[color=A0A0A0][h2]Fleuri Jodeau[/h2][/color]

It was clear that fighting mounted wouldn't be a good idea, as the Golden Boars were now quite well-prepared to repel cavalry.  Fleuri was just beginning to dismount when he witnessed one of the mercenaries cleave Haelstadt's head off.  Fleuri was quite horrified by this development, which served to him as a harrowing reminder how dangerous these mercenaries really were.  It was a warning that they could not 
afford to underestimate the Golden Boars, lest they suffer the same fate.

However, Haelstadt did not fall.  In fact, they didn't even stop fighting.  Veileena proclaimed above the sounds of battle that her bodyguard could not die so long as she lived.  It must have been magic of some sort, but Fleuri wouldn't have any idea what sort of magic it was.  If Damon Cal's death by beheading was any indication, however, Haelstadt probably wasn't a vampire.  In any case, it was something he could think about some other time, because right now, he needed to rejoin the battle.  Hearing Fanilly's orders to disrupt the formation, he gave a brief nod to Gerard, then charged.

"For Reon!  For the Roses!" Fleuri shouted as he dashed towards the second group of Golden Boars.  He swung his sword at the enemy forces' incoming spears just as they came into range of his weapon, intent on cutting off the spearheads and making a hole in their formation.  He didn't fight a lot of spear-wielding enemies, but he knew how to fight them- by striking the wooden shafts in a manner not too dissimilar to cutting his way through defensive stakes, using the length of his sword to keep himself out of skewering distance.  Gerard, being a former mercenary, was probably more familiar with such techniques.  If Gerard had a zweihänder instead of that longsword, it probably would be Fleuri following his lead, but in any case, he trusted that the younger knight would know exactly how to back him up in this situation.

Assuming his attack succeeded, he'd take another step forward and backswing his sword back at them, this time aimed at the men behind the spears.  He would need to rely on the others to follow through, lest he be cut off an surrounded by these ruthless mercenaries.  They needed to break up the Golden Boars defensive formations and defeat the black-armored commander leading them.

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