High in the sky, Rudolph pulled tight on the Dragon Eagle's reins.
He had seen everything with perfect clarity.
The Rock Breaker Knight Order launched their charge, were led into a trap, and then were repeatedly worn down by that bizarre set of "tactics."
Finally, the Baron was captured alive, ensnared by vines that shot up from the ground.
The entire process was suffocatingly fast.
The elite Knight from the Dawn Territory was filled with immense shock.
But beyond the shock, his professional military instincts made him notice a subtle dissonance.
That beetle legion.
When they were executing that "strangulation tactic," they seemed flexible and versatile, their advances and retreats well-ordered.
But upon closer inspection, every one of their movements, every turn, carried a subtle clumsiness and stiffness.
