◈ 187. [STAGE 7] All right on the southern front (3)
South Gate of the Ecliptic.
Standing by the loaded wagon, I looked back at the great city.
“Now bye-bye to this city.”
After possessing this body, my world was all about the crossroads.
The simple composition of monsters, dungeons, and villages was everything. But when I came here, that perception changed.
This world is wide.
It’s so wide that I can’t fathom it.
And the monster front is where all this world is protected.
‘Let’s go back to the days of capture.’
It was fun to go out for a while, but I mustn’t forget my duty.
Thinking of the men waiting for me at the southernmost tip of the continent, I climbed into the carriage.
Ten soldiers and two knights attached to my escort, and Elise also mounted their own horses and wagons.
“Okay let’s go… .”
I was about to say let’s go, but that was the time.
All right! All right!
I saw a woman galloping out from inside the imperial gates. I was a little surprised to see him, but then I smiled a little.
It was a serenade.
“ha! ha… !”
Stopping next to the carriage, Serenade bowed and gasped. Beads of sweat form on the tip of his slender chin. How hastily did you come?
After opening the carriage door, I leaned over and watched the serenade.
“serenade. Did you come to say hello?”
“haha… Your Highness the Prince.”
The serenade murmured as I caught my breath.
“Am I your business partner?”
It was a sudden story, but I accepted it right away.
“You’re also a dance partner.”
“I was a fiancée.”
“He’s also a comrade who fought together at this party.”
“… So, are you qualified enough?”
smile
For some reason, Serenade smiled with a refreshing face.
“I will not give up on Your Highness.”
I liked her smile, so I looked at her face.
“I was always worried that I would be abandoned by Her Highness. But yes. Now that you’ve already been abandoned, there’s nothing to worry about anymore. No matter what I do in the future, the only thing left is to get closer to Your Highness.”
Serenade came one step closer to me. There is no wavering in the silver gaze looking up.
“No matter how many times Your Highness dismisses me, I will continue to approach You. And I will become an incredibly wonderful person so that Your Highness will have no choice but to look back at me.”
“… .”
“If Your Highness leaves to the end of this world, I will follow you to the end of this world too. I will always follow Your Highness with a dark heart in my heart.”
That bold cry was cute, so I smiled.
Where did the momentum of the confident shout go? When the serenade finished, her face turned red and her head was lowered.
“that… I wanted to tell you this… … .”
Covering my mouth and laughing, I took Serenade’s hand and lightly kissed the back of it.
I smiled at the serenade who shook her shoulders in surprise.
“i’ll wait. At the end of the world.”
“… .”
“See you again serenade.”
I squeezed her slender hand one more time before turning around and boarding the carriage.
‘… Holly molly.’
How did these greasy movements and comments come out automatically? Ash Kim, is this a habit that has been ingrained in the child’s body?
The carriage started. Serenade stood modestly at the southern gate of the ecliptic and continued to wave.
I also waved my hand out the window.
We’ll meet again anyway. I have a lot of work to do with the Winter Silver Merchant in the future.
The road quickly went away. As the serenade disappeared, Elise, who was driving the horse right next to my carriage, muttered.
“But didn’t you two break up?”
“It’s just starting over.”
“Playboys seem to use that kind of comment when dumping opponents… ?”
“no it’s not. The prince is sincere.”
Elise let out a light sigh.
“I just… I just want the serenade lady to be happy.”
“Me too.”
sincerely. I hope she is happy.
That’s why I’m leaving to protect the world again.
***
“It takes three weeks by carriage to the Crossroads.”
After riding the wagon for several hours, the group stopped at the first station to take a break.
The knight in charge of my escort gave me a rough schedule. I stuck out my tongue.
“It’s scary, really.”
“Because the further south you go, the roads are not properly paved. At least until the middle of the continent, you can go south by exchanging words at post stations like here, but you won’t be able to enjoy that luxury once you enter the border.”
So the current party is going down pretty quickly.
You have to go as fast as possible where the road is well paved and there is a post station.
‘It’s already been over ten days since I left Crossroads. An extra three weeks in this situation?’
It’s like emptying the wires for over a month.
I thought Lucas would do a good job, and there was also a reinforcement party including Reina.
I don’t think there will be a big problem with the cable operation itself, but… … .
‘also… I can’t help but feel anxious… … .’
After a long time, I opened the system window and turned on the next stage enemy information window.
Enemy information was being displayed to see if the party members had gone on their own.
[Enemy Info – STAGE 7]
– Lv.32 Giant Salamander < Elite >: 10
– Lv.24 Salamander: 410
– Until start: 10 days
The next stage is the Salamander Corps.
They are fire-breathing salamanders.
It’s not a very easy opponent because you can’t use the killzone strategy because you burn the wooden fence, but it’s much easier than the gargoyles-vampires-wyverns you’ve been fighting lately.
‘Ten days later.’
It is certain that they will fight a defensive battle without me.
I let out a sigh.
Will our children be able to do well?
***
Ten days later.
Southern Front Crossroads. above the castle wall.
“… .”
Lucas swallowed dry saliva as he inspected the field outside the castle wall, which turned into a sea of fire.
Kung-Kung-Kung-
The monster that invaded this time was the Salamander Corps.
Among them, the giant salamander, a super-giant fire salamander that acts as a boss monster, was the size of a large house.
The Giant Salamander, moving its massive legs and approaching the middle of the field, lowered its stance and fired red fireballs from the three holes on its back.
pop! Beep!
It was like a giant bio-cannon.
There were ten of these guys in total. A bunch of fireballs they fired in unison fell over the walls.
A direct hit would burn the entire wall, but fortunately there were defenses on this side as well.
“Huh!”
Reinforcements dispatched from the ecliptic. Party of 5 magic corps officers.
The leader, Raina, created a huge tornado, and her party members assisted.
Tuhak! Tuhak-!
Fireballs blocked by a huge tornado scattered in the air.
Fireballs and wind collided overhead, spraying sparks in all directions, and the soldiers screamed.
Raina, who kept calling out tornadoes, was annoyed.
“Look at this, Deputy Commander! How long are you going to stop me like this! This one’s magic isn’t infinite either!”
“… .”
Lucas kept his mouth shut and glared at the Giant Salamanders.
In the meantime, while conducting defensive battles here, almost all of the monsters have walked in hand-to-hand combat.
Even if there were objects projecting firepower from a distance, they were all within this range. It was possible to respond with a match-up.
However, the Giant Salamanders had a much longer range.
The cannons on the castle wall were unilaterally bombarding fireballs from the outside.
There were only three means of attack that could reach them from the walls here.
Taang-!
The first is Damian’s sniping.
Damian fired two shots with his magic gun [Black Queen], knocking down two of my Giant Salamanders.
Ash told me to shoot only three shots before he left, so I saved the last shot and continued sniping with another weapon, but the Giant Salamander’s tenacity was stronger than I thought.
They didn’t fall well with other horse guns.
Chow ah!
The second is Junior’s magic.
The magic attributes Junior can handle are three – lightning, wind and water.
Among them, Junior fired water-attribute magic that was incompatible with fire.
The strong stream of water stuck to the Giant Salamander’s body, and the Giant Salamander collapsed with a dull scream.
There were three Giant Salamanders he defeated like that.
“haha! Cool cool!”
but.
Doing a long-distance magic projection against an opponent far away that even cannons couldn’t reach was, of course, a strain on the body. Junior coughed up blood.
“… .”
Rayna looked at him disapprovingly.
The third and final means was Reina. However, Reina was in charge of defending against the enemy’s fireballs in this defensive battle.
The Giant Salamander wasn’t the only one pouring fireballs.
Ordinary Salamanders also approached and continued to sprinkle fire. The regular soldiers were holding the Jokjoks in sight, but the attacks continued.
The moment Reina is mobilized for an attack, the top of the castle wall will become a sea of fire.
In the end, there are only two possible means of attack. Damian ran out of ammunition in his horse gun, and Junior was out of shape.
“… I can’t help it.”
Grinding his teeth, Lucas pressed his helmet to his head.
“The remaining five Giant Salamanders go out and take care of them. Evangeline!”
“I’ve been waiting for you, mister!”
Evangeline smiled and fixed the spear and shield. Evangeline was dressed in her usual thick golem armor.
“You’re going out there alone, deputy commander? Are you insane?”
Reina asked, stunned.
Outside the walls was a sea of fire. Not only that, there were still over a hundred of the regular Salamanders left.
Are you going to run away with two knights to a place like that? Are you insane?
“If there are other good means, can you let me know, Sir Reina?”
Lucas drew the large longsword Ash had given him – Karma Eater, and stared at Reina with cold, sunken eyes.
“Then our means of attack has dropped, but will we continue to be bombarded like this?”
“… .”
“If the shells don’t reach you, then you have to hit them with your body. Can you tell me?”
Reina clicked her tongue, thinking it was a muscle-brain knight’s way.
But Lucas had a point.
I couldn’t just sit still and block the fireballs forever.
‘No matter what, going out alone… … .’
Reina shook her head as she watched the two knights descend to the first floor and mount their respective horses.
It will soon be revealed whether it was the result of self-confidence or the recklessness of youth.
Waiting for the castle gate to open, Lucas and Evangeline exchanged glances as they mounted their respective horses. Evangeline smiled mischievously.
“I wish I had a few more reliable close-quarters warriors.”
“I know. I just wish there were three more.”
If there are 5 people, it is one party.
If you can form a melee party made up of strong warriors, it will be very useful in the future.
Suddenly, the fallen personnel from the last vampire defense battle passed before my eyes.
If only a few more people had survived then… … .
“… .”
Lucas, who closed his eyes tightly and let go of his thoughts, looked up at the top of the castle wall and shouted.
“Damian! I need cover!”
“Leave it to me!”
“Lily! Bet all the artifacts you can bet on us!”
“It activates!”
“Marherita! Shield magic please!”
“Blessings of the Light… !”
“And Junior!”
Lucas pointed his index finger at Junior as he wiped the blood from his mouth.
“rest!”
“… .”
Junior’s expression rotted. Seeing this scene, Reina smiled involuntarily.
Kugu-gung-
The gate was opened and
“Here! Let’s go!”
“Yah-ho-! Salamander hunting!”
Lucas and Evangeline rode their horses and galloped out of the gates.
Hundreds of monsters vomited flames at the two knights.
