Episode 442
“…Ruspelheim.”
Indeed, seeing Ruspelheim after a long time was clearly different from before.
The sight of countless people going in and out through the wide open gates in the middle of the huge castle walls, which were as large as those of Grand, the capital of McLane, seemed like a lie, as only armed soldiers lined up on the tightly closed gates.
It doesn’t look like Ruspelheim, which is said to be the largest trading city on the Eastern Continent.
And the sense of sternness that matched the feeling of disparity was enough to spread to the friendly camp, which was over 1km away.
“…big.”
“A city that big…”
“Big! Have you never been to Grand?”
“I’ve been there, but still…”
Murmur.
Instead, Logan tilted his head as he saw a small commotion among our soldiers lined up.
‘It’s strange…’
It is unlikely that the outcome of the battle on the plains was still unknown.
According to the information, the remaining troops there are 150,000 people, equivalent to three corps.
Although it is a large army that even a large city with a floating population of 1 million cannot handle, this side is superior in number and quality.
Even in terms of superhuman strength, there are only two of them, and at least they don’t have a great magic circle like Aserian.
Even if the information was controlled, if the McLane army was seen lined up outside the castle walls, there would be a situation where unrest would break out among the imperial army.
However, the imperial troops on top of the castle walls were extremely calm. It was a strange atmosphere that cannot be explained simply by saying that the training went well.
The colors of the soul that were visible at first glance were mostly tension, and the color of fear was very rare.
Then there is only one reason.
‘Reinforcements have arrived.’
A large army would be too limited due to time constraints, so it would be a small number of elite troops.
The biggest possibility is many superhumans or one emperor.
Or…
‘Those black knights came in droves.’
And Logan’s prediction was exactly right.
– Listen to the shameless king of Macline!
A voice echoes from above the castle walls and beyond the fields.
A middle-aged man wearing a pure white robe emerged from the eastern wall of Ruspelheim, accompanied by a voice that was clearly amplified by magic.
He appears to be a young man with a clean-cut face and half-blond and half-white hair.
A performance that attracts attention by spreading blue and white wind with an arrogant expression in a range of tens of meters.
‘…Galen Decade.’
A cool smile formed on Logan’s face as he looked at the enemy’s face from a long distance away.
– Dare to invade the territory of a great empire…
And while Galen’s nonsense continued, magic of various colors began to surge from all over the eastern wall.
Four in total, excluding Galen.
Two of them were the energy of ice and tidal waves that I had seen in Kyle, but the other two were unfamiliar to me.
An energy that appears cold and hard, and an energy that appears dark and damp.
I felt like I knew right away who it belonged to.
“Steel and Shadow. It looks like the two remaining mages stuck in Aserian have all come out.”
As if representing Logan’s thoughts, the teacher standing next to him spoke up.
Clear, shining blue eyes Although the wounds of the soul were healed, the minor deterioration could not be prevented. Although he was a teacher who would never reach the level of Auror Master in his lifetime, fortunately, he was able to make a slight difference when it came to the power of the soul.
“If there are five mages, it’s actually less than I thought… I heard that this kind of thing has become a seed. I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
There was a reason for the teacher’s sudden lament.
– …The elites of our empire have gathered here to punish him…
Red auras soared among the surges of magical power. The number was a whopping seven.
I frowned when I saw the enemy superhumans showing off their power as if they were trying to boost the morale of the soldiers.
“Of course the other two eastern corps commanders are there, and that Silver Light is definitely Jerome Decade… They mobilized all the remaining superhumans in the Imperial Guard. Have they completely given up on the Western Front?”
A bewildered voice came out of Logan’s mouth. Except for the emperor and the Western Legion commanders, all the superhumans of the empire are gathered in Ruspelheim.
‘Perhaps the Emperor and the Black Knights headed to the Western Front.’
It was a larger number than expected, but it was a manageable number.
There were eleven superhumans on this side alone, including himself, his teacher Eilen, Ronian Victor’s siblings Luthor and Wicken Bourdel, and two superhumans from Theronan.
In addition, Tyr was there, so they were equal in number, and considering the overwhelming variables of himself and Tyr, the swordsman, it would have to be said that this side was much superior in terms of superhuman power. Even excluding superhumans like Luisa and Jay Pulson who are vaguely allies.
so.
– …Wash that neck right now and wait. Ask for sin! The anger of His Majesty the Emperor… and
the repeated threats of the wind were just laughable.
“It’s a bit of a shame the emperor didn’t come.”
So much so that this is said as a joke.
Of course, I couldn’t completely relax.
“That’s right. But keep in mind. Seeing that they mobilized superhumans in such an unreasonable manner, the forces of the King of Beukgak and the King of Namjo are not known about the Western Legion or the King of Xia. It might be coming.”
As his teacher said, what McLane needs to be wary of now is not the number of superhumans, but the overwhelming force of the empire itself. Even knights could be dangerous in a water-based battle between imperial troops with rapid-fire crossbows.
One of the advantages that McLane had hitherto enjoyed was now available to the enemy. If the two forces of the Four Directions Kings, known to be larger than a legion, joined forces, this battle could become very difficult.
However, to put it another way, it meant that before that, McLane was still superior.
‘…There may be more.’
However, no matter how much he believed in it, it was a little strange for Galen Decade to come out and make such a fuss from the beginning. It was also suspicious that the superhumans who joined the battlefield openly spread their momentum even before the battle began.
Logan concentrated the Force on his head and amplified his spiritual power. As soon as I focused that power on the energy, I felt a sense of elation, as if my soul had grown enormous for an instant and was ‘looking down’ on the battlefield.
And that moment.
‘As expected…’
I captured a group of people moving urgently, hiding themselves between the fiercely rising military standards.
Mages, who could vaguely sense mana even from afar, were pasting large quantities of paper-like objects containing mana all over the castle walls.
‘scroll.’
Those scrolls that look like 5-circle level.
“Did they squeeze the mages…”
It was certainly surprising that even if they had been squeezed and replaced, there seemed to be at least hundreds of 5-circle magic scrolls, which cost hundreds of thousands of gold each to produce. It was such a huge amount that even an empire would have had a year’s budget.
If something like that happens a few more times, the empire will probably fall.
It seemed understandable to some extent that the emperor did not come in person.
But even that.
“…I will share your location.”
As long as he notices, the effect will be minimal.
Logan completed the necessary actions in an instant and gestured backwards with a cruel smile.
“Brudel.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Drop it.”
“yes.”
With those words, Bourdel raised his longbow and aimed it at the Mage of the Cold Wind.
An eerie red aura appeared on the three arrows on the string.
Faba Park.
With a small noise, it became three streaks of red lightning and raced into the sky over 1km away.
Wow!
– Such arrogance…!
The voice amplified by magic could still be heard vividly, but the red rays that shot out in succession behind him no longer allowed him to talk freely.
And soon.
“Full army advance!”
With Logan’s loud shout, McLane’s large army began to race towards the walls of Ruspelheim.
And at the very front was a female knight whose whole body was brimming with red energy.
[I will trust Eilen.]
“Leave it to me!”
A female knight jumped out like lightning, long ahead of the leader of the knights.
The feather walk, which was in some ways more advanced than the ghostly shadow, launched her body over the castle wall in one go.
– No matter how superhuman she is, she is still a bitch with a swollen liver. Kill it!
The moment when Galen saw that, he let out an angry yell.
Quarel rain poured down on her, filling the sky black.
The weapon, which can be said to be the symbol of McLane, is actually fired at the enemy.
However, the female knight who struck the first blow broke through the rain of evil spirits that covered her vision, turning into a red wind.
Ta-da-da-da-dan!
The quarrels bouncing around in vain did not leave even the slightest scratch on her.
Galen couldn’t help but grit his teeth when he saw that the move he had hoped for was in vain.
– catch!
As soon as a sharp cry came out, a giant in a silver robe stood on the castle wall and blocked her from the front.
Although this is my first time seeing it in real life, it is one of the imperial superhumans that all McLane superhumans must memorize.
‘Steel Mage Vixen Holstein.’
One of the enemy mages who had not been seen since the last war raised a staff that looked like a huge steel bar and aimed it at her.
“Why don’t you try blocking it again?”
Ugh.
As soon as the silver magic power surged, some of the Quarrels pouring out of the castle walls turned behind her.
Pabababak.
Sharp iron arrowheads glowed with an eerie silver light and rained down with the power to devastate everything in the space. At the same time, silver thorns created by the soldiers’ swords bending arbitrarily flew in front of her as she rushed to the front.
In a battlefield full of weapons everywhere, the Steel Mage, who is said to be more powerful than anyone else, reveals his power without hiding it.
But all of this….
‘within expected range.’
Logan didn’t just pick her and lead her to this location for nothing.
The dozens of layers of Auror’s indomitable body surrounding Eilen were constantly vibrating, preparing for the shock that would follow.
The moment her body finally collided with the silver steel, a huge explosion that seemed to shake the entire castle wall erupted.
Wow!
“This is the price you pay for going wild without knowing the topic!”
A confident smile appeared on Vixen’s angular face.
And then.
Flashing.
A beam of red light shot out from among the silver thorn bushes that attacked Eilen and pierced his abdomen.
“Oops!”
I tried to dodge in a hurry, but I couldn’t stop a coin-sized hole from being drilled in my side.
A red ray of light exquisitely penetrated the gap in the steel thicket that blocked his path. Beyond that, there was a female knight who had just endured the binge drinking with her bare body.
“You damn bitch!”
Eat.
“Queen of McLane, Eileen Floyd. This is the name you will die for, so remember it clearly, you damned bastard.”
He blocked the Steel Mage and opened a hole in the enemy’s first attack.
Eilen, who had played the role of the vanguard brilliantly, spat out light blood and laughed cruelly.
[Ria now.]
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Even though Victoria thought the answer would not be heard, she raised her magic by saying it out loud.
And at that moment, a corner of the castle wall collapsed, creating three golems as tall as 3 meters.
That’s it.
“Golem…!”
“Ugh!”
“Stop it!”
Although she could not hear the noise of the castle walls directly, the enemy’s movements were conveyed to her senses through the walls and the stones and dirt on the ground.
– Your golem can even deal with Auror users. However, it is more tactically correct to deal with mages than that. You know why, right?
Advice I recently received from a monarch and benefactor.
In that advice, there was an answer that pierced her mind as she was worrying about combat power.
‘…I know now, Your Majesty.’
Her golem was specialized for strengthening attributes, and when created at the maximum level, it had the strength and speed and durability of an Auror user of the same class.
Even now that she has become a 6th Circle Master, the number of golems she can handle at once is as many as three.
If you think about it that way, it seemed like you could easily deal with three top-level Auror users, but…
– You don’t know swordsmanship…
‘Because you don’t know.’
Victoria, who was pondering the conversation with the monarch once again, soon closed her eyes and cooperated with her golem to find the target designated by the monarch.
Fighting a knight without learning swordsmanship is the same as fighting a knight with his bare body. If it’s one-on-one, it’s an inefficient battle with no guarantee of victory even if it’s three to one.
– There is no need to do that. So….
‘Catch the mage.’
Not far from one of the golems, I felt bitterly cold magic power and magic power that seemed to flow like water.
‘Nellie Korda, the magic tower lord of freezing, and Lexi Linderman, the magic tower lord of the tsunami.’
The moment they recognized this, the golems jumped up the castle wall and started running towards the two mages.
– In a different way than Eilen, you can become another mage’s natural enemy. Because…
‘…other mages also don’t know swordsmanship.’
This means that when an Auror user-level golem deals with a mage, it is the same as an Auror user of the same level.
Victoria felt her spirit soar again and increased her power. She could clearly feel the expressions of the two mages in front of her golem distorted like a crumpled piece of paper.
‘It probably feels like dealing with three Auror users who are a step above the two of you.’
Her prediction was exactly right.
“This is that time…!”
“Damn it! She’s gotten a lot stronger. Find her first!”
When the screams of the two mages echoed over the castle walls.
McLane’s giant knight, who had taken a detour to the right, was smashing the northern gate of Ruspelheim.
Wow!
Rumbling.
“I am the Great Power Luther Kyle. Dogs of the Empire!”
The knights of the empire rushed at the sight of the superhuman rushing through the castle gate, but their appearance was no different from that of a moth jumping into a flame.
Moreover, by his side was Akwu, who carried him with the power of the wind as soon as the battle began.
Whiiiiiiiing!
“Stop being cocky and get the knights together first!”
“No nagging! Don’t worry!”
Wow!
[Take Lord Wicken Luther and head to the north gate. I will give you the 1st Corps. There won’t be a single superhuman there, so feel free to stir. However, the magic scroll…]
The silver wind and the mighty Warhammer devastated the north gate of Ruspelheim, which had no proper defensive wall, in an instant. The northern wall, which seemed at first glance to be the most formidable, collapsed easily.
It was a sight that proved that deception of the formation was meaningless in front of the Aura Master who could read the military flag with the eyes of the soul.
“But you didn’t entrust us with this easy task because we were weak, right?”
“Shut up, lump! So let’s deal with it quickly and go east!”
At the beginning of the war, Ruspelheim’s imperial army began to quickly collapse.
