Chapter 245. (2)
“There must be a fierce battle going on by now. Can we stop the Ernesia Kingdom army with only the current forces of Nuaton Fortress?”
“… As long as God cares, defeat is never…
” “I don’t want to hear such an obvious answer!”
Nelvenia widened her eyes in displeasure.
“Tick?!”
“I just want the battle situation and opinions as they are. Do you really think I’ll get angry if I tell you the truth?”
“Ah no…
In the end, the priest who proudly flattered him completely shrank when the saintess shot him.
It wasn’t my intention to protect him, but another priest hurriedly brought up his opinion just in time.
It was under the judgment that there was nothing better to go against her planting than this.
“I will tell you my honest opinion.”
“yes.”
“It is considered that it is only a matter of time before it is captured.”
At the overly candid opinion, others forgot to breathe and watched.
“…is it a fall?”
“No matter how brave our soldiers are, the power of the Ernesia Kingdom army cannot be underestimated. Even though it’s an advance party, if it’s their equipment and troops… even if they hold out, they’ll have no choice but to be captured.”
“okay.”
Nelvania just meekly accepted that honest opinion and fell into thought.
“Can I make it through?”
“Even if we hold on to the battle now, according to the information, it seems that the main force will join additionally… there…
“there?”
“The one who joined the main unit is Arell Ernesia….
The voice of the person who reports it has no choice but to be quiet.
The person who embarrassed her at the last meeting with a half-sophistical claim.
However, to them now, it is an object of fear in a different sense.
Even though they were on the sidelines about what happened after Arele Ernesia joined in the last Three Kingdoms War, they are well aware of it.
It is a large arrow that flies ceaselessly, and even high-level wizards and knights.
It was enough to become an object of fear.
It will definitely affect the morale of allies.
“okay. It means he is coming.”
However, Nelvania kept calm throughout the entire time, only repeating the words “That’s right”.
“Certainly, it would be difficult to watch Arele Ernesia join.”
“Then…
” “First of all, let’s get rid of the enemy that is engaged.”
She suggested it all too lightly.
No one dared to question her opinion.
It was because she knew deep down why she was so unfazed by such an unfavorable war situation.
There is reason to be so relaxed.
“I will dispatch the Holy Knights.”
The priests were a little bit agitated by that decision.
Holy Knights.
The elite knights of the Holy Kingdom.
The elite force that had been preparing for a war against the Kingdom of Ernesia for several months.
“Are you sending them out already?”
“Isn’t it too early?”
“Originally, I planned to send troops later, but it is not right to lose the border like this. And now is our chance to destroy some of their forces before Arell Ernesia arrives.”
Nelvenia asserted herself confidently and ordered them to respond.
“Let them show the power of our new shield!”
The siege to capture the border fortress continued for days.
It was not an easy battle from the perspective of the Ernesia Kingdom army.
It was not an impossible battle either.
The reason I didn’t rush at once was to avoid rapid attrition and also to be wary of counterattacks by the Holy Kingdom.
If that’s the case, you’d better capture it before then.
The nobles thought so and launched an all-out attack.
The soldiers of the Kingdom of Ernesia struggled to climb the ladder or break down the gate.
In order to stop it, the Seongguk Army also desperately responds.
However, the Seongkuk Army’s response to the momentum of the Ernesia Kingdom Army that kept pushing in was insufficient.
Seeing the scene, the lords were smiling happily.
“Hmm, at this rate, we might be able to capture it as planned.”
“I mean.”
The nobles who stood in the vanguard were obediently delighted with the war situation being resolved more easily than expected.
“If we do well, by the time Arel-nim comes, we might be able to welcome him inside the fortress.”
“okay! He will be very happy too.”
That’s what I mean, but after the end of the war, their eyes were shining in anticipation of being evaluated for their major.
“By the way, isn’t the resistance stronger than I thought?”
A noble looked at the current situation and tilted her head and asked a question.
Even if it’s not that I’m not defending.
Currently, the Seongguk was only defending the border fortresses, but had not come up with any countermeasures.
They probably don’t know that the main unit will be joining soon, right?
“Can you tell me what they are?”
But the others didn’t pay much attention.
“I’m sure they’re waiting for reinforcements, too.”
“What kind of fight are these guys who only pray for me? Heh heh heh.”
“Aren’t you worried too much?”
“….exactly?”
In the end, even the aristocrat who raised the question tilted his head and had to set aside the unpleasant feeling.
“Don’t worry. Even if things come up with countermeasures, our army is also formidable. The knights have also been steadily training. What are you afraid of?”
That’s how they were proud as if they had already won everything in front of a fortress that hadn’t even been captured yet.
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The next day.
The Ernesia Kingdom army tried to siege again without fail.
But a strange thing happened.
The gate that had been firmly closed suddenly began to open.
I was still preparing siege equipment to destroy the gates.
The nobles, while questioning, rejoiced at guessing at their actions.
“Ohhhh! Surrender at last!”
“Well, how can my things last?”
“I think Arel-nim will be very happy if he comes.”
The nobles rejoiced as if the battle had already ended.
But their joy was interrupted by the muttering of someone who sensed something strange.
“…but something is strange.”
When the gate was opened, a line of knights with shields protruded from within.
It was the first shield I had ever seen.
New forged for war?
Upon hearing the report, the nobles were puzzled.
“They?”
“It doesn’t look like you came out to surrender.”
I just couldn’t understand the behavior of those who marched with their shields in front.
“…I’ve heard of the pattern on that armor.”
“Hmm? What do you mean?”
“I heard that in the Holy Land there are a small number of elite knights that are raised in addition to normal soldiers and knights… I think they said that.”
He murmured slowly, as if recalling a memory.
“Did you say it was the Holy Knights…?”
Originally, they were the elite knights of the Holy Land, who had to run wild to subdue the different races from the front.
They are now opening the city gates and advancing.
Noticing the tense hostility they felt, the nobles only then understood the intent and wrinkled their brows.
“…Do you think they can defeat us alone?”
“You seem completely underestimated.”
“Looks like they don’t know much about war at all.”
No matter how elite they are, what are they going to do with a force that is less than 1/10 of ours?
If they tried to hold out there, they would rather have had to engage in a siege within the castle.
To open the castle gate and come out directly.
I must have lost my fear.
The aristocrats of Ernesia did not leave out anyone and regarded it as such.
Although it was undoubtedly well-armed, it was only then that it was trampled on by the forces of this side.
What are you doing?
At that time, one of the knights standing at the head of the Holy Knights shouted in a loud voice.
“I will not forgive you for your sins for daring to set foot on the land of the Holy Land!! Full force assault!!”
As soon as the words are over, he gives an order to advance and begins to march toward Ernesia’s army in earnest.
Looking at the situation, the nobles spit out this without exception.
“Anyway, they seem to have lost their minds.”
Even tactically, that action is nothing more than an act of suicide.
But you can’t just laugh at their reckless behavior.
Even if you do stupid things, you need to break them down properly as long as you are attacking them.
“I will send a knight from this side to defeat it.”
“Let us also send an article.”
The nobles scrambled to recommend their talents and decided to make the Holy Knights a prey for their specialty.
And the knights sent by each lord led their soldiers to defeat them.
“No matter how hard the armor is, the only thing that works is the battle between soldiers!”
At the forefront, the knight, Feltyn, raised his sword and rode his horse.
As a knight of the Marquis of Guimment, he was ordered to make the most of this war before anyone else, so he charged more courageously than anyone else.
A blue aura forms on his sword, and it spreads out as if it would erupt at any moment.
No matter how you look at it, you are halfway through Aura Prevention.
No matter what kind of armor he wore, he was confident that he could lightly tear it apart with his own aura.
“I will take your heads first!”
He swung his sword while sneering at the actions of the paladins who quietly formed a defensive line.
Even on the last battlefield, he never gave in to those who put forward the strongest armor and shield and cut them all with his sword.
I was confident in my heart that this time was no different.
His blue aura hits the paladin’s shield.
“How foolish!”
He felt absurd at their attitude of only defending until the end, but he did not want to have mercy in his hands any longer.
The first thing is to take the head of the enemy knight and offer the ball to the master.
Already in his mind, the scene of splitting the enemy’s shield, as in many previous battles, vividly came to mind.
one.
Hmm?!
Something was strange.
By the time I felt it, it was already too late.
The moment the shield touched the paladin was smiling strangely.
It was as if he thought he was caught.
“Ugh!!”
And for some reason, the sword he wielded was flying towards himself.
The moment he understood that, his neck had already fallen off in vain and was rolling in the air.
“Repel the aura?!”
“What kind of weird noise is that!!”
The nobles were taken aback by the news of the sudden defeat.
I sent troops to trample on the Paladins, but they returned with an incomprehensible defeat.
“That’s… I don’t know either.”
The knight who led the soldiers at the front died, so another knight who took over the command after him knelt down and explained what had happened.
“The only thing I saw was that the knights of the Holy Kingdom bounced off Sir Feltin’s swordsmanship as it was.”
Lord Feltyn was decapitated by the blade he wielded.
Everyone who saw the scene or heard the news was amazed.
Could there be such an absurd end as a knight?
But there was no time to mourn his death.
The knights who were attacking the knights of the Holy Kingdom one after another had fallen out with their own sword skills seriously injured.
At that point, they noticed too late.
I don’t know how it went, but the knights of the Holy Kingdom bounced back the opponent’s sword.
