Black Knight From Blue Star

Chapter 82 I will lead the charge

 Three kilometers south of the royal city of Boris.

Inside the Silver Wing Knights' station, Hardy looked at the grieving Victor and said, "Now is not the time to be sad. The enemy is outside, and the Knights need your command."

 Hardy had already discovered when he came in that the morale of the Knights was astonishingly low.

This is not surprising either.

 Dora was assassinated, and I don’t know how many people saw his injured appearance.

 He is the de facto commander of the Knights.

 The life or death of the commander is unknown, so it’s no wonder that the morale of the army has not collapsed. They have no intention of escaping and are already very elite.

 As for the infantry regiment, there were even more casualties.

Every time the seriously injured soldiers placed in the center of the school grounds let out a low wail, the surrounding soldiers would feel a little confused.

 Morale continued to decline at a subtle rate.

Now we need to regroup the troops immediately. Victor was also injured, but it's not serious. If he wants to command, there will be no problem.

 But he looked at Hardy awkwardly, and then lowered his head.

Hady was full of doubts and couldn't help but ask: "Your Excellency Victor, why haven't you taken action yet? Now is the time to race against time."

 “I...I don’t know how to command cavalry.”

Hardy was stunned.

 Then he immediately reacted: "Wait, you don't know how to ride?"

The riding skill here does not refer to the skill of simply controlling a horse to run, but the ability to fight on horseback.

If it's another cavalry regiment, it doesn't matter if the general doesn't know how to ride a horse, as long as he can command and use tactics.

 But the Blade Knights cannot.

 The first-generation saint Jeanne will always charge forward in every battle.

It can be said that the Silver Wing Knights are a special knighthood established under the brilliance and bravery of the first generation Jeanne.

 The Lord will lead the Silver Knights to charge, which is also a tradition and ‘rule’.

 Its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, but the requirements for its commander are very high.

 Otherwise, what is the difference from ordinary knights?

 Dora’s ‘riding skills’ are not bad and she can take on the role of the head coach of the Blade Knights.

 But not Victor.

　Hardy combed his hair helplessly.

"Have you never considered that Mr. Dora will grow old?" Hardy looked at Victor, hating that iron is not as good as steel: "You are already in your thirties, so you have never considered inheriting the position of coach of the Blade Knights. The problem?"

 Hadi is a junior and a vassal of the Jeanna family. Logically speaking, he cannot question his elders like this.

But the men of Jeanna's family are inherently gentle, and to put it mildly, they are cowardly.

Not only was Victor not angry, but he felt that Hardy's doubts were reasonable, and he immediately fell into depression and loss.

"Our Jeanna family had no intention of re-establishing the Blade Knights." Victor lowered his head and said, "It was only after you came and at your suggestion that the Blade Knights were reorganized."

 So this is the reason why you don’t learn ‘riding’?

Hardy sighed helplessly.

He looked at Dora, who was still in a coma next to him, and knew that there was no hope for the old man for the time being.

Even if he can wake up in the next second, he cannot be allowed to wear armor and ride a horse while leading the Silver Wing Knights to charge and kill the enemy while being seriously injured.

That is so inhumane.

Hardy looked around. There were several captain-level people staying here. Although Hardy almost didn't know them, he thought they should all be important members or confidants of the Jeanne family.

"Since Viscount Victor does not have the courage to take over the position of coach, then the identity of the coach now falls on me." Hardy looked around and said: "Go and inform all the captains and corps commanders to go to the school field. I will A pre-war meeting was held in the name of the new Viscount Hardy of Carlo City."

 After saying that, Hardy walked out.

The captains in the tent looked at each other, and then went outside to pass news to each other.

Victor is not considered the legitimate heir, so his title is only Viscount, and Hardy is also a Viscount. In other words, if Grand Duke Dora does not wake up, the people with the highest status now are Hardy and Victor.

 He did have the power to call a pre-war conference.

Hardy took the first step and came to the lecture platform.

 He stood there and waited for a while, then saw a group of people wearing white armor and holding helmets on their heads approaching.

 The sound of armor sounded, and soon Hardy was in front of him.

This group of people looked at Hadi suspiciously.

They all also heard about the fact that the Jeanne family had a new viscount.

I thought he was some powerful big shot, but I didn't expect that he was actually a pretty young man.

Hardy did not waste any time talking to them: "Coach Dora was seriously injured and did not wake up, and Sir Victor is also unable to move. As the person with the highest title, I quickly assumed the position of coach, effective immediately."

Now the battle situation is extremely urgent. The enemy is still deploying simple anti-cavalry facilities while advancing slowly.

 Once the battle line is advanced to within fifty meters, the Silver Wing Knights have no hope of victory at all.

 “I object...ah!”

Hardy didn't even want to see clearly what the opponent's face looked like, and directly waved a magic ray to knock him away.

 Don’t give anyone a chance to object.

This man fell behind and rolled twice, but he quickly stood up unsteadily and was obviously not seriously injured.

 Everyone could see that Hariu did not kill him.

"Everyone in the Silver Wing Knights is wearing armor and gathering in front of the military camp." Hardy turned to look at the captain of the infantry regiment next to him. They were wearing gray armor and it was easy to tell them apart: "All the archers of the infantry regiment are going to the archery tower or "High up, when we go out, carry out fire strikes to help us create at least three minutes."

 Before the knights attack, they need time to arrange their formation.

 Several captains of the infantry regiment nodded repeatedly.

 Because the archers are usually lightly armed, almost all of the people who survived this time were archers.

 No one has been reduced.

 There are still one hundred and thirty persons.

  And it also carries enough arrows, so there is no problem at all for a fire coverage.

 The army needs strong decision-makers. With Hadi's brief but clean orders, the morale of these mid-level officers has subtly improved a lot.

“Then, all knight captains, go and gather your troops at once, and assemble before the camp.”

“Sir Hardy, who will lead the charge?”

 The Knights of Silver Wings need a "soul". On the battlefield, the direction in which this "soul" is located is the direction that the Knights will follow.

 “I will lead the charge.”

 The captains of the knights all showed doubts.

They admitted that Hardy seemed to be a man, at least much better than Victor.

 But the opponent has no armor, and the other does not have a sacred and heavily armored war horse... take the lead in the charge?

 Let's take the lead and die.

 As soon as the coach dies, the Silver Knights will be defeated immediately!

 Hardy jumped from the high platform and landed in the open space.

 Then raise your left hand upward.

Dark clouds suddenly rolled in, covering the sky and the earth, and the world became dark.

 Huge dark magic power spread out from his body, forming a huge black cocoon.

 A powerful sense of oppression surged out of the black cocoon, and the air seemed to vibrate.

Just a few seconds later, the black cocoon exploded and turned into dark mist. In the haze, two pairs of blood-red eyes were the first to appear.

 (End of this chapter)