37. attack
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Doyoon went out into the street and went straight into the smithy he could see.
“Welcome…”
Before the blacksmith could finish his words, Doyoon took out five gold coins from his pocket and put them on the table.
“…!”
“Is there anything that can withstand the sword?”
The blacksmith, startled by the sudden offer of gold coins, quickly grasped the situation and changed his complexion.
Throwing in gold coins casually and looking for things is unusual. He must have been a son of a noble family learning swordsmanship, or a high-ranking guild leader.
The blacksmith bowed and answered.
“If you cast a sword spell that allows you to use sword skills, you will soon…”
“I need it right now.”
“I’m sorry. Such valuable items are not prepared in advance. The security here is not good, so there is a risk of theft…”
“All right.”
Doyoon stopped talking and took the gold coins and left.
‘I was looking forward to it because it’s a commercial place to catch monsters…’
As expected, it was not easy to find a sword that could withstand the sword.
He had no choice but to head straight for the wall that faced the Devil’s Landing.
The two guards standing on either side of the gate were, as before, leaning their spears against the wall and smoking.
As Doyoon approached them, the guards looked at them wondering what their business was.
“I would like to meet the person in charge of this place. right now.”
“what?”
“ha…”
They thought they were caught by some madman again.
‘Damn it, it’s time for a shift…’
The two grabbed the spear leaning against the wall. It was clear that it was a bona mana mercenary or a hunter-gatherer who was wearing a dirty appearance with the blood of the beast all over his body.
The moment the guards were about to point their spears at him to scare him away.
“Uh, uh!”
Something shiny flew towards my face.
They reflexively snatched the object and checked it with their eyes in the palm of their hand.
“Uh, huh?”
It was a gold coin.
“I have very urgent business. Please.”
“This, this…”
“Please buy me a drink on the way home from work.”
Stunned and speechless for a moment, they quickly put the gold coins into their pockets. Then, he hid the spear behind his back and bowed to Doyoon.
“Oh, I didn’t get to know the precious person…! Thank you, be well!”
“hahahaha! Right now, I’ll bring in the highest officer on site. Please wait just a moment!”
One ran to call the superior, and the other stayed and flattered Do-yoon with a bow. Doyoon listened to it and waited for the person in charge.
‘I don’t have time…’
The energy felt from the north was rapidly moving south. In a few minutes, they will be here.
But right away, the city was peaceful. The entire reconnaissance team had been annihilated, and news of the enemy forces had not reached them.
‘The reinforcements will be delayed.’
Since this happened, it was no longer possible to expect reinforcements to participate in the war. With this level of energy, it was clear that the city would fall before reinforcements could arrive.
But there was one thing Doyoon didn’t know. That was the strength of Muspelheim.
Requests for reinforcements were sent to countries already bordering Lockenmeier. However, this was not Lockenmeyer’s request, but Muspelheim’s request.
Enmayer’s patrols were annihilated, and only the neighboring country of Muspelheim noticed the enemy’s advance through long-distance observation.
Doyoon looked to the north and thought.
‘Enemy is small. But the energy I feel… Maybe, it might spread to a large-scale invasion.’
If it was the way it was, Doyoon would have pulled himself out as well. It’s not the right time for him to stand on the battlefield yet.
Right now, for Doyoon, growing up was much more urgent than setting up the ball and killing the enemy.
However, the guys coming this way now weren’t just troops made up of normal monsters.
Doyoon could feel it. The ferocious aura beyond the castle walls.
The energy of the monsters I had killed 100 years ago that were completely different from normal monsters.
‘Satan…’
Beyond the castle wall, the army of the corps commander ‘Satan’ was coming.
Of course, Satan did not come here. What is approaching now is Satan’s forces, and among them there are only a handful of them.
However, compared to the number, the energy felt was excessively large. Doyoon had to confirm the reason here.
If the union has changed as much as the union has changed over the past 100 years, Doyun must also prepare accordingly.
When I was thinking so hard.
“Oh, there he is!”
The security guard who had been running came walking with someone accompanying him.
‘Is it an apprentice knight?’
The outfit was a knight, but the momentum felt was not very good. It seemed to be around the time of an apprentice knight learning under a knight.
As Doyoon guessed, he was not the one who usually manages the scene. It was an apprentice knight who was sitting in the barracks instead of the knight who had made himself a servant.
“Yes… I’m the person in charge of the site, but I heard you found it…”
He looked at Doyoon’s body from tip to toe and asked.
‘…what? They say he’s a high-ranking person, isn’t he just a mercenary?’
For an aristocrat, the fact that his entire body was covered with the blood of monsters was extremely disgraceful. From the perspective of an apostle of the guild, he had no weapons on his body.
The guards did not report on the gold coins, they just reported that the High One was looking for them. If I did, the gold would end up in his pocket.
So, of course, the apprentice knight didn’t look very good at Do-yoon, just like the first guards did.
“…What are you doing?”
He asked Do-yoon with suspicious eyes.
“The enemy will attack soon.”
“yes?”
“Close the city gates and prepare for a defensive battle.”
“…yes?”
Now he openly frowned and raised his voice in response. Then he flirted with the guards who brought him.
Even those who received gold coins from Do-yoon avoided the apprentice knight’s eyes, sweating profusely, as if they did not know that Do-yoon would say such a ridiculous thing.
“ha…”
The apprentice knight put his forehead on his hand and said, showing that he was very annoyed.
“…Hey. Do you know where this is?”
“The front line of the Union…”
“Human, the front line is Muspelheim. This is a hunting ground where you can make money by catching monsters. It’s a place where the teeth of young animals are pulled out, skinned, and meat is cut and sold. It is not a place for war.”
Doyoon just looked at him without saying anything.
“Haa… Shit, people are getting busy… Hey, you guys.”
“Yes, old!”
The guards quickly stood on their backs and answered loudly.
“You guys are really dead after my break…”
“It’s an enemy aa!!!”
The guards, apprentice knights, and other resident troops all stared in amazement at the skyscraper on the wall.
Ding- Ding- Ding-
“It’s a raid!! It’s an enemy aaaa!!”
Still, he was flustered and gave the order quickly, as if he had been given the position as an apprentice knight.
“Close the gates and prepare for battle!”
And, he looked at Doyoon with an absurd expression.
“You, how…”
“Let’s go up the wall first.”
“Yes? Ah yes…”
The apprentice knight was still embarrassed, but for now, he climbed up the wall with Doyoon.
A soldier came up to him and reported.
“Currently, enemies are approaching us at high speed.”
“What size?”
“Uh… that’s…”
“Come on, tell me. Didn’t you observe the enemy’s approach? Haven’t you figured it out yet?”
“No, we haven’t observed the enemy yet. However, the royal family has been notified of the results of Muspelheim’s reconnaissance through an emergency line.”
“What? Why was it delivered like that? What were we doing while Muspelheim knew?”
The soldier was momentarily taken aback by the apprentice knight’s remarks and stopped talking. You apprentice knight, don’t you know the situation in our city properly?
“Uh… We also operate patrols, but in this case, our patrols are expected to be wiped out…”
“What? annihilation? Whoa… I’ll do this later. yes, go ahead
“Yes, yes… The specific number of enemy troops has not yet been observed, and requests for reinforcements have been sent to neighboring countries. Most of them asked for information on the size of the enemy army before departure, but Muspelheim and the Skeletonian Guild World Tree immediately set off with elite troops…”
“World tree? Isn’t that the number one guild in Skeletonia?”
“you’re right.”
“Huh… At that point, it’s normal for your hips to be very heavy, but it’s very surprising. no, wait. No information on enemy size? Did I hear you wrong?”
“The exact number of enemy troops has not been observed, but according to reports, they are likely to be in the minority under fifty…”
“eighteen.”
The eyes of the two turned to Doyoon.
“Yes?”
“There are 18 enemies in total.”
The apprentice knight looked at Doyoon in silence for a moment, and the soldier asked the apprentice knight who it was.
The apprentice knight asked Doyoon.
“…how do you know that? No, but who are you? Are you an apostle belonging to the guild?”
His eyes did not fully trust Doyoon yet.
“By any chance, which guild do you belong to?”
The apprentice knight and soldier looked at Doyun.