Chapter 305 – Battle of Miliones (6) *Admiral Alvida Uniform Illustration*
Battle of Miliones (6)
The Balkan Empire’s heavy infantry led by McMorin were excellently blocking the onslaught of Leon’s marines that were rapidly pouring in.
“Don’t be scared!! They and we are so close together right now that we won’t be able to fire arrows from over there!! So just hold your shield upright and focus on blocking properly!!”
As if he believed in the soldiers who were firmly trained by him, McMorin stood at the forefront of his camp and encouraged his soldiers.
“Aim for the flanks! We are far outnumbered!!”
Count Gisco continued to deploy his soldiers, but he could not help but let out a low groan as his soldiers were unable to break through the wall of Vulcan heavy infantry tightly surrounding the outskirts of Hyperion.
Hehe, it’s really amazing. Of course, considering that it is a battleship that the Empress is on, and that it has the most elite soldiers on board, to think that it can hold out like that despite being so outnumbered…”
“I apologize, princess. However, the enemy soldiers have begun to fall one by one, so there will soon be a gap somewhere.”
Certainly, as Count Gisco said, the Balkan soldiers were falling little by little due to the barrage of supplies, so Princess Fiona let out a low laugh.
“I’m not blaming the Lord. It’s interesting that they are willing to risk death like that to protect my brother.”
“Our soldiers would also give up their lives for the princess…”
Fiona smiled slightly at Count Gisco’s puzzled eyes and answered his question.
“Isn’t the case different from mine? I am a comrade who has shared life, death and ups and downs with the soldiers on the battlefield, but my sister is like a piece of luggage that came unexpectedly. Don’t you know the difference?”
“Ah. Did you mean that? Well… If King Charles is on my ship, neither I nor any of the soldiers in our army will try to protect him… I can roughly understand, but… Isn’t he the master?”
“Even if you are a master, ordinary soldiers who do not have much experience dealing with enemy masters will not feel it. It may be different for soldiers who have dealt with masters.”
Fiona, who had been watching the battle while chatting with Count Gisco, heard a loud noise and watched it closely.
“It’s penetrated!! Leon soldiers! Advance!!”
“Damn it!! Move the wounded back and fill the gap quickly!!”
The place Fiona was watching was the rear of the Hyperion, where McMorin’s command had to enter slightly late.
There, several Vulcan soldiers were falling backwards and groaning, and many Leon soldiers were rushing into them, so Fiona smiled in remorse.
“Hehe, just as the Lord said, it looks like there’s a gap over there. That means…”
Scrap, squeak!!
Before Fiona could finish her words, a flash of light flashed and dozens of Leon soldiers instantly turned into corpses and fell to the ground.
“He’s a master!!”
“Go back! There’s nothing we can do about it!!”
Fiona’s eyes sparkled at the noise of the soldiers, and she turned her head towards Count Gisco and her eyes sparkled.
“… Do you mind? Wouldn’t it be better for you to fight with me? I’m not as good as the princess, but since I’m also a master, we should fight together…”
In response to Count Gisco’s question, Fiona shook her head lightly.
“Shouldn’t you be in command? If you are absent, the movement of the soldiers will slow down and more damage will be incurred in suppressing them. And although she is the empress of the enemy country, this is a duel with my sister. I don’t want to be disturbed. Lastly… I will never get tired of Eliza.”
Count Gisco sighed and nodded at Fiona’s confidence in her sure victory.
“That’s right… Well, if there’s a Liechtenauer in Balkan, there’s a princess in Leon. Then… Subdue the enemy Master Eliza. Please.”
Fiona nodded her head loudly and then flew away with a bright smile.
Fiona climbed onto the deck of the Hyperion in just a few quick steps and slashed her sword with all her might toward Eliza, who was swinging her sword at the Leon soldiers.
“Eliza!! It’s been a while!”
“Hmph! You’ve finally come out! I’ve been waiting for you!!”
Although it was a fleeting surprise attack, Eliza was able to quickly retrieve her flying sword and successfully block Fiona’s sword.
“I heard you’ve become a master, so that’s pretty cool. By the way, isn’t this the first time since Rachel’s wedding? It’s a bit sad that her sisters are meeting like this. It seems like just yesterday that I was a kid crying and saying that I didn’t want to be sold to the Balkans.”
“… What kind of old story are you talking about? And I’m actually happy because I got to go to the Balkans, right? I met the person I love, got married, and had a baby. How about that? If you want, you can find that kind of happiness for me too. My husband’s concubine. “
“… Eliza, you know how to tell jokes?
Fiona’s face hardened at Eliza’s words.
“Isn’t this a joke? Rachel is lying underneath my husband every day. Why? Rachel is the only one in the history of the continent who asks for sex in exchange for her salary while working as a minister? LOL.”
“Oh, this is crazy!! What bullshit!!”
Even in the social atmosphere of Leon, which boasted of her free sexual culture, Fiona, who was a woman to the core, maintained her chastity, and as such, she had little tolerance for such stories, so her face turned bright red.
“Isn’t she embarrassed to make such a provocation after becoming empress?”
“… I was telling the truth, but you’re making a joke…”
“Eye! Noisy!! You got married at a young age, and you treated me so rudely… I can’t do it. As your older sister, I have to educate you today!!”
Fiona, thinking that she had been caught up in her younger sister’s antics, burst out in anger and attacked Eliza with her blue sword.
Chaae Aeng!!
“Ugh… W-what… The power of this sword strike is…”
“Huh~ Blocking this? It’s a lot better than I thought, isn’t it? Even Count Gisco’s defense is often broken by this move every time… Our Eliza trained a lot, right?”
“Why? I was confused. Sister? My sword is much stronger than you thought, right? Master Liechtenauer is no longer able to handle it?”
“Hmm… If he can barely handle this much… It looks like Liechtenauer’s skills have deteriorated a lot.”
“What?”
Eliza was enraged by Fiona’s words, which seemed to insult her teacher, and attacked Fiona with her back.
Cheaeng! Cheaeng! Cheaeng!!
“Hohohoho, it’s fun!! It’s so nice to be able to unravel with the sisters after a long time! But how did you come up with the idea of making a suicide charge here? A sacrifice for the few for the many? Even if you become a prisoner, it wasn’t an easy thought that you wouldn’t die, right? “
“Hmph! Isn’t it obvious? Why did I charge here with only one flagship? A sacrifice to save our soldiers? Isn’t that so? If we catch you, this battle will be our victory!!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Eliza put her sword back into its sheath.
“Hmm? What? I’m surrendering…ㅕ Ugh!!”
Kaaaaang!!
Eliza pulled out her sword from her scabbard and unleashed tremendous sword energy.
The force was strong enough to change the color of Fiona’s face, but she only dented Fiona’s sword and did not inflict any actual damage.
“Whew… This was really dangerous. By the way, Eliza, you’re still missing a lot? You’re launching such a powerful attack without a clear chance of victory… So it’s my turn this time, right?
After that, Eliza had to focus all her attention on blocking Fiona’s frantic attacks.
However, she gradually began to lose out to her older sister, and even during the battle, as she watched the two duel, the morale of the two armies began to clearly diverge.
“The princess is winning!! All troops!! Throw the Balkan army into the sea!!”
“Hold on!! You crazy bastards!! The Empress is holding on for us!! If you are all hot-headed bastards, you should hold on no matter what you do!!”
“Navy!! Everyone comes up on deck, leaving only the minimum number of people!! Give strength to the heavy infantry!!”
Count Leverkin’s timely support orders and McMorin’s encouragement prevented them from being completely pushed back, but the heavy infantrymen, who had already suffered over 300 casualties, were breathing heavily due to their increasingly exhausted stamina.
‘Hmm… It looks like the princess is slowly finishing this. It couldn’t be better than this to completely defeat the Balkan Navy and capture the Empress. After monopolizing the smuggling route instead of the Balkan Navy, a golden opportunity has come to make the princess a king!’
Count Gisco, who made a decision in his mind, continued to send his soldiers in one after another.
Due to the fierce resistance of the Balkan army, the navy already consisted of 5 battleships. Although the Leon Navy suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, capturing the enemy’s flagship and capturing the empress would mean a complete victory, so he ordered the deployment of additional troops without any hesitation.
And at that moment, the sun began to rise on the horizon.
“Ugh… It’s dazzling… Has it already been this long? Well… The mermaid’s festival has ended because the current has calmed down. It actually went well. There are about 700 enemies left, but now they are tired and can’t move properly. We can’t even get rid of those guys right now…”
“It’s urgent!!”
Count Gisco, who was about to give orders to finish off the Balkan soldiers, stopped his orders when he heard a report from the watchman from above.
“The enemy fleet has appeared!! The number of enemy ships… There are so many that you can’t see the sea clearly!! The enemy is seven! The sea is three!!”
“W-what?!!”
*Countess Alvida von Snellerda comes to the rescue of our allies at sunrise*
*Countess Alvida von Snellerda comes to save our allies with the sunrise ver2*
