Volume 7 Chapter 10 (1/2)
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Chapter Ten: The Place of Courage
On a little hill drawn on a ht to the darkness
The viely expanded, and the grassland belo larger and larger
It was as shown on the ues southwest of the city of Saxe-Gotha Saito had finally arrived there after a whole night of riding
A light exciteht, his fighting spirit and fatigue were restored by the ht
Through theof the earth, a great army appeared
Saito stood up and sla The beast, which had been chewing grass idly, was suddenly startled and fled back in the direction where they had come from
“You are not going to use the horse?” Derflinger asked over the shoulder
“That guy has a life too; it is not just some tool”
“You have such a good heart, partner”
Saito asked Derflinger, “Didn’t you say before that Gandálfr was able to stand against a thousand foes alone? 70,000 shouldn’t be a probleht?”
“That is what they say, but it is only a legend, so people tend to exaggerate Don’t get too hopeful, in reality, it was probably less than a thousand”
“…Why are you like this? Lying to me like that If you lied, don’t tell ood as dead, so at least lie to the very end”
On the horizon of the grassland they could see the advancing arh it was an ar abreast, it did not appear to be as large But in reality, all 70,000 were there
Soldiers wielding weapons, Mages armed with spells, cannons, de phantom beasts
None were , all 70,000 were there
Saito asked with a fear shaken voice
“Ah, why e into that mob?”
“Why are you asking the obvious? Because our shi+ps have to retreat, so we have to buy time”
“No… I ah “Last time I was saved by Guiche’s mole, but this time there is no e can escape”
“No, we cannot No e in In a situation like this, nois the sa officer, strike down the head, and the body will fall into chaos You can probably buy them a day or so”
Saito nodded, holding Derflinger tightly The runes on his left hand began to glow
“Let er”
“What is it?”
”Can I tell you a story from my childhood?”
“Sure”
“I once saw an old lady being harassed by so about the old lady bu into them But at that time I was just a little kid, I couldn't stop them even if I wanted to, so I only stood by and watched That tier, but at the sahed in relief Because even if I were stronger, it would not guarantee that I would have won”
“True”
“No er now, there cannot be any excuses That ti I was not strong enough, so I didn’t help But now, I've lost that excuse Because I aht?”
Deflinger murmured lowly, “Um hum”
“But… all that strength is only external, I a I can do about it, although I a, I really don’t have any mental preparation This type of situation is really not foreveryone’s honor, I really don’t like it! I' with fear I do not want to die”
“Partner, you are really someone truly brave!”
“This kind of personality will only lead to trouble, fast” Saito thought about it
Courage, isn’t this what it is all about?
“Hey, Partner”
“What?”
“A to die?”
“Probably”
The boy becaer decided to raise his spirits, “If it is going to be like this, then go out like a hero!”
“Why?”
“Because otherwise it would be a waste”
Four hundred meters in front of them, they could see Albion’s forward assault force
Suddenly his body began to move by itself; they would never know if this was the power of Gandálfr, or Saito’s own bravery, or so else…
Saito charged toward the army of 70,000
The first group of Albion soldiers who found the charging hero was not frontal cavalry, but the owl fa to an artillery commander Because he didn’t believe the infantries, he decided to personally investigative the matter
After he verified the situation through his owl, he immediately ordered the firear the course of a march, firearm troops do not normally keep their weapons loaded
“What? Only one person?”
He was surprised when he found out there was only one person, but he became shocked once he saw the boy’s speed
It was not a speed that could be achieved by a human on foot
The frontal cavalry also made the same mistake as well
Because of a ed right past the Before the cavalry could even draw their weapons, they were knocked off their steeds
The only thing the fallen cavalry men could do was hear the sound of the enereat that they could not even see their foe’s ie
Before the soldiers finished loading their weapons, the enemy was already in front of their leader
It was a person are sword
The commander, in reflex, tried to pull out his wand, but was sent flying by the sword So hit him hard on the side of his head and he instantly lost consciousness
The next ic and fae of spells
Wind blades, ice spears, and fireballs fleaves toward Saito, but were instantly absorbed by the sword Though the knights were taken by surprise, they did not stop their ical assault
The knight commander ordered his ust of wind blew next to him, where the wind struck, his as snapped in half and a foot sla the officer could not cry and soon fainted
Derflinger asked Saito, “Why didn’t you kill them?”
Saito threw back a short reply, “I am not a soldier”
“What do you mean?”
“Be they allies or enemies, I will not treat them as tools”
Derflinger sighed
Saito danced, dodged, and struck left and right, which caused massive chaos within the enemy formation
Fighting alone turned out to be extreeous
To prevent friendly fire, the enemy did not dare to use firear in this world could catch up
But… the e opponents were still very difficult to deal with
Although Derflinger could absorb the endless barrage of spells, the aic delivered was certainly above noran to lose its ability to handle them
“Ugh!”
“Left hand?”
“Hum, damn… I can’t move it anymore”
Saito could only wield Derflinger with his right hand, his left shoulder took a deep wound, and part of his body was now charred by flame, which came from the fireball that exploded near him
Although the situation was grave, Saito still charged forward, bravely standing tall while surrounded on all sides
Due to the attacks by raver every second
Riding on his phanto officer He kicked his beast and prepared to charge, but a sword knocked him off his mount and he saw his s were shattered and he collapsed on the ground
The commander of the firear about surrounding this wind-like enemy in an instant, but the enemy leaped over the formation, and struck the co the man instantly into oblivion
The young coe of the archers hastily ordered his men to fire, but the arrows could not reach their foe, instead striking down his allies instead In the chaos he ed to hit his own foot
The chaos aressively worse General Hawkins received reports that coled him The communications he received were a complete mess
Sole rider
Soician
Some said, it was a part of the enemy army
Sohts
Some said, it was an elvish division… etc
But the General, a veteran who survived a hundred battles, felt it was a single foe
An enemy with the speed of wind
An eneth like fire
An enemy unshakable like the stones of the earth
An enemy elusive like the waves of the sea
“I don't like it,” General Hawkins muttered
Just as Saito broke the wand of a es Since so le individual, that meant…
“That guy er added But even though Saito heard hian to be paralyzed by the pain Very soon he wouldn’t be able to move at all
He had to save his energy for breathing
Just to take down one more officer…
Just to cause more havoc
Just like this to extend the time, just even one minute, one second, must be taken
This was Louise’s task
A taskto carry out
Saito rushed towards the enees
General Hawkins stared at the wind blasting toward him
Truly a speed
He pulled out his wand, chanted his spell, and in one breath sued it He could only see the foe’s blade, flying toward his head
General Hawkins could only see the shadow in front of hi to brand it under his vision
His riders struck the ene itself on to that swordsman’s body
Although so many bolts should have been fatal, the wind-like warrior never slowed
A fencer's sword shot up, sla into Hawkins' body
The blade’s tip reached within 5 cm of his face
Hawkins, not averting his gaze, stared straight at the tip
But it did not strike Hawkins’ face
As if time suddenly stopped, the swordsman’s movement froze
Hawkins used his wand to knock the sword away, and the unknown bladeround with a thud
“Your Eminence! Are you ok?”
“General Hawkins!” one of the knights rode by
“No bones broken,” He answered
“Coive me the report”
Reports came in quick succession
It was absolutely unile warrior was able to cause so e Lower command, upper command echelon had 14 wounded, the enlisted infantry estimated injured were around two hundred and fifty
The loss, from the entire army’s point of vieas apparently within the acceptable liuards were now in complete chaos,of war, and the story that ”everything was caused by a single swords the morale of the troops
The forward commander reported with a bitter face: “I am afraid it will take a while to reform the forward command, at least several hours”