Chapter 277 – Chapter 277 ― Like a Shotgun (6)
Episode 277 ― Like a shotgun (6)
A demon about twenty or so began to run while riding the demon beast. The direction is Merde.
Following the encirclement of the Demon Army, the command team became upset when faced with a detached corps of Demons approaching like a hurricane, dangerously like a stone on the water surface.
“In the woods?!”
“Defend the Command! Stein Spirit Knights, I will fulfill it!”
“All troops stand by! I will pass it on!”
At the cry of the marquis, the knights fixed their swords, and the flags and drums of the signalmen became noisy.
The complexion of the lords who did not have much fighting ability became pale.
“Who is that!”
“It appears to be the Central Knights of Evirgio, the flag in the middle is the first I’ve seen!”
The golden wyvern pattern was the flag of the Central Knights of Evirgio, which the Marquis hated, but the jet-black and fancy-patterned flag seen in the middle was something he had never seen on the battlefield.
The formation is in the form of the twenty members of the Central Knights covering the four in the middle…
“No way, Demon King…”
Marquis Stein’s murmur made the commanding department quiet for an instant. It was a response to the eerieness of the word demon king.
Everyone in this place knew the story that demons, unlike humans, are stronger the higher they rank, and that the demon king is the pinnacle of them. Not only the lords, but also the escort knights who had to protect them, tensed up his entire body.
I heard that the central knights are a unit that protects the imperial castle and the capital.
So far, the demon king has never appeared, but if the one in the middle wearing black armor is the demon king…
Only then did the command vaguely understand why the soldiers who passed by on the way to the detached unit had no choice but to collapse. He probably couldn’t stand his fighting spirit. It was a common occurrence for ordinary people who met excellent articles.
‘It’s absurdly bold.’
Even in the midst of this, Marquis Stein let out a laugh. It was because the current situation was absurd, and in addition, I was a little amazed at the enemy’s movements.
If that is really the demon king, the war will end if only the authors are defeated.
It was an unavoidable proposition.
What if he and his command team get away?
Allies fall into confusion. Soon, unit commanders deployed in the front will accept the movement as a retreat order.
What if soldiers in the rear, out of encirclement, move to block them, or to cut off their rear?
Naturally, Evirgio-kun wouldn’t let go either. Even with the current formation, everyone’s survival cannot be guaranteed. Especially now that contact with the knights who had been separated in the forest had been cut off. If the formation collapses, 5,000 soldiers will be trampled like a sand castle.
‘How can you go without a trace…’
His wrinkled hands squeezed the reins.
The Marquis was convinced that the demons had a hand in the knights in the forest.
The movement of the demons was shouting like this.
Although we are superior in numbers,
Show mercy
If only the command center collapses, I’ll spare the soldiers.
Receive our blades.
It was a proposal from Jingeomseungbu.
The old knight’s eyes flashed with compassion and determination.
“Stop the arrogant ones! I’m trying to break through the rear with only that detached unit, the Knights! Wake up!”
Marquis Stein’s shout struck the knights like a whip.
The knights of the escort took their positions in the arrangements they had planned, but did not really think they would do.
Some of the knights pulled the strings of the great bows they had prepared. The bowstring screamed and pulled as far as it could, and several arrows began to fly towards Roan like the wind.
Those who were deployed to the rear, so luckily they didn’t face the demon soldiers right in front of them, found an arrow flying from the command center.
The soldiers who saw the direction the arrow was flying were horrified. It was because twenty or so Demonic Beasts were running furiously. Only then did they realize why the stand-by order had been issued.
“Are you coming here?”
“Isn’t it the messenger of the demons?”
“What are you going to do with those numbers?”
“Where are you from? Maybe in the forest?”
“Wake up, you idiots! Stop whispering!”
The soldiers forgot the military discipline and started to chatter. The unit commanders tried to catch them, but the humans panicked when they saw the detached unit running towards them at insane speed.
It was because they were the only ones with unbelievable speed on the plain where everything stopped.
When they approached, I prayed that they would not be directed at them, that they would pass by them and pass somewhere.
And the moment the witch beast carrying Roan and his party passed by, they realized that the thought was a very mild wind.
“… ?!”
Like grains blown by a strong wind, human soldiers grabbed their necks, or even their hearts, swallowed empty breaths and knelt down.
“What?”
“Wake up, wake up!”
The soldiers, relatively stationed inside, did not understand why the people outside suddenly collapsed.
As if an invisible blade was wrapped around it, every time Roan ran his demon beast, the people around him collapsed helplessly.
[Message: The level of one skill has risen!]
[Message: Skills with changes are as follows.
— Overwhelm Lv2]
“Range is wider!”
Helen, who was watching the reaction of the humans on top of the running beast, shouted.
Neither Helen nor anyone else running around, including Roan, could feel Roan’s skills. However, the effect was clearly visible.
Even after ‘Abdo’ had grown once, Roan steadily suppressed his skills. Sometimes he only deliberately released an insignificant amount at a meeting beforehand. So even Roan didn’t know how far the range of the uncontrolled ‘overwhelm’ skill reached.
“Looks like you’ve grown up in the meantime.”
It is not easy to keep your balance on top of Kerr, where you are constantly gasping for breath. The words were shaken and cut off, but communication was still possible.
While the human and demon armies watched the wedge-shaped riders in awe, Turko, who was leading the squadron at the front, raised his halberd.
“Coming!”
The command of the Merde Army is in sight.
The knights escort of the lords stood in front of him.
In the distance, a small group of cavalrymen behind Merde’s infantry could see Roan’s figure and bewildered.
‘Looks like he understood the threat.’
As Grünent said, Marquis Stein was a man who could understand words. He must have understood Roan’s message that if you move the soldiers rashly, everyone will die.
The cavalry must have listened to the commander’s orders, and it was clear that they were still wandering about whether they should be staring at Roan and the detached force as they stormed into the rear.
Roan narrowed his eyes. It was difficult to gauge how much ‘Overwhelm’ would be able to block the knights. In the meantime, the arrows fired by the escort knights began to fly towards us.
“It’s nothing like this!”
The arrow that flew with a sharp ping sound hit the invisible membrane and bounced off.
Urutellia glanced at Aina’s cry with resentment. It was because she couldn’t verbally reprimand her to be quiet as she kept reciting the incantation of her shield with her mouth.
The number of arrows gradually increased. A sharp sound like a whistle passed my ears, then hit the invisible membrane and made a sharp crashing sound.
The size of the shield was large enough to cover the entire detached unit, but the more arrows there were, the higher the pressure applied.
Yurteria frowned, and Helen also drew her sword. Aina, who saw several knights raise their weapons to slash the arrows, stood on top of the beast.
“Aina-sama!”
Helen screamed, but Aina magically maintained her balance even on the violently moving Demon Beast, and she fired her magic in the direction the arrow was flying.
“You can’t blow Kerr’s head off!”
“You are crazy!”
An exclamation burst out in front of Roan. It was admiration that I unknowingly uttered as I watched Turko, who couldn’t look back, and the knights who were shooting arrows fly away with the sound of an explosion.
And in the meantime, the knights in the front row who rode out from the command post were holding spears and swords.
The moment they and Roan came within a distance where they could see each other’s faces, chaos began.
The words that were subdued by ‘overwhelm’ were entangled.
Some of the knights lost their minds and fell off their horses. Some resisted the ‘overwhelm’ and rose to their feet and charged Roan. However, there were no humans or horses that could move their bodies as usual.
The enemy general had no intention of giving them time to escape, so Turko pulled the reins and tried to bypass the knights. As the emperor said, speed was important to them.
And Roan, who had been waiting for the right time, finally stretched out his hand toward the sky.
It was as if they were desperately seeking something from God directly, and the knights who ran behind Roan held their breath.
“A falling star.”
Light began to fall from the frowning sky.
The first light was like a snowflake.
From the sky, one by one, the lumps of light that fell around Roan began to grow rapidly.
It was a very foreign sight to see light like fluffy fluttering between the black flags of the demon king.
“… Ah.”
Helen let out a sigh and lifted the helmet’s visor over the running beast.
The Goddess is watching this fight,
Helen was convinced by this light.
It was clear that she would soon run into Merde’s knights, but Helen didn’t care. Neither Yurtellia nor Aina, she said nothing with emotion.
As long as the light reaches,
We will not be defeated
The twenty demonic knights who rode in front of and behind Roan let out a big breath.
I didn’t know much about the goddess or divine magic, but the holy power felt from that light was kind and warm for some reason, and the knights felt energized.
As if erasing the messy background spread out in front of me one by one, the light fell while filling the cloudy sky.
“Goddess, give us the strength to do as you have given us.”
Helen’s trembling voice was low, but strangely, she could hear it well, even to the Demon Knight standing at the far end of her ranks.
He didn’t believe in the religions that humans believe in, but for the moment, she thought Helen that her chanting was very comfortable and suited the spectacle.
Along with the light that followed, Helen’s holy power resonated and spread. It was the power of divine magic that boosted her physical abilities.
The monsters and demons shrank for a moment, but the sensation they felt was a slight prick of unfamiliarity. It was because he had already experienced the blessings of Roan.
Soon, Roan’s starlight exceeded the range of ‘overwhelming’ and fell on Merde’s knights. The knights who rushed to stop the detached squadron hesitated for a moment at the magic they had never seen before, but at the familiar energy they felt.
Everyone on the battlefield held their breath.
It was beautiful and strange.
“… Could it be divine magic?”
“Goddess.”
Seeing the white light scattering around the rushing Witchbeasts, the first ones to kneel were the priests who were standing in the back, keeping their distance even from the lords.
They were volunteers for the treatment of soldiers.
At the rear, where the supply corps and priests were located, I couldn’t see what caused the commotion, but I could clearly feel the white light fluttering in the air and the holy power spreading like ripples from it.
Never imagined,
However, it was a holy figure like a painting.
Some of the priests knelt down, put their heads to the ground, and wept.
“… Does not make sense…”
Sparks flew in the marquis’ eyes.
The sacredness I felt was certainly similar to what I felt in the church, but I never thought that demons would use holy magic.
‘Is it a saint?’
She knew that even the saintess had gone to Evir Geo and had no news of her. But there were rumors that she was back in Sprouse, was it just a rumor?
That level of holy magic could only be performed by a saint.
Some of the priests waiting in the command center were crying and trying to pray, but the knights chased them away with grim faces. Even if it wasn’t, it was a messy commanding department.
“Marquis, it would be better if you back off while we block.”
The captain of the Stein Spirit’s knights urgently said.
The Marquis was in trouble. Normally, he wouldn’t have bothered.
