Episode 128 All-out war with Proxia (4)
After being pushed back by the monster’s tremendous offensive, they were exchanging opinions fiercely while looking at each other.
“If you step back like this, even Celonia will be eaten!”
“Then you want to go commit suicide?! Now that Gehel Castle has been eaten, Mercury cannot do it either!”
That’s right.
Even if he did Mercury in the first place, it was only to the extent that he could endure a little longer.
The walls were almost meaningless in front of monsters that numbered over 10,000.
While camping in the woods of the highlands, the two captains quarreled with each other.
All of them were representatively divided into two opinions, one of which was to fight back using geographical advantage even now.
Another opinion was to retreat to Selonia and try to block it together.
It is impossible to say which one is right.
If they fight now, it will almost be a half-suicide, and if they retreat to Selonia, it means that they will have to block it at the main base.
The battle at the base will be very different from the battles you have done so far.
With just one mistake, the Holy Kingdom could have been occupied, and even if the battle was won, Gehel and all other areas were eaten, providing a basis for a counterattack at any time.
Whatever you choose, it’s just an irrational number.
Iriel stopped the two captains from staring at each other.
“Everyone please stop. Now is not the time to fight among ourselves.”
“But the saintess….”
“Griaia, what do you think?”
At her words, Griia thought for a while before speaking.
“…I guess I have no choice but to back off here.”
“Why did you think that?”
“If we were going to fight, we would have been better off taking a stand at the gates yesterday. However, giving up the advantage of the wall, we had no choice but to retreat. If the battle continues as it is now, it will be a hundred times our defeat.”
Iriel nodded at her clear words.
“you’re right. If we were going to fight, we should have fought when there were walls.”
As if praising a student who answered the question appropriately, Iriel smiled.
“It is an order. We completely abandon Gehel and retreat to Selonia.”
“I take orders!”
“I take orders!”
As long as the saintess’ order has been invoked, it cannot be violated.
This is because it is a self-evident fact that the head will fly from the moment the objection is made because it is an order of the representative of God.
Their steps were directed from the outskirts of Gehel toward Selonia.
* * *
Ray got up from the bed.
It was still awkward and the body couldn’t move freely, but just being able to move was a great pleasure for Ray.
He opened his mouth and made a noise.
“done……!”
It was a voice that seemed to be lacking somewhere in the voice that was cracking, but it was quite relieved when I confirmed that the vocal cords were moving safely.
Ray moved slowly, trying to get himself fully up from the bed.
However, that was difficult.
Quadang-!
He fell to the floor and splendidly fell.
It seemed unreasonable to stand still.
Reluctantly, Ray gave up standing up and started moving Mana in that state.
Ung-ung-ung-
The mana in the air reacted and gathered towards him.
However, compared to what I used to use on a daily basis, it was literally the level of new blood.
At this level, I couldn’t even make a sword aura, let alone magic.
‘I need to collect more mana.’
As if reading his mind, the surrounding mana swam by him little by little.
Sweat poured down his face like rain and his hands and feet shook like they were convulsing, but he held back and focused on mana control.
For some time now, Ray has continued to encourage the fight between the demons and the magic circle’s mana.
Magi is consumed as Magi and mana is reduced as Mana.
As a result, Magi has now disappeared from Ray’s body.
Of course, half of the mana in the magic circle was still left.
At this amount, I didn’t need as much mana as I did when Ira was healed.
It would be enough to hit it roughly and hit it with a heel.
It was not difficult to collect one mana.
Being able to collect mana in a body that does not move as desired and in adverse conditions where it is difficult to control mana is only possible because his mana control has reached its peak.
In addition, after lying in bed for a month and focusing only on mana, Ray learned how to activate mana on his own.
It was as difficult as creating a new magic, but I was able to understand how to do it when I was only touching mana.
It was unknown how it was different from what was known to the world, but the method he had just learned was the most effective activation in Ray’s opinion.
In the position where he fell while trying to stand up, he focused on mana all day long.
It’s a concentration that is truly mysterious.
It is important to collect mana, but it is also very important to hold on to the collected mana so that it does not scatter.
Ray is now doing two mana controls at once, and that for the duration of a day.
The task must be as sophisticated and calculated as simultaneously solving a picture with the left hand and a math problem with the right hand.
Otherwise, there is no way to gather mana.
In the end, Ray, who had succeeded in collecting more than an appropriate amount of mana in the atmosphere for a day, struggled to open his lips.
“Hee… work….”
The blue mana, which was nice to see after a long time, exploded around him.
The mana he had accumulated so far was instantly converted into magic.
Eventually, that blue mana was absorbed into Ray’s whole body.
Ray’s mana wrapped around every corner of his body collided with the mana of the magic circle nestled in his body.
Then, the magic circle collapsed with terrifying momentum.
That’s also true, the density of mana itself is an incredibly thick ray.
Even though it was a regional level magic circle, it was only natural that it would collapse as it was pushed out of density.
Although it was a relatively small mana, Ray’s mana continued to break the magic circle.
Every time he gnawed mana like that, he felt his body become noticeably lighter.
The hands move and the head moves.
As the stiff muscles began to work in earnest, strength turned to the whole body.
Since the control over mana has been released to a large extent, the mana of the magic circle is completely extinguished within a short period of time by adding strength to the magic that is manifested.
When the mana that restrained the whole body disappeared without exception, Ray showed it and grinned.
just now.
All the restraints that bound the beast were released.
* * *
Late at night, Proxia’s army came in a surprise attack.
I was about to retreat, but when they came by surprise, I had to retreat immediately.
“Retreat! Don’t even look back!”
A loss of forces here would make the Mercury in Selonia even more difficult.
That would be the shortest path to ruin for the kingdom.
For now, the only hope they had was to evade the chase and head for Celonia.
However, Proxia’s army didn’t seem to have any intention of letting it go that way.
As if they had anticipated their action to escape in advance, their forces were waiting for them along the way.
Iriel looked around and gritted his teeth.
‘I was surrounded. If this happens, I have no choice but to fight.’
It was impossible to escape from the current state.
Zeke looked at them with cold eyes.
“Don’t worry. I will protect the saintess no matter what. That was the first command given to me by the Holy Son…”
“I’m not weak enough to be protected by Zeke.”
“I know. So run away.”
“…You are a little too far-fetched. Where should I flee to, leaving them behind?”
“I do not know.”
“…what the hell are you talking about…”
Zeke, who drew his sword, pointed the tip at Proxia’s army.
“I don’t know where to run. However, I know your strength best as I have been with you on numerous battlefields. Strategically and tactically, you are a great one-man army. But if you lose even you like this in a situation like this, the kingdom really ends.”
“…”
Iriel also knew.
Seongguk lacks troops and lacks talent.
There are materials to make the war last longer, but there is no hero who can cut the war short.
In such a situation, if you don’t even have yourself, the castle will literally run towards ruin.
That’s because the Holy Kingdom was full of lacking things.
Beside Zeke, Veris and Seris Grayan stood together.
“Go. We will do our best to block this place.”
“It is a precious feeling that I was able to find while living on the battlefield. Please give us a chance to keep this!”
“I don’t even want to imagine that the Holy Kingdom disappears!”
Iriel bit his lips hard enough to bleed at the sound that sounded like their screams.
Iriel shouted with his left hand held high in the sky.
“Holy protect! Holy seal! Bless!”
Tremendous divine power began to emanate from all allies.
Power overflowed from the hand holding the sword, and strong divine power, enough to repel a blind sword, covered their bodies.
“Wow!”
“It is the blessing of the saintess! fight back! Leave no one behind!”
The fighting spirit of the allies was revived by the enormous divine power that increased the morale of even non-religious people.
She turned around, flapping her robe noisily.
“Don’t die, everyone.”
He spat out a word and threw a new model at Celonia.
As Iriel left the battlefield, four sword masters appeared in front of Zeke’s eyes.
“A very good kid. I sent the saintess knowing we would come.”
“Cluck. The face is very inspirational. I took it out when I was young.”
“Do you think I look a little better? Hall hall hall.”
Zeke gave a self-deprecating smile to their faces full of composure even before the battle.
‘Sword master… That’s at least two advanced users. It’s a fight without a win.’
The last time I tried mixing swords.
A tremendous swordsman’s sword that even Iriel, who boasts enormous divine power, was pushed back.
Zeke was able to block it once with all his might.
Marquis Harold and his knights stood by his side.
“I’ll add even a little bit of strength, Mr. Zeke.”
“It’s an honor to be able to stand by your side.”
At their words, Zeke laughed.
“I am truly honored. To be able to fight against warriors who are willing to give their lives for their country.”
At the end of his words, the youngest-looking one of the sword masters in front charged him.
Zeke did not panic at the sudden attack and let go of the sword strike.
It’s definitely weaker than the old people, but it’s a power that can’t be ignored.
It was because his sword was not centered in the sword attack that he was trying to flow down.
The middle-aged man was slightly amazed.
“As I’ve heard, you’re the youngest sword master on the continent.”