The Wise Lord chapter 70

Chapter 70 – Expedition (2)

At Amelia’s words, Xian calmly looked around.

desolate landscape.

Certainly, it could not be seen as an area called a commercial hub.

But it was the way to go.

Considering that it was still on the outskirts of the West, it was a situation that could have been enough.

“Normally, the wagons at the top should constantly pass by, but now I can’t see one.”

“Even though we’re still a long way from the West Coast?”

It could also be said to be the most outlying area.

It was an ambiguous place to call it the West as it had just entered the West.

“yes. At least I have to face the wagons of the upper ranks leaving the West… but I really don’t see one.”

Amelia muttered strangely.

Amelia is the daughter of the Brahe family.

And Brahe was a caravan that ruled the West in the past.

Although now ruined, it was safe to say that no one knew more about the West than Amelia.

For Amelia to say such a thing, the situation in the West must have been serious.

“hmm···.”

Xian was lost in thought for a moment.

It seemed that it was not for nothing that he said that Conrad was suffering from a headache.

How can you be so quiet in your thoughts?

Amelia asked in a worried voice from the side.

“By the way, will Ruben be okay?”

“Why Ruben?”

Instead of answering, Amelia quietly looked behind her.

A carriage on top of a long line of Ruben Brahe.

And Ruben’s soldiers escorting the wagons.

“The lord and the soldiers came with us this time.”

It seemed that they were worried about Ruben’s safety since there were a lot of recruits.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t think it was Xian.

Still, Xian didn’t worry too much.

first.

“Because the dwarven soldiers remain.”

Not all of Ruben’s soldiers were brought out.

Above all, all the Dwarven soldiers could use Auras.

Usually, Aura exercises were focused on humans.

In the first place, the Aura training method itself was a training method created by humans.

However, the A-class Aura seniority method, which was prominent in mobile lords, did not discriminate between races.

Thanks to that, the dwarves were also able to learn auras.

The dwarf’s innate power and the power of Aura.

The combined strength of the two made it impossible to tell whether it was a dwarf or an ogre.

Seriously, isn’t there a day when the fire in the forge goes out because they break and eat so much of the weapons they made?

In the meantime, I go to Jerry and repeat research to make better equipment…

Not kidding, I wondered if it would be possible to create A-grade quality equipment sooner or later.

So there was no problem with the territory defense itself.

Above all, leave everything else.

“You have Leah.”

There was Lea, the guardian spirit of Ruben.

Again, Amelia nodded.

“Well, since Leah is here, no worries. I recently kicked out the ogres too.”

“huh? Did an ogre come to the estate?”

This was the first time I’d heard of it.

Ogres are here

Ogre was a monster called the top predator in the food chain of monsters.

Its huge size and ferocious strength could only be dealt with by an expert knight.

The monster, Ogre, was at this level.

Even more so, the ogre living in the dark forest was a terrible monster that could only be dealt with if it was this close to the giant master.

It was safe to say that it was almost like a natural disaster.

An ogre like that came to Ruben?

“I came when the lord was gone, but in fact I found out after a while. As soon as the ogre appeared, Leah-sister kicked it out. I heard it took about 10 seconds…?”

That moment.

“It was exactly four seconds. I watched from the sidelines.”

Another voice came from behind.

There was a soldier of the territory, Duras, there.

“And it wasn’t that I chased them away, it was that the ogre ran away. I think I know why ogres are called top predators when they resist Leah-sama’s thoughts.”

For some reason, it seemed that the position was reversed…

“An ogre must be an ogre.”

“As expected, I was worrying unnecessarily.”

Sian and Amelia nodded.

well, anyway.

“Certainly people don’t see it very well.”

“Still, I know there is a fairly large village around here… Oh, I can see it over there.”

Amelia pointed her finger forward.

the place you looked at.

There, as Amelia said, there was a fairly large town.

and.

“huh?”

“what···?”

Xian’s and Amelia’s heads tilted at the same time.

That’s also because the scenery of the town you see now isn’t normal.

Burning houses and shattered wreckage.

What had been a village was visible in Xi’an’s field of vision.

What I wanted for a while.

Right then.

aaa!!!

A tearing scream erupted from the village.

#

Kepple Village located on the western outskirts of the Empire.

“Sah, save me! help me!!”

“Quaaa!!”

People were running out of breath as if something was being chased.

Burning houses and broken rubble.

People crossed between them and ran away.

And a group of monsters chasing after them.

With 1m tall body movements, he is muscular.

A monster with the face of a ferocious pig.

“Chwiiik!”

“Chwiik chwiik!”

They were none other than Orcs.

Excited by the people’s screams, the orcs snorted violently.

Before long, he vigorously wielded his weapon.

He started smashing objects around him indiscriminately.

aaang!

The village began to crumble with random strikes.

“Eh, run away!”

“Kyaaa!!!”

Seeing this, people started to run away in fright, not knowing what to do.

“help! There’s a child here! Please help me!”

“aaang!”

Cries for help came from everywhere.

However, it was only drowned out by the screams.

It’s a truly abysmal situation.

“Chwiyiyiik!!”

“Chwiik! Acquisition!!”

Orcs seem to be very satisfied with this situation.

He continued to let out a harsh snort.

Along with him, more excited groups started to run amok in all directions.

Quaang! Wow!

Orcs were about to sweep the village.

“No no···”

Seeing those orcs, Chico fell into despair.

trembling hands.

To survive, they had to quickly run away from those terrible orcs.

“Ahhh···.”

dump.

However, Chico’s legs gave out and he collapsed on the spot.

The feeling of helplessness of not being able to do anything grips the whole body.

“Chico! What are you doing!”

Soon, a violent hand grabbed Chico and led him.

But Chico couldn’t escape following the touch.

“The wounded! Then what about the wounded!”

That’s also true, Chico is here, the vigilante of Kepple Village.

There are dozens of injured people who cannot move immediately behind Chico.

If they run away like this, they will surely die.

“What does that matter! But there’s nothing you can do about it!”

“No matter what, I can’t run away without knowing it! If you wait a little bit, the regular soldiers will…!”

“What an idiot!! Soldiers don’t come! still don’t know The nobles abandoned us!”

“Ha, but…!”

“damn! I made it clear!”

The hand holding Chico fell off.

And the owner of the hand eventually took a step back and ran away.

Seeing that, Chico was deeply hesitant.

I knew.

A group of orcs ravaging the village.

Regular soldiers to protect the village from those orc groups are not coming.

So, in order to survive, he had to run away.

That is a wise decision.

But… what is the reason for not falling in the end?

Chico gritted his teeth.

Then, he slammed open the door of the house where the injured were gathered.

There were also those who fought against the Orcs.

It was mainly the elderly and young children.

They were huddled together, shivering and trembling.

Chico shouted at them.

“It must be hard for everyone, but you have to move! Come on, I’ll help you!”

Chico supported them and moved them out one by one.

but···.

Escaping with the wounded was impossible from the start.

“Chwiik? Chwiyiik!”

The orc who found the wounded let out a harsh snort.

Numerous groups of orcs around him showed interest.

Before long, a group of orcs approached with fishy laughter.

“no!”

Chico grabbed his weapon and charged at the approaching horde of orcs.

but.

Kwajik!

Chico couldn’t even resist.

Orcs weren’t such easy monsters.

The regular soldiers who had been trained were also monsters that had to be formed and dealt with.

There was no way Chico, a mere village vigilante, could deal with them.

“Cuck!”

Chico’s body flew through the air with terrible pain.

“Chwiyiyiik!”

Seeing Chico like that, a group of orcs let out a snort filled with anger, joy, and various emotions.

Kwa Dang Tang!

Chico’s body being violently rammed.

“No no···!”

A dark look of despair fell on Chico’s face.

In order to live, you have to do something.

But there was nothing Chico could do.

All Chico could do was put his hands together and earnestly pray to God.

But how fleeting that prayer is.

Chico knew better than anyone.

An endless army of monsters.

Western aristocrats who are in a hurry to take care of themselves.

Those who will help them do not come.

Such miracles don’t happen.

“please please···!”

Nevertheless, Chico put his hands together and prayed fervently.

And again.

“Chwiyiyiik!!”

God did not answer his prayers.

A gigantic shadow covered Chico’s field of vision.

My whole body trembled at the terrible pain I was about to feel.

In fear of approaching death, Chico closed his eyes tightly.

obscured vision.

however.

“…?”

Something… was strange.

Because I didn’t feel any pain…

By now, his whole body had been crushed by the orcs and he had to writhe in pain.

But no matter how long I waited, nothing happened.

Could it be that he died without even feeling pain?

But Chico quickly shook his head.

Whoops!

A dull roar was heard in front of Chico’s tightly closed eyes.

Chico slowly opened his eyes.

And what Chico saw in his field of vision.

That’s none other than an orc cut neatly in half.

And it was a certain blond man standing in front of Chico.

“What, what, how…?”

Chico couldn’t understand the situation in front of him.

Chico looked at the blond man blocking his way.

Age seemed to be about the time to change from the feeling of being young to the feeling of being young.

Also, he was dressed like an aristocrat.

The slightly bewildered atmosphere didn’t look aristocratic either.

In a word, first-timers.

“Who, who…?”

Right then.

“Chwiyiyiik!”

“Chwiiik!”

A group of orcs who witnessed the sudden death of their own people let out a harsh snort.

It was like a roar that made listeners terrified.

Before long, a group of orcs rushed in.

“Do, run away!!”

Chico shouted.

I don’t know who the man in front of me is.

but can’t afford it

There were dozens of Orcs running right now.

Even right now, there were dozens of them.

If we add the Orcs who attacked Kepple Village now, it should be over 1,000.

That’s why you should run away now.

however···.

The man did not run away.

Again, he raised his sword and aimed it at the charging orcs.

Woo woo woo woo…!

trembling atmosphere.

An aura darker than jet black swayed from the man’s sword.

“Chwiyiyiik!!”

Life burst out from the rushing orcs.

and.

squeak-.

An eerie cutting sound was heard.

The first orc to rush in with him fell.

Then the second and third orcs collapsed.

“Chwiyiyiik!!”

A roar resembling a hideous groan erupted.

The surrounding orcs attacked the man.

But the man was no longer there.

squeak-.

Somewhere, a pitch-black sword, darker than darkness, passed by.

As if passing by, one or more orcs fell without fail.

It didn’t take that long for dozens of Orcs to fall to the ground.

“No, that’s ridiculous…!”

Chico’s eyes widened.

“are you okay? Can you move?”

Before long, a blonde man asked Chico.

In my field of vision, the man was holding a jet-black sword.

Chico said in a trembling voice.

“More, thanks to you, it’s okay. thank you. But who are you…?”

“me? draft. Lord of Leuven.”

draft···? Ruben…?

Chico kept repeating the two names.

But no matter how much I thought about it, nothing came to mind.

In a word, the first name you hear.

However, the name Xian seemed to have been heard somewhere, but it did not come to mind.

“I’m glad you can move more than that.”

Eventually, Xian nodded.

Then he pointed his finger at Chico’s back and said.

“Then stay over there until the orcs are dealt with.”

“yes? yes? What do you mean now…”

Chico couldn’t understand Xian’s words.

Currently, the number of orcs raiding Kepple Village has reached almost 1,000.

It was surprising that Xian cut dozens of orcs.

However, the scale itself was different for 1,000 Orcs.

But you’re going to deal with such an orc?

Chico couldn’t understand Xian’s words at all.

But that’s for a while.

“······!!!!!!”

Chico could understand Xian’s words right away.

A slowly turned sight.

The scenery seen in front of Chico’s eyes.

“Three go that way.”

“okay!”

It was a scene of a series of soldiers slaughtering orcs.

“Kwyyyyyyyyyy!”

“Be quiet, these guys.”

Kwajik!

It was literally a scene of butchery!!

It wasn’t even that.

On the other side of the field of vision, a group of orcs and another soldier were clashing.

The overwhelming strength of the Orcs.

It was clear that anyone could see that he would be eaten by that number.

however.

Kwajik.

Perseok!

Awesome!

was being washed away

The Orcs were being swept away!!

Orcs weren’t that weak a monster.

A monster that even regular soldiers who have undergone military training cannot easily predict with a 1:1 ratio.

There had to be knights using Auras to subdue them easily.

However, the outfit of the soldiers in front of me was literally ‘soldier’.

They were soldiers, not knights.

By the way… But what about now…?

“what? Is this an orc?”

“I know? It’s not an orc, it’s just a wild pig? Wasn’t it like this in Ruben?”

Kwyyyyyyyyyyy!!

“what? Why are you so weak?”

“Lord! Are these too weak?”

The soldiers shouted at Xian.

Xian trudged and moved to examine the orc corpses the soldiers had disposed of.

Bodies almost crushed to death.

Xian frowned and distorted.

“I told you not to write these things! They’re not witches, so they’re crushed like this! They also have to sell all of them, so adjust your strength!”

And then Xian left.

stupid mind.

“·······”

Chico really wanted something.

#

A crab estate located in the central western part of the Empire.

A barracks located within it.

“Captain Alex! They say that a group of orcs have invaded Kepple Village!”

“what?”

Alex raised his eyes at the report of the knight entering the barracks.

The leader of the 7th Knights of the Royal Knights, Alex.

Alex is an expert top-notch knight.

He was a talented person who was about to become a master.

And the reason Alex was here in the western part of the Empire was simple.

A monster army infested in the West.

It was because he had dispatched troops along with the 7th Knights under the order of the prince to stop him.

“People haven’t been able to evacuate yet…! Hurry up and send troops!”

“That, that’s…”

The knight slurred and opened his mouth.

“Since all the current knights have gone out to block other places…”

Alex gritted his teeth.

An endless army of monsters.

It wasn’t a big deal for the Royal Knights to block.

Because the Royal Knights were all experts.

However, the problem was that there were too many monsters.

As a result, there is a shortage of manpower.

What happened was that the monsters were constantly rampant.

“The nobles of the West?”

“Everyone is working hard to defend the territory…”

“sh*t!”

bang!

Alex slammed the table hard.

At first, even the nobles came out cooperatively.

However, is it because of the endless monster army and continuous bleeding?

Gradually, he began to pull back.

Now he was not recruiting troops under the pretext of defending the territory.

“The nobles only take care of my comfort…!”

Alex gritted his teeth.

“Your Highness?”

“You said you would quickly come up with an alternative… but there isn’t much else to say yet.”

Alex clenched and clenched his fists.

“Leave the minimum number of people in the barracks and everyone follow me. Go to Kepple Village right now!”

Kepple Village is a small to medium sized village located in the outlying area.

Even if we leave now, it will be very late.

Still, some people can be saved.

Alex took up his arms.

Right then.

“Captain! Captain Alex!!!”

Another knight’s urgent cry was heard outside the barracks.

Along with that, Alex’s expression suddenly darkened.

Where did the monsters attack the people again this time?

“Yeah, what’s going on…”

Alex said in an involuntarily depressed voice.

however.

“It is said that the Orcs that attacked Kepple Village have been destroyed!!!”

What I was saying was strange.

“What, what, what?!”

annihilation?

who? the villagers?

Alex repeated the words he had just heard several times.

However, no matter how many times he thought about it, it was not the villagers, but the Orc group that had been destroyed.

“Oh, the Orcs have been destroyed?”

“That’s right!!”

“Who the hell… who the hell did that!”

Could it be that the nobles of the West came forward?

“That is···.”

The knight paused for a moment before speaking.

“These are the soldiers of the territory called Ruben.”

“huh?”

Alex tilted his head a few times.

It was to recall the name Ruben from memory.

But no matter how you think about it.

no matter how many times i repeat it

“Lu…Ben?”

It was the first time I had heard of Youngji.