"Retreat!" Leohard forced these words through clenched teeth as he gazed upon the intangible red Disaster Pillar rising again from Bull Territory.
"But Commander! We're just one step away! Just one step from annihilating them completely! Let us try again! The influence of the red disaster is still low, we have...!" Jena, already drenched in blood from fighting, pushed back her soaked hair and shouted.
Before she could finish, Leohard's furious voice interrupted, "I said retreat! That's a military order! Rest assured, we haven't failed, this is part of a strategy devised by Shitang, uh, Lord Sifuer. We retreat temporarily to avoid unnecessary casualties, but in an hour we will return to this land!"
"Yes!"
Following Leohard's order, all the members of the Knight Order tearfully abandoned the bodies of over three hundred comrades, gave up the next wave of attack, and altered their formation to begin retreating toward the junction.
