Chapter 121 - Chapter 20: Blitz #4 (1/2)

Chapter 121 – Chapter 20: Blitz #4

Despite it being a few hours since the battle ended, Diotima, the lamia and leader of the fifth base, still felt feverish.

The fifth base had been on the verge of being taken. Half of the gate had been broken, and there had been areas on the wall which had been penetrated.

Due to struggling greatly against the barbarians, they had been able to hold on for three days. However, that had been their limit. The only thing left in their future had been to either die at the hands of the barbarians or take down more barbarians before dying.

Then a white glow poured down from the sky. The explosion had been deafening, and Diotima had closed her eyes reflexively.

When she opened them again, Diotama had found herself looking at the back of a king with a white aura around him.

He was the 9th Prince.

However, he wasn’t a king; he was still a boy. Diotima had heard rumours about the 9th Prince, who had been called the Prince of Scraps just a few years ago.

Even so, she had no choice but to think of him as a king. His appearance made her think so.

Like the rest of the Evian troops, Diotima was a soldier. She had seen many rough things in Evian where outlaws dominated. It wasn’t loyalty to the demon king but the monthly salary that made her stay at the fifth base. However, she had stayed with the fifth base until the end, so she wouldn’t accept surrendering to the barbarians.

Despite that, Diotima felt something in her heart the moment she saw the back of the 9th Prince.

It would be fair to say that her heart had been captured. However, it wasn’t strange that she had been conquered.

Diotima had made a decision the moment the 9th Prince destroyed the enemies in the vicinity and turned around to hold out a hand to her.

She would follow this person; this person was her king.

It was somewhat embarrassing for a woman her age to be filled with such enthusiasm. However, it couldn’t be helped as such feelings had ignited in her heart.

After 9th Prince’s appearance, the 8th Princess, the lycanthropes and the dark elves had broken through the barbarians. She had seen the faces of Caligula of the seventh base and Rothov of the sixth base, who had come here as well. When she had asked why they were here, the two of them laughed and gave the same answer.

“King… No, we followed the prince.”

Diotima understood their words as they all shared the same feelings.

Of course, she then asked about the seventh and sixth base and was skeptical about the fact that they ran to this place.

Certainly, Diotima could never have imagined it. Anyway, thanks to that, Diotima and the fifth base had been saved.

Although she had fought for three days and nights, sleep didn’t come very easily. The fever blooming in her heart overwhelmed the fatigue that had accumulated for three days. Even now, she could see the white flag flickering in the wind when she closed her eyes.

Diotima forced herself to lie down and sleep. However, she couldn’t help letting out a sigh of admiration as she recalled the appearance of 9th Prince’s back in battle today.

9th Prince…

Evian’s saviour, who had rescued three bases in just three days.

She may have witnessed a legendary moment.

A shy smile appeared on Diotima’s face.

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While Diotima and the other soldiers from each base were building up fantasies about In-gong, his group was scattered around their accommodations with fatigued faces.

It was natural. They’d had to run around wildly, time and time again. Additionally, they’d had to participate in three big battles. It would be strange if they weren’t exhausted.

As soon as the battle was over, Carack set up several large tents obtained from the warehouse of the fifth base. There were plenty of supplies in the warehouse, so In-gong kept everything in his inventory except for the things that were absolutely necessary.

It was somewhat awkward to set up a tent in a room, but it didn’t seem so strange anymore since this was the third time.

Among the three tents, the largest one was where everybody was gathered.

Caitlin, the most lucid one among them, spoke with a bright smile,

“Shutra is awesome.”

He had actually secured three bases in three days. Moreover, he hadn’t simply secured them. Caitlin knew that the soldiers of the three bases felt sincere respect and gratitude towards him. The mixed forces of the lycanthropes and dark elves now took In-gong as their leader.

They had been running constantly for three days, and whenever Caitlin looked at In-gong’s back, she felt a thrill. She felt like she should always follow him.

Felicia smiled at Caitlin’s admiring words. After Caitlin, who was sitting on a chair, spoke, Felicia collapsed onto a leather rug and spoke in a voice like she was dying,

“Too much. Shutra, are you trying to kill me?”

Her voice was playful, so there didn’t seem to be any resentment.

In-gong made a very apologetic face from beside her.

“Sorry.”

The one who was probably the worst off was Felicia. She had squeezed all her magic into recovery and almost fainted everyday from being so drained. However, it had been inevitable since their rush had been wild and reckless.

Unlike In-gong and Caitlin, she wasn’t a warrior. In addition to the physical fatigue, the mental fatigue was severe as well.

“Hurts… My legs are sore…”

Felicia whined as she felt the pain through her whole body, and In-gong looked at Felicia with uncomfortable eyes.

“Sorry, just a little bit more.”

He wanted to tell her to take a rest, but unfortunately, he couldn’t as Felicia was indispensable when it came to strategy and magic.

“Shutra is too much.”

Felicia whined again. Unlike Felicia, Caitlin was her usual self. She was the most energetic person in the group.

“Anyway… let’s talk about the future. …6th Princess should get up. You need to maintain your dignity as a princess.”

Alita helped raise Felicia up. Felicia moved until her body was half lying on a cushion. Then Alita eventually gave up and sat down next to Felicia.

Kaparang pretended not to notice Felicia and Alita, and said to In-gong,

“9th Prince, the number of troops have increased considerably with the addition of the fifth base. There were three consecutive wins, so the morale is extremely high. It is also encouraging that we have lost few troops in the meantime.”

The 400 troops at the beginning had now reached approximately 2,300.

In addition to the troops which were added today from the fifth base, there were 400 people stationed at the seventh base and 600 people at the sixth base.

There were some casualties among the soldiers of each base, but the first 400 reinforcements didn’t have any losses, proving they were elites.

It was really great considering that the 400 elites had participated in all three battles.

The winning streak meant it was inevitable that morale was high. Moreover, in all three battles, they had saved allied despairing soldiers, so the sense of accomplishment among the soldiers was very high.

Despite the fact that the leaders were tired, this was the best condition they could be in.

Carack asked In-gong,

“Prince, the third and fourth bases are in different locations and have different situations. What do you want to do?”

There were two reasons for In-gong to advance to the sixth and seventh bases.

One was that the bases were in an emergency situation and about to be occupied. The other reason was to avoid isolating General Vandal and allowing him to be defeated by the barbarians once his supply lines were cut off.

The locations of the third and fourth Evian bases were scattered, so they couldn’t be saved in the same way. Moreover, the fourth base had already fallen.

They had accumulated a considerable amount of fatigue by advancing straight to the fifth base.

In-gong organized things in his head and said,

“We will wait at the fifth base. Tomorrow will be a day for the soldiers to rest and for the captured barbarians to be interrogated… We will gather information about those scattered around Evian.”

Nayatra was already questioning the barbarian prisoners as she had special methods to get information from prisoners. Moreover, she had been in charge of interrogation in Knight Saga as well.

“Well, it is reasonable.”

Carack nodded, while Felicia was relieved they wouldn’t be moving tomorrow.

Kaparang spoke again,

“Three days have passed since the emergency situation emerged in Evian, and the Demon King’s Palace should be planning for additional reinforcements. If it is General Vandal, we won’t have to hurry for a while.”

The situation had changed thanks to the three consecutive victories. Once again, it was a truly huge achievement.

‘Reinforcements from the Demon King’s Palace.’

The situation with the barbarians was completely different from the Red Lightning Tribe’s rebellion. The Demon King’s Palace wouldn’t spare their support for something like this.

In-gong closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

He compared the reality current right to the barbarian uprising in Knight Saga.

In Knight Saga, the barbarian king had the Dragon King’s Golden Helmet. As a result, he had been able to unite the barbarians beyond the boundary and formed an unprecedentedly huge army of barbarians.

However, at present, the barbarian king didn’t have the Dragon King’s Golden Helmet.

So, how could he have the strength to gather the barbarians?