Episode 52
Episode 26. Anten No. 7 Demon Cave (1)
“A demon cave activity started in the Jacques family estate not too long ago.”
The estate of the Jacques family was in Jetton. Of course, as it was a manor of a great aristocratic family, it was a good land that was not far behind the capital Hale in terms of security and natural requirements.
“Wasn’t the demon cave in the Jetten Territory in a dormant state? I heard you haven’t been active for a very long time.”
Even when Yuma was a eunuch, he had never heard of a demon ghoul in the region starting its activity. This meant that he did not report the demon cave activities in the Hwangseong.
Even the smallest thing that happened in the estate of the great aristocratic family was the subject of attention.
It was strange that they didn’t report it, even though it was a problem that would be solved with extra care if you just requested it to the imperial castle.
‘Is it because they are concerned that autonomy will be reduced even a little? Well, it doesn’t matter now that Master is in good health, but somehow the forces in check will try to win the right to interfere.
Duran Jacques Landel Jacques Sinclair Jacques Damian Jacques and so on. Most of the riders of the Jacques family were more interested in external warfare or personal martial arts improvement than what was happening in the territory.
Catherine was playing the role of hostess to good effect.
“It wasn’t to the point of being a problem.
Immediately, the knights waiting in the territory led their troops and completed the subjugation.”
“I’m glad.”
“In the future, there might come a situation where we have to subdue the demon cave on our own, so I wanted to look at the subjugation method of the four units. You will definitely do things efficiently.”
Catherine always acted sharply towards Yuma, but acknowledged her competence.
“For that reason, I can write up a subjugation law and send it to you. You don’t have to go to the dangerous cave together.”
“It’s a problem that happened in our territory, so someone has to step in.
Write down the subjugation law after the subjugation is over and send it to me.”
“All right.”
Yuma thought that Catherine was a suitable person to be the next head of the Zach family.
She was still a long way from surviving the imperial struggle, but she had plenty of time to grow.
A week later, Cellov troops gathered to depart for the province of Anten.
A troop flag towering high in gleaming armor.
The appearance of the cellove unit looked like an Imperial regular army knight without fail.
All of the members were riding the black horse that Yuma had saved. Yuma and Catherine Zeka rode a white horse.
Among the armed forces in the party, Yuma’s Ascalon White Dragon and Zecca’s Sibelin stood out the most.
Numerous commoners in the capital cheered Yuma and the Salove troops with cheers.
Standing next to Yuma, Catherine could feel his influence.
The jockeys of the Zach family, who were leaving for the battlefield, were not greeted with such cheers. I don’t know if it’s a situation where I came back as an improvement army.
Katherine felt somehow hurt.
“Why are they cheering so hard when they’re leaving to do something that doesn’t benefit them at all?”
“Cheering for someone is more fun than I thought, lady.”
Catherine could not understand the hearts of commoners.
Shelob troops passed the cheering crowd and left the gates of the capital city.
* * * “Catherine Zach joined Yuma’s punitive force?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. They say they are heading to the province of Anten 7.”
In the dark, the head of the imperial family’s special task force reported to Empress Asuka Roze.
Asuka Roze defeated the ministers and sat alone on the throne.
“Why did you choose Anten No. 7?”
“It seems to be to show off achievements.”
The Empress closed her eyes and thought of the Anten region.
It was an unanswered land that the former empress had abandoned. It was strange to clear an area that had no useful value simply for show-off.
‘There must be something.’
The Empress gave such an answer, but there was no such thing. Yuma had chosen the province of Anten to really show off.
“Are there any other unusual things in the report of the white butterfly?”
“I had a little scar on my neck after meeting Hayes Rollmandy.”
“Looks like you did. What about Jecca Dean?”
Zecca had already been observed by the Imperial Family’s special lease for a long time. It was because it was strange that Hayes Rollmandy cared so much about him.
There was a reason why the Empress particularly trusted Duran’s Zach family.
In addition to overwhelming force, the Zach family was always different from the front and back. To the point where there was no need to plant the Imperial Family Special Entrustment Corps as spies.
“It looks very stable.”
“i get it.”
The Empress closed her eyes as if lost in thought and lifted her head upward.
‘I’ll have to talk to you when Prince Duran returns * * * It took ten halls to get to Anten.
Yuma gave instructions one by one, from setting up tents to distributing food.
It was based on the rules of the field learned from Marlon during his time with the Worgs.
Of course, the field rules of the Worgs were the best in the world, and Yuma intended to apply them to the cellove unit.
The crew followed Yuma and Zecca’s orders like heaven.
It was to the point where I felt a sense of dignity in the sight of Yuma commanding the thoroughly organized Shelob unit.
The troop set loose their horses at a location about 10 kilometers away from Anten. This is because there is a possibility that monsters will attack and eat the horse.
The rest of the distance was traveled on foot.
Not one of those common gateways remained in Anten. There was a pile of stones left that seemed to have once served as a gateway, but that was all.
“It’s not unusual from the entrance.”
said Jecca.
“It’s ruins.”
No matter how powerful the Cellov troops were, including Yuma and Zeka, it was unreasonable to completely subjugate the entire Anten region with this number of people.
Because the monsters that came out of the demon cave had already turned an entire province into ruins.
It took too much time to find and kill monsters living in mountains or in separate caves.
I had no intention of going there.
Yuma’s purpose was to subdue the Demon Cave, the stronghold of demons, publicize the issue, and deploy the Imperial Army.
Magul was in the heart of the Anten province.
The party encountered traces of monsters throughout their walk.
It was not uncommon to find the excrement of orcs and demon wolves, or the white bones of monsters.
‘Um… that’s fine.’
Although he did not express it, Yuma liked the training of the cellove unit.
They followed Jeka and Aquin’s command well and were vigilant even when moving.
Just a few months ago, it was hard to believe that they were ragtag mercenaries who had been living their lives as mercenaries at random.
While going to the demon cave, the Shelob unit did not encounter any monsters.
And finally, he had to put the demon in front of him.
It’s been a long time since Yuma and Demon Cave.
Looking at the entrance to the demon cave where the space was distorted, he remembered the day he killed Sellove alone.
‘There are certainly many similarities with Kriesha’s dimensional magic. It’s comparable to the numerous dimensional gates I saw during the Dragon Horse War.’
Yuma took the lead and entered the demon cave.
The party was on edge and slowly entered the interior.
Quaang!
As soon as the party set foot, a large rock protruded from the darkness inside the demon cave. It was a rock thrown by a troll.
Trolls were monsters with poor eyesight. Fortunately, the rock fell in a position where Yuma and other skilled players did not even need to knock it out.
Dig-!
Cybeline shone brightly, illuminating the darkness on the other side.
“Oh, I didn’t know there was such a function.”
“I didn’t know either.”
It was truly a dragon’s weapon. Sybelin was imbued with dragon magic that detects threats and informs them of their location.
At first glance, it seemed like a great feature, but it was just a device to enhance the dignity of the weapon itself.
The proof was that the rock protruded first and then the ability was displayed.
“Kreuk kreuk kreuk…
The troll was exactly as described in the monster book.
Rather than a dark-skinned orc, his muscles looked as hard as a large stone.
And a huge object dangling from the center of the bottom is embarrassing to look at.
Unlike the orcs, the trolls were truly intellectual monsters and did not even use primitive weapons or armor.
Its strength and agility were incomparable to that of an orc, but it was so stupid that it was not a particularly difficult monster.
The problem was that there were six trolls in the spot where Sybelin was shining.
Ugh-!
The cellove troops all wore aura on their weapons.
The steel spears of ordinary members also shimmered with aura. With the skill of a sword expert, a spear was 100 times more effective than a sword when catching monsters.
“Start a cello.”
Yuma stepped back and said.
Right now, Yuma alone could slice up about six trolls in an instant if he set his mind to it.
The troll was only one meal for the Sellove that Yuma saw in Haseo.
However, except for the first two times, Yuma had no intention of taking part in subjugation from now on.
So it was right to let them gain experience as much as possible.
It was time to observe the training performance of the members.
“Kreuk, Kreuk, Kreuk, Kreuk!”
The trolls checked the atmosphere for a while, as if they had encountered such a strange being. It was natural. There was no way humans would enter the Devil’s Cave.
The members holding the spears formed camps to fight the monsters, then held up shields and pressed the trolls.
Jeka took the lead.
Zecca swung Cybellin, which glowed with a blue aura, and cut off the arm of the frontmost troll at once.
“Crusher power!”
The troll’s arm fell to the floor with a dull thud.
The rest of the crew charged without giving the trolls time to panic.
The trolls on the side swung their hands at random to catch Jeka.
The crew members holding the spears crashed into the trolls like siege engines.
Fluffy!
The spear head, which had been stuck in layers, stabbed the troll’s body fiercely.
Aquin and Geisel were the roles of paving the way while protecting the general members.
The sharp blades of the two sword masters cut off the flying stones and the troll’s wrists. However, I couldn’t cut it perfectly like Zecca.
Trolls were monsters with excellent regenerative power.
The crew attacked the troll’s regeneration part again and skillfully damaged it, just like someone who had dealt with a troll many times before.
The trolls screamed in pain.
Jeka held the spear and continued to slice the troll’s body as she swung it.
It was the ideal tactic that Yuma wanted.
The main attack is to be taken by Aquin and Geisel, who are covered by general members assisted by Jeka.
Zecca’s power, which had lost the runaway demon, was somewhat weaker than before.
He couldn’t use the berserker’s combat method, which he used to rush at unconditionally without caring about injuries, so he needed careful movement.
Supporting it were ordinary members armed with spears and shields.
The crew moved their spears and shields behind Zeka efficiently.
Lastly, Aquin, who is an excellent sword master in close combat, and Thorn: Gel protect them and add a sense of stability.
Six trolls were slaughtered in an instant.
Yuma looked at the cello unit with a satisfied smile.
‘It’s well worth the money. Great.’
When the situation was settled, the trolls anointed the troll’s distraught body fragments with oil and set them on fire.
Trolls didn’t have any parts to take with them other than their molars.
Even the molars weren’t very valuable, so trolls were literally useless monsters.
“Continue entering.”
“yes!”
Katherine suppressed nausea as she examined the mangled troll corpse.
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