Chapter 18: The Crisis of Crow Fortress (2) (2/2)

“Let’s send these Republican dogs straight to hell!”

The ed Milton would have been awestruck if he was here Nelson’s special traits of Unity and Fortify were on display at the same time

Unity LV7: Coerous situation Able to cope well against situations like aht attacks

Fortify LV8: When defending a fort, increase the morale of ally troops and increase your ability to command

Not only were these two traits applicable to the present situation, but their levels were as high as 7 and 8 The soldiers fought inebriated with a new fervor that they themselves did not know the source of Due to this, the enean to waver a little

“How coht I say I expected no less from the White Crow?”

Frederic was ad up The White Croas a nickna served at the Western Front for so long, Nelson was aallies

‘That makes this fort all the norestuck in a loooat, Frederic was eager for a battlefield et away as he knocked down Crow Fortress

“Divide the troops into three groups and start attacking in rotations”

“Yes, Captain”

“There’s no need to press them fiercely Just ensure that the ene to the conclusion that the fortress would not fall any tiuarantee their victory Presently, his ene beyond their means No matter how much their morale had increased, all hue of superior numbers, Frederic intended to attack the enemy in waves so they could not rest

“Let’s see how long you can last, White Crow”

As the ene in waves, Nelson also promptly split his forces Out of the 300 troops, 50 at a time were to withdraw and take a co is also part of warfare Anythis time will be summarily punished!”

Nelson issued thisthem to sleep when the din of war reached their ears was no sis would not last if they did not at rest like this at least This was because the troops needed to fight incessantly for 20 hours once their allocated resting ti can we hold out like this?’

Nelson ell aware that he had applied all the best countermeasures he could in his shoes More precisely, he kneell that the ally troops’ endurance could not hold up the longer the battle went on Although they may have survived the first day some way or another, the allied troops looked considerably an reaching their physical limits But every time a critical moment appeared, Nelson’s leadershi+p as a co back and forth along the rahting to his uth to boost the defenders’ ive up! We will not hand our fort over to the Republican dogs!”

“Uooooooh!”

“Follow the Count’s lead!”

“Slaughter all these Republicanwith pure grit and spirit rather than stamina In actuality, Nelson only felt like a cruel truth was creeping closer and closer as he watched his forces overexert themselves

‘We can’t win We can’t win at this rate’

There was no way they could sustain this battle while squeezing out every last drop in them to the absolute limits Nelson was all too aware

And then on the third day… The thing they feared most happened at last

Crack… crrrrrack!</e The wall had finally reached the end of its durability after two days of endless battering all over the place

“It’s collapsing!”

“Keep ra at it!”

“OOOOOOOOH!”

Ka-thump!

A spot in the rah that spot, the soldiers of the Republic rushed in like a broken dam The first person the Republican troops faced as they rushed in was…

“How dare you step foot in here!”

With a thunderous roar, Nelson side him

“Kuhk!”

The frontmost man to enter the fort lost his life to Nelson’s blade

Nelson had served up his whole life in the Western Front Although he had become distanced from a successful career path, his one pride was that he had steadfastly protected this frontier all this ti stepped on At thisturned to ashes and bloere relit

“Only over le one of you be allowed inside!”

And at that second…

from Nelson’s blade

“C-Count!”

Kerber, having followed Nelson to protect his back, was in for a shock

Having stayed at the highest level of an ordinary User until now, Nelson reached the Expert level in this er This was outside expectations for Nelson himself

Well over 20 years had already passed since his swords that he was just not cut out to be an Expert As such, he had no idea that he would overcome this wall after all this ti, since today could very well becoo out with a show!” With a boisterous laugh, Nelson began fighting valiantly His fororous knight thirty years younger