It was all because of the iron walls on top of that castle and the dwarf warriors. In particular, there is one person who stands out the most: the dwarf warrior who wields a blade aura and runs all over the castle walls!
“Don’t let anyone come up! “Drop it all!”
The dwarf auror user, Maloid, was scraping the castle wall with a huge great sword, sweeping away everything that was hanging, including ladders and hook ropes. They were heavy infantry that could withstand falling rocks and arrows, but every time Maloid’s Auror swept over them, they just fell helplessly down the castle wall.
Thanks to the thick armor, there are not many dead, but there are many injured. If we don’t get rid of them soon, those injured people will soon turn into dead people.
“Sound the horn of withdrawal! “I can’t sacrifice more than this!”
A foolish general might have urged him to push a little harder, but the G-Man commander judged the situation cool-headedly.
No matter how high the quality of the troops was, it was clear that the imperial army was numerically inferior. Now was the time to conserve troops.
Buuuuung!
As soon as G-Man’s order was given, the movements of the imperial army changed. The archers fired arrows, and the shieldmen came forward from the rear, blocking the front of the heavy infantry at the forefront, and slowly began to retreat.
“hmm?”
At the sound of the horn, Kirinth, who was engrossed in sword fighting, glanced at the imperial army camp.
‘Is this a retreat? It looks like today’s attack failed.’
Now that the order has been given, Kirint himself cannot continue to stay here. Feeling regretful, he stepped back little by little.
Russ rushed towards me with his eyes wide open.
“Who do you think will let them run away?”
Kirinth shouted fiercely as he fought back.
“Who is running away?”
That’s what I said, but if I don’t retreat with my allies here, I’ll be stranded in the middle of enemy territory.
No matter how much an Auror you are, the chances of surviving being dropped in the middle of enemy territory are low. No, in fact, Kirint would still survive if he were alone, but if there was an Auror user of the same level in the enemy camp, it would be a different story.
“I will decide it right here!”
As he shouted, Russ’ attack became more fierce. It blocks Kirint’s path of retreat by blocking all directions with the blue blade aura. Kirint’s complexion darkened.
‘Tch, I’m not going to let you go easily, are you? Well, even if it were me, I would have gone out like that.’
From the looks of it, Sir Frederick and Sir Moss, who were fighting against the green Orc Auror users under the castle walls, seemed to be having a hard time getting out of the way. Each other’s skills are superior to each other, and the risk is too great to turn our backs on each other first.
But Kirint didn’t look that embarrassed. The Imperial Army has a variety of methods to prepare for such situations.
Sure enough, a support attack came from far away.
“I am a minister of great power, and I exercise my power according to established principles! Arcane Force Strike!”
From inside the camp, Rontarion, the 3rd commander of the Vashtalon magic corps and the archmage of the 9th Circle, who had come here with Commander G-Man, began bombarding the area with carpets. Dozens of powerful 8-circle flash spells spread out, targeting Russ and Tashid.
“Ugh?”
“this!”
In a hurry, both of them deployed their Auror Guards and blocked the flash of destruction. Even though the distance was so far that the power was greatly halved, explosions occurred in all directions, raising a cloud of dust.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!
The Crovence Magic Corps also hurriedly moved to protect the friendly Auror users. I deployed a defensive magic field and cast a light reflection magic on the incoming flash spell.
Tashid blinked with his Auror guard spread out.
“uh? “There are less attacks?”
Russ’ eyes lit up.
“good! Let’s go in this gap! “We can’t let the author go like this!”
Killing the enemy’s Auror users means gaining a huge advantage in the future war. The opportunity has come, but it’s too good to miss.
The magic bombardment seemed to be fading away, so Russ and Tashid tried to chase down the retreating Imperial Auror users again.
However, the Grand Wizard of the 9th Circle was truly formidable.
“Hmm, that doesn’t work, does it?”
Rontarion, an old man wearing purple robes with flowing white hair, waved both hands in the air. Quickly form a hand sign and cast linked magic one after another.
“Dispel! Anti-Magic Shield! Broken Area! Wind, take the power of the frozen ground into your hands and become a powerful snowstorm that strikes the enemy! Blizzard Storm!”
All kinds of anti-magic spells dismantle Crovence’s magic force field, and at the same time, area control spells destroy the light system reflection spell. A local snowstorm followed, targeting Russ and Tashid, and their limbs soon began to freeze.
“Ugh!”
“shit!”
Because the body was protected by auras, it did not take direct damage from the cold, but in an instant, frost formed on the outer clothing and armor and froze, restricting movement.
While the two people’s movements slowed down, the Imperial Auror users, who opened the distance between them, safely retreated to the friendly camp. Tashid and Russ gritted their teeth, feeling like dogs chasing chickens.
“damn! “I missed it!”
“What is our wizard doing?”
They were two people who were attacking the Crovence magic corps, but in fact, the Crovence magicians were not idle either. He continued to protect the two people and cast release magic.
It’s just that the level difference as a wizard was too severe.
“Ugh, isn’t it difficult to deal with the author with our own skills…? … .”
Tahan Commander-in-Chief, Count Galin, who was watching the situation from high above the fortress, clicked his tongue.
The current leader of the magic corps at Tahan Fortress is the wizard Zacras, a late 7th Circle worker with the rank of high-ranking wizard. Although he is the strongest wizard of the city and an expert with considerable experience in battle, he felt that he was inferior to the archmage Rontarion.
‘The Auror user’s power is pretty good, but his magic power is too low.’
Currently, the strongest wizard in the Kingdom of Crovence is the royal wizard Estaried, a worker of the early 9th Circle, who is staying at Farugan Fortress with King Yubel II. Besides that, the only other person in the Kingdom of Crovence who holds the rank of archmage is Lister, an 8th circle member of the Abad family, who along with his family has declared that he will not participate in the war.
On the other hand, the imperial army had twenty-four thousand people with the rank of archmage. In fact, the Archmage Rontarion we are currently dealing with is a worker in the mid-9th Circle, and is even higher up than Estarid, the strongest wizard in Crovence.
Count Galin looked gloomy as he looked around the Tahan Fortress, where flames and smoke were rising. The rain of arrows and the siege troops were clearly blocked by the Dwarf troops, and most of the scars were caused by the enemies’ magic attacks.
“You can inflict this kind of damage even with the power of the fortress’s magic circle… … .”
The magician exerts power beyond the circle within his or her magic circle, which he or she has prepared for a long time. Even a 4th or 5th circle wizard can mate with a 6th or 7th circle wizard by borrowing the power of the magic circle. And Tahan Fortress never neglected the maintenance and repair of its defense magic circle by Sir Jeklik. They showed their greatest power during this sit-in protest.
‘No, I wonder if we can say that we have survived this far even against the 9th Circle Archmage because we have the magic circle of Tahan Fortress that we have prepared for a long time.’
Meanwhile, the imperial army was steadily retreating from Tahan Fortress. The fortress army also tried casting spells and shooting arrows, but it did little damage as the line did not disperse at all during the retreat.
“The enemies are retreating!”
“Ooh, did we win?”
“Well, well… … .”
Although the defense of the fortress was clearly successful, the morale of the Tahan Fortress army was not very high. The strength of the retreating imperial army seemed almost the same as before the attack. They retreated cleanly, leaving only a few dozen corpses at most.
The soldiers muttered in astonishment.
“Damn, I feel like I fought to the death, but that’s the only thing I could kill?”
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“Is that the real power of the empire? … .”
A knight appeared behind the retreating imperial army. Using the power of loudspeaker magic, the knight shouted towards Tahan Fortress in a loud voice.
“Congratulations! Heretics! “You are victorious today!”
The driver laughed and shouted.
“See you again tomorrow! Hahahaha!”
Then the same cry erupted from the entire imperial army.
“okay! I’ll see you tomorrow! “These guys!”
“I’ll take a breather and hit you again!”
Even though they were in the middle of retreat, the morale of the imperial army did not drop at all. No, rather, there was an atmosphere of mocking the Tahan Fortress Army. Both healthy and wounded imperial soldiers shouted in unison.
“Just try your best to hold on tomorrow too!”
“Hahaha!”
It was a natural atmosphere.
Although the siege failed, the casualties of the imperial army were less than two hundred. Because each soldier’s skills were so high and their armament was excellent, even during the harsh siege, there were many wounded, but almost no one died.
Even among the injured, there were not many serious injuries that required amputation of limbs. With the help of Priest Sayer, he could be completely cured in one day. There is little actual damage.
However, Tahan Fortress lost nearly 1,000 lives today alone. The castle wall had a strong defense thanks to the dwarves, so the damage wasn’t that great, but the problem was the imperial army’s magic attack. The soldiers in the rearguard suffered great damage from all kinds of magic that broke through Crovence’s magic field.
“… … .”
Sir Killian gritted his teeth as he looked at the devastated Tahan Fortress army among the numerous corpses. If things continued like this, morale would drop to the bottom.
“aide! Blow the trumpet of victory! “Today is our victory!”
The sound of trumpets filled the fortress. Some knights stirred up the atmosphere.
“I won!”
“We won!”
“We defeated the Empire!”
Only then did the soldiers’ faces brighten a little. One by one, following the instigation, they began to shout in victory.
“I won!”
“Imperial bastards! This is the power of Crovence!”
However, even amidst the shouting, deep sorrow still remained in the corners of the soldiers’ faces. Can this really be called a victory?
Sir Killian shouted again in a panic.
“Cheer up! Heroes of Crovence! Even an empire cannot invade forever! If we can last just 15 days, it will be our victory! “I promise in the name of Crovence!”
Only then did the expressions of the Fortress Army brighten.
“15 days?”
“Okay, in about 15 days… … .”
Sir Killian is a warrior who has served as the commander of Tahan Fortress for a long time and is trusted by the soldiers. And as Sir Jeclick’s lieutenant, he also had the personality of never making false statements.
If Sir Killian promises 15 days, that means you really only have to hold out for 15 days!
“Whoa… … .”
Sir Killian, who had barely managed to maintain his morale, sighed. The promise of 15 days was not a lie. Due to his nature, he cannot make false promises to his soldiers.
However, Sir Killian did not know why the imperial army would retreat after only fifteen days. There was only one command from King Jubel II that he heard.
-Defend Tahan Fortress for 15 days. If intrusion into the empire’s borders is not allowed in the meantime, Crovence will be victorious.
Sir Killian looked back on the king’s orders and wondered.
Even though it is fall, there is still a month and a half left before winter. So it may not be because winter is coming. Then what the hell… … .
‘What on earth can they do to make the imperial army withdraw on its own after fifteen days?’
But he soon gave up his thoughts. It must be for some political reason anyway, right? He was a warrior and was a man who took pride in being faithful to the orders he was given.
‘If I am ordered to defend it for fifteen days, I will never give up this fortress during those fifteen days!’
Sir Killian returned to the conference room with a determined and fierce look on his face. To estimate today’s damage and prepare for tomorrow.
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A similar situation occurred at the Tahan fortress across Crovence’s western border. Although Fort Jeston and Fort Lakath suffered a lot of damage, they firmly defended their fortresses.
The powerful Auror users that the imperial army had so much faith in were all tied up by the heterogeneous Auror users who came as reinforcements from Antares. The dwarf warriors, who were no different from the masters of the castle, and the orc warriors also showed great power. He stood at the forefront of poorly trained Crovençal soldiers and bravely defended the fortress.
But this could hardly be called a victory.
Like Tahan Fortress, the imperial forces that attacked Jeston and Lakath did not suffer much damage.
The empire’s regular army, honed over many years, was powerful. The commander who commanded them was also extremely skilled and wise.
At the right moment, the commanders, realizing that there was no chance of victory, retreated their troops without hesitation and preserved their troops with almost no damage.
In comparison, the Crovençal army, which consisted mostly of conscripts, suffered significant damage.
The Antares heterogeneous warriors, who were experts in battle, did not suffer much damage, but the ordinary infantrymen were a different story. In just one day, nearly 3,000 lives were lost.
Unlike the three major fortresses, Farugan Fortress has not yet been reached by the Empire’s main base.
In that conference room, King Yubel II had a gloomy expression as he listened to the report with his generals and staff.
“I expected it, but the damage was really serious.”
