Chapter 114 – Ep.114 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
Pylax Plain.
A place where green fields meet blue skies.
A place where the setting sun hides itself.
A road connected to the night sky.
These are all impressions left by those who visited the Pylax Plain. A beautiful place that makes people fall in love just by looking at it.
However, those who visited the plains today were not there to appreciate such beauty.
A green field filled with heavy, sticky war clouds that would suffocate an ordinary person just by being nearby.
Those who were positioned at the end were silently keeping their mouths shut, each holding a weapon in their hands and exuding murderous intent to kill the other.
The same was true for Connie, located at the rear of Baron Bastia’s camp.
Hailing from a small town in the Barony, she was bored as soon as she had her bar mitzvah and left her poor hometown for a city called Widget, a week away from there, where she immediately passed the general soldier’s exam and became a soldier.
All she could do in her hometown was dig up the meager trees and gather the occasional herb or mushroom.
She couldn’t help but find these things boring, especially since she had no peers and had no one to play with.
However, even after she moved to the city and became a soldier, her life did not change at all.
Repetitive street patrols.
A guard at the castle gate who occasionally takes turns.
Just boring, repetitive work with nothing special about it.
Of course, it was good that she received a salary that was incomparable to what she earned when she sold wood and other things in her hometown. The problem was that the cost of living in the city was more expensive than she expected, so she had no choice but to remain poor.
The only difference from her hometown is that, unlike the village, which was full of men who were similar in age to her father, in the city, it was easy to see young, cute men.
Yes. All I could do was just look at the man sitting on the street or in the store.
Five years after she became a soldier, she became a ten seal and has been steadily saving and saving money, but she is still living in a narrow public house provided for soldiers coming from other countries to live.
In order to properly talk to a man, you need to have a house that costs at least 20 silver coins a month to be at least on par with your numerous competitors.
With her salary of 30 silver coins a month, she needed a lot of time to keep up with her competitors.
But she had an opportunity to narrow that path down at once.
It was a battle of territory.
Viscounty Viorin, the fiefdom right next door, where many people are sarcastic even though the opponent bought the title with money.
It was rumored that the reason for the war was that the viscount’s eldest daughter had inflicted an irreparable insult on her baronet’s precious second master, but she did not care what her reasons were.
An official letter was sent saying that she would be paid a whopping 4 gold coins just for applying, and that she would be given additional rewards or even promoted depending on her merits.
To be honest, I have never seen her face, but she has already sworn allegiance to the Baron and has become a soldier, so even if she were forced to join, no one would have expressed any complaints.
Nevertheless, the Baroness did not force soldiers, but instead recruited volunteers from her barony in exchange for gold coins, and Connie became one of the many applicants.
The reason is nothing grand. It would be great if I could credit it, but I didn’t really want that. The reason was that just by applying, you could get the salary that you would have to work for a full year.
If you add that money together with what you have saved so far, it comes to 15 gold coins.
Although it may be a bit old on the outskirts, it is enough to buy your own small house.
“Whoa…”
Connie let out a long breath.
She had no desire to make a mark and simply wanted to survive and collect gold coins, so she applied to her rear.
The moment she saw the knights and lancers, who were so intimidating that goosebumps ran down her back just by looking at them, she could feel a part of her heart becoming very reassured.
Not only she but everyone standing here probably felt the same way.
Also, as everyone volunteered to gather, no one disturbed the mood, so her morale was also very high.
She also thought that she would be able to easily win this territory battle as she was mixed in with so many allies.
Those knights and lancers who looked powerful to her, who were from her rural village. There were over 1,000 spearmen and over 300 archers to assist them.
It was the first time in her life that she had seen so many people gather in one place and form a line, and she was so absorbed in the majestic atmosphere that she could not help but forget the word defeat.
Until the enemies that need to be killed show up.
‘Shit…’
Connie’s hands kept sweating as she held onto her spear.
The moment her Viscount’s camp appeared across the open plains on all sides of her, she regretted having come here.
Compared to themselves, the numbers were not inferior at all, and the spirit of the guys at the forefront felt unusual.
Even though she was so far away that her voice could not reach the opponent even if she screamed with all her might, the force emitted by those at the forefront of the opposing camp was so ferocious that her skin in the rear felt tingly.
Only then did she realize that she had overlooked one fact.
The fact that the opponent is much larger and wealthier than the territory he belongs to. The fact is that neither the quality of the weapons nor the rewards are inferior to this one.
I went too far forward without looking back, chasing the sweet fruit right in front of me. We had come so far ahead that going back was impossible.
All she could hope for was that those in her vanguard would somehow achieve good results and end this territory battle as quickly as possible.
Puuuuu!!
As Connie wished for the action of her allies, the sound of a magnificent horn sounded throughout her plains.
She tightened her grip on her spear. That’s because the sound of the horn was the signal announcing the Battle of Yeongji.
Just as expected.
-Front line. From now on!!
Following the loud sound coming from right behind me.
Uuuuu!!
The sound of a horn, much lower in tone than the horn that announced the start, echoed throughout the camp.
‘Fuck…’
Just because it was a plain, not all locations were really flat, and she, who was in a relatively high position, swallowed her dry saliva as she saw the allies starting to move forward little by little and the enemies starting to approach.
Gradually. Gradually. The two camps started to get closer to each other.
Puuuuu-!!
Starting with the second horn sound.
Wow!!!
The plains screamed at them to leave and they ran towards each other.
The well-defined formation stretched out the moment they faced each other. Soldiers continued to squeeze through the gap, and the battle line quickly became so tangled that it was impossible to tell who was who.
-Advance.
A voice came from behind, followed by the sound of a horn.
‘Fuck. Fuck. ‘Fuck.’
Connie tried to move her shaky legs casually and walked to maintain the formation.
However, the gaze was fixed on the center where a loud noise erupted that could not be distinguished as a shout or a scream.
Connie wanted to run out of the place right away as she watched the plain, which had once seemed green, slowly turning red.
-Stop.
I stopped walking.
―The archers should pull the strings.
The sound of the horn continued.
‘Uh… ?’
As her mind grew more and more confused as she got closer to death, a question suddenly occurred to her.
‘The bow… ‘Shooting?’
To shoot an arrow at a place so tangled that it is impossible to tell who is friend and who is enemy.
-Launch.
But before Connie could answer her questions, she shooed in her ear – !! A sharp sound was heard.
“Her…”
In an instant, a shadow appeared under the head, and soon it disappeared. The shadow was soon seen drawing a graceful curve and heading towards the center of the terrible tangle.
‘Crazy…’
Hundreds of arrows fell in a place where no one knows who is who.
She cursed under her breath and slightly raised her head.
Before they knew it, they came into sight of the Viscount soldiers who had narrowed the distance similar to themselves and fired arrows in the same formation at the same time.
―Keep shooting!!
At that time, a command sounded in her ears that confused her mind once again.
As soon as the command was given, a shadow instantly appeared over her head, and the shadow that was created mercilessly fell towards someone whose name and face she did not know.
‘What is this…? … ?’
Connie couldn’t understand the current situation.
An order to shoot an arrow at a place where an ally could be hit, and an opponent who also shoots an arrow as if it were natural. It was an action that her mind could not understand.
―Medium heat. Corsair!!
The rain of arrows stopped, and a greater number of people than those who had been tangled up before began running toward the red plain.
And as if they had promised, the enemy moved their soldiers just like us. I felt like I was looking in a mirror. A very terrible mirror.
‘Merix, God of Mercy…’
It was at that moment when I swore to God that if I were to return safely this time, I would never again make a foolish choice because I was blinded by money.
Heeeee…!!
The loud cry of a horse struck her ears.
Naturally, her gaze returned and she saw.
Lancers mounted on huge horses armed with silver barding began to gallop toward the plains, following the knights in battle line.
At that moment, I was able to escape from the fear that was encroaching on my mind, even if just for a moment. That is, for that short period of time when you turn your head to check the opposing camp.
Sure enough, a similar number of lancers were seen galloping toward the plains in the Viscount camp.
The Baron’s knights are on the right.
The Viscount’s knights are on the left.
They race towards opposite directions as if they had made a promise to each other.
She had been watching the entire situation on the battlefield from the beginning, and just when she was about to feel something strange, she discovered for the first time that her opponent had used a different move.
Above the knights running towards the left, soldiers who appeared to be well over a hundred feet tall were following behind them.
‘Crazy… !!’
She was astonished.
This is because the moment the knights galloping across the plain and the lancers following them collided with the long battle line, the battle line, which was tangled with blood and screams, was instantly shattered.
It was literally shattered.
They broke through by trampling on the tangled group of enemies without any distinction, and immediately turned around and began to ravage their allies.
Of course, the opposing side’s knights and lancers dug in and began to ravage the enemy.
‘Oh my god… !!’
Connie grabbed the spear in his hand with both hands.
The soldiers following the lancers were running towards this direction through gaps in the battle line that had not yet been filled.
The front line, middle line, and even the knights had all gone out to the plains, so all that was left of the main force was the rear line to protect the archers.
‘Don’t be scared. Don’t be scared. The numbers look similar.’
There are as many as 300 people left here, including myself. In addition, there are archers behind who may have arrows left.
She was sure that if she had arrows left, she could turn more than half of them into corpses before they got there.
And fortunately, the command she wanted fell into her ears.
-Target. A separate unit at the front. Shoot until your quiver is empty!!
‘Yes!!’
Connie clenched her hands inside her.
The person at the forefront appeared to be a knight, but those following him were merely poorly armed soldiers holding only spears and no shields.
It looked like it had something dark wrapped around its hand holding the spear and its neck, but judging from the speed it was running at, it probably wasn’t as heavy as chain mail.
This means that your body will inevitably be pierced by the arrow being fired.
Shhh!!
Perhaps because the enemies were closer, the arrows fired passed much closer to the head than before.
Thanks to this, Connie was able to clearly hear the violent sound, and for the first time, Connie looked at the spot where the arrow would fall with a feeling of relief.
‘What. ‘Are they crazy?’
As soon as she saw the arrows coming from the enemies running towards her, she covered her face with one arm and ran straight away. She laughed without knowing it.
But it didn’t take long for that ridicule to turn into shock.
“… Uh?”
She was so shocked that she opened her mouth without realizing it.
There were clearly dozens of arrows stuck in the greaves or plates on his body. However, the opponent was still running towards us at the same speed. Without anyone falling down.
Regardless of Connie’s surprise, her arrows continued to be fired, and each time, voices filled with fear beyond her astonishment began to flow from the mouths of the personnel assigned to the remaining rear ranks to protect her and her archers. .
If she were to come running towards her with dozens of arrows stuck in her body and clutching a spear, anyone would be terrified.
―The archers step back and move forward in the rear ranks!!
‘Fuck, fuck, fuck!!’
Connie, with her tireless stamina, was able to straighten her spear as she saw those who were right in front of her.
-Advance!!
Wow!!
“Aaaaahhh!!!”
She finally understood why the soldiers ahead of her were screaming at the top of her lungs.
If she doesn’t do something like this, there will be no way to shake off the fear that is filling her head.
Argh!!
Pfft!!
The speed of those running ahead decreased in an instant, and soon after, screams began to be heard continuously without knowing who they belonged to.
“Sivaaaaal!!”
In the blink of an eye, in the midst of being tangled up with her enemies, she stabbed the spear with all her might into the enemy who had just turned his back to deal with his allies.
“Huh?!”
He clearly took advantage of the gap and pierced his back. But what does this heavy shock mean? The shock passed through her hand as if she had stabbed a hard rock, not a piece of soft flesh.
“Kuwaek… !!”
“Omg?!”
While he paused for a moment due to the shock transmitted to his hand, the person who was dealing with the enemy who turned his back on him fell over and vomited blood.
That moment when she quickly strained her hand to retrieve her spear.
Fuuk-
A tingling pain felt in the back.
Her body fell toward the floor against her will.
“Seed… Baal…”
She never woke up again.
**
“Huh, that’s ridiculous.”
Cornel Bastiat, the eldest daughter of the Bastiats and the person in charge of this fief war, looked in front of her with an expression of disgust.
As if it were not enough that they never rested from end to end, they braved the endless rain of arrows to reach this place, and in the end, like rags with arrows stuck all over their bodies, they turned all the three hundred soldiers they had prepared into corpses.
Cornel Bastiat said while looking at the knight standing in front of him.
“I guess there was a reason why the Great Lord created such an unreasonable situation. “To be honest, I was skeptical, but it was amazing.”
At her words, the knight who had covered her body with blood raised his visor.
Blue eyes were revealed along with white jade-like skin.
“Would you like to wait a little longer?”
“It seems like it has decreased a bit, so I think it would be good to end it.”
Cornel Bastiat raised his hand in response to Kernax’s question.
The trumpeter waiting next to her lifted a huge horn to his mouth.
Puuuuu!!
Afterwards, a magnificent sound echoed throughout the plains.
Uuuuu!!
Booooo!!
After that, two horns sounded from different directions, and the fierce movement of the battle line began to slow down, and at some point, silence fell on the plain.
Cornel Bastiat spoke to Kernax, who was standing without any signs of fatigue.
“Honestly, this job is a bit burdensome because I’ve been receiving so much. So please tell the Highlord. Bastiaga is ready to act for the great lord at any time.”
“I will tell you that.”
Connell nodded at Kernax’s answer.
“Oh, is it okay if I ask you one more question?”
She briefly stopped Cernax, who was about to return with the resting soldiers behind her.
“Can you guess what its name is?”
Kernax thought for a moment about Connell’s question and then opened his mouth.
“They are called night fairies.”
“Hmm… ? “It’s a name that doesn’t fit the battlefield at all.”
Kernax laughed bitterly at her answer.
“Anyway, you worked hard too.”
“Yes.”
Cernax answered briefly and turned her body around.
In this way, the territorial war between the two territories ended with Baron Bastia surrendering and Viscount Biorin’s victory.
