204 – Shaking Outside (6)
The Otto guy came near me and sighed with a puzzled expression on his face.
“Huh, f*ck. “I have been a mercenary for nearly 30 years, and I have never seen people surrender so absurdly.”
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If it is a castle, it is normal to fight until the end, no matter how disadvantageous it is, until the castle garrison commander or an army commander or someone higher than a baron gives an order to surrender.
But these guys are surrendering in groups of dozens just because their direct commander is dead, so it’s absurd.
Actually, even though I say I induced the situation, seeing this scene in real life is almost absurd.
‘Still, I guess I’ll have to show off a bit here, right?’
If I pretend to know everything like Zhuge Gongming, my reputation and name value will increase.
I responded as if nothing had happened while twitching my shoulders.
“I knew it would turn out like this ever since we gathered the civilians here near this castle and made them sing. “You lack faith.”
Strictly speaking, I knew my morale would drop, but I never really thought I would lose my will to fight this much.
Life is good.
“And what are you doing? “Now I have to go open the gate.”
Under normal circumstances, they would have gone to occupy the watchtower in this inner city first, but considering that the morale of the Barcelo guys is currently low.
It would be enough to just take over the castle gate and open it like this.
Otto asked as if he were representing other executives.
“Are you sure you don’t have to occupy the watchtower?”
Hearing those words, he pointed to the guys running towards the watchtower over there and sighed.
“Hurry to the watchtower! “If you occupy the watchtower, you can make a lot of money!”
People who looked like mercenary captains or noble knights shouted in loud voices.
The soldiers who heard that responded by shouting cheers.
“Long live Baron Marron!!!”
“Long live the White Fox mercenaries!!!”
“Let’s grab one last share!”
The greedy guys, trying to make a lot of money by making a big contribution in the war, were rushing up the castle wall like a herd of African bison.
If you were to be pushed down by an ally on the way, there would be no more absurd death than that.
“Over there, our allies are flocking in like a swarm of ants to take over. But there’s no need for us to get involved and help.”
“That’s right.”
“So, let’s hurry up and open the castle gate. “Opening one castle gate will give you greater damage than occupying two watchtowers.”
The Otto guy took a step back after hearing what I said.
“Whitebeard mercenaries! “We are going straight to occupy the castle gate!”
When I suggested a new goal, they responded to my words with a loud voice.
“Yes, boss!! Let’s open the gate!”
“Once you open the gate, everything is over!”
“Long live the Whitebeard Mercenaries!”
Many of the soldiers were rushing to the east or west of the castle wall and heading towards the watchtower.
A small group of mercenaries and quick-witted nobles, including us, were running at high speed toward the castle gate.
“Give them the watchtower!”
One knight even urged the soldiers with tremendous force.
“If you cannot give the honor of opening the castle gate to Viscount Mont Blanc, run thinking you will die!”
At the same time, only the knights and commanders were cut down quickly.
“Die, damn it!”
After killing the commanders, he pointed his weapon and advised them to surrender.
“If you don’t surrender, I will kill you! “Drop your weapons!”
Of course, our mercenary unit was moving quickly using a similar method.
“The road to the castle gate can never be given away!”
I’m in a hurry, but is this damned guy blocking my way?
“I am a mid-level knight of the Pizarro family…”
Normally, I would have listened to this long self-introduction.
Why? I need to know who the bastard is cutting off his head so I can tell the Emperor of Montmartre who this bastard is and that I want him to exchange it for money.
But now, unless you are a high-ranking person like a baron or a viscount, you don’t even have time to worry about it.
Why? Because right now we are risking everything to decide whether to open the castle gate or not.
“You have a long tongue, you idiot!”
By swinging the sword, Heojeop was permanently prevented from introducing himself.
In movies and cartoons, you don’t attack the protagonist or villain who is transforming, but in reality, you are the first to attack such a pretentious guy.
After I die and go to Deus’ side, I hope to live with that lesson in mind.
“If you surrender, you will be saved!”
At those words, the soldiers under Heo Jeop must have lost their morale, so they immediately laid down their weapons and surrendered.
“Is there anyone here who knows the location of this castle’s gate?”
No one answered what I said.
Well, even if surrendering means surrendering, it would be off-putting on your conscience to blatantly stab an ally in the back of the head.
But isn’t there a famous saying from a wise man?
‘It was too much money to refuse.’
Since it’s urgent for us, we should handle it smoothly.
“If we succeed in opening the gate, we will give you 40, no, 50 gold coins.”
Approximately 50 years’ worth of income for one serf household.
With this money, you may not be able to live in luxury for the rest of your life, but you can launder your identity, go to another village, buy a fairly large piece of land, and live comfortably.
“This is your last chance to change your miserable life.”
A young soldier raised his hand.
“Are you really giving me 50 gold coins?”
“Yes.”
“Then I will guide you.”
If there is someone among my allies who stabs me in the back, I really want to kill them, but if there is someone among my enemies who stabs me in the back like this, I can’t look that cute.
They say that humans are very treacherous animals, and that is exactly true.
“If you lead me down the wrong path, I will have your head cut off.”
“Anyway, I was the third son of a serf family, so I lived as a poor person for two years. “If you have an opportunity to change your finances, you should take it.”
As the third son of a serf family, he is virtually a lonely young man who cannot even contact his family.
So he probably thinks that even if he betrays, there will be no adverse effects on his parents.
Wow, he seems like a guy with his conscience in stew.
“I liked this bastard without conscience. Hurry.”
We ran straight ahead, with the guy who had betrayed our allies leading the way.
“When you go down this wall, just run straight to the right!”
The guide I bought for 50 gold coins actively guided the way to the castle gate.
“Ah, if you go through the door you see over there, you will find nothing but an armory. The mechanism that opens the gate must be entered through the secret door a few hundred meters ahead!”
While we were receiving guidance, a unit of the enemy army that appeared to be elite blocked our path.
“We can’t give up the resistance of our Raseu castle to you guys!”
Our guide naturally tried to avoid a dangerous situation by going inside the mercenary group, while the others took up weapons and prepared to fight.
“Almost all the way to the watchtower has already been breached. Why don’t you just surrender?”
“You coward! “There is no such thing as surrender, strike!”
As expected from a nobleman’s elite unit, they began to fight desperately.
I also started to feel hot at the thought of having to open the gate as quickly as even a second.
“f*ck, f*ck…”
When I was pulling out the aura from my entire body and wrapping my sword in fire, Hilde came around me.
“Master! “Please leave this to me and the hundred people under my command!”
Thank you, but it looks like the number of elite troops is at least 250.
But leaving only Hilde and her subordinates here means telling them to all die together.
You can’t push Hilde into danger by doing something like that when our allies aren’t even in a predicament.
‘No matter how we save 100 soldiers, Hilde cannot be replaced.’
But, like the main character in the cartoon, I don’t plan on wasting time or foolishly staying here by saying things like ‘How can I leave you behind?!’
“Haksen Centurion! “Bring 10 people from the assault team and help me kill them!”
“Yes, boss!”
We left Hilde, Haksen, and about 200 soldiers under their command to deal with that elite unit, and we ran straight out.
“Guide! “Where on earth is the mechanism that opens the gates here?”
“Hey, go through the door on the wall you see over there!”
When I went inside the gate, there was a warehouse containing grain.
This bastard, did he risk his life to deceive us?
Just as I was thinking that and was about to raise my sword, the guy started pounding on the floor of the warehouse.
Thump, thump, thump, thump.
When a clicking sound was heard, the guy said with his eyes shining.
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“There is a device below here that opens the gate!”
The guide pushed the floor to the left, and an underground staircase just big enough for one person to go down appeared.
Unless you’re crazy, there’s no way you’d build a secret staircase in a remote warehouse like this…
‘You win.’
“Hold that guide bastard straight. “Don’t kill me.”
He waved his right hand to signal.
“Just three people, follow me.”
When I went down the stairs, I saw several soldiers inside.
“The enemy! “f*ck!”
“What kind of bastard are you?”
“Kill!”
After killing them, we immediately started operating the huge mechanical device by manpower.
“There’s no time, so I’ll use the Aura and get it done right away!”
“Yes!”
“One, two, one, two!”
As I adjusted my steps and turned, the chain connected to the mechanism began to turn.
Once we stopped going back, we went straight up.
As I came out of the warehouse, I saw our troops rushing towards the castle gate.
“The gates are open!”