Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 389: -137- The entire army is wiped out!_2

Chapter 389: -137- The entire army is wiped out!_2

After they had dispersed, the radiance emanating from them dimmed slightly, yet they still maintained an overwhelming stance.

Under this radiant boost, their speed far exceeded that of ordinary cavalry, turning into a one-sided massacre as they charged repeatedly.

Atop the hills, Charlotte was utterly stunned.

After seeing that the main cavalry force of the rebels exceeded her expectations, she had imagined her own cavalry might face a tough battle or that the infantry assaulting the castle might suffer heavy losses, but she never expected this outcome.

It was as if the vastly increased number of cavalry were merely meaningless figures stacked up—she had never imagined that the cavalry formation, mainly consisting of Tulip Domain’s standing cavalry, could unleash such terrifying power!

"Magic Energy Formation... this is the power of the Magic Energy Formation!"

"Divine Lord... the standing cavalry of the Tulip, they can form a Magic Energy Formation too!"

An exhilarated, astonished voice trembled as it came from beside her, belonging to Baron Angus who stood on the hill as well.

Charlotte turned around and saw that this battle-hardened commander was no less shocked than she was.

His eyes, wide with fear, seemed unprepared for the terrifying power unleashed by the combined force of the Tulip’s standing cavalry.

Magic Energy Formation?

Is this the Magic Energy Formation that Sebastian spoke of?

Charlotte couldn’t help but look towards the battlefield, towards the cavalry who, like high-level players entering a beginner’s village, made her feel as if her understanding of warfare in this world had been completely overturned in an instant:

"Magic Energy Formation... is it really so powerful?"

"No... Count, although a regular Magic Energy Formation is powerful, I fear it wouldn’t normally have such a terrifying effect..."

Baron Angus responded.

He couldn’t help but look again at the gruesome battlefield, and pontificated:

"I think, on one hand, it’s because we faced too few of the Legris Family’s Transcendents, and on the other, probably because many nobles and knights of our Castel joined the formation as well..."

"The power of the Magic Energy Formation naturally increases with the strength of those who join it. Since they are tier-entering men, they naturally further increased its might."

"But... just..."

"Just that their increase seems a bit too great?"

Charlotte continued.

Baron Angus awkwardly nodded:

"Yes, I have never commanded a Magic Energy Formation nor expected that upon the addition of tier-entering individuals, it could become so fearsomely powerful..."

The subsequent battle held no suspense.

Against the formidable Magic Energy Formation, the number of rebel cavalry became meaningless.

Fate left those rebel cavalry surrounded by the cavalry formation with only two choices—

Either be crushed under the relentless pursuit of the cavalry formation,

Or choose to surrender.

With both speed and power utterly suppressed, escape had become a delusion.

Apart from some cavalry who were distant enough and lucky enough to flee, most rebel cavalry had no chance to escape.

And as the last of the rebel nobles who charged at the front was engulfed by the cavalry formation, the remaining rebel forces completely lost their will to fight.

The surrounded rebel cavalry, one after another, laid down their weapons and ceased resistance, while even the conscripted soldiers in the camp, clearly used by the rebels as bait, chose to surrender amid the deafening cries of "Drop your weapons, and your lives will be spared" from the Castel Alliance Army...

From the cavalry formation’s charge to the complete defeat and surrender of the rebels, it all happened within just over twenty minutes.

Those hidden infantry from the Tulip Domain’s standing army within the allied forces hadn’t even had the chance to engage.

The glow of the Magic Energy Formation gradually faded, and the cavalry formation returned to normal.

Standing on the hill, Charlotte watched as, after the glow dissipated, numerous standing cavalries seemed to lose all their strength, falling from their horses, and even some of the horses collapsed.

However, the surrendering rebels had already been preliminarily controlled, so no significant chaos ensued.

Seeing this, Charlotte realized that the Magic Energy Formation must also come at a cost.

"Let’s go and check it out,"

she commanded Sebastian and Baron Angus.

...

The battle had ended, and the flag of Castel was planted at the campsite, where the surrendering rebels, disheartened, were guarded by soldiers.

As Charlotte rode by, she saw not strong warriors, but mostly ordinary people, terrified and bewildered.

Understandably, most of these rebels were conscripted soldiers; they were warriors when armed and farmers when not.

The rebel cavalry, the elite, had been worn down by the charge of the cavalry formations, and those that remained had been reduced to prisoners.

However, the Northern Territory Cavalry reacted quicker, and many had escaped, though... some were captured more often.

Charlotte approached the cavalry that had formed the Magic Energy Formation.

After the formation was disbanded, most of the cavalry, now exhausted, were sitting and resting.

The nobles who had participated in the charge appeared equally spent, but being mostly veteran Transcendents and some tier-entering men, they looked in better shape than the regular cavalry.

Charlotte soon met Count Gaston, the earl she had taken as a Blood Servant, who also appeared severely drained, pale-faced, but in much better condition than other nobles, as he was directing soldiers to tally the prisoners.

Upon seeing Charlotte, he paused and discreetly bowed,

"Count Castel,"

Charlotte nodded slightly and glanced over the exhausted standing knights,

"Are they... all right?"

"Merely overexerted," replied Gaston, "They’ll recover with some rest, but... they won’t be fit for battle for at least half a month. The Magic Energy inscriptions are also significantly damaged and need repairs and replenishment of Demon Crystals. To restore fighting strength... it will take approximately twenty days."

Count Gaston said.

Twenty days to recuperate from one battlefield encounter...

Charlotte nodded inwardly.

To exhibit such immense power certainly came with limitations, yet... even if rest was needed for twenty days after a single use, this Magic Energy Formation was monstrously effective.

Such formidable regular forces... she must also establish them!

Inevitably, after witnessing such an overwhelming cavalry charge, Charlotte couldn’t help but feel inspired.

"You’ve worked hard, please rest well. Leave the cleanup of the battlefield to the allied forces,"

Charlotte said.

...

The battle had concluded in less than half a day.

However, the cleanup of the battlefield took even longer than the fight itself.

By the evening of the next day, the allied forces had only just preliminarily calculated the results of the battle.

In this battle, the allied forces annihilated about six thousand rebels, among them two thousand conscripted soldiers and four thousand cavalry.

Additionally, about three thousand conscripted soldiers and nearly four thousand cavalry chose to surrender, including less than eight hundred cavalry from the Legris Family remaining after the charge, and over three thousand Northern Territory Cavalry.

About six thousand warhorses were captured, along with countless pieces of armor and equipment.

Furthermore, more than thirty nobles were captured, several of whom were tier-entering men, even including a noble from the Northern Territory Grand Duchy.

Approximately three thousand rebel forces, mainly Northern Territory Isaac Cavalry, managed to escape. As for the main forces convened by the Legris Family... one could say they were completely annihilated after the battle.

This outcome was close to what Charlotte had anticipated, even though the process was entirely different.

And the immense fighting strength displayed by the Regular Transcendents during this process completely overturned her understanding.

The Magic Energy Formation was truly akin to a bug-like existence, completely overpowering at the count level of warfare...

Charlotte finally understood why those powerful duchies and kingdoms were willing to spend huge amounts of money to maintain Regular Transcendents.