Failure

"They're retreating!"

The Orcish Cavalry couldn't break through the square formation and fled toward their lines in panic, while the Aldo Army erupted in earth-shaking cheers.

Many officers and soldiers who had retreated all the way here could hardly believe what they were seeing.

Just moments ago, they had fought the enemy on nothing but a surge of courage. Their minds, clenched tight by fear and tension, had been too occupied to think about anything else.

Only when the dust kicked up by the enemy's hooves grew more distant did they come to their senses, as if awakening from a dream.

Many could no longer restrain their excitement and began howling hysterically.

"Keep the soldiers in each formation under control. Maintain strict discipline. No one is to act without orders."

Schroeder immediately issued the order, lest these fools give the enemy an opportunity by doing something reckless.

"The Northerners held against the orcs' charge!"

The Royal Capital knights gathered around Catherine expressed their admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

They had seen it clearly. The Orcish Cavalry's main target had been the two Northerner squares in the center. Like a pack of wolves, the enemy had surrounded and savagely torn into them, their dense attacks at one point blocking the surrounding allies' view.

Yet the Northerners' square formations had stood like unyielding reefs, remaining upright through wave after wave of pounding assaults.

"Is the orc retreat real?"

Catherine's brows drew tightly together. She still remembered how, in Sunset Valley, the orcs had feigned defeat and lured the Kingdom Army's infantry into advancing recklessly, ultimately becoming the beginning of a series of defeats for the Kingdom Army.

When the Orcish Cavalry on the flank charged over, the Royal Capital knights briefly engaged them. Since the enemy had come only to