Chapter 124 – The Decisive Battle That Determines the Fate of the Empire (4) *Illustration by Jennifer Gurundhart, the Empire’s Mage Tower Lord
A decisive battle for the fate of the empire (4)
As the imperial army’s heavy infantry appeared to be being pushed out here and there, groans came out from the mouths of the corps commanders.
“This isn’t good… No matter how tired I am from coming this far, I never thought that even the most elite Capital Corps would be pushed back like that.”
“Prinz’s army is stronger than I thought. How can a group of private soldiers have such training…”
“Wouldn’t it be better to deploy the 1st Corps that is waiting on the left wing right now? It looks like the enemy has concentrated its elites on the central army. If we break down the enemy’s right wing and stab them in the back, we will easily win.”
Commander-in-Chief Baron Derian shook his head at the opinions of each corps commander.
“No. The enemy’s left and right wings are also waiting for our troops with their eyes shining with a sinister look. They must have prepared something.”
“But! Just waiting as is…”
“I didn’t expect that the Prinz army had trained its soldiers so strongly… But our soldiers are Imperial legionnaires. They don’t break down that easily.”
As Baron Derian said, the thousand and one hundred commanders of the Capital Corps and the 3rd Corps quickly evacuated the wounded soldiers who had fallen from the front to the run, but quickly replaced them with new troops and did not widen the crack any further. Then, the Prinz Army began to suffer losses little by little, and a fierce battle was taking place between the two armies.
The battle between the numerically superior imperial legionnaires and the physically superior Prinz army was of a white-medieval nature. And Derian’s eyes lit up as he looked at it.
“And if the fighting between troops is like a white-middle-aged battle, you’ll know that it’s time for the other side to step forward as well.”
Where Derian’s eyes were pointing, there were Viscount Armin, Count Kashu, and several knights following them, and they were quickly running to the center of the battle line.
Meanwhile, Yuno, who was watching the struggles of our soldiers right behind the front line, felt a huge energy coming to the front and connected Eliza via communication.
“Eliza. Let’s leave quickly. As expected, Heinrich also sent a master. It was probably a disguise that two masters were injured on the Tesseito front.”
“It’s as expected. I’ll leave right away.”
After receiving Juno’s instructions, Eliza looked back for a moment and gave a signal to the knights under him.
She and her knights, who had been rigorously trained under her Liechtenauer, could see from her gaunt face just how harsh the training had been. However, their eyes were shining sinisterly, and it seemed as if she was determined not to take out the pain she had suffered from Eliza and Rich Tenauer on someone else, so Eliza felt that she could trust them, and smiled brightly.
‘Ugh, that devil bitches… There will never be a devil like that again in the world… To put a person in this state and then laugh like that…’
‘I’m not afraid of anything anymore… Because there’s nothing scarier than that devil…’
‘Kill… I will destroy the enemy and be liberated from that devil…’
Although there was a slight misunderstanding, the Prinz Army knights moved towards the Imperial Noble Alliance knights approaching them.
And finally, with the meeting of Juno, Eliza, Count Kashu, and Viscount Armin, a duel that would decide the fate of this war began.
“Nice to meet you, Prince Yuno. No, now you are the traitor Yuno. His Majesty, the great Emperor of Balkan, has ordered me to bring your head. If you also have the blood of the royal family, do not give up your head and risk the lives of your knights in vain. “
“Ha! Count Cassus? This is indeed a handsome man. I see. Is your great brother Heinrich still alive? If he is alive, I will rip off his head. If the filthy bastard who assassinated my father dies of illness, It’s a bit like that, isn’t it?”
“How dare your Majesty the Emperor!!”
When Count Kashu tried to vent his anger, Juno smiled and continued to tease him.
“Okay. How are your injuries? You suffered an internal injury while struggling because you couldn’t keep up with Count Liechtenauer’s skills? Plus, you lost 2 to 1 to Duke Thiruen of Tesseito? If it were me, you would have just held your tongue. I would have lost… I was embarrassed.”
“Hey… Hey!!”
Viscount Amin approached Count Kashu, who had blood on his face, and calmed him down. He took a deep breath and made a suggestion to Juno.
“Since we are both masters, let’s compete one-on-one! Viscount Amin will deal with you. I will deal with him in the meantime.”
“Huh? That’s unexpected? Of course, I thought Count Kashu would nominate me.”
“Hmm… I would have done that if it weren’t for the injuries I received from that guy, Tiruen!!”
Count Kashu grabbed his chest and let out a scolding in his exasperation.
“If you are injured, please leave. I am not good enough, but I am also a master. Furthermore, I am not easy to deal with an injured body.”
“Hmph! You bastard of Leon! Do you think a brat who has only been a master for a year can deal with me no matter how injured she is?”
“…”
Eliza got angry for a moment due to Count Kashu’s provocation, but after easily controlling her emotions, she silently drew his sword.
“Knights!! Draw your swords! Cut off the heads of those traitors who follow the fallen emperor Heinrich!!”
“Victory for His Majesty the Emperor!!”
When Eliza drew her sword, the rest of the knights also drew their swords, and the two knights and the four masters rushed towards each other and the battle began.
Viscount Amin filled his two-handed sword with sword energy and rushed towards Yuno.
‘Although it is not enough for other masters… I have not stopped training my mana hole by chewing mana grass and mana stones every day for the 20 years since I became a master… Count Kashu told me to deal with him moderately and wait for him… Just trample on the difference in mana!!’
Even after becoming a master, he spent all of his family’s wealth to purchase mana stones, and although it was extremely inefficient, he inflated his mana amount in the simplest way, so he was confident in his skills.
Although he was defeated by Duke Tiruen, Tiruen was almost as powerful as Liechtenauer, so he readily admitted defeat. However, Viscount Amin had no intention of losing to Juno.
“Your Highness the Third Prince. Although I have no regrets, I think you should die!!”
As Yuno’s fist approached his sword full of mana, Viscount Amin smiled with joy.
Kaang!!
But his smile immediately became distorted.
“Aren’t you doing it too moderately? Viscount Amin. It looks like Count Kashu’s injury has healed a long time ago… Don’t act sloppily and do it properly.”
Yuno grabbed the sword that Viscount Amin had used with all his might with one hand, pushed him forward again, and taunted him by waving his hand as if telling him to come back.
“I can’t admit it!!! This traitor!!”
“What do you mean you can’t admit it? Are you doing this right?”
Yuno felt that Viscount Amin’s sword was too light. Although it was full of mana, the sword itself continued to shake and was not sharp.
‘What is this? It’s pure chaff, right? This thing only has a lot of mana… Even if Eliza comes, you’ll just win, right?’
Moreover, Yuno’s mana amount, which absorbed both the positive energy of the World Tree and the negative energy of Miri, was enough to overwhelm Viscount Amin in terms of output, and Yuno was able to deal with Viscount Amin very easily.
‘Well, let’s take it slow and let Eliza gain experience. The knights that Eliza trained seem to be fighting well… The soldiers are holding up well, so I think we can go a little slower.’
From the corner of his eye, he saw that Eliza was also fighting with Count Kashu, and the knights were also seen fighting the enemy knights without a single casualty, so Juno felt relieved and focused only on Viscount Amin.
Viscount Amin continued to desperately pour out sword energy, but his excited attacks became simpler, so Yuno stood in place and began to parry his attacks.
“Why on earth!! Why can’t my attacks reach me!! To a prince who is less than two years old!! Why!!”
“Viscount Amin. From what I can see, you don’t seem to be a master. Have you ever trained in swordsmanship? It’s obvious you haven’t even trained your body. The master’s stomach is shaking. I’m so upset… It’s amazing that I survived later.”
‘Tsk… If Tiruen is the one who threw his sword at me in Streve… He must have kept me alive on purpose. If we keep them alive, the empire’s civil war will last longer… It will buy time for Tesseito to completely occupy the Zenon Plain.’
“You traitor!! Shut your mouth!!”
“This is what happened… Viscount Amin. I will tell you what your weakness is. Start with the mindset of training again from the beginning.”
As soon as Yuno finished speaking, he was pounding various parts of Viscount Amin’s body, exploiting the weaknesses in his swordsmanship.
“You need to strengthen your legs there!! If you don’t have strength in your lower body, that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to use your sword as well!! After this war is over, I will train you myself.”
“Damn… Damn!!!”
When Yuno approached the duel as if it were a leadership sparring, Viscount Amin, whose pride was hurt, squeezed his mana hole and unleashed sword energy, but his skills were not enough to block Yuno’s attack, so Viscount Amin glared at Yuno and called it a day. I just changed it.
Yuno’s guard was almost broken because he dealt with the Master so easily. And behind Yuno, a sword and a ray of fire filled with mana flew at high speed.
Kwaaaaang!!
With a huge explosion, a cloud of dust arose, and Han In-young appeared in the air.
“Hohohoho, if it’s my compressed fireball, even the Master can be defeated. This is the first time I’ve compressed it seven times? By the way, it looks like Viscount Armin died as well… What do you know? Hohohohoho”
“Balkan Empire Mage Tower… Jennifer Gurundhart…”
Eliza, startled by her outburst, looked at her and gritted her teeth with anger in her eyes.
*Jennifer Gurundhart, Balkan Empire lord and ex-wife of Liechtenauer
