Chapter 414 – Chapter 42
The sound of armies clashing against each other and thousands of humans clashing against each other resonates.
War is a terrible place to see human malice, but this war was even more terrible.
“Kerek-kekararak–!”
“Gruk-gruk- booeeek-“
“Kill me, save me, take me out, Mom, I’m frustrated, I want to die, it hurts, I don’t want it, I’m scared–“
A foreign body wielding a weapon with a deformed, twisted body.
A foreign body that attacks by spitting up poisonous vomit just by smelling it.
A foreign object that emits a scream that destroys the human spirit just by hearing it.
Pooooo!
Among them, foreign objects that were spitting out vomit exploded, creating a hole in the line of skilled soldiers.
“Aaaaah!”
“Calm down! The armor isn’t damaged that much! Fill the hole quickly!”
Soldiers screaming and shaking from the impact of the explosion.
A mercenary knight who had followed Lillian since she was a Wolf jumped into the hole and tried to stop it somehow.
“Geez—!”
“Mom and Dad, I’m jealous of your happiness!!”
“Damn it!”
But the hole is too wide to close alone.
In the end, the battle in front broke down and degenerated into a tangled dog fight.
“Fuck! Fuck you!”
“Damn you monsters!”
Experienced soldiers who had experienced war while fighting the Western Allied Forces were busy swinging their weapons while making noises that were either screams or evil.
Damn it! Woods!
The random attacks of skilled soldiers, who have experience in war but are new to fighting such monsters, cut through the enemy’s bones and flesh.
“It only looks intimidating! His pure combat power is worse than that of a knight! If he fights steadily, he is an opponent that can be defeated!”
Priscilla’s voice, which confirmed the appearance, resonates through her magical power.
As she said, the enemies had combat power above elite soldiers and below knights.
“Everyone, focus only on the enemy in front of you!”
Then, Shirin’s voice pierced her battlefield as sharply as her ghost’s scream.
“Ahh!”
“You little bastards! Die!”
Sirin spreads the energy of the undead in her voice, causing fear in the living.
Weakening the force can provide appropriate tension and arousal effects.
Priscilla corrects her twisted mind, and Shirin awakens her.
Thanks to the voices of these two, the skilled soldiers who had been moving around at random were able to do their job.
“Hey, hey! Don’t come! Don’t come!”
“Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff!”
However, most of the new recruits moved like a ragtag group.
It is unavoidable.
It hasn’t been long since I started training, and my first battle was with a different type of monster.
“Don’t be afraid! Trust in the power of your armor and fight!”
“It only looks scary!”
In this world, non-commissioned officers who were castaways with extensive experience fighting the natives take the lead in cutting down the foreign entities of the foreign media alliance.
Nevertheless, the new soldiers who were about to fight hesitated and retreated.
Killing something causes great resistance.
The more it resembles a human, the more so.
You’ll get used to it if you kill it once, but the problem is that the first time is a problem.
‘It’s dangerous! At this rate, the skilled soldiers are surrounded!’
As the new soldiers harden, they begin to be separated from the experienced soldiers.
If this continues, the soldiers divided in half will be destroyed individually.
‘In the end, will Shirin and I have to step forward?’
Was it a mistake to organize new recruits in the hope that they would gain courage by seeing experienced soldiers fight skillfully?
Even if we had to take the damage, should we have mixed new and experienced soldiers?
When you blame yourself like that and try to take action yourself.
“Priscilla. You don’t have to worry.”
“But…”
“Trust the people of the kingdom. All it takes is one small opportunity.”
Upon Shirin’s persuasion, he put back his half-drawn sword and surveyed the situation from the horse.
‘If only a few of the new recruits had courage…’
A small opportunity called the courage of a few people in a fight where thousands of people clash.
However, it is only when a fearful person realizes that there is nowhere to run to that he or she gains courage.
‘Now there is an easy way to escape… !’
Can those whose rationality is paralyzed by fear find courage when there is a clear view behind them?
Shouldn’t we act as a dictator by killing a few people as an example now?
“Aaaaah! I’m Bark, the alley leader of Artisan Street! Everyone dies, you bastards!”
“Brother Brown! I’m going to help! Just hang in there!”
At that time, several evil-stricken soldiers jumped out from the group of new recruits and cut down the monsters.
Foreign objects are split apart by the weapons wielded by new soldiers and die.
As new recruits like themselves fight against monsters, their paralyzed sense of reason gradually awakens.
“Look! Those guys are just scary to look at!”
“If you are scared, believe in the power of the armor you have seen!”
Then, as the non-commissioned officers were shouting, a monster that had been fighting with the courageous recruits was hit with a fist and pushed to where the recruits were.
“Kegegegeung!”
“Ooh, wow!”
The new soldier, who made eye contact with the monster that had corrected its posture, was startled by a noise he had never heard before and swung the ax he had been given.
Jjukkaak!
The ax, made entirely of iron, easily split the head of a monster whose bones in its body had grown abnormally, forming armor and sharp claws.
“Huh! Hah! Hah! Ha! Haha! Haha! What! It’s nothing!”
The rough breathing of the new soldier, who had killed a terrifying monster at once, gradually degenerated into laughter tinged with the madness of the battlefield.
“That simple?”
“Is it terrifying just to look at it?”
Other recruits who watched this also lost their fear.
“Anyone who kills five or more enemies will be rewarded in the name of the Queen! The number of kills will be recorded on your armor, so you don’t have to worry about losing credit!”
When Priscilla, who listened to Sirin’s advice, was promised a reward, the recruit who had killed the enemy was the first to run out.
“The reward is mine!”
“If you’re that weak…!”
“There’s no way I can’t do what that guy did!”
My comrades stationed in the same barracks are also motivated by it and run.
The crowd mentality was stimulated by fear followed by courage, and others jumped in.
“It’s done!”
“There is no problem with the soldiers now.”
“Yes! To be honest, I thought it might have been too mild, but I’m glad it worked!”
“From here, we have to look at the entire situation.”
“I know!”
Just follow Shirin’s advice.
From now on, you have to be on the lookout for unexpectedly strong enemies popping out.
Kwasik! Wow! Kwazijic!
When Sirin and Priscilla were on guard, the battlefield with the new soldiers added turned in the kingdom’s favor.
However, even so, it did not mean that there were soldiers who did not experience crisis.
Wow!
“Ouch!”
“Click – Geek -“
A monster with a face split into left and right sides and biting into armor with its protruding maw.
The chest part of the armor was torn off due to the abnormal force of the teeth.
“Uh, uh, uhm, uhm, ma, ma, ma…!”
The new soldier felt aggrieved at the sight of the monster trying to swing its arm, which had sharp awl-like protruding arms.
Why does such a strong monster come only to me!
Perseok!
“Turn it off!”
At that time, the blade sank into the monster’s torso and cut down its lower body with the sound of shattering something solid.
“Huh?”
“What are you doing? Wake up! I don’t have time either!”
“Yes, yes!”
The soldier who was ambushed from behind the monster was busy fighting other monsters.
“Die! Die! Die!”
The soldier swung his spear randomly, making the monster full of holes.
Fortunately, the monster collapsed, spewing out green and blue blood that did not mix like oil and water.
“S-I survived…! Thank you… Huh?”
The new soldier who escaped the crisis tried to greet the person who helped him, but he had disappeared, leaving behind the corpses of the monsters.
There were several other similar situations.
“Gurgling—!”
“Ugh!?”
A soldier who realized too late that a monster with a swollen body was swinging a huge hammer.
Coo!
“Ryaaap!”
However, when the monster suddenly lost his balance and his posture collapsed, it took advantage of the opportunity and ripped off his head.
‘What? ‘Why?’
He felt strange seeing the corpse of a fallen monster bleeding with yellow pus-like blood, but he could not help but erase his doubts as another monster rushed towards him with a roar.
There was a hole in the ankle of the dead monster that something had penetrated.
“Huh? It felt like something was just shot?”
“Are you the enemy?”
“No. I don’t think something happened.”
“Then let me be careful.”
Priscilla, who was watching the battle, tilted her head and activated her senses, but she did not find anything strange.
“The number of enemies has decreased significantly. It looks like they will try to move their troops and try something now. I will be on guard.”
“Eugen! Organize your units, make a sharp turn, and attack together with our allies!”
She gave orders to her subordinates on Sirin’s advice.
Eugen, who had been following him since his days as a mercenary, confirmed that there were not many enemies on his side and made tactical moves by mobilizing new soldiers.
Enemies used special abilities but did not make tactical moves.
Therefore, it was quickly resolved as it was helpless against Priscilla’s tactics.
‘For Priscilla’s sake, it would be better to pretend not to know.’
Humanoid machines mixed among the new recruits.
A sniper who provides support with ultra-long-range sniping from dozens of kilometers away.
He might lose confidence if he finds out that Artemis helped.
Therefore, Sirin distracted Priscilla from her side so that she would not feel anything strange.
“I won!”
Haha! I survived!”
“Come more, you bastards!”
Perhaps thanks to her efforts, Priscilla was very pleased with the result that although there were many injuries, there were zero deaths.
Even the terrified recruits became confident as they were surprised that no one was killed.
‘But the enemies also found out about our strength. Next time, we will come up with a countermeasure. If so.’
Shirin thought of something and decided to discuss what she thought with Charlize and Barnes.
“Chill. Be quiet. Over there.”
“… There is someone.”
At that time, Priscilla pointed to a high peak that seemed to be 20 km away with her eyes.
There were people watching her using something similar to a telescope on her camouflage uniform.
“If it’s in that direction… It’s most likely the Guardian Corps or a spy from another kingdom.”
“They were probably watching us from afar and then when the military moved, they followed us.”
“I hope this lets you know that we are a different force from the Foreign Media Coalition.”
However, due to the nature of the West Continent, which has strong hostility toward drifters, there is a high probability that you will think of IJ no matter how good you think of it.
“Burn all the corpses!”
I feel sorry for the victims who have finally been laid to rest, but I don’t know what problems could arise if I leave the bodies alone.
It is not a trivial problem like an epidemic, but a bigger problem.
The kingdom’s army checked to see if there were any abnormalities until all the corpses were reduced to ashes, and then began to return.
* * * * * *
At the peak of Kalak Mountains, the situation of the war was conveyed to the high-ranking officials of the Guardian Legion using magical equipment.
As the video ended with the kingdom’s army retreating, all kinds of emotions including lamentation, anger, and resignation arose.
“Is that equipment from the Kingdom of LucyArcanel?”
“I can’t believe that no one dies while dealing with those monsters…”
“We must destroy that kingdom immediately!”
“Huh, have you been living in another world alone? Even though the Western Continent joined forces to attack, you were defeated without even setting foot in enemy territory?”
“If they settle down properly and arm themselves with the equipment we just saw! Can we endure then!? This is our only chance to destroy them!”
One high-ranking official insisted that the kingdom of Lucien Arkenel must be brought down, no matter what damage it may cause.
“What do the jute people do?”
“You just have to wait until a month after the day they first appeared! There are records in history that the Jute Demon tribe that they subdued won and returned to the Demon World when the contract was renewed a month later!”
I don’t know how they won against the Jute Tribe, but the Jute Tribe, who learned a lesson from their defeat and started training, won 100% when the contract was renewed.
But most senior figures shook their heads.
“Even if we do as you say and destroy the Kingdom of LuceArcanel, what happens after that? Are we, now completely devastated, even able to deal with the Foreign Alliance?”
“We must receive support from the Eastern Continent! This is not just our problem, it is a crisis for the entire world!”
“I guess it will help. After the West Continent is in ruins.”
The Haint Empire, which is still growing stronger throughout the Eastern Continent, will try to use this opportunity to devour the Western Continent as well.
Or establish a puppet state.
“Of course we should talk.”
“What?! Do you have any awareness of being part of the Guardian Corps? How can you talk to a mongrel who accepted other species!”
“Contrary to what we expected, the Kingdom of LucyArcanel and the Foreign Alliance did not have a friendly relationship.”
“The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend!”
“Isn’t that something you can only find out through conversation?”
Although a few hardliners ran rampant, there were many who thought that preventing the worst with lesser evils was the top priority.
The Foreign Media Coalition is still trying to turn the world into hell, but the Kingdom of LucyArcanel, despite its power, is steadily paying attention to internal affairs and focusing on controlling the public sentiment.
“I will go myself.”
In the end, the Grand Master of the West Continent Guardian Corps Headquarters declared to speak with Lillian.
