I am the Monarch

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“Kirk! Let go of me! Now!"

Baalin continues to scream and struggle.

Kirk doesn't react at all like he's deaf.

"Sorry."

He sighs and looks back.

‘They're after us. ’

The spearmen are chasing you screaming.

‘It would have been impossible to follow Rofos. ’

Unlike what Lofos said, the forest didn't have much mobility degradation.

"By the way, you don't see the cavalry of human bastards? ’

It was strange.

An ambush in the woods? ’

But soon, I shook my head.

A commander with a normal accident would never ambush a cavalry in the woods.

‘That's not the point. ’

Kirk blows out complex thoughts in his head.

‘Bastards, I will repay you for your humiliation today. ’

He grips his teeth and kicks Lofos in the belly.

You can see the Leaten Forest exit from over there.

The white light that looks through the dense trees looks like the gates of heaven.

I had a faint smile on my mouth.

‘Just get out of there.......’

At that moment, Kirk's face hardened.

Glug-ug-ug-ug!

There was a huge fire at the entrance of the forest.

‘Fireworks?! ’

Kirk looks around with a nervous expression.

Fortunately, there were no more fires.

‘Dammit. Are you trying to block the way out? ’

There won't be enough oil to set fire to the entire forest.

However, the fire did not keep its place.

It must have spread through the forest by westerly wind.

“Deputy Kirk! ”

All the Orcs stopped and looked at Kirk.

Kirk's eyes quickly return.

"Break through"? No, no, no. It's impossible to pierce a fire. ’

On the other hand, the flame was already blowing in the westerly wind.

‘The south is blocked by a canyon and the humans are attacking to the east. The rest…..’

Look to the north.

Slanion River.

"Although the river is narrow..."

However, it was not such a small space that I could not even move at all.

‘We retreat west along the river. ’

It was a much safer retreat than jumping into the fire.

Kirk points north.

“We're retreating west along the Slanion River! ”

“Yes! I understand! ”

After answering with one voice, the Orcs tug at you.

Lofos turns his head and starts running north, not west.

Kirk sticks his tongue out, looking at the scarlet flower.

‘I was completely beaten. I've been completely beaten by the humans. ’

He gripped his teeth.

‘Ever since I first found humans at the entrance of the Riten Forest, everything has been a well-crafted plan and tactic. ’

They are trapped in a trap they have set, and they react and move on as they wish.

‘Damn it.'

The depression was intense.

‘Today's humiliation must be repaid. ’

Kirk grits his teeth and looks forward.

It was hard to tell in front of my eyes because of the smoke.

‘Anyway, it doesn't start a fire. ’

Even Humans don't seem to care this far.

At that time, the Orcs left the Riten Forest in front of the vanguard and arrived at the narrow riverside.

Hwa-oh!

The black smoke disappeared and the beautiful landscape spread.

The golden sand and the flowing blue river.

A green field stretched across the Slanion River.

Everything was beautiful.

Except for one thing.

"Oh, my God…"

The expression is unbelievable.

“Oh, my God! ”

Kirk yells out in an unbearable way.

He glances back and forth, face stiffened.

A human cavalry sits in the middle, west and east of the river.

"Damn it! How far are you looking?" ’

Kirk was curious about the face of the man who designed this perfect trap.

He doesn't know that the architect of this tactic is Roan.

Gail, who was leading the cavalry in the meantime, laughs bitterly at the Orcs.

‘Everything is as Roan planned. ’

In the beginning, Roan thought of a tactic to stop the Orcs from getting out of the Liten Forest into the cart fortress and then slaughter them.

However, there were two major problems with Operation Peacock.

The first is that we're running low on oil.

The second was that the western wind continued to blow.

In the end, Roan had to change the tactics for the perfect reconstruction operation.

‘I reveal that I have been oiled intentionally and send the troops to the canyon. We then push them into the Riffen Forest with the cart fortress. ’

Thanks to this, the troops have entered the Ripen Forest to the west and embraced the headwinds.

‘Even without a lot of oil, the flaming wind was able to attack the Orcs. ’

In fact, the Orc forces had no choice.

The only place to escape the flames is north along the Slanion River.

When the Orc troops are tired of repeating attacks, we attack them with the cavalry we've been hiding.

This was Roan's final operation.

To do this, Roan instructs Gail and the cavalry to wait by the Slanion River.

‘I told you I'd run to this place. ’

That turned out to be true.

Gail looks straight at the Orcs.

‘The time has come to end the battle. ’

He raises his right hand high.

“Attack!”

A resounding voice.

“Waaaah!”

“Kill him!”

“Don't miss a single one! ”

With a thundering sound of the ground, the cavalry begins to rush into fierce force.

“Hehe! Damn it! ”

Kirk grips his teeth.

There was nowhere to run.

The forest was being consumed by fire, and the Slanion River flows swiftly in front of you.

And even the Lofos are exhausted.

“Damn it!”

He spits out an insult and severs the rope that was tied to Baalin.

“Go.”

“What?"

Baalin frowns at Kirk's words.

Kirk shouts, giving up his ropes.

“We're going to die here. If you're going to die.......”

His eyes went crazy.

“Avenge Cedec. ”

In response, Baalin bites his lower lip.

Kirk yells again.

“Go! We'll hold this place off!" ”

Baalin looks Kirk straight in the eyes.

Then, he nodded, firmly grabbing his fist.

“See you in hell. ”

That's how Kirk bursts into laughter.

“I'll wait for you there first. ”

Farewell.

Baalin quickly kicks Rofos off the boat.

Her eyes are already filled with madness.

I didn't have to hold on to the cord of reason anymore.

Knng!

Lofos begins to run back into the forest with fear.

“Huh?! ”

“Huh!"

Gail and the cavalry stare at her in astonishment.

“Seize it!”

“Grab it!”

The cavalry seizes Kopi on Gail and his deputies' orders.

Kirk and the Orcs stood in front of him.

“I can't let you go! ”

“Where are you going! ”

Already dead.

Eventually, the cavalry missed Bavarian.

“Kuaak!”

“Huff!”

You hear the screams of the Orcs along the river.

Kirk closes his eyes at the many spears flying towards him.

"A warrior is honored to die on the battlefield. ’

Squeak.

“Hehe.”

The sharp lance snaps into my chest.

Gail sighs, gazing into the Liten Forest.

Did you miss the most important commanding officer? ’

Judging by the situation, he went to see Roan.

‘After all, Roan must finish this battle. ’

This battle was literally a battle by Roan, Roan.

You chase after Baalin, where you can't even see Gail's eyes.

‘I hope everything's okay. ’

The forest of Liten is filled with cloudy smoke because of the fire.

Difficult to see.

‘I don't know why. ’

The taste was bitter.

An ominous energy rises from your spine.

* * *

‘That's enough. ’

Roan sighs for a long time, looking at the fire that had swallowed half the forest.

The Orcs have fled into the Slanian River, avoiding the flames as they thought.

‘You will be slaughtered by ambush. ’

When you meet Gail's cavalry, you'll feel better.

From the Flam Mountain Gorge to the Chariot Fortress, to the Fertilizer Barracks, to the Ripene Forest craters and Ambushers.

Orcs have been through so much in such a short time.

‘You'll be distracted. ’

The tail of Roan's mouth rises slightly.

Soon, he clapped his hands and shouted.

“Here! Everybody back out of the woods! ”

The Orcs are already advancing further north.

I didn't have to chase after them anymore.

Moreover, the blazing smoke was filling the forest.

“Yes! I understand! ”

The soldiers respond in a loud voice and move quickly.

Because of the cloudy smoke, my nose and eyes were spicy.

“Cough. Cough. No, I'm sure he's fine. I'm dying of spice. ”

Rand rubs his hands and looks at Roan.

Instead of an answer, Roan smiles faintly.

Thanks to Callian's tears and Brandt's ring. ’

In fact, it was expected that my eyes would not be warm and I would not feel more firearms than necessary.

But I didn't think it would be okay if I inhaled the smoke.

It definitely smelled like smoke, but my nose and mouth were not warm or uncomfortable.

‘Brandt's ring might be more effective than I thought. ’

Moreover, the cloudy smoke that filled the forest did not obstruct Roan's view.

It was not very obvious, but it was clearly more obvious than ordinary people.

‘It'll be fun to find the benefits of Callian's tears and Brandt's ring. ’

Roan grins and rubs his ring.

He and the 12th squad stayed in the woods until the end.

Be sure to look closely for missing soldiers.

“Looks like they've all retreated. ”

Austin rubs his hands together.

Roan nods.

“Good. Then we'll leave the forest quickly. ”

You feel sorry for Rand.

“Baalin, I'm sorry I missed that crazy oak bitch. Our deputy planned this battle from start to finish, but it was someone else's job to capture the enemy. ”

“I don't care. ”

Roan shrugs.

The man who saw it clenches his fist.

“If you don't like it, I'll just..."

“Stop talking. Stop it. What are you going to do if you catch Baerlin? ”

Austin frowned and bruised his brow.

Rand taps his breastplate.

“I'm going to get that bitch and run the deputy director down here with her breastplate. That way the Section Chief won't be able to make a sound. ”

“What?"

Austin raises his hand like he's about to punch one right now.

Rand starts running ahead of him acting as if he was terrified.

Roan smiles at him.

‘But I'm glad everyone's okay. ’

In the battlefield, where dozens and hundreds of people were injured and killed, the 12-minute squad members have yet to die.

There were occasional injuries large and small, but it was life on the line.

‘I wish we could be together until the end. ’

Roan takes a deep breath as he looks behind the squad members.

Because I knew it wasn't gonna be easy.

At that moment, Rand, who was walking earlier, shouts around.

“Where is everyone? Come on, come on, come on. ”

In the meantime, the smoke became darker, making it hard to discern.

Roan looks back.

Tadahak. Tadahak.

You hear the fire eating away at the trees.

Every time, black smoke rose.

"Huh?

At that moment, there is a very small and unpleasant sound in Roan's ears.

"The sound of the earth echoing..."

He quickly turns his head toward the sound.

At that moment, Roan's eyes widened.

“Baerlin!”

You can see Baalin rushing past the smoky smoke.

“Yes? You were just a deputy, right? Baalin? Even the deputy commander said I was joking..."

That's when Rand said it.

Smoke drifted away.

Roan stares directly at the scattered smoke.

The movement of the whole world was suffocatively slow.

Spaaaaaah!

Lofos is coming out very slowly through the smoke.

And the bawline that sits on top of it, swinging the big bawl.

Roan opens his eyes and shouts.

“Rand! Move! ”

A loud shout echoes through the forest.

Rand looks stunned, looking for Roan.

Screaming!

The smoke pierces and slashes Rand's throat.

“No! ”

Roan's eyes are pierced with Rand's face.

A very slowly falling head towards the ground.

The light is still out in his eyes.

Roan runs toward Rand with his spear.

“W-what's the matter?! ”

“Deputy?”

The twelve squadrons struggle to get a clear line of sight, waving their hands behind Roan.

Rand!

Roan groans, holding Rand's head in his arms.

“Aaahhhh!”

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