Chapter 438
My Villains Episode 438
65. peak of spring(13)
Just as he did during our encounter in Zellntree, the old man just looked at me with calm eyes without answering..
A pleasant feeling of tension ran down my spine..
The momentum felt from Hofken Seongbaek was sharper than before. Even without a sword attack, I could tell that he had become a more dangerous person..
“……That's amazing. After all, it is a town where there is no need to respect the elderly or the weak..”
Next to the old man was a man with dual swords and about twice as many heavily armed men. Needless to say, they were probably swordsmen of the ‘Sigmil style’ and imperial knights of the Altenberg family..
I took a small sip of my appetite. Even considering that he had gotten stronger by surpassing level 40, it seemed difficult to jump into that gap and come back alive..
As a master of the sword, Hofken Seongbaek not only wielded two long swords resembling a hawk and a hummingbird like a ghost, but was also skilled in using magic tools and performing joint attacks..
In other words, it is a prosecutor specialized in the battlefield..
If you want to kill Hopeken, you'll need about twenty sums, or at least ten sums, because it's too thick. In other words, it is impossible to deal with so many soldiers..
“Tsu «
•person• •
I clicked my tongue and spoke in Ghelan to the other side of the river..
“Everything is sticking together well? It definitely tasted good..”
I spoke to him kindly, but the old swordsman just looked at me with calm eyes that were contrary to his sharp energy..
“Oh, by any chance, what was at your fingertips at that time was wool? That's why I became mute?”
“……Several officers gave advice, including Captain Buakhan..”
I widened my eyes at the sound of Hofken Seongbaek's screeching voice..
“and. What is that fucking voice? I even got throat cancer.?”
“If you meet a red knight, never talk to him. Is that the best thing?.”
The old man added, making a noise that irritated his ears..
“But when I saw you, I really wanted to tell you this..”
“What do you mean??”
“I swear to the Lord, you will be beheaded by my hands..”
I burst out laughing before he finished speaking..
“I said again, what do you mean? If you are already ready to die, why waste your time talking nonsense??”
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so you should talk about something nutritious and productive… … . Um, do you have a granddaughter??”
Hofken Seongbaek twitched his beard a little. Then he turned away without saying a word..
“Oh, wait! Just kidding, kidding.!”
The swordsmen and imperial knights also glared at us and pulled the reins..
“See you tomorrow, then! Let’s both wash our necks clean before we meet! You understand!”
Although I was giggling on the outside, I calmly gathered my thoughts..
It would have been better to wait for an opportunity and attack at once when the battle started, but why did Hofken Seongbaek show up at all?.
Is it to send a warning not to act rashly? Well, they're probably tired from the rapid march, so they probably don't want to start a fight right after they arrive..
If so, there is a high possibility that they will join up with the following main force and attack all at once..
By the time I made that decision, Iopiya's spell was complete..
-Can you see it??
My eyes blinked for a moment, and dozens or hundreds of lines appeared. It was a thread that flashed with black and white light..
“……I see it. What is all that??”
- It's a chain of illusions. It is a leash that suffocates the soul and spirit, perfected by those in power with the help of unclean sorcerers..
The flashing lines rose from the crowns of the pagan slave soldiers and magic soldiers. As I was absent-mindedly looking at the tangled threads, I heard Iopiya's sad voice..
-I guess there is no owner of the leash here..
“What are you talking about??”
-It's just the ones holding on to the middle of the leash. Killing them won't free the slaves..
I could almost guess what she was saying..
The threads of light, so-called 'leashes', that rose from the heads of slave soldiers or magic soldiers were usually connected to those who appeared to be leaders. And the leader's leash went to the centurion leader, and the centurion leader's leash went to the superior commander..
“Killing all the commanders won't solve the problem.?”
-yes. Then the person in a higher position will just have the leash..
“So, the highest among those holding the leash is the owner? If you kill him?”
-One of the people below him will be the owner of the leash..
“Then what should I do? There is no answer?”
-You have to use the method I mentioned last time..
I recalled a conversation I had four days ago at the headquarters of Eisbowalt's security guard..
“Are you saying I have to take the leash away? From that guy who is the owner of the leash.”
- that's right.
“hmm. Then, if Father Burcard is the owner, then it's all nonsense. Because he's stuck in Faberis.......
-I hope it's not him.
I quietly scratched my eyebrows and then nodded..
“……Okay, okay. Let's take a chance.”
I have never learned strategy or tactics..
On Earth, I have never read a book like Sun Tzu's Art of War, nor have I ever worn an epaulette while serving in the military..
After coming to this world, I learned a lot of things, albeit in a rough way. Even though I didn't want to learn, I learned a lot on my own by fighting all the time, and I also learned quite a bit while working under Prince Ulkar..
In my opinion, it was foolish to leave the enemy, who was exhausted after a rapid march, alone..
“Whoop-”
Ogshlizo took a breath. The mage, who was climbing up the watchtower, puffing out his chest and waving his long beard, let out a gust of wind with his exhaled breath..
Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.'
There was a loud noise like a huge horn blowing. The sweet wind that shook the flowers in the field began to blow strong like a cold wind..
“balsani”
As they shouted at the top of their lungs, the archers hiding around the wooden fence in the center of the defense line began shooting fire arrows at once..
The mercenary wizards chanted spells and threw handfuls of small pieces of bitumen, sending them into the wind..
Rumbling!
The bitumen, which was full of mana, burned into a large flame. It was a ‘flame bullet’ spell..
The dawn sky was illuminated by the fiery arrows and flaming bullets fired by two hundred and fifty archers and five mercenary magicians at once. At first glance, it seemed like a river of flames was flowing through the air..
“Wow-!”
“It's fire！”
As expected from a wizard representing a region, Ogshlizo sent fiery arrows and flaming bullets flying over a hundred meters. The cozy darkness and peaceful silence were suddenly broken, and a fire erupted in the middle of the imperial military garrison..
Of course, the former martial wizards brought by Hofken Seongbaek were not just watching..
Many waves of mana spread across the river, and the dirty river flowing from Asag rose upward..
The water barrier thus created blocked the river of fire. The red sky blinked, and steam spread out like an explosion..
“stop shooting!”
The baptism of fire stopped. Ogshlizo slowly caught his breath, and the archers waited with arrows loaded with specially treated dense balls on their strings..
Some particularly skilled archers prepared strangely shaped arrows. The mercenary wizards took out mediums from their chests to cast new spells..
“Take cover! The enemies will counterattack!”
“Don't raise your head! Bow down!”
Unlike the center where the battle wizards of the Milgrester family were chanting spells for defense, on both wings of the defense line, non-commissioned officers were shouting loudly. Soldiers lay flat in the trenches and prepared for enemy attacks..
Sure enough, the river of flames stopped and less than three minutes later, the imperial army's wizards - no, the saboteurs - began to attack..
Quang!
The huge luminous body, which was over 2 meters long, pounded on the defense line one after another. It was the ‘Spear of Power’, one of the destruction spells boasted by ‘Linhow on the Mountain’..
The mound, made of a mixture of weeds and dirt, easily absorbed the shock, but the wooden fence shattered with a loud sound when it was just brushed by a pillar of light. The soldiers cursed incessantly and buried their heads deeper into the trench..
The battle wizards in charge of the center of the defense line each memorized spells to protect the watchtower and the surrounding wooden fence. Although there were only five in number, all of them had excellent skills as wizards raised with the intention and support of a prestigious family, and the destruction magicians' spells were weakened to the extent they had to overcome a distance of two hundred meters, so defense was not that difficult..
The saboteurs continued to pour out spells as if they were feeling better..
Fuyouuuu-
A magic arrow shot up into the sky, emitting a blinding flash of light. Then it exploded and dozens or hundreds of magic arrows the size of half a palm rained down on the ground..
‘It was an ‘arrow of annihilation’..
“gasp!”
“Damn it-”
Every time a baptism of light pours down beyond the fence, the long dug trenches become stained with blood..
In an instant, over a hundred soldiers were killed or injured. I gritted my teeth and screamed.
“Archer, ready! Coming soon!”
It was only eight months ago that Longville was defended against the saboteurs led by Doyle Mullin. I knew very well what the most dangerous of the Destructionist's spells was..
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
A loud and strange pulsating sound that sounds like a mixture of metal sounds.
I quickly inspected the enemy lines and caught sight of spheres slowly emerging from the ground, shedding purple afterimages..
“There, shoot.!”
While shouting, he stepped on the railing of the watchtower and threw the javelin..
Following the strong attack, twenty carefully selected archers quickly stood up and took action. The arrows fired by the archers came in pairs and were connected by a thin thread. As soon as the arrow soared beyond the wooden fence, the waiting mercenary wizards quickly cast magic..
Siriririk.
The white threads woven with each arrow contained mana and became thicker, tougher, and thicker. It was as if ten nets were spread across the sky..
The purple spheres, no, the 'spheres of destruction' that had been creeping up had suddenly become as big as my body. My javelin lightly grazed the first one that shot up..
Quang-!
With a loud noise like a bomb exploding, a strong flash of light lit up the dawn sky..
Next, arrows tied with magically spun 'spider webs' attacked the spheres of destruction that were just speeding down one after another. The purple spheres caught in the net exploded violently with the same roar as before..
“Ah, X arm. My ears are falling.”
Because it was intercepted before it could rise properly, the sphere of destruction exploded, and the number of Imperial soldiers caught in the explosion was over 150..
“sort it out-!”
A roar was heard from far away across the river. It seemed to be the shout of Holy Baek Hofken..
Thump, thump, thump-
With the loud sound of drums, legions of pagan slaves and magic soldiers poured out of the tent, scattered and gathered together..
By the time the dust from the sphere of destruction had completely cleared, there were dozens of groups of twelve people lined up. It was a small phalanx of eleven slave soldiers guarding one magic soldier..
“from now on-!”
“stay in line!”
When the Ghelan slave who served as leader gave an order, the pagan slaves holding long spears and shields took the lead, and other Ghelan slaves followed holding bows. Then, the magic soldier called the ‘Devil of Blue Flame’ prepared for battle by chanting a spell with an expressionless face..
“open fire!”
I quickly shouted, and starting with Ogshli Joe's gust, a river of flames began to flow again..
Comments