's own mind was in chaos. For the first time, the usually calm female knight felt as if her thoughts were a tangled mess. She did not understand who had arrived here at this moment.
But the deafening cheers from the battlefield answered her question.
They were reinforcements from inside Mintai City—
Nemesis saw the Copper Dragon Leto charging at the very front, along with the veterans of the November War beside him. The flags they held high were not the battle standards of Tonigell or the Fir Territory.
They were the symbol of this kingdom.
The flag of the Kolkovan Royal Family.
In that instant, the female knight understood what they meant:
Today, here—
We have forgotten the barriers between us and forgotten that we serve different factions.
We will die only in fulfillment of our duty as soldiers of Eluin.
And all our faith will be entrusted to this flag.
From this day onward, this kingdom will be reborn from the ashes of the flames.