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336Tue 30 reinforcements (6)
In a dark cave.
Gyro looked up at the ceiling with a devastated face..
Through a small gap, I could see a sky as dark as this place..
a few days ago.
He heard shocking news from the orcs on guard..
“Chwiik, the great Graksar has destroyed Luna's fortress. Now that there are no people to help you, you might as well think about how to survive as a slave. Chwiik, especially you. If you keep looking at me with eyes like that, I'll eat your eyes out alive..”
The orc pointed to Gyro..
It is said that Luna's fortress was destroyed..
It was shocking.
It hasn't been long since Graksar left with his troops, but I didn't expect to hear news like this already..
From then on, Gyro began to completely collapse mentally. Luna's downfall could be said to be her own fault..
If they had not planned an operation outside the fortress, if they had waited for Roman Dmitry to arrive, the fortress would not have collapsed so quickly..
‘……It's a gyro. You pushed Luna to the cliff of destruction..’
I was out of breath..
People who are often taken away.
A scream heard from afar.
At first, I tried to endure the situation with dignity, but at some point, it felt like everything happening around me was blaming me..
Among the people trapped in the cave were soldiers..
They only followed the commander's orders, but because of the commander's stupidity, they ended up being stored as food..
I forgot my hunger.
My face became thinner..
At that time, when the orc did not have the face of a living person, he threw something in front of his eyes as if mocking him..
Tuk.
“Chwiik, if you want to live, eat that. Cluck cluck.”
It was a bizarre laugh.
The orc laughed, shaking his snub nose, then closed the cage and disappeared into the distance..
People's attention was focused.
on the floor.
There was a piece of meat.
It was something that would have caused people who had been starving for several days to rush in, spitting, but everyone's faces were filled with fear..
It had to be that way. It was a piece of meat believed to be human..
It was cut off near the arm and thrown as food, and people could not bear to touch it no matter how close they were to death..
It was miserable.
Everyone's expressions were cruelly distorted by the anger welling up inside them..
however.
Gyro walked towards the piece of meat..
People looked surprised.
Contrary to the idea that he might be giving up on being human, Gyro grabbed a piece of meat and dissected it..
It wasn't my intention to eat it..
When we dissected it all, dripping with blood, the bones that supported it were revealed..
He hid the piece of meat in a corner and secretly took a large bone..
“Everyone be quiet. Even if I die, I plan on taking a few people with me..”
muddy voice.
My voice was small because I couldn't eat..
Gyro moved to a corner and began carefully scraping the bone on the floor behind his back to avoid making any noise..
Buck, buck, buck. I heard a small sound that was annoying..
Gyro constantly moved his hands to make the ends of the bones sharp and strong enough to pierce the orc's tough skin..
Snowfield Swordsman.
his life is over.
The last thing to do was to die like a human being..
* * *
Buck, buck, buck..
Buck, buck, buck..
I had a lot of thoughts.
if.
Really, if we had waited for Roman Dmitry, could we have turned the situation around?.
‘It would have been impossible.’
There are only 30 people.
Even if you think about it again, the power was not enough to discuss victory, and the size of the reinforcements proved that Roman Dmitry did not care about the safety of the Kingdom of Luna..
That's just the minimum courtesy..
We couldn't ignore Luna's difficulties, so we sent enough troops to show off when we won the war..
understood.
Dmitri, who had no interaction with Luna, had no reason to sacrifice himself for Luna..
‘Does that mean there was no hope in the first place?.’
Isabelle's disappearance.
I didn't know why.
What is certain is that she fought hard to stop Kronos' plan, and the result was directly leading to Luna's destruction..
A feeling of resentment arose. Isabel is the Queen of Luna.
No matter how much she worshiped a god, what was important to her was not the safety of humanity but the people of Luna..
Kayden said.
Roman Dmitry said Dmitry's safety was his priority..
I was jealous.
Perhaps Gyro hoped that a monarch like Roman Dmitri would lead the Kingdom of Luna..
‘Luna is not a country that worships gods because there are choices. A cold that humans could not handle arrived, and a saint was born, so there was no way for us to survive if we did not believe in God. Oh God. Is this really what you want? Luna served you more sincerely than anyone else, but why did we have to sacrifice ourselves for the Salamander Continent and then end up like this?.’
My stomach was boiling..
Sacrifice is a religiously important element.
Even though he knew that, and without knowing Isabel's true feelings, he needed someone to rebuke and criticize..
that is.
was human.
weak and insignificant.
In the depths of despair, Gyro realized how contradictory the harmonious world was..
‘Even if Isabelle hadn't gone missing, Arcadia's peace would have collapsed at some point..’
Tuk.
I stopped my hand.
Bones were sharply ground.
Enough to handle a few orcs.
I breathed slowly..
waited for the right time.
Explode the last remaining strength to immediately suppress the orcs entering, and if possible, let as many of the people trapped inside live as possible..
Gyro risked his life.
His face, shrouded in darkness, looked like a demon, and his red, shiny eyes lowered his head and hid his murderous intent..
Finally.
Squeak.
the door opened.
My heart was pounding..
widely.
steps inside.
The moment Gyro was about to rush forward, exploding a trace of mana, an unexpected sight unfolded before his eyes..
“……Ke, Kayden?!”
“gyro!”
I widened my eyes..
existence in front of you.
Not the orc who was persecuting humans, but Kayden, soaked in blood, was there..
* * *
The feelings I had at first were.
It was embarrassing.
The orcs clearly said that Luna's fortress had fallen, but how did Kayden show up here?.
Luna's soldiers cleared the area..
Behind them, the corpses of orcs were seen strewn on the ground..
“Gyro. the war is not over yet.”
“……What are you talking about?”
I saw Kayden..
He gave him water first, but Gyro didn't drink it and gave him a look telling him to tell the truth..
“While I crossed the endless mountain range. Luna's fortress has fallen to the orcs. At that time, I thought Luna's future was over, but Roman Dmitry thought differently. He told me how to take back Luna with only 30 troops. It was an impossible operation. As I was executing the plan, I thought it was bound to fail..”
Drop, drop.
blood dripped.
No matter how many orcs he slaughtered, Kayden's face was soaked in blood..
“The result is as you have confirmed. We recaptured Luna's fortress and slaughtered ten thousand orcs..”
I was astonished.
30number of people.
To put it bluntly, it is not the number that will determine victory or defeat in the war..
Even though he was from Arcadia and was not familiar with war, he learned common sense from the Book of War, which he read over time..
How ridiculous what Kayden said is. That's why I was in awe.
It's not that Roman Dmitry didn't think about Luna's safety, but he really thought that having 30 people would be helpful..
Moment.
I was speechless.
Luna was happy that it wasn't over, but she clenched her fists in despair..
‘In the end, I was the problem.’
Roman Dmitry.
he was a savior.
Even if he had waited just a few days, the situation would have completely changed, but Gyro pushed Luna into the abyss of despair without knowing the truth..
It was truly a harsh reality..
What he wanted was peace for the Kingdom of Luna, but in the end, dragging out his troops with his strong claims ended up being a fatal defeat..
I wanted to die.
I bit my tongue, I wanted to be free from the guilt..
but.
it was a cowardly act.
Gyro wanted to put an end to his responsibility for the defeat by dying fighting the orcs on the battlefield..
“He, where is he?”
The expression has changed.
From Roman Dmitry.
He became.
Kayden took the gyro and told me why we should hurry from now on..
“Roman Dmitri left for the east to engage in all-out war against Graksar. So, come to your senses. Before the battle is over, he must quickly reorganize his lines and help Roman Dmitry..”
* * *
Around that time.
The situation for the elves was not good..
A significant portion of the elves' territory had already been taken over by the orcs who were advancing in large numbers..
“attack!”
“Stop enemies from coming in!”
Pot Pot Pot-
an arrow was fired.
On top of a bare tree whose shape was maintained by the energy of the World Tree, the elves moved with agile movements and fired arrows..
puck.
“Kuek.”
“Chwiik, don’t back down.!”
An orc hit by an arrow fell to the ground..
Although the number of Orcs who had already died was not small, they came in droves as if the deaths of their compatriots were nothing..
A space once called the forest of elves.
The number of elves guarding the World Tree here was approximately ten thousand..
Even if one elf fired an arrow and killed three or four orcs, the orcs following Graksar boasted more than twice that number..
human sea warfare tactics).
It was a fight with an expected ending..
Graksar instantly blew off the head of the elf warrior blocking his path..
Kwasik.
“Chwiik, laughable guy.”
blood splattered.
Graksar's entire body was stained with blood..
the fight so far.
Always took the lead and directly defeated the enemies that seemed the strongest..
Graksar was a special being..
From the moment he picked up the weapon, he naturally realized mana, and the orc warriors who looked down on him were defeated by Graksar and acknowledged that he was the strongest..
The best orc road of all time.
Whether by force or intellect, those who promoted him as an Orc Lord had no choice but to acknowledge Graksar's talent..
and.
From the time he took power, Graksar dreamed of conquering Arcadia..
Stupid other races didn't know the truth.
Even if Isabel hadn't gone missing, Arcadia would have been engulfed in war someday because of her..
“Chwiik, march! don't back down!”
Crumbling rumbling.
The aura exploded.
He gave strength to the orcs with his race's unique assimilation ability and threw a huge ax with all his might..
With a crunching sound, all the trees hit by the ax were broken..
The elves who were climbing the trees fell down, and for each elf, three or four orcs rushed at them and tore their bodies to pieces..
I heard a scream.
the end was coming.
If even the Elves fell, there would be no one in Arcadia to stand against the Orcs..
It was then.
“Wow!”
“Wow!”
from the rear.
I heard a strange sound.
Graksar stopped walking..
It was a sound that should not have been heard.
The elves are cornered, so who is going to attack the orcs from behind?.
“Chwiik, it's a surprise attack! Humans are attacking the rear!”
“Chwiik, human being?”
An Orc's Report.
Graksar's gaze turned to the rear..
Moment.
I had an eerie feeling..
Luna Kingdom has already been destroyed.
They were the only human-created nation in Arcadia, and other than them, humans did not exist..
Then this situation could only mean one thing..
The entity mentioned by Luna's soldiers during interrogation..
An army of about 30 people led by a human I've never heard of crossing an endless mountain range..
Finally.
I could see the scenery behind me.
Graksar's expression hardened as he saw Luna's flag fluttering..
‘no way.’
It was certain.
Luna's soldiers are alive..
It meant that Calott's 10,000 troops were defeated..
In other words, a human across an endless mountain range whose name I don't know has overturned ten thousand differences..
This.
It was a variable that did not exist in Graksar's plan..
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