Episode 73 – Gust from the North (3)
‘What happened now?’
That brief moment when your body flies in the sky according to the laws of physics. Luhan, who was running at the front, looked at the sky with a blank face.
Clearly, they were just running on flat ground with nothing in it. However, their horses stepped on the muddy mud and suddenly fell into a wide and long hole that someone had deliberately dug evenly.
It was something that was impossible to understand with common sense. That the muddy mud was floating in the air in the form of blocks, and that such a large hole was dug in such a short period of time.
“Wow.”
“Everyone charge!”
The moment Luhan crashed to the ground, Varun’s main unit, which was running towards them, did not slow down and rushed towards them, who completely collapsed.
Of course, as an outstanding warrior with a reputation for being famous, Luhan fell off his horse properly, but he quickly used the fall technique and was not even injured. Then, he immediately stood up, drew his weapon, a sword, and gritted his teeth against the countless enemies running towards him, but the enemies did not only come from the front.
“Hey, they’re coming from the side too!”
“No way! “You mean it rose up from the ground?”
When the leader fell into a trap and stopped completely losing mobility, they lost their ability to rush and were shocked to see opponents coming from both sides.
As one warrior shouted, the Arryn people who were in ambush really rose from the ground. It was a price that could not even be imagined that they had dug a space in the ground for so many people and horses to wait.
“Bah, shield! Raise your shield!”
Luhan’s warriors, who lost their weapon of mobility in the duel between cavalry, instinctively felt fear and raised their shields.
As expected, the Arin tribe began to kill warriors like Riena, all at once, holding their bows and shooting arrows at them as they stood still.
‘How on earth is this…’
Luhan watched in fascination as a special arrow shot by Riena, holding a special bow, flew at incredible speed, shattered the shield of a soldier wearing armor, and pierced through the neck, killing the soldier behind him as well.
Not just one or two, but dozens of arrows. It was not the power that an ordinary arrow could produce, capable of causing well-armed troops to fall to the ground. As the power saved just for this one moment of attack exploded, it was impossible for Luhan’s troops to hold on.
“You evil bastards!”
Since the situation was beyond common sense, it was natural to think that the other person had performed some kind of evil magic that we did not know what it was.
As Luhan burst into anger, shimmering mana burst out from his body and sword, and he rushed at the enemy who was trying to attack his allies.
The sword was clearly powerful, enough to kill an armored opponent with a single sword while not riding a horse.
“Is he the leader?”
“That’s right. “His name is Luhan, and he is a powerful warrior that even Garhan can’t do!”
A time when the pre-planned strategy worked out perfectly and the momentum was instantly gained against an enemy several times larger. Naru, who knew about Luhan, stayed by Varun’s side and told him about Luhan’s identity. Indeed, that reputation is not in vain.
Even at this moment, when Luhan has fallen into a fatal trap, he is holding on to the battle lines with his warriors. It was not easy for soldiers on galloping horses to deal with warriors who were superhuman enough to dodge charging horses and cut off the horses’ legs with their swords.
‘Our warriors will have to step forward, but we need Riena to deal with warriors of that level.’
Varun, fiddling with his druid staff, fell silent. He had an intuition that he and the new warriors who had just awakened could never win against them.
“We will step forward. “If you have this Yongrin Gap, it’s worth a try.”
Naru said, pointing to the armor made of Drake’s scales that he was wearing. But Varun shook his head.
“We are proceeding as planned. “The important thing is not the enemy warriors, but destroying the enemy main force.”
Warriors are a powerful force that can change the course of battle, but they are not everything. In order to win the war, it was more important to ultimately subdue the main army, which comprised the absolute majority.
Moreover, it was not as if there was no reason to believe it.
“Damn it!”
Someone looked at the sky and shouted. But by the time I looked at the sky in surprise, it was already too late. A translucent hammer as large as a house began to fall on Luhan’s warriors who were fiercely resisting.
“The guardian spirit is watching over us. What to fear! “All those waiting, charge too!”
Varun, who was pummeling and pounding the panicked and helpless opponents, gave orders to continue charging, using the hammer falling from the sky as a signal before they came to their senses and escaped by breaking through.
The time has come to join forces and completely defeat the enemy.
[Healing Wind]
‘We will not lose.’
As they charged in unison, hammers fell one after another, letters made of light appeared in the sky where they were sniping at the enemy warriors, and a refreshing wind blew.
A wind imbued with special power that pushes their backs as they charge, pushes back enemy arrows, and heals wounds.
“Uh, uh…”
“What is that in the sky?”
Luhan’s troops were completely tired of the enemy’s continuous attacks, regardless of whether they were warriors or soldiers. They were no match for their momentum, and their fighting spirit was already wavering.
“aaah! How dare you use magic like this!”
Even Luhan, who was grinding his teeth to break the hammer aimed at him with all his strength, became speechless when he saw the letters of light that appeared in the cloudy sky.
Golden letters too sacred for evil witchcraft. But the sacredness was not on their side.
“Surrender. “If you surrender, I will not kill you.”
The moment the collision occurred, the game was already half decided. Arin warriors, including Varun, led the soldiers and actively demanded surrender from their opponents.
Those who actually dropped their weapons and surrendered were passed over without being cut down.
They swept away Luhan’s panicked troops before they could regain their positions, and Luhan’s soldiers, who were no longer able to control them, were unable to properly resist and disintegrated.
“What on earth are you? “Where do they come from?”
“Everyone says something similar. But we are of the grassland tribe like you. However, due to lack of strength, it was more about being plundered rather than plundering others.”
No matter where he looked, he could only see his soldiers falling off their horses or surrendering. Varun shook his head with a calm face as Luhan spoke through gritted teeth.
“gibberish! “We don’t use strange magic like this!”
When Varun summoned thorny vines from the ground and tried to restrain them, Luhan extinguished them with a single strike and shouted.
“You surrender too. “If you surrender, I will tell you the real truth about us that you don’t know.”
“We…are proud warriors. I won’t surrender to a shaman or something…! “I would rather die fighting!”
Varun encouraged Luhan to surrender, but Luhan, who showed his teeth and growled, did not accept it. Instead, he aimed his sword, kicked the ground, and rushed at Varun.
“Then there is nothing we can do.”
Varun flinched and glanced to the side. Almost at the same time, Luhan, who was trying to cut down Varun, was blocked by someone’s sword that came at him at once.
Luhan’s eyes widened as he heard a strong roar and shock that made it hard to believe that it was made by steel meeting steel. The opponent holding the sword that blocked his sword, which was full of mana, was a female warrior with flowing tightly tied hair.
[Cross Cut·Judgment]
Riena’s eyes, with her skirt flying along with her hair, flashed golden light, and her skill exploded with a flash of light.
Then, Luhan’s body, shocked by the slash strengthened by the light of Heaven’s Divine Protection and Judgment, was immediately pushed back.
***
‘I think I’ve got the hang of it.’
I had no idea where the time had passed and watched the war on the screen without even going to the bathroom. The war was actually unfolding in real time, and I couldn’t take my eyes off it for even a moment.
I thought it was most important to get along with them, so I used the hammer very carefully to help them.
Subdued the enemy warriors and shot the leader.
However, when sniping the boss, I slowly felt that desktop destruction needed to be upgraded to the next level. Because the most basic weapon, a hammer, seemed to have limitations.
“—!”
Still, this time it was enough.
I helped them, and they came up with an appropriate strategy and executed it perfectly.
With that, they won the war.
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Of course, it doesn’t seem like we’ve completely won yet, but we will win if only some of the enemies who are fiercely resisting in a state where the balance is completely broken are dealt with.
“Are you planning on not surrendering?”
I sighed softly as I looked at several warriors wearing wolf skins. They are particularly elite soldiers, including the enemy leader, and it seems they would rather die fighting than surrender. In particular, the leader named Luhan was shouting with a face that seemed to know what he was saying even though I couldn’t hear him.
“–. —.”
However, Riena, who is dealing with him, is calmly pushing him away with a calm and cold face the entire time.
The evidence is clear that she has grown. There is no longer a young female warrior who showed a somewhat emotional side when we first met, and there is only a decent female knight who has grown quickly based on her many experiences.
‘I think I won.’
Other enemies are also being taken down one by one by well-trained warriors such as Shura and Rakum.
There seemed to be no need to use the last remaining hammer.
[Achievement achieved: Kill 200 hostile forces]
[Achievement achieved: Kill 300 hostile forces]
…
At the same time, several achievements were achieved through this war. I still had to watch the fight, so I skipped through them quickly and only took the points.
“It’s over.”
Meanwhile, the decision was made. Riena’s sword ended up breaking the enemy’s sword in half.
While I was watching with interest, Riena swung her sword at the stumbling man without hesitation and cut off his head.
“—, –! —!”
The battle ended in victory, but it is not completely over yet. Varun subdued those who surrendered, while selecting some troops and sending them elsewhere.
‘Damn, if I could use a mouse.’
The goal is to catch those who are running away and go find the main unit they left behind.
I was able to flip the screen to see them. Those who could not become the main force, such as the elderly, children, and women, were left behind and waiting for the main unit.
The problem is that mouse control is impossible on the screen where they are still hostile. Thanks to this, I had no choice but to watch, hoping that our troops would chase after them and catch them.
“—!”
The fleeing enemies seemed to know that our troops were following them, and some of them did not join the main team and were seen running away to other places.
The friendly forces seemed to have given up on catching them as well, focusing only on securing the remaining main force.
They may not have known that they had lost the war and that their chief had died, but when our troops attacked, they were embarrassed and could not do anything, and eventually surrendered.