Chapter 1296 – 1296. Plum Blossom Sword Saint Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
For the past three days, the enemies had been a nuisance, building fortresses at every turn. It was almost as if we encountered a fortress every three hours. We couldn’t just ignore them, though. Going around them would waste too much time, and it would demoralize the soldiers. Avoiding fortresses meant avoiding battles.
Even the Archmage, Sharnel, was quickly getting exhausted from using large-scale magic every three hours. But without her magic, it would take us at least a few hours to capture a fortress. And even if we did manage to capture them that way, there wouldn’t be much to gain.
“At this rate, it’ll take too long to reach the Cobalt Kingdom. We need a solution.”
“There isn’t really a good way. We’d have to kill the demon contractor who’s building the fortresses, but… that demon contractor is at least two days away from us.”
Scarlett said. It would be easier to just have an all-out battle with them.
“We’ll have to negotiate. The Sun of Solfmed… I need to send a letter to Marquis Leona Daykerd. We captured five knights yesterday, right? Bring them here.”
Scarlett ordered the soldiers to bring two of the captured knights.
“…Weren’t there five?”
“One was executed as an example. Two died resisting.”
“…Well, it’s not like delivering a letter is difficult, so it doesn’t matter.”
I gave the prisoner knights horses and a letter. I didn’t give them food.
“I’ll give you exactly one week. Bring me Marquis Daykerd’s reply within a week. If there’s no reply… we’ll move into Marquis Daykerd’s territory.”
“…Count Prucus. You will pay for your sins!”
One of the knights spat at me before leaving. His arrogant attitude made my blood boil. I summoned the Hwaryeon Flying Daggers. A blue aura blade coated the red blade of the Hwaryeon Flying Daggers. I sliced through the knight and his horse in one go.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
I stared at the knight who was looking at me with a shocked expression. The knight gritted his teeth and turned away.
“…I will deliver the letter to Marquis Daykerd.”
The knight quickly rode away, trying to hide his fear.
I shook the blade in the air.
“Scarlett.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Change our course to Baron Cassiod’s city. They’re mocking us like this… we can’t just let it slide.”
“Shouldn’t we get to the Cobalt Kingdom as quickly as possible?”
I grinned and beckoned Scarlett with my hand. Scarlett approached me. I whispered quietly in her ear.
“I’m only telling you this… but time isn’t that important. We have a secret weapon on our side anyway.”
Yuria.
Just Yuria’s existence would ensure our victory in this war. If necessary, we would actively use weapons from other worlds.
“Understood. Then, as you wish, my lord… we shall deliver a bloody hammer to Baron Cassiod.”
The army changed direction and headed towards Baron Cassiod’s city. It was about two days away. If we ran, we could get there in less than half a day, but… we had to move with an army of 120,000.
“By the way, my lord. What did you write in the letter to Marquis Daykerd? Did you perhaps propose a deal?”
“I wrote that if they didn’t want to be torn apart, they should shut up and stay quiet.”
“……Did you write it exactly like that?”
“Is there any need to beat around the bush?”
“…We should prepare for war with Marquis Daykerd then.”
I took Scarlett and got into the carriage. I was originally planning to take Sharnel’s virginity, but… after talking to Scarlett, she turned me on.
As soon as we got into the carriage, I stripped Scarlett’s clothes off. She was tall and slender. Her breasts were a C cup, fitting perfectly in my hands.
“Hmm…”
She felt my touch without resistance. And soon after, a calm moan escaped her lips.
“Ahhn.”
***
Two days later.
We arrived at Baron Cassiod’s city. The city gates were tightly closed, and soldiers on the walls glared at us, aiming their bows.
“Sharnel, is it possible?”
“It’s hard to inflict damage with magic alone. Can’t you see the mages over there? There are at least 50 of them. If I use Hellfire magic, those mages will immediately respond.”
“So, you need to deal with those mages first to unleash your full power.”
Archmages had existed since ancient times. As such, there were minimal countermeasures against them. The most common method was to gather a large number of mages and focus on defense, like they were doing now. While it was difficult to beat an Archmage in terms of firepower, defense was a different story.
I looked up at the sky. The sun was setting below the mountains. And our soldiers had just arrived and were exhausted.
“We’ll rest today and start the siege tomorrow morning. Prepare the siege weapons before you sleep. Sharnel, take care of your condition too.”
“Hmph. Just leave me alone.”
“…I wanted to see your vulgar chest dance again today… but I guess it can’t be helped.”
“You’re really… sigh…”
Sharnel shook her head and went into the carriage.
I struck a pose while watching the city walls. I would lead the charge in this battle. That way, my heroic deeds would spread far and wide, and the army’s morale would rise.
While I was posing, Floy called out to me.
“My lord. The city gates have opened, and a knight is riding towards us. It seems to be Baron Cassiod’s envoy.”
“I’m looking forward to hearing what kind of nonsense he’ll spew.”
I greeted Cassiod’s envoy with the soldiers.
Cassiod’s envoy approached me with nervous steps. I sat on a chair with an arrogant posture and greeted him.
“Count Prucus, Your Excellency. It is an honor to meet you. I am Palest, and I have come to represent Baron Cassiod.”
“Yes, Sir Palest. What did the ill-mannered Cassiod tell you to say?”
“……”
Palest was about to get angry, but he calmed himself and took out a letter from his pocket. Floy received the letter and handed it to me.
I read the letter.
After removing the flowery language, the summary was…
[What you seek is not here. Take your army and leave. Don’t you have more important things to do?]
I grinned.
“Very arrogant. I like it. Floy, kill Sir Palest. His head will be my reply.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Srrr. Floy drew her sword from her waist.
Palest panicked and took a step back.
“Count Prucus, Your Excellency! Please treat me fairly as an envoy! If you kill me, everyone will condemn Count Prucus, Your Excellency!”
“Cassiod insulted me first. He should have shown me more respect. And I’m not afraid of the condemnation of dogs and pigs.”
Palest drew his sword from his waist as if he couldn’t die like this.
All the female knights around him drew their swords at once and rushed at Palest. Dozens of swords pierced Palest’s body.
“Floy, throw his head directly at Cassiod.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Cassiod, seeing Palest’s severed head, was enraged and ordered his archers to shoot at Floy. A rain of arrows fell on Floy.
Floy calmly swung her sword, deflecting all the falling arrows. An Aura Master. And with her rich war experience, this was nothing to her. Even if she made a mistake, the dwarven armor she wore would protect her from the arrows.
Floy returned to the army without a single scratch.
***
“Kuaaaak!”
Screams were heard in the middle of the night. And it wasn’t just one person. Something had definitely happened. I, who was having a good time with Yuria in the carriage, frowned. I tried to ignore the situation outside, but… the screams continued for more than five minutes.
“Yuria, I’ll be back in a bit.”
I pulled my dick out of Yuria’s pussy. My dick, wet with her juices, throbbed with regret.
“Yes, Master. I’ll keep my pussy wet with my fingers so it doesn’t get cold.”
“You don’t have to do that. I’ll be back before your pussy gets cold.”
I kissed Yuria on the lips, got out of bed, and put on my clothes. I went out of the carriage, suppressing my rising irritation.
“Aaaaaaaak!”
“Kkuaaaak!”
“S, stop it!!”
The screams were coming from inside the barracks.
The soldiers were moving busily. The female knights were walking around with their swords, preparing for any possible situation.
I went to find Scarlett.
“Scarlett, what’s going on? Is there an epidemic or something?”
“No. Soldiers who were sleeping suddenly screamed and died. The cause of death is cardiac arrest, but it doesn’t make sense for someone to suddenly die in their sleep. The officers and I suspect it’s the work of a nightmare demon.”
“A nightmare demon…”
Our enemy was the demon cult, Pantheon. It wasn’t strange for demons to be actively involved.
“What’s the damage?”
“181 people have died. Soldiers who scream don’t last more than three minutes before dying.”
“Can’t you wake them up?”
“We’ve slapped them, poured cold water on them, but they don’t wake up. Even the mages are helpless.”
“Is there no other way?”
“We’re pushing the mages, but… they don’t know much about demons.”
Should I ask Yuria?
I knew there were over 500 mages in the army, but I didn’t know they were this incompetent.
“However, we suspect that if we find and kill the nightmare demon, it will be resolved.”
“That’s not much of a guess. Since the nightmare demon is doing this, killing it will solve the problem. The important thing is where the nightmare demon is.”
“Here, the mages’ opinions are divided. One is that the nightmare demon is hiding in someone’s dream… or that it’s hiding somewhere in the barracks and controlling the soldiers’ dreams.”
“……”
Something suddenly came to mind.
The Heavenly Eye.
The Heavenly Eye has many effects. One of them is the ability to see mana. If I could see mana, I might be able to pinpoint the location of the nightmare demon.
I went outside and immediately activated the Heavenly Eye.
I found a dark aura flowing from various places in the barracks. It was different from mana. The auras were rising into the sky and gathering in one place.
“Hehehe.”
A three-headed demon was laughing while holding its stomach there.
