Neo issued a series of orders:
First, all the Golden-Armored Dragon Turtles at the Magic Crystal Cannon positions began roaring, and all the cannon muzzles swung around, making a show of preparing to fire again, but the gunners were strictly forbidden from loading shells.
The purpose was merely to intimidate the enemy and cover the battle formation's withdrawal from the battlefield, not to fight a real battle.
Although the previous twelve volleys had amounted to setting off fireworks, that was Neo's philosophy: save where you should, spend where you should.
All six cavalry battalions spread out toward the flanks. Each numbered between five hundred and a thousand, and they assumed the posture of preparing to charge onto the battlefield.
The battle formation's rear ranks became its front ranks as it began withdrawing. The enemy's harassing attacks did not weaken during the retreat, but neither did they intensify.
The Whip of Order Legion had no intention of taking this place at the cost of enormous casualties, and the defenders did not actually have the courage to sacrifice everything merely to inflict sufficient losses on their opponents.
A tacit understanding formed on the battlefield just like that. After all, both sides firmly believed they had a brighter future.
Once the legion withdrew from the canyon's central region, quiet returned to the canyon.
The Eagle-Falcon Knights overhead began sending back observation reports one after another. A broad haze of dust had appeared across the canyon floor, indicating that the enemy had begun another round of alterations to the underground tunnels immediately after the fighting ended, rendering as many of the "lids" previously recorded by Order as possible obsolete.
Had Neo not discovered the fatal weakness in the enemy's powerful alliance, this probing feint could have been called a complete failure, increasing expenditure without