"Let's wait here for Duke Francois' army to arrive!" Kaled walked over and greeted Laine. The Expedition Knight was exhausted after several days of fierce battle: "Everyone inside the castle is very tired, many are injured, and all need a rest."
Laine and others nodded in agreement. Laine and fifty Pegasus Knights had flown here non-stop for a day. Although they could still persevere, their mounts couldn't.
Duke Fulcard of Montfort looked back at his castle. Montfel Castle had held, the homeland could be rebuilt if destroyed, livestock could be raised again, possessing such a stronghold meant the undead would no longer shake his honor.
But when he turned his gaze to his soldiers, a pain pierced the Duke's heart like needles.
Previously, he ordered all male refugees aged fifteen to forty-five to fight, forcibly amassing over ten thousand troops.
