Chapter 33: Territory War (3) (1/2)
Chapter 33: Territory War (3)
‘This will all be over if we capture Count Rosscaiz’</e out wave after wave of troops that blocked his path, Milton charged unstoppably to claim the head of his enemy
“St-stop him!”
Count Rosscaiz frantically issued an order to impede Milton’s advance, but the situation had already taken a turn for the worst
The scales had begun tipping fro net failed The consequences of this had extended beyond the mere failure of a plan and rendered their for Milton to traet to hi havoc all over the enemy lines, Milton assessed that Count Rosscaiz ithin his reach
“I’ for you! Men, follow my lead!”
Milton took the escort soldiers around hih to Count Rosscaiz’s position
At that moment…
“I’ll be your opponent, Milton Forrest!”
One knight valiantly stood in Milton’s path, causing Milton’s galloping horse to abruptly halt and rear its head high
e is commendable’
“Very well I accept your- hm?!”
sharp brush by his ear and shoot past
‘What was that just now…?’
As he sensed a drop of blood roll down his cheek, Milton felt himself break out into a sweat for the first time in this war
“Tsk, that fool just had to ruin things at the last second”
The criue in disappointbow He had fired this arroithout drawing attention; but through a stroke of bad luck, his target stopped his horse and the arro astray of its mark
“It’s such a pain in the neck to catch ’eain readied his abnor taut
ed and twisted, his colossal bow bent to the point where it looked as if it …
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With a brittle, harsh sound that reverberated through the air, the arrow ca like a hawk locked onto its prey
“Block it!”
“Protect the Lor- KUH!”
The second arrow cleanly i Milton
‘It penetrated plate armor? What kind of arrow can do that? No, before that – where on earth are we being shot froan, noas the er
“This is no joke”
Count Rosscaiz – whoe – had retreated far back before they knew it But they did not have the liberty of giving chase – Milton did not yet knoho, but so unbelievably fast and powerful arrows aimed at him Due to this archer, Milton was unable to resolutely pursue Count Rosscaiz who they had eventually lost track of
“shi+t, where is it? I get the general direction that the arrows are co fro archer absolutely had to be dealt with first, Milton began searching for his location However, no matter how much he widened his eyes and scanned the battlefield, he could not spot the archer that was aieneral direction of the shots, all he spotted in that vicinity were infantryed in bloody battle It was inconceivable that the arroere being shot from the midst of that chaos
At thaton top of that wagon over there” A probationary knight next to Milton shouted
Looking in the direction the knight indicated, Milton could barely on
“Over there? But there’s no way Looking at how much distance there is between us, how could…”
“Yet that archer is drawing his bow once more, my Lord”
“You can see that?”
“Yes I have a good pair of eyes onready to fire his- oh?!”
Right on queue, soht for Milton
“Argh!”
!</eed to block the arrow Then with a look of utter disbelief, he looked back at this ene distance, this archer had fired a perfectly aihtly surrounding hi‘yes, it is for real’, another arrow cah…”
Though he ain, Milton felt the wrist of his shi+eld ar to tremble
‘The force behind these arrows is…’</ee, the sheer power of these arroas sie Whatever the casefor hiet hi orders to his vassals
“Follow !”
With that, Milton spurred his horse on in the direction of the harassing archer Although he was but one archer, Milton had a hunch that this one would becoht here and now
“Is he co for me?”
The fiery-haired e precisely towards him
“Boss, what should we do? Should we send out the troops and bide our time?”
At the advice of a subordinate mercenary next to hi
“Nah, we’d just waste soood men in a scuffle since he seems like an Expert”
He then drew out two arrows, clutching thely
“I’ll end it with this”
“What an outstanding archer It’s like so after me with a rifle…”
The more Milton closed the distance between them, the more he was impressed with his adversary’s archery skills
In this world, archers were simply one of the types of soldiers Of course, experienced archers were important human capital that were valued troops on the battlefield
However, archery was an occupation that was rather shunned ahts and mercenaries In order for one to study and preen their own aura, they had to undergo strenuous physical activity; thus using weapons such as swords, spears, or axes Bows did not satisfy this criterion, and thus were unpopular
Therefore, while this world had reat enough to be called a legend or God-hand Indeed, it seemed there would never be one unless the fabled race of elves came out themselves
Nevertheless, there were freaks of nature wherever you went in the world Some humans could only be satisfied and scratch their itches if they were the first to walk a path that others did not take
The fiery-hairedat Milton was exactly that kind of man
Anyhow, the arroere not only e, but also , each arroas targeted at exposed areas that were not protected by ar said, an arrow is an arrow If I focus, they can be deflected safely’
Milton erred on the side of caution, but he did not think that he would actually be hit by the arrows And indeed, he was successfully blocking all the inco his enemy’s position
power of the arrows the closer I get, and the fact that we don’t have a way of catching hiently spurred his horse forward quicker What worried hi near and retreating early That would et him before then’
“Giddy up!”
Milton sped up his horse with these concerns in mind
Whooosh!+</e in his direction as he galloped forth
‘Does he not know that this won’t work anymore?’