54 – The moment the sea of fire opens
Enemies who literally started showing up in the worst places at the worst times.
At this, the great chief Horatu shouted in an urgent voice.
“all… Don’t panic! Even so, it’s less than half of our troops! First of all, if you calmly get out of here… ”
at that time…
-Kwagwawang!!!
“Kwaaagh!!!
Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded from the entrance.
As the gunpowder they had buried exploded, their way out was blocked.
At the same time, fire suddenly began to soar everywhere in the camp where they were.
“this… what the hell is this… ”
“bar… There is no way out.”
“Chief Wu… What should we do?”
The generals under his command ask questions in an urgent voice, caught in a sense of bewilderment.
However, before Hora Tu could answer anything about this, a massive attack by the Dark Horse tribes began.
“Sweep it all out!”
Fireballs pouring down from all sides with a signal.
Fired logs, fire arrows, and flame magic reacted to the gunpowder hidden throughout the camp and began to cause a series of explosions.
The warriors could not help but die because of the tremendous firepower that could not be compared to bullets.
The Dark Horse Tribe’s attack covered the entire camp with acrid smoke and hot flames.
Thousands of troops who entered the ambush, which had an immense scope beyond imagination, burned to death or died of smoke poisoning without even a sensible resistance.
“damn! this… How did this happen? How could such a foolish Morgant come up with such a ploy… ”
“This is not the time! hurry… You have to get out of here!”
“Getting out… Where else can you go? Everyone is dying… Where are all my warriors dying?”
“The Great Chief!”
The great chief Horatu, who had been confident of victory just a few minutes ago, was now overcome with despair at the sight of his soldiers burning in front of his eyes.
Even he, the Mok tribe’s strongest warrior, had no way to turn this situation around.
Enemies were attacking with flames from a position where the sword could not reach.
Although it wasn’t impossible to jump up a valley and attempt an attack with Horatu’s level of ability, he didn’t have the mental strength left to do that.
For now, the best thing to do is to somehow collect the soldiers and escape, but even that was impossible for him now, who was so shocked.
“Oh my… can’t… Could this be… there is no… ”
The warriors he had mass-produced with blood and sweat were dying helplessly.
With the support of the Warchief and the Empire, everything they had nurtured under the expectation that one day they would conquer this continent in the name of the Morks is disappearing in an instant.
Just like that, buried in despair that his life is disappearing in an instant.
Horatu, the greatest warrior of the Morks, was engulfed in hot flames.
*
The entire valley where the camp was located became a sea of fire.
In this place where he literally decided and prepared to burn people to death, that person was still struggling to survive somehow.
“damn! it’s west! The fire on the western road is weak!”
William is trying to escape somehow in the thick smoke.
At this moment, more than half of his soldiers had already fallen or died, but William was still struggling to get out of here anyway.
‘like this… I can’t die like this! This William can’t fall like this in vain!’
Ever since he was born as the youngest child of a concubine in an aristocratic family, he betrayed his benefactor and climbed far and wide to reach today’s William.
William was convinced that no one would ignore him anymore as he finally got the post of general he had dreamed of.
All that was left was to clean up the rebels and return home as a glorious imperial general to humiliate those who persecuted him.
But,
At this moment, instead of going back to his family and resolving the sadness of the past, William was about to burn to death here.
I came to a place where the flames were considered weak, but all I could see was red flames and black smoke.
No way out was seen,
The acrid smoke made it difficult to even keep one’s spirits on the train.
“Keuuugh!… .”
In the end, William fell to the floor without being able to control his body any more.
Soon after, looking at the figures of his subordinates dying one by one,
William began to regret belatedly in deep despair.
“If only I had known this… I was listening to General Neto, but I can’t believe I… This William is like this… To die in vain like this… ”
Regretting that I was so hasty,
William slowly began to close his eyes, which felt too heavy.
That’s when I was sure that I would never be able to open my eyes again.
William began to be seized by a sudden, unknown feeling of serenity.
By the way…
-puck!
“Keuhuhuhh!!!”
In the next moment, a sudden, tremendous excruciating pain.
At the terrible sensation of his head being kicked, he felt the peace he had just run away and he shouted with furious rage.
“who… Who are you! How dare you know who I am and do this… ”
“Very self-aware… you know General William of the British Empire. Why don’t I know you?”
“!!!”
Someone’s voice whispered in his ear as he raised his voice while bleeding from his nose.
Clearly heard in the black smoke,
That sound that I can’t possibly forget, and at the same time makes my heart shrink just by hearing it.
William’s face began to harden as it was.
“what… what? west… Could it be… Ah… no… no. No way… It can’t be. Could he be here… ”
William, obsessed with deep fear, desperately denies himself without realizing it.
But.
“I’m sorry… ”
towards William.
The figure in the black smoke slowly began to emerge.
“I am.”
“!…”
The person who appeared clearly in front of my eyes.
A paladin looking down this way with a cold expression while wearing a unique jade aura all over his body.
Edward Cromwell.
Upon his appearance, William was momentarily seized with the feeling that all the circumstances that he still did not understand were being explained.
“west… no way… I hope this is all made up by you… ?”
“Well, whatever… Wouldn’t that be important to you now?”
With those words, Edward Cromwell begins to show an eerie smile on his face.
Looking at his face full of deep joy at the thought of punishing the traitor at a glance, William began to clearly realize what situation he was in.
*
“My God… ”
Black smoke and flames clearly visible even from this far away.
Watching as the scene literally set the entire valley on fire, General Neto knew that when things went wrong, they went very badly wrong.
“this… Unbelievable… ”
“how… How can you… ”
Unlike when they were dissatisfied with General Neto’s words just before, the Mok soldiers are expressing both relief and fear at the fact that they have not fallen into that hell now.
However, apart from the reaction of these subordinates, General Neto quickly began to think of what he had to do at this moment.
‘If it’s a fire like that, there probably won’t be many people who survive in it. In other words, this war was completely lost. Then what happens next… ‘
A situation where he was confident that he would absolutely win and was defeated in a war he had to win.
General Neto, who had been thinking about the aftermath beforehand, was able to think of what would happen next without difficulty.
They were Mok tribe chieftains who had always been dissatisfied with the warchief’s tyranny, but had no choice but to suppress it because of his military power and empire.
Now that the warchief’s army had been destroyed, the discontent that had been suppressed so far would surely come out at once among the Morks.
‘In addition, due to the defeat at the Battle of Saratoga last time, we, the British Empire, cannot afford to stop it. Sending reinforcements… It could further aggravate the situation in the unstable Maple region.’
That means, at this point, the warchief’s downfall is virtually certain.
Of course, it would take some time to get there, but it was virtually as obvious as seeing fire.
‘damn! can’t… Now that this has happened, I have no choice but to live and watch.’
It was General Neto who had come here to seek the warchief’s aid.
However, there was no reason to continue to stay on the ship that was confirmed to sink, and in this situation, he quickly came to the conclusion that the correct answer was to act in a way that minimizes damage to himself as much as possible.
Fortunately, the responsibility for this battle rested entirely with the Grand Chief, who served as the overall commander.
In addition, as the detailed progress of this work is also kept top secret, little is known in the home country.
It won’t be easy, but if you cover it up, there’s nothing that can’t be done.
‘In my country, in moderation… I can only pretend that there is a civil war between the Morks. hahahaha… No, why the hell do you fail every time you keep doing it? Nothing really happens after Cromwell leaves.’
The more you try something like that, the more you lament your sinking situation,
General Neto led the remaining 2,000 soldiers and began to hurriedly leave the place.
General William, who remained in there, didn’t care at all whether he was burned to death or luckily survived…