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Rei slowly looked at Spera.
Seeing that, Spera felt a bit like a pod of beans peeling off.
Spera shook her head at Rey, who showed an ugly appearance one after another, and suppressed her emotions.
Anyway, Rey was in trouble because of Spera’s party.
Spera, who was patient, told Brantley.
“Your great-grandfather invited that pony-like countryman to the mansion because he showed talent, wouldn’t it be useless to kill him right away?”
This was the best Spera could do.
Brantley grinned and answered Spera.
“Don’t worry. This isn’t the place to bleed.”
Having said that, Brantley ordered his men to take the prisoners away.
Brantley’s forces then marched rapidly to the Warpgate with the prisoners of war.
It was hard to keep up with the untrained people, but everyone kept their mouths shut and moved their legs.
There was no idiot who didn’t know that his neck would fly off if he fell behind.
Occasionally, there were knights who pushed the prisoners’ backs even though they were walking well in line.
Alesia, who had been targeted for some reason, was pushed forward while walking hard.
puck!
“Agok!”
As Alesia was about to fall, Rey quickly grabbed Alesia with her tied arms.
Alessia was dragged away by Rey, then re-balanced and grunted.
“It’s not very enjoyable to play like this…”
“It’s good to see you have the energy to joke around.”
“Um, my knight.”
Alesia looked around for a moment and then gently gave her neck strength.
“Isn’t it like this when you covet for power? Don’t look away from me from now on.”
“…well, I’ll be careful.”
Ray, meanwhile, was absurd that Alesia was thinking like that, but it was better than sagging, so she nodded her head roughly.
Alessia asked as she kept walking beside Rey.
“My knight, but why did our enemies keep us alive?”
Even to Alessia, the enemy did not necessarily need to keep Count Phillips and the others alive.
Of course, it is very dishonorable to cut down an enemy who has surrendered, but these damn things are traitors.
It was ridiculous to be at this level and to judge honor or anything.
Ray looked around and answered.
“The Warpgate is said to be in a mansion owned by the Frislan family. But they say it is a mansion, a kind of fortress.”
With the current enemy’s strength, the fortress would certainly be able to be captured.
However, from the enemy’s point of view, it was best to enter the fortress without being drawn in time as much as possible.
“So, they’ll threaten to open the fortress by pushing in the captive Spera. However, the probability that the defenders will immediately give up the fortress is low.”
“Um, that’s right.”
“If the defenders hold out, we’ll have to issue warnings and threats, but you can’t just kill Spera, the most important hostage, all the time.”
“…”
“So maybe… Wouldn’t it be possible to stop us first and then hit the necks to threaten the defenders? If you don’t keep the door open, the Sperado will look like this. In other words, we’re… like appetizers.”
“Well…”
Alesia, who understood the explanation well, was fading.
Rey grabbed Alesia before being pushed again, and looked at the enemy’s formation.
‘…not bad.’
Enemies watched the prisoners, and also dug among the prisoners to decapitate them when they acted suspiciously.
In this way, allies and prisoners were mixed, so it was difficult for the magicians on the other side to pour out magic with high firepower.
On the other hand, the enemy’s commanders gathered separately and were escorted by them.
It was much easier to hit with magic.
bum bum bum
Shortly after the march began, Brantley’s men and prisoners of war entered the city.
The murmur of the citizens grew louder, but all were ignored.
Finally, Brantley’s forces and prisoners arrived in front of the mansion owned by the Frislans.
It was a mansion only for horses, and it was more like a fortress built for defense.
Ray raised the tension as high as possible.
There is a high probability that the enemies will try to kill the prisoners here, so you had to prepare for battle.
‘If that happens…’
Once Luna launches her magic, she attacks the command center at once.
While the enemies are in chaos, Rey must use his leaping sword to push the enemies right next to the hostage.
After that, the elemental is used to retrieve supplies, and the non-combat personnel are quickly protected using the high spirit Kalga.
And if Rey breaks into the command line of the surviving enemies and delays time, the rearmed allies and the troops from the fortress will join them.
‘It’s not bad, it’s not bad…’
If the strategy worked out well, it would be better than fighting after being hit with all the firepower of the opponent prepared in advance in a one-sided siege situation.
However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you can win.
The power of the enemies was not formidable, and above all, the power of the demons wearing the name ‘Relief’ was not certain.
Even if it was a difficult victory, it was impossible to completely annihilate the enemy.
Rey wanted to fight inside the fortress whenever possible.
But it was unacceptable that the lives of the people of the Earl of Phillips would be sacrificed.
While Rey was ready to draw his sword.
There was a roar between Brantley’s side and the defenders guarding the fortress.
The content of the castle itself was obvious.
Open the door, shut up, be ashamed.
After several more castle visits, Brantley’s side prepared to torture or behead the prisoners in front of the walls.
“…”
Rey exchanged glances with Luna.
However, before Rey and Luna were able to do anything.
The gates of the walls surrounding the fortress opened.
“…?”
Rey was confused whether the commander protecting the fortress was quick to make a decision, or whether he had already anticipated the current situation.
Anyway, the commander of the fortress, Dillid Frieslan, quickly opened the gates.
It was a wise decision if there was no intention of giving up Spera’s life at all.
It was better to open it while it was fine, as it would take some time to watch Spera’s wrist fly off.
Brantley and his troopers entered the fortress.
The troops of the fortress, fully armed, radiated ferocious momentum. Most of them belonged to the Frislan family.
Delied Frieslan glared at Brantley and warned him.
“If you inflict a single scratch on Spera, we will all die together.”
Brantley grinned and turned her head.
The fort’s defenders began to besiege Brantley’s forces, but Brantley was still at ease.
Even if he fought like this, Brantley’s forces were enough to overwhelm the opponent.
Brantley sneered at Dillid as he entered the gigantic passage leading to the basement.
“Aren’t you going to follow me?”
“…the Frislan family will never forget today’s insult.”
The fort’s defenders followed Brantley into the basement.
*
The warp gate existed in the underground square.
The size of the underground plaza was great, and it was even wider than the width of the fortress seen from the outside.
A warp gate was located in the middle of the spirit vein that existed underground.
It was a fairly large device, but the entrance through which the settlement material could pass was rather small.
Brantley’s forces arrived at the Warpgate, and the fort’s defenders besieged them wide apart and prepared to surprise them.
Amidst the tension between each other, Dillid’s lieutenant asked Dilled.
“Is it okay if I hand over the Warpgate like this?”
“It takes a long time to get it to work without the imperial permission process. In the meantime, reinforcements will arrive, and the imperial family will do something.”
That was right.
The warp gate was not the most important strategic material, so it was not something that could be activated by just touching it.
Brantley also looked at Relief as he approached the Warpgate with a slightly questionable face this time.
If the operation of the warp gate was delayed, the operation itself had to be changed.
However, with the help of other wizards, Relief quickly began to activate the Warp Gate.
The wizards who had confirmed Relief’s skills in front of their eyes shed tears.
Brantley laughed, and the fort’s defenders were bewildered.
As time passed and the space around the Warpgate began to distort little by little, Relief kept her eyes off the Warpgate and reported to Brantley.
“It will take about 20 minutes to fully maneuver. It is difficult to take all the prisoners due to the instability of the forced maneuver.”
Unless they were important prisoners, they had to be released or dealt with.
Brantley laughed.
“Kill it.”
Brantley was about to see the blood while the defenders watched.
It was a clear insult and provocation towards the Frislan family.
At the sound of killing the prisoners, the defenders of the fortress were furious and excited, but did not actively respond to the situation.
What was important to them was Spera Frieslan, not the unheard of peasants.
Whether the worthless prisoners were decapitated or not, the confrontation seemed likely to remain the same.
But, at that moment, the sound of the wind passed through everyone’s ears.
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Nettle!
A sword was pulled out of the wagon where Brantley’s men had gathered cheap weapons confiscated from the prisoners.
The sword that flew through the air was sucked into Rey’s grasp.
“…!”
A cry for someone could be heard from among Brantley’s forces.
What did you do without properly checking the artifacts that had such a self-thrust function, that was roughly what it was.
Five knights guarding the prisoners surrounded Rey.
Rey was a boy who had not yet reached an adulthood, so Rei’s appearance was not enough to give tension to the opponent.
Only one boy unwrapped his arms and grabbed an artifact that didn’t suit him.
It wasn’t a big deal, and I was able to fix it right away.
Rey took a deep breath as she watched the knights approaching.
“Whew…”
Here is the crossroads of choice.
This very moment would determine the unity and division of the Empire.
Ray continued to ponder.
If Rey just concentrates on defending his people and stepping back, they might be able to use the Warpgate to reach the Marshal and divide the Empire.
A period of chaos and civil war could come.
“…”
But Rei decided not to choose that path.
It will be very difficult to face a global disaster with only a few heroes.
Therefore, Rey decided to prevent the division of the empire and choose a unified empire.
Humanity, united under the authority of the Empire, will support the hero and become the strength to overcome disaster. it had to be
‘please…’
Ray wished.
May this choice now be the way to save my people, not the world.
Rey, who prayed for herself, opened her mouth.
“Eridanus.”
“…”
Relief, who had been concentrating on the warp gate, stopped moving.
The name I used 600 years ago suddenly popped up, so no matter how clever the demons were, they could not completely hide their embarrassment.
Ray laughed for a moment.
The people of the Count of Phillips, the people of the Frislan family, and everyone guarding the fortress had to burn their lives to fight the ungodly.
Even if a person’s head exploded and the unheard of demon power swept in front of his nose, he had to make him jump into the battlefield with his sword.
However, incitement to embarrass the enemy and rally allies on the battlefield was not Rey’s specialty.
Rey was sorry for Lopilen’s absence, but since she couldn’t summon someone who wasn’t there, she opened her mouth.
“Eridanus, after 600 years, have you come out of the demon realm and are doing this kind of trick again?”
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Not everyone cared about Ray’s bullshit.
However, only ‘Relief’ temporarily stopped the movement of the gate leading to the southeast and locked it so that only him could operate it.
Rey took one step closer to Relief.
“600 years ago, the hero missed you, but I will not miss you.”
Rey’s voice echoed through the basement.
Most people thought Rey had gone mad.
The knights besieging Rey with a smile, thrust their swords towards Rey.
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No, I tried to pierce it… but it stopped moving after a while.
“…?”
A strange cold air flows down the ground and begins to encroach on the surroundings.
The trained six senses of the knights screamed and hardened their master’s body.
Among the faltering knights.
Rey’s momentum, which was amplified by the core and circle, spread out in all directions.
“Everyone, raise your sword.”
Ray read the phrases he had read in the children’s book.
In the fairy tale book, Harsia said this, leading the corps that lined up to the end of the horizon.
“This is an order. Raise your sword, and cut down the evil minions and traitors.”
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Neither the blue-eyed child nor the white-haired old man… knew what the next phrase would be.
“Fulfill your mission under the grace of His Majesty the Emperor. Prove that the first vow you made as a child on your knees was not a lie.”
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Now everyone was looking at Ray.
Everyone looked at Rey, vomiting disbelief and astonishment, and grabbed the weapon.
Ray looked at everyone’s eyes and smiled.
In the midst of a swell and heightened atmosphere as if it was about to explode.
“To the Empire.”
The divine sword, which was lost with the end of the myth 600 years ago, was pulled out of the distorted space.
“Glory .”
