Drawing Cards in the Middle Ages to Rise in Ranks-Chapter 612 - 384: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

In the sky, a majestic falcon was circling among the clouds.

Its sharp eyes gazed down at the ground, vigilantly observing the estate and fields below.

After finding nothing unusual, the falcon circled a few more times in the sky and flew away.

The Hawk Trainer can achieve a kind of telepathic connection with the falcon to a certain extent, so what the falcon sees, the Hawk Trainer can see as well.

"The Saracens use falcons as their eyes and ears, giving them the upper hand on the battlefield, but their over-reliance on falcons makes them seldom deploy enough scouts to observe the situation firsthand."

In a narrow estate, Losa dressed in Holy Cross Plate Armor, was looking up at the falcon flying away and spoke slowly.

This is only natural.

After all, falcons are more timely, and scouts need to pass back the information, possibly encountering blockades and pursuits by enemies; whereas the falcon, suspended high in the sky, often guarantees safety.

Not all armies have Eagle Shooters, besides, falcons trained from little with special secret medicine can be considered to have half-stepped into the Extraordinary threshold, incomparable to ordinary birds of prey.

Losa is now located at the western border of the Damietta Province.

"Our opponent, their Commander obviously also follows this inertia of thinking."

This place has been awarded by him to Charles de Alsace, the younger son of Count Tirry from Flanders.

A decent, humble, and knightly young aristocrat.

Although Charles is of Gaul-origin aristocracy, he previously fought alongside Losa and witnessed his feats of using the Holy Spear to slaughter a Giant Dragon, claiming as Losa's loyal follower even before pledging allegiance.

Now, he is leading the knights from his domain, also from the Low Lands, preparing to serve Losa.

The Low Lands region is showing prominence in this era, with the wool weaving industry of Flanders booming, Bruges becoming one of the largest commercial ports around the North Sea, and the Dutch starting to use windmills to reclaim seas, turning previously undevelopable marshlands into fertile fields.

A hundred years later, this place will become the wealthiest area of Europe with the prosperity of the North Sea trade circle.

However, as the youngest son of the family, these have no bearing on Charles. If nothing unexpected happens, he can only inherit a few remote castles and estates with little production, ending up as an ordinary rural aristocrat.

So brought by Count Tirry to the East to try his luck.

Fortunately, his luck was good.

After Duke Raymond led the Crusaders north without results, Count Tirry returned to Europe alone, but left behind the knights and soldiers who came with him, attracted by Eastern riches, unwilling to return empty-handed.

This is a fairly strong military force, helping Charles secure several border castles and large farmland estates, becoming one of Losa's most powerful vassals.

Charles said respectfully: "Indeed, sir, the Saracens will sooner or later make a big fall due to their arrogance."

"Not sooner or later, but now."

Losa patted Baron Charles's shoulder: "Organize your knights; you all will follow me in battle."

"Yes, sir!"

Baron Charles said excitedly: "It is an honor to fight alongside you again; it's the honor of me and all the knights and attendants under my command. I don't doubt that you will lead us to another great victory."

"Of course, Charles."

Losa nodded slightly; to avoid attention, he did not lead many troops on the expedition, only the elite mobile forces from his headquarters, including over two hundred Winged Cavalry and more than a hundred Imperial Cavalry, totaling over three hundred Armored Archers and Iron Cavalry; and integrated with the Teutonic Order's Saint Lazarus Monastic Cavalry, totaling over three hundred, nearly a thousand elite cavalry.

The Duke Level title allows owning a limit of one hundred and fifty special units, and if infantry, this number would multiply, plus the "large-scale standing army" gained from defeating Saladin increases this number by another hundred.

His soldiers were not assembled immediately in the city but dispatched in scattered crews and gathered in Baron Charles's domain.

While traces cannot be entirely concealed, as long as it delays the enemy from receiving the news, his efforts are not in vain. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Losa looked towards Lavinia, who was wearing a black hood: "Use Decree powers to obscure those falcons, no problem?"

"No big deal."

Lavinia nodded.

Her current strength is not as good as during battle records. Concealing the entire army's movements would be quite challenging, but merely obscuring a falcon that doesn't possess extraordinary power is very easy.

"Then let's march; don't let our Lionheart resist the Heretics alone for too long."

Losa showed an approving smile, although using Richard as bait, he didn't want to break off relations with His Majesty the King completely. By then, it would still depend on wartime contributions to divide the spoils, not a word can be refuted.

Moreover, Losa felt Richard obviously underestimated the Saracens.

The times are changing.

Since Saladin recruited Casters in Damascus, the Eastern Saracens also employed various means to recruit their own Extraordinary Powers, if none have it, it's fine, but if possessed, hidden away as legend might suffice.

But if incidents like the Demon Dragon soaring and the Holy Spear slaughtering dragons happened, without enhancing extraordinary power, it's not mere foolishness to be described.

So, Richard will most likely still win.

But even if he wins, he may not have the strength to continue advancing and expanding the results.

As for the mere thousand cavaliers led by Losa, whether they can achieve success in one battle, Losa has no doubt at all. Under multiple blessings, his knights have long proven their strength.

Furthermore, Losa still has a reserve force ready to join the battle at any time - the Wild Hunt summoned by Prajna!

Prajna's Summoning Technique is a very idealistic thing.

By logic, among the strong in Demon Hunter novels, Demon Hunters rank low, but when summoned, in terms of individual combat performance, Geralt, or as called "Van Helsing," is undoubtedly the first.

With the popularity of Demon Hunter novels, the "Wild Hunt" which widely exists in Germanic, Albion, and Scandinavia's mythology, has been enriched in image, becoming a nightmare for many children.

Many parents use "If you don't obediently sleep, the Army of the Dead will blow the horn and, driving the hounds, take you from Hell" to scare children.

This makes Prajna's summoned Wild Hunt army's combat capability completely comparable to ungifted Winged Cavalry, and if considering its fearlessness of death and lacking vulnerabilities, it even faintly exceeds.

"Prajna, how many Wild Hunts can you summon at once at this stage?"

In a plain white skirt, Prajna said softly: "I can summon up to five hundred people, but the battle time will drop to thirty seconds; if just a hundred, I can maintain them to fight continuously for ten minutes."

Losa nodded slightly: "Very good, after today, the legend of Wild Hunt will surely resound throughout the Eastern World."

"Prepare for battle, everyone."

He donned his helmet and mounted his horse.

The Steel Knight with man and horse armored, the black cloak embroidered with a dragon head fluttered in the wind, and the flagbearers around him raised the Double-headed Eagle Banner high.

The horn sounded.

The cavalry forces, scattered and gathered from various estates of Baron Charles, converged towards Losa like rivers flowing into the sea.

A thousand Iron Cavalry clad in armor thus galloped on the wide dirt road, with thousands of warhorses stirring up dust and shaking the earth.

At this moment, even the nearby Nile River, in flood season, seemed to quiet down a bit.