Loopbound Death Reversal Chapter 29: Chapter 28: Defending the Pass

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“Hah!” “Balint, is that you?” A voice suddenly breaks through the intense silence Henrik notice the person It was Benedek. Miklos come closer to Benedek. “You know this person?” “Old man Benedek, you are alive? Impressive” Benedek only chuckles. “And you are young?” “Are you the commander of this group Balint?” Balint. That is the name of this person. Henrik took note of this. Miklos seeing that Benedek and this person knows each other knows when to quickly get out of the way. He slinks back and let Benedek come forward. “Commander? That is too high of a title. But for now…..” Balint look around and he smiles bitterly “I guess it would not be wrong to call me that” He sighed and Benedek quickly strode forward and shake hands with Balint “This is my group” Benedek then explain to Balint what happens to him and at the same time told him about how Miklos group join them Benedek also introduce him and Miklos to Balint and Balint simply nodded. Benedek remove many details as the battle is getting intense and now is not the time to regal someone with long introduction and long stories. Even when they are talking people around them are fighting. Balint after hearing all of this was silent for a while. He shook his head “And you came here?” “At least if you go down the hill on the opposite side you could re-join the main force-“ Henrik step forward. “No, the back must not be exposed. If we let the rear falls, then even if we rejoin the main force, if it gets attack from behind, the morale would collapse” “If that happens, any panicked leader would call for a retreat. A retreat, with being attacked on all sides, that would be a hasty retreat” “A hasty retreats means there is no defence. How many of our men would die in the chaos? It could even turn into a full rout” “Then if we all falter, victory and losses would be quickly be determined. If that were to happen, what is the point of fighting a losing battle. Protecting the rear and making sure the front not have to worry about the rear is the best course of action.” Henrik gives his own deduction. Henrik eyes is staring at Balint eyes, fiery like the sun. Balint is also observing Henrik and his eyes narrows. For a moment there is silence between these two people. The twenty people behind Henrik is a small group. But it is also a group that have survived the battle. There must be something special about them to be able to survive. And Balint need all the men he could get right now Those twenty people all went silent and they all simply trusted Henrik. The people on Balint side have never watch how Henrik fought. Balint did not know why all of these twenty people listen to this young kid that look like a greenhorn Balint frowned “Is the leader not Benedek?” he thought to himself. At first, he thought the leader was Benedek. Then when Benedek introduce Miklos, he thought this group had two leader. Miklos and Benedek. But it seems both group, whether the group below Benedek or the group below Miklos regarded this young kid as someone important. But what did this person have that all of these twenty plus people would listen to this greenhorn? He did not know. But if Balint could see how he fights he would think twice. Balint is looking at Henrik….like he is judging his worth. Balint is looking….no….staring at Henrik. Other people would have avoided the gaze by now but Henrik simply stares back at Balint. There is even a smirk on his face Different people have different ways to react to them. To some people, the more you are quiet the more pressure you could exert and the stronger the image on that person mind. With some other people, you should talk and be merry so that they would feel at ease But for someone like Balint, someone who is utilitarian….you must prove to him you have use for him to trust you. And that is exactly what Henrik is doing right now. He is trying to show to Balint he understood things and not a burden Of course, the real reason why Henrik did not want to rejoin the