27 – Episode 27: Yakuzades Beam (2)
“Ughh…”
Covered in dirt, Leonard forced himself to stand up.
“Hmm…”
He held on to his fading consciousness and checked his physical condition.
There were no injuries, and his copper armor was intact.
Thud.
A small piece of wood was stuck in his cheek, causing blood to flow.
“Ah…”
Leonard gently pulled it out and used mana to stop the bleeding, then took a rough breath.
The fortified gate, which the people of Goldon had poured their time and passion into, collapsed in an instant.
In a way that no one had expected.
“Oh no…”
“Mother!”
The soldiers of Goldon, who had lost all the advantages of defense in the siege, screamed.
Fear quickly spread and found its way to Lennard.
“…”
Lennard’s body trembled.
Why did he come to Goldon?
It was just a pitiful outburst of an old man’s childish anger.
“Would it even matter if I sacrifice myself here? Since all the citizens of Goldon will die anyway.”
Unlike himself, who had escaped midway, Lennard remembered the fellow knights who had fought to the end in the Telas resistance and lost their lives.
Deaths that no one could protect, truly meaningless deaths.
“This is not my death, not my final battlefield. Let me die in a place that is at least a little more worthwhile.”
Lennard finished his justification mixed with excuses and looked around.
“You bastards! Over here! It’s this way!”
Celine, who hadn’t given up yet, stood in front of the castle gate, shouting with determination.
“-Lord Lennard!”
When Lennard, who was watching her with sad eyes, turned around, someone called his name.
“Lord Lennard!”
It was a man running towards him, his body covered in sweat.
“John?”
Lennard paused for a moment at the familiar face.
“You remember! I’ve come to join you!”
“…The young man who said he wanted to become a knight.”
Young people who know nothing tend to idolize knights from fairy tales.
“Yes! Celine Yang went ahead first?”
“…Yes.”
Lennard in his younger days was the same.
So, after grueling training, he became a knight and joined the Silver Fox Knights.
“…Tren Kyung has been seriously injured. We need a commander.”
“…”
Did the other knights feel the same way?
Now, it’s impossible to know forever.
“Ha…”
He suddenly felt pathetic for wanting to run away.
“How pathetic did I become to think of death?”
“Lennard Kyung? Are you okay? Oh, there’s blood on your face…”
John looked at Lennard, who sighed, with concern.
“Like the knights I dreamed of in my youth, like those guys.”
Lennard, with a resolute heart, drew his sword.
“Bring the other soldiers here. I’ll take command.”
“Understood!”
John gathered the stunned soldiers, shouting.
“Celine Yang! Come this way!”
“Is there a way?”
“We have to make one.”
Saelin, who had been watching the approaching thieves, stepped back and joined Leonard.
Before long, the soldiers of Goldon, who had regained their senses, gathered around Leonard and built a defensive formation, while the thieves infiltrated.
“Kill those guys with weapons first!”
The fastest bandits rushed in, surrounding the defensive formation.
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Their hands held sharp swords.
“Do it as you’ve been taught. Stab! Retreat! Got it!”
Leonard shouted to boost morale.
“Yeah. It won’t be unjust if we die like this.”
“Let’s give it a try!”
“Hooray for Goldon!”
“I am the Shark Lord!”
The soldiers responded.
“Yaaah!”
Just before the clash of the two forces, a black shadow fell from the sky.
“-Who will be annihilated today.”
Thunk!
In an instant, the necks of the bandits flew through the shadow’s strike.
“-Only the Yakuzas.”
A black giant suddenly appeared, stepping on the ground and eyeing the bandits.
“W-who’s there?”
“Are they our allies?”
The confused soldiers of Goldon.
“Who are you? Have you come to help us?”
Leonard, at a loss, asked directly, but the bandits only showed their perplexed movements without answering.
“They… they’re deserting ninjas! They’ve come to help us!”
Orphe, who was among them, shouted somehow embarrassedly.
“Deserting ninjas? What’s that?”
“I haven’t heard of it either.”
“Well, well~!”
The sudden intrusion of the deserting ninjas threw the battlefield into chaos.
***
Damn it, no wonder something felt off. I had my pants on backward.
I heard a loud noise while I was wearing the ninja disguise, so I hurriedly put it on and ended up like this.
I should have calmly taken off the ninja disguise.
But still, this level of discomfort is tolerable.
Tap, tap, tap!
I quickly moved my legs and arrived at the battlefield.
I saw Orphe fighting hard.
“Haap!”
He didn’t go for the instant kill.
Venomous, it’s venomous.
Anyway, Orpheus was unharmed.
Diana wasn’t visible, but I hope she’s doing well.
As a yokai by nature, she shouldn’t die easily, I think.
“Y-You bastard! It’s him! The one who intruded last time!”
A straw hat-wearing yakuza, who had been peeking from behind, shouted loudly.
It was the same guy I saw in the tent village. Seeing him again, I felt somewhat relieved.
“Y-Yeah!”
“He was on our side, right?”
“Smith said he was suspicious!”
“Because of that damn idiot!”
I have no interest in listening to the yakuza’s trash talk.
I immediately accelerated and rushed towards them.
“You bastard!”
The yakuza riders, mounted on horses, swung their knives that looked like chili peppers.
I easily evaded them and gave them a taste of my honeyed fists.
“-Watermelon smashing technique.”
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
“Kiyaaak~!”
A watermelon smashing beautifully by the Yakuza.
It’s an indirect experience of the beach in summer.
Eeheehee~
The screams of horses crying out, losing their Yakuza owners, echo through the alleys.
“C-Crazy! With bare hands!”
The Yakuza trembled like a brother who was hit by his younger sister and kicked out of the house on a cold evening.
This is not a mere anecdote.
“Nin-nin.”
There are fewer people wearing protective gear than expected.
Since fists are more useful in this situation, they bring in their ninja skills.
Just one ninja punch can crush those bastards.
“Forward! Move forward!!”
Lennard made a decision and led the soldiers to charge.
It’s dangerous if their action ranges overlap, so they should take care of the ones far away.
Boing!
“Ooh!”
“I, I’m coming!”
Immediately, I spun in mid-air and went behind the Yakuza.
The quick-witted man with a straw hat swung his sword and rushed in.
“What kind of bastard stole my money?”
Crack!
I grabbed the sword and pulled it towards me because I couldn’t be bothered to dodge the attack.
Now I can read the movements of most guys.
“Huh?”
“Answer me.”
I grabbed the collar of the yakusa with the hat that came with the sword and shook it lightly.
“Ugh!”
Snap!
Even though I clearly handled him gently, the guy’s neck snapped.
Damn, I’m so confused.
“It doesn’t matter who it is, just answer!”
Thud!
Using the body of the hat as a blunt weapon, I struck the other yakuzas.
Thump!
“Ahhhhh!”
The flying yakuzas started fighting each other with those behind them.
Thud-thud!
They rolled on the ground.
“D-Delbanas is here!”
“Save me!”
Of course, saving Yasa Yo is an impossible task for someone like me.
“Thank you.”
Thump~ Thud~ Crash-
Maintaining the rhythm, I shook it a few times, and before I knew it, they were all dead.
“What… what is this?”
The New Face Yakuzas coming through the gate looked at me with their mouths hanging open.
The Golden Don who became an endless refill store for Yakuzas.
There are still so many of them, if I try to catch each one barehanded, it will never end.
“Kki, Kyaaah~!”
As the Yakuzas approached, I looked for something to swing at them.
A slightly smaller pillar caught my eye.
Should I? Let’s give it a try.
I raised the pillar with both hands.
Thud, thud, thud.
“Hmm…”
It’s still quite heavy.
Looks like I’m not quite a super ninja yet.
“Take this-!”
Zoom- Zoom- Zoom-
The dazzling spinning pillar caught the attention of the Yakuzas.
“Don’t just stand there staring, defend yourself!”
It was too late.
Splat-
The “Rage of Golddon” missile flew away just like that.
Kwakung!
The Yakuzas who were in its path instantly turned into pancakes.
“aaah!”
A few terrified Yakuzas made a run for it.
With this, even Golddon’s soldiers can fight easily.
As long as we focus on killing the Yakza riders, there will only be infantry left, so it should be fine.
“Delbanas.”
Now we have to go outside and catch this bastard.
I don’t know what kind of crap he pulled, but seeing how he pierced a hole through Golddon in an instant, he’s clearly not an opponent to be underestimated.
That Delamion bastard doesn’t have such a powerful area-of-effect attack.
Come to think of it, they both have “Del” in their names.
Tap tap tap-
I immediately went out through the castle gate.
There were still so many Yakuzas outside.
It was overwhelming to think about how to kill them all.
“Swoo!”
Tatatata!
While dodging the arrows of the Yakuzo archers, Delbanas searched for his target.
The one-eyed Yakuzo, whom I had been pursuing, was emitting steam from his body like an electric rice cooker.
“What are you? Why are you bothering me?”
Delbanas demanded an introduction, out of the blue.
“You’re such a little sh*t. When you ask something like that, you should introduce yourself first.”
An impolite and ignorant Yakuzo bastard.
Compared to this bastard, Delamion is a gentleman.
“Ninjapoison.”
Although it was easy to dodge the arrows of the Yakuzo archers, it would be most reasonable to disperse the area since he had a wide-range technique.
With dozens of afterimages created by the substitution jutsu, he rushed forward.
My pants suddenly bother me again.