Chapter 84 Signals (7)
Selena wiped away her tears.
She still had work left to do to just cry.
Selena approached Hagley.
“Hagley.”
“… … .”
Hagley just glared at Selena in silence.
Paralysis had already taken hold of my entire body, and I could not lift a finger.
Although it has not yet reached the intestines, it is impossible for Hagley to use any other tactics now.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
Selena puts her hand on Hagley’s shoulder.
“Well, what are you planning to do… … .”
Even talking is not easy anymore. My mouth was stiff, my tongue was numb, and my pronunciation was slurred. Even that is a shame to Hagley.
“You are the backbone of Mangot.”
“… … !”
Hagley felt it. Selena explores the path of shadows connected to Hagley himself.
“Being the backbone of Mangot literally means that all the key people in Mangot are connected to you.”
“Just because you know that, what… … .”
Shadow transfer is only possible when connected in advance.
As it was, the shadows of Hagley and the others connected to him would have nothing to do with Selena.
However.
“I once overdid it.”
Selena suddenly said.
“It was a dangerous act to transfer a person, including me, and a horse together.”
Hagley’s eyes widen at those words.
When Selena headed to Jeranhes with Malia and the famous horse Cassian, she reached the front of the barrier of Yeranhes with them.
That was a forbidden technique in Mangot. Because it transfers even unrelated people who are not connected to the shadow, the burden on the caster himself is extreme.
In just that one moment, Selena’s physical condition became similar to Frondier’s, who experienced mana exhaustion twice.
After that, she continued to use transference frantically to attack Frontier, so after the fight, Selena was completely exhausted.
“But thanks to almost dying like that.”
Selena’s mana fluctuates.
The sunken eyes are distant and distant, as if looking at Hagley’s ‘behind’.
“My understanding of metastasis has expanded.”
Selena succeeded in transferring with those who had nothing to do with the shadows.
After that, Selena became able to interfere with other shadows that were not connected to her own shadow.
‘… … Even so, it wasn’t long before I was sure I could do it.’
When Selena entered the round table.
Although Selena didn’t like her clothes, there was one benefit they gave her.
While he lowered his head and listened to Belphegor, he looked at the shadows of the shepherds sitting at the round table around him.
If they had been paying close attention, they might have noticed, but Selena moved very cautiously, and more importantly, she only looked at the shadows of the shepherds who were preoccupied with her body.
And for that to be possible, there is, of course, one more gateway to go through.
“Yes, you b*tch, me…” … .”
You have to meet Hagley.
Just as Hagley was waiting for Selena, Selena was also looking for Hagley.
“… … “I’m going, Hagley.”
A hand touched Hagley’s shoulder.
Selena’s eyes, looking down quietly, seemed somewhat sad.
“I wanted to believe you.”
“… … .”
“I don’t care what happens to the entire empire. So, I believed in the power of Mangot, called Uphwa.”
“… … .”
“But that’s no longer possible.”
Hagley tried to say something, but his already paralyzed mouth was unable to produce even a single sound.
And Selena disappeared.
Just before that, Hagley saw a creepy, murderous look in Selena’s eyes.
* * *
Arrows split the sky, blades and claws flashed between the two groups as they collided, and huge rocks and magic fell from the air to the ground.
Northern wall. The fight is noisy beyond grandeur.
“Kill! “Kill them all!”
“Don’t let even one get close!”
“Ugh! “I’ll crush your head!!”
There is a lot of shouting and swearing, and there is no interest in anything other than one’s own life and winning the war.
Ampere, in charge of deployment, is on the wall.
This is because his sword strikes are much more effective than arrows or magic in catching ‘birds’.
His skill, which cuts down enemies regardless of distance, is best suited to dropping birds.
However, since you give up protecting the barrier, damage continues to accumulate on the barrier.
The north is said to have the most monsters pouring into the empire.
Göranhes suffered particularly severe damage last winter.
May left without using recovery.
The result of all those things accumulating.
“… … also.”
Ampere’s eyes on the wall look to the right. His eyes sank into silence.
“Is it time?”
thud! Coo!
Monsters coming in like a flood. Gradually, people of different ranks crawled out from the depths and attached themselves to the wall,
Gurgling!
Soon, eventually, from the perspective of the monster and Mangot, finally.
“Ahhh… … Ah ah ah ah ah!!”
“Oh, no! Stop it, stop it… … !”
The soldiers’ screams and despair came together, and the barrier collapsed.
“Block the wall!!”
One of the knights shouted, and before that, the wizards began chanting.
Quad deuk!
Huge ice filled the gaps between the broken barriers.
“Ugh!”
However, the hastily created ice wall is much weaker than the original barrier.
There is no way to withstand the attacks of monsters pouring in again. The wizards continue to pour mana into the ice, but the breaking speed is much faster.
“Go, matriarch! “The wall is broken!”
A knight approaches Ampere and shouts:
“Yes, I am watching.”
“Hurry up and give orders!”
But I shake my head at those words.
“I’m not the one giving orders.”
“yes? “What does that mean?”
Ampere receives periodic reports.
What is the situation of the defenses across the empire, and where is the most critical area right now?
And when I combined the reports and communications from the soldiers, the critical area was right here, in the north, where he was.
Since this is a barrier that does not use ‘restore’, this result is almost inevitable.
so that.
“My wife will give orders.”
Ampere simply moves ‘as predetermined’.
* * *
“The best thing is for the barrier not to collapse. But the probability is not high.”
Frontier spoke inside the room Ospreet had dragged him into.
“As Her Majesty the Empress said, if I were to be a spear targeting Mangot Cape.”
Frondier used the Black River to show the location of the empire’s defenses and Cape Man and drew arrows. It was too simplistic and a simple sign to be called a map.
“You have to be prepared in case you fail.”
“… … .”
Everyone’s faces became saddened by those words.
But Frontier shook his head.
“My death is not necessarily a failure.”
“… … then?”
“Simply put, the barrier falls before the spear reaches the enemy’s heart. “This is also a failure of this operation.”
Frontier’s operation has a countdown.
A countdown before the barrier collapses.
Once this is over, even if Frontier penetrates the heart of Cape Mande, it cannot be considered a complete success.
“From the empire’s perspective, we must assume that Mr. Frondier did not exist from the beginning.”
Aten said and Frontier nodded.
“It’s true that it doesn’t actually exist. “My operation cannot be the operation of the entire empire.”
“Frondier, what do you want to say? “Are you saying we are now abandoning the empire’s territory and narrowing down the walls?”
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Unless we assume Frontier’s strategy, if this war were to be a success for the empire, it would mean defending the monsters and Cape Mande with their own strength.
With the current wall layout, that is not realistic.
There, Frontier looked around at everyone.
“… … “Here’s a suggestion.”
Everyone’s eyes gathered at those words.
“If you accept this operation of mine as ‘the empire’s operation.’”
“… … !”
Fili was the first to read the meaning of those words and his eyes widened.
In other words, the entire empire will cooperate to stab one spear called Frontier. That is what Frontier meant.
“There is a way to slow down the countdown and deal effectively with the enemy.”
“What is that?”
“It is assumed that the barrier will be broken from the beginning.”
Everyone tilted their heads at those words, and Frondier pointed to the barrier he had created.
“For me, there is a magic called ‘restoration.’ “If you saw Ridwi with me at the Tavern, you would know.”
Ridwi nodded at those words. The amazing sight of the barrier being restored as if rewinding was still vivid to the eye.
“And actually, I built that magic into a magic circle.”
“What, what!”
It was Ospreet who was surprised by those words.
Magic circles are not something that can be created from all magic. In particular, magic circles where intuition is important have lower magic circle efficiency.
For example, in the case of ‘Chain Lightning’ used by Ridwi, the power and uniformity of the magic varies depending on his condition, mental clarity, and some probability.
It is difficult to create such a magic circle in the first place, and even if you do, it is probably less powerful than using the magic directly.
But you created a magic circle for the great magic of restoration? Besides, you already installed it?
However, Frondier calmly nodded and spoke again.
“I will manifest the magic circle one after another from the east and stop in the north. This has three effects: One is to make the enemy think I am on the wall, and the other is to lure the enemy to the north.”
Of course, the real second effect was to attract Mangot personnel who could shadow transfer to Mei.
“And thirdly, you can decide which barrier will be broken first.”
“… … ah!”
Everyone nodded as if they understood those words.
Even though all the walls have been restored, only the most severely damaged northern wall is not repaired. It is obvious which one will collapse first.
“The enemy will directly witness the wall being repaired clockwise. Cape Bay is to the west, and they would aim north rather than east, which realistically would require them to go back the opposite direction. Their eyes will naturally turn north.”
And if the barrier were to be destroyed, all eyes would immediately focus on the north.
“Mangot will use Shadow Transfer to secure victory. “It may not be the entire number, but it will be a sufficient number of people.”
The key to this war is how Mangot attacks.
You need to pay more attention to their movements than monsters that simply push with force.
“Take advantage of that opportunity.”
Frontier’s eyes shine sharply.
* * *
As Frondier expected, the shadow of Mangot begins to transfer.
The people of Mangot are gathering to the north. The amazing moving distance of the shadow transfer causes them to quickly swell northward.
However.
The increase is just an illusion, they are just gathered together.
─The first thing that will appear are the two arrows I shoot.
The northern barrier where Mangot’s personnel hastily gathered.
Right towards that point.
Ssyuk-
Very quietly, two lines run across the ground.
One starts from the wall, and the other starts from Mangot.
Suddenly-
Phew, Phew!
They cut off one life at each point they touch, moving on to the next shadow and the next shadow. Instinctively head towards the place with the most shadows.
result.
Pot!
May and Selena appear simultaneously in Shadows of the North.
“… … ?”
“??”
The moment the two looked at each other, they froze for a moment.
We looked at each other with a look of ‘Who?’
They just perform their role.
“Aww, wow!”
“Kaaa!!”
Blood is splattered between the capes and limbs are rolling around.
Screams beget screams like a contagion, and the Mangots who arrived due to the contagion fall into confusion.
No one thinks that the moment when the shadow transfers to an ally is the most dangerous.
A scene of massacre caused by complete carelessness.
Selena, who has reached her peak as an assassin, and May, who has acquired all kinds of skills through learning, cut them down without mercy.
However, they cannot cut down all Mangot.
In an all-out war after the effect of the surprise attack has disappeared, it is difficult for just the two of us to deal with Mangot, which is accustomed to monsters from outside.
so that.
─After that.
From the beginning, on the other side of the wall,
Those who did not participate in the battle were waiting with bated breath.
“… … Yes, I confirmed.”
The leading man who answers someone’s phone and puts it down again.
“Malia’s instructions have been given.”
─The Empire’s strongest knights are needed.
Creepy aurors casting quiet eyes on the forest.
They were prohibited from participating in the battle at the wall, and they endured with all their might and watched the deaths of their soldiers and knights.
Anger is already at its peak.
“We will be the spark of the empire.”
While speaking, Leader Sylvain drew his sword.
It was the left hand.
“Roach Knights——!!!”
Absolutely miserable!!
They pull out their swords at once, and the eyes of the knights turn towards Mangot gathered beyond.
Just living alone causes it to bloom so massively that it seems like it could kill a person.
“Wipe it away!!!”
The empire’s strongest knights waited until it was too late and finally sortied.
Their claws began to run across the ground.
Towards Mangot.
Toward a fire, to become a fire.