Chapter 115 - Fallen Kingdom 1 (1/2)

Soldiers were carrying war supplies without hesitation in their movements.

“The Dane Kingdom’s army is coming!”

“We need to go out there and stop them!”

Currently, the defense of the Doria Castle walls was thin, because Marquis Nelson had sent many of his troops to the central region of his territory, Trevis, under the king’s orders.

They hadn’t received any message from them about the battle over there.

‘What do we do now...’

Watching the soldiers fight on the wall, Marquis Nelson entered in deep thoughts.

They hadn’t expected the Dane Kingdom to ally itself with the Lydia Kingdom and attack in unison.

This attack had such amazing timing that Marquis Nelson suspected a spy within the walls.

‘Now that I think about it, that Gwak Seyoung guy was also working for the witch.

If they were to survive and win this battle, he would order a thorough investigation to be performed, mainly for those who wore adventurers' watches.

He hadn’t mentioned this to the newly crowned king as he didn’t want to get on his bad side, but Marquis Nelson didn’t like these adventurers.

They had suddenly appeared and slaughtered the citizens of the kingdom and set fire to villages. But they somehow became soldiers and were ordered to protect the kingdom.

He could understand the king's thoughts that they had to use them for the lack of manpower, but it still was hard to understand.

“Marquis Nelson! The enemy is trying to climb over the walls with siege ladders!”

“Never give up on the walls! We have to hold on until reinforcements arrive!”

The walls of Doria were magnificent enough to cover the entire border on the right side of the province of Kallenoa.

Siege weapons and watchtowers were placed at regular intervals, and they were commanded and controlled by the Doria Castle in the center.

It was a solid defense system, but they were currently extremely outnumbered that they couldn’t defend the walls properly.

“I think we will have to use that! The soldiers can't endure any more than this!”

“…We have no choice. Tell the commanders to begin firing!”

The transparent bottles Woohyuk had handed over telling him to use only as a last resort.

There was a lot of wildfire in it.

Since the items had been sent to each post in advance, the Marquis’ order was quickly fulfilled.

Swooooosh!

Swoosh!

As the counterweight went down, the bottles of subtle colors hanging at the end of the trebuchets flew into the air.

Afterwards, the soldiers on the wall aimed their ballistas and shot fire arrows.

Booboom! Boom! Boom! Booooom!

The ground shook several times as several explosions resounded.

“Alright, we can definitely hold on if things continue like this!”

Daryl spoke with excitement, looking down at the roaring enemies.

Then Rick, who was next to him, also spoke.

“The firepower is incredible! Even high-ranking wizards of the kingdom’s army can't use magic packing this much power.”

These two were quite close.

Both were former mercenary commanders who had applied to the Subjugation Corps of the Corcas Mountains, and were both appointed as lieutenants in recognition of their contributions at the time.

Moreover, since they were on the front line, there were many incidents that strengthened their comradeship.

“But why did these guys attack us out of the blue? Nothing particularly odd happened between our two kingdoms recently.”

“There are rumors that the King of the Dane Kingdom sold his soul to demons. The monsters appeared in the Corcas Mountains this time may be his doing.”

Heinrich III.

He was a greedy man and wanted to rule more kingdoms.

Because of his greed, the Dane Kingdom was out of contact with the surrounding kingdoms and was diplomatically isolated between them.

When Heinrich III was struggling to overcome these difficulties, Demon King Dantalion made a proposal to him.

If he were to make a contract with himself, he would lend him an army of hell.

Dantalion promised to remove all enemies that were hindering the development of the Dane Kingdom.

So Heinrich III sold his soul to him, and as a result, the Dane Kingdom became a den of demons.

However, because the truth was subtly concealed, foreigners like Rick and Daryl only heard vague rumors.

While they kept killing enemies who were climbing the siege ladder to overcome the walls,

“Haha, They’re quite tenacious.”

Heinrich III was watching the siege from a distance on his horse.

He had left his family to confirm the fall of the Rhine Kingdom.

Three demon kings and one witch were on their side, so he hadn’t taken the possibility of defeat into account.

'When the wildfire runs out, Doria Castle will be mine.'

Occupying Doria Castle was incredibly important, because they would’ve pierced through the famed iron wall that the Rhine Kingdom boasts of.

Of course, they could also try bypassing the Corcas Mountains, but it was not a good option considering the rough terrain and the possibility of serious damage from monsters.

‘The Rhine King must’ve been slaughtered by now’

The three demon kings and the Witch of Sloth had synchronized their attacks, so there was no way he would be safe.

It's only a matter of time before he died and Heinrich would take control of the Rhine Kingdom.

The attack on Blackburn, the impregnable fortress, would not be difficult because Joanna's family was being held hostage.

As Heinrich III kept sweeping his beard down with a happy expression, a scout ran to him urgently.

“Your Majesty! Lydia's army is coming from the northeast!”

“Reinforcements? They’re a little late.”

The Lydia Kingdom’s forces were already fighting together on the battlefield.

The local lords had probably decided to join them belatedly after completing other missions.

Heinrich III did not care much and focused on the battle.

However, soon enough...

“Ahhhhhh!”

“Sa, save me!”

Soldiers screamed from the rear.

Startled, Heinrich III looked back.

'Thi, this can’t be...’

Vampires.

Vampires came into his sight, biting the soldiers' necks.

They were unmistakably enemies attacking their allies, but the flag the new enemies were holding belonged to the Lydia Kingdom.

Heinrich III could not hide his astonishment because the scale was so large.