Episode 112 – Fierce Battle (2)
“No, where are you going to run away?”
After a fierce battle, the enemy general is dead, but the battle is not over yet. Even when Riena, who had caught her breath, cut off the enemy commander’s head and announced her victory, most of them did not even know that their leader was dead.
In the process, many deserters are emerging from the expeditionary force, which is slowly disintegrating. While our troops, who were few in number, were not paying attention to them, I caught sight of some special ones among those running away.
I thoughtlessly tried to take out the hammer and chainsaw, but hesitated. This is because they thought it would be helpful to catch them alive.
If possible, I needed to know why foreign wizards invaded us along with the tribes of the plains.
‘I can’t help it because it’s urgent.’
I quickly found a place where I could use the mouse.
Fortunately, some of those stuck in the back were able to be caught with the mouse. It is possible to catch them naturally by dropping them in front of the enemy’s escaping path.
Of course, the enemies trying to capture them seemed formidable, so they couldn’t send just anyone. I had to send people I could trust.
“—?!”
It seemed like Shura, who had retreated to the rear for a while while protecting the wounded, would be enough. I’m going to help you anyway.
She struggled as if embarrassed by the sudden sight of herself being lifted up, but soon calmly surrendered herself to my mouse.
I dropped her and several other troops on the enemy’s escape route in advance. They hurriedly looked around, but when they saw enemies riding on horseback in the distance, they realized what I had done and hurriedly hid themselves.
“–, —!”
A wizard named Rihar, who seemed to be the leader of the enemies, hurriedly urged his men to come to the side of the ambushed ally.
Although the numbers are similar and there is only one warrior, Shura, the story is different if a surprise attack like this is possible.
“–!”
Our soldiers, who were preparing arrows, fired arrows all at once and shot down the enemy’s horses. The enemies were unable to respond to the arrow that suddenly flew from a completely unexpected direction and fell from their horses.
The unlucky one fell headfirst and broke his neck at a terrible angle.
While the enemies were panicking, the allies rushed out all at once and attacked the enemies who were frightened and staggering.
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“Pick up the speed! “We must escape!”
When Gir, the commander-in-chief and general of the expeditionary force that rushed out blindly, failed to take into account the power of the Heavenly Protection that Riena possessed and was defeated in a near miss.
Lihar, who witnessed the scene, left the expeditionary force with his wizards. Their purpose was to help Luke, not to sacrifice his life to fight.
‘This news must be shared. ‘There are crazy people living in the northeastern outskirts.’
Lihar’s face, even his hood removed, was pale. While following the expeditionary force, everything I saw and heard about the Arin people was a complete shock.
From gigantic castles that don’t fit in with the tribes of the grasslands, tremendously powerful anti-magic spells, extraordinary armed forces, and knights who use divine power.
Rihar, who had now realized who they had attacked, only wanted to report this news to his superiors.
“It’s an attack!”
“W-what!?”
But before they expected it, they were ambushed and knocked off their horses. The flying arrows accurately shot and killed the horse.
The arrows that instantly killed a horse were arrows fired by those skilled in horseback riding tactics.
“Wow…”
Richard, like the others, fell from his horse. I didn’t get hurt when I cast the fall technique, but I felt nauseous and my whole body throbbed.
‘dare…’
Gritting his teeth, he immediately raised his staff and fired magic at those who were running towards them.
Fireballs the size of a human head rise and glow in an instant. I had no doubt that it would fly in rapid succession, cause an explosion, and wipe out the enemies.
“Huh?!”
But his magic betrayed him. Although it flew fiercely, it was immediately split apart by someone’s slash and was canceled out.
He couldn’t believe his eyes as he cast magic one after another. A girl with short black hair, dressed in a similar outfit to the female knight who faced Gir, rushed at him without hesitation and swung the daggers in both hands in succession, cutting off all of his magic and dodging him.
‘Nonsense. He is a talented person.’
Lihar anticipated his defeat and lamented. The moment Shura got close, hitting the ground like a black panther with his eyes flashing, he felt that he, a wizard, would not be able to shake off his opponent.
It was unbelievable to lose to a girl like that, but he had already suffered numerous shocks on the way to this point. Compared to those, Shura’s skill level was not that great.
“Ha, I surrender.”
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“good. “For now, throw away the stick in your hand.”
Shura, who was continuously improving his skill proficiency at this very moment, activated the skill and disappeared in an instant before his eyes, appearing behind him and aiming the tip of the dagger at his body.
As the other wizards were soon overpowered, the unknown forces that had been collaborating with Luke were completely captured instead of hiding their identities.
“I thought this matter only involved our grassland tribes. “It’s a mountain beyond a mountain.”
“I don’t understand. “Why on earth are the people beyond the wall?”
When Shura returned with the captured wizards. The battlefield was already in its final stages.
The majority of the expeditionary force surrendered or fled. The numerous corpses lying around were evidence of the fierce battle. In such a situation, Varun, who heard Lihar’s testimony captured by Shura, sighed as if it was absurd.
“…It was because the empire’s movements were unusual. “After the new emperor won the bloody struggle for power and ascended the throne, the pressure they projected onto those around them increased significantly.”
“A new force was needed to keep them in check beyond the wall.”
Lihar didn’t bother to hide their purpose, as if there was nothing they could do about it. Why did they contact Luke and provide supplies and technology for him?
The intention was to create a new, unified force in the grassland where numerous tribes lived and increase the means to fight a bigger enemy.
“Why do we have to fight? Trade with you, including the Empire, was a privilege reserved for only a few tribes. “They do loot, but that’s because you don’t trade with them.”
“Don’t be foolish. The new emperor is a tyrant. He is a man full of ambition for conquest and achievement. They said they’ve already started cleaning up the surroundings, but there’s no way they’ll leave you guys who bothered them in the grassland for such a long time. Luke realized this early on and tried to unite the forces of this area to survive.”
When Varun spoke as if he couldn’t understand, Rihar shook his head rather firmly. Thanks to this, the surroundings were in an uproar. Varun was also speechless for a moment at the story, which did not seem to be a lie.
A sudden collapse of balance in the grasslands and a chain of conquests and plunders. And the pain of losing family and tribe.
Because I realized what all the snowballs started from.
“It worked out better.”
Furthermore, Rihar thought about it in his own way. When Varun seemed shaken after learning the truth, he tried to take advantage of it.
“It seems that you have already achieved a level of development that is incomparable to that of other tribes. I don’t know how it came to be, but since it’s like this, how about you unify this grassland? “If I report well, the superiors will also change their plans.”
“You don’t know how foolish that sounds, Wizard of the Southern Kingdom.”
Varun burst into laughter at the bold appearance of Rihar making a counteroffer. It was even more strange that they didn’t laugh at the sight of them not knowing what kind of enemy they were fighting.
“If the grasslands were divided like this! You will be conquered just like that!”
“Thank you for worrying about us so much. But it’s not without reason.”
Varun turned his back on Rihar, who was shouting in frustration, and looked up at the sky. Unifying the grasslands. In fact, Varun was hoping for that too.
This is something every warrior living here wishes for at least once. However, since they were already in charge of a greater and more important mission than that, they did not dare to turn their attention elsewhere.
“Warchief, isn’t it right to absorb Garhan’s forces as planned before they completely fall to Luke?”
“right. So ahead of that, we will hold a ceremony to our guardian deity to commemorate this victory and at the same time pray for future victories. He will definitely answer that question, so even outsiders who don’t know much about the world will know who we are.”
“Then what do they do?”
“Let’s send them to the northern fortress. Since he’s a wizard, there’s bound to be some use for him anywhere. “I will see if you are talking nonsense even if I see it with my own eyes.”
After talking with the warriors, Varun smiled and looked back at Rihar, who was still calling to him.
‘No, what on earth am I looking at?’
Lihar was taken prisoner and brought into the village. The sight I saw there was also very strange.
Unlike the tribes in the grasslands, they lived in angled houses, but the angularity was too severe. It felt like a strange feeling.
Even in his hometown, houses are built with bricks or stones, but even if you tried to get the knife-like angles right, it was impossible.
“It makes no sense to call it a guardian deity. “I don’t feel divinity, why?”
“Try to be quiet. “At this point, you can just look at it and judge for yourself.”
Rihar silenced the grumbling subordinates beside him and did not stop looking around. What was shocking wasn’t just the angular buildings around it.
‘D-Dwarf? Nonsense.’
He was astonished to see the existence of dwarves, who he thought had disappeared from this land a long time ago. In fact, other people were naturally conversing or interacting with dwarves as if they were familiar with them.
‘Then all of this is through the dwarves…’
“Let the ritual begin!”
And while the nervous Lihar simply thought that the development of the Arryn people was achieved through the cooperation of the dwarves.
The residents have already prepared for the ceremony.
This ritual was a very important and effective act that, even indirectly, communicated with beings beyond the screen and united the hearts of countless people.
“Good timing.”
Junyoung, who was actually watching it from behind the screen, was summarizing the achievements he had achieved through winning the war, then smiled and made his own preparations.
First, they began collecting Varun’s tribute through a file transfer machine. I did not offer anything like precious metals unless I took them as loot, and I mainly offered farmed potions and items.
Objects began to be transmitted with a flash of light. The residents were amazed and quickly bowed as they watched the items disappearing one by one, and Junyoung hurriedly picked up the potions that were popping out of the monitor.
‘What is there really?’
That scene came as a huge shock to outsiders, including Lihar. More than anything else, it felt like the guardian deity claimed by the Arin people really existed.