Chapter 120 - Chapter 20: Blitz #3 (1/2)

Chapter 120 - Chapter 20: Blitz #3

Evian was a land of little interest to the Demon King’s Palace. Despite the military value of protecting the limit line, the land was worthless. In spite of this, a considerable amount of military forces had to be stationed here.

There were several bases in Evian, and each base had thousands of soldiers for the purpose of defense.

The seventh base, which could be called Takar’s last base, served as the emergency dispatch role due to its proximity to Takar, a trade city. Eventually, it was a base that played the role of the supplies distribution point, rather than defense. Therefore, the seventh base was the most non-military base among all of Evian’s bases. Apart from the barbarians beyond the limit line, there were also outlaws around Evian.

However, that was now in the past.

The defenders of the seventh base looked east with horrible expressions. A barbarian army was visible beyond the not-so-high walls. At a rough estimate, their numbers went beyond 1,500 enemies.

On the other hand, there were approximately only 400 troops stationed at the seventh base.

Even if they had the defensive advantage of the walls, the attacking side had more than triple the number of defenders. Considering the low walls of the seventh base, it would be a dire circumstance even if the number of troops was doubled.

The lizardman, Caligula, leader of the seventh base, recalled his hometown in the swamps. He remembered the faces of his family members who had told him he would succeed when he left home.

Two days ago, he had been informed that the barbarians had struck the fifth and sixth bases. He hadn’t thought the enemy would appear so quickly. The fifth and sixth bases were in front of the seventh base. The two bases hadn’t collapsed yet, so he hadn’t thought that the seventh base would be attacked.

However, the barbarians had come up with the unexpected tactic of striking the bases simultaneously.

It was the result of the barbarians’ maneuverability and the strange tactic of attacking some bases while ignoring others.

Thanks to this, the barbarian army continued on while split up. However, their numbers had probably been huge in the beginning.

Caligula closed his eyes. He wouldn’t surrender even when the opponents were the savage barbarians. If he wanted to run away, then he would’ve done so already. Now, he would fight to the death.

The defenders of the base looked at Caligula with uneasy expressions. Instead of squatting behind the wall, Caligula picked up a big knife he had brought with him from the swamps.

“Let’s fight to the death. We have to earn the wages that we were paid.”

Some laughed, some faces became darker, while others glared down at the enemy with fierce expressions. Barak the orc, the second highest ranking soldier after Caligula, responded with the same smile.

“How much do you get paid?”

“It is still more than you.”

Caligula responded before taking a deep breath as he looked ahead of him. The barbarians were all using Body Hardening.

Caligula no longer had any regrets. He raised his sword high along with Barak.

The barbarians rushed forward.

The battle began.

&

“It is starting.”

In-gong said while sharing Green Wind’s gaze from the sky.

400 troops were gathered behind a hill not far from the seventh base and restoring their breathing.

“This is good.”

Carack spoke from In-gong’s other side. They arrived around 30 minutes before the battle and had mostly recovered, so the timing was just right.

In-gong and the 400 troops hadn’t run all night. There was no point arriving at the base if their stamina was empty.

In-gong had maximized the speed by looking at the mini-map to navigate. They had stopped briefly to eat or sleep. Of course, it hadn’t been a proper meal and sleep, so everyone was exhausted by the time they arrived at the bottom of the hill. Their fatigue couldn’t be eliminated after only 30 minutes of rest.

However, it was possible with magic. The 400 troops were able to survive the high speed rush due to the magic. So, everyone was in good shape.

On the other hand, Daphne and Felicia were on the verge of fainting in the middle of the 400 troops. It was because both of them had poured out various recovery magic.

“Shutra… too… much.”

Felicia imitated Caitlin with a dying expression. Of course, she wasn’t really resentful. In-gong hadn’t forced Felicia to keep using recovery magic. Felicia had done it because of her duty as a princess. The present joke was just to reassure the others.

Apart from Amita, who was waving their tail from Daphne’s arms, and some warriors who were left behind to care for Felicia and Daphne, all of the other troops were ready to run again.

The seventh base was still quite a distance away. However, the barbarians would never have thought that troops would have arrived during the night.

“We are going.”

In-gong told Felicia, who responded by raising a limp arm.

In-gong stopped sharing his gaze with Green Wind, then he grabbed Maybach’s reins and used Conquest Coat of Arms once again. He looked before him and shouted,

“Let’s go! Faster than the wind!”

“Faster than the wind!”

“Faster than the wind!”

400 troops shouted. Once again, they ran behind In-gong under the King’s Flag.

&

It was a white line drawn on a map.

Caligula pounded on the chest of a barbarian soldier who was stepping on the shoulders of his fellow soldier in order to climb the wall. It was already impossible to give any proper commands.

The arrows, stones and oil pouring onto the soldiers rushing toward the wall seemed to finish in the blink of an eye. It was best to fight using the height difference of the walls.

Their swords didn’t work well against the barbarians who had their bodies hardened. Caligula could barely break the shells, so it was obvious that the swords of general soldiers would just bounce back.

Fortunately, there was only a small number of barbarians who had learned Body Hardening to that level. If there were more of them, the base would have fallen in an instant.

Caligula gasped and lifted his sword again. Beside Caligula, Barak gave a loud cry. There were no proper words, but Caligula understood his meaning.

‘Look that way.’

Caligula turned his head and saw a white light. It was moving quickly and towards the barbarians over here. It was like a white line drawn on a map.

Caligula couldn’t immediately understand what it was. This was also true for the barbarians. The barbarians, who were trying to climb the walls, looked at the white light with blank faces. Both sides had realized it too late.

The barbarians and guards on the walls screamed.

The people approaching weren’t barbarians. The dracos, which were rushing like crazy, were obviously allies of the guards! However, where had they come from? There were dark elves and lycanthropes together, so who was leading them?

Caligula couldn’t think. The important thing was that reinforcements had arrived. There was no time to think about it. It wasn’t just Caligula; there were also Barak and the other soldiers on the walls.

From the approaching group, a whirlwind of white light rose into the sky. The light streaking across diagonally in the sky caught everyone’s eyes. The soldiers on the walls as well as the barbarians looked up at the sky.

There was a huge flag of light being held in a hand. A dark blue cloth fluttered in the wind… And a white light surrounded the whole body.

However, that wasn’t all. There was something else that caught the attention of everyone, including Caligula. It was the right hand soaring high in the sky.