Chapter 985 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (43)
“Are you finally moving?”
Because of what happened to the priest’s tricks the other day, I made up my mind not to look down on the Geos Empire again.
Didn’t it look so easy that it almost got into trouble?
So this time, I prepared to check what the enemy had planned.
I was peeping at all the meetings they were having, and I was able to know what kind of strategy they were planning because I had a new one that could transmit sound.
‘Even though they’re a little more disgusting than birds, cockroaches are the most efficient.’
Because of its small size, it can enter a hole anywhere, and it can fly around when in a hurry.
It was expensive as well as efficient, but I did not regret it.
If you hadn’t put this guy in the enemy camp, wouldn’t you have known what they were planning?
‘If it’s that passageway, it’s a perfect place to roll a rock.’
He said that he would completely focus the Paladins on this side, but he wasn’t afraid at all.
The place they said they would come had to pass through a narrow path of precarious cliffs.
At the bottom of the cliffs, wild, swirling waters were churning, and jagged rocks jutted out.
It means that if you fall off a cliff, it is not easy to survive unless you are lucky.
It was absurd for the enemy’s actions to walk fearlessly into such a place.
‘If I didn’t get caught, it would have been an attack that caught me off guard.’
Although this plan might not have been risk-taking, it wasn’t a bad plan.
High risk, high return.
But when they think of high returns, I wanted to advise them whether they should at least consider the risks first.
“What if I wait here and shoot an arrow?”
You have to step back, but there will come a situation where there is only a cliff.
You can’t go forward, and you can’t step back.
Soldiers who couldn’t get out of the cliff road would fall while wandering around.
Then chaos will increase and the army that has lost order will have no reason to be afraid.
“I had no choice but to pretend to fall down to balance it out, but you are the ones who couldn’t take it. So don’t be too unfair.”
It felt like it would be refreshing to receive at least as much as our crown prince had suffered.
How to put ice in the original cider.
I started planning a strategy while contemplating how much ice to pour.
While sending deep consolation to the enemy who promised to step into the crocodile’s mouth with his own feet.
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Caw! Caw! Caw!
“Ha…Ha…Ha…”
“Sifal, why is that bird following you and barking?”
“Aww… Whoa…!”
It was a job that had to be moved by forcibly digging through thick bushes in a steep mountain with no roads.
There were times when the ground was soggy that you would sink into it, and there were times when you had to move as if you were climbing a rock, not uphill.
Since it wasn’t just one or two people moving, it was necessary to move at the speed of the person in front so that the formation would not be disturbed.
It is not something that can be moved while distributing physical strength.
Thanks to this, every time they took a break, the soldiers had to bite their tongues while making a painful sound.
“No, some water.”
“Haha, haha! It’s been a while since I finished drinking. No.”
“You just need to get a new supply.”
“They said no. Everyone said they found too much water and replenished it every two hours. Why don’t you remember when you listened to it with me?”
“Heo-eok, heo-eok, I don’t know. I think I’m going to run out of breath.”
“Ahhhhh! I ate a bug!”
“Huh… It’s hot… It’s hot…”
The soldiers lay down on the floor and did not want to move.
It wasn’t like he hadn’t experienced this kind of movement before because he had been trained.
However, the muddy road with deep feet was the worst way to wear out one’s stamina, and the insects that flew into the face and mouth were the elements that made one feel the limit of patience.
“I have to go to war in this state…?”
“I’ll rest for a bit then. You’re not going to tell me to attack right away?”
“They say time is running out.”
“Sifal, I can’t even die. I’ll just get some blood on my body and pretend I’m dead.”
“Rise!! Move!!”
“I haven’t been able to rest for a while…”
“Wake up!”
The knights gasped and screamed at the soldiers who were about to die.
The soldiers who couldn’t get up because their legs were weak grabbed their collars and pulled them up with force to get them up.
“Move!”
And started moving again.
After shaking off my stamina and moving, the mud road disappeared before I knew it, and strong rocks and normal dirt roads appeared.
Thanks to that, the soldiers’ faces are bright…
Quagga gagagak-!!!
Shaaaaa!!!
“Me, I have a fear of heights!”
“Hee!”
“This is something I hate regardless of whether I have a fear of heights or not!”
A cliff appeared in front of my eyes.
And the cliff had a path that could barely pass for two people, which was no consolation for the soldiers.
Isn’t it dangerous enough to fall down if you make a mistake?
“I’ll take a break once I pass the cliff. Everyone cheer up and follow me in two lines!”
“Two lines seem too dangerous. The road is narrower than I thought.”
“So do you ask them to come one by one? Then at what time will they get off the cliff! That’s too inefficient. If you choose to eliminate the break instead of coming one by one, let’s do that.”
“Oh, no. Let’s go two by two.”
The soldiers desperately needed rest.
Would it be efficient to lead exhausted soldiers into battle?
Rest is essential before going into battle.
In the end, they forcibly lined up the trembling soldiers in two lines and began to cross the cliff.
Patter-
“Hee!”
“Don’t look down! Just look ahead!”
The knights were also exhausted from moving with the frightened soldiers.
It was hard being physically weak, but leading the soldiers wasn’t easy.
After barely passing the cliff, those in the lead reached a safe place.
“Here we eat and move.”
“Yes!”
Eating combat rations was as simple as possible, so the soldiers sat haphazardly on the floor and ate their meals in a hurry.
But eating is something that only soldiers in the front can do.
More than half of the soldiers had yet to come to a safe place.
“Whew, I heard that if this operation goes well, the war could end altogether, is that true?”
“Well. I don’t believe it.”
“We’re going to kill the emperor right now. If the emperor dies, can the empire go to war?
“You’re trying to catch the emperor and get some kind of merit?”
“What can’t I do? If I’m lucky, I might. What am I not dreaming of?”
Hehe, it’s a dream. You can dream as much as you like.”
“I never dreamed of catching the emperor, and I heard that the emperor’s face was so handsome, but I wanted to see his face in person.”
“Ah~ It’s just that he’s a high-ranking person, isn’t it? Didn’t he spread rumors like that? To be honest, even our Majesty is said to be a great beauty… Everyone knows. That’s not true.”
When we talked behind our backs, the soldiers burst into giggles while whispering a little.
I felt like I was going to die because I was tired of coming here, but now that I am taking a break, I can laugh.
“The cliff is really scary. If you fall, you’ll drown right away, right?”
“It’s a problem that the water is turbulent, but the rocks beneath it are more frightening.”
“I’m sure no one has fallen, right?”
“Ah~ no way.”
“Honestly, coming together in two lines was very dangerous, wasn’t it?”
Fortunately, the people in the lead arrived safely, but the people in the back were not sure if they would be able to do that.
Imagine if you accidentally tripped on a stone and fell.
It was a nuisance to the person in front of him and the person behind him, as well as himself and his partner.
“Uh uh uh!”
“Oh, no!”
“Catch! Catch!!”
“Aaaaa!! Save me!!!”
Just as expected.
Unfortunately, there was an accident.
I suffered from the compulsion not to fall, and rather it made my body stiff and lost my balance.
It would have been better if he had fallen alone, but unfortunately, the soldier struggled to survive and affected the people around him.
A rumbling group of soldiers fell down the cliff.
I tried to catch him, but I couldn’t save him because everyone put his life first.
“What are you doing! Walk! Don’t stop! Walk, you bastards!!”
And while the knight sighed as he watched the scene, he tried to awaken the spirits of the soldiers who were mesmerized.
Thanks to this, the soldiers could not even mourn the death of their comrades and had to move on again.
‘XX, war like X, XX…XX… I want to go home.’
While swearing all kinds of things inside.
The soldiers suppressed their sadness and anger inside and endured it.
But.
Koo Goo Goo Goo!!!
“Uhhhhh?!?!?!”
“What, what?! What is it!!!!”
They should have taken more care of themselves than sorrow.
While crossing a dangerous cliff, the ground began to shake as if the gods were angry.
“Aaaaa!!”
“Sah, save me!!!”
“Catch me! Catch me! Aaaaa!!!”
Deed Deuk-Dede Deuk-
The earthquake made the soldiers who were standing still lose their balance in an instant and fell into a panic.
It wasn’t just the soldiers who fell.
“Keugh!!”
Even the knights were shaking the floor, but it wasn’t something they could hold on to.
Just before they fell into the water, they managed to survive by sticking their hands into the cliff.
Even that, of course.
“Let go, you bastard!! Let go!!!”
“Sah, help me! Help me! Please help me!”
Even though the falling soldier grabbed the knight’s leg and ruined it.
“If we do this, both of us will fall behind!!! Let go!!!! Aaaaa!!!”
The knight made every effort to drop the soldier hanging from his leg, but the stone of the cliff collapsed faster before that.
Just because he was in the lead, who had unpacked and had a quick meal beforehand, didn’t mean he could be comfortable.
Shu Shu Shu Shu Shu Shuuk!!!!
“S, it’s an attack!! Prepare for an attack!!!”
No one could have imagined that they would be attacked here.
We thought the plan was perfect, and we were confident that the enemy would never know our movements.
That kind of confidence made the situation fatal.
Softly-
In addition, the earthquake that erupted at the same time as the raid made them panic.
“Hwa, the emperor made it. The emperor of the empire again!”
“Aren’t they all going to die?”
“To even cause an earthquake…Isn’t it really not human?”
“God has abandoned us…”
Despair quickly began to spread.
The situation worsened as the knights, who should have been aware of this fact and read carefully so that the soldiers would not be shaken, fell into panic as well.
The enemy quickly choked their breath in the chaos that no one could do anything about.
