Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 409 - 409 194 Forbidden Knowledge_3

409: Chapter 194: Forbidden Knowledge_3 409: Chapter 194: Forbidden Knowledge_3 “…Lola was slightly stunned.

But she still took her gaze back and shook her hand at the young boy behind her.

“I will never leave him.

…I will always be by his side.”

No matter in what form…

Always….

…

…..

The setting sun was like blood.

Vultures pecked at the corpses on the battlefield, impaled by broken swords.

Banners full of arrow holes fell, startling a flock of mourning crows from the heap of bodies.

A petite armored figure stepped over the rugs soaked in red.

Wounded soldiers with severed limbs wailed in agony.

Until they saw that flash of golden silhouette.

“…Princess Ines….

Your Highness…..!”

“…..

Lady Ines!”

“….Hehe….

Your…

Highness….”

The warriors cried out in pain, their voices wheezing as if calling for their lord’s attention.

The clanking footsteps suddenly stopped in front of the dying soldiers.

Even though she was powerless to stand at the forefront with her soldiers.

At least, she had to appear in their final field of vision….

The girl crouched down, supporting her knees, as if to listen to the other party’s last words.

The fingers covering a chest bloody and indistinct with flesh, suddenly struggled to grab the girl’s wrist guard.

But no one intercepted this gross act of disrespect.

The girl didn’t mind either.

She had wanted to take off her Iron Gloves to send off the brave soldier on his final journey.

But with her right arm tightly seized by the other, she could make no movement.

“….I will take care of your parents, your wife, and children, I promise they will never want for food or clothing from now on.”

The soldier, covered in blood, seemed somewhat relieved by her words.

But his gaping mouth, struggling to speak, still seemed to have something to say.

The girl had to lean forward, bowing her head closer: “Warrior, do you have any last words to pass on?”

“I…

I don’t want to die…..

Your Highness…..”

“…

Your Highness!”

“Your Highness!”

Ines opened her eyes.

Before her was her military tent.

Straightening, she leaned back in her chair.

The girl glanced at the map-covered table, then looked to the side at Agatha, who had rushed into the tent to wake her up.

Ines smiled at her and asked: “How many warships did Lord Cole lose?

And how many soldiers are still able to fight?”

As she spoke, the girl used her other hand, the left, to rub her sore neck.

The posture from moments ago made her feel as if her right hand had gone numb and lost all sensation.

Agatha was about to report the victorious news from the west, but being asked this way threw her off a bit, prompting her to reorder her thoughts.

“Only two warships sank, but to maintain control over Wind Breath Port, Lord Cole said he must leave at least eight hundred men behind.

However, there are still a thousand warriors at your disposal….”

“No, I need all his troops.

Send a message for the West Bay fleet to return.

Order Cole to abandon Wind Breath Port with enough supplies and take all his troops via the northern trade route to Double Gorge City, to join up with Sir Andro’s forces.

They must arrive within five days.”

“To abandon Wind Breath Port?” Agatha was astonished at the Princess’s decision to forsake the port won in a bloody battle.

“Yes, it can’t be defended.

Even Cole’s current eighteen hundred men, added to Andro’s eight hundred, aren’t enough.

My attack there was just to scare those ‘sea birds’ on that side,” Ines stood up and shook her head as she explained.

Having received news of the victory at Wind Breath Port, she could finally rest assured and take a break.

Agatha couldn’t help but wonder, “But even with the reinforcements from the Knight Order, as well as Marquis Orad’s support, is it really possible to win with Sir Andro and Lord Cole’s forces…

our attack on Double Gorge City with just over three thousand men?”

Ines waved her hand: “Not to attack Double Gorge City.”

“Then where are we attacking?”

“Nowhere.

While the enemy has yet to detect this surprise force, I intend to annihilate the Kantadar reinforcements coming from the south.

Eliminating them will ensure the West Family is confident to cooperate with us in attacking Double Gorge City.”

Ines relaxed and wanted to take this short break to have someone fetch water to quickly wash herself.

Her habit of cleanliness was nearly completely eroded by her endurance.

She did not expect that in her first military expedition, the real trouble would be not the warfare, but the bathing issue.

This was different from the short-term suppression of bandits and pirates when she was in West Bay.

Heading south into battle, leading troops deep into the west with the demand of speed, bathing couldn’t possibly delay the march, and she rarely had the chance to stop and wash off the sweat; any unexpected issues…

“Your Highness, an Eastern Border Knight from Marquis Orad seeks an urgent audience!” shouted a Sea Eagle Knight from outside the tent.

A bad premonition suddenly rose in Ines’s heart.

Regarding the campaign, if there’s anything she felt out of control was neither the troops under her command nor the enemy, and neither the ally.

It was that Duke’s son.

Several hundred Horror Wolf Cavalrymen undoubtedly constituted a powerful force on the battlefield, and Orad had been brave in these battles, indeed providing significant aid.

But this duke’s son from the East Territory had little to gain from this campaign apart from his desire for her.

She always worried that this guy would cause trouble halfway through at a critical moment.

Fortunately, she had been cautious not to rely on him in her battle plans.

Returning to her seat in the tent, Ines gathered her weary spirit and summoned the Eastern Border Knight.

The hurriedly arriving knight, helmet tucked under his arm, knelt on one knee and called out anxiously: “Princess, it’s terrible!

Marquis Orad chased that damned Stormhawk northward, then suddenly disappeared en route!!”

Just hearing the knight’s first sentence made Ines want to overturn the table before her.

…Regardless of whether she could actually flip it, she still wanted to try.