Episode 374
“It’s coming!”
Doo doo doo doo.
Stefan Royer gritted his teeth as he looked at the large army approaching from the front.
Pure white hair and eyebrows, as befits an Auror user, and a radiant appearance that belies the age of 60, as well as a personality that emphasizes neatness. Stephen Royer was nicknamed the Knight of the Holy Spirit because of his appearance that seemed to symbolize the purity of God.
Since he has spent more than half of his life fighting against monsters, there have been many crises in his life, but he has never felt as gloomy as he does now.
But I couldn’t show it. Because he was the vice-captain of the Knights Templar, the largest and best knight order on the continent.
“Don’t panic and wait for instructions!”
Stefan felt the eyes of the soldiers looking at him and tried to put on a confident expression. And he stared at the rear of the Western 2nd Corps running from the front.
There was a knight there, looking at the galloping troops and slowly increasing his speed and momentum.
A giant riding a black horse that is much larger than other horses and carrying a huge axe.
It was Miles Boykin, the general of the Western 2nd Corps of the Empire and the superman he had to block at the North Gate.
‘Did you say his nickname was Guillotine?’
When I thought of a giant with a stature that seemed to be over 2 meters tall even from a distance, swinging a large ax spear, I could understand why he was given that nickname.
He is probably planning to wait for the two armies to clash and then jump into the weak spot.
And I have to stop that guy.
As I was picturing the flow of the workshop in my head, I suddenly felt the guy’s eyes looking up at the castle wall.
Since the helmet was covering his head, it was normal for him not to even see his eyes from this distance, but Stefan was sure that he was smiling brightly inside the helmet.
‘Did you say that cutting off the heads of criminals is your hobby? If it were true, he would be crazy, but….’
He would be a general better suited than anyone else on the battlefield.
As Stefan looked at him with even heavier eyes, he heard a voice waiting for him at the eastern gate in the distance.
– The nine gods protect us! Subdue the enemies of God!
It was the voice of Shingeom, the leader of the Knights of the Temple, his only superior.
The top of the walls of Novienne is not simply wide, but can be described as vast. It was a voice that should not have been heard considering the distance, but Stefan, who was also a superhuman, heard it clearly.
That’s why he shouted loudly even before the flag signal was given.
“Subdue the enemy!!!”
As soon as the words were out, a shower of arrows rained down from the castle walls.
The arrows fired by the soldiers of the Holy Corps drew straight lines, not curves, and penetrated the enemy forces like beams of light.
“Ugh!”
“Ahh!”
“Advance! Advance!”
The first effect of the sacred barrier that surrounds Saint Noviens is to maximize the power of projectiles fired from within the castle walls. The effect was clearly visible on the battlefield.
Arrows fired from regular longbows pierced the armor of imperial soldiers without hesitation.
Among them, the 300 repeating crossbows that were supplied in a hurry by a merchant company called ‘Mac’ showed even greater effectiveness.
“Gagging!”
“What is this!”
Some of the quarrels fired by the repeating crossbow even pierced the armor of the knights running, causing several of them to fall from their horses one after another.
‘her?’
It was so powerful that Stefan’s eyes widened as he watched the battle unfold, but despite the propaganda, most of the thousands of knights at the forefront managed to get close to the castle walls through the rain of arrows.
Even though they are wearing heavy armor, the knights jump up the castle walls without hesitation.
Looking at them, Stefan gestured towards the priests behind the soldiers.
“God’s barrier!”
“God’s barrier!”
At the same time, the knights on the left and right, repeating the song, waved their flags frantically.
In an instant, following the command delivered throughout the walls, the priests all stepped forward and quietly folded their hands and knelt in front of the walls.
At first glance, it looked like he was about to commit suicide, but that was only for a moment.
White beams of light erupted from the bodies of the priests lined up at equal intervals, and soon a brilliant hemispherical curtain was created covering the castle wall. The divine power, which should have been originally invisible to the general public, materialized in the bodies of ordinary priests and created a protective shield.
This was also one of the effects of the sacred law barrier and the maximization of divine power.
The knights of the empire crashed into an invisible transparent wall just before climbing the castle wall and fell down in confusion.
And taking advantage of that opportunity, the soldiers of the Holy Legion leaped out from among the priests and hurled white spears at the knights of the empire.
“die!”
“It’s a divine punishment!”
Of course, it was not true that each soldier in the Holy Corps was strong at the level of a mid-level knight. This was also one of the effects of the barrier and was an armament strengthening effect granted to equipment that had been consecrated with holy water.
Of course, this did not mean that ordinary spears could become new recruits, but the shining appearance of the spear and the shield of sacred light raised the morale of the Holy Legion soldiers to the extreme, creating a destructive power that exceeded its effect.
Fuuuuk.
“Ahh!”
“Oops!”
“this!”
Several knights who lost their balance in the air were stabbed in the vital area by the spears fired by the soldiers.
Knights falling screaming.
However, the proportion was also not large.
And, crucially, the few strong ones could not be stopped with only the soldiers’ hard work and the sacred shield.
“Eurachacha! Get out!”
A short knight who wields a large ax and spear like the commander of his army.
However, the head of the axe, which was taller than me, had a bright red glow even when seen from a distance, making the axe blade look twice as big.
A Force Blade that proves you are a top-class knight.
Stefan recognized the guy’s identity just by looking at him.
‘Saxony Flo.’
One of the ten thousand seals of the Western 2nd Legion, his attack pierced the priest’s shield and split the priest and five soldiers inside at the same time.
“Ugh!”
“It’s pierced!”
shit.
My hands were shaking, but I couldn’t move them.
The place he climbed was the edge of the castle wall.
He, who had to prepare for the movement of Miles, the superman under the castle wall, could not move hastily in the middle of the castle wall.
However, starting with that, the remaining four Ten Thousand Seals of the 2nd Corps were also seen climbing up the castle wall, breaking the protective shield one after another.
It is divided into two ends of the castle wall as if to show off.
“Fuhahaha!”
“Take everything away!”
Splashes of blood clearly rising from both ends of the wall, not from the center.
Stefan’s face twitched.
‘Can these be…!?’
To stop them, many leaders of the Knights Templar rushed in at once.
Red force shimmered from the weapon, and sacred light amplified the power of the body, but even at a glance, it seemed difficult to clash with the materialized force blade.
just as expected.
“Aaaah!”
At the moment of impact, one of the captains had already collapsed, sprinkling blood.
Puzzle.
‘Fuck shit shit!!!!’
Paladins are considered more powerful than other knights of the same class because they train both divine power and force at the same time, but as a result, there are only a few strong men of high level.
In addition, it was also a fatal problem that the majority of the Knights of the Temple’s parish-level knights, who were capable of dealing with the highest-ranking knights, were concentrated on the eastern wall, where the enemy’s main force was located.
Even if five or six commander-level people cling to one ten thousand seal, the only way to survive is to rely on the effectiveness of the barrier.
‘How dare those bastards!’
Stefan also desperately wanted to rush out and cut them to pieces, but his eyes were still fixed on Guillotine Miles Boykin.
I couldn’t move easily. If someone takes advantage of the opportunity you have to move to one side of the wide castle wall and penetrates to the other side, there is a risk that the defense line will collapse.
But in fact, that Miles guy was slowing down little by little under the castle wall.
‘Is this really…?’
Both the Ten Thousand Seals and the guy seemed to have assumed this number from the beginning.
Stefan’s pure white eyebrows trembled slightly.
‘Then it would be foolish to stay like this.’
Numerous instances passed through my mind, and the sight of the enemy commander stopping at the foot of the castle wall added more certainty to that thought.
It’s as if he’s saying, if you want to fight with me, come down.
“Aaaah!”
In that situation, Stefan finally pulled out his sword as the screams struck his ears again.
‘Can not help it.’
However, if you move to one side, the 2nd Corps commander will definitely stab the other side.
Fortunately, there was a way.
There was a reason why this North Gate was entrusted to him with almost no paladin in charge of the diocese.
‘This is not the time to think backwards.’
Stefan gritted his teeth and raised his sword.
“God. God’s power here now!”
With that cry, white light erupted from his body.
And soon, a holy light began to spread from around him, enough to encompass the entire northern castle wall.
Ugh.
The faces of the allies within the range of that light became lively for an instant.
Minor wounds healed immediately, my head cleared, and fatigue disappeared. The seriously injured paladins also staggered to their feet again with a faint blush on their dying faces.
The characteristic ‘Blessing of Light’ possessed by Holy Knight Stephen Royer.
It was a deceptive ability that was evaluated to have more influence than a divine sword on a battlefield where large armies clashed.
“Aaaah!”
“God is with us!”
“Get lost!”
The commanders, who had been helplessly pushed back by the attacks of the Ten Thousand Generals, began to push back against the enemies, albeit for a moment.
“All these fanatic bastards will be killed…!”
The Knight of the Mace, Mayer Hansen, one of the Ten Thousand Generals of the 2nd Legion, roared like a thunderbolt and continued to drive away the Paladins.
“Fuck you.”
Stefan pierced the guy’s uvula with a cold voice.
“Everyone, don’t back down!”
After slaughtering ten thousand enemy seals in one go, he shouted excitedly and lifted the creature’s head.
However, as if in response, a gigantic knight radiating red aura appeared on the opposite wall.
“This body appears!”
With a comical remark, a giant knight who had climbed up the castle wall swung his ax spear, and dozens of knights and soldiers gathered at a corner of the wall were cut diagonally at the same time.
“Aaaah!”
“It’s a monster!”
“Khahahaha!”
That guy!
When Stefan saw that, his eyes turned into anger and he ran towards the guy.
The giant who greeted him rushed forward with gritted teeth, ignoring even the imperial knights he encountered along the way, and showed a maniacal smile beneath his helmet.
“Now! Wait, white knight!”
The giant was standing over the corpses of dozens of our soldiers.
“this guy!”
Wow!
“flaw!”
“Sigh!”
A head-on collision between a huge ax spear and a light, sharp sword.
According to common sense, it was normal for swords to be disadvantageous, but the battles of superhumans did not follow the apparent common sense.
“Ugh…”
It was the guillotine Miles Boykin who was pushed out even further.
But the guy’s expression didn’t actually look that bad.
“Kuh! Hahaha, you’re strong as expected. But how much longer can we endure like that?”
Stefan’s pure white eyebrows trembled slightly at those words.
It seemed like he was aware of the biggest drawback of his characteristic, Blessing of Light, which was the extreme consumption of sexual power and stamina.
But a voice responded . There was no shaking at all.
“I won’t give up until I kill you.”
“Really? Let’s give it a try!”
Guillotine Miles Boykin, contrary to his exciting voice, was strictly on the defensive from then on. With his
massive body wrapped in armor and Aurors, he deflected Stefan’s attack and concentrated his energy into a large attack. He swung a huge ax spear and cut it off in advance.
At the same time, he did not try to exploit the gap.
His strategy was to completely waste time.
‘They said he was crazy…’
It looked quite different from the rumors. As expected,
the position of commander of the empire’s corps was obtained in vain. Does that mean it’s not?
But Stefan also had great pride as a paladin.
‘I won’t fall until you die!’
The blessing of light was still consuming his holy power and force, but this was inside the barrier. Since his holy power was recovering little by little, he was confident that it would not fall apart as easily as he thought.
Moreover,
– Sir Stefan. He purposely put the northern power at the top. I placed it weakly. Because I only believe in the Lord… I’m sorry.
‘Yes, believe me, leader.’
A genius junior who tried to give up the position of leader just because he was a senior to someone who was lacking in everything in the past.
Stephen , who recalled the sight of his only superior bowing his head, gritted his teeth again.
“I will not break down!!”
Due to the momentum, Miles gradually began to be pushed back.
As if this was an unexpected situation, the eyes of the guy inside the helmet were clearly visible shaking.
And it seemed that it was not only the people involved who felt it.
“Help the commander!”
“Kill the white knight!”
2 The legion’s generals ran to their superiors, risking being attacked by the leader-level paladins they were dealing with.
“You guys! We’ll deal with it!”
The paladins also tried to intervene in the battlefield between the two superhumans to stop them, but Miles stopped them.
“Stop the others! Just me here is enough!”
“Such a monstrous old man…!”
Another sword possessed by Seongguk, a firm power beyond Miles Boykin’s imagination, was taking the lead on the northern wall.
But the situation on the rest of the wall was Unlike the north, it wasn’t so good.
“Stop it!”
“Argh!”
“There are…too many enemies!”
Screams erupted from all directions.
