#199
“Suppliers should come this way!”
At the roar of the old knight, the supply mercenaries who had been standing here and there began to gather in one place. Sehyeon also moved there along with the two heroes, Ruhak and Euncheong.
“I will deliver all of these to the artillery positioned on the castle wall, so move quickly.”
Where the old knight pointed, there were boxes full of cannon balls piled up. Without even asking a question, the mercenaries started climbing the castle wall carrying the boxes. The way he gritted his teeth showed his determination to shake off his anxiety.
Everyone gathered here intuitively realized the urgency of the situation. No one asked who the enemy was, but those traveling to the battlefield knew that this was a life-threatening situation.
“There’s no time, so move quickly!”
Hearing the urgent voice, Sehyeon also took a step and moved to where the box was placed. However, along the way, someone grabbed his wrist and forcibly dragged him from the spot. When I looked ahead, holding on to my body that was about to stumble, I saw a familiar figure holding his hand and leading me forward.
“what… What are you doing? “Put this down.”
“I think I was old enough to recommend it, wasn’t it?”
It was a cold voice. The eyes that glanced back were also cold and sunken. Sehyeon wrenched his wrist out of Nelus’s grasp. But before he could pull it all out, he was grabbed again by angry hands.
I looked back, but no one, including Ruhak, stopped me. No, rather, the looks in my eyes seemed to be urging me to follow along quietly.
Even so, Euncheong and the heroes had no idea that even Ruhak would be watching like this.
Come to think of it, Ruhak was avoiding Sehyeon’s side all the time, as if he was avoiding the place. To be precise, he always drew an appropriate line and retreated when Nelus appeared.
At first, he thought it was a coincidence, but at this point, Sehyun realized that it was intentional. All he could infer was that he had deliberately abetted the meeting with Nelus.
If that were true, it made sense that Euncheong did not announce Nelus’ approach at the well.
Maybe it was Ruhak’s choice to make sure things went according to his dreams.
To leave behind a close encounter with my past self.
The place we arrived at, led by Nelus’ hand, was a small alcove-like place behind the fortress’ tower. It was the furthest place from the battlefield, and it was so inconspicuous that you wouldn’t even know it was there.
“Once the situation stabilizes, I will hand over the horse as soon as the sun rises, so stay here until then. It will be safer than outside. If I don’t come, wait one more day. “Can you endure hunger?”
Nelus pushed Sehyeon in there and asked, rubbing her cheek as if comforting a child. No, he was now seeing Sehyeon as a child. Considering that everyone he saw here was too tall, Nelus would have thought that Sehyeon, who was smaller than the others, was like an immature boy.
“If you hold on just a little longer, I promise to come as soon as possible.”
“Why do you keep doing this to me? Even if I am a noble, I know that I am not the only noble here. They are. Are you going to send them all here too?”
“They are the ones who became knights and abandoned their noble titles. So it is my destiny to fight for my country. One, you are different. I have to live to learn more and grow up to take their place. “Don’t forget that.”
The hand that was touching my cheek swept across my eyes. It was a touch filled with heat. The crying voice was like the morning.
“Don’t try to get out. “No one but me will be able to open it.”
The conversation ended when the fingertips that were caressing the corner of the eye fell. Sehyeon saw the world cut off through the gap in the closed door.
“Wait a minute, wait…” !”
Before I could even stretch my hand, the door closed with force. She quickly stretched out her hand and tried to turn the doorknob, but he did not turn. Se-hyeon, who had been giving and turning with all his strength, gave up and retreated only after realizing a faint magical power climbing up the doorknob. Either Nelus had placed a spell on the door, or the room itself was enchanted.
Sehyeon took a step back and looked around the room. The candle was burning brightly in the windowless room, as if the intention was to lock him in from the beginning. There was a fireplace inside the wall, so the air was flowing, but there were a lot of cobwebs as if it hadn’t been used for a long time.
“Elix.”
Chijijik-
I put my mouth close to the communication ring and spoke the startup language, but I only heard a busy mechanical sound and couldn’t connect to anywhere.
If it is true that red ash covered the skies of the entire continent simultaneously, the other party members who fell would have also seen it. The problem was that Baek Do-hyun, who still had no contact. Sehyun, who was nervously rolling her eyes here and there, opened her inventory and began listing important items.
First of all, Sehyun also had to make optimal preparations according to the situation.
I took out all the protective artifact brooches I had and wore them inside my clothes, and took out my bow and quiver of arrows and tied them securely on my back.
I was worried that I might lose energy due to hunger, so I filled my stomach. Perhaps, Ruhak turned a blind eye to Nelus’ actions to give Sehyeon time to prepare. He or he decided it was better to take refuge.
After completing all preparations, Sehyun took out the pocket watch she had to give to Bill Will. When I opened the spring and turned it, I saw the needle that had stopped moving.
From then on, I sat down in a corner and waited quietly. As she closed her eyes, silence came with the darkness.
When Sehyeon opened his eyes again, the ground shook loudly. I must have fallen asleep in the meantime, but the sound of a thump made me reflexively raise my head. The son-in-law was completely in darkness.
For a moment, Sehyeon was suffocated by the black darkness and fumbled against the wall. Only then did I realize where this place was. I quickly took out a flash artifact from my inventory and shined it, and the chilly view of the room with the candles extinguished came into view.
My heart was still pounding. The hands of the pocket watch that had been wound had already stopped. It takes about 5 hours to spin once, so it means that 5 hours have already passed.
thud! Kuung-!!
An earthquake strong enough to shake my body came again. I didn’t know exactly how many hours had passed, but given the situation, it was clear that something had already begun.
Sehyeon immediately put down the flash artifact on the floor and took out the bow he carried behind his back. When I hooked the arrow and pulled with all my might, my unreleased body began to tremble.
In that state, Sehyun moved one step further. The arrowhead was aimed at the door.
‘<Purification’s Fall LV.8>’
Taang-!!
The moment the extended arrow touched the door, an enormous explosion occurred. A cracking sound was heard, and something scratched Sehyun’s cheek. It was a fragment of the door. The blood running down my cheek belatedly reminded me of the pain.
The only blows blocked by the protective artifact were those large enough to be life-threatening. In other words, even minor injuries could not be helped.
As the smoke filling my vision slowly began to clear, the sounds of the world that had been cut off began to flow into the room. The sound gradually became clearer. And when all the smoke in front of me cleared, all the sounds came pouring in at once.
“!”
Shoot!
They were ugly sounds mixed with the sound of rain. Shouts mixed with horror, footsteps hitting the ground, and an unpleasant sound as if something was exploding or being crushed were coming from beyond the door.
The army was engaged in a bloody struggle with something. As soon as Se-hyeon realized that, he stretched out his feet outside the door, where the rain was pouring down hard. The world was still red. The cold rain falling through them hit his head and shoulders as if weighing down.
“road!”
Sehyeon’s gaze went straight to the building. A black figure came down and lowered itself in front of Sehyun. It was a pen. He may have been the only one watching, but there was no one else around except Pen.
“Lord, it would be best for you to come in. now… road? road… !”
Before Pen could finish speaking, Sehyeon ran towards the fortress walls. He had something to check. Dam river water. And other people who may have come.
Screams and groans coming from all directions conveyed the horror of the battlefield. As Sehyun ran towards the castle wall, the sound of Pen’s footsteps could be heard running along with him.
“Ugh! “Don’t come, don’t come!”
“Don’t let them reach the castle walls!”
The ignition peony was wet from the rain, so the cannons mounted on the castle walls were virtually useless. The artillery corps used bows instead of cannons and was constantly shooting downwards. Occasionally I could see people sitting in the corner shaking and losing their senses out of fear.
After running for a while, bumping shoulders several times among the busy people, Sehyeon was able to climb up the castle wall surrounding the battlefield only when she was out of breath.
“haha… .”
And only then was I able to look down on the cruel battlefield where horrendous screams coexisted. Everything was a bright red world. The ground, soggy from the rain, was already stained red with blood. The battlefield was heavily covered with numerous corpses, corpses of monsters, and red ashes.
The screams of terrified people could be felt from the tip of the shaking sword. The enemy that the knights, soldiers, and mercenaries were dealing with was a ‘monster.’
