#11. Showdown ( 15 )
“So, right now, the guild members except for me must be holding their ankles in guerrilla warfare.”
Drawing a picture with her sword on the ground, Nora finished explaining the strategy clearly. It was impossible to deal directly with Ravisu’s large army, so they were engaged in guerrilla warfare through ambush until reinforcements arrived. Jain was looking at the painting with a serious expression. It wasn’t because of the content of the operation.
‘I can’t really draw pictures seriously.’
It was because Nora’s drawing skills on the dirt floor were so poor that it felt avant-garde. I couldn’t figure out what the symbols in the drawing I had drawn as a guide indicated, so I had to frown and look at them. Seeing that, Nora misunderstood.
‘The scale of the enemy was so large, I was taken aback.’
I thought Jain was taken aback by the size of the army, which was much larger than expected. If that’s the case, I can’t leave you in a dangerous position. Guessing, Nora pointed to a spot on the map she had drawn and said.
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to ask you to take on the role of defending this.”
Jain looked at the point Nora pointed at. There was a picture of a crooked bear and a sheep giving a high-five.
“So… Are you trying to protect the zoo?”
“What are you talking about? This is a place with a spring that has a healing effect. I marked it with a picture of a steaming hot spring.”
How the hell does this become a hot spring sign? Jain laughed out of embarrassment. Nervous, Nora asked Jain again.
“It is the guild’s job to protect this city. I will not entrust you, an outsider, with a heavy task. If this point is taken away, it can become a big problem, so if you defend this place… ”
“It’s done.”
“yes?”
“Let’s not do trivial things like this, let’s just go destroy him together.”
Roughly, I figured out where Ravisu was now. Then, it was enough to destroy it from the front. Jain, who came to a conclusion, said it as if it were a simple matter. At those words, Nora opened her eyes wide in embarrassment. Jain was already taking the lead and moving his steps.
“Hey, but… ”
“It’s okay to lean a little on an outsider sometimes.”
Nora was speechless at Jain’s words. Then, I hurriedly ran after Jain’s lead. Since taking office as guild master, this was the first time he had followed someone else’s lead without taking the lead himself.
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“Secure the position!”
Meanwhile, at that time, Celine was shouting in a hoarse voice to make her throat explode. At the last corner of the road just before entering the open field, he was holding the enemy’s ankle with all his might. It was a truly desperate ambush. If you break through this place, it will lead to a wide open area with no ambush points for a while, so I had to take my time here.
“Ugh!”
she screamed briefly. Marzol’s fingernails ripped through his sleeves and left long scars in his armpits. In return, Celine swung her sword and blew holes in Marjol’s eye sockets. When he drew the knife, blood mingled with the crystals in his ruptured eyes and flowed out. A bitter pang of pain surged through her left half, but Celine couldn’t let go of her sword. It was because of the guilt of leaving Nora behind.
“Kieek!”
Another Marzol held a harpoon and aimed at Celine’s back. The weakness of these magicians was their eyeballs. Spin around and knock out the spear, climb up the spear pole with the sword and pierce the eye. It was Celine who made a plan in an instant and put her sword against the harpoon spear, but it didn’t go according to plan.
“Kuk!”
It was because his left arm suddenly went numb, and the grip that held the sword was weak and he dropped the sword. It seemed that the harpoon spear of the majol he had just caught had been coated with paralysis poison. The harpoon that dropped Celine’s sword rushed toward Celine’s chest as if it had been waiting for it. Oh, is this the end? Will I become the guild’s number 1 death? It was when Celine was discouraged and closed her eyes.
“Kyik?”
The harpoon fell to the floor with a dull sound like a wooden sword hitting an iron shield. Celine opened her eyes. Then, in bewilderment, he looked at the golden barrier surrounding him.
“This, what the heck?”
This was what saved his life. Looking around, not only himself, but all the members of the guild saw that golden barrier. The attacks of the magicians could not penetrate the golden barrier. Other than himself, he could see that several other elites who were in danger because of their heavy burdens were able to escape the crisis thanks to the barrier. The barrier sprinkled a golden glow. Through that glow, two men and women were walking.
“Guild leader!”
One was a very welcome face. It was Nora. It seemed that he somehow managed to get through the crisis that was tantamount to death. And, the other one was a familiar face. At that time, it was Jain, a red mage who had investigated according to the guild leader’s order. Judging from the golden light pouring from his hand, this barrier seemed to be his work.
“I will take over the command again.”
As soon as Nora saw Celine, she said something businesslike. it was her Celine smiled and nodded, and picked up the sword that had fallen to the floor. As if this barrier had the power to heal, the three scratches on his armpit had healed before he knew it. Nora, who received an extra longsword from Celine, joined the fight. Thanks to that, the ambush, which was about to fail, was able to successfully achieve the desired result.
“──────────────────!!!”
“Here comes!”
When the last Marzol was beheaded, Ravisu’s roar was heard from afar. Now he would take a great leap and fall here with his heavy body. If you withdraw before that and move to the next ambush point, the operation was a success. Of course, Celine, who knew that such a name would fall, put the sword in and started preparing to run away again. However, the command that came out of Nora’s mouth was different.
“Move to the corner of the road and hold the position.”
“Location… Yes?”
Celine muttered blankly. It was because of the meaningless instructions Nora had just given. It was an order that could only be given when cutting off the retreat of an enemy fleeing a battle already won. Nora smiled awkwardly and spoke again.
“I say again. Disperse at three crossroads and block the retreat.”
“But, then, where is our middle army?”
The other elite, who did not understand Nora’s orders, asked. Even after asking that question, it was funny that the body was moving to the corner of the road following Nora’s orders. Nora pointed to the middle of the clearing with her chin. There, Zain stood with his arms crossed, his hands in his sleeves.
“That guy is our middle soldier.”
Zain alone can defeat all of Ravisu’s troops that will rush into this open field, and they only have to pick up the defeated soldiers. It was as if Nora had declared that. That was the strategy that Nora and Jain devised together as they walked all the way to this place.
Celine looked at Jain with a surprised expression. In contrast, Jain still stood alone with a calm face. Naturally surrounded by cliffs, this open area has turned into a coliseum for one Jain.
“──────────────────!!!”
Ravisu’s roar echoed closer. Before long, it fell with a thud. Marzol and several imps splattered blood on the body. Due to the continued ambush that dragged the time until the moon rose in mid-heaven, Ravisu was now very angry.
“You fucking rats! Did you think you would be safe even if you blocked the king’s path!”
As soon as Ravisu landed on this spot, he let out a roar.
“Kill them all and rape them! Show them the truth to those who scorned the king!”
Then, with a big gesture, he ordered the Imps and Marsols to charge. Soon, hundreds of Marjols poured into the open field. Looking down from the sky, it was like pouring water into a dish. And, everyone who entered the open field disappeared.
“yes?”
Ravisu blinked, not understanding what he had just seen. It was because the magic soldiers who had just rushed near Jain had literally disappeared. On the floor of the open field, a magic circle of white light was scattering a dazzling light like crazy. A magic circle of castle attribute that evaporates trivial demons such as demons as they are. While the elites were waiting for time in the previous fight, Jain set it up in this open field and waited for Ravisu.
“Coward! You set a trap!”
Several imps also rushed at Jain like moths, but when they touched the magic circle, they melted like salt in water. Ravisu, who grasped the situation, was furious. It was because I thought these guys had something to do with this valley.
“Get out of that mousetrap right now! This rat is a mouse! ”
Ravisu provoked by chopping the ground with an axe.
“why me?”
Jain only snorted. In fact, in this situation, even he himself would not be able to move in that magic circle. Ravisu gnashed his teeth. His army, now flooding into the open field, was blocked by the magic circle and could not advance any further. Is there any way to get him out of there somehow? Ravisu, who was worried, suddenly saw a woman standing on the far corner. It was Nora. She was looking at Jain with a worried expression as a woman, different from the determined expression from before. Is this arrogant magician a reinforcement called by that bitch? I can provoke you with that year.
“Ha, maybe it’s because he’s a guy who lays down with defective products that he can’t even sell, so there’s no distribution! Well, if you’re a proper male, you won’t hang out with such a nerdy girl!”
And, with those words, Ravisu felt intense pain. It was because Zain, who jumped out of the magic circle, put his fist into his stomach. bang! Ravisu flew away with a loud crash and crashed into a valley, spitting up dust. The sound of Jain’s tongue clicking sounded in Ravisu’s ears.