182 – Fishing Operation (9)
After clashing the swords close to the sum of ten, the guy suddenly took a step back.
Then he straightened his shoulders and chest, pointed at me, and said his name.
“I am Hernan Corioli, a mid-level knight who serves Baron Sornas.”
Although she is an expert intermediate, she is still an intermediate knight. For some reason, her abilities are so great that she reminds me of Hilde, who protected the collapsing castle of Villa Hora by herself.
Is Baron Sornas also a retired baron who does not promote his vassals based on their abilities and performance?
“I’m so unlucky with this body that I haven’t had many opportunities to be active until now! However, if I cut off your head today and get out of here safely, the Baron will promote me to a senior knight. “Today you must die for my success!”
Since you gave me your name, it is natural that I should also tell you my name.
“My name is Martin Mayer, and I am the leader of the Whitebeard Mercenaries. “Please take care of me, sir.”
Hernan pointed his sword in my direction and gave an order.
“Proud soldiers of Baron Sornas, clear away everything that stands in the way of the Baron!”
He is not a senior knight, but a mid-level knight, and looking at him standing in the vanguard, it seems that he likes to show off quite a bit.
Well, back when I served a certain idiot baron, the knights used to show all kinds of bluff.
From a small scale to saying that I drink a whole can of beer in one sitting, to a large scale saying that I single-handedly cut down 100 enemy soldiers…
There were a lot of idiots who said these kinds of nonsense and even went into debt because they were showing off by wearing fancy armor and silk clothes.
When that braggadocious guy gave an order with a flashy gesture, the soldiers in the vanguard shouted loudly in response.
The guy, who was properly dressed up with chain mail and other things, read the mood and struggled to muster up the courage to shout out.
“Long live Baron Sornas!”
On the other hand, the guys wearing shabby clothes showed a lack of pretense.
“aaah!!”
He simply charged forward while letting out a shout that was almost like a scream.
Still, their morale was higher than before that Hernan guy came forward, so this has become really annoying.
I’m planning on killing him anyway, but I guess I’ll have to kill him a little faster than I first thought.
Our troops are exhausted, and the army led by that Baron looks relatively healthy.
Short term fighting is the best.
Even though I had to rush, I didn’t rush into the attack. Instead, I slowly looked for any openings.
If you rush in when your opponent relaxes and sees an opportunity, you can be sure to kill him.
I took a breath and ruminated on my thoughts as if hypnotizing myself.
‘The more urgent you are, the more you have to go back.’
I was looking at it for 5 minutes, and for a moment, a gap in it caught my eye.
‘I saw it.’
Once you have found a momentary gap, a corner of 0.1 Millimeter, it is time to stab it with an awl and destroy it.
“Die!”
When I used the aura of my entire body to move forward while strongly stepping on the ground with my feet, my body was able to travel a distance of over several meters in the blink of an eye.
The place where you want to swing the sword and cut is the guy’s elbow.
Although it is a part that is covered by armor, the joints are made weak, so if you attack with the aura raised to the maximum…
‘I can cut enough.’
Even if you can’t, if you hit the guy’s elbow hard, the guy’s elbow is at least guaranteed to be fractured.
“Why!”
It would have been nice to be able to cut off Hernan’s arm like this, but he wasn’t so gentle.
He successfully blocked my attack with the knife he was holding.
It was successful in blocking the slash, but…
“Ugh.”
The guy’s posture was shaken by the attack aimed at his weak spot.
‘If you keep picking at it, it will collapse.’
When I saw his posture shaking, I laughed and laughed.
“Are you tired already, knight?”
That’s what I said, but I also forced myself not to show that I was tired, because I marched a fairly long distance over several hours and fought a fierce battle for over two hours.
Of course, I was out of breath and sweat was pouring down my face.
I feel like I want to go back to the barracks right now and stretch out, but if I show any sign of exhaustion, he will definitely use this as an excuse to bite me.
This fight is a battle of life and death.
‘In times like this, you have to at least show off and make the guy nervous.’
“You bastard!”
“I’m glad you’re okay!”
As I continued to swing my sword and push the guy, the attitude of the knight I was trying to kill began to crumble little by little.
Like ice cream melting little by little in the heat, your posture becomes disturbed every time you defend.
At first, I boasted a fairly strong guard, but now…
“Oh no! “f*ck!”
When blocking the attack, its posture began to visibly shake.
As his posture began to waver, Hernan’s counterattack became close to a struggle, as if he thought that if he continued like this, he would lose.
“Die, damn it!”
It wasn’t like I lost my temper, but I felt like a little bit of unnecessary force was being applied to each attack.
It’s completely understandable to feel anxious, but…
‘The one who is in a hurry will definitely lose.’
Giving unnecessary force may slightly increase the power of each attack, but it also gives you more opportunities to attack.
“Die!”
He swung his sword straight at my neck.
It was a heavy stabbing blow, but to make such a clearly visible vertical cut in a nervous state…
Did you put in an order to kick this thing?
As ordered, I kicked the guy’s left knee with my right leg.
Because his body was so strong and wearing armor, it didn’t seem like his knees were broken, but I could see that his movements were momentarily disrupted.
“Ugh!”
At the same time as the scream, the guy’s vertical slash was cut off abruptly… And I cut off his head.
Considering that they had crossed swords to kill each other over a hundred times so far, the ending was a bit vain.
Human life is much tougher than originally thought, and even more so, it disappears in a very absurd way.
“And I have to use this neck well, right?”
After reaching the level of expert, I did not raise my head and boast about my accomplishments when I cut off the head of a mercenary leader or lower-ranking knight.
The guy I killed just now was not only an expert intermediate level expert, but he was also a trump card that Baron Sornas was willing to show off.
The news of that guy’s death will be quite effective in lowering their morale.
“I, Martin Mayer, the leader of the Whitebeard Mercenaries, killed Baron Sornas’ mid-level knight Hernan Corioli!”
At those words, the eyes of the soldiers under Baron Sornas around me turned towards me.
The guys blinked for a moment, unable to believe the reality before their eyes, and then sounds full of despair came out of their mouths.
“Lord Coriolis has died!”
If you look at the military, you would be a mid-level engineer, but if you look at the Korean military, you would be a major, which is not a very high rank.
However, the story that the Major, who was Baron Sornas’ trump card, has died is enough to cause great damage to their minds.
As the word spread, some soldiers lost strength to the point where they could barely let go of their weapons.
“f*ck, are we done now?”
Behind him, a man who looked like Baron Sornas gave orders while swinging his baton wildly.
“Don’t panic and charge! If we can’t find a way out, you and I will all become their prisoners!”
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When the baron himself made a comment, the spark seemed to come back to life… But it didn’t last long.
Because, behind us, the flag of Count Dion and the flags of his mercenaries and nobles were raised along with the sound of huge trumpets and drums.
“Baron Sornas! “If you surrender right now, I will spare your life!”
“Put down your sword and surrender!”
“Otherwise I will kill you all!”
Reinforcements came, but our enemies, including Baron Sornas, could not take any action.
However, the men under his command kept glancing in the direction where the Baron was when they saw the reinforcements that suddenly appeared.
Gazes and movements whose intentions are clearly visible to anyone.
I also sighed and clicked my tongue when I saw that.
If we fight a little more, we may be able to capture Sornas, but since this is enough, we should be satisfied and move on.
‘If you are too greedy, you will lose your temper.’
“Wait a moment!”
After saying that, our mercenary unit, no, the soldiers under Baron Eclair all pointed their weapons at the guys in front of us.
After a moment of silence, the reinforcements crossed next to us carrying flags and trumpets and shouted.
“If you surrender, I will spare your life.”
With those words, Baron Sornas threw his sword to the floor.
“Damn it, damn it! Argh! “Surrender, I will surrender!”
He must have thought that there was no other way than this since he could see that he was surrounded on both sides and had failed to retreat.
And this judgment is probably the best judgment that person can make now.
The nobleman who came with the reinforcements chuckled when he heard those words.
“Thank you for your wise judgment. Everyone, put down your weapons!”
In that way, we succeeded in safely accepting the enemy’s surrender.
For a field battle fought on the plain, it was a battle that caused enormous damage to our troops, but this meant that there was no need to engage in a siege of attacking other castles one by one on the way to Lamasana Castle…
Overall, this situation is probably the best.