The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 286

Episode 286: I Didn’t Come Alone (4)

Harold looked quite haggard. He had been on edge because of Gillian.

But his eyes were burning brighter than ever.

“Giselle… … . Giselle… … . This damned brat has finally appeared before my eyes.”

Harold’s heart was no different from Giselle’s. The two of them wanted to see each other so badly.

To cut each other’s throats off.

Slowly. Slowly.

A knight of Fenris, carrying a white banner, approached Desmond’s camp.

He threw something and ran away quickly.

Desmond was terrified when he saw the ‘something’ that had rolled over and immediately took it to Harold.

Harold furrowed his brows and looked at what the soldier had brought.

“Baron Hutton… … .”

What the knight of Fenris threw away was the head of Baron Hutton, who had been decapitated by Giselle. Even at the moment of his death, his expression was filled with pure doubt, as if he had not yet fully understood the situation.

The fact that Baron Hutton was dead had already been reported by the knights and soldiers of the pursuing party who had fled.

I had prepared myself mentally, but facing his death like this made me boil over with anger again.

“Ugh… … Giselle! Giselle, you punk!”

The guy who always interfered with my work suddenly showed up again and killed one of my best fighters.

Although Harold had many excellent knights under his command, Baron Hutton was a special one among them. With him dead, the future battle of the royalist faction will be more difficult.

I made a mistake. I shouldn’t have put him in the pursuit party while he was injured. I should have let him fight under the safe escort of my allies.

Harold, clutching his head, spoke with bloodshot eyes.

“Form up properly so that he can never escape.”

You have to be calm. The guy you wanted to kill all along is now right in front of you.

This is a much better situation than a siege. All we have to do is win this battle.

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

As Desmond’s army slowly closed the distance around Fenris’s forces, Gillian spoke urgently.

“My lord! Get out of here! You must get out of here quickly!”

“Isn’t it going to be hard now? If you run away and get caught, the damage will be greater.”

“Me! I’ll stop it again! Go back and prepare for Mercury! Hey, you guys! Just 100 people follow me!”

Gillian looked back at the knights and said, but they all had indifferent expressions.

“What are you guys doing! Hurry up and bring the lord… … .”

“Okay, Gillian. Are you telling me to run away while others make sacrifices? Because you think we’re going to lose? And I’m here?”

“My lord!”

Gillian shouted in frustration. Fenris’s army was certainly strong. The 300 knights led by Giselle and the cavalry armed with Galvanium would have tremendous destructive power.

However, the shortcoming of its durability was clear. The more the knights drew out the power of the armor, the faster the mana would be consumed.

“I know how strong we are. I have fought against that great army. But if we kill only half of them, we will all be exhausted and fall. Don’t you know the great army’s greatest advantage?”

“I can fight longer. Until they’re all dead.”

“What good is it if you fight alone, my lord? Even if we win in the end, we will suffer losses close to total annihilation!”

“Hmm, that makes sense.”

“So, get out of here and prepare for Mercury! I’ll block it again!”

Gillian realized why Belinda was always nagging at Giselle. She knew the lord was fearless, but this was just too reckless.

But Jiselle still answered with an indifferent expression.

“What does that mean?”

“yes?”

“What’s the point of sacrificing Gillian and the others for my survival?”

“You must live, my lord! You are not alone!”

“Hey, don’t say things that could make others misunderstand. I’m still single.”

“My Lord! That’s not what I meant! My Lord, you have to take responsibility for and lead more people… … .”

Giselle cut Gillian off.

“I don’t want to lose Gillian. Not just Gillian, but the others too.”

At those words, Gillian’s eyes turned red and she clenched her teeth.

Those were truly wonderful words. They were the highest compliments a loyal lord could receive.

But that shouldn’t be the case. Why did they sacrifice themselves? Wasn’t it to buy time to save more people?

Anyone who leads many people must be cool-headed. He must take what is necessary and discard what is necessary. That was the virtue of a ruler who leads people.

But Jiselle continued speaking as if she didn’t care about that.

“I always try my best so I don’t lose my people.”

“My lord… … .”

“There is nothing to be gained by losing someone, and there is nothing to be gained by losing someone.”

Losing someone precious is Giselle’s greatest trauma. She’s already been through enough in her past life and has been hurt enough.

That’s why I swore that I would never let something like that happen again and decided to fight the Duke.

“That’s not what I think responsibility is.”

It is not about protecting and saving more people by sacrificing someone.

Burning your own life force to protect and save more people.

That was exactly the sense of responsibility that Giselle had in mind.

“And I have no intention of being annihilated. I will win with minimal damage, as always.”

After finishing speaking, Jiselle immediately climbed onto the Black King and raised her hand, indicating that she would not argue any further.

“All troops, prepare for battle.”

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The knights of Fenris and all the horsemen lowered their helmets. They were not at all afraid in the face of Desmond’s great army.

Being with the lord now meant guaranteeing them victory.

Gillian also said through gritted teeth.

“Then I will fight again. Bring me a weapon that I can use! An axe, a spear, anything is fine!”

Then Gordon, who was standing next to her, poked Gillian in the chest.

“Huh!”

“Hey, what are you going to fight with in this body? Even if you fought me, you’d lose. No, even if you fought that chatty general, you’d lose.”

“Hahahahaha!”

The other knights also held their stomachs and laughed. Everyone was laughing to death at the sight of the scary Gillian in such a weakened state.

“You guys! Cool!”

Gillian had a fever and ended up vomiting a handful of blood. She had been fighting so hard that her body was now at its limit.

Gordon was in a frenzy at the sight.

“Oh my! Our instructor is going to die like this. Hey, take good care of him!”

Eventually, Gillian was caught by the medics and couldn’t move. Even if she wanted to, she didn’t have the strength left to fight them off.

He just looked at Jiselle, who was riding on the Black King, with blank eyes.

Giselle smiled at Gillian and gave another order.

“Everyone, get in formation and stand by.”

The back is empty, but if you run there, Desmond’s entire army will chase you. Then you won’t be able to win the battle.

From the beginning, Jiselle had no intention of running away. She planned to end it here.

He calmly waited for the opportunity to come.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Desmond, who had been approaching, stopped at an appropriate distance.

There is usually one case like this. First, it means that you want to inflict damage with a ranged attack.

Indeed, a powerful magical force began to gather in front of Desmond’s camp.

Dismissed!

The space itself began to shake and distort unsteadily, and soon light began to flash and small strands of lightning began to leak out.

Willow, a 6th circle wizard in Desmond County, cast the spell.

He saw that the lord, Giselle, was in the lead, so he decided to surprise him with a magic shot. Since area-of-effect magic could be weakened by those wearing black armor, he prepared a fast and powerful magic that targeted a single target.

“Heh, you idiot. You don’t even know what’s going on.”

Willow smiled confidently. His magic was now ready to pierce through his enemies.

“Lightning Road.”

As he uttered the incantation, light exploded. Countless bolts of lightning intersected each other and shot out towards Giselle in an instant.

At that moment, a soft voice rang out from the rear of the Fenris Army.

“Reflect Shield.”

At the same time, a huge magic circle was created right in front of Giselle.

Kwaaang!

The lightning was reflected back towards Desmond’s camp.

Willow, who had cast the spell, cried out in horror.

“What, what is this!”

Although Reflect Shield is a 6th circle magic, it is a magic that consumes a tremendous amount of magic power.

Reflecting magic requires much more magical power than the magic being cast, so it should not be used recklessly unless you have a lot of magical power.

However, the magic was cast in the Fenris Army camp.

Willow waved her remaining arm frantically to dispel the spell. She felt the magic drain away in clumps.

‘I, the wizard above me, has arrived.’

A cold sweat ran down his back. The fact that he could deflect his own magic so easily meant that he was at least a 6th Circle Master.

‘There’s a wizard like that in Fenris? All the wizards who have reached the 6th circle in this north are known to me?’

As far as I know, there are no 6th circle wizards in Fenris. It is widely known that Alfoy, the successor to the Red Flame Tower Lord, is staying in Fenris, but he is only a 4th circle wizard.

‘Oh, a high-ranking wizard we don’t know has appeared.’

Willow reported to Harold right away. Harold, who was preparing for a large-scale magical attack, furrowed his eyebrows.

If Willow’s words were true, the magical power should be absent to restrain the opponent’s attacks.

They didn’t know that Vanessa had ascended to the 6th Circle, and that a wizard next to her was passed out, foaming at the mouth, his magic drained.

She deliberately displayed powerful magic to confuse her enemies, which resulted in Desmond’s army’s wizards being restricted in their actions.

In a situation where you don’t know the exact magical power of your opponent, you have no choice but to conserve your magical power in order to keep them in check.

Harold said, gritting his teeth.

“Magic attacks are paused for a moment. Approach slowly and surround them more tightly. Let them tire from the pressure first.”

Desmond’s men began to move a little more, like a group of hunters carefully driving away a wild beast.

This was one of the advantages that a large army could take advantage of. The enemy, who was outnumbered, would not know which side to fight at the moment.

If that tension continues for a long time, even if you don’t fight, your body will become extremely tired. In fact, when hunters hunt wild animals, they drive them slowly like this to achieve that effect.

Harold was a great commander. He brought a large army with him, but he intended to kill Giselle very slowly and surely.

“Archers, close the distance. Wizards, prepare to attack again.”

The archers behind the spearmen also approached Fenris’s army a little closer. The magicians waiting at the main camp also slowly followed the soldiers and raised their magical power.

At the mere sound of an order, they will tirelessly pound the Fenrisian army with arrows and magic.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The tension increased as Desmond, who was slowly approaching, and Fenris, who was waiting for orders, glared at each other.

Desmond’s army had already experienced Gillian’s actions firsthand and had come to know that Fenris’ army was incredibly powerful, so even though they were outnumbered, they could not let their guard down.

Although Fenris’s army trusted their lord, they had never faced such a large army before and were increasingly crushed by the pressure.

Then, suddenly, Jiselle opened her mouth as if she had remembered something.

“Oh, there’s something I didn’t tell Gillian.”

Doo doo doo doo doo.

In the distance, the sound of horses stamping powerfully on the ground began to be heard.

Desmond looked around at the sudden noise.

Doo doo doo doo doo!

The sound was getting louder and louder. Only then did Desmond see the troops rushing from their right.

Booooooo!

The trumpet sounded loudly, capturing everyone’s attention. Harold muttered without realizing it as he saw it.

“The Royal Army?”

The royal flag fluttered in front. It was the 3rd Corps led by Viscount Clifton.

And behind the 3rd Army, an army carrying the splendid banners of nobles was pursuing them.

It was the army of the investment victims led by the Ederian Viscount… … no, the noble union.

Before Harold could give any order, a loud shout rang out from somewhere.

“Waaaaaaaaaah!”

He turned his head in the direction of the sound. Troops were running from the left as well.

“That’s… … Ferdium?”

Above that army, the white wolf flag was fluttering. The Ferdium army had appeared just in time with the kingdom army.

Jiselle snickered as she looked at the armies on both sides that had suddenly appeared.

“I didn’t come alone.”

Gillian, who was at the rear, opened his eyes wide and looked from one army to the next as they appeared.

I had forgotten that Giselle was not alone like before.

Now that he has people helping him.

Gillian, who had been with Giselle since the time when she had nothing and was ignored. He suddenly felt his heart pounding and his eyes turned red.

While Desmond’s army was confused, the armies of both sides took up positions to surround Desmond.

Seeing that, Jiselle lowered her spear and said.

“let’s go.”

Slowly, slowly.

The Black King raised his head haughtily and walked slowly forward. Before his eyes stood Desmond’s army in majestic formation.

Jiselle looked at them and smiled.

“From today onwards… … .”

No, maybe before today is over.

“We will be called the strongest in the North.”

It was a short statement, but no further words were needed.

Heeeeeeeeeing!

Letting out a long howl, the Black King began to run towards his enemy.