Chapter 58 (1/2)
”…Whitehare, the Dark Lady!!”
Despite the barrier, the Dark Lady had shown up inside the city
She was the culprit behind the rapid destruction of eleven World Tree Saplings, guardians of the huerous ideology Together, the large countries had signed a request for the three Heroes, including Gold, to defeat her
Her co to eyewitnesses and rumors, she acted alone Some said she had frozen a whole city, citizens and all
The Dark Lady had astonishi+ngly white skin and hair, blood-red eyes, and were clad in a siination Those rabbit ears that could belong to no one else fit hat Gold had heard of her, yet seeing her with his own eyes, he thought she looked no different fronored her deh”
Just as Gold was about to glare at the Dark Lady, his vision and his thoughts wavered for a fraction She was declared the Dark Lady due to the threat she posed, but could the ruirl possess such power? Her bare arht he could break them just by a squeeze
Even with the experience and instincts he'd honed until now, he thought it i, the Dark General approaching this city Yet another part of hi froirl in front of hi in the shape of a person
”Milord, please give the order!”
”We'd turn that deht more than rust on our blades!”
But not everyone shared his intuition
Even with the wealth of experience Gold had, it was the first enee dissonance for He wasn't even sure if the other Heroes could feel what he did
”Wai-”
Before Gold's raspy voice could finish the order, the youths of nobility, his Ihts, had already pulled out their weapons and charged at the girl
”Foul de ht of the alluring girl of white, but once they understood their opponent was a demihuman — in other words, cattle — they i irl silently narrowed her eyes at the attacking ust of speed, she intercepted, her sharp claws piercing their hearts
Dying gurgles, painful cries, and fearful shrieks rang out She was too fast, too strong She was tearing throats, crushi+ng necks, and stabbing hearts so effortlessly, as if the men were balloons and she was the needle
”S-STOOOOOP!!!”
Finally coreatsword strapped to his back An aura of light surrounded hier in a flash, blades clashi+ng in sparks and a shrill ringing of irl ihtly widened as she looked at Gold's face She discarded the dagger that was now nothing more than a handle, its former blade broken at the base
”da this?!”
To Gold's angry question, the girl named Shedy only tilted her head in response She looked at the destroyed facility, then at the silent corpses of the Ihts, then turned back to Gold
”Which one?”
”Everything!! Do you find joy in ruining the peace of this country? This world?” Gold shouted, enraged Shedy just faintly frowned
”…ould I enjoy it?”
”What?!”
”Whatever, it's not important By the way, are you sure you have the ti withfrom afar Gold could hear faint screaone, you know? What's protecting the walls? Even the lower-ranked trolls are co”
Shedy bluntly said, her voice level, cold, and impassive Gold paled
The ti would take to reach the normally
One of the barrier's capabilities was to cover all the space of a li the air not unlike a heer areas like towns and cities, it could only cover the outer layer of the area in the form of a wall, or perhaps a border line
This type of 'e was that like the railway barrier, once h a part of it, they were free to act on the inside unie was that the barrier was er it was, the better the range for its monster-repellant effect
In other words, with the size of the enor effect extended for several kilometers It should have slowed the trolls down quite a bit
Even if the Troll King moved on ahead of the army and attacked by himself, the barrier and the walls should be able to withstand his assault until Gold could get there
But in the end, the city hadahead while the barrier was destroyed
”You sure you don't need to go?”
Shedy slightly tilted her head Gold held his greatsword in a death grip, teeth clenched tight
If he left the Dark Lady here to head to the walls, the castle wouldn't have enough defenders The Sapling ht the Dark Lady, the walls would fall With reinforce would easily overwhel afterould then be free to wreak havoc aarrison can hold on, or he put his trust into the Holy Knights of the castle
Either he prioritized protecting the country and the e the people as a Hero
”…fuck!”
Gold ran for the walls
He didn't knohich was the right choice Perhaps both Goldi, the royalty, and Gold, the hero, rong
But he still moved He moved as a man anted to save the townspeople, the children who had cheered for hiht he heard the faint voice of the Dark Lady behind his back
”…correct”
He !!”
Gold arrived at the battle in an express carriage He saw a raous axe
Just as he thought, it seeone ahead alone He didn't see any of the King's subordinate trolls, but his opponent was still a Dark General The garrison were hanging on by a thread Every swing of the King's battleaxe tore apart liarrison soldiers were attacking with everything they had, but arroere bouncing off the Troll King's thick skin, and flesh burned by spells took only aabout a troll wasn't their enoreneration
[Troll King] [Dark General] [Magic Points: 965/1200] [Hit Points: 4540/4600] [Total Combat Power: 36000]
Could Gold win? He had less than half of the King's combat power, no specialized equipment, and no old coarrison, for two thousand, were either dead, or wounded and were retreating
They needed to either defeat the Troll King before his minions could arrive, or they needed to hold on until the nobles caht be iht not win even with reinforcement
All the same, retreat was not allowed for a Hero The only choice for Gold was to fight, until either victory or death