I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 42

42. skirmish (4)

The speed of the patrol was slower than usual. It was because the Grand Duke’s orders were also orders, and there were unusually many monsters caught in the patrol route today. Georg swung the morning star and easily defeated the attacking monsters, but he could not erase the growing anxiety.

“There are so many f*cking.”

Georg murmured as he brushed the flesh from Morning Star’s thorns. At Georg’s feet, the corpses of the monsters that had been rushing like moths to a fire were messy.

“It’s strange. There haven’t been so many monsters recently, and compared to when we were in the midst of defeating monsters on the patrol route, there are too many of them.”

Georg nodded and mounted his horse.

“The chill I felt was unusual. We cannot rule out the possibility that the limit line is moving south much faster than expected. The original prediction was that the monsters in the forest would gather behind the limit line.”

After thinking for a while, Rizzo, the Evernode knight who leads patrol 3, spoke.

“Anyway, I think it would be better to speed up and quickly gather in the ‘Eye of the North’. If we try to think about it like this, we will only waste time, and the premonition is not very good.”

“I agree. First of all, I don’t have a good feeling.”

The knights’ premonition that the battlefield was broken was not something to be ignored. It was because their experiences piled up in the unconscious like statistical data, acting as a kind of alarm device in similar situations. Georg caught up next to Rizzo, sharpening his senses.

“… Georg.”

“yes. I just sensed it too.”

Rizzo drew his sword. Georg also lowered the shield on his back at the same time and pulled Morning Star from his waist. The patrols following them also raised their arms and began to be vigilant.

“It’s not like we detected it too late.”

“no. They may have been waiting for us to detect them in the first place.”

Beyond the trees and stones, the wolves were gathering. No matter how white wolves live in packs, they wouldn’t form such a large colony. Rizzo and Georg noticed that the wolves’ spirits were noticeably different than usual. Like beasts, they moved with minimal control, but they were really moving with a system like a human army.

“… What’s going on with those damn wolves?”

At the same time as Georg muttered, the group split up. On the other side of the road paved by the white wolves, a white wolf with a lofty spirit, more than half the size of the other wolves, appeared. The big white wolf looked at the humans who were wary of it and howled like it was funny.

“The boss was right. They said it would be a great opportunity when a lot of humans enter the forest.”

strong.

Rizzo looked at the grinning guy and signaled to the soldier behind him. The soldier nodded tremblingly and took out a signal flare from his waist bag.

Georg quietly raised his fighting spirit. It wasn’t a monster that was so strong that it was impossible to deal with alone. However, he was worried about whether he would be able to withstand the attacks of so many wolves while he was alone in blocking that monster. Then, before the white wolves kill the soldiers, he should kill that big guy himself.

“Shoot!”

Rizzo’s shrill cry came from behind, followed by the sound of flares flying into the sky. Using that sound as a signal, Georg raised his shield and charged at the leader of the white wolf with a heavy roar.

—

Quenore Strop faced the approaching shadows. It was a car that was driving horses madly following three flares fired at the same time. Dozens or hundreds of slobs. And two signs that get on his nerves. Quenore let out a long sigh, looked back, and ordered.

“It breaks through quickly. You don’t know what will happen to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th patrols if they are delayed here.”

The knights nodded, and Reese came and stood by the Archduke. The warrior will be fine. I approached the vicinity of patrol area 2, but I still did not feel the hero’s presence. It’s most likely that you’ve reached the eyes of the north. Or, like you, you were blocked like this.

“coming.”

Reese said softly. A shadow was approaching through the mossy trees. The Grand Duke calmly calmed down.

“They said to beware of the dark-haired man.”

talking monster. A large white wolf appeared from among the trees. I could easily deal with this guy. but,

“The boss was right.”

The half-man, half-beast that appeared behind him was not at a level to be ignored even by the Grand Duke of Quenore. The werewolf called ‘the boss’ raised his claws and glared at the Grand Duke of Quenore. With this guy, you might be pretty tied up. Quenor gnashed his teeth and looked at the werewolf.

“I am the leader of the giants’ corps, ‘Gut’.”

The werewolf spoke in a voice so low that it was barely audible.

“Don’t think you can get out of this forest alive today.”

The number of white wolves appearing behind the werewolves was gradually increasing. Rhys let out a quiet voice from behind Archduke Quenor and raised the blade.

“I will cut off the head of you, the head of humans, and present it to him.”

“There is no time.”

Quenore’s voice was low. Slowly, the momentum began to erode the surroundings. Hundreds of wolves and the momentum of the giant’s corps commander began to be pushed away by the momentum of Quenore Strop. Gut twisted his mouth and made a warning sound.

“Come on all at once.”

At the same time, an aura erupted from the sword of Archduke Quenor. Simply by activating it, the ground shook and the space itself shook.

“Line up behind me. annihilate.”

“”Yes, I understand!!””

The wolves rushed in like a raging sword, and the Archduke’s sword cut through the air. The wolves in the radius of the aura were swept away like fallen leaves.

“It can’t be like that.”

In front of the Archduke’s eyes, a werewolf fell with its claws raised. The Grand Duke’s face twisted when he saw that his sword was being blocked. Also, I don’t think it can be done quickly. If the guy the hero faced was this strong, the hero didn’t have the skills to defeat him yet.

“The strongest one is mine!!”

The werewolf opened his mouth wide and growled. Archduke Quenore gnashed his teeth and swung his sword again.

—

bang-!!

Marianne shook off the clinging wolf and twisted the spear strongly. The white wolf captain couldn’t hold on any longer and landed on the floor as he was pushed against the spear sill. Feeling the opening of the lance tremble, Marianne straightened her posture. He felt that he could speak, but the captain of the white wolf who faced him was strong. Even with all my might, I couldn’t predict victory at this point.

“Maryanne… . to the sky.”

I already heard it with wide open hearing. The fact that at about the same time as the 4th patrol, the 3rd and 5th patrols also fired a call for support. Support, then, may not come for a while. There was no law that the No. 1 and No. 2 patrols would not be fighting.

“Please hold on.”

Marianne spoke briefly and continued to face the chief white wolf.

“Your companions should have met our group by now. Did you like our present?”

Marianne didn’t answer and fired the model. The spearhead of the Holy Lance bent sharply like a snake’s head. The white wolf, the leader, evaded the spear head with agile movements that were not befitting of its size. Marianne did not follow the white wolf with her spear head. Through the gaping jaws of the wolf, he rotated his spear once and tried to pierce the wolf’s neck with the spear.

Kang-!!

The wolf closed its mouth and bit Changjun. Marianne did not forcibly resist the force pulling the spear, and flew through the air holding on to the spear. Because it was in a completely exhausted state, there was no damage even when it hit the trunk of a tree.

Marianne looked sideways at the rangers dealing with the white wolves. Normally, it was a group of white wolves that would take it down without incident, but now there were too many of them.

“I hope.”

Marianne’s holy organs flowed through the holy spear. A golden wind blew and embraced Marianne. The white wolf, the leader, let out a growl that seemed uncomfortable. Hair stood up and teeth bared, set in claws.

“That power… .”

An aura that covers the spear. Marianne checked the patrols again. In order not to cause more damage, I had to take it down quickly. As Marianne was maintaining her momentum, the wolf’s eyes lit up and attacked first. Marianne twisted the spear and shot her hand at the wolf’s head. The wolf rolled again to avoid Marianne’s attack, but had to be swept away by the aftermath of the holy act.

“dare-!!”

The wolf roared and charged again, opening its mouth again. Its fangs, which closed like traps, pulverized tree trunks and rocks. Marianne was hit by flying twigs and piles of rocks and was thrown backwards.

“Don’t chew on me-!!”

The lance of the holy spear collided with the fangs of the charging wolf. A metallic sound that could not fly echoed from the creature’s teeth. Marianne frowned and attacked again in succession, but the wolf shook her head as if her jaw were like a sword and blocked Marianne’s attack.

It was fast. And it was heavy and strong. Its attack method was very different from that of a human spear. Marianne bit her teeth and retrieved the head of the spear, but was hit by the head of the white wolf captain who charged at explosive speed.

“-!”

The shock flowed back and penetrated Marianne. Landing on the floor again, Marianne’s legs began to tremble little by little. The wolf gritted its teeth and twisted its mouth.

“I will thread your flesh through my mouth. And winter will come to the world.”

—

The design of magic also proceeded at a rapid pace. The power of the completed magic was also good. However, for the first time, Daphne thought that mana might be running out. The protective magic cast on one of the knights just now was disturbed again. Again, Daphne’s magical energy drains out and replenishes her protection magic.

“… thank you.”

“Hold on a little longer.”

After several wolves died from Daphne’s first magic, the white wolf changed his tactics and started attacking the knights and soldiers himself. The soldiers who were clearing the wolves, including Daphne, had to switch to defensive battles, and Daphne had to cast protective magic before the soldiers and knights were hurt while pouring attack magic.

Thanks to this, the current situation has changed to a tug of war between the leader, the white wolf, and Daphne, who tries to attack Daphne by breaking through the wall of knights, and clears the remaining wolves.

“They are tenacious people.”

The situation itself was tense. But Daphne wasn’t sure how much longer she could hold on. Even right now, that wolf was just biting as if it were conducting a search battle, and it looked like it could break the defense line by rushing at it with stronger momentum at any time.

“… Let’s take turns, chief. Aurors should be used sparingly. If the captain collapses, there is no next time.”

“no. Okay. Keep your stamina intact. Reinforcements will be coming.”

However, the captain, the white wolf, did not overdo it. I just ordered my men to run at the knights like throwing stones. He was waiting with the momentum to attack at any moment, but he never really launched an attack. Those guys seemed to know all too well that a long-term battle would put humans at a disadvantage.

Wolves are strong in the long run. If you run head-on at a reindeer bigger than a wolf – your chances of failing the hunt increase. In order to do that, the pack of wolves chases the reindeer for minutes, hours, and days to catch one reindeer, injuring them little by little and lowering their stamina. When the reindeer finally runs and collapses from exhaustion, then they come to expose their teeth and try to suffocate the reindeer.

In this case, the reindeer were the patrols.

Daphne created magic again. The image is on fire. A wall of fire rose towards the wolves, and the wolves that could not escape were burned again. However, its power itself was noticeably reduced compared to when the battle first started. The captain, the white wolf, who seemed to realize that fact, laughed, showing his teeth.

“yes. I thought it was time for you guys to get tired.”

Daphne inevitably grinded her teeth and poured more magic power into it. The wall of fire grew in size, burning the surroundings, and consuming all the wolves that approached unguardedly. The fire shook and a haze rose. Beyond the distorted light, the white wolf growled.

“… I still had the strength to break out. well, good Because you can wait long enough anyway. The salvation you seek will not come.”

Daphne ignored the white wolf’s words. The ring of mana formed in the heart rotated vigorously, pumping up what little mana was left. A wolf’s sneer is heard over the sound of burning flames.

“Struggle as much as you like. It only delays the fate to come.”

The flames fade.

The wolves kept coming from somewhere without knowing the end.

The shadows of the wolves hit the soldiers one by one.

Daphne felt that her defense magic was gradually weakening, so she gave up the wall of fire and poured mana into her defense magic again. However, Daphne’s mana was already reaching its limit. It shouldn’t be over. It couldn’t have ended here yet. Please, no matter what, please-!!

“… What.”

At that time, the wolf in front of Daphne’s eyes looked up at the sky and growled. The wolves that attacked the soldiers, and the soldiers who were covered in blood all stopped together, looking at the same place. A strong, warm energy that gives goosebumps.

Daphne slowly turned her head to look at the sky.

The pure white light that must have been emitted by the holy sword,

A silver clerk, whom I had only seen once, soared into the sky in a flash of light.