𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟖: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 (3)
Soon, the gates opened and one hundred and five golems in groups of thirty-five began to march in formation.
The battle golems were composed of five knight golems riding on iron horses, ten heavy golems, ten spear golems, and ten archer golems. The composition of the troops could be changed through negotiation between the lines, but the number of troops could not exceed thirty-five.
Oswald, armed with the Winchester V11, followed the troops. He had a magic watch that allowed him to command the troops in front of him, and he used it to set up their formation.
‘𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.’
The heavy and spear golems formed a large formation, moving closely together. Behind them, the archer golems were positioned, and the knight golems were placed last.
Soon, they passed the first guard tower and reached the second one, which was visible from the bridge.
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵.’
Ten were positioned to the left and right, which was enough to block the bridge.
‘𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?’
The knight golems were in the vanguard, followed by the heavy golems, spear golems, and archer golems.
Oswald immediately loaded five explosion magic bullets and began a ranged attack. His target was the five knight golems in the vanguard.
In an instant, Oswald fired five consecutive explosion magic bullets.
Kua-kwa-kwa-kwang!
In one breath, the five knight golems were blown to pieces.
Arwen, who was at the rear, was shocked.
“Shall we begin?”
He immediately used normal bullets to snipe the archer golems at the rear. Oswald hit the cores on the golems’ chests, causing them to collapse.
Even though they had not engaged in close combat on the bridge, Princess Arwen had lost five knight golems and ten archer golems from the start.
“Summon Phoenix!”
【Kiaaaaaaa!】
Hwaruruk!
The phoenix flew straight to the bridge and burned the heavy and spear golems that had just reached the front of the bridge. The heavy golems were able to withstand the attack because they had no cores and their endurance was not depleted, but the spear golems, which had cores attached to their chests like the archer golems, were instantly reduced to ashes.
“This is ridiculous!”
The phoenix then flew towards Arwen, and she screamed in pain as she was burned alive.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
Finally, Oswald aimed a normal bullet at the center of her forehead and fired.
Ta-ang!
Thanks to that, Arwen was able to return to her base through an emergency escape. At the same time, a broadcast appeared on the hologram above her head.
[𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝.]
A black and white photo of Arwen’s upper body then appeared.
“Knights, advance! Break through!”
Oswald then took the Great Eagle out of his pocket and deactivated its miniaturization.
Oswald climbed onto the Great Eagle, which had instantly become huge, and headed south towards the Bottom Lane. The golems advanced and began attacking the guard tower.
One thing that was different from the AOS game was that the guard tower was literally a defensive position. The fortress had a low wall built on the observation tower and had five heavy-armored golems, five spear-wielding golems, ten archer golems, and one mana cannon guarding the fortress.
As the Blue Team’s battle golems approached the wall, the magic cannon on the roof of the watchtower fired magic bullets.
Pusu-a-a-ang! Kwa-ang!
Seven heavy and spear golems that were hit directly by the magic bullets were instantly reduced to ashes. The knight golems, who had gained time thanks to their sacrifice, charged towards the wall in one breath and jumped onto it, slaughtering the archer golems that were on top.
Meanwhile, Oswald flew down to the bottom lane on the Great Eagle.
Sure enough, there were Alicia and Natasha, who were unable to cross the bridge due to the enemy’s support positioner and close-range dealer, and who were defending themselves while hiding in the guard tower.
Oswald’s eyes caught an enemy ranged dealer who was standing still and shooting arrows. Oswald was not unskilled enough to miss such a person, and he quickly aimed at his head.
Just then!
[𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.]
It seems that Royman has finally started to move. Anyway, thanks to his doubled penetration, Oswald pulled the trigger and the normal bullet quickly flew through the air and hit the enemy Red Team ranged dealer in the head.
No, just as he thought he had hit him, an emergency escape was activated first, summoning him back to his base.
[𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝.]
The enemy’s melee support dealer looked around in surprise at the sudden absence of the ranged dealer, and Oswald fed him an explosion magic bullet.
Ta-ang!
Hwaruruk. Kwa-ang!
As the support dealer, who had been hit by the explosion mana bullet, was unable to regain his senses, Oswald jumped off the back of the Great Eagle. Then, he quickly descended to the ground and took out a greatsword made of mithril from his magic pocket and equipped it.
Mithril, which had the power of steel wrapped around it. It was a weapon that Earl Winchester had prepared for his son.
“Shooter!”
The man, whose body was covered in soot, barely regained consciousness and ran towards Oswald.
However, Oswald, who had already burrowed into his arms, pushed his chest with his shoulder. It seemed like a light push, but the man felt such intense pain as if he had been hit by a minotaur, and an emergency escape was activated, causing him to disappear.
[𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝.]
“. . . . . .”
Oswald had a bewildered look, as if he didn’t expect that he would die from a mere body blow.
The current score was 3 kills for the Blue Team, and all 3 kills were made by Oswald alone. When he later advanced to the bottom lane guard tower with his teammates!
[𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧.]
Alicia immediately dropped a quadruple explosion on the guard tower. The guard tower, which was hit by the quadruple explosion, instantly collapsed, and all the battle golems inside were also destroyed.
Oswald then swapped out five archer golems and five knight golems from the bottom lane with five knight golems from the mid lane.
“You guys wait here for the follow-up troops and join them when they arrive.”
“Yes, sir!”
Soon, additional troops consisting of knight and archer golems will arrive. Then, together with the bottom lane battle golems, who are all currently intact, they will be able to overwhelm the enemy with double the troops.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 15 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦.’
That would make fifteen, including the five that were already there and the ten knight golems that Oswald had exchanged to depart from the base.
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“Damn it!”
Arwen, who had finished her 1-minute waiting time, came out quickly, cursing. However, she frowned at the pain she felt all over her body.
“How dare you. . . how dare you do this to me!!”
She treated her burns with a potion, but. . . she couldn’t do anything about her internal injuries. It would take several days of recuperation for her internal injuries to heal, but that was impossible in the current situation.
As she was about to leave the base, her teammates from the bottom lane came in one after another, having died, and to make matters worse, the mid lane guard tower had fallen.
“What? These useless, good-for-nothing pieces of trash!”
Angry, she took something out of her arms. But she soon shook her head.
“I can’t use this in a place like this. . . . . .”
She calmed herself down and thought about whether there was any way to turn the situation around. Just then!
[𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝.]
“Ha. . . . . .”
Now, all that was left was the tank on the top lane. She hoped that Ethan Hawke might be able to find some balance by pushing Elsa aside, since he was a gold rank.
However, contrary to her expectations, Ethan Hawke was gradually being pushed back by Oswald, who had flown to the top lane.
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Ta-ang! Cheon-chak! Ta-ang! Cheon-chak! Ta-ang!
Oswald threatened Ethan Hawke by attacking him from above on the Great Eagle. In addition, he received a strength buff and a haste buff, and Elsa, who had been pushed back by Ethan Hawke, quickly came out and pushed him away with her shield.
Teo-reung!
“Keuk. . . . . .”
Ethan groaned in pain, different from before, and was pushed back, and he raised his shield to block the sword attack from Elsa, who was flying in succession. . . But he was staggered by the powerful blow.
Furthermore, when Elsa was not attacking, the Blue Team mid laner in the sky kept him in check, so it was a very painful experience for Ethan.
Just then, news came through the hologram and broadcast in the void that the 2nd guard tower on the bottom lane had fallen.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?’
The bottom lane, which had now been joined by the 3rd support troops, had more than 25 knight golems. Because of that, Oswald didn’t have to go there himself to keep the enemy’s support dealer in check.
Arwen also joined and cast psychic magic on the golems, but. . . since they were not living beings, psychic magic didn’t work on the golems, so it was simply useless.
If she were to cast mental magic on Alicia or Natasha. . . the distance was too far, and since Alicia was a wizard, her mental power was strong, so it was unknown whether it would work.
Then, one after another, the support dealer, the ranged dealer, and Arwen were killed. At this rate, the base would be destroyed.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?’
At that moment, in the jungle, Royman was holding the opposing jungler captive and tying him to a tree.
“Hoo-hoo. . . . . .”
“Um! Um!!”
The Red Team jungler, who had a gag in his mouth, couldn’t even make a proper sound.
“I’m going to eat all your jungle.”
By keeping him alive and tied up like this, he could prevent him from defending the base and eating the jungle, which had the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
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In the end, the league match was over in less than an hour. Arwen looked at her teammates with a sullen face, and her teammates avoided her gaze.
‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘯.’
Although they were pushed back by the Five Grand Dukes, the Duke of Hawke, a loyal family, tried to regain their former power and take one of the Five Grand Dukes’ seats by enthroning Arwen.
‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦.’
If they had to choose a side, it would have been better to stick with the 1st Prince. Of course, the 1st Prince had the bloodline of the eldest son, so most people already supported him, so there was no great advantage to be gained. . . At least he wouldn’t be hated.
Anyway, the league qualifiers proceeded quickly. The next day, Oswald’s team won another victory, and the day after that, they won the qualifiers and advanced to the main tournament.
Thanks to their consecutive victories, they are currently ranked 4th in the League Rankings.
“. . . . . .”
Oswald, who had been matched up with Gilgamesh’s team since the main tournament, was in a difficult position.
In the main tournament, they could survive with just 2 wins out of 3, but. . . it was not good to face Gilgamesh like this.
‘𝘕𝘰. . . . . . 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰. . . 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢.’
If that was the case, Oswald had a chance of winning.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴.’
Gilgamesh’s ‘Omega’ teammates had continued to grow by training together, and they had proven their worth through this league.
Thanks to that, Gilgamesh, who was originally a gold rank, Azel, and Miguel had all risen to gold rank. Leika Glorious’ growth was also considerable, and it seemed that she would rise to gold rank during this ‘League’ period.
On the other hand, Elsa, who was also a child of the Five Grand Dukes, was still a silver rank and showed no sign of wanting to grow.
‘𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭. . . 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘢’𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘦.’
Despite her mediocre talent, she had become arrogant because she had been hanging out with the children of the Five Grand Dukes, and she didn’t even try to improve.
She had reached her current level thanks to the fact that she had been eating all kinds of elixirs since she was young, and if she hadn’t had the support of her family, she would have had no choice but to pay to enter the academy.
Of course, she had a moment of awakening, but. . . the problem was that she was currently involved with him. She was an existence that he hated. . . . . .
‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.’
Even Natasha was trying to improve and grow in order not to harm her teammates. But Elsa. . . . . .
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.’
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