War Elephant Legion

To the people of this era, the war between the Gabella Empire and the Holy See was unprecedented. The armies they each sent out advanced like two surging rivers of iron. Wherever they passed, local lords, commoners, and slaves alike were cowed by the armies' might. The lords fawningly presented vast quantities of supplies to comfort the troops, while the commoners hid away and prayed day and night that the war would not affect them.

In the eyes of many observers, this war would determine who could dominate the fate of the continent in the foreseeable future. After all, compared with the other nations, the Gabella Empire and the Holy See were both terrifying giants. The former Aldo Kingdom had also once been among the great powers capable of influencing the continent's situation, but after suffering the Giles Rebellion and the orc invasion in succession, Aldo had declined in the eyes of many and withdrawn from the ranks of the foremost powers.

The two great armies finally clashed head-on on Ursula Plain.

By the time they could see each other's forces, it was already nearing dusk. The setting sun dyed Ursula Plain orange-red. A golden lion was emblazoned on the Gabella Empire's banners, facing the flame pattern symbolizing light on the Holy See's banners from afar. The knights' metal armor glimmered coldly in the twilight, while the rustling of rubbing mail rings rose and fell without end.

Before the Gabella army's formation, five thousand heavily armored knights rode out in orderly ranks. The knights in the front row angled their nearly four-meter-long Linden Wood lances toward the ground, with colorful flags embroidered with their family crests hanging from the ends of the shafts. These knights, born to the Empire's ancient noble families, adopted the classic wedge formation. Their War Horses