Bab 126: Foreboding Feeling
"Don't let them retreat! Chase them. Get every last one of them!" Orders were being shouted from all over the field. Exhausted, James was trying to catch up with Edgar. But he was constantly being blocked. Moreover, at some point even his own men tried to stop him. Because of this all, Edgar managed to pass through the gates.
'Damn, if only I was a bit faster. A bit stronger! I would have killed him. Then this whole thing would have finished.' Regret was building up in James. Blood started to flow from his lower lip, as he bit it in anger.
"It looks like we finally can take some rest." Warren said as he was getting closer.
James showed a bitter smile. He could not provide a proper reply, as he was not happy with the result of the battle. The first day had not even passed, and they had lost almost half of their troops that they marched with. This was still a considerable blow to them.
"They are retreating!" "No one messes with us!" "Run you cowards!" The soldiers that were fighting started to taunt the running Herewealth soldiers. Even though the overall outcome of the battle was abysmal, the morale of the soldiers did slightly improve after the successful battle.
Realizing this, James did sigh out a heavy breath. At least with the current battle, the morale did increase a bit. This would help more in the upcoming days.
"I almost had him… He was in my grasp." James said with a faint tone to Warren. "If I was a bit stronger and killed him, we could have had a major victory."
"Don't worry. Next time I am sure that you will succeed where you left off." Warren replied with a small smile. He understood the feeling that James had, however, at this point there was nothing that they could do. "For now, we should be taking in this result as something positive. With them retreating, we can also start to rest up a bit. We still have a lot of thi…"
Before warren was able to finish his sentence, a guard rushed towards his sight shouting loudly. "Sir! Sir Francis has managed to breach the enemy walls and is not fighting in the compound of the mansion." The guard delivered the positive massage. He quickly added, "He is requesting reinforcements."
The moment that James heard the news, he felt that something was going amiss. He had a bad feeling about the whole situation. 'This does not feel good. I don't like the feeling of this.'
On the other hand, Warren was in a good mood. "Good. This is certainly good!" Without any consideration, Warren replied instantly, "Sent everyone that we can spare as reinforcement. Leave behind a bare minimum to hold the flank if needed."
Hearing the order warren, the soldier quickly nodded and returned. Before long, Warren looked at James and spoke up, "I think that I should return to my troop now. We still have a battle to fight."
Watching Warren's back, James could not help himself from having the bad feeling increase. 'Why do I feel like this?' he wondered to himself.
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"Sir, we received word from the front line. They have managed to assault the wall and just opened up the doors. Our men are now slowly entering the compound of the mansion. They will try to hit the rear of the Soldiers that are occupied by Sir Francis' men.
Nodding in approval, Christopher was making his way towards the Francis. As speed was important, he took only the cavalry and the knights, leaving the infantry. They would either hit the rear of the Herewealth men, or march their way over.
"It seems like we also have made it. I can see the fighting." Taking in the scenery quickly, Christopher gave out a new order, "Have the men split up. Sent two of them to the flanks. The last one should follow me to support the center."
Taking out his sword, he started to swing it up high in the air, as he was making signal to his men. Before they all started to leave, he turned around and shouted towards the soldiers that were following him, "Men! Make sure that you leave no one alive. Let us show the m what the Owens can do! Show those bastards of the Herewealth that they messed with the wrong family! Soldiers! Charge!"
With those words, the soldiers split up and charged towards the specified regions. In the front of them all, Christopher was getting closer with full eagerness. He had made his resolve as he was getting closer. 'We have to deal a heavy blow to the Herewealth family. They have to pay for everything that they have done to us. For everything that they dared to lay their hands on. I will make sure that they never rise up again. I will make sure to restore the Owens' name. I will get my revenge.'
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