Episode 132-EJ(2)
When enemies are fighting among themselves. It is an extremely rational and efficient decision to target those weak loopholes and attack them.
When such an opportunity comes, you don’t take advantage of it. That is truly foolish. And contrary to their appearance of being terrible bugs, the bugs were by no means foolish beings.
“They are black monsters!”
“They appeared in the rear!”
“Why are those crazy people doing this now?!”
Everyone who saw the scene was astonished and surprised. The Arryn and Luke’s soldiers who were fighting each other, the envoys who saw bugs that they had only heard about for the first time in their lives, and even him who was watching from outside the screen.
They appeared at the most critical time without any warning and attempted to attack those around them, as was their nature.
The target was, of course, the envoy from the nearest kingdom.
“Stop the monsters!”
The guard leader Leo, who barely managed to come to his senses, urged the knights and soldiers to stop them.
However, the bugs that endlessly flow out of the cracks are quite large, consisting of many beetle-like glitches the size of wolves and gigantic bugs that resemble katydids.
It was not a number that a delegation of several dozen people could handle.
“This guy!?”
Leo, who swung his faintly glowing sword and decapitated Glitch with a single blow, widened his eyes when he saw the bug that had pushed him away with a swing of his thick, spiked paw.
It was different from most magical beasts. After noticing that the bug’s swinging front legs and jaws were filled with mana, he launched himself with a thoughtful expression on his face and barely managed to avoid the thick jaws that were trying to cut him off with his armor.
“Avoid! “Everyone, step back!”
Fortunately, Lihar’s magic hit Berg’s face and Leo was able to get up.
‘Nonsense.’
In that split second, Leo saw the dying soldiers and winced. The soldiers, who were taken aback by the attacks of the glitches charging at them with their hard shells, screamed as their armor was chewed by the jaws and their limbs were cut off.
An ordinary spear knife would only leave scratches on the carapace, and the swords wielded by knights would almost crush them to death rather than cut them cleanly.
At least the weapons of the Arin soldiers pierced their shells and inflicted fatal wounds, but their numbers were too small.
“We must run! “There are some big guys, so we can’t stop them on our own!”
“Uh, where do you mean from here?”
“Over there.”
Rihar, who was supporting his allies by casting spells, pointed to the panicked envoys to the battlefield where war was currently in full swing.
It was crazy, but those who wanted to get away from these terrible grim reapers in front of them turned without hesitation.
“Ugh, ugh! Run! hurry!”
They threw away all their luggage, horses, and carriages and ran desperately regardless of their status. Naturally, the bugs that continued to pour out at that moment followed them and headed to the battlefield.
The purpose of the bugs in the first place was to attack the two groups fighting each other and cause great damage.
“Oh really…”
Fortunately, a chainsaw that fell from the sky appeared and blocked the path of the bugs that were chasing them.
However, as he helped them by moving the mouse, he sighed, feeling frustrated that he could not move them with the mouse because there were many neutral or hostile units on the same screen.
“Keep fighting! If we hold on, the time will come when we can push on!”
“Hey you idiots! Look east! “Black monsters are coming!?”
“Ignore it! Let’s use this as an opportunity!”
The same goes for the battlefield, which has turned into chaos. While the envoys were running here for their lives, both sides, who were fighting as the bugs targeted them, were unable to react to the attack.
Luke’s subordinates were especially problematic. Many of them did not know much about the bug or did not believe it at all, so they thought that the Arin people’s embarrassment was an opportunity for them to win and fought more fiercely.
“O king. “Those demons over there are the black monsters they talk about.”
“Why on earth are they so afraid of those guys?”
Similarly, Luke, who had no experience fighting bugs, looked at the bugs that were starting to turn pitch black over the green plains.
Although they were a bit numerous and disgusting, they still looked like a pack of beasts. If it had been Luke’s order, he could have retreated and prepared now, but Luke made the worst decision.
Like the field commanders, they thought to use this as an opportunity. It was because they thought that if they took advantage of this confusion, they could regain the momentum that had been lost due to the differences among the warriors and the emergence of anti-magic.
‘Such foolishness.’
Varun, who was able to watch the enemy’s movements following that decision from the sky, sighed and returned to his soldiers.
Now that it was like this, they had to prepare to fight against two enemies at the same time: Luke’s army and Bugs.
“They are mistaken. Are the black monsters targeting people? “They will be eaten alive by those monsters and curse Luke.”
“What should we do!?”
“The left army joins into the village! Our troops should remain in their positions, and all those waiting in the rear ranks should get off their horses. “You can’t fight them if you’re on horseback.”
The Arin leadership, including Varun, was skillfully prepared to fight the bugs.
When they start running, they become a living tank to the infantry, but to the bugs, they dismount from their horses, grab their weapons and shields, and quickly form a formation.
“Joe, Chief! “They’re coming to us too!”
“Tsk, go and stop it! Even so, they are just demonic beasts!”
Of course, the bugs attacked both the Luke army and the Arin tribe. However, Luke’s troops, who did not know how to deal with opponents compared to the Arins, rode first and charged at the bugs.
They fought in this way even when hunting the ferocious beasts of the grasslands.
‘Those idiots.’
‘You’re being stupid.’
Varun and Junyoung, who were watching the scene and beyond the screen, frowned while thinking the same thing.
And when they finally passed the delegation running here and were attacked by bugs.
“Ah, ahhh!”
“Don’t come! Do not come!!”
As expected, Luke’s soldiers who ran first fell from their horses all at once and threw themselves right in front of the enemy’s jaws without even having time to feel the pain of their injuries.
The bugs flashed their sharp and powerful jaws as if wondering what was happening, and everyone was mesmerized by the terrible sight of horses and people being chewed alive.
“That’s…”
Luke was equally shocked. It was only at this time that Luke, along with the staff around him, realized that something was wrong, and his eyes twitched.
“It’s dangerous!”
“Tsk!”
However, Luke had to turn his head again to block the arrow that flew at him with golden light.
The person who fired the arrow was Liena, who had cut down everyone who stood in her way and had advanced to the bottom of the low hill where they were commanding the troops.
“You idiot. Are you sure your eyes are working properly? “It was your mistake to reject our offer and try to force us into submission even at this moment when we should be joining forces!”
Luke’s eyes twitched at the sound of her angry cries from afar.
Riena was truly angry at Luke for not recognizing the danger of bugs and making the wrong choice.
“How dare that b*tch…”
“How on earth did we get here!?”
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The people around Luke were even more surprised and angry at her words. But regardless, she left the bugs to her colleagues and came deep into enemy territory, determined to cut off Luke’s head.
‘I remember hearing that. There is one female warrior among them who is quite strong and unique.’
This is the first meeting between the two.
Luke, who had already heard rumors about Riena, rather than getting angry like the others, showed interest when he saw her with a different outfit. Although he only commands now, he was originally a born warrior. It was natural for the blood to boil at the bold challenger.
“Young girl. You have courage, but you are reckless. “Will you be able to reach me?”
Luke pushed back the soldiers and moved the surrounding guards to block Riena’s path. There was no way she would refuse the traditional custom of accepting a one-on-one match if she passed this test.
“uh?”
“What is that?”
But at that moment. Her body, which seemed ready to rush at any moment, suddenly began to move on its own. In an instant, he turned around and started running in the opposite direction.
The warriors around her laughed, but Riena could not control her words and body, which moved with irresistible force.
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“If this continues, the delegation will be wiped out.”
The envoys desperately tried to escape, but they were caught up one by one and were dying. It would be a big deal if those who would play an important role in future diplomacy were wiped out, so I had to save them.
However, there were only a limited number of people who rode horses to fight the bugs to save them.
“I can’t help it.”
Sighing, I had to faithfully fulfill my assigned role and use Riena and the Paladins to crush all the enemy warriors who blocked me and quickly reach the enemy commander, Luke.
He forced them, who were still unaware of the opposing situation, to move and save the mission.
“—!”
In the end, Riena and the Holy Knights turned back to the path they had cleared and began running toward the delegation.
I didn’t think this choice was wrong. That’s why diplomacy with other powers was so important to our future.
‘You won’t swear, right?’
I glanced at their eyes, but no one, including Riena, seemed dissatisfied with my instructions.
And when they suddenly changed their momentum and rushed to save the delegation, they finally joined the delegation.
On the other side, a fierce head-on collision between bugs and residents began.
‘You’ll win, right? ‘They can’t just do good things.’
Even if it was inevitable and unavoidable that locals would fight each other, I couldn’t see the bugs benefiting from it.
“—! —!”
“– —!”
They had to stop fighting in order to survive and gain something, so they fought desperately against the monsters that ran towards them.
Of course, the enemies were the ones who would attack our allies if they had any remaining energy even after the fight against the bugs was over. Actually, that’s the same for us.
While fighting against bugs, we must fiercely watch out for the other party’s thoughts.
‘Aren’t you really worried about that?’
However, for those that popped out from a one-off crack, the number of bugs that seemed intentional was considerable.
Even though our allies, who have commanders who are already familiar with fighting bugs and have many weapons, are holding on, Luke’s troops are literally being torn apart.
When the battle with the bugs is over. I felt like I could be sure which one would have more power.
‘I tell those bugs to get a real education.’
I smiled bitterly when I saw Luke’s stern face as he was arguing with Riena. Now that things have happened like this, I have no choice but to guide us in the direction that will benefit us the most.