Loser System and Berserker Me Chapter 99: Charging On Their Own Accord

“Here they come.”

King Charles leaped onto his horse and looked at the charging bulk of metal headed his way.

“Heavy cavalrymen? They do inspire fear at a glance. I’d expect no less from the elite army that took down more than a hundred thousand soldiers.”

Just the sight of the heavy armor cloaking both the rider and the steeds was already intimidating. There was no doubt they were faced with a powerful enemy.

Even when the Eastern Romain Empire was at its strongest, their heavy cavalrymen numbered merely in the hundreds. Yet, the Scourge of God commanded an army of over 3000 cavalrymen!

“Your Majesty!” the knights confidently declared, “Please put your mind at ease! We, the knights of France, will never lose to those heavy cavalrymen.”

They had never seen how powerful the Khitans’ heavy cavalrymen were, but there was a history of heavy cavalrymen in the history of the Eastern Romain Empire.

The Eastern Romain Empire’s heavy cavalrymen did boast an incredible reputation, having accomplished many formidable feats on the battlefield but they had also suffered their fair share of losses.

They lost to the Turks’ light cavalrymen in the Battle of Manzikert. (T/N: This was the battle in which the Eastern Roman Empire lost control of Anatolia to the Turks.)

They lost to Norman cavalrymen in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.

The Eastern Romain Empire lost all their heavy cavalrymen in those two battles, and they were so weakened by the end of it that they couldn’t afford to build such an expensive, elite army of cavalrymen anymore.

The French heavy cavalrymen were a dominant force in Europe. They were dressed in shiny plate mails that didn’t pale in comparison to the Metal Fortresses, and it just so happened that they were adept at charging with their lances, just like the Normans.

It’s a battle we can fight!

We can win this!

“Good!” King Charles nodded with a smile. “Let’s show the Khitans what a real knight is!”

Similar to the Crusade troops stationed elsewhere, the troops stationed at River Po were made up of several armies, a

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