◈ 370. [STAGE 15] Anguish
cross road. Temple.
“Bring more bandages!”
“I don’t have enough potions! hurry!”
“Saintess! You should come here too! I’m in a hurry!”
I stood in the hallway of the temple, which became a mess, watching the heroes being rushed to the bed.
In today’s battle, a total of 3 parties became incapacitated.
Leprosy killing squad.
It was the most severely injured party, and everyone came back as super-corpses because they blocked the goblins’ attack with their whole body.
He would need treatment for at least a few weeks.
Holy Grail Explorer.
The degree of injury is not so great, but the problem is that they are a party that is biased toward dealers.
For those not as strong as the tank party, injuries of this magnitude take time to recover.
And, the Shadow Army.
2 man warrior. 2 injured. 1 missing… … .
And Lily, who was put in to rescue them, disappeared together.
“… … .”
First day now.
In the first battle, 3 hero parties became unavailable.
The damage didn’t end there. The parties that had been in the decoy corps were also exhausted and injured.
In particular, Junior’s wizard party and Damian’s sniper party, which are the core of firepower, were discharged due to excessive use. You should give it time to rest.
“Lord.”
Lucas came to me. Turning around, Lucas nodded in that direction.
“The emergency treatment of body bags and burnouts is over… … . Would you like to go see it?”
“… … I will.”
Upon entering the hospital room, Body Bag and Burnout, whose bodies were wrapped in bandages, immediately stood up and saluted.
I waved my hand and told him to rest, then sat down on the chair in front of the bed.
“Report exactly what happened.”
Burnout was unable to speak, so Body Bag took over and reported it.
Due to Dusk Bringer’s use of the Dragon Roar, the hunter’s hound, which had been temporarily incorporated into the shadow unit, left its seat, and the castle wall where he went to pick up the hound was attacked… … .
The entire shadow unit fell out while trying to save the hunters who were trapped under the collapsed wall.
In an attempt to rescue the straggled Shadows, two parties were put out of action, and two core fireteams were discharged.
And, still, the Goblin Legion is alive and well.
Listening to the report, I cupped my forehead with my hand. Bodybag finished the report.
“… … So we got back through the gate. Afterwards, I waited for God Hand and Lily-sama to return, but before that, the gate was closed… … .”
“… … .”
“really… … I’m sorry, Your Highness. Because of us, the wire suffered too much damage… … .”
“It’s not because of you.”
I said one more time
“It is not because of you. Don’t beat yourself up.”
No one was malicious.
Rather, it was just good intentions.
A person tried to save a person. To save a party member who was crushed under the wall, to save a fallen comrade, to save the life of a lover who is alive or dead… … .
Everyone risked their lives.
In this situation, who can blame who?
However, people die, the damage accumulates, and the battle becomes overdone.
Everyone’s good intentions came together, but the result was disastrous.
“I was the one who ordered the use of the dragon roar, and I was the one who ordered the dispatch of the rescue team. All responsibility lies with me.”
I slapped the shoulders of the two members of the Shadow Unit who bowed their heads and blamed themselves in turn.
“So, don’t think about anything else today and get some rest.”
“but… … .”
Bodybag started to cry.
“But, but… … The two newcomers, God Hand, and Lily-sama… … .”
“… … .”
I patted Body Bag on the shoulder one more time without saying a word, then left the room.
Burnout soothed the sobbing body bag with his bandaged hand covering his face.
When I walked out of the temple corridor with Lucas, Evangeline, who had just finished first aid treatment, was waiting for me at the temple entrance.
The three of us rode in a horse-drawn carriage and returned to the manor house.
In the carriage on the way back, I spat out with difficulty.
“Would it have been right to give up?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The two just stared at me silently, but didn’t answer. I muttered, rubbing my tired eyes.
“If we had just given up on the Shadow Unit, the situation could have ended with one incapable party. But I went out to rescue, and in the end, only three parties were unable to fight… … For the time being, up to two firepower parties will not be able to go out.”
This defense battle is a long game.
The minimum is three days, but may be longer. The scale of the enemy was also large, and it was because he had established a strategy to gnaw them down while taking as much time as possible.
But on the first day, the first button was sewn wrong.
And you don’t know what a huge impact this snowball will have. It’s time to change the tactics of all guerrilla operations from tomorrow.
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“Did I make a mistake… … ?”
I let out a sigh.
Wasn’t it that he endangered the entire front by being obsessed with humanity, clinging to justice that shouldn’t be entangled?
If it’s for victory, if it’s for strategy, you need to know how to boldly and calmly give up and cut it off.
During the 742 attacks, people’s lives were thrown like bullets. Because I regretted myself being a monster only for attack.
That’s why I tried to protect the people I could touch… … Actually, maybe it was a mistake.
“Seniors.”
Evangeline calmly opened her mouth.
“Senior came by himself to save me from being besieged by the golem army in the past.”
“… … It was because I was sure That I can safely save you… … .”
“You bluff again, again!”
Evangeline suddenly reached out and squeezed my left arm. Aaghh?!
“What are you doing! It hurts!”
“Do you think I don’t know that you’ve been having trouble using your left arm since that day?”
“… … .”
Then, when I went to rescue Evangeline.
I had an injury that shattered all the bones in my left arm.
The temple’s special treatment has allowed him to move normally to some extent, but in fact, he is not as free as before.
“Even these days, when it rains, your left arm gets sore. look at it now It’s starting to snow, honestly, you’ve been sore since before, right?”
“… … No, I’m not even a grandfather, it hurts like this… … .”
“I told you to stop bluffing!”
“Ouch!”
In fact, I finally admitted it because it was right to be squeamish. Only then did Evangeline let go of my arm and nodded her head.
“If you really considered efficiency that day, you shouldn’t have come to save me with this kind of risk.”
“… … .”
“But senior saved me. Even risking his own life… … .”
Evangeline’s emerald eyes do not waver.
“So I sympathized and followed. The banner raised by the senior. Killing monsters and saving people, the justice of the front here.”
“… … .”
“It is as you said. If we had abandoned the Shadows from the beginning, we would have been able to fight the rest of the defense with more forces. But, if so… … Would the banner of this front be intact?”
Will you abandon your fallen allies or save them?
Is it an attack or a person?
In the end, it is a repetition of the troubles of the past.
In the meantime, somehow the two were compatible. The attack was maintained and people were saved.
However, if one day the moment comes when you have to choose between the two… … .
Then I… … .
“We are fighting to the death not to maintain the territory of the Empire. The pride of protecting everyone on the front line, and… … It’s because of the cause you raised.”
Evangeline smiled and nodded.
“For that cause, I could die.”
Compared to the light tone of the girl knight’s voice, the meaning was too heavy.
So I missed the timing to reprimand, ‘Don’t talk like that recklessly’.
Lucas, who had been silent for a while, also opened his mouth.
“The day may come when that cause will strangle the lord’s throat. Maybe that day is now.”
Immediately after, Lucas shrugged.
“But, what about it?”
“what?”
“As Evangeline said, isn’t it a front line to kill monsters and protect people? therefore… … Do not regret your decision, lord.”
“… … .”
“Please take the lead in walking the path you have chosen, even if it is painful. We will silently follow.”
Although he opposed the dispatch of the rescue team this time, it was Lucas who pushed my back after I made my decision.
Evangeline banged on my knee as I was speechless.
“is it so! Before the start of the operation, he said while maintaining his form that he had no regrets, then really don’t regret it! You’re just having a set of regrets!”
“haha… … .”
I laughed bitterly.
Suddenly, I remembered what the emperor had told me in the imperial city.
– No matter how white and clean you hold the flag! Eventually, the moment it passes through the battlefield, that flag will be covered in blood and ashes. My little son, do you really not know!
“… … .”
The banner I put up. And my heart holding it.
It agonizes, it shakes, it wears out bit by bit.
At the end of this road, can I still stand holding that flag?
To those who follow me, will I be able to wave the flag I have protected?
or not… … .
“after!”
He raised both hands and slapped himself on the cheek.
Now is not the time to think like that. As the two articles said, it’s a waste of time to regret.
I have already chosen a route, and the attack is underway.
find a way out put a tombstone That’s what I have to do as a commander.
“Modify tactics.”
I took out the plan of action from my bosom.
I unfolded the original plan for the second day.
After roughly reading the content, which was written in so many words, I crumpled it up carelessly.
“Tomorrow’s guerrilla operation… … .”
Then, looking at the two knights in front of me, I grinned.
“You guys will have to suffer.”
Then Lucas and Evangeline both smiled at each other like bad boys.
No, even with Evangeline, I didn’t expect Lucas to smile like a bad kid… … .
What do you think? What is required when killing a monster is far from being good and upright.
A little naughty child is suitable.
Uduk, uduk, loosening my fists, I showed my fangs.
“Let the monster hunt begin.”
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night.
Snowy advance base.
《It’s difficult.》
Inside her little barracks, Carly-Alexandre groaned.
With the helmet off and the armor off, he was treating his bloody left arm himself.
There was no way there would be a doctor in the goblin army. No one has learned healing magic.
The only one with medical knowledge was Carly-Alexandre herself.
He was sitting in front of a mirror, with knives, hot water, and a burnt iron lined up, examining his wounds and performing the operation himself.
The elf’s spear pierced his left shoulder.
The spearhead shattered inside his shoulder, scattering shattered iron fragments all over the inside of his left arm.
Roughly large fragments were cut through the arm and pulled out, but small pieces could not be pulled out.
Looking down at her immobile left arm, Carly-Alexandre clicked her tongue.
《You got a good shot at that elf… … .》
The goblin amirs who were helping him let out a low groan.
Kali-Alexandr wiped the sweat on his brow and looked back at the goblin amirs.
“My injuries are over… … How many Amirs are left?”
“Kirik, the three of us are all… … .》
“A lot of you died.”
The name is the highest officer under the God King, but many died in vain.
The same goes for the goblin Janissary. How many died in this day alone, the loss was enormous.
The damage suffered by the goblin army was as great as the damage suffered by the monster front today.
《Choose seven of the highest majors among the janissaries.》
After covering the injured left arm with a cloak. The Goblin God King rose from his seat.
He was unconcerned as if he had been injured.
《Among the regular goblin soldiers, select 500 with the highest rank and assemble them by tomorrow morning.》
The war is still far away.
There was his injury, the officer’s vacancy, and the need to hide.
Finally, he put on a helmet that was a combination of a mask and a crown, and returned to his usual unshakable appearance.
“I need to ‘promote’.”
