Chapter 159: Just who is that person……? (5)
First Sword Luxilen, who designed and completed the object for this task, gave the order with a matter-of-course expression.
“Pull―!”
“Control your strength! Pull―!”
Those holding the support chains directly connected to the iron sheet came to their senses and pulled the chains. And each of them moved a little to the left and right.
The chains screamed again, sparking.
Clang! Clatter!
A path of countless sparkles towards the wall opened.
The crudely shining chains, requisitioned from every village they had passed through, revealed their presence to the world under the sunlight.
“General-nim, the ‘path’ is ready!”
“Aila! Levidian!”
At my call, the two stood beside me.
They were already fully prepared. Behind them, the assassins also quietly finished their deployment.
Perhaps due to their usual training, the assassins didn’t seem surprised, which made me a little sad, but the other two had exciting expressions on their faces.
“As expected of Risel. Amazing.”
“If the castle is blocked, you make a path? Wow, this is worth hiding. My goodness, just like my friend.”
Isn’t this a great compliment, considering these people? I said nothing and grabbed my sword.
“First Sword Martin!”
“Yes? Ah, yes. Guys, suppressing fire!”
Red arrows embroidered the sky again. Towards the sky where a red river began to flow, I started running without a word.
With First Sword Luxilen’s salute and heartfelt cheers.
“General-nim! Good luck!”
“We will join you!”
“Arisein, the 8th Legion Commander of the Herduke Kingdom Army―!”
Countless cheers and support could be heard from behind. As I stepped onto the first step of the rapidly approaching chain net bridge, I was worried that the cheers and support would escalate into a frenzy.
The distance between each step is 1 meter, but if you start running at full speed, this distance is nothing. And the distance I have to cover is 75 meters.
It feels like walking on a well-paved road!
And behind me, fourteen people with the best individual combat power out of 5,000 troops followed. I’m confident that I’ll be third, following Aila and Levidian. And I think the assassins are on par with me.
In other words, all of the top 15 individuals in terms of individual combat power out of 5,000 troops are climbing the wall.
As I step on it, I feel the tautness of the sparking chain. And when I kick off with the other foot, it undulates and gives elasticity, propelling my whole body upwards.
Step by step, the yellowish-brown ground gets further away. I raise my head and check the chain I need to step on next.
Oh, wall, you cannot reject me!
Because I’ve decided to climb you!
“Uwaaaa―!”
Kicking off the last remaining chain, I jumped onto the gallery of the wall. Until then, the soldiers who were out of their minds due to the rain of red arrows all looked at me with a dumbfounded, even disheartened expression.
I decided to show them the courtesy of the enemy.
“Surrender before it’s too late!”
Silence struck the wall. The surrounding soldiers looked dazed as if they had been splashed with cold water, and then they trembled. It didn’t take long for their faces to be filled with poison.
The soldier crouching next to me showed a textbook reaction.
“Don’t be ridiculous, cough!”
And he immediately got hit by Levidian and fainted with an extremely peaceful expression. She calmly declared, flicking her sword to the side.
“This person is a General, not a comedian. Listen to ridiculous things at the theater.”
“Unni, that doesn’t suit you.”
The soldiers looked bewildered again at the appearance of the two, who couldn’t be called combative, but soon they dropped their bows and grabbed their spears.
“Ki, Kill them―!”
At the command of someone who looked like an officer, the soldiers tried to rush in all at once. Judging by their enthusiasm alone, their spears would have already pierced my body.
If it weren’t for the assassins who immediately followed and scattered to the left and right.
“Woah!”
“Wh, What?!”
“Cough!”
The assassins used no more than one hand per soldier. With just one blow, the soldiers were either knocked unconscious or incapacitated. They split into six on each side and immediately started running.
Only unconscious or fainted soldiers remained where they left. Only three people were left standing.
“Prepare to fire!”
About 30 people who had rushed from below were reloading their bows with arrows. They seemed to think that since we were the only ones left, they would hit us if they shot.
I smirked and shouted to the First Sword who considered insubordination a hobby, to unleash the desires he had suppressed so far.
“Red Comet―!”
First Sword Martin and his eccentric subordinates began to joyfully shower arrows so that they would fall inside the wall, past the area where Levidian and I were.
The defending forces, unable to release their arrows due to the arrows flying over the wall, were horrified.
“Dodge―!”
“Oh, my God!”
“Those crazy bastards!”
Hmm. Whoever said that, it’s the right answer. 30,000 points for you!
Usually, charging and shooting are not done together. Naturally, arrows lack the ability to distinguish between friend and foe, so they could hit friendly forces during a charge.
However, that’s a concept that applies to ordinary troops. Aila and Levidian had the ability to perfectly block arrows flying towards themselves or me.
Every time Levidian’s sword swung, two arrows were cut. The iron gauntlet on her left hand altered the trajectory of the arrows, and the Sabaton and Greave worn on her feet and legs blocked the red arrows with a splendid curve.
Compared to that, Aila’s movements were quite mechanical.
Her golden eyes were wide open, as if to control everything that came into her view. Her arms and legs, moving in accordance with her panoramic view, ensured that no arrow could penetrate the space she occupied.
Meanwhile, soldiers were crawling up the chain net. Since they hadn’t learned proper martial arts like me, Levidian, or Aila, their speed was slow, and they were crawling up as if clinging to it, but the iron sheet was firmly embedded, so the net wouldn’t fall easily.
I could grasp this situation thanks to the two blocking the arrows, but the two women didn’t offer their virtues for free.
“Risel, help me!”
“Aack! Really, trying to look cool all by yourself!”
“No, I’m not skilled enough to deflect flying arrows yet……”
“That can’t be an excuse! You can’t even deflect arrows! How can that be an excuse―!”
Clack! Thud!
Levidian seemed to be saying that sincerely.
This shows me my future training course. I can vividly picture myself collapsing while blocking arrows without tips.
While shedding tears for a moment, thinking about tomorrow’s work in the midst of a busy battlefield, the first soldier reached the top of the wall. I quickly raised my sword and swung it towards First Sword Martin.
Cease fire.
After signaling about three times, the firing stopped.
Most of the wall was already devastated, and the defending forces below began to peek out from between the houses and structures that had become red thorny hedgehogs.
However, their numbers were not that large. Although the attacker’s concentration was low because they had been hammering and provoking a fight on almost every part of the wall from the beginning, the defensive forces were also dispersed, resulting in a lower defense density.
Good! Now it’s manageable!
“Aila! Levidian!”
Levidian, who was still fine except for being slightly out of breath despite blocking arrows for a long time, glared at me with a slightly flushed face. Ugh.
“You lead the way.”
“Putting your disciple in danger?”
“How long are you going to hide behind a woman?! There’s a limit to protecting someone with your skirt! Let’s go! I won’t forgive you if you die!”
Since it seemed like she would be in a situation where she wouldn’t forgive herself by beating me to death if I stayed like this, I quickly ran towards the stairs leading to the gate.
However, I had to say something, even if it was out of frustration.
“But what do you mean by skirt, when have you ever protected me with it?”
“Shall we have a spar in the middle of the enemy lines?”
“Yes, Sir! I’ll follow your orders!”
I quickly started to descend the stairs. The defenders were rushing up the stairs, but I was faster.
“Take this!”
“I appreciate the thought!”
Blocking the thrusting spear, I rushed forward and kicked the leading soldier squarely in the chest. It’s a return gift!
“Uh, Uhh?! Uwaack!”
“Uwaaa―!”
Suddenly, I remember the domino game that Sera likes.
Seeing the soldiers coming up in a single file falling over or to the side, screaming pathetically, made me feel a great deal of sympathy.
Sorry. I guess I forgot to tell you to keep your distance because I surprised you too much.
While descending for a while like that, I noticed a middle-aged man who looked like a high-ranking officer. He had an expression that seemed to want to ask all the gods in the world how this could have happened.
We were about 30 meters apart, but we happened to make eye contact. I winked at him slightly and then called for a specialist in handling important figures.
“Aila―! Over there!”
“Alright! A big fish!”
Aila jumped and spun in the air. It was a splendid rotation that made the onlookers lose their minds, and in the meantime, I knocked down two more soldiers who were distracted.
Aila, who was flipping in the air, stretched out one hand towards the ground as she got closer and shouted.
“Physical Skip! 3rd Grade Limited Activation!”
She said she couldn’t use magic…… No, is that a kind of technique?
A clear shout resonated, and her body, devoid of all physical force, stopped momentarily 3 meters above the ground. And then she fell again.
It’s a perfect shock absorption technique. But is the grade a difference in activation time?
“Risel!”
“Yes? Uwaack!”
I almost bled directly from my heart. Whoa! I almost died without knowing why!
“Don’t refuse!”
Thud!
A hard military boot kicked the female soldier who had drawn her sword right in the face. I didn’t feel much of an impact, but I’m sure her nose was crushed.
Levidian looked at the soldier who fell to the side of the stairs with her nose smashed and then glared at me.
“Didn’t I tell you? I won’t forgive you if you die!”
“Ah, that’s really something!”
No, to begin with, a dead person doesn’t need forgiveness, does it? Don’t keep saying that to someone who’s died once!
Kicking, hitting, cutting, and smashing, I descended the stairs. Meanwhile, Aila was jumping around like a grasshopper in its prime, approaching the officer I had pointed out.
Pleased with Aila’s desirable actions, I finally set foot on the bottom step, and I wondered if this was the other side of the abyss, not the bottom of the wall.
Soldiers, their faces filled with murderous intent and venom, were giving me heated gazes, regardless of gender.
The heat of their gazes would melt steel if it materialized.
I clicked my tongue and told them.
“I don’t believe there’s anyone who will listen, but if you lay down your weapons and surrender, I guarantee your lives.”
“I’ll return those words right back at you!”
“Uh, that’s a bit difficult. I’m a General, you see.”
“General? What nonsense! What is a young kid……?”
A look of bewilderment settled on the face of the soldier who was speaking. And the surrounding soldiers suddenly examined my clothes. To be precise, the chest or upper arm area where the rank insignia was attached.
One of them shouted.
“It’s the Devil of Atzuma―!”
Huh?
“Devil?!”
My girl, who had become extremely sensitive to devils after the incident in the Imperial Capital, rapidly closed the distance from the landing. She gripped her sword tightly and looked around with fierce eyes.
“Where, where did the devil appear?”
As if to answer, someone shouted – although it certainly couldn’t be an answer.
“It’s the Blood-Soaked Knight―!”
Ah, it’s been a long time since I’ve heard that title. It was definitely before I died, on a rainy day when I was really six years old. It was a story my mother brought up, saying she would tell me a scary story. But I don’t see the Blood-Soaked Knight, who is known to have chewed up her lover’s enemy alive, anywhere here?
Thinking that, I turned my head to the person who was most likely to chew up even the cheating partner alive in case of infidelity. It wasn’t far away. She was right next to me.
She tilted her head with a doubtful expression.
“Me?”
“If not, then it’s nice timing.”
While she and I were exchanging trivial chatter in the midst of war, a commotion arose among the soldiers.
“Oh, God! Two living devils of the Eastern Army!”
“Don’t be scared! There aren’t that many of them anyway!”
“B, But they climbed the wall!”
“Ugh! Whether it’s the Devil of Atzuma or the Blood-Soaked Knight, they’re all human!”
No, devils are not human. The Blood-Soaked Knight also definitely ended up being classified as non-human.
While the somewhat more composed and cynical me grumbled, wondering where that information was stuck, the soldiers each grabbed their weapons and calmly advanced.
One of them, with courageous eyes, pointed his sword at me.
“Devil of Atzuma! This is your grave!”
It seems like that’s my nickname. It’s a strange title I’ve never heard before. I moved two steps to the side, just in case. The sword immediately followed me. Hmm. It’s definitely me. Heh heh.
This is not the time to laugh awkwardly!
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