Chapter 60 – Castle Fortress Capture (1/2)

CHAPTER 60 – CASTLE FORTRESS CAPTURE

「Well, then we shall go」

「W-Well be going」

Nana and Io before departing.

Nana hasn’t changed as usual, but Io was clearly nervous.

I lent abilities to that Io.

【Magic Powers of Lightning will be lent to Io Akos. Time Remaining: 59 minutes 59 seconds]

The first prize of the limited lottery, I lent her with the longest duration.

And, I gave her the magic balls that I also got from the lottery.

「Bring these, you know how to use it right」

「Un, I only need to throw them right」

「That’s right, the black ones are attack magic, the white ones are recovery magic」

「I understand」

Nana and Io returned to where Eria was waiting with the soldiers.

Commanding almost all of the army, they left the fortress, and started to retreat.

Leaving me, and the few soldiers I took with me from Meteora.

Shouting voices could immediately be heard from afar.

「Let’s do our part huh」

『To where?』

Eleanor asked.

「If it goes like this, the Comotoria army would attack us right? If we don’t show them a 『complete retreat』, they wouldn’t be able to pursue as they want right」

『Hmm, however, even though we have only a few people, wouldn’t they attack if you moved to anywhere? If that is so, isn’t it better to hide your breath inside this fortress』

「I only need to do this」

I used the warp feather, and teleported along with the soldiers.

I took all hundreds of soldiers, and moved to the mountain cow grasslands.

「Wait here for a while, return to the fortress after time had passed, and march the army from there」

『I see』

Eleanor got convinced.

On the other hand, the soldiers who were suddenly teleported were clamoring.

「Be quiet」

I said with a low tone. I used Eleanor and Hikari to clad dark aura.

Their clamors disappeared. Rather than words, it looks like the enigmatic dark aura has more persuasion.

I closed my eyes, and waited.

Time passed.

Gradually, gradually, time passed.

Isn’t it about time?

I thought of that, but I endured.

If I return to the place half-ways, the effects of the surprise attack will get thin.

I waited furthermore. Time passed.

Is it time? No, not yet.

Is it time? No, no, more.

Most probably, right now, Nana and Io are fighting desperately. Using all their powers, they are desperately defending the main troops’ retreatーーthey should be fighting to direct the situation.

『Otou-san』

「Un?」

『Onee-chans, are they okay』

Hikari’s worried voice echoed inside my head.

『You idiot』

Eleanor scolded me.

『Isn’t it the strategy that you made. If so, stand by it. If you’re going to believe your women, believe them until the end』

「……ahh」

I nodded.

That’s right, I should believe those two.

I believed them, and waited.

The impatient feeling, it didn’t come out after that.

Nana and Io, if it was the two.

My feelings silently got calmed down. The time passed.

【The lending of magic powers of lightning has ended]

I heard a voice.

It was the voice I was waiting for.

I opened my eyes, checked the soldiers, and warped.

I warped into the fortress. It was completely the same place we were before.

The soldiers clamored, but it was only a little compared to earlier.

「We will attack Saria right now, everyone, follow me!」

「UOOOOOOO!!」

The soldiers’ shout on my back, I held the two Demon Swords, and advanced towards Saria.

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Saria can be seen as an impregnable castle at one glance.

It has high towers, and it is surrounded by deep moats.

There is only one way that connects to the castle gates, and it is a slope on top of that.

The only way of attacking it is to run up there, but showers of concentrated attacks would come when doing that.

But, there’s no way I can fall back. In the first place, there’s not much time to do it.

I ran straight up the slope.

『Otou-san, it’s dangerous』

A lot of arrows came from the castle.

It was like rain, arrows that covered the skies flew towards me.

But, it’s only arrows after all.

Eleanor and Hikari, I swung the Demon Swords and blocked them, and went up the slope.

I wouldn’t be stopped with something like this.

「Baron-sama! Look at that」

One of the soldiers shouted.

He was pointing at the castle gates, the gates were opened, and huge rocks fell from there

Rocks few times the size of humans rolled down the slope, increasing its speeds.

「Uwaaaa!!」

「R-Run!」

Screams were raised from the soldiers.