Chapter 164 - 127: One Against Ten Thousand, Advancing to Gold

Chapter 164: Chapter 127: One Against Ten Thousand, Advancing to Gold

Roy relentlessly swung his Fighting Qi·Destruction Sword, and the Knights and soldiers around him fell one after another.

Blood sprayed through the air, and cries of agony rose like a symphony.

In just a few short seconds, Roy had slain more than thirty Knights and soldiers.

Though completely surrounded, not a single person could withstand one of his strikes.

The silver-white Fighting Qi·Destruction Sword was like the Grim Reaper’s scythe, frenziedly reaping the lives of these Knights and soldiers.

Without much effort, he punched a hole in the Reilly Clan’s forces, breaking their formation.

At the same time, as if on an unstoppable rampage, he unhurriedly carved a path toward the commander at the heart of the army.

After reviewing the relevant documents and intelligence in the Ironblood Duke’s study, he knew the commander of this army was the Duke’s own younger brother, Kevin Reilia.

Kevin Reilia’s strength was nothing remarkable. He had only broken through to the rank of Bronze Great Knight a few years ago.

Forget comparing him to the Ironblood Duke; even within the Duke’s own Personal Guard, several men were stronger than he was.

However, that still didn’t stop Kevin Reilia from becoming the commander of this army.

At that moment, Kevin Reilia was surrounded by a tight formation of loyal generals and Clan Knights. Mounted on a majestic warhorse, he stared with a grim expression at Roy, who was in the midst of a massacre.

Although he never expected to encounter the Dark Night Knight here, he had no intention of fleeing in disgrace.

Or rather, he knew very well that it was impossible for him to escape the Dark Night Knight’s pursuit.

More importantly, if he chose to flee, the army’s morale would immediately plummet to rock bottom.

Making a stand, however, offered a slim chance of survival.

After all, they currently held an overwhelming advantage in numbers.

When news of the Ironblood Duke’s death first reached the Royal Capital, the army’s total strength was approximately twenty thousand men.

Once the news spread throughout the Royal Capital, nearly a quarter of the Knights and soldiers deserted.

And on the way out of the Royal Capital, another three to four thousand men abandoned the army and fled.

Under normal circumstances, Kevin Reilia would have absolutely sent men to hunt down these deserters and show them the consequences of their actions.

This time, however, he did nothing.

For one, he simply had no way of stopping those Knights and soldiers from leaving.

For another, he wanted to see just how many people would remain loyal to the Reilly Clan after the Ironblood Duke’s death.

He wasn’t afraid of having too few Knights and soldiers under his command; he only feared that, at a time like this, the entire army still couldn’t be of one mind.

The Eldest Prince had already proven through his actions that a united army was more important than a numerous one.

Kevin Reilia had already mentally prepared himself for the army ultimately being left with only four or five thousand men.

As it turned out, the situation was much better than he had expected.

Even now, over ten thousand men were still willing to serve the Reilly Clan.

And that was precisely why he didn’t feel he was completely without a chance.

Silver Great Knights are indeed strong!

But they are not invincible!

At least, he had never heard of a Silver Great Knight who could single-handedly defeat an army of ten thousand on an open battlefield.

After thinking for only a few seconds, Kevin Reilia made his decision.

’We’ll bury him with our lives!’

’To be precise, use our lives to drain the Dark Night Knight’s Fighting Qi!’

Although this would result in massive casualties, it was their only chance.

Having made his decision, Kevin Reilia didn’t hesitate for a moment. He immediately gave the order for the entire army to press forward.

As the order was given, Knights and soldiers from the other sections of the army surged forward from all directions like a swarm of locusts, completely hemming Roy in.

Roy didn’t hear Kevin Reilia’s order.

However, when he saw the rest of the Knights and soldiers charging toward him, he guessed what Kevin Reilia was up to.

’Clearly, Kevin Reilia plans to use his superior numbers to overwhelm me, a lone warrior with no allies or comrades.’

Any other Silver Great Knight, upon seeing the entire army advance on them, would have immediately considered retreating.

But Roy did no such thing.

Not only that, but he also materialized a second Fighting Qi·Destruction Sword, halted his advance, and stood his ground, adopting a dual-wielding stance.

’So, you want to play? Fine, I’ll play a round with you!’

Roy was also curious. ’I wonder if my current reserves of Fighting Qi are enough to slaughter this entire ten-thousand-man army in the simplest, most brutal way possible.’

Light infantry, heavy infantry, sword-and-shield soldiers, spearmen, light cavalry, heavy cavalry, Archers...

Initial Tier Knights, Middle Tier Knights, High Tier Knights, Peak Knights, Black Iron Great Knights...

Roy paid no heed to the type of enemies before him, nor to the kinds of attacks they launched. Like a tireless, emotionless killing machine, he just kept swinging the Fighting Qi·Destruction Swords in his hands.

One hundred men, three hundred, five hundred, one thousand, three thousand...

As time passed, the corpses piling up around him grew ever more numerous.

Blood dyed the Earth red!

The ceaseless, agonizing screams and the mangled corpses strewn across the ground painted a grim scene, one filled with the air of Death and despair.

In a way, the Knights and soldiers who still chose to serve the Reilly Clan at this point were all its most die-hard loyalists.