Vololume 17 Chapter 3 Part 1 (2/2)
“How long will it take to reach the destination?”
“It’s about three hours till the ite to set a teleport spot there, then head to the 1st fort They should have been inforht have started retreating already In that case, we’ll arrive earlier”
Raig said that it would take the troops 2 days before leaving the fort, but that included the time necessary to prepare food supplies and equiph supplies and gear to h to make preparations
The only other factor was how much time they could buy before the ht?”
“If the monsters moved exactly as the report said, yeah”
Tiera orried, but shi+n chose not to be optimistic
Most of the information in the reports they recently received was about the large monster horde
The 1st and 2nd forts were the closest ones to thepoint, but they couldn’t focus on only those two spots
While thedeeper into the continent, not all of them acted in the same way
Maybe because of their lower intellect, sos instead
Some monsters also formed packs, so there was the chance they attacked people or settle their advance They couldn’t rule out the possibility that suchhad warned them about this before they left to rescue the soldiers He decided to tell theeable about Kilht not know about it
After about three hours of flight, they spotted the silhouettes of what see troops
“Looks like the iteht I can feel several strong round”
shi+n too detected large globes of round at fixed intervals
Maybe because he knew the items’ structure in detail, he could tell that they were properly connected by threads of ic
“Okay, let’s make sure they don’tthe wyvern, took out the i
All the Kilency co on top of that, there shouldn’t be any risk that they would be mistaken for monsters
“We have come to secure a teleportation location to assist the withdrawal of troops from the 1st and 2nd fort Have you received co?”
“Yes, we have Based on the number of troops, I believe an area about one ke What do you think?”
The field commander checked shi+n and the others’ names and identities, then made this proposal He said the distance to be one ke from the center, it was actually closer
If it was too far away they could have trouble dealing with sudden developments, but the wasteland had little obstacles and offered a clear field of view They could notice any changes immediately
The field co the troops too close to the wall building points ht cause accidents
“We will head to the 1st fort i the teleportation point Please continue your operations”
“Leave it to us The safety of many of our compatriots depends on this mission We shall carry it out perfectly”
The field co his right first over his solar plexus, then returned to his work
shi+n and the others did as they said: after setting the teleportation point, they soared back into the sky on the wyvern, heading towards the 1st fort
It took them about 30 minutes: as the map and detection skills already told them, there was no one to be found there
“Looks like they left already A lot sooner than ere told, though”
Even if they started their preparations ies were sent, after the council in the royal capital, not even half a day had passed yet Raig had said that even if they had to abandon the fort it would have taken so unexpected happened
Even if unforeseen trouble struck in the 1st or 2nd forts, however, they were supposed to be contacted immediately
Since there was no such couessed they either left ahead of schedule or had to leave immediately for a specific reason
“There are tracks of the troops’ retreat It doesn’t look like they were attacked by monsters, more like they left in a hurry They shouldn’t be too far”
The troops had clearly used the same arts used by the Church Warband to reat, however, and shi+n’s party could
After about five s with detection skills, they found a cluster of soldier presences and other presences scattered here and there
“Thanks to their experience fighting on the frontlines, the coment ift, I suppose Their movements are coordinated very well”
From above it was easy to see that the troops ic, as expected: they could ht their her than the Church Warband Theyskills, not arts, to boost their physical abilities Since they were fighting in dangerous frontlines, their abilities had to be higher as well
“Even so, there are things you can’t avoid”
shi+n looked towards a group of presences that repeatedly went closer, then away, then closer again to the 1st fort troops
As Raig had warned shi+n, a group of roa the troops
The soldiers were prioritizing their advance, so they did not stop to fight the monsters
Some of the monsters that did not attack the soldiers left the pack, without paying too ed there was no point in engaging theo take down the o help the soldiers fighting against the uy so that Tiera can shoot more easily”
“Kuu, leave it to me!”
“Eh!? What!?”
shi+n entrusted the reins to Yuzuha, now in huh the wind, shi+n activated a ic power appeared in his hands
shi+n used 【Flying Shadow】 to regain an upright stance, then aihtning-type Magic Skill 【Giant Spark】
shi+n launched one fist-sized globe of electricity for each pack of e once they hit the center of the pack, engulfing it fully in a lightning storm
After the skill subsided, only charred corpses reed in battle with the soldiers or too close to them were thus quickly extere
“What power is that…!?”
“All troops, be alert! Where did the attack come from?”
“Captain! I-it came from the sky!”
The soldiers tre annihilated one by one
One of the soldiers pointed to the sky and shouted
The soldier riding on the roup looked upwards too
shi+n landed right next to this soldier on horseback and started running along him
“Sir, I assume you are the commander of the 1st fort troops I have come from the 9th fort to assist your retreat, my name is shi+n Are the soldiers here with you your whole division?”
Judging froht the man on horseback was the commander and talked to hi surprised all the surrounding soldiers, so it took a few seconds before the man replied
“…Yes, I am commander Gunoit We have indeed heard that they sent a wyvern as eency reinforcements Let us talk more once we have repelled the e pack while retreating, and our numbers make it difficult to lose them”
“Let us deal with them first, then Have you heard the details about your transportation?”
“Yes, I did find it hard to believe, but if Sir Raig says so, I have no choice Are there any additional orders?”
They were still under attack, so Gunoit wanted to deal with theonly targeted monsters
shi+n too knew that it would be difficult to transport the about details
“Nothing in particular It would be better for you to be still for the transportation to work, so let us deal with theus, we can proceed with the transportation irown irritated with the persistence of those beasts too All troops, stop where you are! Prioritize defeating the ic tool to communicate: even the soldiers too far to hear hiht the monsters
The soldiers were probably as fed up as Gunoit with thefrom the spots with a lower concentration of monsters, the soldiers blew them aith their shi+elds or pierced the was rather wild for imperial soldiers, but they positioned the they were indeed battle veterans
“Ah,the monsters from the sky, so please don’t attack that”
“I shall inforly”
shi+n nodded as Gunoit shouted the order to his troops, then leaped in the air
He ju Shadow】, then headed towards a pack of monsters too close to use 【Giant Spark】
The soldiers could take down sroups
Most ed ani a hit-and-run strategy, switching places with other monsters every time, possibly due to their instincts
The soldiers did not risk going to the spots where shi+n went, consistently culling the monsters’ numbers instead
shi+n jumped over the soldiers’ heads as they deftly defended thes, sometimes with their shi+elds, sometimes with their weapons and armor
Since the soldiers were on the defensive, shi+n assuressive He landed between them, without a sound, then flashed his 『Kakura』
The monsters probably did not even notice that an enemy had landed behind them Before they did, they had already dissolved into blood and smoke
Before their severed heads or torsos fell to the ground, shi+n swung 『Kakura』 again
All e were torn to shreds
Most monsters were under level 200, so he could easily cut down their nu skills
shi+n performed his attacks in directions where there were no soldiers, to prevent the shockwaves fro them
“I’ve finished off the monsters in the back! The ones in the front are the only ones re!!”
shi+n shouted to the surprised soldiers
They were having a difficult tiy too, but especially because of their nued to wound the monsters, new ones soon took their place The soldiers couldn’t run at full speed either, so they couldn’t outrun the radually whittled away
Since they were veterans that fought against the floods on the frontlines, monsters around level 200 were no match for them
They stayed on the defensive because they couldn’t see how many monsters in the back rows had been defeated by shi+n
The greatest threat of the one, and the monsters themselves were shaken by shi+n’s appearance, so there was no need to fight defensively anymore The soldiers in this area too started proactively exter the monsters