Revolutionary Period – Breakthrough (2)
No one dared to respond to the absurd sight of those charging in, blocking all the concentrated artillery fire and the magicians’ baptism.
The line infantry of the Germanian Empire, who were waiting in a dense formation, could do nothing against the cannon fire coming from close range.
Only miserable screams and screams erupted.
Everyone in the front and back rows were equally torn apart by the storm of countless scrap metal and debris, and even those who came to their senses late and tried to run away in a huff were swept away by the whirlpool of shrapnel.
Passing by the mounted artillery that had completed its mission, the cavalry, led by knights, began to charge, raising their swords high.
“Charge, charge!”
“For Franzia!”
The sight of the cavalry charging towards the center of the imperial army, which had been completely shattered and torn apart by a series of pellet bombardments, and the enemy infantry rushing in like a wave right behind them.
The telescope that Archduke Leopold had missed while watching the scene fell and rolled on the floor.
A tactic I’ve never seen before.
No, that can no longer be called a tactic.
It is nothing more than a ridiculous foul that relies on an irregularity called a saint.
Even though I knew with my own eyes what the enemy was going to do, I had no choice but to suffer.
Archduke Leopold, who was laughing, muttered softly.
“…War is like a dog.”
–
“Uuuuuuuuu-!”
The enemy line infantry, completely tattered and collapsed, screams and runs away.
“Charge, charge!”
“Don’t leave a single one alive!”
Knights and cavalrymen rush to fill the empty space, cutting down all enemies in sight.
I quickly took out the bow on my back and took a bow.
He pulled out an arrow and fired it at the bewildered wizard who didn’t know what to do as his allies and enemies were tangled together.
The wizard with an arrow stuck in his forehead fell down, bleeding, and I pulled out the arrow again, hung it on a string, and looked at the witch floating in the air in the distance.
We can see the magic circle, which is now about a third full, clockwise along the body of the witch, who is looking down at us from the air as if she were a god.
There is still a long way to go.
“For Franzia!”
“Long live the Republic! Follow the Marquis!”
Looking behind us, we see that the revolutionary army is digging into the enemy camp in the form of a wedge formation, following us who are rushing and crushing the enemy center in one move.
Amidst the noise of close combat and desperate screams coming from all directions, Gaston’s cries struck my ears.
“Your Excellency the Marquis! “It’s the enemy cavalry!”
I immediately untied the bowstring, put it on my back, and drew my sword.
Most of the spears I heard at first broke while charging.
“Arrange the cavalry ranks! Knights forward!”
The imperial cavalry is approaching, striking and trampling the fleeing remnants with horses.
I was amazed at the majesty of the imperial knights and heavy cavalry running towards us with spears in hand, accompanied by the earth-shaking sound of horses’ hooves.
“Rearrange your ranks! “Rearrange your ranks!”
The hand holding the sword is sweating.
“Shouldn’t we retreat now?”
Damien’s frightened voice coming from next to me made me burst into laughter out of bewilderment.
“Knights! “The commoners you ignored are now charging at us, trusting only us. Can you call the guy running away a knight?”
“no!”
“Whoever runs away will die by my hand. Forward, forward!”
The horn sounds and the horses advance.
Slowly at first.
Next time, I’ll run lightly.
Soon it started to run.
Thousands of cavalry face each other and charge.
A crazy wind hits my body, and my legs feel the ground shaking as if there was an earthquake.
As the enemy spears rapidly approached, they raised their swords and cried out.
“For Franzia!”
Enemies also cry out as if competing.
“Sieg heil Kaiser!”
I cut off the spear aimed at my body with a sword full of magical power and decapitated the enemy knight.
The sword, filled with the speed of its speed, shattered the feeble resistance of magical power and cut it cleanly to the bone.
But at that moment, the horse let out a pitiful scream.
“shit!”
The horse that had been pierced by another knight’s spear fell over, and I rolled around on the ground and as soon as I got up, I faced the cavalry that was charging at me.
“Use it!”
Immediately he pulled out his dagger and unleashed his magic power, which pierced the enemy cavalry’s helmet cleanly and hit him on the forehead.
The very next moment, he bent down to avoid the spear of another cavalryman charging from the side and cut off the horse’s leg.
“Ugh-!”
The person who rolls to the floor with a miserable scream and is crushed by his horse’s body is trembling and cannot get up.
It is full of people falling from horses here and there, screaming, and people engaging in close combat.
“Your Excellency the Marquis!”
Gaston, who had cut the cavalry that was charging towards us in two with his great sword, rushed forward in a hurry.
“Are you okay?”
“It’s okay, just deal with the enemy!”
I immediately pulled out my dagger and stabbed the other guy between the eyes, and when I was so busy fighting that I had given up on counting the number of kills, Gaston came up to me again and said,
“Your Excellency the Marquis! The enemy cavalry retreats! Please give me orders!”
I immediately turned my attention to that hill.
While the enemy cavalry is blocking us in the collapsed defense line, a considerable number of line infantry can be seen approaching this way, probably because the reserve unit has been filled up.
Meanwhile, there are units with the flag of Archduke Leopold waving.
Is that the anti-aircraft regiment that was reported?
“Holy shit. “It’s not easy.”
The witch’s magic circle is now about half full.
I thought there was a possibility that the witch would cancel the spell to avoid getting her allies involved if it became a complete melee, but there was no sign of that happening at all.
Is this a failure?
Should we retreat now?
I looked back without realizing it.
Tens of thousands of Frangian troops are following behind us, engaging in brutal hand-to-hand combat, with every single one of them doing evil and shouting “Long live the Republic!”
“under.”
There is no turning back once we have come this far.
“For those who fell off their horses, save the surviving warhorse, whatever the enemy was riding! Ready to charge! Smash it from the front!”
“Follow my old orders!”
“All cavalry ready to charge!”
When I got on the war horse brought by my subordinate and inspected the ranks, I saw that the cavalry had already been reduced by a third due to the bloody battle with the enemy cavalry.
Take them and charge the front line infantry head on.
Originally, it would have been a suicidal act, but they were heavy cavalry that the knights and I taught, at least roughly, how to use magic.
It works somehow.
No, you have to make it happen.
“Forward forward! charge!”
“Charge!”
Those who were already breathing heavily kicked the horse’s butt once again and began to charge.
The moment when the line infantry carrying the flag of Archduke Leopold was seen pointing their guns in this direction with bayonets mounted.
Huge fireballs flew from the sky.
“omg…!”
Damn it!
“Don’t shrink! Charge at full speed! “If you slow down, you’ll get hit!”
“Yes old! Charge!”
Those in the lead, including me, managed to speed up and avoid it, but a fireball exploded in the middle of the line, sparks flying everywhere.
“Kwaaaak-!”
“Sir Huey!”
Not only the clumsy magic power of the heavy cavalry, but even the magic power of the knights could not withstand the firepower of the powerful wizard.
I shouted loudly as I saw one of Mirbo’s knights falling from his horse, engulfed in flames.
“Wake! It’s shooting! Protect the front lines!”
“Feuer!”
The muskets of the anti-aircraft regiment opened fire all at once.
“Ugh!”
“Aaaah!”
People whose magic protection is broken by magic fall down countless times, fall from their horses and roll on the floor.
Damien, who was running right next to me, can clearly see the fear filling his eyes.
I could feel the people who were running along with me falling slightly in fear.
I raised my sword high and shouted.
“Don’t stop! “It’s either victory or death!”
“Follow His Excellency the Marquis!”
“Better die honorably than live cowardly!”
As if in response, angry voices erupted from behind me, led by Gaston’s voice, and I kicked the horse’s butt and lashed out with my sword.
I cut off the bayonets of the musket that were trying to stab me like sharp spears, and slashed the sword horizontally, causing blood to splatter all the way to my face.
Some people were hit by bayonets and fell from their horses, while others jumped into the enemy’s square and frantically tried to break through the formation, when a shout was heard from behind.
“Attack attack! Glory to the revolutionary army!”
When I looked back, I saw men in blue uniforms waving the flag of the Francia Republic and following us pantingly, exchanging gunfire with the enemy line infantry who were trying to surround us.
“under.”
“Yaaaaaaah!”
I raised my bayonet and cut down the soldier who was running towards me and shouted with all my might.
“Victory is at hand! “Never stop!”
–
“Ugh!”
He raised his sword with all his might and cut the person who was running towards him in half with the gun.
During the melee, I lost my horse again and I feel like I have no feeling in my arms due to how much I swung my sword.
My nose is already numb, but it feels like my body covered in blood is sending a bloody scent to my brain.
The witch’s magic circle is already about 80% complete.
“Long live His Majesty Archduke Leopold!”
It seems that more than half of us are already dead, but the enemy soldiers of the anti-aircraft regiment are still persistent in biting us and not letting us go.
While we were fighting frantically, a gunshot rang out next to us.
“Tsk!”
Ignoring the burning pain I felt in my blood-splattered left arm, I pulled out the dagger and stabbed the person who shot me between the eyes.
I immediately tore off my clothes and tied them around my left arm, which had been shot.
The witch’s magic circle is filling up even at this moment.
“Heoheok heoheok.”
I was out of breath and the sky felt like it was going to turn yellow.
Now, only the shouts and curses of soldiers who do not know how much is friendly and how much is enemy echo through the battlefield.
“His Excellency Marquis Heo Eok.”
Gaston, who was breathing as heavily as I was, came over and gave urgent instructions to him.
“We’re almost there. “I need to maintain my stamina, so please open the way.”
“As ordered!”
When I saw Gaston running away, I roughly brushed off the blood from my sword and put it in its sheath. Still, both hands are shaking.
Sweat pours down like rain, making it difficult to keep my eyes open. I roughly rubbed the area around my eyes with my bloody hand, but when I realized that it was completely useless, I looked at the rushing gas canister.
He must have been exhausted, but every time he fiercely swung his great sword, the enemies were cut to pieces along with the sound of a blast.
As Gaston was doing this, the line infantry in blue uniforms, who had finally pushed back the enemies, came in this direction and began to charge after Gaston.
“Long live France!”
“Victory to the revolutionary army!”
“Ha haha….”
Somehow, I burst out laughing.
Not only me, but all of them would have reached their limit.
Even though it can be seen that the witch’s magic circle is almost completely completed, everyone is rushing forward without stopping.
I incited them to do that.
Even though he knew that it was an action that would make Eris feel guilty, he showed them a deceptive light as if it were God’s grace.
Nevertheless, the behavior of a moth rushing towards a fire with the risk of death makes even me tremble.
What made them fight like this?
I slowly followed behind them and waited for the shaking in my hands to subside.
“The enemies are fleeing!”
“Waaah!”
“Now it’s in front of you! Charge!”
In a chaotic melee, the anti-aircraft regiment, which seemed to never be shaken, finally collapsed and their flag fell to the ground.
The magic circle surrounding the Storm Witch is now almost complete.
However, the enemy’s line infantry, which is now almost gone, is clearly shaken by the momentum of our troops charging fiercely even when destruction is in sight.
I followed behind them and, with my slightly trembling arms, raised the bow on my back and walked forward.
In the end, my strength alone wasn’t enough.
-I will trust you and lead the way, so you too must trust me and follow me!
Even though he said that, he was just trying to incite them and did not truly believe it.
-One for all, one for all!
But I have no choice but to acknowledge this moment.
They were not just soldiers to help us, but they were the protagonists of this battle.
I pulled out an arrow that was blessed and overflowing with divine power.
A single arrow shot by Eris, who asked them to trust her for their sake, and put all her strength into it over several days.
As I hold the bow and pull the string, pain rushes through my left arm, where it was hit by a bullet just moments ago.
There is only one thing to aim for.
Floating in the air, he looks down on this desperate struggle and aims at the witch who is arrogantly chanting a spell as if she were a god.
I squeezed out all the magical power I had left and threw it away.
–
Just before the order was completed, Wilhelmina von Weinfeld sneered.
The Frangian army’s surprising breakthrough and desperate struggle were quite impressive. For uncivilized people who don’t know the magic arts.
But in the end, it didn’t reach her.
Wilhelmina shivered as she felt the vast amount of magic injected into the magic circle using dozens of magic amplification crystals and with the help of her subordinates.
It’s too much of a fight. If you use this kind of anti-magic in a situation where both allies and enemies are tangled together, the damage to your allies will definitely be serious.
However, it is none of her business to know the circumstances of such barbaric tribes. In any case, the power she will unleash will itself become a symbol of awe and fear.
“Captain!”
At that time, along with the subordinate’s shout, I saw an arrow flying into the sky and flying in this direction.
“Tsk, struggle.”
The old witch didn’t think it was a big deal and raised her hand to the sky, blocking it with a magical barrier.
However, unable to control the overflowing energy, she was astonished the moment the arrow, burning like a comet, struck Wilhelmina’s magic barrier.
“Ugh?”
Wilhelmina, shocked by the arrow that broke the magic barrier, urgently raised both hands and overlapped the magic barrier.
Still, it doesn’t stop.
The magic barrier shattered with a sound like breaking glass.
The arrows continued to burn as they instantly destroyed her magic barriers one by one.
“That’s ridiculous!”
Wilhelmina screamed as she realized that the little magic she had left to pour into the Great Magic was not enough.
Then, he hesitated while trying to inject the magic power that was used to build the Great Magic formula into the magic barrier.
She’s using the magic she spent all her money on to block an arrow, a feat never before achieved by a mage?
Because she, who is called a wise woman, couldn’t stop this?
In a moment of hesitation, Wilhelmina’s last magic barrier was broken and an arrow pierced her shoulder.
–
The arrogant witch who was floating as if she were a god falls.
“Oh oh oh-!”
Amid the cheers of the soldiers, the magic circle of the great magic that lost control of the caster slowly collapsed.
Even after the defeat of the Archduke Regiment, it can be seen at a glance that the enemy forces that were constantly flocking in from the left and right to somehow protect the witch are slowing down.
Together with Gaston, I advanced, frantically cutting down those who stood in my way.
The other enemy wizards who were assisting with anti-magic magic seemed to have run away instead of interfering with us, perhaps because they were completely exhausted.
After cutting down a few more people, I finally came face to face with the witch.
The witch with an arrow stuck in one shoulder glared at me with bloodshot eyes and spat out.
“I will never forget this humiliation.”
I immediately rushed in, but stopped when I noticed a huge magic circle drawn between the witch and me.
A witch spreads her fingers and scans the air as if tracing a magic circle.
I immediately pulled the dagger from my belt and tried to throw it, but the dagger was used up during the melee and there was nothing left.
The next moment, a pillar of fire rose up.
For a moment, I backed away from the oppressive heat and saw the entire area the witch had drawn burning brightly.
“Marquis, are you okay?”
Gaston came late and asked me while breathing heavily, but I couldn’t even answer properly as I felt all the strength in my body draining out.
The pillar of fire, which looks as if it will burn everything if it touches it, is burning and blocking the entire chase road.
I came this far by enduring countless sacrifices.
I missed it.
no!
I gritted my teeth.
This was a miraculous opportunity.
This was a barely successful opportunity because they were so arrogant that they did not anticipate our struggle and did not make every effort!
How much blood has been shed to get to this point and you’re giving up here?
There is no guarantee that you will be able to win this way next time.
If we encounter that witch again and are defeated, regardless of whether the Republic surrenders or not, at least Christine and I will be executed.
The person who believes in me and waits for me even though I proposed to him and then crawled into a limb.
The first was left to die.
The second time, I almost died without my knowledge.
You put yourself in danger twice, and a third time?
I ripped the canteen off my waist and poured water on my head.
“Your Excellency the Marquis?”
Gaston shouted in panic, but I jumped straight into the flames.
hot.
Even if I squeezed out what little magical energy I had left to protect my body, my magical energy was depleted in an instant.
I can’t breathe.
The moment my whole body screamed and recoiled, magical energy spread from my chest to protect my body.
I’m closing my eyes to prevent them from burning, I don’t know what to say, and I don’t know how long this heat will continue.
The moment I finally took a step out of the heat.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a witch walking shakily in the distance.
I lifted the sword, which was burning hot in the flames and in my hand, and threw it away with all my might.
It flew away making a black sound.
It hit the head of the witch who looked back with a puzzled look on her face.
An arrogant witch who pretended to be a god slowly collapses without leaving a single last word.
When I saw that the fire behind me had disappeared, I also collapsed.
“Your Excellency the Marquis!”
Gaston’s urgent cry is heard.
In my fading consciousness, I saw the light coming from the black rose brooch worn on my chest slowly fading away.
“…Christine.”
My consciousness stopped there.
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