Chapter 57 (2/2)

”””Yes, sir!”””

The young hts replied, their faces stiff

Unlike the other countries, for the past few years, Torrann's Ihts-in-name only Their recruits joined only to have the suitable standing to work as escorts for foreign nobility, and the young noble kids joined only for the prestige

There were still veteran knights re in the order, as well as some trained men with an actual sense of duty, but overall, the order was having problems both in the quantity and quality of theirmore than simple equipment, nor were his old coainst the Troll King, one of the Dark Generals

[Goldi von Torrann] [Race: Huic Points (MP): 700/700] [Hit Points (HP): 500/500] [Strength: 90] [Vitality: 80] [Agility: 80] [Dexterity: 7] [Swordsic 4] [Self-Reinforceo!”

But as the Hero of this world, he ht

On the way, he received further inforh the barrier and escaped to the west had split into two, and they were heading for this Torrann E the Troll King, the country had always been focusing their defense on the south-eastern direction Their west side, where the front gate was located, ht have the barrier for protection, but the walls themselves were thin, and it had only a third of the aitech weaponry compared to the south-eastern side

Gold couldn't recruit anythe monsters at the station at bay, and there was no ti force stationed at the west side: 400 knights and 1200 soldiers

The e country was powerful But on the flip side, a large country needed tiather armies from their nobles and their rural areas

”I' is co here…”

As a hero, it was fortunate that the Troll King was co to him instead of a country without a Hero As royalty of this country, however, not so much

He had wanted to recruit the help of adventurers But while the eh the Guildwasn't in danger, Gold could expect sonoring all the other towns, heading directly toward the capital It would take them about three days Meanwhile, it would be four days before the nobles could finish preparing their standing armies and arrive at the capital

Simple math would say Gold needed to hold on for a day, yet even that single day of survival required preparations And that precious tietting restless

”The Hero!” ”Victory to the Hero!”

Gold was on his way froate when he wascitizens

They had the barrier, and they had the Hero They believed they wouldn't lose, and their expressions showed asandmerry as if it was a holiday

Yet the barrier was no absolute

So and the Troll General, could force their way in through the barrier The reason they hadn't done so was because even if they could get in by themselves, sheer number would still crush them, and they understood this

All the saet inside, he would likely be heading straight for the barrier-generating itool to destroy it

The castle's barrier was erected fro, but the city's barrier relied on several barrier stations If just one of them was destroyed, the capital would fall

In other words, the line of defense would have to hold the front gates and the walls from the troll are”

Seated in a e, Gold sensed a disturbance somewhere in the city

He turned his head In that direction was the facility to distribute converted ic power to the other establishitool

”Milord, is so?”

”No…” Gold replied to the soldier, his unease still nothing , ”nothi-?!”

But before he could finish his words, a powerful ic distribution facility

”Magic meltdown?!”

The very nextout fro sound, much of the explosion had been contained within the durable building But judging from how one of the walls had collapsed and the fla, most of the explosion's force must have been directed inside

The city's barrier flickered and disappeared Horror kept Gold's eyes pinned at theout of the flames

Crimson eyes and scarlet dress

Alabaster skin and snohite hair

And finally, a pair of long rabbit ears that could belong to no one else

”…Whitehare, the Dark Lady!!”