772. [STAGE 48] Breaking ground (8)
Temporary magic fortress forward base.
《Ugh…!》
The White Knight leader kept retreating, spouting poison from his entire body.
He has no eyes, nose, or mouth on his face, and all he has is a black, rotten, writhing expression of malice.
I could read the emotions they were radiating as they looked at me.
perplexity.
And fear.
“what’s the matter?”
I was equipped with the Lord of the Flies armor [Master of the High Tower] and was approaching them without stopping.
“Is this the first time you’ve faced an opponent where your attack methods don’t work at all?”
While my automatic turrets were firing off long-distance artillery fire from the Magic Fortress.
To prevent the white knights from approaching any further, I personally went out and blocked them with my body.
They poured all their filth at me as they approached me, but…
I am unstoppable. Raven, the plague lord, is also a being that could not be polluted by true attack methods.
‘Will it work? ‘Your poison.’
bang! Kwagwagwagwagwang!
The artillery fire from my automatic turret poured down from the fortress once again and swept the area.
Of course, I was caught in the range, but I was able to withstand it thanks to [Master of the High Tower]’s overwhelming defense power.
On the other hand, the white knights who were swept into the range were unable to withstand and collapsed, spilling poison.
《Keuuuu…!》
Now, the White Knight captain was in awe with his few men remaining.
I caused the plague through my inaction, but it’s not like they can defeat me through other means.
To make a detour, Kelly Bay’s recovered [Step Crusher] was once again poured onto the terrain that had already been harpooned.
And the automatic turret pours down fire nets like a knife.
In fact, the White Knight leader realized too late that this magic fortress forward base was impossible to attack…
Taaa-!
He kicked the ground with his hoof and jumped back.
And he quickly began to flee, leading his surviving subordinates.
“Wow, what! “They’re running away, Ash!”
A frightened Kelly Bay fired a series of [Step Crusher] shots from the castle wall.
Several more White Knights caught up in the artillery fire fell as the ground collapsed, but the White Knight leader and about a dozen of his men managed to escape.
“It’s okay, Kelly Bay. “There is no need to chase too hard.”
I nodded as I ran like I was flying and looked at the enemy who was quickly moving away.
The reason for deploying the forward base in the first place was to break the brunt of them, not to annihilate them.
It is the job of another unit to kill them and completely annihilate them.
“First of all, the number of white knights should be reduced to this much…”
I nodded, jumping up onto the magic fortress.
“Let’s go provide support to another forward base. Everyone is going through a hard time.”
“good! But then, are you going to dismantle this magic fortress?”
Kelly Bay quenched her appetite as she inspected one hundred doors of her automatic defense turret.
“It’s a bit of a waste. This means that these turret friends will also disappear….”
I grinned at Kelly Bay’s words.
“Who lets it disappear?”
“huh?”
“No matter what, I poured 100 magic cores into it to make it, so it’s too wasteful to throw it away after using it once.”
I place the flag on the magic castle wall! I plugged it in.
Then, the magic walls that had been assembled in the form of a fortress disintegrated one by one, and then were reassembled by sticking together…
Eventually, it transformed into a huge train-like shape. With the automatic defense turret fully attached.
“Oh my god Golden….”
Kelly Bay clung to her train, her eyes sparkling like a child with her big toy in front of her. The other dwarves also drooled and quickly boarded the empty seats on the train.
“Night Bringer also transforms from a train to a fortress, so I can’t lose.”
If you think outside the rules, there are endless ways to apply your abilities.
After understanding the principle and style of movement of the mobility wall [Night Bringer], I applied it to my magic fortress and was able to succeed with great success.
I grinned as I sat on the roof of the train’s head compartment.
“Come on, let’s go quickly! Everyone get on board! “Rescue is going to another forward base!”
Rumbling!
We boarded the turret train and started running in the direction of the first forward base.
***
The battle for the first forward base was almost over.
Most of the red knights were beaten by the joint magic bombardment of juniors and wizards and were rendered incapable of fighting, and the red knight captain led his few remaining men to resist…
“Bangbang! “You damn bastard!”
Thump-!
Doo doo doo doo!
Suddenly, my magic train came out from behind and crashed into me, and the automatic defense turret attached to this train poured artillery fire from zero range, so I was unable to withstand it.
《Kaaah-!》
When the red knight leader gave a brief shout, the surviving red knights quickly began to flee, just like the white knights had done before.
“Okay, let me go! “Now is not the time to go after them!”
After stopping Thorkel, Kuilan, and Junior who were urgently trying to chase them.
I pointed in the direction of the second forward base.
“Those who can participate in the battle immediately board here! Salvation goes to the second forward base! The remaining manpower clears the forward base, transforms the castle wall into a train shape, and returns to Crossroads! practice!”
“yes-!”
The subordinates immediately followed my orders without saying a word.
Additional on-site personnel such as Thorkel, Kuilan, Junior, other heroes, soldiers, and wizards joined us, and we began moving toward the second forward base.
“Everyone did a great job. “Let’s try a little harder.”
While comforting my men on the train, I winked at Thorkel.
“And Thorkell. how is it? Are you worthy of taking on the role of commander?”
Then Thorkel laughed bitterly.
“…I’ve dealt with five or ten subordinates at most, but something of this scale is definitely difficult. “It’s very lacking.”
Then Kuilan chuckled and punched Thorkel on the shoulder.
“You’re good at being humble!”
Junior also added.
“You don’t think it’s bad? but….”
“but?”
When I asked out of curiosity, Junior shrugged his shoulders.
“I thought it was a bit dangerous to enter the enemy camp alone without saying a word or engage in a one-on-one confrontation with the enemy commander. “I don’t know who I learned from….”
Hot.
I’m so happy that everyone is looking at me with silent, gentle gazes, as if we had made a promise! Clearing my throat, I turned my eyes towards the train’s path.
“Come on, the battle evaluation is over and done with! “Let’s finish handling this!”
The second forward base is just around the corner.
A fierce battle was taking place here with the Black Knights clinging close to the castle wall, and the reinforcements sent in ahead of us were crushing the Black Knights’ heads.
Flap! Flap!
A beast with the body of a lion flapping huge eagle wings – a griffon.
And the Sky Knights on that griffon.
Our Crossroads air cavalry, led by Mikhail, launched a sortie from La Mancha and launched a surprise attack on the Black Knights.
《Key profit…!》
The Black Knights repeatedly raised their scales and tried to place a curse on the Sky Knights, but
“evasion-!”
Each time, Mikhail gave instructions with ghostly timing, and the Sky Knights moved as one body to avoid the curse.
“Rearrange formation!”
On the head of Mikhail, who leads the Sky Knights, was a crown-shaped helmet that he wore for the first time in this battle.
This helmet, which rises beautifully like a reindeer’s horn, is the new Nightmare Slayer – [The buck stops here].
This is equipment manufactured from the magic core that defeated Cromwell.
The effect is ‘resonance of consciousness with blood-related compatriots.’
Through this ability, Mikhail was able to communicate not only with members of the Sky Knights, but also with griffons who had the same blood flowing through his heart.
All the griffons and riders were literally moving in unison.
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
The scene where the Griffon Riders in the air do aerobatics in unison and ravage the enemies without a single second of gap was beautiful.
In this place where the tide was already high, my magic turret train once again invaded.
“Wipe it all away!”
At the same time as my shout, the automatic turret burst into flames, and the heroes jumped out of the train at once and brandished their weapons.
As the 2nd advance base held strong and the Sky Knights’ air raids continued, and our rear surprise attack continued, the Black Knights unit could not hold out any longer.
They quickly began to run away with an empty stomach.
“Seniors! And everyone!”
I gestured to Evangeline, who was running wild on the wall of the 3rd advance base, as Mikhail and the Sky Knights sat down next to me one by one.
“ash. “You came at the right time.”
“Mikhail!”
“The second advance base here was the first to fall into a critical situation, so we came first for relief.”
I gestured towards the new equipment of the trustworthy boy king.
“How about a new helmet?”
In response to my question, Mikhail smiled in satisfaction and tapped his helmet, [All responsibility is mine].
“very good. I can fight like I’m one with everyone. “It’s both amazing and efficient.”
For your information, less than a day after receiving this Nightmare Slayer, Mikhail drove out the darkness contained in the equipment and purified it.
Although it was a piece of equipment that didn’t have a kill count option… Is this still possible?
How much has your mentality become stronger over the years? He was once like the representative of Glass Mental.
When I secretly asked him the secret, Mikhail looked away with a slightly sad face and muttered.
“Hehe, if you marry five people, you have no choice but to become mentally stronger….”
“ah.”
At that time, I saw the five queens approaching Mikhail with their fierce eyes shining.
“Mikhail?”
“Our consciousness is currently resonating with the magic of that helmet…”
“Why don’t you say those thoughts out loud!”
“I’m mad, I’m not!”
“Aaaah! Sorry! It’s my fault! “Aaaah!”
The squealer quickly turned around, leaving behind Mikhail’s screams. Anyway, you look happy so it’s ok….
I gathered the personnel who could leave the 2nd forward base for the next battlefield.
“We must go to the 3rd forward base for relief! “This is where the strongest enemy in this battle lurks, so only those who have enough strength left should follow!”
The person in command of the 3rd forward base is my right-hand man, Lucas.
I think he’s holding up well, but he still needs to be saved as soon as possible.
With that in mind, he encouraged his subordinates who were exhausted from the previous battle…
bang! Pubububung…!
An explosion sounded from afar.
Everyone looked there in confusion. I also urgently turned my head.
And, not far from the sky, an airship in the shape of a pirate ship was spotted crashing with an explosion.
Our Crossroads’ new airship deployed at the 3rd forward base for retreat purposes.
“Blue Pearl…?!”
The flagship of the Rompeler Pirates was falling helplessly to the ground.
“Urgent report-!”
Next, a cavalry came running from the direction of the 3rd advance base.
The cavalryman, whose entire body was frozen, nevertheless ran desperately in front of us, got off his horse almost as if he had fallen, and knelt down in front of me.
He opened his frozen, trembling mouth and reported.
“Look, I’m reporting to you, Your Majesty!”
“What’s going on!”
“The 3rd forward base has fallen!”
The blood drained from everyone’s faces.
“We were holding out well, but the enemy leader suddenly unleashed an unknown amount of power… and as casualties occurred, they suddenly became stronger. Then the tide turned sharply…”
“this…!”
“Commander Sir Lucas urgently retreats at least the remaining survivors…”
The soldier took a deep breath and stopped reporting. I couldn’t wait and urged.
“After retreating, Lucas?!”
Then the soldier barely answered with a distorted face.
“You stayed at the forward base to buy time…!”
