Chapter 84 Signals (8)
The hooves of the Roach Knights’ horses pounded the earth and advanced roughly.
Unlike those who valued order and discipline, the ranks were a little out of sync, and the pace seemed impatient.
However, Leader Silvain did not care. None of the knights tried to line up.
In fact, no one cares about such things right now.
Doo doo doo doo!!
On the contrary, the speed of the knights’ horses increases, and the horses move faster and more forcefully, as if reading the momentum of the knights they are riding.
They reached Mangot in no time.
The face of Mangot came into the eyes of the knights.
Those who dare to go to war with the empire.
Abominable bastards trying to join forces with the monsters outside.
Those dirty bastards who destroyed the walls and killed the soldiers and knights.
As soon as those faces were seen, the patience of the knights, led by Sylvain, was completely lost.
“Knock me to death-!!!!”
It was a shout that was not at all knight-like, much less Sylvain-like.
As if it was a very precise command.
“aaa!!”
To kill the knights,
Quad, quack, quack!
Uzijijijik!!
They pushed the horses, turning those who had little understanding of the situation into a mess on the floor.
“Ugh, ugh, ahhh!!”
“It’s the Knights of Roach! Roach ki, ugh!”
Amidst the confusion caused by May and Selena’s surprise attack, the Roach Knights attacked the right side of the group.
Those who were stepped on by a horse even once could not survive, and even if they managed to avoid it, they would be cut down somewhere by the knights’ accurate sword strikes and fall.
“Ugh… … !”
Meanwhile, May and Selena retreated as they saw the knights coming, but were worried that they would be swept away by a stronger force than expected.
At that time, an unridden horse ran towards them from afar.
Selena recognized those words at a glance.
“Kassian!”
Cassian landed right next to Selena, and Selena lightly touched his body.
“… … “You too, Mr. Frontier?”
Cassian just looked at Selena silently as she asked that question. Sometimes it seemed like he understood it, sometimes it seemed like he didn’t.
Selena smiled brightly as if that was an answer.
“… … let’s go!”
Selena climbed onto Cassian’s back and held out her hand to May.
“Even if you don’t know who it is, get on it!”
“… … !”
May was surprised for a moment.
Her current appearance is that of Adela, one of the shepherds of Mangot. Because I cloned her. Of course Selena knows that face.
Of course, May doesn’t know Selena, so she might be acquainted with Adela, but Selena’s behavior of reaching out to someone she met for the first time was bound to be strange.
“hurry!”
At Selena’s shout, May held her hand and climbed behind her.
Cassian leisurely retreated from the battlefield, and Selena, taking a breather, asked May.
“So who is it? “Why did you wear a mask or something and jump into such a dangerous place?”
“… … “What is a mask?”
When May asks innocently, Selena turns her head back and looks at May. Since Cassian was close to an autonomous vehicle that ran on its own, there was no particular need for Selena to be facing the front.
“That’s a face I know. But that person is from Mangot, so I thought someone wore a mask to imitate him, didn’t I?”
“… … “I don’t know what the mask means.”
May hesitated for a moment,
“It’s true that I imitated it.”
He said, returning to his original form.
With chestnut-colored hair and a face that resembled Frondier and Elodie.
“… … !”
Selena was so surprised by the sight that she opened her mouth. If May had transformed right away without hesitation, she might have screamed.
In the past, Selena could barely get close to Frondier while the Battle of Cape Cod was approaching. Therefore, I know nothing about the demon incident in the imperial palace or about Mei.
“Is that your real face?”
“huh.”
Although it hasn’t been long since she became a real face, May gave a short answer.
Selena thought as she looked at that face.
‘… … It looks like Frontier.’
May does not have a vague resemblance to Frondier, but rather gives the impression of a logical resemblance, if I must express it.
Since Frondier and Elodie’s appearance are mixed, they resemble each other more than parents and children, and the aura they give off is also similar.
“What’s your name?”
“may.”
“May, this is Selena.”
May nodded for a moment at that loud statement, then opened her mouth as if she suddenly remembered something.
“Oh, if it’s Selena, it’s Frontier.”
Selena’s eyes widen at those words.
“P-Do you know Frontier?”
“Yes, I am learning many things.”
learn? what?
What is Frontier teaching a child this young?
Isn’t it just a coincidence that I thought they looked similar?
“I heard about you from Frontier.”
May’s soft words.
With that one word, all of Selena’s thoughts disappear, and she becomes concerned about the content.
“Well, what did you say?”
“Umm, it’s an escort.”
It was a simple statement. It was also an obvious fact.
That’s when Selena got a little disappointed.
“So actually, he said he lied.”
“… … yes?”
-Selena is still my escort, so I actually lied.
“I said so. “I said I was just talking to myself, but I couldn’t understand it, so I kept remembering it.”
“… … .”
“Do you know what it means?”
Frontier’s difficult-to-understand words that he told May.
Selena tilted her head like May’s puzzled face,
At that moment, my last conversation with Frontier comes to mind.
─Selena, this is what it means to say goodbye.
─This is where we end the roles you and I have created.
─So you are no longer my escort.
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Frontier said that right before breaking up with Selena.
That was to hear Selena’s honest words. A word to ask people to raise their heads, to break away from each other’s relationship, and that there is no need for pretense of politeness.
Therefore, Selena raised her head and faced Frondier. Her honest feelings became expressions and tears.
But Frontier said to May:
It’s a lie to say it’s not an escort.
So that means
‘Still, as an escort… … .’
Selena blinked for a moment.
In front of her, Frondier was mostly authoritative and strict, but as time went by, Selena remembers Frondier’s face gradually becoming warmer.
When I first met him, I was just scared.
Little by little, as I got to know Frondier, he sometimes seemed like a boy of his age.
Even though it is so obvious.
That natural face appears before Selena’s eyes and she tilts her head slightly.
Selena hears his voice like the wind.
─I said goodbye, so if I want to bring him back as an escort, should I hire him again? No, I haven’t fired you yet. Why not just say it was a lie?
Although that’s clearly just Selena’s imagination.
I think Frontier is seriously thinking about that.
Of course, I thought it would make Selena, who thought of herself as his escort, dumbfounded for a moment.
“… … Foot.”
Selena ends up bursting out laughing.
May asked after seeing that.
“Do you know what I mean? “What did Frontier lie about?”
Selena lightly shakes her head in response to May’s question.
“no.”
Selena’s eyes looking ahead are clear, as if all the dust from the battlefield has been washed away.
“There was no such thing as a lie.”
* * *
Andica, the shepherd of Cape Mangot, was filled with anger.
As soon as the people of Mangot gathered, two women started stabbing them inside, and then the knights suddenly came in and turned most of them into a pulp.
“These damn bastards… … !”
In the chaotic battlefield, his sword burned red. The rising murderous intent became an auror and aimed at the knights.
Most of Roach’s knights noticed his murderousness and turned to him, but the other knights around him and the enemies in front of him took priority.
“Get those bastards right away!”
Someone caught Andika, who was about to jump in with such anger.
“calm down!”
It was Beso, another shepherd.
“Calm?! “Just leave those cans alone?!”
“Look over there!”
Beso pointed to the barrier.
The original purpose of Mangot gathering here. The northern barrier has already been broken, and the hasty ice filling will not last long. It is already on the verge of being broken by monsters.
“Even though I was lured by them, it is definitely true that the barrier was broken! The largest number of shepherds are gathered here now! “We have to get over the barrier!”
“… … “Let’s leave the sheep of Mangot alone here and cross the barrier alone?”
Andika’s voice was full of displeasure. If the shepherds leave here, the remaining people of Mangot will all die by the blade of Roach Knight.
However, at that voice, Beso grabbed him by the collar and shouted.
“okay!! “Aren’t we on fire!!”
“… … !”
At those words, Andika gritted her teeth and looked around.
In addition to these two shepherds, many shepherds have already arrived here.
Looking at it objectively, Beso was right. The monsters flocked towards the now broken barrier. Of course, soldiers and knights would also flock there.
Even if only this number of people remain, it will be enough to fill in the gaps in the imperial forces. A significant number of people died, but none of the shepherds were injured.
“… … Yes, I guess my resolve was weak. let’s go!”
Andica was not particularly a leader among the shepherds, but his turning of heart was the signal to begin with.
They all ran to the wall. Shepherds can easily overcome a barrier this high.
Normally, they would have been greatly hindered by the knights, but as expected, the barrier was broken so there was no time for that, so they arrived on top of the barrier with ease.
“There is no time to hesitate!”
Imperial soldiers discovered them belatedly, but most of the shepherds ignored them and jumped over the barrier.
Finally, Mangot crossed the barrier.
‘Shadow transfer isn’t possible yet!’
Now that it’s over, I’d like to gather all of Mangot’s personnel, but I can’t do that yet.
They have only just crossed the barrier, but there is still a long way to go to destroy the empire.
First, if you get out of here and go to a place where there are no people, you have to disperse all at once and completely eliminate tracking.
“They say there is someone in the Empire who can share the vision of key personnel! Don’t let them chase even one person!”
“okay!”
Shepherds moving forward quickly.
In front of the straight line they were moving towards, there was a man standing around.
The shepherds’ eyes quickly met.
Now that the situation is like this, there is no difference whether the enemy is a knight, a soldier, or an ordinary citizen.
Just one person, they can kill and pass by in an instant.
The shepherds take turns clearing away obstacles in front of them and take out their weapons as they run.
Hiss!
The shepherds pass by, cutting down the man who stands in their way.
It was a little strange that I didn’t feel anything, but as long as it doesn’t bother me, that’s fine. Just keep going. They don’t have time.
However.
“… … ?”
Roach Swordsmanship
Ajie Original
imaginary fall
No matter how urgent they are and how willing they are to sacrifice their lives for the cause.
Teodeodeong!!
There’s no way things will work out if you drop all your weapons on the ground.
“!!”
The shepherds looked back at the man who had passed by.
All of them ran for a while, dropping their weapons on the ground around the man.
As I said just before, ‘without feeling anything’.
“It’s Mangot.”
The man who stopped them, no, forced them to stop.
Extend the long spear to the side and lightly land it on the ground.
“I heard it’s comparable to the Imperial Zodiac.”
Sharp eyes scan the shepherds one by one.
That look, this skill, the shepherds knew for sure who he was.
‘Azier de Roach!’
Drop, a mysterious technique that causes the opponent to lose their weapon.
I’ve heard it said before, but I can’t believe it was such a quiet technique.
It was the height of skill that made the person who was hit not even realize he had been hit.
When they belatedly increased the tension towards Ajie, Ajie said as if he did not like it.
“Are you guys stronger with your bare hands?”
It was a very appropriate provocation, but Azier was sincere.