Chapter 86 Second Variable (2)
A building in the Southern Training Center.
McBurney leaned against the wall of the building and exhaled heavily.
“Whoop whoop whoop.”
His condition was miserable.
The armor, which was tightly woven with chains, had already been ripped off, revealing bare skin, and blood flowed through the cracked abdomen.
It was fortunate that the intestines did not spill out.
Ordinary people would have covered their stomach with one hand, but McBurney had no way to hold his stomach as he was aiming his one arm holding a sword at his enemies.
“Will I die if I leave you alone?”
“Aren’t you just giving up? Then I will kill you painlessly.”
Hector’s soldiers.
They came grinning.
The number was three.
They approached slowly, encircling McBurney, pointing their weapons at any moment.
an imminent situation.
McBurney’s mouth was dry.
My vision was blurry from dizziness, but I bit into the flesh in my mouth to try to come to my senses.
far away
“좆 까 이 개새끼들아.”
A bitter taste spread in my mouth.
Even though the blood was just a little bit like water, it felt like it was quenching my thirst.
“I will risk my life to kill whoever attacks first. so come in If you are willing to sacrifice for the sake of your comrades, risk your own life to attack. I will bite off the scruff of his neck with my teeth myself.”
growled ferociously.
Eyes glistening with poison.
Seeing McBurney not shrinking in the slightest, Hector’s soldiers could not readily attack.
It wasn’t just a threat.
In fact, the soldier who tried to attack McBurney with ease was now cooling down on the cold floor.
‘Damn it.’
I swallowed swearing inwardly.
He tried to hide it as little as possible, but his physical condition was at its worst.
It wouldn’t be strange if he collapsed right away.
He was holding on only with his will, and Hector’s soldiers knew that fact, so they took their time safely.
‘Even if only my right arm was intact, I would kill them all.’
reality in front of your eyes.
I felt a sense of despair.
Even when he was active on the Western Front, McBurney could easily take on two or three enemies with one sword.
I didn’t learn swordsmanship systematically.
It was a practical swordsmanship learned while rolling on the battlefield, and many soldiers of Cronus died due to the aggressive swordsmanship that exceeded the opponent’s expectations.
however.
It was different now.
I couldn’t move my left arm at will, and I couldn’t even kill a few people, but I was beaten like this.
finished.
death is right around the corner
McBurney wanted to bring one last person with him knowing that he was going to die soon.
‘What happened to Roman Dmitri?’
suddenly.
The face of an impressive person came to mind.
Roman Dmitri was the first proper aristocrat I met at the Southern Training Center and showed me how to prepare for war differently from the other guys.
The only person who does not let go of tension on the southern front.
Even though he was assigned to the 5th line of defense, Roman Dmitri seemed to have done something somehow.
I was curious.
what is he doing
Embarrassingly, the person who emerged from the edge of death was not family and friends, but Roman Dmitri.
‘It must mean that there are lingering feelings on the battlefield.’
closely.
I gripped my sword tightly.
I lowered my stance.
to be able to run at any time.
Whether or not blood flowed from the abdomen, the sharp eyes found the opponent’s loophole.
It was then.
Quaang!
“Cheak!”
“Attack!”
outside the building.
A loud noise began to be heard.
* * *
Roman was a step behind.
The southern training camp was in ruins from the time we arrived, and soldiers’ bodies were strewn everywhere.
grim sight.
I could still hear the noise around me.
Judging that not all of the enemies had fled, Roman gave the order.
“Clean up the remnants of the enemy right now and rescue the survivors.”
“All right.”
Soldiers, including Chris, spread out in all directions.
Roman looked around carefully.
According to the soldier’s will, the Southern Training Center seemed to have been attacked by the Hector Kingdom.
Among the corpses scattered around were Hector’s soldiers, but they only wore light leather armor for quick maneuvering.
Most of them were the bodies of soldiers of the Cairo Kingdom.
Just by looking at the corpse, it was clear that Hector’s surprise attack had worked.
Raised mana.
I expanded my senses and listened to the sounds around me.
‘… McBurney?’
of many voices.
A familiar sound was heard.
McBurney was fighting someone, and from the gasping voice, it seemed like a pretty dangerous situation.
kicked the ground right away.
Buildings not far away.
When I opened the door and entered, the expected picture unfolded.
“What?!”
“Has Cairo already sent reinforcements?”
Hector’s soldiers looked bewildered.
according to their calculations.
There was no need for reinforcements to arrive at the Southern Training Center.
I didn’t think that reinforcements would be sent to this place, which had no special meaning, in a situation where the foremost defensive positions were being attacked right away.
But who the heck is that person?
As Hector’s men turned their weapons against each other, Roman looked back and forth between them and McBurney.
‘He was still alive.’
McBurney was one of the survivors.
He looked like he was about to die, but he still had the strength to stand on his own two feet.
McBurney’s eyes tinged with astonishment.
Leaving those eyes behind, Roman approached the enemies.
‘They capture them alive.’
judgment has been made
When Hector’s soldiers shouted at him not to come closer, Roman suddenly appeared in front of them.
sudden.
Kwajik!
A fist exploded in Hector’s soldier’s face.
His pupils were undone by the violently rising blood, and Roman absorbed the blood of the fallen enemy.
Because of this, even if you wake up, you won’t be able to move.
When one of Hector’s soldiers became enraged and tried to attack, Roman let go of the attack and subdued the opponent in the same way.
puck!
fists that clench.
and blood-dividing fingers.
It was an instant situation.
Still, they were veteran soldiers, but two of them were subdued in the blink of an eye.
last one.
he tried to run away
As he sacrificed his colleagues and ran to the door on the other side, he was grabbed by the scruff of the neck by an unexpected being.
widely.
“Gagging.”
“I said I’ll take one.”
It was McBurney.
He was quick-witted.
Realizing that Roman was trying to capture the opponent alive, he strangled the opponent with his left arm instead of slashing the opponent with his sword.
With only one arm, the backlash was very strong.
However, McBurney clenched his teeth and strangled his opponent until the end, and soon after, Hector’s soldier passed out.
dump.
“Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
McBurney lay down on the floor.
it was the limit
My mind was hazy and a sick feeling rose up.
with his sight.
I saw Roman’s face.
“Good job. From now on, leave it to me and take a break.”
Squeak.
Roman sprinkled the potion on McBurney’s body.
I couldn’t say thank you.
With the energy of the potion spreading throughout his body, McBurney let go of his consciousness.
* * *
Things have been sorted out.
Chris, who checked all around the southern training center, reported the results to Roman.
“There weren’t many soldiers in Hector’s kingdom. We found 12 enemies and dealt with them on the spot, saving 5 survivors from the Southern Training Center. And according to the testimony of the survivors, Viscount Bale was wounded while fighting the soldiers of Hector Kingdom and fled to the mountains.”
It was unexpected.
Viscount Bale.
Like Baron Bruce, he knew how to run away right away, but he showed himself fighting the enemy in his own way.
But that’s it.
The results did not change.
As a result of their carelessness, most of the soldiers at the Southern Training Center died, and fewer than 10 survived.
‘The main force of Hector Kingdom attacked the southern training center and left somewhere. According to survivors, the number of enemies was at least in the hundreds. There must be a reason why they use the strategy of Seongdonggyukseo (聲東擊西).’
one possibility.
Confidence grew stronger.
The enemy’s purpose was somewhat anticipated, but even so, one could not make hasty judgments.
in one’s own judgment.
Many lives are at stake.
Knowing the weight of those words, Roman did not hurry.
“What about Hector’s soldiers?”
“They are all locked up in one building.”
There is only one way to ascertain the truth.
Roman said as he moved his steps.
“Chris, from now on, don’t let anyone into the building until I give the order. It is an order.”
“All right.”
like that.
Sigh.
thud.
The door to the building that swallowed Roman closed.
* * *
Inside the building.
Hector’s soldiers were bound.
When Roman stepped inside, a soldier screamed with a disfigured face.
“Don’t leave me alive, kill me! I have no intention of saying anything to the cowards of Cairo anyway. Kyaaak!”
Thick saliva dripped down my feet.
Roman didn’t care.
He didn’t respond or respond to what the other person said.
but.
He said his plan with a cold face.
“From now on, I will give each of you three minutes. I don’t have much time, so I can’t allow more time than that. The rules are simple. answer my question If you tell me the answer you want within three minutes, I will kill you painlessly, but in the opposite case, you will experience terrible pain until you die.”
“Such an asshole!”
“Kill, kill!”
Hector’s soldiers were desperate.
Roman calmly looked at one of them and asked a question.
“This is the first question. What is the purpose of the Hector Kingdom?”
“Fuck me!”
I kept my mouth shut.
troops involved in this operation.
It was composed of soldiers with great patriotism.
They showed a firm will to never reveal their secrets, even if it meant dying.
Time passed.
After Hector’s soldiers unilaterally shouted, Roman pronounced the death sentence on the opponent.
“Three minutes is over.”
Took.
pressed the blood
Even then, Hector’s soldiers did not know what that meant.
Moment.
he opened his eyes
Every muscle in his body twisted and excruciating pain overtook him.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
“I express it as the number of branch roots. You will die very slowly, suffering from twisting muscles and bones throughout your body. You are the enemy who attacked the kingdom of Cairo. I have no intention of letting such enemies live gracefully, and the only exceptions are those who cooperate with me.”
to the situation going on next door.
The soldiers’ expressions quickly hardened.
The sight of a strong colleague exposing the whites and screaming spread fear.
“Second question. Why are you guys at the Southern Training Center?”
It was a question from the god of death.
The soldier swallowed his saliva.
I wanted to shout surrender, but I couldn’t bear it because I remembered the moment when I made a secret oath.
at last.
“Three minutes is over.”
“Quaaaaaagh!”
He too fell into the pit of hell.
Now it was the last.
As Roman approached, the third soldier screamed desperately even though he hadn’t even asked a question yet.
“Do you think the results will change just because you guys are like this? It’s already done. Even if you hear Hector’s ‘Operation’ from my mouth, it’s already beyond the realm that you guys can stop! So do whatever you want. The Kingdom of Cairo will pay the price for its carelessness, and you will leave your name in that disgraceful history! Ha ha ha ha ha!”
laughed
I laughed maniacally to hide my fear.
Moment.
Roman looked at him and showed an incomprehensible smile.
“I was waiting for that answer.”
“… what?”
“I didn’t want the truth from you guys from the beginning. I just wanted to see how you react. If you guys are that confident, I can infer one possibility.”
bewildered soldier.
Roman blew a bomb at him.
“Rear position. Your real purpose is there.”
at that point.
The soldier lost his composure.
That was enough.
The answer of not wanting an answer was also just a bait to elicit that reaction.
“Just die.”
Took.
pressed the blood
Leaving behind the last soldier screaming, Roman left the building.
‘The simultaneous attack on the southern front is nothing more than a gimmick. Their real purpose is elsewhere. If they really succeeded in the operation, the southern front is the same as if it had been captured.’
The blood was cold.
This made it clear.
The southern front was in far greater danger than people expected.
A leak of a plan you thought was perfect.
It was the second variable that Hector Kingdom did not expect.
