Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

At that moment, a loud shout came from behind you.

“There!”

“Seize it! It's the Emperor! ”

It was the guards who heard the alarm and ran away.

As soon as I heard the scream, life gushed from the emperor's body.

“You brute! ”

At the end of the sentence, the emperor leaps forward as if he were hoping for a single blow.

Shhh!

A pleasant yet delicate curve divides the space in the narrow corridor.

The startled knight quickly raises his shield. However, the shield did not play a role in front of the emperor.

Kaga!

I thought I heard scratching iron. Suddenly, a split shield comes to my mind. All the way to the knight's left forearm holding the shield, to be exact.

“Shhhhh!”

Screams erupt from the knight's mouth without feeling the sudden emptiness of his left hand with burning pain. But Longsod, the emperor, did not hesitate a bit.

Screaming!

The knight's body splits in two with a light friction sound. While the dismembered body of the dead knight falls over the bloodstream, the knights in the back face a similar fate.

It has power, but it is handled with extremely delicate senses. The emperor's swordsmanship was so high that even Kaith couldn't outrun it.

Every time you swing it, a part of the body protrudes out with a scream.

“Whew! I thought you were great, but was that it? ”

“It's about the same as you. ”

“I see.”

“And when you stick together, you're sure to lose. ”

“What!”

Caith stares at Lycaen to see if her pride suddenly broke.

Lycaen smiles and points to the Emperor.

“Look closely. ”

Caith looks back at the emperor, looking at Lycaen once with his axe eyes open.

The amount of fierce energy and delicate swordsmanship that amazes me enough to push it a little farther was comparable to that of the master, Caith.

But Caith couldn't agree that he would definitely lose.

Lycaen, who read the idea in his face, adds an explanation.

“Can't you see that? ”

“What can't you see? ”

“That sword. ”

“Huh?"

“There's not a drop of blood in a man's mouth, even if he cuts him like that. ”

“Hmm!"

Then Caith looks closely at Longsword, which the emperor is holding. There is not a drop of blood on the straight blade. And that meant one thing.

“The Sword?”

“That's not just a sword, that's a bayonet. ”

“Hmm...... So it's not just a fancy shape. ”

A jewel tucked tightly into the hilt and handle, and an extremely glamorous yet beautiful polish, was worthy of admiration. But I didn't know that the sword itself that was hidden inside was such a precious sword.

“It's not just glamorous. ”

“That's why you can't win. ”

“Phew……. ”

It's a huge difference that one of the two nearly equal levels holds an unequal bogeyman.

“Tsk! I don't know who the emperor is. ”

“It's no use being emperor. ”

While the two men were talking, the Emperor's fight was coming to an end.

The corpse of the emperor who passed between the knights with fierce force and who was unable to maintain proper form afterwards.

“Phew!”

The emperor takes a light breath and looks down at the fallen knights' corpses. Then he muttered in his own voice.

“It makes me feel so pathetic that I've been given my escort to things I can't even handle. ”

I knew that the workers were better than themselves, but I felt depressed when I bumped into them like this.

“Don't be too disappointed now that you don't have to. ”

“There you go.”

At the end of the hall, a group of masks rushed in. Joel and his guild members.

“The imperial palace was completely occupied. ”

Lycaen nods at Joel's words.

“Now, let's open it up big. ”

Chapter 5. Time Limit (1)

“What's going on here? ”

The darkness surrounding the son-in-law retreated, and the eastern sky lit up. Bermurk shouts with a face that cannot conceal his embarrassment.

His gaze was a picture of the back of empire forces marching into the furthest corners of their lives. And what you see beyond those soldiers is no other than the walls of Fort Derondes.

But the Imperial soldiers were running, and there was no response. The shadow of the man on the wall remains motionless.

“No way!”

The startled vermouth raises his spirits in no time.

Whoo-hoo!

The black mist blows through the air like a strong wind.

Kuaaaaang!

Half the wall collapses in a flash with a loud bang.

“Oops!”

There were no defenders like yesterday. Bermurk's technique breaks down the walls of Derondes Fortress without any resistance.

In other words, Fort Derondes is now a desolate community with no one to guard it. The shadow of the man who appeared on the wall probably had the scarecrows erected.

Bermurk shouts with a fierce expression.

“It was last night that I escaped. There are too many troops. They can't have gone far. Go through the fortress and chase them! ”

“Yes!”

Duke Sepiteron lunges forward with an answer. In the meantime, Bermurk is troubled by something else.

“Why on earth? ”

Bermurk mutters with a skeptical expression. The Derondes Fortress was not a good geographical location, but giving it up would be even more disadvantageous to the enemy.

The former Delos Kingdom had no place to take advantage of the monastery leaning on the terrain, as it was mostly plains. Nevertheless, they have evacuated Fort Derondes.

Then there was only one place we could think of as the next ground cell.

“Seronen Fortress.... ”

Seronen Fortress, a former border gateway between the Kingdom of Delos and Bren. It was the only place where we could stop our enemies with a proper water temple. And Seronen Fortress is truly an impregnable place. It was an absolute advantage for the enemy.

That's why their behavior yesterday was unintelligible. If you had wanted to give this place away so easily, it would have been better to abandon Fort Derondes and prepare for it from the beginning at Fort Seronen.

Moreover, this war was not a war aimed at taking each other's lands. So we didn't have to fight this fortress of Derondes anymore.

“A day……. ”

After only one day in Derondes Fortress, they leave the fort without a doubt and retreat. Then, the time of the day meant something big.

“Why is that day so important? ”

The barrock who was listening next to me said with a cautious voice.

“Isn't it just to buy time? Time for the troops or forces behind the fortress to move or prepare for battle……. ”

“If that was the case, the day is too short. Hmm? No way! ”

Suddenly, the thought of touching Vermouth's head, in a hurry, the Imperial Army is already attempting to enter Derondes Fortress. Surprised Vermouth shouts at the running Imperial Army.

“Halt!”

At the same time, a massive storm of black mist rises from Vermouth's body! And as if there was no more delay, the black mist flew towards the distant Derondes Fortress.

Kuaaaaang!

A sudden burst of eardrums. But that wasn't the result of Vermouth's attack. The moment the Imperium was about to enter, the walls suddenly collapsed, as well as the ground in front of the walls turned upside down.

“Damn it!”

Bermurk rushes to attack, thinking his allies might get hurt. But it was already after what happened.

The sudden collapse of the wall and the ground has left imperial soldiers at the forefront. However, he did not kill many soldiers.

The problem is the road. The fallen ground and fallen walls make it difficult for the troops to march. As a person, I was able to cross the debris somehow, and it was possible to do so once I was careful with my words. However, the cart carrying the supplies cannot cross there.

The supplies needed to eat and sleep for the battle were huge, up to 70,000 troops. It was never easy to carry that huge amount by human hands. I couldn't figure out how long it would take to carry it out each day. Even so, it was a problem to go back the way we came.

“Grrrgh!"

Bermurk, who suddenly changed it, cries out in a loud voice.

“Stand clear of the debris! ”

As soon as the command is given, the movable soldiers quickly step back.

In the meantime, Bermurk makes his way to where the wreckage is, pulling himself down to the ground and looking down at the giant pit in front of him. Then slowly raise your hands.

Smurfy black mists bloom from Vermouth's body and cover the sky like a veil.

After that, the Imperial soldiers, who saw what happened, doubted their eyes one by one.

The widespread black mist has begun to push away the ruins of the Fallen Derondes Fortress. It pushes away debris from the tomb of the giant rock, as if it were a square plank. He wasn't pushing exactly, he was pulling it from the other side. Head for the giant hole in the ground as it dissipates.

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