Overpowered Sword Chapter 38

Level up with swords (38)

It was two days later.

It was a time that could not be said to be particularly long, but the scale of the events that occurred during that time was enormous.

An urgent quest was delivered to all guild members with a C rank or higher from the Blaine branch, and every single mercenary group staying in the city also accepted the request. And everyone except exceptional cases accepted the request.

Emergency quests are already compulsory, and they even bear the seal of the Holy Order. If you refuse without any reason, your reputation in the world will plummet to the bottom.

Unless you plan on retiring, you have no choice but to accept it.

“Even so, I never thought 1,500 people would gather… !”

Leon spoke in a voice mixed with exclamation.

At the bottom of the hill he was climbing, many of Blaine’s adventurers and mercenaries were forming a formation. They were all talented and veterans who were confident in their own abilities.

You could say it was truly an all-out war.

[It seems that the lump was able to persuade the lord well. The military’s movements are not bad either. The commander may be competent.]

‘Are you the defense captain?’

[maybe.]

After hearing El Cid’s words, I turned my attention to the outskirts and saw a garrison set up as if to surround District 25.

A catapult that is already loaded is truly threatening.

Rocks coated with oil were placed in the net, as if they were planning to do some chemical work. The armament of the soldiers was also consistent. Bows, crossbows, and even ballistas installed on every rooftop of the building.

Due to the nature of the military, where individual abilities were low, close combat seemed to be left to adventurers and mercenaries to provide covering fire.

[It’s a wise choice. Even if you charge in clumsily, you will only become a sacrifice to the foreign law, so it is better to annoy the enemy in a passive way rather than adding strength to him.]

Leon agreed with those words and looked back.

‘Well, after all, the main attack is this way.’

About 1,500 adventurers and mercenaries.

A garrison unit that mobilized everything from ballistas to catapults.

Although the army is large enough to fight a siege, all of these personnel are nothing more than tribute. To compare it to the ‘hammer and anvil’ commonly discussed in tactical theory, it was like an anvil.

However, the assault team that was supposed to suffocate the enemy still only consisted of three people.

‘The bishop and I. And Khan… . I’m not sure what the rest of them are like.’

Unlike Cesare, a knight in full armor and carrying a mace, Khan is equipped from head to toe.

The spirit overflowing from the two of them made my skin tingle.

Leon also used the money he had saved to reorganize his gear, but it didn’t make much of a difference. Even if he had saved up, it wasn’t that much money, and he couldn’t have had any equipment that could defend against foreign techniques that even a holy sword couldn’t block.

“There’s one more person coming.”

As Cesare spoke, a man approached.

He was a middle-aged man wearing full body armor that was different from the church’s style and with a dark brown mustache. He had an ordinary appearance, but no one would say the same thing after seeing his sword-like force.

Cesare, who had previously heard his identity, greeted him.

“nice to see you. Sir Conrad?”

“Yes, that’s right. “Conrad, Count Blaine’s senior knight, greets the Guardian of the Goddess.”

“It’s an undeserved title. “May the goddess bless you.”

Konrad, Khan’s eyebrows twitched at that name.

Due to the nature of the Free City, Count Blaine was unable to operate a knighthood, but this did not mean that he could not recruit knights. Rather, he needed knights who were as good as he could make the knights.

The first among them was Conrad.

He has accumulated many military achievements since his days as a free knight, and is said to become a master within the next ten years. He was an opponent worthy of being wary of, even as Khan, who had nothing to fear in the world.

“Tch! “It’s definitely an uncomfortable position for me.”

As Conrad, who had shaken hands with Leon, passed him by, Khan sneered as if he knew that would happen.

The existence of slums is always implicit.

There was no way the lord would happily leave an area he could not control in his hands. The intention was to wipe them out whenever the opportunity presented itself, and there was a high possibility that this subjugation war would be the opportunity to do so.

It was then.

“――――Am I a little late?”

A gloomy voice was heard from the shadows where no one was around.

“Who are you?”

Conrad quickly drew his sword and shouted.

A crimson aura was already blooming on the blade, engulfing the surrounding air like flames.

If I had felt even the slightest hint of hostility, I would have attacked immediately.

But the owner of the voice was not surprised and just giggled.

“You call me and ask me who I am?”

Khan, unable to hear the strange voice, fired back.

“You’re probably the only one with this shitty voice, <Guardian>. If you come, show off your gloomy appearance. Anyway, if you and I don’t do our jobs, we’ll be put on the heresy list and burned.”

“Kkkkkkkkk.”

However, the ‘Kwanjigi’ did not reveal itself.

“I will move, my way. ――I understand, I will follow. I am an assassin. “Not with you guys, that’s right.”

“Do whatever you want.”

Cesare resolutely responded to that eerie voice.

“If you just do your part, I won’t get involved. However, if you try to bury yourself only believing in the art of hiding, I will make you realize that there is no place to hide from the glory of the goddess.”

“―――It’s scary, you. Hehehe, hehe.”

After that, the ‘Guardian’ said no more.

‘I don’t feel anything… .’

Leon felt a chill inside.

I used not only Aura Sense but also ‘Eye Method’ to look at the shadows, but I couldn’t feel anything.

Assassins who reached A rank were that fearsome.

“hello!”

After some time, the last member of the rush group appeared.

“I’m a little late, right? “Because it’s a place with no structure or anything, there’s a lot to prepare.”

It was Karen, an A-rank adventurer dispatched from the guild.

She had gray hair tied up in a single strand, and eyes with hard-to-see pupils. Aside from that, her voice and expression were so bright and cheerful that it even felt uncomfortable.

On the outside, he looked like a human in his early to mid 20s, but if he was an A-rank talent, he could have been of mixed race, like a half-elf.

“Anyway, all six of us got together.”

Conrad looked around at the group with a long sigh.

There is not a shred of unity.

A gangster, two adventurers, a castle knight, a knight, and an assassin.

If you wanted unity by organizing it this way, it was unreasonable. Regardless of all conditions, it was an inevitable result because each individual was able to muster their own skills.

Kugugoogung.

Immediately after that, an earth-shattering roar rang out.

“ah! it started!”

People drawn by Karen’s words looked down the hill.

It was indeed as he said.

Is it time for the operation? The catapults with the longest range attacked first. Rocks heavily coated with oil flew into District 25, drawing a parabola like arrows.

Almost all buildings built in slums are poorly constructed.

It was fortunate that I could survive just one hit, let alone several.

… Kwaaaang… bang… Quagwagwagwang… .

Dozens of buildings collapsed in an instant, sending shock waves throughout the area. The result was that the attack to destroy the castle walls hit a poorly constructed building.

After that, fiery arrows decorated the sky.

In addition to arrows fired from the garrison, adventurers who had learned magic joined in with fire magic.

“Hehehe, you’re a minister.”

Khan smiled bitterly as he looked at the scene.

Even if it is not your area, it is the same slum. It would never be pleasant to see the entire area turned into a wasteland.

Either way, the wave attacks continued.

The destruction that started on the outskirts of District 25 soon spread inward, and the entire street burned, creating a cloud of black smoke. At this rate, it seemed like they would be able to devastate District 25 without having to enter.

“hmm.”

But there was no way that ‘evil’ would go away easily.

The moment Cesare let out a short groan, there were things popping out from within the dust cloud.

blood and flesh.

It has a shape that is roughly kneaded like clay.

What would happen if the word ‘grotesque’ were converted to a monster? Some of those who witnessed the sight with the naked eye were disgusted, and those who endured it also had their expressions distorted.

[Is it Abomination? I guess I got a little dirty.]

At that time, El Cid’s cold voice woke Leon up.

[They are made by clumping together the flesh and blood of living things. It is neither living nor inanimate. A being that cannot be established as life in this world. Although it is a failure with no special abilities or intelligence, it is durable enough to be used as a meat shield.]

‘What is the strategy?’

[Remove the external method that maintains the body using holy laws, or destroy it to a level where its regenerative power cannot keep up. Since you are a piece of meat without a brain or a heart, you will have to suffer a bit.]

They were literally created to buy time.

The shape of the limbs was unclear, and the eyes, ears, and mouth were either attached or not attached in strange shapes.

Nevertheless, it rushes toward the encirclement at high speed.

-Shoot!

Arrows rained down along with the garrison commander’s loud shout.

Direct firing, not curved cutting.

This is a shot to instantly kill an approaching enemy. Hundreds of arrows, perhaps over a thousand, pierced the flesh.

however… … .

Kkkkkk!

The lumps of flesh continued to run, ignoring the arrows lodged in their bodies. Rolling, crawling, struggling in any way to close the distance.

It was a glow that could not be stopped.

Arrows won’t do it.

When everyone agreed with that judgment, the mercenaries who established the front line took the first step.

Kujijijijik… !

Pike over 5 meters long pierce the front.

Although the Abomination’s weight and power pushed him back a few steps, his relentless advance was stopped!

“Now! “Knock him to death!”

“Be careful not to get your weapons tangled up!”

Next, mercenaries and adventurers carrying cold weapons rushed in.

From here on, it’s a dog fight.

If the opponent was a monster with no vital points, the best thing to do would be to turn its entire body into minced meat. Maces, spears, blades, hammers, and countless other weapons cut into chunks of flesh.

“Hmm, the battle line is starting to get stalemate.”

Conrad briefly analyzed the situation.

The response itself was great, but the Abomination is a monster that cannot be easily defeated. It will last at least a few dozen minutes. The catapult’s attack is still there, but it’s hard to see because of the dust cloud. Is it working, or is it a pointless attack?

If they follow their strategy, those who know that they are at a disadvantage in an all-out war will try to retreat into their shell.

Whioooooooo!

It was that moment.

Smoke clouds from the fire and dust clouds from the collapsed building began to swirl around a certain area like a waterspout.

It was an extremely unnatural shape.

Boom!

An artificially formed tornado. A stone fired from a catapult struck the outer wall, but instead of piercing the wall, it bounced backwards and hit the catapult that launched it.

No matter how you look at it, it is not a natural phenomenon.

“I think it’s time for us to step up.”

Everyone was up, not to mention Cesare.

From now on, it was the moment when the six members of the rush group, the real protagonists of this fight, had to take action.

The group, with Karen at the front, ran out of the hill.

Since this was the intention from the beginning, we also conveyed this to the garrison in advance. Enter the alleyway that remains without collapsing even after several waves of attacks. Follow that path and enter quickly.

‘Fast, fast. ‘No, am I slow?’

Leon ran as fast as he could, but fell behind.

If you think about it, it was natural.

Because he was able to break the barrier, he was only assigned to the rush group, and his capabilities did not even reach B rank. Naturally, it was difficult to keep up with a group where each person was an A rank.

If it weren’t for his extremely trained body and solar attribute, which has good recovery properties, he might have really been left behind.

“omg… ! Huh… !”

By the time he reached the tornado in just a few minutes, Leon was on the verge of exhaustion. It was only after the companions who realized his condition and waited for a while that he was able to regain his breath.

Conrad said with a shy expression.

“Oh my, I didn’t think of you. “I’m sorry.”

Leon didn’t have the strength to answer, so he just shook his head.

The problem was that they were immature, but it was the right thing to do to rush. The priority was to recover my stamina as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, the other party members were looking at the tornado.

This was because I wanted to test how great the power of the barrier created by external methods was.

Tooung!

Conrad’s sword bounced lightly.

“Hmm, that’s an absurd barrier.”

Even though the aura fire had appeared, the blade did not work as if hitting tough rubber with a club.

Regardless of how high or low the defense is, the attack itself is nullified. The foreign taste was even unpleasant. So did the rest. Neither Khan’s fist nor Karen’s dagger worked at all.

Cesare’s holy method would probably work, but it was a power that had to be saved for the fight inside.

“Wow, I looked ugly.”

Leon approached with a barely normal gait.

Then the other party members looked at him with interest, because they were curious about how to break through this barrier.

It is a barrier that cannot be broken through even with aura fire.

Although I had heard this before, I couldn’t believe that the ‘Solar Auror’ was such a great power.

‘El Cid.’

Leon, standing in front of the barrier, raised his holy sword vertically.

‘Is the strength you have gathered enough?’

[Not enough! It’s overflowing thanks to those who cut it last time. One foreign wizard is more effective than a thousand monsters, right? Don’t belittle it just because you cherish it for no reason; just blow it away.]

‘good.’

Leon closed his eyes and concentrated his mental power.

Kiiiiing!

Holy sword El Cid.

A golden aura overflowed from the sword body. The power of the sun, even the holy power sleeping inside the holy sword. A power that was not only visible but also felt warm was radiating out.

It is completely different from the heat of Auror Fire.

It was a kind and bright force that seemed to boost the life force itself, like the sun rising.

“This.”

Cesare must have felt something from the light, and looked at Leon’s back with wide eyes.

And Leon, who had gathered all his strength, widened his eyes.

“Ha!”

A blade dyed in golden light erupted.

At the same time, the vortex caught in its orbit was torn apart, revealing its invisible interior.

The outer law barrier has been torn!

“Now!”

The rush group, including Karen, jumped into it all at once.

Although the ‘Guardian’ was still invisible and unknown, at least five people had clearly infiltrated the barrier.

Just in case, Cesare threw words into the air.

“〈Guardian〉, are you in?”

Immediately the strange voice returned.

“—of course.”

It seems that all six people came in.

The primary goal of the operation was achieved.

The next step is to eliminate the foreign magicians inside the barrier and stop the tricks they are carrying out.

The assault team, which had lost sight of its presence, entered the 25th district at once.