The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 217
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6.
After the video stored in the crystal ball was released.
The meeting participants stuttered each other with pale, tired faces..
“Ma, the number of demons…….”
“Did all the Demon Beasts in the Eastern Jungle come out??”
But it's too early to be surprised.
It was because the magic barrier, which had been cracked for a long time, collapsed, and a number of arms suddenly rose above the ground..
「That's it! gurgling!」
「Aaaaaaa!」
rotten arms and legs.
cry of pain.
The enemy other than the Witchbeast that Luca talked about.
It was the undead. The army of over a thousand undead approached the fortress using demonic beasts as shields, and quickly climbed the walls and entered the interior..
「aaaaagh!」
「shit! ranbert is bitten!」
「step back! hurry!」
A battlefield full of screams and curses.
Soon after, the curse was transferred and the injured soldiers turned into undead, and the defeat became clearer..
When even the last line of defense was about to collapse.
Someone called Luca's name.
「Sergeant Cedric!」
He was a man with the rank of Major, the battalion commander of the Magic Battalion and the commander in charge of the border fortress..
「Take this and go to the flute!」
「big, big boss?!」
「This place is already wrong. So let Flute know that Beasts and Undead are mixed, and tell them to fight outside the city if possible.!」
「but……!」
「You are the only one fit for a herald right now! Go to the flute using acceleration magic until the mana is depleted. hurry!」
The magic that Luca learned is wind and earth attributes..
Among them, he showed outstanding talent for acceleration magic and flight magic. So he was selected as a messenger, and soon rode out of the fort..
「Rebuild the magic barrier!」
「Before they get to the flute, we'll have to buy time somehow!」
By the time Luca left the fortress.
With a loud roar, a magic barrier surrounded the entire fortress. It was intended to imprison the Witchbeasts and the Undead entirely in the fortress..
However, they could not all be imprisoned, and the monsters outside the range of the barrier headed south in pursuit of Luca, who had escaped..
After the recorded video.
The conference room was enveloped in heavy silence..
Probably because I realized that the current situation is more serious than I initially thought..
“The Witchbeast and the Undead move together.”
“Is it really the work of the Desert Church??”
Currently, the door to the abyss has not been opened.
The Desert Church is the only one that commands both the Witchbeast and the Undead at the same time. However, the important thing now was not to guess the identity of the enemy..
“As you can see, fighting across the city is taking a risk. So even if you give up the advantage, you have to fight outside the city.!”
Luca exclaimed earnestly..
But fighting outside the city is also a problem.
It's like having to deal with thousands of monsters and undead without walls..
then.
Dillia commented.
“So, how about, abandoning the city??”
“what? you mean the flute?”
“Yeah, fighting that number, against, is, no matter how you think about it, crazy..”
Even she hadn't imagined the enemy would be of that size. Moreover, the undead are the worst monsters with excellent resistance to magic..
So, rather than taking the risk and fighting, I suggested abandoning the city and moving to the rear to join the reinforcements and fight..
“But there are thousands of refugees..”
“how to get that many people…….”
Even if you abandon the city and go to the rear, they will soon catch up to you. Then, at this time, Ulan asked curiously..
“You can use the train?”
There is a horsepower train here.
So, wouldn't it be possible to solve the problem by first loading the elderly, children, and ordinary citizens with disabilities on the train and sending them to the rear??
Ulan thought so.
On the other hand, Professor Melt shook his head..
“sorry but that's impossible.”
“why?”
“There is no track leading to the rear..”
he let out a deep sigh.
Train tracks are currently installed only near the border, centering around flute. In other words, there was no track at all in the rear area..
“Of course, there is a way to move forward by laying a magic track, but that is practically impossible as it requires a huge amount of magic power..”
“Then there is only one way.”
“if only one…….”
“leave this place, fight the bastards.”
A simple and clear solution.
Ulan pulled out an axe. However, this time, Professor Melt gave a negative answer..
“ok, that method is a bit difficult.”
“why?”
“Even if you leave the city, there will be a battle on the plains, then you won't be able to overcome your outnumbered numbers and the battle will be tough..”
Flute's army is only a few hundred..
On the other hand, the opponent is over thousands. No matter how many masters and archmages there are, the odds of winning are low..
Professor Melt thought so..
Ulan immediately retorted..
“Fighting is not on the plains.”
“yes? what does that mean…….”
“we fight here.”
Ulan strides forward.
He pointed to a map on one wall of the meeting room. The area he pointed to was the Northern Gorge. It is in the middle of the border with the flute..
It was a place I found while looking at a map while coming here by train before..
“Well, if you fight in the canyon for sure…….”
“There is a geographic advantage. Unless it's acceleration magic or flight magic, they'll have to climb up the canyon..”
“but the time is not right.”
Owen bursts into conversation.
he said with a dark expression.
“Although the soldiers of the border fortress buy time with the magic barrier, it takes more than half a day to ride a horse from here to the canyon..”
“Also, even if you use the train, the time will be tight, so how can you get there?…….”
Subsequently, when Professor Melt joined in and added his opinion, Noah, who had been silent, opened his mouth..
“i think it's possible.”
“yes?”
“You just need to get there somehow, so you don't have to travel all over the train.?”
“……!”
As soon as Professor Melt heard the word whole train, he understood what Noah meant..
Soon Noah smiled and said.
“If you move to a total of five compartments, including the first two compartments, including the engine room, and three compartments for carrying troops, you will arrive at the last minute..”
To summarize Noah's opinion:.
After making the weight of the train as light as possible, saving horsepower consumed for safety devices, etc., and investing all power sources in speed.
‘Then you can arrive on time.’
Also, to deal with the undead anyway, a small elite is better than a large number of troops..
So, it should be enough to head to the battlefield with only intermediate knights and intermediate mages or higher..
‘Also, there are magic tools that are perfect for dealing with the undead here..’
Plume Workshop's Magic Armor).
If Ulan sweeps the battlefield while wearing it, the risk of being cursed with immortality is eliminated..
In the present without Laurea, it is the best defense to protect Ulan's body..
‘and…….’
In the video recorded by Luca, the Lord of the Undead and his followers were nowhere to be seen. In other words, it was said that it was okay to kill only the monsters and the undead..
Then the odds are good enough.
Meanwhile, Professor Melt hesitated for a moment at Noah's answer..
“Well, then the train is overcrowded! In the worst case, it might break!”
There is only one horsepower driven train.
If it is broken, it will take a lot of time and resources to restore it. So, Professor Melt couldn't make a decision..
Then then.
“Professor Melt.”
Noah stared at him..
Unwavering blue eyes. Soon after, she opened her mouth, recalling the words he said to her during the field trip this morning..
“While touring the train today, the professor said this. I don't know, it's up to the person who uses the tool to use it..”
“……!”
What Professor Melt said to Noah's concern that the train might be used for war. He, too, opened his eyes wide as if realizing this..
some time after that.
He patted him hard on the cheek..
“……sorry. I lost my temper for a moment thinking the train might break down..”
reddish swollen cheeks.
Professor Melt fixed his horn-rimmed glasses. Then he flashed his determined eyes..
“All right. According to Cadet Noah's words, we will carry the troops to the canyon using only the minimum number of rooms for movement..”
“thank you for the difficult decision.”
Noah bowed his head respectfully..
Afterwards, the meeting participants followed Noah's opinion and quickly started preparing. Move to the canyon and prepare to face the army of the undead..
7.
Meanwhile at that time.
Murka, a city on the outskirts of Sern Kingdom.
Two men in ragged clothes set foot in this place where countless people come and go as befits a commercially developed city..
Those with decently sized backpacks and swords.
While waiting for their turn to enter the city, their turn finally arrived..
“sleep, next!”
“I'll check your ID..”
At the request of the guards, the two men obediently held out their ID cards. Receiving this, the guard opened his eyes wide for an instant..
“This…….”
ID card engraved with ivory-colored mineral.
It is a completely different appearance from the usual identity card. But he was surprised for another reason..
The identity of the two men was none other than the Holy Knights of the Holy Kingdom. It was Ian Marcus and Cadel Dune Shanktooth, moving under secret orders..
“yes i checked.”
“Welcome to Murka.”
After confirming the identity of the two, the guards greeted them politely. Then he said something meaningful to both of them..
“The mayor is waiting for you two.”
“……yes?”
Ian asks back with a puzzled face.
It was natural. It was because Murka's mayor had no reason to wait for him and Cadel. First of all, he never even announced his visit in the first place..
Cadel also asked in a puzzled tone..
“knew we would come?”
“That's right. Two people came and told me ahead of time..”
It is true that there is a group to meet.
The manpower to recover the remains of the priests who lost their lives in the Kingdom of Endrak. But we never agreed to meet at City Hall..
When you are confused by a situation that is different from what you expected.
The guards continued.
“I brought someone to guide me to City Hall..”
“Follow the interest.”
The situation when the guide arrived.
Ian and Cadel briefly exchanged glances. Then I came to the same conclusion.
To follow their words.
“Then please wait.”
some time after that.
Upon arriving at the destination, the guide immediately left the parlor. After a not short time passed, a new presence was detected..
Soon, along with the sound of the door opening, the sound of generous laughter knocked on both of their ears..
“haha, welcome.”
A middle-aged man with a large figure.
Dressed in luxurious silk, he identified himself as the mayor of Murka. Then he continued his speech in a polite tone..
“You have worked hard to come a long way. You must be tired, so first of all, a room to relieve your travel addiction…….”
“Before that, I want to meet with you.”
“Oh, don't worry about that. I've given word that you two have arrived, so you'll be here soon..”
The market has been very cooperative.
It was also favorable. In fact, I was shining my eyes too much to the point of being burdensome..
Why do you have such a good attitude?
When I was puzzled again by the unknown situation, the mayor continued..
“I was surprised anyway.”
The mayor laughed with a joke.
At the same time, the reason why the market had no choice but to show a favorable attitude to the two was revealed..
“Witchbeasts have been infesting the border area recently, but I never imagined that the Holy Land would send a subjugation party..”
“……punitive force?”
“I heard that the situation in Schulfern has not been good lately, but now that you are here, I can put my mind at ease..”
A relieved expression.
Ian and Cadel, on the other hand, were perplexed..
I had no choice but to.
Because the only thing we decided to meet here was the manpower to collect the remains of the priests and the troops to escort them..
“Oh, it sounds like your party has arrived. You're coming this way.”
Along with the mayor's words, a large number of people were felt in the hallway beyond the drawing room. Ian and Cadel stared at the door with their eyes narrowed..
to see who came.
After a while, the door opened.
“……!”
At the same time, Cadel's eyes widened..
Not only that.
Ian also widened his eyes. This is because unexpected characters appeared one after another..
“Hello Sir Shanktooth.”
“Have you been unharmed in the past??”
The first thing I saw were two guys.
A knight in white armor. And in contrast to him, a man in a black priest's uniform.
Cadel asked with a surprised face..
“no, why are you here…….”
The identities of the two men are the leader of the 1st Knights of Eloden and the head of the Heretic Inquisitor, respectively..
The leaders of the two groups, which can be said to be the main force of the Seongguk, gathered in one place. There was even a high priest, so of course I couldn't help but be surprised..
but it wasn't over yet.
It was because there was someone else who really surprised Cadel and Ian..
“I will explain the details.”
The last person to arrive at the drawing room.
Facing the girl with turquoise hair with her white skirt hanging down, the two holy knights asked with blank faces..
“……saintess?”
The girl is the one who gave the two secret orders.
Because she was the next saintess, Laurea.
50page. everything is according to plan.
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