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82Disaster for which we were not prepared (3)
As soon as I heard that the enemy had attacked.
Roman knew that the fifth line of defense would not hold out for long..
‘The southern front is a place where national defense awareness is low overall, but the 5th defense line has the worst military power due to its commander, Baron Bruce. Even if you could last long with your outdated equipment and rotten mental state, you wouldn't be able to last more than two hours. Must arrive within at least 1 hour.’
Lucas' information.
And the same thing was mentioned in the book McBurney gave me..
there was no time.
Roman notified the officers of the reserve unit that he would go first and then quickly moved with the soldiers..
Approximately 2 hours from reserve unit.
Although it would be very difficult to cut it in half based on common sense, Roman's soldiers ran after Roman without the slightest complaint..
It was the moment when all the training shined..
As soldiers who constantly climbed mountains carrying heavy military equipment every day, running on flat ground did not disturb them even once..
Let's run like that for a while.
We have already reached the vicinity of the 5th defense line..
It was then.
Seeing a man panting from afar, Roman stopped first and signaled to the soldiers to stop..
“Oh, it's a reserve unit.!”
The man was pleased.
baron bruce.
To him, the reserve unit was literally like an oasis in the desert..
He wiped off the sweat with his sleeve, walked up to Roman, and said:.
“Are you the commander of these soldiers? Skip the official name and first lead me to the rear. It is more important now for me to inform the Crown of the dangers of the southern front than to assist the Fifth Line..”
I kept gasping for breath..
Seeing Baron Bruce belittling him as if it was natural, Roman looked at him..
‘Commander of the 5th Line of Defense.’
It was a face confirmed in the directory..
the problem is.
Now that the war has broken out, he shouldn't be here..
There were only two possibilities.
Either the 5th defense line has already fallen, or he escaped alone..
“Baron Bruce. Why are you here alone without any troops??”
“Baron Bruce?! Have you seen this arrogant bastard? If you're part of a reserve unit, you're probably a semi-noble at best, but how dare you talk to me informally??”
“I think I'm misunderstanding something now…….”
Shut up.
“gagging?!”
Roman grabbed Baron Bruce by the collar..
The pathetic movement had no meaning..
Baron Bruce struggled and tried to shake off Roman's touch, but his strong grip was so strong that he could not move at all..
Roman Dmitry looking down on Baron Bruce.
My heart felt cold for a moment.
The gaze was too ferocious to be human, and Baron Bruce couldn't handle it..
Roman said.
“The fact that you are here now means one thing. The commander abandoned his soldiers and ran away. According to military law, deserters can be summarily executed regardless of their status. I know what that means?”
“You can't believe it…….”
“No way.”
Suddenly!
the wind blew.
I didn't even see Roman draw his sword, but before I knew it, the blade reflecting in the sunlight had cut Baron Bruce's throat..
Baron Bruce's head falling to the floor.
The face that could not accept death had a fearful expression..
widely.
I shook off the blood.
It was a shocking situation.
Although killing a nobleman was a huge event, Roman's eyes were calm as he looked at the corpses lying on the floor..
“At least if you had ordered a retreat and ran away, you wouldn't have died by my hands..”
This won't be a problem.
There is a war now..
The only witnesses were Roman's soldiers, and unlike Roman, they were not very surprised by the situation just now..
In the process of taking down Barco.
Roman showed the side of a predator.
Maybe when Baron Bruce screamed, they too were hoping for the same ending..
“let's go.”
Roman takes the first step.
In order not to miss him, the soldiers quickly followed, leaving Baron Bruce's body alone..
* * *
only 1 hour.
About that much time has passed since the enemy's attack began..
Although it is still time to take advantage of Mercury's advantage, the 5th line of defense, with its gates breached, has become a hell of chaos..
deeply!
“gagging.”
“Wow!”
Screams echoed from all directions..
The soldiers of Hector's kingdom mercilessly slaughtered the soldiers of Cairo, and many people died due to the enemies constantly pouring into the city gates..
There was no way to stop it.
The dusty magic weapons did not listen, and when the arrows were fired, the enemies had already invaded the castle walls..
still.
The soldiers fought until the end.
As Baron Bruce ordered a desperate fight, Stephen, the only knight of the 5th Line of Defense, swung his sword in anger..
“die!”
Phuwak!
My face was soaked with the blood of the enemy soldier..
Steven, who was called a 'real soldier' in the 5th line of defense, cut down the enemies one after another..
There are already twelve soldiers who have been killed by sharp swordsmanship. But there was no end in sight.
Steven's mouth went dry as he looked at the constant influx of enemy soldiers..
‘Damn, damn.’
finished.
It was already a lost battle..
If the gate was still intact, I would have tried to hold out, but from the moment the gate was opened, there was no way to stop the enemies..
‘I knew this day would come someday.’
Inattention was contagious..
Everyone knew that the attitude of not properly managing equipment and neglecting guard duty was clearly wrong..
But if everyone behaved complacently from generation to generation,.
People accepted it as a custom..
The southern front has strong commanders..
As a single knight, I couldn't change much, and after accepting the reality, the situation became what it is now..
Rumbling.
The castle wall collapsed.
Enemy soldiers pouring in even through the collapsed castle walls.
It was dark before my eyes.
Even with the advantage of Mercury, the 5th defense line could barely hold out for even an hour and was on the verge of collapse..
‘We cannot be wiped out like this. Even if we have to retreat, we must save our soldiers and plan for the future..’
I quickly found the commander..
Command is the commander's domain.
I was planning to persuade Baron Bruce to retreat the soldiers, but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't see the commander..
‘no way.’
suddenly.
The image of Baron Bruce running alone came to mind..
At the time, I didn't think I could run away..
Is it possible for someone who is in name to be the commander of a defense line to run away without even fighting properly?.
My blood went cold..
Stephen sensed that this was his deathbed..
“You fucking pig..”
You can run away with him..
but.
I didn't want to do that.
I thought it would be more honorable to fight and die as best I could rather than abandon everyone else just to survive..
“Wow!”
He rushed in with a sword..
Cut down the enemies again and again.
It's dead anyway.
Baron Bruce would not leave the survivors alone even if it was just to hide his shame, and there was even no reason to keep an important person like Stephen alive..
I feel at ease.
Because I accepted death. Even as the wounds on his body grew, Stephen went crazy and took the lives of his enemies..
Suddenly!
cut the enemy's flesh.
He felt like his life was being cut off by the sword, but in return, Stephen was also stabbed from behind by a spear..
puck!
“gagging.”
Pain penetrated my brain..
Now I see death in front of me.
He managed to cut off the head of the soldier who stabbed him, and thought as he saw the sword falling directly from above his head..
‘It's the end.’
It was now the limit.
The moment you accept death.
Phuwak!
A man with black hair appeared, spattering bright red blood..
* * *
When Roman arrived on the scene.
The gate had already been breached..
There was no time to think..
He rushed forward first and gave orders to the soldiers..
“I will stand at the forefront. Follow me as I take out the enemies one by one..”
It was like my previous life.
Cheonma Baek Jung-hyuk.
He was always at the forefront, fighting against his enemies before anyone else, and thus achieved the great feat of conquering Wulin..
It was no different in this world.
If you kill even one more person.
I knew that the war could be ended with minimal damage..
Roman threw himself onto the ground, which had turned into a savage monster, and swung his sword at the enemies who found him..
Phuwak!
It was the beginning of a massacre..
The two soldiers who attacked first had their heads blown off in one blow, and the soldiers who attacked Roman from all sides also fell down in a spray of blood in the blink of an eye..
It was overwhelming force.
Roman moved forward quickly, cutting down every enemy he encountered, like a wolf among a flock of sheep..
I wasn't in a hurry.
at appropriate intervals.
The distance from the soldiers was maintained, and most of the blades that should have been naturally aimed at the soldiers were focused on Roman..
“Monster, monster-like bastard!”
“kill that guy!”
Hector's soldiers.
They also knew that Roman was not an ordinary person..
They attacked Roman at the same time, but no matter how many people attacked, it was Hector's kingdom that was left dead..
only 5 minutes.
Roman cut down dozens of soldiers in that short period of time..
Someone else's blood was dripping from the sword, and Roman was already drenched in blood..
It was then.
In Roman's field of vision, he saw a man struggling and fighting against enemies..
‘stephen?’
person in the directory.
According to Lucas' information, it was explained that Steven would be at least useful if deployed to the 5th defense line..
so that.
Roman made a quick decision..
Slaughtered the enemies that blocked the way.
And then.
At the moment when Stephen accepted death.
He blew off the head of the enemy soldier who was swinging his sword at Stephen..
Phuwak!
Tuk.
Degururu.
My head rolled on the ground..
There was no time to talk to each other..
A large number of enemies had entered the castle walls, and Roman cut down the enemies that rushed at him without stopping..
“……What is this.”
a series of sights.
Stephen was mesmerized..
Unable to accept the fact that he was still alive, the sight of Roman unilaterally slaughtering his enemies could not help but come as a shock..
Was there a person like that on the southern front?.
In his increasingly complicated mind, a person suddenly came to mind..
“Roman Dmitry. He will be assigned to the 5th Defense Line reserve unit..”
This morning.
That's what I heard from Baron Bruce..
Upon hearing the news that a ranker would be assigned to the Southern Front, Steven honestly couldn't accept Roman Dmitry's presence kindly..
Ranker is strong.
To put it bluntly, he was a talent needed on the Western Front rather than the Southern Front, and I thought that if Roman Dmitry truly cared about the safety of the kingdom, he should not be assigned to the 5th Defense Line..
but.
it was a mistake.
Seeing Roman arrive so quickly, Stephen immediately recognized how hard he had run..
deeply!
“……Crumbling.”
Eliminated the last remaining enemy nearby..
Roman brushed the blood off his sword, walked up to Stephen and said:.
“are you steven?”
“you're right.”
“Baron Bruce is dead. From now on, you are in charge here, and in your opinion, having worked in the 5th Defense Line for many years, tell me what methods are needed to protect this place. If, in your opinion, there is no hope, I will have Dmitry, as the head of the reserve unit, withdraw all his troops..”
It was an embarrassing situation..
I couldn't organize my mind easily..
Roman asked Stephen for advice based on his ‘experience’, and Stephen thought briefly but carefully and said:.
“……In fact, it is a battle that is already very popular. When you think about common sense, it would be the right decision to retreat, but doing so would give the enemy an advantageous position. A river flows behind the southern front. They need to secure a route for supply troops to prepare for a prolonged war, but if they cannot occupy five defense lines, they cannot drag the war into a long war..”
I cleared my mind while talking..
At first I thought I should give up..
But the more I talked, the more I couldn't abandon this place..
then.
There was a need to turn the table somehow..
“There is only one way. We must stop the enemies from pushing through the gates any further. The passage through the gap in the collapsed castle wall is not that wide, but the gate is different. If only I could spare 10 minutes. By using the spare iron fence, you can prevent the enemy from entering as a last resort measure..”
it was the only way.
When all enemies enter the castle.
There was no chance of winning.
Even though Stephen knew it was a very difficult choice, he said it was the best choice considering what would happen next..
but.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was an impossible method..
With so many enemy troops already storming into the castle, how on earth can they break through and secure the castle gate?.
It was then.
Roman said without hesitation at all..
“From now on, I will secure the space to install the iron fence. You should move your troops and prepare a barbed wire fence right now..”
In those words.
Stephen couldn't help but widen his eyes..
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