Episode 58 – Collision (8)
‘With this, time can be greatly accelerated. Physical strength too.’
Varun smiled faintly as he watched the grass and dirt passing beneath his feet.
Even though all we had to do was move 15 people at a time, it could be repeated many times anyway. It wasn’t perfect, but it was still incredibly fast.
In addition, it was a bonus to be able to fully preserve the stamina of the horses and troops that would be consumed during the march.
“You’re here.”
“Where are they?”
“If you go over the low hill in front of you, there is their village. It is a large village with hundreds of people. “This is a tribe under Garhan.”
When Varun landed on the ground, there were scouts already waiting there. They arrived in an instant to the nearest location where mouse control was possible and there were no enemies, and were already keeping a close watch on the opposing tribe.
“It looked like he was busy and moving about, but he had no idea. Perhaps because I was so distracted by that, I didn’t see any of the enemy scouts that were supposed to be there.”
“You wouldn’t have dared to expect it. “They never thought we, who met near their territory, would reach this place in such a short period of time.”
At the scout’s report, Varun nodded as if he had expected that to happen.
The mouse flies across the sky at a speed that even those who can run on horseback all day wouldn’t have dared to expect.
There is no way the other party could dare to predict.
“Get ready. “Once everyone arrives, we’ll have to attack those who aren’t even ready yet.”
Varun continued to fly through the sky, watching his troops arrive and ordering them to prepare for battle.
Until the people who were clinging to invisible hands arrived one after another, the other party remained locked in their own tribe, unaware of anything.
“Chief. “Everyone has arrived.”
It didn’t take long for everyone to arrive. Everyone, including Riena, gathered around Varun again.
“I said it before I competed, and it’s still the same now. We have a mission. “The reason we have endured and received His grace so far is to achieve that, and today’s war is also for that purpose.”
Varun gave his final encouragement to his allies. Mission, that single word resonated strongly. All of the people on the scene are people who ended up here after struggling to survive by any means possible.
“We are not trying to plunder for ourselves like they are. “It is a fight to fulfill the duty commanded by God.”
Simple stories about mission and duty were originally something only people who made a living could say. But now they have it too.
That force was powerful. For those who put their lives first, it was the first time that something more important than life appeared.
“Maureen, distribute the barding to the assault troops.”
Just before the full-scale charge, Varun ordered Morin, the carrier who came with him, to distribute the barding. In fact, they could arm their horses, but none of them wore barding. Because there was no reason to waste stamina.
Following Varun’s instructions, Maureen unpacked the heavy baggage she was carrying on her back and distributed what was inside to those in charge of the assault force.
A little larger than a fist, it is none other than itemized barding. Due to his characteristics as a carrier, he converted it into a small and light item and carried it all by himself.
“Hurry and take it.”
Maureen tossed the item in his hand to the floor, just like he did for them in the game. Then, the barding item that touched the floor turned into real barding, and those in charge of the assault team put it on their horses.
Now everything is ready. At that point, when the sun was almost setting, they all mounted their horses and began to ride across the hill toward the unprepared enemy.
If you think about it with common sense, it was a scene that could never have been created at this time.
“I am the enemy…! “Enemies are coming from the east!”
Naturally, those who were attacked by them could not help but be shocked. Only two days had passed since their first encounter.
If you calculate the time for the scouts to return, the time to understand and prepare for the situation, and the time to come back here, it was physically impossible.
“Nonsense. Are you really saying it’s them!?”
The tribal leader Ornn, who was preparing for war against the Arryn tribe with his warriors, opened his eyes so wide that they almost popped out and jumped up from his seat.
But when he ran and climbed the watchtower. The cavalry was already visible coming over the hill.
They were well-armed, quite different from the tribes of the grasslands whose armaments were somewhat more liberal as most of them were trade goods or plunder, and their impressions were the same as those given by the dying scout.
“Hurry up and fight back. They’re coming! “The numbers aren’t that big!”
“Yeah, but it’s too late. We should rather live within the tribe!”
Tribal leader Orn instructed his warriors to quickly fight back. However, the assault force with Liena at the head had already rushed right in front of their tribe.
Now it was too late to mount a horse and engage in a proper confrontation. They had to make the somewhat humiliating choice of fighting against obstacles in the village for practical purposes.
“Shoot!”
They quickly resisted by shooting arrows. Arrows are powerful whether they are fired by a woman or a child.
“It’s an arrow. “Hurry up and get your shield!”
Arrows splitting the sky began to rain down on their heads. Breaking through it is something that the assaulter must take on.
However, instead of a shield, Riena raised her sword towards the shower of arrows.
Compared to the attacks unleashed by monsters in the game, arrows without any power are nothing.
“Unbelievable. “Well, that can’t be possible.”
The warrior commander of Orn, who was directing his soldiers to shoot arrows, froze when he saw this.
At first glance, the cross-shaped red slash emitted from the skill Riena cast toward the sky appeared to be the mysterious will of a warrior at the level of legend.
“It’s pierced!”
Meanwhile, Riena and the assault troops increased their speed and broke through their defense line. An arrow fired from a running horse flew backwards and pierced those who tried to block it, and those who tried to block it with a spear were kicked and trampled by the running horse.
To begin with, their infantry tactics are poor. The moment you decide to get off your horse and fight, victory or defeat is virtually decided.
‘What on earth?’
The appearance of the Arin tribe’s assault troops breaking into the tribe and running wild was the same as that of those who plundered the weak small tribes.
The warrior commander of Orn gritted his teeth when he saw Riena wearing armor that clearly revealed that she was a female knight, slashing and killing soldiers who tried to block her with a mana-flaming sword one after another.
He realized who he, the best warrior in his tribe, had to deal with.
‘That girl must be killed.’
The warrior commander holding a spear forced his goosebumps to move his body, got on his horse, and rushed towards Riena.
Riena, who had entered deep alone to clear a path, was unable to notice him running from behind as she was dealing alone with attacks pouring in from all directions.
“die!”
“!”
Only when she came close to the sharp, flashing blade of a spear did she look back. There was still some time, but if she did not react immediately, the blade of the spear would pierce her body.
“Bwak.”
But at that moment. Before Riena could react reflexively, Ornn’s warrior commander, who was charging with all his might, was struck by such tremendous force that he fell straight to the ground.
Blood burst out and the ground shook. A huge, translucent hammer fell from the sky and protected her.
‘It’s a good thing I saved it.’
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Nervous, he watched the war situation through the screen and bit his lip while holding the mouse.
The reason why the hammers were not dropped on the fiercely resisting enemies as soon as the war started was to trust the residents and to use them when absolutely necessary, to save on destroying the desktop, which requires charging time after being used more than a certain number of times.
The judgment was exactly right, and the hammer was used to snipe the enemy’s main force with a pin point.
Thanks to this, when Ornn’s warriors tried to show some of their power to the Arryn soldiers, they were either killed by hammers falling from the sky or were seriously injured and became rats writhing on the ground.
Of course, Ornn’s warriors had more hammers than they could use, but the Arryn warriors were not idle either.
“You are practicing evil magic. dare!”
“It is not witchcraft, but protection from the Holy Spirit.”
Ornn gritted his teeth as he watched his tribe slowly fall apart as they were invaded by a much smaller enemy force. Varun, who was actually facing Ornn, just sighed and shook his head.
“Surrender now. “I don’t know how you were treated by Garhan, but we can take care of your tribe members at a better price.”
“hehehe, you’re talking a lot. “Who believes that?”
Ornn rejected Varun’s offer to surrender. He was a tribal leader who maintained his position even after humiliating his surrender to Garhan and depriving him of loot and tribute.
There was no way that someone who had the values of having a snake’s head rather than a dragon’s tail would be willing to drop everything and listen to Varun’s orders.
Varun, who had guaranteed the rights, had no intention of handing over the right to rule the tribesmen to someone else, so the final negotiations soon broke down.
“If that’s what the leader thinks, there’s nothing we can do. “I will take good care of your surrendered tribe members.”
“Soul, sorcery. He was also an evil sorcerer…”
When Varun lifted the staff he was holding in his hand, the druid’s skill was activated. Ornn and the surrounding soldiers, who were tense with their swords in hand, screamed as a completely unexpected thorn vine protruded from the floor and wrapped around them.
The war ended with that.
Since most of the warriors were dead and even the tribal leader was dead, most of those who had no reason to risk their lives fighting anymore surrendered.
“A landslide victory, Chief. “We won against enemies many times our size.”
“Is there a lot of damage to our troops?”
“As of now, more than 10 people have been killed or injured.”
“Unfortunately, there is no time to rest. “We must keep an eye on those who surrendered until they become our allies.”
Rakum, who was active in using the skills of a former spearman to his heart’s content, approached with a flushed face, but Varun shook his head with a serious expression.
This is the first time to absorb an opposing tribe through war. They also absorbed people who were much higher in weight class than themselves. The tribes of the grasslands, where this kind of thing is not uncommon, basically follow the strong, but they still had to be on their toes until they reached the village.