Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 236

236. Defensive battle (9)

Buuuung-

A massive arm, like a piece of heavy equipment, swings wide horizontally.

Wow! Kyung! Hehe!

The pitiful screams of the lycan slopes rang out here and there.

The power of the shaved ice was truly overwhelming.

With one step, the sea full of demonic beasts splits helplessly, and with a single wave of the arm, a dozen Lycanslopes fly helplessly into the air.

There was no need for delicate manipulation.

In a place where lycan slopes were spread all over the world, all the shavers had to do was swing their limbs at random.

Flutter! Flutter! Crackling.

The situation was even worse for the lycanthropes lying on the ground.

The demonic beasts that were blind and unable to avoid them were trampled by the shaved ice’s footsteps and were instantly reduced to mush.

Even after being crushed by an ice monster weighing tens of tons, there was no room left for regeneration. The path along which the shaved ice passed was completely covered with the fresh blood and flesh of the lycan slopes.

“…I’ve only heard about it, but seeing it with my own eyes is truly amazing.”

Overwhelmed by its power, Sir Sebastian stopped swinging the sword and admired it.

If even the serious guard commander is like that, what about the single soldiers who witnessed this miracle?

“iced coffee!”

“Apostle… I am the Apostle of the Lord!”

The look of despair disappears from their faces.

When the Ice Wall base was helplessly attacked, weren’t the Glacher Trolls like demons that came out of hell?

But when the monster became my ally, I couldn’t feel so reassured.

‘Even without ice walls!’

‘… Maybe we can stop it!’

The morale of the soldiers began to soar.

“Let’s go! The blessings of the Holy Family are with us!”

“The Lord has not abandoned Sigismund!”

Wow!

Soldiers vigorously jumped into the lycan slopes, waving their weapons.

* * *

Meanwhile, the face of the person who actually created such a miracle was not that bright.

“not good…….”

Seongjin frowned and muttered.

He was currently in the rear with the Margrave. Because it was on a low watchtower, the battlefield was somewhat visible at a glance.

At first glance, it looks like we have gained the upper hand, but this atmosphere will not last long.

The initial strategy only slightly made up for the numerical inferiority, but there were still a huge number of lycan slopes remaining on the mountain slope leading to the ice wall.

“They recovered faster than I thought.”

Already, people are coming out one by one to pull themselves together.

I had heard that it had good regenerative powers, but I had no idea that even the eyes could be that strong.

“Couldn’t you try the method you used earlier one more time, sir?”

Seongjin shook his head in response to the Margrave’s question.

“No matter how foolish they are, they will never suffer the same thing twice.”

Of course, there was no way to retrieve the magic stone that was thrown in the middle of the battlefield.

“We were so unprepared for this situation. We had a high ice wall, so even though the territory was growing rapidly, we didn’t think of putting up a decent wall around it. It’s all my fault!”

At first glance, Margrave Hendrick’s face looked sad as he lamented like that.

But Seongjin had no idea that he was telling the truth. His dry, dry eyes still looked busy with various calculations.

And that thought was correct.

‘This situation is an exception among exceptions. Rather, it is highly likely that the activities of demonic beasts will be reduced in the coming years due to this latest movement. There won’t be enough money to rebuild the territory this year, so it would be more beneficial in many ways to simply repair the ice wall stronger. Rather, it would be better to use this incident as an opportunity to increase royal support… … .’

Seongjin glanced at the Margrave, who was shaking his head, and clicked his tongue.

I think I know what this author is thinking, because things in this world rarely go as expected.

If things continue like this, I might regret it greatly someday. I don’t know why I have that feeling.

Feeling uneasy, Seongjin turned his attention back to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the front line had been pushed quite a bit towards the mountainside.

“The Wolf Knights’ dance is truly amazing. It’s just as I heard. Of course, I was a little disappointed with the Dekaron Knights.”

When I blurted out this while glaring at the stumbling old man Vincent from afar, Margrave Hendrick smiled with a good face, pretending not to notice.

“How could this be possible with just the power of the Wolf Knights? All of this is thanks to you, who brought the Glacher Trolls.”

“hmm.”

“Besides, Lord Masain’s inaction is truly unbelievable! They say he is the youngest captain of the royal guard, and he is indeed a member of the royal family.”

As said, a bright golden aura flashed brilliantly from time to time at the forefront of the battle line. Needless to say, he is Lord Martha’s Auror.

Wow.

Seongjin’s hand caresses the handle of the nutcracker, and without realizing it, strength goes into it.

I decided that it would be more effective to release four shaved ice than to run around alone, so I quietly retreated, but I felt like jumping in there right now.

“Sir, the activity of the auror is very unstable. It is impossible to move now.”

Manager Bruno, who was next to him, must have noticed Seongjin’s nervousness and gave him a firm warning.

Currently, Director Bruno remains as Seongjin’s escort. This was a measure taken by Masain, who judged that it would be advantageous in many ways for him to go to the front.

If we can’t keep the prince somewhere, let’s take the first step and get the job done as quickly as possible. Perhaps he had been thinking this way recently.

‘Is it because of me that even Sir Martha got involved?’

I can’t believe that a man who would have lived a respectable life as the youngest captain of the Royal Guard ended up having such a rough time on the front lines.

While I was silent for a moment, the demon lord was making sarcasm in my head.

[Don’t act like you regret anything, Seongjin Lee. You’re going to quickly forget it anyway and get into trouble again, right?]

‘… shut up!’

People are just reflecting!

Meanwhile, old Vincent, who had been rolling around on the floor, finally returned to the front line.

Although his vision was still blurred, he was pushing himself up and swinging his sword. This is because he had some awareness of his current position.

However, the two eyes that had not yet recovered were bloodshot, and tears like a waterfall were pouring down non-stop.

“Ouch! I was just wondering what you were going to do! I thought I’d be fine since I was protected by an auror!”

Anyway, it was all my own fault.

The old man pursed his lips as he endured the stinging pain and cold sensation.

Of course, he thought he had completely lost face, but this also had an unexpected effect.

The figure wielding a sword with bloodshot red eyes and a very distorted face is literally a demon that crawled up from hell. It was so ferocious that it made even the lycan slopes without reason flinch.

“Why are you guys moving already? I’m still sick!”

As if the old man was taking out his anger on the guys, he belatedly dug deep into the wire and started running wild.

Seongjin diligently checked on the safety of his party scattered throughout the front lines.

The group was doing better than expected.

Not to mention the performance of Sir Maria, a senior knight, Sir Claudia and Sir Calmen, who are faithful to the basics, are also mixing in among the soldiers and steadily cutting down the demonic beasts.

They were knights of the imperial capital, called greenhouse knights, but as they gradually became accustomed to dealing with magical beasts, they all began to demonstrate their skills to the fullest.

Sir Valery, who was criticized by Masaine as ‘out of his power’, is doing his job well.

“Hehehe!”

Sir Sharon, wielding a curved sword with a grinning face, was somewhat creepy.

In particular, the chemistry between Sir Claudia and Sir Calmen was unexpected. The two were continuing an organic battle, going back and forth, giving and receiving.

“Hoo.”

Director Bruno stroked his mustache as if wondering.

“…It’s as if they’ve been fighting back to back for a long time. I know they don’t have a very close relationship, but it’s really surprising.”

“I know?”

Of course, the one that stood out the most was Masain.

Hissing-

I heard that a long golden afterimage is cutting down the lycan slopes.

Quaaaang!

Soon it explodes with a powerful explosion. A group of demonic beasts at the front split up and down and died.

Auror explosion.

It is a very unfamiliar yet beautiful technology to the Sigismund people.

As the Wolf Knights pushed in in time, the front line was quickly pushed back to the mountainside.

But even so, there was no sign of nervousness on Seongjin’s face.

‘When will you come…? … .’

They still have a hidden history. I had that feeling.

And in such cases, Seongjin’s premonitions were usually correct.

just as expected.

Thump thump thump.

After a while, instead of the vibration of the shaved ice, a new vibration was detected approaching from far away. The sound of the footsteps of dozens of giants.

“That…!”

It didn’t take long for our soldiers on the front lines to sense the anomaly.

An ominous vibration shaking the ground.

The Sigismund soldiers who had guarded the Demon World for many years could not have known the cause of the tremors.

“no way…….”

“Gravure Troll…?”

Above their pure white heads, on the gentle ridge leading to the ice wall base, dozens of ice monsters soon appeared.

25 Glatzer Trolls.

A scale that immediately overshadows the majesty of four shaved ice. It was clearly the maximum number that could be used with an ice heart.

“As expected, the guy who targeted the canyon fortress came here!”

Seongjin quickly opened his spiritual eyes and controlled the ice heart.

〚Mode setting: Auto / *Manual*〛

Seongjin separated Bingsu No. 1 from the group and slowly steered him toward the slope.

It’s too far to control from here, but if you run wild in a melee, you might end up stepping on an ally.

In that case, it would be better to jump right into the middle of the enemy lines, even if it means slowing down your movements… … .

Then Seongjin suddenly felt an eerie feeling and turned his head towards the north.

‘… uh?’

When I listened closely, I realized that the vibration was coming from more than one direction.

Thump thump thump.

A new sign appeared on the northern road leading to the canyon.

As I continued to stare, to my surprise, about a dozen more Glacher Trolls appeared there!

The canyon fortress was in the way, so it was a direction I didn’t expect to be attacked from.

“Could it be that the fortress was attacked…?”

It was a reality I did not want to believe. But strangely enough, that is not the end.

Thump thump thump.

This time it was southwest. As expected, about a dozen Glacher Trolls appeared, climbing through the tall coniferous trees.

Didn’t they say there’s a huge lake and cliffs over there that demon beasts can never invade?

‘A total of 50 Glature Trolls? And from three directions?’

Holy shit… … !

Seongjin gritted his teeth.

[for a moment! Seongjin Lee!]

The startled Demon King tried to dissuade him, but Seongjin’s strong will forced him to share his senses.

It’s a disaster.

Soon his spiritual eyes open, and a vision filled with five colors of light unfolds.

‘How many people are there? How many people control the Ice Heart?’

Squeaky.

Sungjin, enduring the pain that was getting stronger, opened his eyes wide to find the thoughts of the Glacher Trolls.

Fortunately, the effort was not in vain, and Seongjin eventually succeeded in finding faint lines of thought among the dizzying Aurors on the battlefield.

But the results were unexpected.

“no way…….”

[Hey, Seongjin Lee! You have eyes!]

Surprisingly, all of the glamor trolls’ thoughts were connected to one point.

And what is at the end is a powerful, dark green flame!

According to Seongjin’s will, the field of view rapidly expands, and the sight of the mountainside quickly approaches.

What was there was a woman wearing a large dark green robe.

She held an ice heart in each hand. He is truly moving 50 magical beasts by himself.

‘That guy is the devil! ‘I’m not a demon contractor!’

Seongjin knew right away.

[aha?]

At that time, the woman must have felt Seongjin’s gaze and looked up into space.

Underneath the deeply pressed hood, bright red lips draw a long arc.

[Someone said it and it turned out to be you. You are prepared.]

… Those who are prepared?

[I haven’t heard that you have spiritual eyes. Indeed, it seems you were the one who stole the ice heart from the canyon. My master will be very interested if I tell you this.]

Stop talking nonsense, devil!

You die by my hands today!

thud! thud!

Bingsu No. 1 responded to Seongjin’s will and started running. Paying no attention to the Lycanslopes or the Glature Trolls, I only aimed for that dark green ominous flame.

[Hehehe, where!]

Woooooo-

Glacher trolls tried to get in his way, but Seongjin ran while dodging them. The strange sense of unity he had experienced once before, as if he had become the number one shaved ice, came to him again.

Only the headache and eye pain that had been getting worse from earlier were preventing his soul from completely separating from his body.

Squeaky.

Suddenly, my vision became blurry and I felt something flowing down my cheek.

[Lee Seong-jin! stop! It’s impossible now!]

I know it’s impossible, devil.

But if we can’t kill that guy here, the territory will be over anyway.

[Don’t be hasty! If you lose your mind here now, then your territory will be over!]

But, devil, if we leave it like this, we cannot guarantee our safety. Not only Lord Martha, but also the resident knights will be killed or injured.

Besides, I can tell. For the sake of Delcross, we must protect the Sigismund territory now. If we get pushed back here, we won’t be able to control it from now on.

Now take one step.

If only I could take one more step.

Bingsu No. 1 covered the ridge with terrifying momentum.

[Uh, how… … !?]

Only then does the devil startle and take a small step back. It seems he never thought that the glamor troll Dangi would break through all these obstacles and run toward him.

‘It’s almost now! Got it… … !’

It was then.

Huh.

Suddenly, my vision becomes blurry and my vision becomes dark.

‘Holy shit! Just a little more, it’s already been a while!’

I desperately rubbed my eyes, but once my vision was gone, it did not come back.

It wasn’t just the vision that was wrong. Along with a tremendous sense of exhaustion, the fatigue from up until now washed in like a tide.

‘I couldn’t reach it this time either. Just one step is not enough… … !’

All strength is lost from my body and my body suddenly tilts.

Then chin.

Someone caught Seongjin’s falling body. It was a somewhat familiar sight.

“Are you okay, Seongjin Lee?”

“……!”

uh?

For an instant, Seongjin’s head went blank.

why? How far is it from the ecliptic to here? Why is he here?

“Stay still. Your Auror flow is messed up right now. Why are your eyes like this? Blood is flowing from them.”

A warm energy flows into the eyes along with a calm voice. It was divine power.

“Why are you doing this here? What on earth is going on? Brother Masain?”

Unbelievable. It’s really Logan!

Seongjin blinked his invisible eyes and tried to focus.

“…Logan? How are you here now….”

“Ah. I saw something flashing in the distance, so I thought it was unusual, so I stopped talking and ran right away. I wondered if there was anyone else who would do something like this other than you, but I really didn’t expect you to be here. What was that bright light from earlier? ”

What was it? It was the rock you gave me… … .

Seongjin, who had been thinking absently, suddenly came to his senses.

… devil!

“Logan! Logan!”

Seongjin fumbled with his hand and grabbed Logan’s sleeve, which was covering his eyes.

You can be sure.

After waking up in this Delcross dimension, other than Seonghwang, Seongjin is the only one who has no idea how to deal with him.

This guy can do it!

“There is no time for this right now! This is something only you can do. You must catch him!”

“Are you saying you know what you look like now? If you leave this alone….”

“You idiot! That’s not important right now! If we don’t catch him, at least half of the people here will die! The damage to the territory will grow out of control!”

“…….”

“Listen carefully. Beyond that mountainside, there’s a devil! He looks like a young woman wearing a hood. We have to catch him now! If we don’t…!”

“Whew….”

Seongjin, who had been talking frantically, was startled. Because in that soft sigh, I felt a deep sense of anger like never before.

But after all, Logan was Logan.

He quickly got over his agitation and asked in a calm voice.

“Okay. Just calm down and speak slowly. What should I do?”

fantasy,