Episode 222 ‘Is it like this?’
Ever since I saw the aura rising from my teacher’s sword, no, ever since this war was decided, I have been prepared.
Logan shouted as soon as the enemies advanced.
“Full army advances! Crush the tyrant’s minions!!”
As soon as the name fell, about a hundred red stones were shot from behind the knights toward the enemy.
Wow!
“Aaaah!”
The red bombs were now falling far beyond the range of the rapid-fire crossbows that both sides had.
As casualties began to appear little by little from the Esperanza Knights who had been charging at the front, a superhuman with a silver wind wrapped around his body soon jumped out among them.
“No way!”
When the silver wind shot left and right from the front of the Esperanza Knights deflected the direction of the flying Liberatio, a giant over 3 meters tall leapt out as if it had been waiting for it and jumped into the enemy lines.
“Weeken! Let’s see the end today!”
Luther Kyle’s roar.
At the same time, Logan and the McLane Knights also began charging towards the enemy.
“die!”
“You’re all alone!!”
Wow!
visor. visor!
bang!
The elites of both camps got closer in an instant, making an intense noise and causing a bloody storm.
– Just hold on as long as you can.
‘OK. certainly.’
Padric gritted his teeth, recalling the conversation he had with his son before the war began.
“It is not necessary to defeat the Knights of Esperanza.”
“what?”
“Anyway, the fight will end with a confrontation between me and Master. The king’s target is me, and the person who becomes the focal point is Master.”
The war ends when either Logan or the swordsman falls.
The simple logic was easy to understand.
but.
“Then shouldn’t we destroy the Esperanza Knights as quickly as possible? At least in order to put pressure on His Excellency the Sword Master.”
“He is not someone who will be shaken by something like that. And if the two families fight so bloody, it will only end up being a loss for the entire kingdom.”
“…Are you serious? Are you talking about the kingdom’s loss in this situation?”
“The goal is to reduce meaningless damage.”
“…If we take precautions, we could actually suffer greater damage.”
Padric looked worried, but Logan remained unwavering.
“Whether I win or lose, the fight between me and Master won’t last long. And if you decide from the beginning to hold on, the sacrifice will be less than if you fight to the end.”
“Hold on. Against the best knights in the kingdom.”
“Yes. I believe it, father.”
“Ha… Even so, I’m still uneasy. Do you really think you can defeat His Excellency the Sword Master? At least Clayton-sama should join…”
Logan shook his head with a stern expression. .
“If that happens, someone else from Esperanza will join in at that moment. If that happens, it will be another melee.”
“Even if it becomes a fierce battle, the one with the highest chance of winning…”
“Father, I was definitely not joking when I said that the empire was attacking. It’s not something that can be ignored just this once. In the end, we must preserve the family’s strength and the country’s strength as much as possible. We can survive.”
“And if you die, what’s the point of it all?”
“If I lose, just surrender right away and surrender to my master. If only I disappear, the king will be satisfied, so he will not completely abandon my family.”
“What are you doing now…!”
“Of course I will win. But this is just in case.”
The son turned away with a bitter smile, and there was clearly anxiety still on his face.
Even if you have a plan, it’s still a matter of dealing with that swordsman.
It was natural, but my heart felt heavy when I remembered that face.
‘I couldn’t grow up, so I passed all the burden on to my son.’
If only I had become a superhuman, if only I had been a little stronger…
doo doo doo.
“My lord!”
“Yeah. I’m watching.”
Whoa.
As Padric watched the Esperanza Knights getting closer, he took a long breath and shook off his distracting thoughts.
And I looked around.
“DeGrom. You prepared it like you said, right?”
“Yes! Of course.”
The brown-haired knight commander DeGrom responded with a loud voice.
“Sir Jorge, I need you to stop Sir Luis and you to stop Sir Ryan. Are you confident?”
“Please leave it to me, my lord.”
The territory’s second top knight, Jorge, also showed confidence with a reassuring face.
“Victor Henderson. Who are you?”
“Ready!”
“Okay, that’s good. Never fall down. Today, the kingdom’s greatest knight changes its owner of that honorable name!”
“yes!!”
Now, except for his daughter-in-law, who had left behind to lead the female army numbering over a thousand strong, the best knights of McLane boasted of their perfect readiness.
A thought crossed my mind that it would have been great if my second son, who had left home, was also here, but I had already not heard from him for several months after entering the southern mountains on a long-term request.
The news that had once made me anxious was now strangely reassuring.
‘Even if everything goes wrong, Ronian will survive… No, stop thinking weakly!’
Padric quickly shook his head to shake off the ominous thoughts that came to his mind.
Now was the time to trust my eldest son.
It is not too late to start thinking negatively after your son falls.
Of course, even so, he had no intention of surrendering as easily as his son had asked.
‘If you fall, the kingdom or anything else means nothing to me. So make sure you do it, Logan.’
As I made that determination and looked straight ahead, it seemed like my goal was within reach.
Louis Hyon, vice-captain of the Knights of Esperanza and the swordsman’s right-hand man.
Lewis looked at the approaching enemy knights and then looked at Ryan Hamill, a top knight riding alongside him.
– In this situation, objectively we are evil. Evil that harms the kingdom.
Words like a dagger that pierces your conscience.
The person who said that.
Even just before departure, there was constant noise within the Knights of Esperanza, and Ryan, one of them, continued to oppose this war.
Of course, I felt the same way, but no matter how much it was.
“Ryan. We are His Excellency’s swords. You understand that, right?”
“That’s obvious.”
“Yes, we will follow our master’s will and destroy our enemy. Just think about that!”
“yes!”
Giving advice to your lord is clearly the duty of a knight.
However, if he holds his sword upside down because his advice was not accepted, he is not a knight but a strong gangster.
And the elites of the Esperanza Knights he knew were all true knights.
‘It’s a pity that fate has turned this way, but it can’t be helped, Prince Logan.’
Lewis shifted his gaze to the approaching knights wearing flame-patterned armor, strengthened his resolve, and raised his force.
The strong force that started from the helmet, extended through the toes, and strengthened to the horse lightly repelled the pitch-black rain of Quarel.
Esperanza is an intermediate knight and force user.
If she didn’t know, Lois was confident that the Esperanza Knights, who had prepared shields against the rapid-fire crossbows, would at least not flinch from the rain of Quarel.
Of course there were problems.
Kwaaaaang.
This red bomb explodes even with a light touch.
This bomb was a bit threatening though.
‘No more.’
It was already on the verge of conflict with the enemy knights.
Since they don’t intend to blow up their allies, they won’t be able to use bombs anymore.
From now on, all you had to do was throw away all distracting thoughts and focus only on destroying the enemy.
“Geochang!!”
Following Luis Hyon’s shout, the leaders of the Esperanza Knights simultaneously raised their lances.
The kingdom’s best knights, with even the highest level knights all reaching a high level.
Living up to its reputation, a blazing red force was burning at the tip of the lance.
Ultimately, it is the battle of the capable that determines victory or defeat in a war.
This was the reason why they were able to charge fiercely even in front of troops that were twice as large.
Because they were the strongest spears that could crush and pierce anything that caught them.
But when Lewis raised the lance, he saw something strange in his eyes.
‘A shield, not a lance? what?!’
My eyebrows narrowed in confusion, and before I even had time to consider the question, a collision occurred.
Wow!
A roar that resonates throughout the battlefield.
The clash between the two knights created a tremendous noise that overwhelmed all the noise on the battlefield.
And the result.
A little different from someone’s imagination and perfectly consistent with someone else’s imagination.
The rush to each other stopped and a fierce confrontation was created.
Lewis threw away his crumpled lance, released his tingling wrist, and took out his sword.
‘Damn it! A golem? How could something like a golem get my spear…’
Just before the two camps collided.
About 50 battle golems that emerged from the ground initially blocked the charge of the leader of the Esperanza Knights, and the shield of the McLane Knights followed suit and collided with the lance.
As a result, the Esperanza Knights holding lances were pushed back and the formation almost collapsed.
All of the golems were destroyed in that single collision, but the attempt to penetrate the enemy at once had already been in vain.
And there were still more than twice as many Red Knights in front of me.
“I guess since you became a knight in name, you only practiced tricks instead of lance charging.”
Although his expression could not help but become stiff, the enemy’s expression was relatively relaxed.
“How could I be negligent in dealing with the Esperanza Knights? I practiced thoroughly.”
Padric threw the shattered round shield as if to attack Luis and took out Velocitas, which had now become his favorite sword.
“I have heard many stories, but I am sorry to meet you like this, Sir Louis Highon.”
“I am sorry too, Your Excellency the Marquis. But I won’t be able to look at it.”
He growled.
A force blade like a flame shot out from Lewis’s sword.
From the moment the Esperanza Knights’ charge was blocked and they faced off, I could feel that the war was going down, so how could I take my time?
But , The opponent’s attitude was completely opposite to his.
“Is there any need to get angry among ourselves?”
“Pull down!”
Luis ignored Padric’s words and rushed in.
Chae-a-ae-a-ang!
That’s it.
While they were clashing their swords and frowning. Padric’s tongue didn’t stop.
“The outcome of this fight will be decided by the other side anyway,”
said Padric, glancing toward the center of the battlefield.
“Before that decision is made, Your Excellency will have died in my hands.” “That’s
it.
Boom!
Lewis’s fighting spirit did not fade at all.
‘There is nothing we can do.’
Padric clicked his tongue and also had no choice but to deal with him with a nervous look.
And at a place a little away from them.
Where Padric’s gaze was briefly directed, the protagonists of this battlefield were taking out their swords.
They got off their black horses and pointed them at him. Logan sighed a little as he looked at his teacher approaching.
When he first met him, he looked like he was only middle-aged, but he had changed a lot.
More than half of his shiny blonde hair had turned white, and deep wrinkles were clearly visible on his face. ‘
…Master.’
We met through an unexpectedly good relationship and worked together to achieve a better future.
How did things get so complicated?
‘But.’
Wow.
Contrary to his bitter feelings, the hand holding the sword actually gained strength.
“I have to do it.” Logan, who made up his mind out loud in case he became weak, pulled out his sword.
Sreung. Then
, he saw
the stern expression of his teacher running from the other side. It seemed as if it was magnifying, and before I knew it, the teacher’s sword was right in front of my nose.
