The bodyguard snarled and blocked the strike. Just from that first exchange of blows, Samuel knew he could not match him. But then, he didn't have to. All around him the battlefield was erupting in chaos. Karstly's cavalry went beyond him, and tore through the ranks of infantry, flattening them into nothing. Karstly's own infantry came next, to clean up the stragglers, and to converge on the point that Karstly was fighting.
The sound of steel on steel rang out, as Karstly's sword crashed against General Satorius's guard.
"The dishonour of this, Karstly!" General Satorius shouted in that high voice of his. "Could you not challenge me to proper battle?"
