Steel Empire
Heavy Punishment!

Despite Lambert's death, the battle continued. Of course, amidst the chaos and bloodshed, no one noticed that the commander of the Teutonic Order was lying dead on the ground, at least not. However, the knights and Teutonic grenades around him quickly realized that their commander was missing and looked up to see Berengar wounded in one eye, staring at his brother's corpse. You would think that seeing their commanders dying would weaken the crusaders' resolve. However, it only increases it. The Heretic had killed his own brother; it was a great sin, and because of that, their spirit overpowered them as they began to walk to Berengar to avenge the loss of their commander.

However, the Grenadiers quickly stopped the knight's movement to put their bayonet in their path and formed a wall between the enemy and their commander. Fierce clashes broke out between Berengar's grenades and the Knights of the Teutonic Order; although the Knight wore armor from head to toe, the, they soon find themselves shot dead by several snipers who live in the trees and shoot enemy targets from afar. These people were Berengar's snipers and would one day become his Jaeger Corps. For now, they pelted the heavy armored knights with lead projectiles as they clashed with the Grenadiers.

Finally, the melee seemed to turn in favor of Berengar's army; after all, their commander was dead, and at this point, Berengar and his troops had massacred most of the Knights and Men at Arms. As for retribution, they no longer had the determination to fight. Thus the entire ranks of retribution dropped their weapons when they realized that they were greatly inferior to the skills of the Berengar line infantry and their bayonets. Seeing the decline of the Knights and Men at Arms, Berengar shouted into the chaotic battlefield as loud as possible. 

"Any charge that lights up the Teutonic Order will be spared the death I have prepared for them!"

Officers and NCO Berengar quickly relayed this news throughout the melee to the point where most of the Retribution took up arms against those who forced them into this deadly conflict. There is no love lost between the levies and the Teutonic Order, and given a choice, they would happily stab from behind Knights and Men in the arms forcing them out of their homes and away from their families to this massacre. 

Despite being surrounded by Berengar's forces and being subjected to their treachery of levies, the spirit of the Teutonic Order is commendable as they fight to the last man, bringing as many enemies as possible with them. For a crusader who succumbs to heresy is worse than death, and these men exemplify that ideal. Shortly thereafter, the Teutonic Order's forces were completely annihilated to the last man, but the damage done to Berengar's forces was enormous. He had lost over 2000 people in the conflict; after all, heavily armored knights had a huge advantage in melee combat. 

After the battle, Eckhard approached Berengar, whose wounds were being treated by field medics. It was stinging once, but the distilled alcohol disinfected the wound in his right eye, and a series of linen bandages wrapped around it. For now, it was the best treatment he could receive. Seeing Berengar somewhat calm about the entire situation, Eckhard asked an important question in his mind. 

Berengar thought about it for a while before an evil idea formed in his head. Berengar's own arrogance had taken hold of himself in this conflict; he had attacked his brother's position in the hope that it would kill him easily; in the end, the price of his victory was his dominant eye and the life of his trusted horse. He needs a memento of mori, a symbol to remind him that whatever he achieves in life, he is only human and death is inevitable. Therefore, he gives Eckhard a barbaric decree, which makes the man question the sanity of God and his Command.

"Cut off his head and bring it to me; I will turn his skull into a golden chalice! As for the rest of his body? Bury it in a mass grave with the rest of these stupid crusaders!"

Eckhard was soon pulled back by the idea; such a thing was not uncommon during the Dark Ages; however, it was, the idea of beheading someone and turning their skull into a drinking cup was a barbaric and barbaric idea during this period. Still, the veteran Knight knew better than to disobey one of Berengar's orders. Therefore, he ordered some of the more unstable people in the army to do evil deeds. 

As for the levies they collected before Berengar, however, they were captured by Berengar's forces after the conflict was over and awaiting his orders. Although he promised to save them if they fought for him, one would never know if the young Count would keep his promise. Seeing the poor peasants being forced into the army of the Teutonic Order and forced to fight against him, Berengar felt very sorry for them, and therefore, he rose from his seat. The bloody bandage on his right eye ruined his charismatic appearance. Berengar gave the order to hear all the levies.

"I have no ill will toward any of you; you are all forced against Your will to fight Me and dragged from Your family without Your consent. But even so, you have given me help in this conflict, and therefore I will repay you. Go home, and spread the word about my merciful and righteous actions."

Thus, the levies of surviving Teutonic Order soldiers were released and allowed to return to their homes, although some of them were not as lucky as others. Many of them were injured and would die from the infection on their way back to their homes. However, Berengar had limited medical supplies, and he was far from a saint. The fact that he had saved their lives despite taking up arms against him himself was compassion. After all, these people were not his enemies; if they were, he would never let them see the light of another day. Because Berengar had learned a valuable lesson about showing mercy to the enemy, a mistake he would never repeat as long as he took a breath in this world.