Chapter 121 (1/2)

Chapter 121: Chapter 121

Our squad walked after him to head for the narrowest of the six roads.

“… We are surrounded, ” several members said with a moan.

According to Sir Giss’s opinion, we infiltrated through the small road and easily arrived at the point where we could see Dela Palace faster than expected. However, it seemed to be the enemy’s trap for us. It was almost certain, given that we were blocked quickly in the front and rear.

‘What should we do? It is unreasonable for us to break through.’

We lost one more, leaving the six of us. In contrast, the enemies consisted of at least three squads. It was an unfavorable fight of three to one to us, but it was fortunate that the road was narrow enough only five people could stand side by side.

I bit my lip, looking at the enemies fast approaching. They lunged at us, shouting all at once.

As soon as I blocked the sword from the right with the shield, another sword was pointed at my shoulders. I hurriedly lowered my body. When I saw the sword passing over my head, I got goosebumps.

The moment I breathed a sigh of relief, another enemy swung at my chest. It’s already too late for me to block. I closed my eyes, thinking this was the end, but his sword was stopped by an ally knight. He was Carsein.

“Be careful.”

“Thanks.”

I stepped back, thanking him. We lost one more, and now we have got only five.

As things stand now, it was obvious that we would be defeated.

‘Is there any good way?’

While I, biting my lip, was wary of the enemy trying to strike me from behind, I suddenly noticed a building located not far from me. At that moment, I hit upon an idea suddenly.

‘Is it possible?’

The place we were in was very narrow because it was in the middle of the passage to Lotus. Because of that, I could see the building on my right easily.

Again, I checked the distance, blocking another sword. Maybe I could succeed or maybe I would fail, but the problem was how to stop the enemies before us. Given the current situation, I could not use this method I just hit upon.

‘What should I do?’

I hesitated for a moment and decided to take the risk. Anyway, the result would be the same whether we were defeated or failed in our attempt.

After I pushed the enemy back with my sword, I relaxed my left hand. The shield I was holding tightly fell on the ground with a loud noise.

The moment the enemy lunging at me looked at the falling shield, I quickly took out a portable hook and threw it over the building.

Was it because the building was not high? It hooked at the spot I targeted.

I beat back the enemy and grabbed the ladder. Then, I quickly climbed the building and pulled the bow from my back.

With a smile, I put an arrow on the bow. An arrow stained with yellow dye hit the knight who chased me up the ladder. After taking a deep breath, I put a second arrow on the bow.

It hit the knight who attacked Sir Giss’s back. Only then did the 2nd Knights members notice they were sniped and turned quickly. It was imperative for them to stop our squad members from approaching them on the ladder.

“Great! Keep attacking them like this! ” Carsein shouted cheerfully.

“Sure!” responded the squad members.

I heard Carsein’s delightful voice and the squad members’ spirited response in chorus.

With their backs against the wall, they fought. I shot arrows at the remaining ten 2nd Knights.

By the time the arrows I had ran out, the squad members shouted for joy after beating the last 2nd Knights defender.

“We won!”

“Yes, we made it!”

“It was a great sniping!”

“…Thank you, Sir Monique. ”

I smiled, wiping sweat from my forehead. Watching the squad members giving me thumbs up, praising the operation, and Sir Giss bowing to me slightly, I felt great, with my heart pounding with joy.

“Now, come down from the watchtower. I think it would be better for us to escape quickly before the enemy’s reinforcements come.”

“Yes, I’m coming down now.”

I stopped while I was going down. As if somebody touched it during the battle, one of the two hooks holding the ladder was missing.

“What’s wrong?”

“Oh, nothing.”

I stepped on the swaying rope carefully because I thought the ladder would be okay without a clamp as it was also used with a single hook.

Even though it was somewhat swaying, I felt relieved as if it was fixed rather tightly.

But the moment I took another step, the ladder step below my feet was suddenly taken off.