I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree-Chapter 10 - One-On-One Combat

On the battlefield, how powerful are fully armored heavy cavalry?

In a past Imperial war, there was a classic case. At that time, thirty thousand rebel soldiers besieged an Imperial city. The city lord held out for three days, waiting for the Imperial army’s reinforcements.

The Imperial army’s fully armored heavy cavalry, with only five hundred deployed, easily routed the thirty thousand rebel soldiers who had no cavalry, relying on the exaggerated visual effect brought by their powerful charge.

And at this moment, although the beastmen had gathered a group of wolf riders, preparing to launch a counter-charge against the human side, they were facing the wrong people.

The Silver Dragon Knights could almost be said to be the strongest ground army on the continent. Even when fighting against powerful other races, they did not lose out in the slightest.

The hastily assembled wolf riders charging into the cavalry formations of the Silver Dragon Knights and the Black Army were simply crushed, like ants trying to shake a great tree.

On the battlefield, the howls of wolves and the wails of beastmen were endless.

But the charge of the cavalry did not stop.

If the cavalry’s charge only made Balu uneasy, then the human great banner waving a distance behind the cavalry completely chilled Balu’s heart.

In the end, he still lost to fate. His attack this time only captured a few border cities but made the beastmen pay a devastating price.

Even so, he still gathered the troops around him and launched a final attack towards the arriving human reinforcements.

At this moment, inside the city, everyone heard the war drums and shouts of killing from outside the city, and each one became invigorated.

The beastmen did not get onto the city walls, reinforcements have arrived!

Virgil led a squad of soldiers onto the city wall, saw the scene of battle outside the city, and was overjoyed.

It’s time to let the beastmen opposite also experience the feeling of despair.

The army of the Silver Dragon Knights, with Arthas as the arrowhead, tore a large gap in the enemy’s formation. And behind the Silver Dragon Knights, the Black Army filled the gap, continuously harvesting the lives of the beastmen who had fallen to the ground.

Compared to the Silver Dragon Knights, it seemed the Black Army, which had defeated the beastmen on the battlefield more than ten years ago, instilled more fear in the beastmen.

But the numbers of both were ultimately insufficient. The charge was quickly slowed down by the sheer number of enemies, turning into close-quarters combat.

Although the elite troops still did not suffer losses in close-quarters combat, the intense visual impact effect they had just created also dissipated.

Balu looked at Arthas on the front line, and from the aura of power he exuded, he already knew that his opponent was this human Prince.

Subsequently, he raised his battle axe, mounted his giant wolf, and roared as he charged towards Arthas.

Arthas was just lamenting the weakness of the beastman army. At this moment, a tall beastman suddenly charged up, which also piqued his interest. Subsequently, he raised his greatsword and directly swung it at the beastman.

Balu was not afraid at all. Rather, when it came to a contest of strength, that was precisely his forte.

He held his two-handed axe horizontally across his chest. Using the momentum from the giant wolf’s charge, he fiercely swung towards the greatsword.

As long as they killed the enemy’s leader, the beastmen still had a hope of victory.

The two heavy weapons collided. The clash of metal echoed almost throughout the battlefield. The shockwave generated threw all the warriors within five meters of them to the ground.

The warhorses neighed, and the giant wolves also wailed.

The greatsword in Arthas’s hand was almost knocked away. He used all his strength to barely parry this blow.

And the impact Balu received was also considerable. However, the beastman’s tough and thick-skinned physique made him appear slightly better off than Arthas.

At this moment, there was no longer any trace of the previous contempt and arrogance in both their eyes. They had all turned into expressions of caution.

The opponent’s strength was comparable to their own. They couldn’t be dealt with easily.

The two fought again.

At this moment, just before the beastmen were about to surround the human cavalry, the human main force had already arrived.

Leading the charge were the students of the Imperial Academy. Led by student council members like Olivia, they fought divided into classes.

Students who could attend the Imperial Academy had to have Tier 2 strength upon entering. Apart from most first-year students still being at Tier 2, students in higher grades were basically at least Tier 3 or Tier 4. Their inherent combat ability was no worse than that of elite soldiers. On this kind of battlefield, working together, they were more than capable of inflicting casualties on the enemy while protecting themselves, not to mention having the protection of their class teachers.

And behind them, the duchy’s directly administered troops also engaged in combat with the beastmen.

Although the quality of the Duke’s army was not as high as the Silver Dragon Knights and the Black Army, they had the advantage in numbers.

On the front line now, humans had gathered a force of over seventy thousand, while the beastmen had less than forty thousand troops. The numerical ratio was close to two to one. Furthermore, the beastmen had only rested for a short time after the siege and had not eaten to replenish their strength. Compared to the beastmen, although the humans also expended some energy on the march, their energy level was still higher than the beastmen’s.

Surrounding a point and striking reinforcements is using the troops stationed outside the city to wait for the enemy at their leisure and defeat them. But when those waiting at their leisure become the arriving reinforcement troops, the besieging side is in danger.

Although Balu had already notified the beastman armies at the remaining three city walls to support the front line, their commanders apparently had no such intention and simply fled with their troops.

Of course, the current Balu had no time to bother with other armies. In fact, at this moment, he could barely manage himself.

“Are you the human commander?” Balu had not met Arthas and thought he was the enemy commander, Orson. “Orson!?”

“Huh?” Arthas was startled upon hearing Balu’s words, then let out a scoff.

“It seems there’s a reason you’re losing. You can’t even recognize people.” Arthas said this, raising the sword in his hand. The runes inscribed on the blade lit up.

“You remember this well, my name, Imperial Prince, Arthas!” Subsequently, he swung his longsword down.

Balu was startled upon hearing this name.

It’s actually an Imperial Prince?

So the troops by his side are the Empire’s most elite forces?

The Empire is actually willing to deploy this kind of military might this time...

But at this moment, Balu couldn’t care about that anymore. He picked up the massive axe embedded in the ground, preparing to parry this attack.

The two weapons collided again. However, this time, with the enhancement of strengthening runes, it was clear that Arthas was superior.

And what chilled Balu’s heart even more than this was far from over.

He could feel that the number of beastman warriors around him was becoming fewer and fewer. Originally, within his line of sight on the battlefield, at least half of the figures were beastmen. But now, only a third remained.

This was not just the front line retreating; it meant defeat.

Balu’s heart instantly turned cold. At this moment, he no longer had any will to fight. After exchanging a few hasty blows with Arthas, he disengaged from the battle and retreated backward.

Arthas looked at Balu’s retreating figure and did not choose to pursue. Instead, he joined the main force, continuing to reap the beastmen on the battlefield.