Chapter 565: One Against Two
Having spoken, Howard slightly raised his head and addressed Kara, "Come then, today I shall seek justice for the people of my Oungria region, long tormented by your Osland Kingdom."
Kara and Khannis exchanged a glance and then launched a two-pronged attack, one from the left and the other from the right.
Howard lifted his knight’s great shield, successfully blocking the military saber swung by Kara.
The knights of Osland Kingdom seldom wielded lances, which resulted in their weaponry being of limited range.
Take, for instance, Kara’s current weapon, the Kilij—a type of cavalry saber with a broad blade but lacking in length.
When Kara’s saber struck Howard’s shield, Khannis, who was approaching from behind and to the left, had already been unseated from his horse by Howard’s lance.
This action was executed with such rapidity that even Khannis himself barely understood how he had been so swiftly dismounted.
He had roamed the military ranks for many years and had encountered various formidable opponents, but he couldn’t fathom how he had been overpowered so quickly in combat.
However, defeat was defeat, and there was no need for desperate struggle.
In the civilized cultures of the continent, nobility were afforded the right not to be killed outright upon defeat in battle.
In most instances, capture was the more likely outcome.