Episode 32: Follow me with all your might (4)
“joy.”
Belinda snorted and moved closer to Giselle.
She did not attack the Dirus Ents specifically.
There was no need to do that since the mercenaries were already rushing in, and it might even get in the way of Jiselle’s fight.
She just quietly watched her surroundings, intending to pull Giselle out at a really dangerous moment.
“Wow!”
Kwaaaaah!
As the mercenaries all rushed in, the Dirus Ents began to be pushed back.
Although the strength of each individual may be lacking, there are over a hundred people.
The mercenaries attempted to attack by attaching themselves to each Dirus Ent in groups of several dozen.
Kwaaaaah!
The indiscriminately slaughtered Dirus Ents began to fall one by one, spewing out black liquid.
Kwaaaaang!
“Eww!”
Of course, the mercenaries weren’t all right either.
Every time Dirus Ent swung his arm, the mercenaries who failed to properly block it were thrown far away.
Khoooo!
One of the Dirus Ents, who had blown away the mercenaries in front of him, kicked a huge foot at the fallen mercenary.
They are trying to trample it down and completely destroy it.
“Oh, no!”
The mercenary screamed in fear as he saw a giant shadow approaching him.
He closed his eyes, sensing his end.
puck!
The mercenary opened his eyes slightly when he heard only a dull thud instead of the expected pain.
Before his eyes was Giselle, blocking the feet of Dirus Ent with a huge greatsword.
“Huh, huh?”
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Yes, yes! Okay, thank you.”
Kwaaaaah!
Knock knock.
As the enraged Dirus Ent pressed down with all his might, Giselle’s feet began to slide back and the ground began to crack.
“Get out of here quickly.”
“Yes, yes!”
The mercenary answered hurriedly and quickly rolled away to avoid the situation.
At the same time, Jiselle turned around and put away her greatsword.
Dirus Ent’s feet hit the ground hard.
Kwaaang!
Jiselle turned her body back into place and swung her greatsword powerfully.
Kwajijijik!
The greatsword passed right through Dirus Ent’s ankle.
Kuoooo!
The severed Dirus Ent staggered, screaming in pain.
Jiselle continued to slash at Dirus Ent’s body without stopping.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
The mercenary who had escaped thanks to Jiselle looked at the sight with weary eyes.
The way Giselle fought was completely different from the knights and nobles he had seen so far.
It was rough, ruthless, and frighteningly cruel.
Rather, it was more like the fighting of mercenaries or bandits than of knights.
‘Wow, isn’t it scary?’
While the mercenary was admiring and unable to come to his senses, Giselle turned the Dirus Ent into a rag and moved away.
Thanks to Giselle’s active movement in all directions, the number of Dirus Ents quickly decreased.
Kuoooo… … .
It took some time, but eventually all the Dirus Ents were defeated.
“Hey, I won!”
The mercenaries sank to their seats, gasping for breath.
But no one cheered in triumph.
In the direction everyone was looking in silence, there was Giselle standing with her eyes closed and head up.
Kuung!
The mercenaries flinched as Jiselle turned around and stuck her greatsword into the ground.
It was because I was overwhelmed by the inaction he showed.
In their eyes, Giselle was not a petty noble, but a fearsome warrior.
“hmm.”
Jiselle looked around at everyone with an expressionless face.
He still looked dumbfounded.
“Did you enjoy the view?”
The mercenaries bowed their heads and said nothing.
Even though he was hired and paid for it, he was scared and tried to run away.
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It’s a situation where you have nothing to say even if your employer cuts off your head.
They ridiculed Giselle as a nobleman, but in reality, they were inferior to him.
“If you are afraid even though you can fight, you will eventually die.”
I said the same thing to a soldier who was frightened when he met an orc that day.
Just like that time, Jiselle deliberately fought alone without calling in mercenaries.
Whether your goal is survival, money, or growth, it is important to fight with your own will.
Instilling confidence in one’s ability to fight.
Be the first to arrive at the most dangerous place.
Demonstrating overwhelming force that makes the impossible possible.
That’s always been his role.
That is why, even in his previous life, all the mercenaries believed in him and followed him.
“From now on, anyone who runs away will be the first to be beheaded.”
The mercenaries nodded their heads without realizing it, oppressed by the cold expression and menacing gaze.
In the suffocating atmosphere, Giselle continued speaking.
“I can’t guarantee that everyone will survive, but I will try to save as many people as possible.”
The mercenaries nodded.
“I will always stand at the front.”
Belinda frowned at those words, but the mercenaries’ expressions remained fixed and they only looked at Giselle’s face.
“Follow me with all your might.”
As soon as Giselle finished speaking, the mercenaries stood up with their weapons drawn with determined expressions.
Belinda was slightly surprised to see Giselle leading the mercenaries.
‘The atmosphere suddenly changed completely?’
Recently, Jiselle has been showing off her laid-back and playful side.
Although he was much better than his old nervous self, he never displayed the same weighty behavior as other nobles.
‘Are you nervous because it’s the Demon Forest… … . It seems a little different.’
Now the mercenaries were unable to move at a single word from Jiselle. It was thanks to his performance.
It was no wonder that everyone was surprised when someone who had seemed like an ordinary kid suddenly took over the atmosphere.
But Jiselle, as if she had never shown such a serious expression before, was helping the mercenaries heal, patting them on the shoulder, and making jokes.
‘It’s getting more and more difficult to keep track of this. Is this a case of multiple personalities?’
One day, the person suddenly changed, and even Belinda, who had known him for a long time, could no longer define what kind of person Giselle was.
After taking a short break to treat the wounded, the group resumed their work.
What was a little different from before was that the mercenaries moved briskly instead of fiddling around like before.
“Take care of their inner skins properly.”
“Huh? Why are you taking that?”
The mercenaries hesitated, not understanding Giselle’s intentions.
Why would you take away monster flesh and such?
“I plan to take it and make fire suits and firefighting supplies.”
The mercenaries nodded in admiration after hearing the explanation added by Jiselle.
“Aha, it does block the heat well and even if it catches fire, it goes out quickly.”
“It could be useful if used well, right?”
Even to the mercenaries, it was a material that was clearly effective in putting out or blocking fire.
It would be quite useful to make something that would block the heat when a fire breaks out.
Jiselle smiled with satisfaction as she watched the mercenaries diligently peeling off their skins.
‘It seems pretty useful.’
According to records from previous lives, the skin of a Dirus Ent can withstand up to 4th circle fire magic.
It is an item that can produce tremendous results depending on how it is used.
Jiselle had already planned where to use this.
“You don’t have to take everything. I’ll come back and get it next time.”
Since no one comes and goes here anyway, it would be okay to take it with you next time the road is being maintained.
The mercenaries who had gathered enough materials gathered the corpses of the Dirus Ents in one place and then began the work of making a new path.
Nothing special happened on the first day.
But from the next day onwards, monsters started attacking out of the blue.
After three days, the mercenaries realized that this forest was a hell beyond their imagination.
“Damn! This is crazy! This is a crazy forest!”
“What kind of monsters keep popping out!”
“There’s no time to rest!”
The mercenaries were fed up with the endless stream of monsters popping out.
From the moment I said I was coming to the Demon Forest, I was prepared to fight monsters, but that was only at the level they thought was ‘common sense’.
“I really didn’t know it was a place like this… … .”
As one mercenary muttered, all the mercenaries nearby nodded.
The monsters living here were much larger and more powerful than those outside the forest.
A monster that could be defeated by five or six mercenaries outside would require several times as many people here to be dealt with.
The monsters living in the Demon Forest are not only strong, but also have strange appearances that bore the viewer.
There were so many bizarre monsters that even giant man-eating plants seemed cute.
The biggest problem of all was that the raids were never ending.
“I just want to sleep comfortably.”
For three days, the mercenaries could not even sleep properly.
Because monsters came regardless of day or night.
“Hehehe, this is the entrance? What on earth lives in that deep place?”
A mercenary muttered with a self-deprecating laugh.
Three days had passed, but the actual distance traveled was not that far.
The work of making the road took a long time, and the constant battles with monsters continued to eat up time.
Even at the entrance, it was like this, so I couldn’t even imagine how many scary things would live deep in the forest.
The mercenaries understood why no one had ever tried to pioneer the Demon Forest before.
If we are to develop a place like this, it will have to come from the state, not the fiefdom level.
“Still, the damage is relatively small thanks to the employer’s wild behavior.”
“Yeah. I guess it’s not scary.”
“How can that be?”
The reason the mercenaries had no choice but to endure even though they were tired and scared was because of Giselle.
As he promised, he always fought at the forefront.
Belinda and Gillian tried to stop him several times, but he wouldn’t listen at all.
Since they are at the forefront, the risk is naturally the highest.
However, Jiselle ran out as soon as the monsters appeared and minimized the damage to the mercenaries.
“Sometimes I’m more scared of my employer than the monsters. When we fight, I’m like a total demon.”
“But thanks to you, there are more than a few people who saved their lives. If it weren’t for our employer, we would have all died long ago.”
As time passed, the mercenaries began to be truly impressed by Giselle.
“I really don’t know if I’ll make it back alive.”
“I think it’ll be fine as long as you follow your employer.”
Although everyone had different thoughts, everyone agreed that Jiselle was fighting with all her might.
That was the driving force that gave the mercenaries strength.
Kwaaaaang!
“Eww!”
“Save me!”
Monsters with recorded habitats, like Dirus Ent, could prepare in advance to minimize damage.
But Giselle wasn’t always able to prevent all dangers.
This forest is a paradise for monsters.
There were also monsters that wandered without a habitat or moved around for various reasons.
Such monsters suddenly appeared not only in front of the party, but also from the side or behind.
“Hold on! I’ll go!”
At those times, Jiselle ran there faster than anyone else and rescued the mercenaries.
Soon, Giselle’s body became covered in wounds.
It was a natural result, since he fought ahead of everyone else and spared no one else’s life.
“Your Majesty! Leave it to the mercenaries! Stop it! Are you crazy? Why are you like this!”
Belinda couldn’t understand at all.
No other employer fights with their bodies like this.
Even in war, commanders try to protect themselves as much as possible.
Because only when the leader of the group is safe can the entire group survive.
But Giselle pushed herself to an unscrupulous degree.
Every time Belinda saw that sight, her heart sank.
‘Haa, don’t you feel sorry for your own body?’
I have seen Giselle’s skills enough. It was skills worth acknowledging.
When a monster appears, he also gives instructions on how to best deal with it.
His judgment and command were both amazing, but they were overshadowed by his mad fighting style.
As Belinda’s worries grew, the mercenaries began to rely more on Giselle.
“This time my employer saved me again.”
“I said it’s safer to stay next to your employer.”
“What kind of noble is that? Maybe he was a raiding party leader in his past life.”
“Hahaha, that’s right. The assault team suits you perfectly.”
In large mercenary groups, separate assault units are formed to take on the most dangerous tasks.
Up until now, Jiselle’s actions were no different from those of a leader of a raiding party.
In fact, Jiselle had mostly been on missions as an assault team member in her previous life, so the mercenaries’ words were not wrong.
Every time they saw him running wild among the monsters, the mercenaries couldn’t help but feel a strange feeling.
At first, it was just a feeling of awe, but as time passed, I gradually began to have faith in Giselle.
“The employer does this because it is for our benefit.”
The mercenaries all nodded at what someone had said.
Mercenaries are one of the most undervalued professions.
This was because the perception that they were lowly people who sold their lives for money was deeply ingrained.
But there was no sign of Jiselle ignoring the mercenaries.
He never spared himself for them, and he appeared more cheerful and lively than a mercenary.
That’s why they couldn’t help but fall for Giselle more and more.
Of course, not everyone was like that.
There were those who completely lost their will to fight due to the constant fighting and powerful monsters.
Manus was a mercenary who looked like a sly rat.
