Episode 262: Trust me. I will lead the way. (1)
“Waaaaaaah!”
The hunter who was suddenly grabbed and thrown screamed.
The fortress walls are quite high. If we fall down like this, we’ll be completely crushed.
Slap.
But the article below accepted it gently. The hunter said with a blush.
“… … Put it down.”
Whoosh!
The knight quickly threw the hunter to the ground. It wasn’t because he was scared. There were countless hunters falling.
“Eww!”
“You crazy kid! What the hell are you doing!”
“Are you planning to kill your own troops!”
The hunters fell without being able to properly respond to the sudden action.
The knights below were used to this situation. They were busy quickly catching it and throwing it to the side.
Boom, boom!
Although it was somewhat shocking, thanks to the skilled knights who took the blows, the hunters suffered no serious injuries. Rather, when they saw the monsters approaching, they quickly stood up and took a fighting stance.
Jiselle smiled brightly at the sight.
“But since they have experience, they quickly come to their senses. Let’s hurry up and go too.”
“Oh, don’t come! Don’t come near me!”
“You’re a monster! You’re a monster that’s transformed!”
“The demon that will destroy the fortress!”
The hunters criticized Giselle with astonished expressions. But Giselle spoke as if nothing had happened.
“It’s a contract that you have to participate in battles outside the fortress, right? Fight well behind me.”
“Nooooooooooooo!”
The contracted hunters tried to run back, but the space was already filled with other hunters who had gathered.
Unable to run away, they were caught by Jiselle and Kaor and continued to fall down. In the meantime, random hunters who came close were also caught.
“No, not us! We didn’t sign a contract with you! You son of a bitch!”
“Huh? Sorry. Since we’re already here, let’s fight together.”
Jiselle really threw down nearly 300 hunters. Naturally, chaos broke out on the walls, and some of the hunters attacked Jiselle.
Whoosh! Boom!
Jiselle caught all the hunters who rushed at her and threw them down. The difference in skill was so great that there was no one who could properly block them.
“Let’s run away!”
“This kid is totally crazy!”
“Get out of the way! Get out of the way!”
The space on the wall is limited. As the hunters try to avoid Jiselle, they end up tangled up in a mess.
Grant, who was staring at the sight in disbelief, felt a heat surge from the tip of his head.
Monster waves are dangerous. The walls don’t protect them as well as they did in the war with humans. That’s why the damage is always so great.
But, even though we were united to stop the monsters, we were causing internal strife! This fortress was now finished.
“You crazy bastard! What the hell are you thinking! Are you planning on killing all of our troops? Kill that bastard! Kill that bastard first!”
The archers turned all their arrows towards Giselle. Before he could draw his bow, Giselle moved in an instant and approached Grant.
“Wake up. The walls won’t protect you. Those numbers should go out and fight in proper formation.”
“What, what?”
“I’ll give you the instructions. Archers, focus on attacking flying monsters and monsters approaching from the outside. Monsters will only attack the ones in front of you. I and those below will be bait, so feel free to attack. Just don’t hit your allies. Can you do that?”
“You, you… … .”
“The rest of you, get in formation and come out of the fortress to fight. I will break through the center with the knights and draw the attention of all the monsters.”
“What are you saying now… … .”
Giselle smiled bitterly as she looked at Grant’s bewildered face.
“You can’t fight properly on the walls. Your opponents aren’t human. If you want to win, listen to me.”
Kuoooooooo!
“My lord!”
The knights’ cries could be heard from below. The monsters came closer.
There was no more time to waste. Jiselle jumped down from the wall and said.
“Trust me. I will lead the way.”
Kuung!
As Jiselle jumped to the ground, the hunters who had fallen first looked at him with resentful eyes.
But I couldn’t fight Jiselle here. The monsters were getting close. There was no guarantee that I would win if I fought him in the first place.
You had to fight from behind as much as possible or run away when you had the chance.
Jiselle stepped forward and spoke in the group.
“Open it.”
Rattling! Rattling! Rattling!
The knights opened the large wooden boxes placed in front of them and poured out their contents onto the floor.
The boxes were packed tightly with swords, spears, and swords. Hundreds of weapons were strewn about the floor.
Jiselle looked back and said.
“Those of you who fall without weapons, pick up a few here. I won’t charge you anything.”
As soon as Giselle finished speaking, she sprayed mana threads in all directions.
Dddddddddd!
The air around them shook.
The hunters who came down and the hunters who were watching from above both looked at Jiselle with expressions of shock.
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“What, what is that?”
“That kid was a wizard?”
“Crazy, what is that… … .”
Hundreds of spears that had fallen to the floor were floating up.
The thread of mana bound all the spears together and made them float, but people couldn’t tell. This was because no one knew about such a technique, let alone could actually use it.
The knights of Fenris were not as surprised as the hunters, as they knew that such a technique existed. This was because Jiselle had often been seen using the threads of mana to lift objects and people.
But never before had he shown so many weapons being lifted at the same time. The knights clicked their tongues inwardly.
‘You’re becoming more and more of a monster.’
‘How can I become stronger every time I see you?’
‘That’s some crazy skill.’
It was a surprise to the onlookers, but it was natural for Giselle.
Jiselle trained every day without fail and was quickly regaining the skills from her previous life.
No matter how busy I was, I never rested. I never missed out on mana training and meditation, even if it meant cutting down on sleep.
‘I have to get stronger.’
He never stopped trying. If he were weak, many people would die.
‘There are no regrets twice.’
A strong sense of responsibility that binds you tightly to yourself.
So he is always stronger today than yesterday. And he will be stronger tomorrow.
Dddddddddd!
All the spears floating in the air were dyed in red energy.
This technique was ineffective against enemies that had reached a certain level of skill, but it was an extremely effective mass slaughter technique against weaker enemies.
In the past, it was not even as powerful as the attacks of a single soldier. However, as he became stronger, the power contained in this technique also increased.
Jiselle smiled coolly as she adjusted the direction the tip of her spear was pointing.
“Let’s get started.”
Paaaaang!
Hundreds of spears shot out with a popping sound.
Pupupupupupupu!
Kwaaaaah!
The spear shot out like a ray of light and pierced through the approaching monsters. Hundreds of monsters running at the forefront had their bodies pierced in an instant.
Monsters with hard or strong hides survived the attack, but relatively weak monsters simply fell.
“let’s go.”
Taking advantage of the moment when the monsters hesitated, Jiselle grabbed her greatsword and rushed forward.
Kwaaang!
And then he just split the body of the nearest monster in half.
“Let’s go too!”
Kaor followed behind, shouting. He felt both admiration and inferiority when he saw Giselle.
‘We’re not that much older than each other, yet you’re so strong. Someday, I, I will definitely… … .’
He himself is growing stronger little by little. He will definitely become stronger. He will definitely surpass Gillian and catch up with the lord.
Kaor finally has a firm goal in life.
Kwajik!
He gritted his teeth and swung his greatsword, attacking the monsters. All of Fenris’ knights also ran out and swung their greatswords.
Kaaaaaa!
The monsters that were running towards us with great momentum were instantly stopped by dozens of knights wielding mana.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Jisel took the lead and killed the monsters indiscriminately. Naturally, all the monsters’ eyes were focused on Jisel and the knights.
Kuoooooo!
Kwah! Kwah!
As the relatively weak and fast small monsters were swept away, the medium to large sized monsters approached Jiselle.
Kwajik!
A huge troll was split in half by Giselle’s greatsword.
No matter how tough the hide is or how good the regenerative power is, a troll cannot survive if its body is split in half.
Booooooo!
Another troll’s massive club flew into Giselle’s side.
Kaang!
Jiselle blocked the attack with her greatsword and then immediately decapitated the troll.
Kaak!
The wyvern quickly descended from the sky and snatched the knight who was fighting beside Giselle. The knight was so focused on the monster in front of him that he didn’t notice the wyvern flying towards him.
Because there were so many monsters, my mind was distracted.
“Ugh!”
The knight was startled and struggled, but the wyvern tried to fly high into the sky. Dropping prey from a high place to kill it was one of the wyvern’s common attack methods.
Bam!
But the wyvern stopped in midair as if it had been caught by something. Jiselle reached out and bound the wyvern with her mana thread.
Kaaaak!
The wyvern is a strong monster. It flaps its wings repeatedly, gradually breaking free from the mana thread and rising into the air.
Phew!
Suddenly, a spear appeared from somewhere in the battlefield and pierced the wyvern’s body. The wyvern fell down with its torso pierced, and the knight was barely able to escape.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
The spears that had been thrown earlier floated up here and there, helping the knights who were cornered.
This was one of the reasons why Jiselle’s war prowess was evaluated as one of the top three among the seven powers on the continent.
Everything that falls on the battlefield becomes Giselle’s weapon. All weapons come alive and dance.
That’s why you never know when or where an attack will occur. The destructive power of each attack is no less than that of the knights.
Those who knew of her abilities hoped to never meet Jiselle again on the battlefield.
One who can command tens of thousands of troops alone.
One who can fight a kingdom alone.
The king of mercenaries was also the king of the battlefield.
The hunters were dumbfounded as they watched Jiselle and the knights drive back the monsters in an instant.
So much so that I didn’t even think about running away.
“I can’t be that strong… … .”
“Money cards are no match for it.”
“Is that the Sword Master I’ve only heard of?”
The monsters stopped advancing and rushed only at Giselle and the knights.
Although the monsters that were supposed to fight each other have gathered together due to the strange phenomenon, they cannot suppress their instinct to eliminate threatening enemies.
“Let’s go too.”
A hunter said, clutching his weapon tightly.
The allies have already been separated. Even if I stay here, if those ahead of me are pushed back, I’m dead.
The only way to survive is to quickly join them and fight.
Although he rationalized it that way, that wasn’t the only reason. Jiselle’s battles made people’s blood boil. They had the power to draw people in.
The belief that if we work together we can win.
Jisel, who was slaying monsters with his incredible skills, gave us that kind of confidence.
“Let’s go! We are hunters!”
“It’s our job to catch monsters!”
“Don’t get pushed around by the new guys!”
“Wow!”
The hunters ran out, shouting loudly.
They are also veterans who have fought countless monsters. As hundreds of hunters joined in, the monsters began to be pushed back even further.
Kwajik!
Giselle, who had split the body of the large spider in front of her, looked back and smiled faintly.
“Okay, that will do.”
Kwaaaaang!
Jiselle immediately turned around and started to fight through the monsters. Before, she had been fighting to protect the knights, but now it was different.
As the hunters joined in, the monsters’ attacks became more dispersed. Jiselle single-handedly broke through the center and completely destroyed the monsters’ ranks.
Kwaaaaah!
The monsters that had been running from behind swarmed towards Jiselle, who was digging in alone. As a result, the number of monsters heading towards the knights and hunters decreased.
Knights and hunters were able to catch monsters more easily thanks to Jiselle.
And Commander Grant, who was watching all this from the wall, looked in disbelief.
“You can fight like that… … .”
So far, no one has ever fought a monster wave like that. Everyone has tried to fight by leaning against the walls.
In fact, Jiselle was right. No matter how high and strong the fortress walls were, they were of little use if the opponent was not human.
As soon as they left the range of the large weapons, the monsters quickly climbed up the walls. The flying monsters even picked up other monsters and dropped them on the walls.
The monsters, who were already half-mad, didn’t even fear death. They just kept on rushing forward regardless of whether the monsters ahead of them died or not.
So the soldiers and hunters had no choice but to fight melee on the narrow walls without being able to properly form up.
‘But I never even thought about abandoning the wall. Because of the sense of security that came from having the wall.’
Preconceptions, stereotypes, insecurities, and fears clouded their vision.
Because of that, I couldn’t help but take a lot of damage every time I tried to block a monster wave.
But look at those who are fighting outside.
The space is wide, so you can form a formation. The knights and hunters are fighting the monsters while naturally linking up and helping each other.
On the other hand, monsters have no concept of strategy or tactics. They are busy just randomly attacking anything they see.
Rather, by abandoning the walls, they were able to utilize the space. They were able to use tactics as befitting those with intelligence.
And the one who set the stage for all of this was the superhuman fighting at the very front.
Of course, the walls are helpful in some ways. They prevent all those monsters from coming up at once. Fighting outside means giving up that advantage.
But now, it’s different from the past when we had to rely solely on those advantages.
‘Now is not the time… … to rely on the walls.’
The monsters’ momentum has been broken. We can’t just sit back and watch until our allies below are annihilated.
Once they are all destroyed, those blocking the monsters on the walls will also suffer greater damage.
Grant unclenched his clenched fists. His palms were sweaty.
He was now in awe of the man as a knight.
I want to fight alongside that person.
I want to trust that person and follow him.
As a commander here, my heart and desire as a pure warrior grew stronger.
Finally, Grant made up his mind and spoke in a low voice to the adjutant next to him.
“… …Open the fortress gate.”
