“Oh, it hurts! It hurts!”
“help me! Please save me!”
“Sorry! Sorry for killing you!”
As time passed, withdrawal symptoms began to occur in the soldiers.
They complained of pain or saw hallucinations and trembled in fear.
To the point where even soldiers who take their own lives come out.
Only soldiers with severe withdrawal symptoms are being quarantined separately, but if this continues, morale will hit bottom.
If their morale is low, they will be hunted instead of attacking the Holy Land.
However, most intermediate distribution cities were attacked.
It was a crossroads of choice.
Attack the Holy Land immediately or retreat.
‘How on earth do you know where the medicine is stored?’
Few people know where it is stored.
It is possible if one of them has betrayed.
It will take time to hunt down traitors and build a new distribution network.
If you attack, you can take the Holy Land, but the Northern Expedition will fail.
It is possible if one of them has betrayed.
In the end, the nobles, including Carlos, decided to take a step back in order to advance two steps forward.
It will take time to hunt down traitors and build a new distribution network.
It was the day when the huge phosphorus barrier surrounding the Holy Land was lifted after 48 days.
If you attack, you can take the Holy Land, but the Northern Expedition will fail.
And in between the void that had become an empty field, a carriage was passing leisurely.
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Jeremin couldn’t believe the scenes he was seeing as he drove the wagon.
200,000 soldiers seemed to have evaporated without a trace.
Attack the Holy Land immediately or retreat.
In the end, the nobles, including Carlos, decided to take a step back in order to advance two steps forward.
‘How on earth do you know where the medicine is stored?’
Few people know where it is stored.
It was the day when the huge phosphorus barrier surrounding the Holy Land was lifted after 48 days.
It is possible if one of them has betrayed.
And in between the void that had become an empty field, a carriage was passing leisurely.
It will take time to hunt down traitors and build a new distribution network.
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Jeremin couldn’t believe the scenes he was seeing as he drove the wagon.
Archduke Carlos, who never knew how to retreat, retreated without even facing him directly.
Reinhardt had done something that even Emperor Deus could not do.
“How did you know where the medicine was stored?”
Croft asked from inside the carriage.
The reason I didn’t ask was because the first thing I did was to take care of the medicine.
“Wars, after all, are fought by humans. It is obviously strange that Archduke Carlos did not invade just because he had surrendered.”
When they go to war, it is Archduke Carlos who completely crushes them.
It was famous for ordering the family to perish so that even if a war broke out between them, it would never be revived. So no one can touch him.
It was obviously strange for him to leave the northern cities that could be stabbed in the back simply because they had ‘surrendered’.
“… it seems they needed a city to camouflage while hiding the medicine.”
“yes. Finding a surrendered city isn’t difficult.”
This is a fact that can only be known by asking Parchel administrators or forest residents.
Among the surrendered cities, it was enough to find an intermediate distribution network connecting the Holy Land and the continent.
However, it was not an easy way to say it.
First, I had to have eyes to see the whole context.
After finding the storage location in relation to the medicine, the technology of identifying the connection point with other cities at once was an impossible task for non-skilled people.
‘Wars are ultimately fought by humans.’
Croft pondered the words.
It’s the most basic, but the most important fact, and it was what most people forgot in the war.
Wars are waged by humans.
Analyzing the commanders leading the war reveals the following behavior:
Looking back on the enemy’s war, reasoning about the reason, and attacking the invisible weak points.
It is a number that is hard to think of unless you are a war veteran.
No, even if I thought about it, it would not be easy to put it into practice.
Usually, they’ll just try to cut off material supplies.
However, Reinhardt even possessed determination.
Seven days were enough to burn all the medicine in the city.
All you need to do is burn the medicine, so there is no need to fight needlessly.
It was handled in an instant by distributing personnel.
Where would the crown prince, who had been confined to the palace all his life, learn such a tactic?
‘The magic of the windowless window, the eyes and tactics to see the battlefield, and the genius talent…’
It’s like a well where you can’t see the end of the waves again and again.
The most surprising thing among them is Reinhardt’s swordsmanship, which has improved since arriving in the forest.
He even nearly blocked a blow against himself.
‘I predicted my next move in Dalian and drew my sword.’
that’s what happened this morning.
Swordsmanship guidance that takes place every day.
It ended with sparring, but Reinhardt hadn’t even been able to swing his sword properly against himself.
But today, Reinhardt moved.
Reading his momentum, he spread his sword and almost blocked the blow.
‘It took 1 year for 1st Prince Raunel to reach that point, too.’
It took a year just to have the intention to counterattack without being eaten by his own momentum.
Reinhardt, on the other hand, is a month.
No, not exactly a month.
Since he continued to move, he couldn’t even give him proper swordsmanship guidance.
If you properly teach swordsmanship…
‘It’s a talent that overwhelms all princes.’
It was a talent that surpassed not only the princes, but even himself.
got greedy
Not basic deception, but the desire to make a ‘proper disciple’.
Although he taught numerous knights and princes, he did not accept a single one as his disciple.
His school could only be succeeded by one person. Croft was the heir to the ancient school with a thousand-year tradition of one-person transmission.
He wasn’t satisfied, and he didn’t dare to have disciples because of his vicious ways, but Reinhardt was overflowing because the qualifications of the successor were not enough.
“Im here.”
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Jeremin’s voice, heard at the moment, brought everyone to reality.
Looking outside, there was a huge holy place right in front of the carriage.
A place where numerous stone towers are piled up to form a wall.
Compared to the empire’s walls, it’s quite rugged, but you shouldn’t touch it easily.
[Excessive amount of radioactivity has been detected in the pile of stones.]
[Switch to defense mode.]
A stone with radioactivity.
It was a stone tower built with stones that exist in the Holy Land.
If an unauthorized person touched it or tried to enter it, their life was immediately taken.
You can only be safe from that radiation if you come in through the designated path.
‘Pagans.’
Pagans standing on top of a stone tower.
They are transformed humans who have already been exposed to radiation.
He turned his gaze and glared at the carriage while holding the spear.
Then, when Pagan got off the carriage, their gaze changed at once.
“Yung?”
“Yung!”
“Jung is here! Open the door!”
The name of Edith’s friend, Fagan, must have been Jung.
Even if they are of the same faction, is Jung a little more special?
The other pagans who saw Jung briefly bowed their heads and opened the door.
‘This is a holy place.’
I smiled.
It was the first time for me to come directly to the sacred place in the north.
Originally, I should have been locked up in the palace by now.
As several doors opened and went inside, more warriors came into view.
However, their appearance was to the point of frowning.
“… there are too many pagans.”
As Edith said, there were too many pagans.
Warriors who have undergone physical transformation.
The number was deliberately increased.
It wasn’t until they reached the center of the Holy Land that their doubts were confirmed.
huge cave.
[warning. A huge amount of radiation is latent in the cave.]
[They are not being leaked by the unauthorized nanomachines, but the energy is rapidly dropping.]
[As soon as the energy of the nanomachines falls, a radius of 30 km is classified as an exposure area.]
Inside the huge cave shaped like a dragon’s head, warriors were entering from time to time.
Nine out of ten died instantly at the entrance to the cave.
Only one more went inside, gaining strength through physical transformation.
Dead bodies also swelled or burst and released gases.
A sight that is hard to see with your eyes open.
“Jung, you’re finally here. You are a great warrior.”
A woman with a long necklace approached, holding a cane.
When she saw Jung, she smiled brightly and bowed her head.
However, Jung’s expression remained rigid.
“Then why did you come with the demons of the Empire? Oh, are you a hostage?”
“Now, what are you doing? saintess.”
She was a saint.
The saintess spoke in a voice full of joy.
“It is time to strike back. The demons of that wicked empire are on the run. We have to get behind them.”
“Crazy, sir.”
didn’t run away
I’m going to step back for a while for the supply of medicine.
If you try to catch me now, you’ll be killed in reverse.
“You great warrior. Please give us strength. The demons of the empire must be annihilated. God has given me an oracle.”
I’m not insane.
The war drove everyone crazy.
In the name of an oracle, she was using warriors like consumables.
Kill nine out of ten, and make a pagan with the lifespan of the remaining one as collateral.
“It seems that God has given an oracle to commit suicide.”
“・・・・・Do you dare to speak on the topic of hostages?”
The saintess’ expression immediately distorted.
Either way, I shrugged and got off the carriage.
“The demons you speak of did not retreat because they lost their power. If you try to attack now, you will see the real devil.”
“Who is that young devil, Jung?”
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Jung looked at me.
He even said it with a lot of force.
“Saint.”
The saintess’ expression twisted.
“I beg your pardon? Jung, are you crazy? How could an imperial demon be a saint?”
saint.
If a saintess was chosen to convey God’s intentions, then a saint meant someone who attained enlightenment and ascended to the throne.
Since she is holy alone, her position is higher than that of pagans or saints.
The saintess protested, but Jung did not withdraw her words.
because I saw
Healing a woman who went out of her way while going through retrogression of mana.
A miracle brought about by her friend Edith’s longing.
The appearance of killing an opponent by generating mana with only willpower.
Mana is sacred.
It is the pillar that supports the world.
A person who can handle that pillar to his heart’s content.
he will be a saint
Best of all, he defeated 200,000 Imperial soldiers without a fight.
He had qualifications and wisdom, so he was definitely a saint.
“Yung. No matter how great a warrior you are, this cannot be overlooked. Kill those demons right now.”
Fagans gathered around the saintess.
That number was well over a hundred.
The saintess’ face became more ferocious.
“Yung. If you withdraw now and kill the demons, I will forgive you. okay. It must have been because he was brainwashed by the devil. However, a saint is a holy being. How dare you say that holy word to the devil!”
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Jung didn’t budge.
Willingness to never retract one’s words.
Anyway, saint.
I shook my head and said.
“Isn’t it just a matter of proving the qualifications of a saint?”
“Shut up, demon. Someone like you proves your qualifications?”
“yes. Isn’t there a way to prove your qualifications over there?”
pointed to the cave.
That place where countless warriors continue to die.
“under! Are you saying that the devil is going to set foot in the Holy Land?”
“Your Highness, you are saying no.”
Croft was also against the death penalty.
I didn’t answer.
Slowly, he was only looking into the eyes of the saintess.
‘Rather, it went well.’
The saintess thought.
The great warrior Jung mentioned the saint.
It is something that should never be overlooked. It could have stirred up a stir among the warriors.
But there was no way to prove it.
to enter the Holy Land.
A young devil of the empire dares to challenge the holy ground where even warriors have a hard time.
A hundred out of a hundred will die.
Truly suicidal.
Soon after, a smile appeared on the saintess’ lips.
“······ good night. Even though it is against the divine, God allowed it. I’m going to punish that demon myself.”
＜ Dragon (2) ＞ End