Chapter 397 – Siege
Day 1 of the siege.
Thanks to the misfortune of a rich man, Jun and the allied forces, who were able to quickly rob the first castle, gained momentum and robbed two more castles in one day.
Even then, since there was time left, he could have robbed one more if he wanted to, but Jun and the Allied Forces did not do that.
This was because I decided that it would be better to create a stepping stone to take a few steps forward rather than hastily taking a step forward.
As expected, as the Allied Forces robbed the three castles, countless remnants and hostages were naturally created.
What would happen if we just dealt with them roughly and moved on?
It was obvious that it would come back as a big problem later.
If the Allied Forces go on an expedition to rob another castle, they will most likely take advantage of the opportunity and cause trouble by saying they will take the castle back.
Then, the Allied forces had no choice but to retreat in order to suppress them, and as the siege was delayed, the advantage of surprise would disappear.
That was something that had to be prevented, and the leaders of the Allied Forces, who agreed, requested additional reinforcements from their respective organizations.
Of course, Jun did not sit still.
Due to lack of combat power, the believers of the Heavenly Demon Church who were waiting in the rear were called in.
It was to be entrusted with the tasks of managing the castle, monitoring the hostages, and caring for and proselytizing the Central Plains people who were forcibly mobilized and treated like slaves.
On the contrary, Sophia, who was able to manipulate space as the saint of Dohwa and Jun, was sent to the last castle.
They will remain in the last castle and move them to the front line when reinforcements are coming, while also handling problems that arise in the last line.
Day 2 and 3 of the siege.
The siege was attempted twice, in the morning and afternoon.
The result was as successful as everyone expected.
The martial people, who were no better than primitive people except for their martial arts skills, were unaware that three castles had been taken away in one day, and were let down. As a result, a total of four castles were lost over two days.
However, during the second siege on the third day, several quick-moving warriors were lost.
Because of those guys, the Allied surprise attack would become known, so the advantage of the surprise attack was over.
Because of that, the guild leader had to bow to the leaders of the Allied Forces, including Jun.
In order to stop those who were running away like that, adventurers who were relatively less skilled, but good at chasing were placed on standby on the outskirts, but that was the result.
As the person in charge of the adventurers, it was right to apologize.
A normal coalition would have tried to lower its standing within the coalition by pushing out those who apologized in times like this, but fortunately the leadership of the coalition did not make that mistake.
After being convinced that it was possible, we discussed measures to prevent the same thing from happening again.
This was thanks to the fact that all the leadership knew that they should not waste time on such foolish things as trying to lower the other party’s position.
And in fact, the adventurers’ mistakes were very possible.
To control my condition, I didn’t go on a forced march like I did on the first day, but even so, I couldn’t avoid fatigue if I fought two sieges in one day.
This must have been especially true since the adventurers who were waiting on the outskirts had relatively low skills.
Day 4 of the siege.
As a result of the discussion, Jun and the allied forces decided to stop the siege for just one day and take a break to recover from fatigue.
Since the people in the Allied Forces were all people with a certain level of ability, they were able to greatly recover from their fatigue with just one day of rest.
And it wouldn’t have been known if the news of the Allied forces’ surprise attack hadn’t spread. Since it had already spread, a day’s rest wouldn’t have made much of a difference.
In this way, all the Allied Forces went to rest except for the few who were on guard duty, but unfortunately, June could not do so.
This is because he had to fulfill his role as a responsible person, such as going around the castles he had taken over for the past three days, taking care of unfinished business, and directly appearing in front of newly joined believers to show evidence of the existence of God.
To make matters worse, Jun had to have a bitter encounter with unexpected people.
People’s hearts cannot all be the same.
If there were people like Jun and his wives who wanted to destroy the labyrinth, there were definitely people who tried to preserve it.
Those who came to Jun when everyone else was working and not able to rest were those people.
Their occupations were diverse, including businessmen, merchants, politicians, and adventurers.
But there was only one thing they wanted to say to Jun.
Labyrinth – Please stop Moorim’s attack. Otherwise, not only they but countless others will lose their lives.
It was unpleasant, but not completely ridiculous.
It’s been hundreds of years since the labyrinth, an invasion route from another world, was created.
There was a lot of talk and a lot of trouble in the meantime, but now the labyrinth has fully established itself as a business item.
An adventurer who ventures into a labyrinth and finds valuable treasure.
A merchant who buys and collects found treasures or sells items needed for adventure.
An inn that makes money by providing meals and lodging to adventurers and merchants who are tired of adventure and commerce.
Many other occupations related to the labyrinth had no choice but to disappear as soon as the labyrinth disappeared.
Naturally, there will be many unemployed people.
But is it really right to leave the labyrinth alone?
Even if not now, it may one day regain its function as an invasion route and take the lives of countless people.
A difficult problem that I was aware of, but had been desperately ignoring.
As the challenge of conquering the labyrinth approached, the difficulty began to catch up with Jun.
No matter how much he thought about it, Jun could not find a suitable answer and eventually sent the visitors away with heavy silence.
Day 5 of the siege.
Jun, who couldn’t sleep at night due to heavy responsibility and heavy worries, headed to the castle that was the target of this siege with dark circles in his eyes.
However, that was only for a moment as Jun, who felt something while moving through space, hurriedly stopped moving and focused all his attention on the radar.
Thanks to you, I was able to notice.
There are many martial arts people gathered within the targeted castle. And that number is still increasing.
It seems that while the Allied Forces were resting for a day, Murim concentrated its power on the front line as much as possible.
Jun, who noticed him, thought for a moment and then turned around.
Not forward or backward, but to the side.
If the power was concentrated on the front line, the power at the rear would have been empty.
It was the best opportunity to rob an empty house.
However, it would not be easy to implement.
Unless you’re a fool, you wouldn’t have left the house empty.
In fact, the path to the ultimate reaches of the martial arts world was not easy even for Jun, who possessed the powers of divine power, space, and nothingness.
At the rear of the martial arts world, small statues filled with the power of martial arts gods were placed here and there, and at first glance, they looked like alarms and traps.
The moment the statue enters the detection range, the martial god and nearby martial people will be contacted, and the martial god’s trap will be activated.
Naturally, you will have to give up burglarizing empty houses.
Jun had no choice but to move while checking the detection range of each person through radar.
It was very natural to have to go around a mountain, and at times, I had to walk sideways like a crab through a detection range that could only be passed by standing sideways.
For the first time since I was reincarnated, I traveled a long distance using only my feet, and that took an entire day.
It wasn’t in vain.
Thanks to that,
Day 6 of the siege.
“Attack! Attack!”
“How are they here?”
Because we were able to safely attack the last castle of the martial arts group.
Whoa!
“Ah, my mother’s divine power. It looks like our team was successful again.”
“Yes. This time too, Sister Por crushed the head of the enemy castle lord and was the first to reach the statue.”
Bright God’s divine power began pouring down into the middle of the last castle in the martial world.
Iris, who was guarding Jun, realized that the team had won through that phenomenon, and Diana, who was also guarding Jun, taught the process in unnecessary detail.
One of Iris’s eyes was slightly distorted, as if she was imagining someone’s head being crushed by Fortuna’s hammer.
In the meantime, the owner of the castle completely changed, and the martial people and high-ranking figures of the martial world inside the castle began to be forcibly expelled from the castle one by one.
Jun, who was able to use his energy for other things thanks to the complete disappearance of the realm of the martial arts gods, hurriedly captured them before they escaped.
They were the ones who remained at the last line even in urgent situations.
Obviously, her value as a hostage would be very high. I couldn’t miss even one person.
The hostages captured in this way were confined not in the prison of Jun Castle, but in Dowonhyang.
Then Iris asked.
“Honey, why are you keeping hostages in there again? Surely not?”
“That’s true. “Today, we will attack one more castle.”
“Why? “We’ve already fought two siege wars.”
As Iris said, the Allied forces fought two sieges, including this one.
According to his actions up to now, he would have had to stop the siege and take care of the situation, but Jun was planning to fight the siege once more like the first day.
The reason the hostages were imprisoned in Dowonhyang rather than in the castle prison was so that they could leave immediately without wasting time.
“Why are you in such a hurry?”
“Of course, it’s to avoid getting sandwiched.”
