In the ears, flies buzzed incessantly.
Losa covered his mouth and nose with a mask, the thick smell of blood and rotting corpses made him nauseous.
The Royal Knight Order suffered heavy losses, while the disadvantaged Saracens faced even more severe casualties, especially those light cavalry wearing only leather armor or none at all.
The ground was littered with Saracen corpses, stripped bare of their clothing and armor; even some intimate fabrics were taken away by the soldiers.
Participation in the Crusades was a sacred mission, but if any sacred mission was not linked to plundering the wealth of heretics, it would lose its original appeal.
The fragmented bodies lay with flies and mosquitoes densely clustered on them, wriggling back and forth.
As vultures swooped down, the flies scattered in droves, erupting into a cloud of black that lingered mid-air.
