Before the army could clash with each other, Melvin and Tristram leapt off their horses and shot towards one another.
Their aura-cloaked weapons met, and a shockwave ran through the ground, forming a crater beneath them.
The commanders' horses raised their front legs in the air and stumbled back from the impact, while both armies staggered from the quake of their attack.
Golden flames flared around Bael's feet. He slammed the ground, killing the momentum and steadying the entire army.
However, as the duke's army had no one to do the same for them, those at the front fell on their butts, and the knights of Leonara charged forward with vigor.
"For Leonara!" the knights shouted as their blades shone with aura flames of various colors.
They rushed forward, and the soldiers also hardened themselves for the war. With a shuddering war cry, they moved with their weapons raised.
