Standing on the city walls and towers, Cumberland looked at the horizon in the distant east, and a dark shadow appeared and slowly walked in the dusty haze.

The adjutant climbed the stairs and stood beside Cumberland, whispering: "Sir."

There was no expression in Cumberland's old face full of gullies: "How many people are there?"

Adjutant: "Three Hundred and Twenty-Nine."

Cumberland was stunned, turned around and asked at the adjutant, "Three Hundred and Twenty-Nine? I'll ask you to pass the order. Anyone who is willing to leave can withdraw to the inner city. Didn't you tell them?"

Adjutant: "I said... everyone must stay."

Cumberland stood there, silent for a long time, and finally just sighed and stopped talking.

The adjutant lowered his head, looked at the dragon-shaped badge on his chest, and said, "Sir, everyone is ready."

Cumberland looked at the adjutant's slightly childish face and suddenly asked, "How long have you been with me?"

Adjutant: "Five years."

Cumberland: "Five years...five years, you have been with me as an old man for a long time. Maybe you should have made some considerations for your family."

The adjutant shook his head gently and said with a smile: "My grandfather and you were comrades under Lord Emosen when they were in the Kingdom of Silver Rings; my father, as your first entourage knight, regards you as a spiritual mentor."

"When they were alive, they taught me more than once that family and honor coexist, and knights can never turn their oaths."

Cumberland looked at the adjutant, and the firmness in the other person's eyes made him sigh softly.

"Let's go." Cumberland said as he walked down the steps, "Let's go see the guys."

When he arrived at the square in front of the barracks, Cumberland saw his subordinates who were preparing weapons and armor.

Three hundred and twenty-nine men, including two heads of the knights, forty-two knights, one hundred and fifteen followers, some soldiers from the army of the Acropolis, as well as auxiliary soldiers responsible for food, stables, transportation and other chores.

These people were the survivors of the entire eastern defense line and the last military force of the Knights' coalition.

Some of them were covered in scars and needed help to get on the horse; some people could not find the fitting armor and had to shrink their hands and feet into their pockets; some people could not even use weapons, carrying swords and shields on their backs like carrying sacks.

Facing such a disheveled army, Cumberland did not look disappointed or disgusted at all.

He walked among the people, patted everyone on the shoulders, and laughed and talked to them.

After seeing everyone, Cumberland jumped into a wooden box in the barracks and said to everyone: "You all should know what it means to stay..."

People nodded, and they all knew the hints in Cumberland's words.

Cumberland continued: "We face a hundred times the number of enemies we have been holding on to this day. Look at the corpses of those enemies outside the wall! They are piled up into mountains and can even cover the sky!"

"Looking at the history of human wars, I dare say that we have created a miracle, a miracle that has never been before and after!"

Cumberland looked around and said, "No matter what the final result of this war is, we who can create such a miracle are already the winners!"

"Now, what we have to do is how to draw the sign of ending this war."

Cumberland paused for a moment and said, "No matter who it is, there will be death."

"Do you return to heaven with the soul of honor, or live a life of silence... I have made a decision!"

Cumberland raised his head, looked at the black dragon flag floating at the top of the tower, and shouted: "I swear here, for honor and for the king, I will fight to the death until the last moment of my life!"

In an instant, people's shouts resounded over the military camp: "For the sake of honor, for my king! Fight to death without retreating!"

Cumberland jumped out of the wooden box, turned over and rode his war horse, and ordered loudly: "Open the door!"

The iron gate on the city wall gradually opened, and the endless plain was right in front of you.

Cumberland was about to move forward, but he heard the rushing sound of horse hooves behind him.

Alfonso rushed into the barracks, stopped beside Cumberland, with a surprised look on his face, and stabilized his body.

Cumberland looked at Alfonso and lowered his voice in annoyance: "You should be back in the city now!"

Alfonso: "Not this time."

Cumberland raised the volume: "You are breaking the order!"

Alfonso turned his head to face Cumberland: "If I remember correctly, you handed me the badge of the Grand Commander. So, as the new Grand Commander, the first order I gave was to order myself to come back."

Cumberland was stunned.

After reacting later, he shook his head and laughed.

Alfonso looked at Cumberland and said, "I can understand your hard work, but in this world, there are always something more important than life."

Cumberland stared at Alfonso's eyes and nodded slightly.

The two rode their horses and walked out of the gate of the city wall, bypassed the corpses piled up in mountains, and came to the plain.

The shadows in the distance are getting closer and darkness is coming like a tide.

Looking around, the entire horizon was completely covered by the corpse, and it could no longer see its original appearance.

The knights of 330 people were arranged in a single shape on the earth. Looking down from a high altitude, it was like a grain of sand and dust blocking the front of the black tsunami.

Feeling the tremor from the earth, Cumberland slowly pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it into the sky.

Alfonso looked at the tide of death that was slowly expanding in his vision and said softly: "I, Alfonso Decavo, take this oath under the witness of God!"

"Humility and integrity are my code; mercy and sacrifice are my honor; bravery and justice are my glory!"

Cumberland suddenly swung his sword forward, and the three hundred and thirty knights began to slowly accelerate forward.

While urging the horse, Alfonso raised the volume: "The strong enemy is in front of you, fearless! Decisive and loyal, and worthy of the gods!"

The knights around him followed and said, "Geng Zheng said bluntly that he would rather die than lie! It is no wonder that the weak are protected!"

The enemy in the cavalry's sight was getting closer and closer, and they could gradually see the outline of the undead army.

Alfonso put down his mask, raised his sword, and shouted loudly: "I swear to treat the weak well! I swear to fight against rape bravely!"

More and more people followed his voice: "I swear to fight all mistakes! I swear to fight for the unarmed people!"

The vanguard troops of the undead have quickly approached less than one kilometer away from the cavalry.

On the battlefield, the sound of the Knights' oath became louder and louder, and even gradually overshadowed the roar of the dead.

"I swear to help anyone who asks me for help! I swear to not hurt any woman! I swear to treat my friends sincerely! I swear to be unswerving in my love until death!"

The Necromancer's Forward and the Knights have entered the distance to fight.

Cumberland waved his sword, cut off the head of a necrodore, and roared forward.

"Knights, charge!"
Chapter completed!