a few hours ago. When the rules for Stellarium Siege were announced.
After confirming that they had been assigned to the siege side, Ricardo was contemplating how to attack the imperial palace.
“As expected, sneaking in seems the most comfortable, right? After all, if you reach the imperial palace, you win, right?”
“Are you stupid? You can never avoid the monster princess’s evil eye.”
“Is it like attacking a fortress with the strongest radar? It hurts to have a time limit.”
Ricardo’s subordinates, the Knights of Madeira, worked hard among themselves.
“If there’s only one monster princess, I can do anything, but since it’s a team battle, it’s not like defeating just one person.”
“The point is to avoid the eyes of the monster princess. You have to pull it out somehow.”
“But is that possible? If it were me, I would probably defend the space at the main base.”
“In the end, it’s a problem because even the enemies know that we have to target the imperial palace.”
“Um… … .”
The articles only presented what they already knew, but did not give any specific answers.
Ricardo, however, listened intently to the story.
“What did you just say?”
“You mean that space defense?”
“No, before that. You said you had to avoid the eyes of the monster princess. Do you think we can use that?”
At Ricardo’s words, the knights expressed their doubts.
“how?”
“The princess is standing in the imperial palace and looking down at the surroundings. Is there a way?”
As soon as the rules of the siege were announced, Veronica rallied the Mercury side and reviewed the strategy.
She climbed the spire of the imperial palace and looked around, checking the range that could be monitored with the Mystic Eye.
Due to the nature of the fraudulent ability that only needs to be in sight, that detection range must be considerable.
“In the end, the Mystic Eye only works for the one watching. You just have to go to the side you can’t see.”
“Even if I go back, I’ll be caught looking around right away, right?”
“no. We go up.”
“yes?”
“The opponent is looking down on us. Then we are on it.”
Ricardo pointed to the sky.
“Let’s launch an airlift operation.”
* * *
The significance of the intangible sword was not simply that it could attack a distance that a knight could not reach.
Being able to summon sword skills freely means that sword skills are no longer bound by the body.
No matter how hard physical training can turn a human into a superman, it doesn’t mean that they will sprout wings or gills that weren’t there before.
However, with the intangible sword, humans can also fly.
By compressing a large amount of air, it can breathe underwater.
It was no exaggeration to say that those who mastered the intangible sword and those who did not live in different worlds.
Even so, it was necessary to confirm whether it would be possible to carry out an airborne operation in the middle of the city.
“Even if you avoid the Mystic Eye, you can normally detect Auras with your sixth sense. If you’re as good as Veronica, see how far you can detect it.”
“Unlike on the ground, since there are no obstacles, the detection range will be longer. You have to go up to the top of the clouds to be sure to block the evil eye.”
“Then it would only take a huge aura to move! I can’t stand it!”
“What if a group of people make a foothold by rotating?”
“Certainly, it seems that we can reach the imperial palace in that way… … .”
The Madeira side quickly reviewed the feasibility of the operation.
“Even if we succeed in moving to the sky above the imperial palace without being noticed, it will take time to descend as the altitude is high!”
“You have to slow down to land, so you might get attacked in the middle of the descent. But we only need one to arrive.”
Besides, if it seemed like they were going to be intercepted, they could just increase the number of people.
“Gather intangible sword users who can climb to a sufficient altitude on the siege side. Even 20 people can pierce it.”
“… … Could this be possible?”
After the decision was made, it was a breeze.
Gathering those who would join the plan, they moved away from the imperial palace so that their high altitudes would not be discovered.
If this operation was discovered, the damage was not insignificant.
“The most important thing is that we shouldn’t go there ourselves.”
“yes? What is that, prince?”
“What would the monster princess, who was badly burned by us last year, think of us? If you leave your seat clumsily, you’ll be suspicious right away. We intentionally reveal our position to reassure the opponent.”
This round is a team battle.
That meant that even if he didn’t play an active part, if the team won, he won.
“Will they listen if we set up a strategy and say we’re going the other way?”
“Listen.”
The reason why the siege side was not united in the first place is because each has strong pride.
It wasn’t particularly hostile, so if there was a good strategy, there was nothing I couldn’t cooperate with.
Thus, Ricardo, who formed an airborne unit with 20 intangible sword users, remained on the ground and took on the role of acting as a smoke screen until the end.
“Attack! Full force charge!”
Although the actual plan was separate and what they were doing was playing soldiers, it was quite fun to lead the siege.
“Prince, aren’t you excited?”
“Anyway, they won’t fight back until they join the reserve, so what’s up?”
Hwaaak!
In the midst of not even counterattacking, a sword came flying, but Ricardo lightly dodged it.
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“If it ricocheted and hit a building, it would be treated as broken by the opponent and disqualified?”
“If you try that and it turns out to be mutual fault, we will all return to Madeira on the spot.”
“It’s a joke, a joke. Do I look like I live that spontaneously?”
“well. Last year, there was someone who emotionally attacked an opponent saying that all of his subordinates were knocked out, but was eliminated without even going to the 5th round.”
“Kuhm! Run hard anyway. If we succeed in breaking through here, we will win easily.”
After breaking through the old town, it was the imperial palace.
As long as one of the members of the siege side entered the imperial palace, it was a victory, so if they did well, they could have finished the game on the spot without having to use the prepared plan.
Of course, that wasn’t easy.
“No matter how much they save their troops and retreat, they will turn around and fight after crossing a certain line. If we do it wrong, we will end up being dragged in.”
“I know. Perhaps the reference point over there is around Royal Street.”
Now, the city has become so large that the entire old town is a land of gold dust, but even within it, the districts are divided.
Royal Street was a residential area built close to the Imperial Palace for public officials commuting to and from the Imperial Palace.
As the mansions of the 8th generation and other imperial officials were lined up, Ricardo, a foreigner, was also familiar with the place.
“If you go beyond that, there will be a situation that you can’t stop even knowing it, so you’ll try to stop it somehow. We just keep pushing until then.”
“Can you stop an ally who is running excitedly? It must be difficult to control.”
“Why are you in control?”
There was no need to stop.
“I have to f*ck you. It’s also very bold. That way, the other side won’t know that this is a deception operation.”
“yes?”
It didn’t matter how much damage it took.
After all, the victory will come from the other side.
In that case, it was better to ram it firmly so that the opponent would not notice.
“It’s obvious, but don’t get swept up in you. Because you, like me, have to hold the ankles of the strong on the Mercury side.”
Everything was his chess piece.
Even Ricardo himself.
The adjutant trembled as he saw the allies charging unknowingly.
Ricardo kicked the adjutant.
“… … sun!”
keying!
A friction sound made by scratching the sharpened sword blade.
My body responded faster than I understood.
Kwaaang!
While most of the battles were passive, the explosion that erupted drew attention.
While running, Ricardo, who was attacked with nowhere to set foot, flew straight through the trees and bounced out.
Caang!
Ricardo, who managed to correct his posture in the air and landed, reflexively blocked the opponent’s pursuing blow.
The others, including the adjutant, were then able to identify who had attacked them.
“canine!”
Blazing red hair and a red uniform, the symbol of the Foreign Legion.
A strong man who had been conducting war in conflict zones even before he was knighted in Phyllis.
The winning candidate, who had already defeated several active knights, attacked Ricardo.
“Do you block that?”
“Because I’m too slow to greet you.”
Subsequently, members of the Foreign Legion arrived one after another on the attack route of the siege side.
The red uniform unique to the Foreign Legion stands out even from a distance.
‘A uniform made to stand out on purpose to be used as a meat shield on the battlefield, befitting a unit made by foreigners.’
That’s why the members of the Foreign Legion who survived wearing those clothes were veterans with skills and pride at the same time.
“You’re coming out in earnest more than I thought.”
Great.
‘This means that the more power there is, the less power left in the palace!’
“Wouldn’t it be disqualified for pruning a street tree?”
Ricardo trembled as he leisurely brushed off the leaves on his body.
Judging from the fact that there was no restraint from the host, that level seemed okay.
“What’s your name, kid?”
“Listen to that at the awards ceremony. Because it will be me who will win this competition.”
“It’s not even funny!”
At Ricardo’s provocation, the canine raged and charged.
The red black air fills the field of vision and blooms in full bloom.
A powerful attack that sweeps all directions, befitting a swordsmanship specialized in melee.
But it didn’t reach Ricardo.
“Slow.”
An attack that seemed like a plane was, in the end, just an illusion created by the rapid movement of a single sword.
Ricardo’s sword skill seemed to shine brightly for a moment, but it turned into a flash and penetrated the red sword skill.
“I-that… … !”
“Attribute change! It’s an attribute transformation!”
As the attribute transformation, a skill with a proficiency enough to silence the fangs, which was a candidate for the championship, was unfolded, everyone paid attention to Ricardo, whether it was a siege or a water castle.
“Has that guy also achieved an attribute transformation!”
“Prince Ricardo knocked down his fangs!”
The reactions on both sides were sharply divided.
On the siege side, the master who achieved the property transformation took down the opponent’s championship candidate, and the momentum increased.
On the other hand, Suseong’s morale collapsed as the strong reinforcements that appeared during the retreat fell in an instant.
Indeed, the Foreign Legion members reacted calmly, as this was common on the battlefield, but it was not easy to turn the situation around while momentum was weakening.
“Fang is down! Run away!”
“There is a guy on the other side who uses attribute conversion!”
Attribute conversion was a sword skill that only those who belonged to the top ranks among active knights could use.
Of course, this was intertwined with various problems, such as the overuse of knighthood by countries other than the Empire.
In any case, this meant that Ricardo had reached a level unusual for the Nightray.
“You used attribute conversion.”
“It’s a waste to use it from the first round, but since I’ve been fighting the monster princess from the start, I can’t afford to save it.”
If they could bring Veronica out of the palace with this, they could solidify their victory.
“Okay, move on!”
“Whoaaa!”
The shouts included not only the voices of the siege, but also the voices of the citizens.
The appearance of a rare attribute conversion user.
The game was entering a major phase.
“Hmm? However, it seems that the enemies are also shouting… … .”
Each of the knights Ricardo brought had an organ.
Among them, the adjutant was a person who specialized in detecting sound.
Raising his senses with a strange sense of incongruity, he was soon able to pick up the sound of footsteps coming from a strange direction.
“Enemy reinforcements at 6 o’clock!”
“what? Can’t you see anything over there?”
“It’s a nightray!”
Hwaaak!
At the same time, the Night Ray participants jumped out over the sagging buildings.
They came across the road with a small number of people hiding their auras.
It was possible because they were familiar with the structure of Stellarium.
Tadat!
Those who jumped out passed right through Ricardo’s head and went to mark the Madeira knights scattered across the battlefield.
In the meantime, two people from Nightray remained here in line with Ricardo and the two lieutenants.
“It’s only been a year.”
“Leo, are you my opponent?”
Ricardo recognized Leo’s face.
“If I have two with my adjutant, are there two left? It seems like you haven’t learned anything from me last year.”
“Sorry, but I was wrong. It’s not me who’s dealing with you, it’s this guy.”
What Leo pointed to was a small girl.
Ricardo also knew the girl’s face.
“Huh?”
A person who made it to the semi-finals of the preliminary round and had a great match with Noah.
‘But it was only good luck in Daejin that made it to the semifinals. In the end, he couldn’t beat Noah. You can’t be my opponent who achieved an attribute transformation. Wouldn’t it be better if he dealt with me? Is it to earn time?’
Looking at Ricardo’s expression, Leo said as if he expected it.
“It’s good that you don’t underestimate this lady too much.”
Thiu Wen.
Although he is a low ranker, as a student at the Black Moon Dormitory, he is one of the people who have had the most sparring with attribute conversion users in Nightray.
‘Clumsy attribute conversion users will be eaten by Tiu.’
next moment.
Four people collided at the same time.
* * *
Near the outer wall at the time of the full-scale battle in the old town.
Noah and Felix, who had followed the siege side’s detached unit, were putting together for the last time before the attack.
“I serve 10 people, you serve 10 people. Combined, we have to achieve a complete victory with the power of 20 people.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. I am a per diem.”
“what? If that’s the case, I’ve become really strong after the tournament, right? Two hundred per day is possible now, right?”
“Okay, then it’s a contest to see who catches more.”
The most important 2 vs 20 battle of this round started in a remote place where no one was watching.