Episode 111 – Fierce Battle (1)
“There it is. “The walls are really…”
“Nonsense. “It’s incredibly high.”
Expeditionary force sent by Luke. They clearly won the competition with Garhan and had a stronger military power than any other tribe that existed in this area.
But that alone wasn’t enough. They ran quickly based on the information they received from the spy and finally reached the main base of the Arin tribe.
At the same time, I was astonished to see the high castle walls. Even though I already knew that.
“Wow, was this a proper castle wall? “I don’t think it’s any better than our kingdom’s border fortress…”
The same was true for the wizard Lihar, who was helping the expeditionary force. I heard it was a castle wall, but with the spy’s poor description, I thought it was just a stone wall, but that wasn’t the case.
The huge wall, 10 meters high, was so uniform and shiny that it was difficult to tell how it was built.
“Don’t even look at the walls! Look over there. There are houses and fields that they built. “Just destroy that thing and that’s it!”
When the soldiers were crushed by the pressure of the high walls, Gir shouted to them to come to their senses. He then instructed them to trample the village and fields spread out in front of them with their swords.
The village was a place temporarily built by refugees, and the fields were quickly created by farmers using their special skills, but the expeditionary force, who had no knowledge of that, rushed there.
“Look at that idiot. “Is that all you are doing by leading an army of 10,000 people?”
“Hmm…”
The Arin people on the castle wall watched the expeditionary force. One of the dwarves who had joined laughed at the sight, as if it was absurd, and those around them cleared their throats.
In fact, the expeditionary force simply follows a set strategy. If you ask the tribes of the grasslands to deal with an opponent with a castle, out of 100, they will do something like that.
“Anyway, let’s get on with our business. The goal is to harass them as much as possible. Look! The defense towers have also started functioning!”
The residents on the walls soon began a counterattack against the expeditionary force, which began laying waste to the outside of the castle. If the arrow’s range was within reach, they would shoot it, and warriors who turned into wizards would also use magic.
What was most helpful were the defensive turrets installed on top of the castle walls. The range and power of the large arrows fired by defense turrets that have been strengthened to at least level 3 have increased.
“Ugh, ugh!”
“They’re shooting huge arrows!”
The expeditionary force, which had not considered the defensive turret, screamed as several of them were skewered by arrows from the defensive turret, which showed firepower greater than that of a ballista.
A spear so powerful that it could pierce both people and horses at the same time flew across the sky, and those around them turned blue when they saw it.
“Hold on! “What will the warchief say if you go back without even being able to do this?”
Fearing that the hearts of the soldiers who had managed to hold themselves together would break, Gir gritted his teeth and shouted as he struck down the arrows from the defense turret with his sword blazing with mana.
They were unable to capture the outpost, slaughter the enemies, or rob the castle. If they cannot clearly destroy whatever is out there, they will completely fail in their mission.
‘Still, they don’t dare to come out of the castle and confront us.’
I lost my pride many times, but there was still something left.
At least the Arin tribe could not come out of the walls and challenge them.
“No, they came out of the castle!”
But at this moment, my remaining pride was shattered.
“It’s time.”
When the enemies are constantly destroying things that are not worth much while receiving a barrage of arrows from our allies. Riena had already finished arming herself with the soldiers and was waiting on horseback.
Those who shot arrows from the castle wall were not actually feeling confident. Knowing that the enemy would not be able to fight back, he raised up those who could not use their full strength, such as the elderly and children, and had them only shoot arrows.
Her outfit was a little different from the other soldiers.
Unlike other soldiers armed with armor made from mutant by-products, she was armed with armor imbued with special power.
It was a revealing piece of armor, but neither she nor the others cared about that anymore. The armor she wears as a paladin is a gift from her guardian deity.
“While we were performing our sacred duty, those who were full of themselves dared to attack us, asking where this place was.”
Looking at the assembled soldiers, she opened her mouth in a cold voice.
In fact, she was angry now. Aside from having a bad experience with marauders, the Expeditionary Force was an evil force that tried to disrupt the beings it trusted and followed.
“We cannot allow those who do not know our sacrifice and strength to run amok forever.”
She stimulated the hearts of the soldiers. It wasn’t a difficult task. Many of those who joined here have already experienced defeat and trauma. These are people who have experienced both miracles and care in such situations.
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“It’s all torn down!”
Miners with pickaxes have created a hole in the barrier just big enough for them to escape.
With the castle gate firmly closed, they rushed out of the hole created in this way, climbed the castle wall, and started running to deal with the expeditionary force.
“How dare they…!”
“Well, I think it would be best for you to just leave like this. “Didn’t you destroy everything that could be destroyed!?”
“Shut up! “Those guys attack first without even knowing the subject, so retreating is the same as running away!”
Gir gritted his teeth when he saw the Arin troops rushing towards the castle wall. There was an opinion that since we had already achieved our goal, we should retreat without any further damage, but Gir ignored that opinion.
Although there was a lot of emotion involved, it was not an emotional judgment. More than half of the expeditionary force were Garhan’s troops absorbed this time.
This is because if you take them with you and run away after accomplishing the seemingly insignificant feat of destroying farmland while engaging in such unsightly warfare, problems with the integration of the tribe will become more severe in the future.
The reason Luke gave them to Gir in the first place was to build up destructive majors so that he could easily absorb them.
‘Can you win? ‘They are also on the wall.’
Beside him, the wizard Rihar looked at the situation a little more objectively.
Riena is deliberately sticking close to the castle wall and coming towards them. To fight them, you have to fight while taking on all the one-sided attacks from the castle.
If you go out of the castle’s attack range, there is no way they will come out to fight you.
‘furthermore…’
Rihar swallowed dry saliva. The soldiers of the Arin tribe were slightly different from the general grassland tribes, including the expeditionary force. It was completely different from the cavalry of the kingdom that Lihar knew.
The armor they were wearing was not made of metal, but was a unified armor made with the same materials and manufacturing methods.
The armor made from leather that had turned pitch black through processing and pure white bones made you wonder if they were from this world.
‘What is that woman?’
The woman at the head of these unusually armed men was wearing a completely different type of armor. She, who could tell she was a woman just by looking at her outfit, pulled out the sword she was wearing and rushed towards them from the forefront.
“Charge! “At most, there are less than 1,000 people!”
Gir led the expedition warriors to charge.
In the end, they had no choice but to withstand the barrage of arrows coming from the castle and rush towards the Arin people, who were attacking them several times more.
“Lord Lihar!”
“That woman is dangerous.”
Lihar moved instinctively. Sensing something from Riena, he swung his staff and summoned a hot, burning flame spear and shot it at her.
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‘In the end, everything goes as expected.’
I have never been more nervous since the war started, but I have never been more nervous than now.
Now, as the sun prepares to set and the sky begins to change color.
A flame spear fired by a wizard who didn’t know why he was with the expeditionary force cut through the air, and Riena swung the serpent sword in her hand at it, cutting through the magic with a single sword.
Compared to the crowd of enemies, our allies, who are only a handful, become one black wedge and charge, and the sharpest sword at the forefront, Riena, is shining even at this moment.
I can see it even when I’m looking at the other side of the screen. Which one is harder and stronger?
Although numbers have more opponents, it has already been proven that numbers are not everything.
Riena gritted her teeth and did not stop. Golden energy exploded from his entire body and literally split the enemy formation in half.
“—. –!”
Varun’s main force, which had followed behind the enemies, arrived almost at the same time as the fierce battle broke out in front of the castle walls.
The final part of the plan to not stop at simply blocking, but to ‘eat’ the opponent. Varun also immediately charged his troops and hit the side of the frightened opponent.
‘You can win, right?’
After seeing the melee unfolding, I stared at the screen anxiously, waiting for the desktop destruction cooldown to come back on. From the moment the collision occurred, the opponent was already collapsing.
If you look at the screen like this, you can see countless people leaving the battlefield and running in all directions every second. All of them were expeditionary forces.
Even if our troops die, they will not back down and will fight until the end.
If a defector arises and you cannot control it, you have already lost your ability to command. This meant that numbers had no meaning. If you count the people who are fighting properly now, the numbers don’t seem to be that far behind.
“—!”
Liena, who had the strongest military power among the allies, was the protagonist of the battlefield. Even after being thrown off her horse by an arrow from her enemies, she stirred up the battlefield by cutting down the enemy’s horse with a single sword strike.
[General Gir]
The enemy leader, who was fighting with her, began to engage in close combat.
The opponent also seemed to be quite skilled, and I struck her with excellent swordsmanship that was hard to follow with my eyes, but Riena, who was fully invested in the game, was already ready.
“–!”
Their swords clashed strongly, and while their swords were lowered, they exchanged blows with their fists and feet. Then both sides stumbled, bleeding.
In particular, Riena, who was struck in the abdomen by the opponent’s kick, suffered such serious injuries that she vomited blood.
However, in the fight where the ground around her was turned upside down and no one else dared to intervene, Liena recovered from her wounds in an instant, stood up, raised her sword, and attacked again.
Fast recovery and regeneration are the powers of heavenly protection she acquired.
The light that brings judgment to enemies and healing to allies was carried on her sword and cut the body of the frightened enemy general Gir in half.