The Martial Unity

As he ran, Leonel squeezed his still wet flexible armor on. Its black fabric flexed, clinging tightly to his body. Luckily, he hadn't been foolish enough to leave his weapons behind. No matter how uneventful the last month had been, Leonel would never forget that he was in the middle of a Sub-Dimensional Zone.

The idea of time dilation sounded great. Thanks to Zones, Leonel would be able to experience more life than his lifespan dictated, and even train faster than he should. But Zones were not a joke. If the main quest couldn't be accomplished, they'd be stuck here to their deaths. Only then would the Zone open once more to allow another to try.

A Zone wasn't a place that could be taken casually. If there was anything Leonel had learned in the Mayan temple, it was that.

The two, Leonel and Aina, hadn't traveled more than a kilometer from the campsite. It took them less than two minutes to return, finding the group of thousand men quickly organizing.

Leonel got a read on the situation quickly. It seemed that a scout had caught wind of an approaching English army, bearing down on Orleans.

From what Leonel knew, Orleans was one of the first if not the very first battle Joan of Arc had fought in and won. It was an important city on the edge of what remained of French territory and what was once French territory but now English territory. Back then, or what was considered right now, it was unprecedented and skyrocketed her fame upward.

However, with such a critical loss, and to a woman no less, it wasn't a surprise that the English would try and take it back as soon as possible. It was just bad luck that this encampment happened to be in their way.

The smart decision was to retreat and send a messenger ahead to warn Joan and Orleans. The encampment had likely already done the latter, but for some reason they weren't doing the first.

"If we retreat now, the common people are finished. We must hold out for as long as we can."

Leonel's gaze flickered. Ultimately, knights were still nobles. Though France had run into a problem of lacking enough land to consecrate these knights properly during this era, this fact still remained. How rare was it for a noble to care about the common people in this time?

'I've never heard of this General Franck before, likely because his name had been washed out of history maybe due to this very act here. But his actions are commendable…'

Leonel looked toward Aina. "I'm going to help them. You're a front line fighter so you'll be at too much risk if you jump into such a lopsided fight, just stay next to me."

Leonel was well aware that both he and Aina had surpassed the limit of humans, but they weren't gods. They still got tired, they could still get injured, and they were more than susceptible to overwhelming numbers.

Aina looked toward Leonel blankly for a moment before shaking her head.

"If you don't want me to die, then you'll just have to put a bit of extra effort into covering for me."

Her voice still carried the same gentleness, but it had an unyielding command to it. Leonel felt that her will was far stronger than his own.

Leonel closed his eyes. If they were open, it would be possible to see a deep flicker within them.

"General Franck. Do you have any siege engineers with you? Or any who have experience working with them?"

"Well… yes. We need a few to properly fortify our encampment."

"Good. Give them to me and a few men to chop down some wood. You build your defenses."

Quite frankly, the general was much too scared of Leonel to refuse.

all. In fact, it was ridiculously easy. They could easily complete the three of them Leonel asked for by the time the

you finish chopping down the trees the engineers need,

"Cheval de frise?"

patted his forehead, had such a thing not been invented yet? Without the proper experience, finishing 50 like he hoped would be impossible.

the design…' Leonel's mind churned. In a

the sparse forest of trees that surrounded a part of the river he had bathed in, he borrowed an ax and cut down a thin tree with a diameter no

swiftly, leading

long. Then, cut those portions widthwise into

Eventually, they ended up looking like

are aware of their danger and avoid them, it will slow down their charge and disrupt their

want you to do exactly as I did after you've prepared what the engineers

the double ended spears he created into the soil at an

in a systematic way. Between every set of

begin a new line, but don't place them in the same positions as the first line,

"Do you understand?"

their work. They were a bit skeptical of how just laying down spikes could stop a calvary,

expectations, General Franck actually committed a hundred men to Leonel's cause. Leonel hadn't thought he'd receive such support, so he had asked for very little. But he had underestimated their religious fanaticism. If they weren't like this,

the horizon, marching under the high sunlight in perfect rectangular formations, the battlefield

our back only has one shallow enough point to cross within tens of miles, they have no choice but to

to the top of a set of a wooden

to build. It was nothing but a simple elevated platform.

differences lied in the fact that there were no castle walls to scale here and it was a great deal shorter than what it would usually be. But, for Leonel's purposes, this height was enough, especially with the help of the

Leonel knew that he could work faster to complete what he had asked of the Frenchmen, but he had spent all of this time forming thousands of

like this one wouldn't carry so many weapons with them.

with about a hundred. Unfortunately, this was all he could fit without impeding his throwing motion. The

up a crude wooden

try and throw such a poorly weighted weapon. But

Englishmen stopped in the distance. There was clear disdain on their faces when they noticed the numbers before them. There were 20

conspicuous, but what did little branches in the ground mean to

"FORM UP!"

the Frenchmen. They gripped their weapons

was when it

of beauty beyond words leaped through the skies and landed before them all with her

seems we're in luck, men. That Whore who claims to be of God is

brothers!!" The

the vanguard alone. Coupling that with the poor information

enemy a morale boost Leonel

inexperienced…' Leonel's gaze

"CHARGE! FOR OUR BROTHERS!"