Episode 132 The situation did not change overwhelmingly from the beginning.
However, when the Knights of Count Zahid, one of the margraves of the First Prince faction, fell and its forces began to collapse, one axis of the First Prince army’s front line began to collapse.
With the new weapon, the soldier blocks the knight, and the crossbow cavalry slaughters the enemy soldiers from a distance. And our knights mainly targeted only knights whose lines had collapsed or weak soldiers.
Although simple, it is a tactic that fundamentally denies the continent’s common sense that a knight can only deal with a knight.
The change that these tactics, or rather, these weapons, would bring was so great that it would shake the history of continental warfare to its core.
But of course, none of those currently on the battlefield were thinking about such a future.
For them, at this point, only the immediate results created by McLane’s new weapon and its firepower were the most important.
“Stop it! Stop it!”
“Prince, you must retreat this time. The enemy’s spirit is unusual.”
“It will be over soon! The throne is so close!”
“…you won’t have to wait that long.”
Juan Douglas gritted his teeth as he saw the flame-shaped flag waving at one point among the enemy forces applying pressure from all directions.
I still couldn’t believe that the fundamental cause of this change was nothing more than an army of frontier barons.
I thought it was a bat that walked a tightrope between the two forces without knowing that it was risking its life.
‘I never thought they would hide such ridiculous teeth and claws.’
This time I suffered because I didn’t know, but next time it won’t be easy.
Juan Douglas gritted his teeth inwardly as he made a groundless assertion.
And in that situation.
“All I have to do is slit Romaine’s head! A mage can’t even do that?! What on earth have you done so far to make me look like this!”
The grandson whom he was supposed to make king was still screaming loudly without even understanding the situation.
“Prince. I…”
“End this game right now! You can do it!”
Although the superhuman was not some kind of invincible weapon, this immature person seemed to have wasted his nearly 30 years as an asshole.
Of course, the idea that he had trained himself to be broken like this so that he could be easily handled in the future disappeared from his mind at that moment.
“Prince.”
The anger that was already boiling over Mac Line naturally seeped out in his soft voice.
Then, the fear that had been planted deep inside Prince Rohter since he was young began to encroach on the prince’s mind.
“Oh no. I mean, just…”
“Go.”
“Ah Okay.”
The prince, whose face was blue, began to move quickly in the direction indicated by Juan’s hand.
And seeing the prince like that, Juan sighed deeply and called his lieutenant.
“Detonate everything you have prepared. This will give us time to retreat.”
“But, Your Excellency. That’s a secret…”
“That’s not the only thing I’ve hidden. Do as I tell you.”
“…yes.”
“And…”
Juan’s eyes turned to the battlefield between the half-giant and the storm sword, who were still fiercely fighting regardless of the surrounding situation.
Then he gritted his teeth again as he looked at the place where his rival was lurking on the other side.
“I need to show at least once what makes a magician different from those who just cut ignorantly.”
The murderous spirit contained in the calm smile spread to the surrounding people.
* * *
“They’re back!”
“Push!”
“Let’s end the war!”
The retreat of the First Prince’s army was so blatant that even those who had surrendered themselves to the madness of the battlefield began to notice it one by one.
The moment when you can inflict the greatest damage to the enemy is when the enemy runs away.
The majority of the Second Prince’s army raised their spirits to put the battlefield’s maxim into practice.
“We fall back.”
“yes?!”
“Stop talking nonsense and send a signal. You’ve done enough.”
There wasn’t much wrong with what Logan said, so the soldier waved the flag without saying a word.
‘I already have enough majors, so there’s no need to waste energy. It’s not even our war. What I want more than anything is…’
Logan smiled vaguely, swallowing the words he couldn’t spit out.
And according to the signal, the battle line was organized by coordinating the movements of the crossbow cavalry and knights leaving the battlefield.
and.
Ugh.
The moment when Logan’s senses are focused on the heterogeneous momentum felt throughout the battlefield.
Flash!
“Ugh!”
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
A silver-white blizzard erupted from all over the narrow front line due to retreat and pursuit.
A large-scale magical manifestation that includes not only the 2nd Prince’s army that was chasing the 1st Prince’s army, but also the remnants of the 1st Prince’s army that were in the rear.
“Blizzard… there were so many?”
Rare and expensive 5-circle scrolls exploded in succession in an indescribable number.
To the point where I thought it was an act of God that Logan bit McLane’s troops on the front line.
A close combat area that quickly turned into chaos.
“Chase! Chase!”
The angry voice of the Duke of Jordan carried Aurors to every corner of the battlefield, but not many people followed his orders.
Even as they watched the majority of the 1st Prince’s army moving away, the 2nd Prince’s army was busy taking care of their own surviving forces.
‘A powerful but ragtag army.’
When Logan laughs again, remembering the nature of this civil war.
I felt a wave of strange energy right above my head that I could not ignore.
Specifically, above the heads of the troops approaching him.
Logan instinctively jumped into the air without any time to think deeply.
“careful!”
Then, he activated the effectiveness of the Wind God’s boots one after another and rushed through the air.
“Confucius?!”
“Logan!”
“What now…”
as a panicked voice echoes from below.
Suddenly, a huge sphere of over 3 meters in diameter appeared, filled with pure white energy, right in front of the empty space where Logan soared.
The moment I felt the incredible power contained within.
Logan gritted his teeth and increased his power.
In the empty air where there was nowhere to step, the Wind God’s boots provided a platform for the third and final mid-air jump, and the Gauntlets of Superpower amplified the strength and force to the maximum.
And all that power was transferred to the beloved sword Lux, and it was reborn as a golden giant sword over 20m long and 1m wide.
‘Split the earth!’
The giant’s sword cut the white sphere into two.
Ugh.
A plosive sound that can only be heard in Logan’s head and does not actually make a sound.
At the same time, the sphere broke apart, spreading bitter cold everywhere.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
“Ugh!”
“Bow!”
“Get down!”
Various screams erupted from McLane’s troops below.
But the next moment, they were left shivering and bewildered by the chilly cold wind that passed through their entire bodies.
Only one person.
widely.
Beetle.
“Sigh!”
Only Logan, who was staggering with a pale complexion, and his beloved sword Lux, covered in ice, proved that the explosion just a moment ago had considerable power.
“Confucius!”
“Are you okay?!”
“Don’t make a fuss. It’s cold. Damn you.”
“yes?”
“No, Juan Douglas. The person called the Ice Mage is a bit harsh.”
Logan stared at his beloved sword wrapped in thin but solid ice for a moment.
Ugh.
Even though heat was generated from the hand and force was injected, the ice, which was merely an aftereffect of magic, did not easily melt.
No matter how exhausted you are from the previous blow.
‘Not on that street. Was this a prank planned in advance? Explodes at different times? Is that enough? Rotten…’
Logan looked at the retreating 1st Prince camp with sharp eyes.
I couldn’t help but feel discouraged when I felt the difference with the superhuman again, but anyway, I was the winner of this decisive battle because I blocked the magician’s attack cleanly.
That was the time when I thought like that and consoled myself.
Damn it.
As the force was continuously injected, the beloved sword Lux began to create cracks in the ice.
I noticed a strange change in the sword body.
‘Hoo?’
* * * Due to the rotation in the twin castles, the First Prince faction had no choice but to continue retreating not to Touraine Castle, which was right behind it, but to Harun Castle, which was much later.
And only then did the Second Princes’ faction realize that McLane’s burning of military provisions had dealt a bigger blow to the enemy than expected, but it did not mean much.
After going through two more rotations since the Twin Castle rotation, McLane’s status was already firmly established within the faction.
“Let’s go! The war is not over yet. On such a nice day, it would be nice to have a light toast among ourselves. Everyone raise your glasses!”
At the words of Jordan Walter Maim, the seven people gathered in the small conference room raised their glasses at the same time.
The duke smiled with satisfaction at the sight and continued, pointing to the youngest among them, a young man with red hair and red eyes.
“Here. After our McLane army joined our army, the odds of victory were clearly tilted in our favor. The final weight that would break the balance of the tense battlefield was McLane for us.”
What a tight balance even though it was being pushed around.
I laughed out loud, but there was no reason to break the mood.
Logan looked into Jordan’s eyes as he pointed at him with a soft smile.
“This place today was created to recognize that contribution. Although many achievements have already been made, I would like to make an unchanging promise here and now in hopes of doing even better in the future.”
“If I had known it was such a heavy position, my father would have come.”
“We all already know that all real power in the family belongs to you, Prince Logan, so what does that mean? So you don’t want to take my promise?”
“Is that possible? I will accept whatever you say with humility.”
“Hahaha. Yes, I really like that about you. The way you remain humble while being overflowing with ability. How could I not cherish you like this?”
Since when did you cherish it?
My tongue felt itchy as I continued to hear nonsense, but fortunately the greeting ended at that point.
“I, in the name of Waltermaim of Jordan, declare that after the war, if ‘we’ win the presidency, we will not only recognize McLane’s control over the current Bipros domain, but also dedicate the eastern half of the Calia domain to that family. And in addition, I will report to His Majesty through my authority and grant him the title of ‘Marquis’!”
A serious voice echoes in the room.
As soon as the duke’s declaration was over, the people gathered there started making a fuss, uncharacteristic of high-ranking nobles.
“marquis?!”
“Hehehe…”
“As expected, Your Excellency the Duke…”
“You are always sure of rewards and punishments.”
Even Logan’s eyes widened slightly, so the Duke of Jordan’s declaration could be said to be a reward that went one step further than everyone expected.
However, only one person’s face could not help but turn red.
“Your Excellency! Then I…!”
“Ah, Roger. Don’t worry, either. I will give you territory greater than Bipros, so don’t worry too much about your old homeland.”
“Your Excellency. But…!”
“Stop! Roger, are you doubting my words?”
“No, that’s not it….”
“Okay then, there are so many additional comments. Now, let’s cheer up a little on this good day. Everyone, drink your glass!”
“Yes!”
It was a leadership meeting where everyone burst into laughter except for one person.
* * * Quaaaang!
“Damn it! what? Another territory?! That’s what you say!”
Damn!
Roger Bipros’s anger did not subside at all.
In the end, he stopped taking out his anger when everything in the room was in ruins, with only debris left flying around.
Whoop. Whoop.
“Pray. “Eat…”
The reason why my anger could not be easily relieved was because I already knew that there was no way to resolve this situation.
‘The continuous crossbow can be improved just by analyzing the items captured from Tomodo. They passed it over. The duke doesn’t know that the design has lowered performance. Stupid…’
I thought about saying something, but even if I did, it didn’t seem like the trend would change.
‘Liberatio? That crazy thing is the problem, but I’m sure it didn’t go beyond the proper production method. However, if I pointed that out and attacked McLane…’
I would hear people say I was jealous
. I was being accused of
being a swindler. I wondered if I could ever feel more absurd than when I first heard that my enemy was joining my team. At
this moment, he I was feeling even more absurd and helpless than before.
One thing is certain…
“The civil war cannot end like this.”
Even though he said it himself, he couldn’t help but flinch. He
urgently raised his mana and looked everywhere to see if anyone had heard him. I sighed in relief again.
But,
the more I thought about the words that were blurted out, the more they seemed true.
Roger Bypros’ eyes were getting darker as he was lost in worry.
And after a while,
“Call Aslan. And… .”
Late at night, a movement began in Roger Wipros’ camp that no one knew about.
