Book 3.5: Chapter 15
Castell tugged the reins on his horse, faced the general who had his sword drawn and was preparing to charge forth, and shouted: “General Kurt, her majesty has orders to retreat.”
Kurt turned around to look at Castell and thundered: “We won’t retreat! A soldier who lives is a disgrace! I will show these beasts our power! Bring the ladder over! I was once like you people. I’m a disgrace for having lived until now! I’ll show you how soldiers die!”
Kurt picked up a ladder and charged onto the battlefield. The corpses of the red-uniform army dyed the ground red. The flag on the elves’ star fortress was still standing. Their rain of arrows poured down into the red uniform army’s camp, and a sudden explosion threw the red uniform soldiers into the air. The cannons of humanity violently hit the star fortress. However, the hole they opened was immediately sealed.
The red army’s assault unit attacked the star fortress. However, the star fortress itself was difficult to attack, and the elves also used a miraculous liquid which was like water, yet would explode and could set them ablaze. Therefore, even if they were able to reach the star fortress, there was no way for them to climb up using ladders. The star fortress wasn’t high. Siege towers were useless while canons couldn’t blow it open. In the end, the red uniform army decided to attempt suicidal attacks by running up to the base of the star fortress and then throwing hand grenades into the fortress.
The problem was, they weren’t well-trained with hand grenades. Some of them couldn’t throw them, and ended up blowing up with the star fortress. And as aforementioned, every time a hole was created via an explosion, the elves poured that water of theirs on which would form a thick layer of ice.
“General Kurt, calm down! Her majesty didn’t order you to retreat in order to punish you. It’s just that we would suffer immeasurable losses if we kept this up while the elves are using a large amount of magic!”
Castell rushed up in front of Kurt, tugged the reins on his horse and shouted: “Her majesty doesn’t want to see her army suffer losses here. Obey orders, General Kurt. Let her majesty make the decisions for the next battle.”
Kurt paused for a moment and then angrily pushed the ladder over before ordering his men to give the order to retreat by sounding the drums. The vanguard of the red uniform army heard the signal, and while they all revealed looks of relief, they maintained order as they retreated.
“General Kurt, please retreat to the rear. Her majesty will arrive right away.”