115 – Battle of Soelden Plains (5)
While Martin Mayer was going on a rampage, the Red Rose Mercenaries were very busy running away.
The sight of them running away with their tails curled looked a bit funny when seen from the side, but for the people involved, it was an urgent situation where they would be annihilated if they didn’t run away quickly.
Everyone had no choice but to do their best, throw away their pride and run away.
“f*ck, if you don’t want to die, run away! “Run away!”
“Retreat, retreat!”
“If those monsters catch up with you, it’s over!”
On the other hand, they were very embarrassed that they, a self-proclaimed top-notch mercenary unit, were running away like a weak puppy.
However, everyone in the Red Rose Mercenaries justified their actions with these thoughts.
‘We did what we could, but we had no choice but to lose. ‘Your reputation may fall to the ground, but if you live, you can rise again.’
On the other hand, the Black Brothers mercenaries chasing the Red Rose mercenaries increased their momentum and chased those who were running away.
“Catch those guys and kill them!”
In this chase and chase relationship, some unlucky or physically weak Red Rose mercenaries were caught up in their pursuit.
“f*ck, help me!”
The soldiers of the Black Brothers mercenaries had no intention of letting the person they captured like this live.
Those who caught up were immediately killed with their throats pierced.
“Die!”
“Ugh!”
Garbaldi, the leader of the Red Rose Mercenaries, shed tears, blaming himself for having caused such a disaster due to his own shortcomings.
I felt like crying loudly.
He had just turned 18, left his parents, who were desperately poor, and became a mercenary. He worked his way up little by little over the course of 30 years, and has now reached the position of a first-class mercenary.
Because of this one failure, he not only lost many people who believed in him and followed him…
‘Our mercenary corps’ reputation may not be at its lowest point, but it will be incomparably lower than before…’
When Garbaldi’s thoughts reached this point, he shouted in a loud voice filled with anger.
“What the f*ck!”
While he was running away like that, Garbaldi received news that was like a ray of light.
“Captain, the spirit of those chasing us from behind has suddenly died! “I’m alive now!”
Garbaldi stiffened for a moment upon hearing those words, and the mercenaries around him shouted hurray.
“f*ck, I lived!”
“I don’t know what’s going on, but the fact that they’re not chasing me means I’m alive… What on earth happened?”
“I don’t know, didn’t the cubs that were chasing me fall on one another and break their heads?”
Until just now, we were in a situation where we didn’t know when we would be captured and slaughtered, but suddenly a rope of salvation came down from the sky.
The Red Rose Mercenaries, who had a way to survive, even cried and hugged each other while shouting “Hurrah!”
“Captain Garbaldi! We lived! Now let’s quickly run back!”
Antonio suffered verbal humiliation while trying to break the spirits of Martin Mayer and the Whitebeard mercenaries.
As he ran away, he held on tightly to the gold cross around his neck and prayed to Deus.
“Deus, thank you for saving our mercenary unit.”
When Garbaldi saw that, he thought for a moment about turning his men back and attacking the enemy, but his brain soon gave him a realistic answer.
‘Right now, their pursuit may have stopped temporarily.’
“We have already lost many troops. So, according to custom, even if you retreat without permission from the commander of the Medici Republic, you will not violate orders or desert… Retreat like this…”
Garbaldi was about to give an order to go home and get some rest, when a messenger from the Whitebeard mercenaries hurriedly appeared in front of them.
“Where is the leader of the Red Rose Mercenaries?”
The soldiers of the Red Rose Mercenaries, including Garbaldi, did not understand why the White Beard Mercenaries had sent a messenger.
Until just now, these were people who were running away to escape from this battlefield as quickly as possible…
Suddenly, when he saw the messenger sent by the Whitebeard mercenaries to request something, he was unable to respond properly.
“Who are you?”
“This is Albert from the Whitebeard Mercenaries.”
The mercenaries of the Red Rose judged that the opponent must be a ‘former knight’ since he was quite tall and large, riding a sturdy horse, and wearing proper armor.
‘What on earth is the agenda, sending at least a senior mercenary as a messenger?’
Albert was guided straight to where Garbaldi was.
“Captain Dalton of the Whitebeard mercenaries saw that the Red Rose mercenaries were in danger, so he quickly turned his troops to support you and attacked the side of the Black Brothers mercenaries.”
When the mercenaries of the Red Rose Mercenaries heard those words, they shouted loudly.
“For some reason, f*ck. “I wondered what was going on because those bastards didn’t come after us when we were all dying.”
“Thank you so much for this.”
“If it weren’t for you, we would all be dead.”
There was no pretense whatsoever in the praise they gave.
This is because it is true that they were literally saved from the brink of annihilation.
“And now the enemy is distracted by our sharp attack aimed at an opening, and is being dealt a one-sided blow. So, I can guess that you have suffered a lot of damage, but how about joining forces to attack the Black Brothers mercenaries?”
Antonio looked genuinely embarrassed at those words.
If Martin saw it, he was so quick to change his attitude that he sarcastically asked, ‘Why does a guy who just swallowed that concept suddenly become nice?’
Because the person who came as a messenger was faithful to his role, the executives of the Red Rose Mercenaries did not specifically point out Antonio’s attitude because ‘they had a record of secretly putting him forward.’
“It’s a shame, but we lost close to 20% of our troops in this battle. So, it would be impossible to go into battle without at least reorganizing properly. “We are truly sorry to the Whitebeard mercenaries, but we cannot help you in this battle.”
Then Antonio bowed his head, scratching his head.
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“Furthermore, our mercenary unit has inflicted such great insults on the Whitebeard mercenary unit, but we are truly grateful that they have come to support us like this. Later, I will personally go to Centurion Martin and Captain Dalton to apologize.”
When the messenger was about to leave after hearing this answer, Garbaldi stopped the messenger with a loud voice.
“We will support the Whitebeard mercenaries.”
Hearing those words, the soldiers of the Red Rose Mercenaries gave me a look that meant ‘Are you crazy?’ And they sighed as if they were dumbfounded.
“Captain, have you finally gone crazy?”
“Don’t you know how many of our children have died?”
“It’s just not possible as it is.”
Garbaldi sighed at them and shook his head.
“They say the Whitebeard mercenaries are making propaganda right now. If we lend a hand there, won’t the black brothers go crazy and go wild? “Right now, we’re only using about half of our normal power, but wouldn’t it be helpful if we could at least help with that?”
Everyone reluctantly nodded their heads at those words.
“That’s right.”
“Besides, if we retreat like this, we will just become a group of defeated soldiers, but what if we join up with the Whitebeard mercenaries and defeat the black brothers? Uh! They become a mercenary unit that achieves victory after a fierce fight. “If we retreat like this, we will have to survive even more, but how are we going to handle our reputation and value that have fallen to the ground, you bastards?”
Antonio added to those words.
“There is no one in the Medici Republic army who does not know that we have insulted the Whitebeard mercenaries. But they came to support us. “If we ignore their request and retreat, what kind of label will be put on our mercenary unit?”
Although Antonio was very displeased with the Whitebeard mercenaries at first, he was a top-ranking mercenary leader and a swordsman who had reached the level of an expert.
He was a person with his own sense of self-esteem, pride, and the ability to make reasonable judgments about situations.
That is why he was inclined to the offer of the Whitebeard mercenaries who saved his life.
“Antonio is right. “We have to avenge our children too, damn it.”
Even Antonio, who had told the messenger that we could not go to help, changed his attitude and said that they would go again, and the atmosphere suddenly changed.
The messenger smiled at the sight and then spoke loudly.
“If you want to accept our offer, just shoot three fireballs into the sky.”
“I will do that.”
A few minutes after that conversation, the Red Rose Mercenary Wizards fired three fireballs into the sky.
And this signal was clearly visible to Martin Mayer.
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Meanwhile, I, Martin Mayer, am still continuing to cut down the idiots who are attacking her.
“Die, you bastards!”
If you kill one person, two or three more will follow, so the situation is not changing as quickly as expected…
If this continues, it looks like our mercenaries will be able to cut down the enemy captain again.
While I was concentrating on the battle, Karin behind me spoke in a loud voice.
“Three fireballs were fired from the Red Rose mercenaries! This is a signal to stop retreating and help our allies!”
With this, everything is ready.