Haroon

“Oops!”

One sigh came out of the prince's mouth. The warp was a small space between dungeons. There were many corpses. Escaped from the dungeon and warped out halfway through.

“Your Majesty!"

The Grand Master Ranin of the Knights of the Hidden Lion, under the command of the First Prince, ran away. A lot of trenches were dug up between the bodies and when they were sold, and there were several of them.

“What happened? ”

“Dark Elves. They're stopping us from getting out. ”

I looked up and saw the Dark Elves all over Five Pyramids Mountain.

“I knew it!"

The first prince sharpened his teeth. The late Ranin asked me if I saw his face.

“Your Majesty, do you know anything? We've been attacked by Dark Elves since we warped. ”

“I'll explain later. How long have you lived?”

“We don't know for sure because each faction isn't cooperating, but it looks like more than a quarter is dead. Their bodies periodically spill over their shields, preventing arrow attacks and spirit magic, but this is not enough. The three princes were unfortunately attacked by arrows.... ”

At Lanin's words, the princes gripped their teeth. I couldn't hide the horrific feeling of death from the Elves' arrow attacks, not by the preaching of the Knights, nor by the other brothers.

“I have a meeting with the princes. Sing it.”

“Yes, Your Majesty! ”

Thank God for the trenches. The trenches that appeared to have been sold by the early wizards with Dig magic were covered with layers of knights' corpses. The bodies of knights who usually wear plate mail will be fenced off to some extent. Though it was disrespectful and disgraceful to the bodies of his colleagues, he had to live with it.

The three emperors who entered the trenches where the bodies were piled up with the guidance of the late Lanin summoned the surviving princes and nobles to a meeting. However, it doesn't seem easy to stop or avoid the arrows of elves that seem to be enough work.

“Their arrows are iron season. We have no place to hide like rats in a poison. ”

The 4th prince reported with an aggressive face.

“Interpersonal magic is too far away, and when it was about to spread its widespread magic, the victim knew it was like a ghost, so the victim provoked it. Moreover, Elven Spirit Magic is also powerful. ”

Moreover, even though I didn't mention it, there are still more than four thousand people hostile to each other, but they are not responding effectively to the elves. The first prince could quickly see the situation from the various forces guarding each other.

“I have something to tell you first. ”

1 The princes and nobles gathered at the prince's words paid attention.

“It's an emergency. It looks like one of the Grand Dukes is trying to weave the Dark Elves and the Imperial Intelligence Guild into our tombs. ”

“What are you talking about? ”

A slight malignancy erupted from everywhere.

“Commander Harun came back from the dead after killing the Volkaworm. He was assaulted by Earl Alain, the dog of the Imperial Intelligence Guild, and the late Marquis of Masron. Commander Harun discovered that the Green Elves, who escaped from the Dark Elves, visited this place a year ago with a human who was the Grand Duke and had made a breeding covenant with the Dark Elves. I think the Duke is the Pinocchio who holds the military. ”

1The prince's words made the surroundings calm. I had forgotten what to say to the unexpected. However, when I heard the following explanation, I fully understood. The characters here are either the best or the best in the empire.

“So all this was a trap for Grand Duke Pinocet to sell using the Imperial Intelligence Guild? ”

Briela, the youngest princess who was surprised to hear Harun had returned alive, soon asked with a pale face.

“I see. This is no time for a Golden Battle between us. It seems that the Imperial and Imperial Patriarchs have already been handed over to the Grand Duke. ”

“I can't believe it. How could you...? ”

“It will soon be confirmed. One of the evidence is that the place we used to know as the Emperor's staircase actually has the name" Coffin of Validation. "”

“No way.”

The princes were already in and out of the coffin, so they were greatly shaken by the words of the first prince. Other things were merely speculations and rumors, but the dungeon's name surprised them when they heard it from the coffin of verification.

“The news is that the estramorwn are faster than us. Soon it will be clear that the estramorwn who were here will return to their world. After all, if only we and our men in Treasure Basin die, it shouldn't be that hard to swallow the entire Terran Empire. ”

Chug! Chug!

The sound of a drooling from someone's neck breaks the silence that was briefly flowing.

“It's an emergency. We have to survive here first. We must return to our base and gather our forces. It won't be easy.”

1 No one could reply to the prince's words. No, I wasn't going to answer. I felt like my head would explode just by guessing the situation that was going on.

“But we are the nobles and wizards and knights of the Theon Empire. We can't just be tied to Elves. We need to pull together and get out of here. Let's take some time, because I don't know the situation here. Let's all go back to our camp, discuss this with our subordinates, and then come back to discuss it. ”

I can't help but join forces because of the dismemberment. The Golden Battle has already been determined. After all, only three emperors have passed through the four coffins, so one of them will sit on the emperor's throne.

The princes secretly head back to where they were.

The first scene Harun saw as he warped out was an arrow rain pouring down from the sky.

“What?”

As soon as it warps, it looks like it was hit by an arrow, making it impossible to avoid panic. But I couldn't get hit by an arrow. I summoned Wisconsin in a hurry.

- Wiccine, Windshield!

Wishin was summoned without a chance to answer, but he made a shield out of a whirlwind that covered Harun's body.

Tak! Tak! Tak!

You hammered the Windshield with an arrow that fell from the sky, not just a direct shot. It was probably a processed power that could have been pierced by a shield of some size.

‘Elves? Dark Elves. ’

As the sun was about to set, I could see the elves revealing themselves all over the five pyramids and shooting arrows. Most of them were dark elves.

The arrow rain did not stop at once. At least five consecutive runs resulted in significant damage. Even though the arrows shot directly by the dead could be stopped by the dead, there was nothing special except to strike the arrows shot by the acrobat.

Harun's warp is unpopular.

‘In the meantime, I see you've dug yourself a trench. ’

Seeing the princes go out first, they seem to have met the group and escaped into the trenches. The creased trenches form three concentric circles, with bodies piled high in front of them.

‘Let's see how powerful the Dark Elves' arrow attacks are. ’

The nearest trench was also several decades away. Of course, I wanted to see how powerful the Dark Elves' arrow attacks were when using the messenger walking skill to escape into the trenches. Harun, who was the only one exposed to the basin by that wind, was heavily attacked by the Elves.

‘Quite powerful. ’

Wishin's Wind Shield is extremely defensive. With five arrows, hundreds of arrows strike the shield, but they do not budge. Wishine's abilities were improved by the Spirit Stone.

Let's fight back. ’

- Wishine, is it possible to fly the Wind Arrow?

- I was nervous. I was gonna kick his ass. How long will it take?

- Is it inductive?

- Of course you can.

- Let's give him 10 rounds, shall we?

- Hehe, good.

Ten winds gust out of the middle of the whirlpool of shields. As Harun recalled the image in his head, the wind soon turned longer and thicker than the iron season.

- Karat!

Wicinne's controlled wind blows through the iron bars, shaking like a salmon upstream. The wind arrows speed up once it passes through a single arrow rain. The elves measure their arrows again with their quick hands, but that's enough time.

“Queek!”

“Hehe!”

A groan erupts from the mouths of the elves hit by the wind arrows. Most of them try to dodge or make a quick shot with the remaining arrows, but the wind arrows dig through the cracks as if they were alive.

How is that possible, Shaolin?

- Thirty feet with the shield intact, and the ship can be dismantled.

- Then let's do it again as best we can.

-Okay.

Tadadadak, the larvae!

The Wind Shield bounces off the arrow rain without blocking its direction. Harun once again focuses his mind on Wishin, checking his shield's defensive strength.

Unlike the summoned Spirit and any other spirit that relies solely on Mana, you don't have to empower her to use her abilities to some degree, but you do.

Glug!

Thirty wind arrows were created around Harun as the iron spills poured out.

“Arrow of the Wind, pierce the neck of the enemy! ”

I didn't need an order, but I wanted to.

The people crouching in the trenches, preparing to shoot arrows pouring over their heads, see Harun like that.

Harun's appearance, which produces arrows made of wind, blocks the fierce iron with swirling winds, makes people's hearts quake strangely. People could expect Harun to see his hands spread out toward the elves, waving long hair with a veil of wind around his body.

Translucent arrows made of wind were as long and thick as iron. People's gaze shifts as they follow the shifting arrowhead through the invisible arrow rain. The arrow accelerates, making the bell invisible. After a while, the elves groan faintly.

“Excellent!”

“Awesome!”

Admiration spills out from the trenches. For those who have had to be shot with arrows without hesitation, a decade old stagnation was a cheerful scene going down in one room. A colleague with an effective ranged attack instead of a magic attack that cannot be hit accurately because it is far from the Elves.

I couldn't see the scenes I wanted to see because of the bodies piled up in front of the trenches, but the groaning, screaming and rushing sounds gave me an idea.

“Is that it? ”

Suddenly, the darker elves' arrows stopped. It was a disgusting arrow attack, but this time it was different. Unlike being beaten unconditionally, even the Elves began to die.

Harun looks so pretty with a whirlwind shield around his body. From someone's mouth, you hear the sound of Harun's sympathy.

“Harun! Harun! ”

“Captain Harun! ”

Among them were the voices of Briela and Hall.

Darkness slowly begins to fall after one arrow strike. The elves don't seem to be making any further attacks, but I can't be sure of that.

Harun, who took out the iron scepter on the ground and looked around, went down to the trench following a knight who had brought the First Prince's message to find out how. Along the winding trenches, many smiled at him. The knights and wizards who were pillars of their empire did not greet the mercenaries because of their pride, but showed considerable appreciation for showing the Elves a cool example.

“Welcome. ”

There was a man who greeted him when he walked for some time.

“Devon! ”

“Hahaha! I feel all right. ”

“Here? Ah! ”

I knew Debron would come here of course, but I couldn't hide my joy from seeing his face. He's like a teacher to him.

The hall reveals its face behind him.

“Hall, you made it. ”

“Captain Harun. ”

Her voice, calling Harun, is damp. When I saw the hall that had been so hard on my mind that my face was half broken, my compassion and yearning that I tried to forget rose cloudily.

“Here we are. ”

“Are you here?”

The realities of the Hookran Knights, such as Hall's father, Baron Seban, and Baron Holio, were revealed afterwards. I wanted to say hello, but it wasn't easy. Now, the grief and resentment that I thought I had forgotten was hard on my face.

“Well, say goodbye to the Crown Prince. They're waiting for you. ”

Harun nods and passes by, bowing to the Knights of Hook.

“Commander!”

“Captain Harun! ”

“We're here. ”

Among the people who showed up on the road, there were also four lucky people. Neither Philip nor the four of you acted like you had been through so much. At the same time, I felt close to hate, so it was not easy to manage my face. I didn't open my mouth easily because my emotions were complicated. Harun gives them a blurry smile and heads inside.

Whoever sold it revealed a large space with stairs going down one side of the trench. There were dozens of people in it, mostly princes and nobles.

It was the first princess who welcomed him. She greets him with a big smile.

“Welcome, Commander Harun. ”

“You're all right, Your Grace. ”

“Hohoho. That's Captain Harun, too. As soon as I got here, I gave people hope, which is amazing. ”

I don't know what you're talking about, but I smiled and passed the moment.

“I guess. Welcome. ”

The first prince hurried through the people and came forward.

“I was worried that I might have been hurt by the blunt elves. ”

“No way. Anyway, thank you for your concern. Are you hurt? ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. ”

“Let's get inside. This is our commanding officer. ”

A few eyes greeted Harun, who was heading inward along the first prince. They were faced through negotiations with the Elves. Those who didn't know him, including the Crown Prince, were expressing curiosity or dislike Harun who had heard many stories, but had never seen him before.

“Let me get this straight. I want to give one quest to Commander Harun. ”

“The quest? ”

Harun suddenly asked, "What did the first prince say?" The first prince replied with a stiff face. Princess Briella and Debron turn to him.

“Yes. I'd like to ask you a favor, but I don't think it's too embarrassing. I'd like to borrow the form of the quest. ”

“What's going on? ”

“I want to get out of here. You lead the mercenaries and draw the Elves' attention. ”

I thought I knew what you meant. We need bait to draw attention to the siege. As bait, we cannot guarantee life. But Harun smiles.

“I understand. I'd be happy to. ”

“You sure you're okay with this?”

“I'm a mercenary. ”

A job that costs money and lives, that's what mercenaries do. Although knights may be pointing fingers because of money, it is the moral and value of mercenaries.

“We just need to find out what the other mercenaries are willing to do. Before that, how much do you consider to be paid? ”

“The visa fund we set up here is around 1 million gold. ”

It's best that way. You can hardly expect to survive, but with that kind of money, there will be mercenaries to accept the quest. If hundreds of gold are delivered to the families, there are quite a lot of mercenaries who will go to their deaths. But the number was a problem. I had to figure out how many mercenaries survived instead of the storm.

Harun's answer brightens people's faces, but some of them are stiff.

“Now that we have a plan, let's discuss the details. ”

The voice of the first prince rushing to the meeting was somehow divided. He was very fond of Harun. I wanted Harun, who was a mercenary, but had a free spirit, relaxation, and amazing abilities that I could not feel in the widows I had been with for a long time, to become my own man one day.

After coming out from behind the eyes of various emotions, I suddenly remembered two months, and my son-in-law was quite bright. Through the moon, I see the face of the hall.

“Commander, it's been a long time. ”

“The hall is badly disfigured. ”

The hall covered its face with both hands. There were confused eyes that were mixed with longing, gladness, and apology.

“Don't you want to see it? ”

“No, I'm just hurt... ”

“I heard the commander helped Her Majesty a lot. ”

“Of course it was my job. ”

It feels like a conversation is unfolding. It would not be possible to have a deep conversation in such a place.

“I have work to do. I'll talk to you later. ”

“Yes.”

The hall lowers its long lashes and quietly replies. You hear a whisper towards Harun, about to leave her for the mercenaries.

“I'm sorry.”

Baron Holio. I don't know why he apologizes like this, but I'm not in a position to discuss the situation. Harun stares at him for a moment, making fun of his feet with a bow.

Phew!

A heavy teardrop seems to fall deep into his chest from the eye of the hall left behind. The compassion that had come like a fever was now being slaughtered and dug up the scar that had been scratched.

The mercenary trenches are the furthest from the center. A tortuous trench toward the western pyramid shows the strong life force of mercenaries trying to break through the siege. As long as you survive on the battlefield, no one will follow you. Harun walks with confidence, even though there is no cover in the trenches.

“Harun!”

It's Elzer. People lay their heads out of the trenches and stare at him about when they heard the news. Elser is in a hurry to get out, and Bofuran is trying to stop her.

“Danger!”

Am I revealing myself too much?

The elves' iron beam spills down towards Harun. The arrows fired in the line of fire aim for him with a terrifying rift. However, if you decide to avoid it, there is nothing you can do about it.

Pavat!

In the blink of an eye, Harun's body, casting a messenger fast moving, is sucked into the trench, leaving behind a residual figure.

Tadadadak!

A sigh of relief echoes through the trench, as the arrows pierce his shadow plunge into the ground. Elser, who ran to Harun in a heartbeat, hugs him.

“Hehe. I knew you'd come. Of course, I'm afraid Harun in the underworld will die by the Volkaworm. ”

“Hahaha. We didn't believe it either. People have to die, don't they? ”

“I see. It makes no sense that a man who roamed among the Demon Orcs was killed by a worm monster. ”

Pierce and his mercenary commander, Takarin, greet him with a smile.

“Commander!”

“I thought you were alive. ”

Seeing the familiar faces, including Ares, Magram and Chorn, Seung Ryu and the members of the KOM guild, Baltrang and Sayay, and the Avan girl, my mind became flustered as if I were coming home.

“Is everyone okay? ”

“Of course. All these people dying around here. ”

As Peel said, not many of the faces he knew were invisible. The bodies piled up in front of the trenches were mostly knights and wizards. The mercenaries who have gained the ability to survive through their long experience, though their skills are somewhat poor.

To Be Continued