◈ 547. [STAGE 31] Too Young To Die (2)
“I will clean up the janitors here with the soldiers.”
I ordered Lucas.
“You bring elite heroes… … Rescue Mikhail.”
If the heroes are missing, it is difficult for this side to deal with hundreds of scarecrows with only soldiers, and
it is difficult for heroes to deal with the corps commander who has absorbed most of the power of the forward base troops.
Both become heavy. But now there is no time. We have to do it.
“Yes sir.”
That’s why Lucas didn’t vomit a word, just nodded and chined his other teammates.
As if they had waited, the Torquel Nobody Chain came out and… … Janice stood up. I was a little concerned and asked.
“Can you move, Janice? Aren’t you overdoing it?”
“It’s not a stretch at all.”
Janice, who had just recovered from exhaustion, seemed to be having a hard time, but she had the old man’s characteristic awkward smile.
“And the presence or absence of a healer greatly affects tactics.”
“… .”
That was right. And right now, it’s also a situation where everyone has to overdo it anyway. I nodded.
I gently adjusted the slope of one side of the fortress, and the four heroes slid down the wall.
And
“… Whoa.”
Hannibal caught his breath and stood by the wall.
I patted Hannibal lightly on the shoulder.
“You are important in this operation, Hannibal. Just do as I told you beforehand.”
“Yes, Your Highness… !”
Hannibal, who grieved at this, chased after the men in front of him and went down the rampart as if riding a sleigh.
And finally, Diarmudin.
“… .”
The old wizard brushed his beard and silently looked back at me. I said this out of the blue.
“See you again, Prince Ash.”
“… ?”
Raising my eyes curiously, I shook my head.
“sure. See you again. I will follow you soon.”
“Come in no hurry.”
Diarmudin smiled incomprehensibly, then kicked the ground and glided through the air and down the ramparts.
After watching the heroes rushing to the scarecrow corps commander, I turned to the general soldiers.
“Now then, let’s sort things out quickly!”
Standing on the side of the wall where scarecrows were most infested, I activated [Kraken’s Ring].
“Summons-!”
Then, a magic circle was formed in the air, and the strongest cephalopod monster, which can only be summoned once per 3 stages, fell down.
Kwagwagwang!
oh oh oh oh!
The Kraken roared as it completed its descent. The whole area vibrated violently, shaking the forward base that had already received a lot of damage and was collapsing.
‘In my mind, I want to release all the captured monsters.’
Everyone was unable to manage their loyalty, so if you released several of them, you could fight each other, attack allies, and cause a fuss.
“It’s a quick turn! I’m going to sweep these away and go help my friends!”
Riding on the back of the Kraken, I shouted at the scarecrows pouring down.
“Let’s go-!”
***
In the woods a little far from the outpost.
Mikhail was dying.
While being held in the arms of the scarecrow corps commander, he was being sucked up to the bottom of the last remaining essence of his soul.
‘… It doesn’t matter.’
With his face stained red from coughing up blood again and again, with his unfocused eyes downcast, Mikhail thought.
‘Even if I go back, I’ll die anyway.’
He is the crown prince of Vermilion.
If it fails, the position is immediately abolished and the blood of the griffin injected into the body is also recovered. In other words, all blood is sucked alive.
It’s a life that will die no matter what. It’s just that the time has come a little earlier.
‘If I’m going to die like this, I’d rather die then…’ … .’
It reminded me of the time I was captured by the Moving Forest Corps just a while ago.
Being bound by the elder tree of the corps commander, Mikhail had to watch his subordinate knights fly in to save him.
Seeing them die miserably one by one. with open eyes.
If he died that day when he suffered his first failure, he wouldn’t have to suffer like this.
Or maybe if he died sooner than that… … His men wouldn’t have died trying to save him.
‘Why was I still alive when I was only causing damage to the surroundings like this… … .’
In Mikhail’s ears, he heard the sound of the Scarecrow Corps commander’s full breathing. This terrible harvest seemed to be coming to an end.
I wanted to die quickly.
If the end comes soon… … .
It was then.
“It will be a little hot.”
The voice of Diarmudin, the lord of the ivory tower, echoed.
Roaring!
Flames gushed out.
The magical flames rising from the ground in a circle exquisitely burned only the main body of the scarecrow corps commander right behind Mikhail’s back. It was terrifyingly precise control.
[Kuhak?!]
Being engulfed in flames, the scarecrow corps commander, a monster born of wood, could not stand it and had to move his body. Naturally, harvesting has also stopped.
“The power that Prince Ash added is amazing.”
Diarmudin muttered, surprised that even after casting it himself, the power was far superior to usual.
Lucas shrugged for nothing as he shot forward like a bullet.
“Did you know now? My lord is such an amazing man!”
“It’s true that he is an amazing person, but now is not the time to brag… !”
Torquell, who had the best tanking power among all the heroes in Crossroads but had the worst mobility, exclaimed panting.
The warlock’s chain grabbed Thorkel’s body with his arm made of darkness and threw it forward.
Thorkel’s massive body, including his armor and great shield, was fired like a catapult for siege.
“These seabirds! Stay away! Aren’t you harvesting!”
The scarecrow corps commander roared as he easily ducked away from Thorkel’s physical charge.
《Do not disturb! I’m just about to swallow the essence of the remaining essence at the bottom… … !”
“I know, I know! When you drink cocoa, doesn’t it get sweeter and thicker toward the bottom of the cup? That’s why I like things piled up at the bottom of the cup!”
A voice rang out in the air.
Embarrassed, the scarecrow corps commander jerked his head upward. Blind swordsman Nobody was falling directly overhead.
“That’s why you have to spill it right before you finish drinking, so you don’t get angry!”
Warlock Chain deliberately threw Torkel loudly and then secretly threw Nobody in succession.
Nobody smiled broadly, showing his yellow teeth.
“Because I’m in perfect condition today! It’s almost like having both eyes open! Be prepared!”
A long sword flashed out of the blind swordsman’s scabbard.
Tsukaak!
The slash, which cuts through anything as soon as it touches, was beaten.
True to Nobody’s words, his slash drew an unprecedentedly precise path and perfectly aimed at the head of the scarecrow corps commander.
«Kuh?!»
The scarecrow corps commander desperately tried to avoid it, but was already within range of the attack.
If there is a problem, it is that the long sword was cut in half when cutting down the wall of the forward base.
The range of the blade was shortened, and taking that into account, the slash was closer than usual, but the length was still lacking.
jump-!
Nobody’s slash cut off the head of the scarecrow corps leader.
half only.
Nobody gnashed his teeth as he felt the neck of the enemy commander who could not cut it cleanly.
“Hey damn, I was in good shape… .”
Poo-!
Nobody, who was hit by the arms roughly sprayed by the scarecrow corps commander, fell backwards.
Nobody broke several trees in the forest that hit her body and flew away.
After a while, he was pinned to the dirt floor, coughing up blood and trying to get up once, but then slammed his head on the ground.
“Nobody!”
“I can’t believe this doesn’t work… .”
Lucas gnashed his teeth.
It was a surprise attack of conversion, and it succeeded in putting in an effective hit, but failed to defeat the enemy general with a single knife.
‘But I have to end it now!’
Tuhak-!
Lucas, who used [Step of Tenacity], was shot like a bullet.
In the knight’s hand, the [sword given to him] formed a blade of light and gleamed dazzlingly with [Strike of Will].
Now that the enemy commander has allowed an effective hit, the end is seen at once!
Lucas raised his sword forward and delivered the fastest blow- thrust straight into the scarecrow corps commander’s side. no i was going to
round and round
The scarecrow corps commander easily turned his body to the side and placed Mikhail, who was hanging from his chest, on the path of the sword.
Mikhail’s empty gaze met Lucas’ blue gaze in the air.
“… !”
For a moment, Lucas was conflicted.
His cold-hearted mind decided that the best thing would be to kill the scarecrow corps commander together with Mikhail.
But, but-
For an instant, the image of the man he followed appeared in Lucas’s mind.
Ash’s back, standing in front of him waving a flag.
“… Whoops!”
It seemed that the banner the lord wanted to protect was right in front of his eyes. I couldn’t bear to stab it. So, Lucas turned on his sword and
< How stupid. >
The scarecrow corps commander slammed his fist into Lucas’ belly with all his might.
Wow!
There was a sound like a shell exploding.
In that instant, Lucas used [Step of Tenacity] to run backwards to reduce the shock, and then thrust his sword into the path of the monster’s fist and even took a guard.
Nevertheless, the blade of light was shattered – Lucas coughed up blood and bounced dozens of times on the ground before falling to the dirt floor.
Even when only Mikhail’s power was absorbed, the power of the scarecrow corps commander was enormous, but now that he has monopolized the power of about 100 guards at the outpost… … It was truly catastrophic.
To borrow Ash’s expression, Status-Drain.
A monster that is equivalent to condensing the power of a hundred people in one blow.
《Although the harvest may not be perfect due to your interference, my barn is already rich.》 With
his head bent halfway over 90 degrees, his head was grotesquely cut to the side. The scarecrow corps commander giggled.
《At the point where the surprise attack failed, you guys have no chance of winning.
》 … !”
“Come here. I’ll eat you all too.”
The scarecrow kicked off the ground and came down on Lucas. Lucas managed to get himself up, but felt that it was inevitable.
“Huh-!”
In the meantime, Thorkel intervened.
Torkel raised a huge shield and received the attack from the scarecrow commander.
Kwaaang!
Torkel managed to hold on, but the hard shield was dented. Torkel also had a nosebleed from the helmet and fell to the ground on one leg.
If it wasn’t for Ash’s buff, he would have already died with this single blow.
“Thorkel!”
“Fine… It is. Come on maintenance… … !”
The second, third and fourth attacks came one after another.
With just a slight movement of the arms and legs of the scarecrow corps commander, the ground turned upside down and giant trees were uprooted.
“Aww!”
Torkel activated his ultimate [Humans are not born to be defeated] and endured.
The body was holding on, but the hard armor and shield were crumbling at once.
“Sir Lucas! recovery!”
After finishing Nobody’s first aid, Zenith ran over and cast a healing spell on Lucas as well, but the damage was so deep that it was difficult to fully recover.
Chain and Diarmudin saw an opportunity to somehow squeeze the attack.
However, whenever the magic flew in, the commander of the Scarecrow Corps put Mikhail in the path. Chain and Diarmudin then had to gnaw their teeth and forcibly dismantle the magic.
“stop.”
Mikhail murmured as he watched the rescue team collapsing in front of him.
“stop… .”
The scene in front of him now overlapped with the death of his subordinates.
Mikhail’s voice trembled.
“Don’t die for something like me… !”
The scarecrow corps commander was now standing in place, waving his arms wildly, letting out a bizarre laugh as if he was having fun.
Thorkell’s legs, holding the shield, were almost driven to the ground.
“All of you have nothing to do with me!”
Unable to see any more, Mikhail closed his eyes tightly.
“Why would you risk your life to save me… !”
At the same time as Mikhail cried out,
“Why did you try to save me? … .”
A young voice came from the side.
Surprised, Mikhail looked around and saw a boy with muddy hair.
In addition to his small body, he also uses the earth spirit to hide on the ground.
It was Hannibal who finally succeeded in secretly approaching while everyone was paying attention.
Hannibal put his hands on the branches that bound Mikhail and smiled awkwardly.
“… just.”
Patter!
The spirits of the trees released the strong restraints of the Scarecrow Corps commander at once, and Mikhail was finally set free.
