294 – The Great War of Bohemia (11)
Count Apo, under the 3rd Prince Matthias, was leading a detachment of thousands of soldiers and detouring through the forest.
“I’m sure you haven’t been caught by the enemy, right?”
A knight wearing orichalcum armor responded to those words.
“Count Apo seems to be worrying too much.”
It was an unacceptable situation for a knight to dare omit an honorific title for a count, but Apo did not care about his rudeness.
That was because the man in front of him was not a nobleman with a fiefdom, but a sword master under Matthias.
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“Lord Li Chen, but…”
Sword Master Li Chen spoke calmly.
“You should be as careful as possible so as not to be caught. But getting caught doesn’t stop you. “Your Majesty risked his life to serve as a decoy.”
As Richen said, Matthias had been subjected to hit-and-run attacks by Viscount Cologne for several days.
Because of this, the morale of the army has fallen beyond the ground and into hell, and the soldiers have lost the will and strength to fight.
So, if we fight head on like this, it was obvious that we would lose anyway…
Mathias claimed:
‘If our troops are defeated here, we will all just have our heads cut off anyway. So, I will be the bait, so while the enemy is off guard, lead a death squad and cut off Mary’s head.’
The nobles who heard this knew that this was the only number they could make right now, so they decided to follow Matthias’ number.
Count Apo naturally took on the fate of Matthias’ army on his two shoulders.
‘If I fail, we all die.’
However, if successful, it was clear that not only would he become a count or at least a marquis, but he would also be granted enormous territory and enormous wealth.
“That is correct. Sir, what you said is correct. Now is not the time to worry about failing or succeeding. “If you worry so much, your allies could be wiped out.”
Count Apo and Li Chen’s ears continued to hear the screams and death of their dying allies.
“Ugh, help me!”
“We are done now!”
“Your Highness, hurry and run away!”
Those who were part of the death squad, including the Count, ground their teeth as they heard this sound.
No matter how much they were on a mission, hearing the sounds of our soldiers being suffered made them keenly aware of how dark their situation was.
“Damn it, Viscount Cologne, you can even cut his body into thin slices and make it into salami…”
“Because of that bastard, our family’s soldiers.”
Some knights were so angry that they clenched their fists so tightly that their fingernails dug into their hands and blood flowed out.
This time, the cheers of her soldiers under Princess Maria were heard.
“Let’s cut off Matthias’ head!”
“We won this war!”
“Long live Deus! Long live Her Majesty Maria!”
Every time they heard that sound, they felt like they were going crazy and jumping up and down.
If our troops are defeated like this, they will also lose everything.
Of course, there were some serfs who didn’t really care who won.
Because they were promised huge rewards and a chance to change their fortunes if they won this battle… Everyone was of one mind and one mind at this point.
‘Maria cut off that b*tch’s head.’
And perhaps because of the wind, the nobles of the first princess faction, including Maria, did not notice that a separate unit was moving next to them…
Count Apo, who was almost out of the forest before he knew it, shouted inwardly a cheer.
‘That b*tch with big breasts and nothing on her head.’
The enemy was now leaving only the bare minimum of soldiers next to Maria.
The number is approximately 6,000.
Although there were slightly more numbers than the death squad, this death squad now had the sword master Li Chen, so the odds of victory were good.
“Lord Lichen. “It seems like Deus is watching us.”
Li Chen, who was quiet, also nodded his head at those words.
“It seems like God wants her to die, Maria.”
And when all the troops had left the forest, Count Appo shouted in a loud voice.
“Deus gave us permission to cut off her head, Maria. If you just cut off that b*tch’s head, you will become the number one contributor to this civil war, and even the lowest-ranking soldier will suffer!”
When I shouted that, everyone cheered loudly.
“Long live Deus! Let’s kill the trash whore!”
“Long live His Highness Matthias!”
Count Apo shouted in as short and deep a voice as possible.
“Whoever cuts off that b*tch’s head, His Majesty will personally make him a knight of the emperor’s guard! Everyone, don’t be afraid of death and fight!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers of the death-defying unit that was ambushing them all blew their trumpets.
When the low, majestic sound of a trumpet was heard from a nearby forest, the soldiers guarding Mary were greatly shaken.
The magicians and archers of the death squad under Count Apo attacked the agitated soldiers all at once, opened a hole, and attacked without hesitation, aiming for Maria’s head.
“The enemy! “Where on earth is the enemy?”
“The enemy has appeared!”
“Protect Your Majesty! “Aw, f*ck!”
No matter how careless Maria was, the soldiers guarding her were all elite soldiers, so even if she was suddenly surprised, there was no disaster in which she would run away or be unable to do what she was supposed to do.
However, the nobles and knights at Maria’s base were embarrassed and started talking gibberish.
“Your Highness, what should I do? “If this continues, we will all die!”
“When Your Majesty passes away, everything will end.”
Everything they said was true.
If Maria died here, our army would be defeated regardless of who fought better in this battle.
“We must bring in an army to protect you!”
He was right, but if he followed that advice, the morale of the enemy soldiers who were losing would rise, and the morale of our soldiers who were winning would fall.
In that case, the flow of the war would inevitably turn towards Matthias…
“There are still 2,000 reserve units under the Marquis of Schweig remaining. He should call up the reserve unit and have them guard the main camp. Hang in there until then. “The enemy’s surprise force will not have many troops.”
As they said, the number of those who raided Maria was only about 4,000…
Under Count Apo, there were numerous elite knights and sword master Richen, who could be called the god of close combat.
He grabbed his sword and unleashed his lightning, cutting through his soldiers and knights like a drill drilling through soft earth.
Every time the sword was swung, as few as one or as many as three soldiers and knights were cut down.
“Cut off Mary’s head! “I, Li Chen, commander of the Guard Knights, will take the lead!”
Li Chen dug deeper and deeper, cutting down countless soldiers, and the remaining staff members under Maria continued to speak.
“You must run away! “The Sword Master cannot be defeated!”
“Hasn’t our swordmaster, Lord Bauer, gone to cut off Matthias’ head?”
“When Your Majesty passes away, this is the end for us!”
But Maria knew intuitively.
She realized that the moment she runs away and the main camp is empty, this war will definitely lead to the defeat of the allies.
Then she knows that her head will be cut off on the scaffold anyway, and that her beloved Martin, who risked his life for her and saved her from assassination, will also die.
‘Even if I have to die right here…’
After making up her mind, Maria stood up and grabbed her sword.
Her sword skills were only slightly better than those of her serfs, so she wouldn’t really be of much help to her…
The meaning of this action was clear.
“The fate of the empire is decided here and now! As the future emperor, I will fight here until the end and if I die, I will never run away! You too, grab your weapons and prepare yourselves for death!”
Her advisors did not think that she would directly participate in the battle, but she had no choice but to grab the sword.
“Long live the Rhine-Palatinate Empire!”
“Long live Her Majesty Mary!”
And as the news of Maria’s direct participation in the war became known, her soldiers began to block the death-defying group led by Count Appo even more fiercely…
“The crazy b*tch is having a seizure like a dog before she dies! Don’t look at the recognition! “Kill it!”
The death squad rushed towards Maria’s location even more vigorously.
When even the staff began to fight directly with swords.
Unexpectedly, Viscount Cologne and a small number of elite troops under her command appeared where Maria was.
“I will protect your Highness!”
After seeing this, Li Chen thought that he had to kill Maria as quickly as possible, so she swung her sword even faster and at the same time used all of her body’s strength to explode her aura.
Then, silver lightning exploded from his entire body, and the lightning electrocuted both allies and enemies around him, turning them into black charcoal.
It was truly the formidable power of the Sword Master.
‘We must kill that b*tch at all costs.’
Either that b*tch dies, or he dies himself.
He made a desperate decision and swung his sword vigorously.
Every time the sword was swung, the soldier or knight right in front of me was torn apart or blown away by the shock wave when it exceeded the speed of sound or the sonic boom.
“Ugh!”
Among the guards, there were even those who were so frightened that they could not move.
In this way, the distance between her and her Li Chen became closer and closer, and when he finally reached her and was on the verge of killing her, he saw her Maria, who, although not skilled, was trying to resist with her sword.
‘You have the qualities of an emperor better than my lord.’
But that didn’t mean his sword stopped.
Richen’s sword was swung mercilessly.
And then Martin, who had already reached Maria’s side, blocked the sword.
“Do not touch His Majesty! “You bastard!”