Chapter 102: A King and his General (15)
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However, this didn’t mean that our entire frontline was doing as well as our position. I managed to have some fun with my death knights, but the other Demon Lords obviously don’t have death knights of their own. They were fully exposed to the imperial army’s assault from the knights. They tried to counter the knights with beast warriors and lizard warriors, but they’re considerably weaker than knights.
Bad news came from the slime transmitters. A section of our defense had been breached! General Zepar immediately concentrated the ogres at the breach, but more areas of the right wing began to collapse one by one like dominos.
The first line of defense that had been doing well until now began to buckle in on itself at a fast pace. The spearmen that had lost their positions were basically like an appetizing lunch for the knights. I can’t see it from my position, but I’m sure that a large number of orc spearmen are being cut down by aura-filled swords right now.
– Retreat back to the second line. All troops, retreat back to the second line of defense.
General Zepar made a quick decision. The orc spearmen matched their steps as they backed away. Matching each other’s pace and retreating one step at a time wasn’t an easy thing to do. A unit that consists of dozens of orcs has to synchronize, after all. In the end, we lost a large number of orcs during this process.
– Hurry! Is there a unit that has not managed to retreat yet? I repeat, if there is a unit that has not finished their retreat, then fall back as soon as possible.
Shortly after, the orcs from the first line of defense joined up with the orcs from the second line of defense. It took 5 minutes since the order to retreat for us to fall back about 20 meters. If you compare this to how we were being pushed back 5 meters per hour, this was incredibly fast.
“The orc bastards are running!”