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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 510

[510Tue] Miser, miser

The moment she saw the white signal firing into the night sky, announcing the complete success of the operation, Deoni burst out in exclamation loudly, even forgetting her title as a saint..

However, there was no need to regret it later. Her exclamation was drowned out by the huge shouts of the troops who had cheered before her..

It was a shout that could not have been attributed to those who had been exhausted from strange tension and fatigue just moments before, having marched at a near-canter, leaving behind only the civilians and the minimum number of troops to protect them in order to catch up with the surprise attack team..

"Ready for battle! When the outer castle door opens, hit it with all your might.!"

The commander had already declared this as a fait accompli, but no one raised any objection to it. In fact, the biggest challenge was attacking the inner castle, but I remembered Eldmia's boast that breaking through the outer castle would be a breeze with just a white signal from there..

Far from disappointing expectations, he is a warrior of faith and trust who always goes above and beyond. Even though the army was made up of all kinds of people, including city soldiers, mercenaries, and adventurers, no one doubted his words. That's why, when a huge explosion occurred in the Virare Castle in the distance, I thought, 'Isn't it a little too flashy?' He only expressed the question.

It was only after an observer noticed a new signal rising from beyond the explosion that something was wrong..

"Come on, saint! Check out the new flare! blue! There are two blue ones!"

An error occurred. emergency movement.

While everyone, including Deoni, who turned his head to give instructions, was confused, explosions occurred one after another, spreading the commotion to the outer castle..

Deoni's thoughts came to a brief halt due to the sudden development, but when he realized that what he had to do had not changed, he hurriedly gathered his wits and shouted to the troops who were unable to take their eyes off the cloud of dust rising in the distance..

"full force, advance!"

Although it changed suddenly, the operation was ultimately successful. We just have to hurry due to variables.

In that case, now we have to trust our allies and get to the outer castle quickly to distract the enemies..

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Cumbersome.

What I kept feeling while dealing with miser Emmett was the inconvenience caused by the extremely persistent magic..

The casting of magic is fast, the improvisation is amazing, and he is thoroughly prepared in 50,000 forms for a subject who has been sitting in the Birere territory for decades as an advisor..

But this is just PR for price negotiation, right? It wasn't that he was at a level where I thought he couldn't deal with him at all, but I was shocked to think that if Count Birer's family had paid a reasonable price to hire him, there was a high possibility that a communication would have been sent to the Demon King's army..

As expected, for the old people of this world, it is correct to write it as aging and read it as survival. Even more so with wizards.

It got noisy, but now I was barely able to block the attacks of the Virare outer castle defense force, who even poured arrows at me. Emmet's flame arrow was deflected by the gauntlet's shield, and Emmet, who was leisurely flying above, opened his mouth..

"Even though his sword is like that, he fights really well. Well, most people deal with those projectiles, so the sword doesn't mean much.?"

"While I'm away, let's take a look one more time.."

Since I couldn't use the eight needles that fixed and changed positions to chase Emmet, who was floating around, I turned the needle that had just pierced the neck of the soldier loading the arrow and threw it at Emmet with all my might..

The bamboo needle, which had a history of piercing through the arrow shields and breastplates used by cultists with a single blow, was blocked by Emmet's defense shield very easily, even though it clearly had no restrictions..

"Shoot me gently. It's starting to get scary now."

is not it? Are you a little scared? Not only is he saying that, but his expression seems to have changed a bit, but I'm so distracted that I'm not sure anymore..

Even if he was scared, it was clear that his magical power was not depleted. The fragments of Este trapped in the soap bubble-like shield that hovered around Emmett were still unable to escape..

Since the bamboo needle could not be tied in the same way, Este, who was concentrating on something while groaning while quickly retrieving it before doing anything else, muttered..

[I think it's almost done...!]

The shield holding the sword pieces was not intact..

Even though Emmet is carrying out repair work in real time, the combination of a magic grinder and divine power is not an easy task. Even now, some of the pieces have been torn apart through the protective shield, with nearly half of it sticking out..

However, perhaps because there is no decisive blow, the pace is very slow. Seeing that there was no anxiety in his gaze as he kept checking the status of the sword pieces while constantly keeping me in check, it was clear that he would hold out for a while longer..

I looked around while listening to Este's muttering to herself. After passing through the open inner castle gate and spotting our allies running towards the outer castle, I decided to briefly change my priorities..

"Let's leave the door open and finish the transaction.!"

As I stuck a needle into the wall of the inner city, climbed up, knocked down arrows, and let an ice spear fly towards my back through my right pauldron, I climbed up on the wall of the inner city, and this time, something that looked like a huge spider's web that could only be seen by magical power grabbed my body..

I have not seen the process being activated without fail. Apparently, there was a magic circle installed on the castle wall that activated it..

The preparation is really good. On a topic like that, it is also troubling to leave this all as it is just because the salary was reduced..

"Isn’t making an effort to do that also what you do to get a discount??"

It's that mindset that hurts more..

"I'm trying to do that."

Looking at Emmett, who quickly followed me despite running with all his might as if there was a propeller attached somewhere, I tore apart Este's remaining sword body..

I didn't make the mistake of firing directly at Emmett again. Instead, I attacked and nullified the magic trap that bound me and the soap bubble shield flying around Emmett, restored Este to her original state, and then jumped off the castle wall..

Emmet showed a relaxed attitude the whole time, but my situation wasn't the same, so it was an action to save time to worry, but when I actually jumped, I felt a little embarrassed because I felt that the height was not as high as I thought..

I guess I've lost my senses after jumping off the dragon so often. Once I used the recovered bamboo needle as a parachute and landed on a suitable roof, the soldiers of Birer Territory who had gathered around pointed at me and made a fuss and took out their bows..

"What kind of dog are you carrying a cow or a bow??"

They were not just passing scholars, but they were absurd people who took out their bows and started shooting when, looking at their equipment, they clearly could not have been archers. I thought about organizing everything for the people who were still coming down the hill where the castle was located, but I thought about Emmett, who was still persistently chasing me, so I decided to just run..

The torches that slowly light up, as if following the chaos that suddenly spreads, reveal the outlines of the city and buildings..

A woman who sticks her head out to see what's going on, but then closes the window in awe when she sees an arrow flying in the air; an old man who still doesn't understand the situation and stumbles while drunk, collides with a soldier and falls hard; the confusion is visible through the swing door of the bar. Crazy drunkards watching with interest, etc..

The scenery, full of life, feels very awkward, quite different from when I broke through the city in the western region or crossed the outer castle of Lévien. Even after this battle is over, they will be forced to live together in an uncomfortable relationship for a while because of us who will occupy the city..

As I worked hard to hit arrows and fly needles, and destroyed Emmet's magic that gradually became smaller and sharper, I thought about it more and thought that it would be a problem if there were people who agreed with us and joined, and if not, if there was opposition, it would be a problem as well..

I didn't want to worry about these issues for no reason, so I wanted to build a wall and live in a war with politics, but in the end, this is how it goes..

I sighed briefly, hoping that they would not see us as nothing more than a merciless occupying force. Emmett, who had stopped attacking me before I knew it, flew over my head and said:.

"Now it's hard to chase after him. Have you set a price??"

"Is it finally over??"

"In fact, most of the ambitious things I had prepared were blown away and I was forced to do it.."

Damn you old man. Like Duke Lethrom, I am a descendant of Confucian dragons who strive to respect the elderly, but I don't understand why they don't help me like this..

Still, it was an undeniable fact that his skills were certain..

"If you help me and not the Demon God Church, I will give you up to 20 trade gold coins. So let's make it 15.."

"What kind of miracle calculation is that??"

"You said first that it would be difficult to chase. It means that you are satisfied, so isn't it enough to shave off about five gold coins??"

It was a very shameless answer, even if I said it myself, but just as it was worth it to him, it was worth it to me, and I also remembered what Emmett said when he first introduced himself..

The saying that you spend as much money as you make.

Maybe he just wants to test the other person's 'eyes'.

"He wasn't a warrior, he was a pure thief.."

I don't know if my hypothesis was correct, but Emmet burst into laughter and answered by shaking the wand he was holding and using magic..

Looking back, it's surprising that the fireball was completed in an instant, and flew not towards me, but towards the tightly closed gates of Birrere..