Episode. 23 Towards the End of the Nightmare (3)
A week has passed.
In the meantime, the coalition has firmly completed preparations.
“We are finally going to the final battlefield.”
“Damn them. I’ll have to see what kind of top you’re wearing.”
The knights clenched their fists as they burned their fighting spirit.
He was the one who had been harassing them for more than half a year, so it was worth grinding his teeth.
“Horse!”
Some of them closed their eyes and prayed.
Please join us in this fight.
Of course, I intend to hear that prayer.
“Did you pack enough supplies?”
“yes. All thirty wagons are full.”
Leo answered right next to me.
The attitude was so different from the first time that I laughed.
‘I only found out a while ago, but the more religious these guys are, the more loyal they feel to me.’
Why?
Is it because I am both God and ‘Richard’?
Anyway, it’s really amazing.
Loyalty is very important to a knight, and if you feel that kind of feeling in me, it will produce more valuable results than any other chance.
Of course, Leo is not very religious.
I became a believer, but at best, I wonder if 40 to 50 prayers will come in at once.
“young master! Please promise this Aaron just one thing!”
It was when I was laughing quietly.
Aaron ran up to me out of nowhere and spoke to me with a desperate face.
“What promise all of a sudden?”
What are you trying to say?
He swallowed his saliva with a grim expression and opened his mouth.
“If I play an active part in this battle… … Please give me the status of a paladin too. As a knight under your direct command, I am not a paladin. This is unacceptable.”
I’m sorry, but that’s not something I can do on my own.
how should i say this
“okay. Hor will look after you. So try your best.”
Was it a satisfactory answer?
Aaron tapped my chest with a determined face.
Until Leo, who was next to him, put an end to it.
“I wonder if it would be too much for the 863rd follower. hahahaha!”
It was like a dagger that stabbed a sore spot.
Aaron was trying to become a believer out of loyalty to me, but he wasn’t particularly religious.
But the same goes for Leo.
The reason why I sang and said that I would become a believer must be purely out of curiosity.
Because he was such a man.
“It’s not something the 1691st member would say.”
“What? After all, I am the Commander of the Alliance. There is no sense of frivolity in words.”
Leaving behind the two fighting nerves, I looked around the castle.
Half were wagons standing here and there, and the other half were war horses wearing barding.
It feels like the Rio Castle, which was so wide that it seemed empty, has become narrow.
“Now let’s start slowly.”
What’s the point of a boring speech?
Anyway, the men who must have made up their minds countless times over the past week didn’t need long words.
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A large army began to move.
[In the dark of the night-]
[He will deliver the good news through the lamp-]
[Soon the dawn will rise.]
Inside the carriage with the choir, the words of the song rang out.
Their voices were even more beautiful and full of holy energy.
It was because he was drinking holy water like water.
“You can believe it!”
“now!”
“The dawn will rise!”
The knights marched and sang along.
There was a good vibe mixed with that messy tone.
“Hmm.”
I climbed into Nar and ran in the lead, and I glanced back.
The faces of the strong men came into view.
determination, confidence, determination.
Expressions containing all sorts of positive emotions in battle.
How far will that go?
Of course, the higher the morale, the better.
However, the demonic demons of hell spread out in front of me, constantly tormenting my senses.
Even the advance may not be easy.
There was no environment that was as good as that to tighten the tension that had been loosened.
We moved on.
Chow-!
The group of corpses that rushed at them without fear were crushed at once.
The undead that got out of control were bound to flock to us anyway.
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It is like a moth jumping into a fire.
After crossing the village several times, the forest soon blocked the way.
In other words, borderline.
According to Moritz’s testimony, he felt a different kind of magic from beyond.
“let’s go.”
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Crossed the dead forest.
Soon after, he crossed the dead river.
“… … .”
The union, which had been moving forward vigorously in the world, kept its mouth shut.
He just swallowed his saliva with a pale complexion.
What is Magi outside the borderline?
Yes, to borrow Moritz’s expression, it was like this.
If the inner magic is mana, the outer magic is aura.
It was a very fitting analogy.
It’s so perfect that it’s almost like a curse word.
Some of the knights who were suspicious in their hearts gave Moritz a respectful look.
To come back after scouting a place like this alone, together in the middle of enemy lines.
“Hee, hee!”
Even Moritz shivered in fear that he could not get used to.
“young master. At this point… … .”
“no.”
I shook my head at Leo who was talking to me indirectly.
Not yet.
I was going to wait until I reached my physical limits.
“Truck. He is a poisonous fellow.”
“Are you all right, Master?”
Our reliable variable that makes us laugh.
When I asked Balak, he shrugged casually.
“Have you sniffed an ogre’s fart? Either way, you won’t notice much of a difference.”
“Ah, yes.”
By analogy.
I sighed and looked ahead.
It was time to go further than that.
hee hee hee-!
In the end, the famous horses with good pedigree stopped one by one.
No matter how many hymns were sung, no matter how much oil was applied to the barding, it did not budge.
“It has held up well enough.”
When Magi was on such a rampage, it was impossible to force passion on a mere horse.
I glanced at the coalition again.
Each of the knights had a hard face.
Fortunately, he did not lose his will to fight.
Rather, a strong determination flared up in his eyes.
It was exactly what I was hoping for.
We had to have a clear sense of how dangerous the place we were heading to was.
Paaa-!
He quietly spread his halo.
In an instant, the dark surroundings were illuminated as pitch black.
The gazes of the knights toward me grew even hotter.
“let’s go.”
With this much light, the horse will start moving again.
We marched on.
“Fear not!”
“No harm to us!”
“Let today become history!”
The hymn ‘Irsigil’ burst out as a marching song.
It was a voice that used a rattle, as if to come and see if a monster or anything else came.
“Ohhhhh! Hor says!”
“Let faith spread far and wide!”
In their roaring march, the coalition passed countless villages and estates.
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“Everything has come.”
how long has it been
The coalition, which had been marching for days and days, came to a halt.
The first fortress, Pauline Castle, was right in front of you.
Its appearance was so bizarre that it was hard to see it as a castle. If a normal person had seen it, he would have started throwing up.
“ha… … I wonder how I went in alone.”
Moritz made a white noise with faint eyes.
“ha ha ha! Master Moritz was really a man. If it were me, I wouldn’t have dared.”
“I admit that. If it were you, you would have passed three drops of urine while crossing the forest.”
The knights in front of enemy lines exchanged small talk.
The leaders, including me, did not stop them.
Because it was their own tension control.
“Chwiiik, great human warrior! When are you going to break in? I can’t stand this because my body is burning up!”
Of the two, the most exciting was the rapture.
It was said that the orc’s nerve cord was an iron cord, and this guy in particular seemed to be made of an adamantium cord.
“It’s not us who’s going in.”
I said with a smile.
Is there any reason to go into the enemy camp?
Just coming all the way here is an expression of sincerity.
“Adele.”
“huh!”
He grabbed her outstretched hand.
Then, as if pouring out his faith, he pushed it in.
Adele stomped her foot, accepting her faith.
thud!
Four large tree trunks soared through the ground.
It was twisted and stretched out on the dirt floor.
Its shape was as thick and solid as a castle wall.
gooh-
In addition, light green light flowed from the trunk of the tree.
It was a combination of Adele’s ‘life’ and faith.
“Get your seat!”
“Let’s make it so that the other side doesn’t come in!”
The knights who had heard the plan in advance moved in perfect order.
Now that they have settled on Mercury, they have created an optimal environment.
[Lanterns deliver light-]
[We, standing next to him, are also lamps.]
[Darkness can’t even swallow the light that looks like a real face-]
[In the end, my body just faded.]
The choir and elves who got off the wagon sang far behind the roots and sang.
“What is next to you!”
“There is a lamp!”
“What is in front of you!”
“There is darkness!”
thump, thump!
The knights pounded on my chest and shouted.
“Soon it was going to be dark!”
“Wow!”
Hearing a very loud roar as if I had been frightened, I drew out my favorite sword.
“I guess being a wizard doesn’t mean you have to be smart.”
Seeing that there was no response even after making such a fuss, it was assumed that the Rich guys had completely cut themselves off from the outside world.
He must have put up several layers of barriers just because he was doing a big job.
“You will regret it.”
I underestimated this so much.
Also, they overestimated their plans too much.
Maybe it was because of the demon lord’s madness.
Just what do I know
hehehe, he exclaimed taking a deep breath.
“Attack-!”
Right after that, anointed arrows filled the sky in an instant.
After that, the magic of the elves flew fiercely.
Kwagwagwang!
In an instant, acrid smoke rose from the bombed Pauline Castle.
Before the smoke had time to subside, another bombardment continued.
Even so, there was no reaction from the enemy.
How long will the witches’ superficial patience last?
“Oh, the timing is perfect.”
I looked up at the top of the castle revealed through the white dust.
If Maggie had gathered that much, it meant that we had really reached the end.
Originally, the end of everything is important.
In other words, the rich guys are in a situation where they can’t move even if they notice the attack.
If I lose my concentration even a little bit, the consciousness I’ve worked so hard on will go to waste.