## Chapter 1607 – 1607. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
I snatched the joystick, the golem’s controller, from Peseuth.
Back in my heyday, I’d frequented arcades and played fighting games a few times. I was more than confident in my ability to control a golem.
I grabbed the joystick and moved it briskly.
But reality was quite different from my expectations. The golem, which should have been moving nimbly, creaked as it moved its arms and legs. Its arms swung uselessly in the air, and its raised leg pointed sideways instead of forward.
Whoosh.
The golem’s massive right arm brushed past the castle wall. If it had been a little closer, it would have attacked the wall.
“Y-Your Excellency!”
“Damn it! The controls are terrible. How the hell did you make this control system?!”
“It was based on fighting games… but reality and games are different…”
Is that supposed to be an answer?
Annoyed, I threw the joystick down. A shocked Peseuth dove to catch it.
“I, I can control it! Please believe me! The Great Golem King will fight for Your Excellency!”
“You better control it properly.”
I felt like I could control the golem as I pleased if I used hacking.
‘Considering the size of the golem, the time I can control it with hacking won’t even be a minute.’
It would be better to leave the control to Peseuth. Peseuth wasn’t trustworthy, but he was an ally for now.
“Just leave it to me!”
He jumped off the wall and onto the golem’s head. Just then, the magic attacks launched by the magic weapons in front came flying. The golem’s barrier activated and blocked all the magic.
I shouted to Peseuth.
“Peseuth! How many more of these attacks can you withstand?!”
“It can easily withstand about 30 more!”
30 times.
I calculated in my head. The magic weapons had a slight gap after each attack. It was the time to insert the magic stones, the fuel for the magic weapons.
Considering that, the time the golem could withstand was about 10 minutes.
‘I have to wreak havoc on the battlefield within 10 minutes.’
I looked down at the ground from the top of the golem.
“Waaaaaaaah!”
The enemy soldiers were charging madly, shouting.
Contrary to their loud shouts, the soldiers’ faces were filled with fear instead of fighting spirit. They were mages full of elitism, so it was obvious how the soldiers were treated.
Even now, they were forcing the soldiers to charge, which meant they didn’t care how few soldiers they had.
I summoned the Hwaryeon Flying Swords and gripped them in my hand.
Crack.
Red lightning enveloped my entire body.
I pointed the sword tip toward the ground. The target was the center of the charging soldiers.
Crack, crack, crack.
The red lightning gathered at the tip of the sword, reaching its peak. I kicked off the golem’s head and dropped to the ground.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Falling Thunder (落雷).
KWAANG!
The moment I landed on the ground, a shockwave spread in all directions. The closest enemy soldiers were shattered, their fragments flying everywhere, and the enemies nearby were knocked down or blown away.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Cold Thunder (寒雷).
Red lightning and aura spread out from me, sweeping away the enemy soldiers.
“Hiiiik!”
“It’s Count Prukerus!”
“R-Run away!”
Their morale was already at rock bottom. The soldiers, who had completely lost their will to fight, were desperately trying to escape from me. It was a foolish choice. There was no way they could escape smoothly with so many people crowded together.
‘It’s not hard to massacre these guys. I want to kill them all if I could. But killing these guys alone won’t win the war.’
The ones I should be aiming for are those mages in the back.
KUUUUUUUNG!
A heavy sound hit my ears. I turned my head slightly to check behind me. The gate behind the golem was open.
“Charge! Follow your lord!”
Along with Floy’s shout, the Golden Rose Knights charged forward. The eyes of the horses they rode were shining with madness. They were forcibly boosting the physical abilities of those expensive warhorses using drugs and magic. Even if they won the war, the warhorses would die from the side effects. Using warhorses like consumables. That’s how important this war was.
“My Lord!”
Floy trampled over the enemy soldiers and ran straight toward me. Next to her was a warhorse wearing armor. I jumped up and mounted the half-crazed warhorse. I pulled the reins with all my might to control the warhorse.
“Let’s go. Follow me well.”
“I will follow you to the ends of hell!”
“Hell, my foot. I’ll lead you to heaven!”
The warhorse galloped. The warhorse, armed with dwarven armor, was no different from a tank. It was impossible for ordinary soldiers to stop it. They could only be trampled or run over.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tang!
Gunshots rang out from behind. I had given assault rifles to my allies in this war.
Until now, I had refrained from using firearms as much as possible in large-scale wars. It was partly because they were weapons that didn’t fit this era and were boring, but also because it would be annoying if the enemies imitated the firearms.
But this war was the last one.
Once this war was over, there wouldn’t be any wars for a while.
“My Lord! There’s a mage in the sky ahead! It looks like Archmage Dutan! Dutan is a master of earth magic!”
A knight with exceptionally good eyesight reported.
One of the seven Archmages was chanting magic in the sky. His mana fell to the ground and became magic. A rock wall rose from the ground. He intended to block us with the wall.
“Turn to the right!”
I forcefully changed direction. The horse was strained. I didn’t care and galloped across the battlefield.
‘I can’t just go past.’
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Double Resonance (二重共鳴) Myriad Lightning Spiral (卍雷螺旋).
Red and blue lightning resonated and became a laser, which was fired at the Archmage. The Archmage leisurely deployed a barrier.
The Myriad Lightning Spiral pierced through the barrier and went through the Archmage’s upper body.
‘He should have dodged instead of blocking. If he couldn’t do that, he should have deployed the barrier with all his might. Did he think the Myriad Lightning Spiral was just ordinary lightning?’
A moment of misjudgment. The price was his life. One of the seven Archmages was dead.
There was no time to be happy. The surroundings were full of enemies. If we let our guard down even a little, we would be the ones to die.
“Don’t stop! If you stop, you die!”
Cavalry must run.
Running was the only way to survive.
“My Lord! There’s another Archmage! He’s in the back!”
“Yeah. I see him. He’s an old hag.”
“It’s Archmage Segane! She’s famous as an ice master!”
I lowered my gaze and saw a blue aura spreading like fog on the ground. It was cold. My body, which had been heated by the heat of the battlefield, instantly turned cold.
Crack, crack!
Along with the sound of freezing, dozens of large icicles appeared in the sky. The tips of the icicles were pointed at us.
“Icicles are falling! Prepare for impact!”
The icicles fell like rain. The knights, including me, gritted their teeth. Sharp icicles fell and battered our bodies.
We could endure it. The knights here were veterans who had gone through thick and thin. The armor they wore was a masterpiece made by the dwarves with all their might.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
We broke through the rain of icicles. It seemed like about three people had fallen behind in the process, but there was no turning back. We could only hope they would hold on.
“My Lord! It’s a trap!!”
Floy shouted urgently. Mercenaries were gathered in front. They were holding clattering chain nets in their hands and sneering at us. There were over 100 mercenaries, and if you combined all the chain nets they held, they would cover dozens of square meters. The moment we got caught in the net, the horses wouldn’t be able to run.
“You dare hold up a chain net in front of me? You’re bold. Floy! I’ll go ahead and take care of it!”
I kicked off the horse and leaped forward.
“Count is crazy!”
“Does he think he’s invincible just because he’s an aura master? Whether he’s an aura master or whatever, he’s nothing if we catch him!”
“Throw the net!”
The net came flying. I deliberately let the net hit me. The sound of the chain net scraping against my armor was extremely annoying.
“Pull! If we kill this guy, our lives will be paved with gold!”
“The only thing paved for you is the road to hell!”
Crack, crack, crack!
Red lightning flowed through the chain net. The mercenaries who were trying to pull the net were electrocuted. They couldn’t even scream as their brains were fried and they fell to the ground. The mercenaries who weren’t holding the chain net were startled and stepped back.
“Run away? Don’t even dream about it.”
I gripped the sword handles with both hands, spun my body, and swung the sword.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Flash (雷閃).
The blue slash, wrapped in red lightning, cut through the mercenaries who had surrounded me in an instant. Blood soaked the battlefield.
“My Lord!”
Floy arrived. I jumped up and mounted the running horse.
“Hold on! Let’s wreak havoc on the battlefield one more time and return!”
After that, Yuria, who had rescued Princess Eileen, would join us. That would be the time to finish off the Magic Alliance.
That was when it happened.
A variable occurred.
The magic weapons that had been focusing their attacks on the golem began to use magic in a different way.
The ground was shaking. At first, I thought they were using large-scale earthquake magic, risking the damage.
“That is….”
The ground was rising.
It was a golem.
They had used magic to raise a huge golem that was no less than the Jjapjinga. It wasn’t just any golem. Its body, made of dirt and rocks, was burning with flames.
‘Were the magic weapons capable of something like that?’
The fire golem walked toward the golem controlled by Peseuth. Both were similar in size. The fire golem was crude, while Peseuth’s golem was sophisticated. The two golems collided without backing down.
KWAANG!
The shockwave could be heard even here.
Fortunately, Peseuth’s golem didn’t budge. Their strength was almost equal.
‘It can hold on. That’s good enough.’
I wanted to destroy the magic weapons first, but it seemed difficult because the knights, mages, and veteran mercenaries were on high alert, protecting the magic weapons.
‘There’s no need to attack recklessly. First, let’s observe the flow of the battlefield….’
Crack, crack, crack!
Ice walls rose from the ground. Surprised, I dodged to the side. The problem was that an ice wall had blocked the path between me and the knights. Floy struck the ice wall with her sword, but even with an aura blade, it was not easy to break through an ice wall that was over 1 meter thick. It wasn’t an ordinary ice wall.
“Floy! Change of plans! Take care of the mages at that end and return to the castle! I will….”
I glared straight ahead. Two aura masters were running toward me to fight me.
“I’ll take care of those guys and return.”