Swordmaster Healer

Chapter 25 Earnings (2)

Rishwald shakes his hand and the surrounding background melts. When the change was over, I was in the dark. But as soon as the eyes became accustomed to the darkness, they gained sight.

‘Are you in the fortress...? ’

The wall of a dark passageway was made of rocks that looked hard.

‘I don't need to use hiding. ’

Though not from assassins, he knew how to hide in the dark and kill him. Hidden places have a lot of magical power, so they should only be used in times of need like Blink.

Seong-jun slowly went forward, killing him. It was dark in front of you, but there was a torch on the wall for some time.

‘I'm a pilot.’

Seong-jun sensed a way of walking around from afar. He shifts his gaze toward Leishwald.

“Lischevald, can you recon? ”

I could feel it from afar, but I spoke in a very small voice. The distance makes it difficult to know the exact number and location of the enemy.

I thought Lischewald would help us ambush them if we could scout.

- Goodbye.

Fortunately, there was no interference with his magical power, and he stepped out to scout fearlessly at the end of Seong-jun's words. Seong-jun put his hand on the saber and slowly went forward.

A five-minute walk brings Leishvald back from the lead for reconnaissance.

- Looks like a fortress for military purposes. I looked close, but there were quite a lot of troops.

“How many enemies are in front of you? ”

- Two knights, 21 soldiers.

“Is that a plaque?”

The knights were not necessarily able to use errors. Even in the Empire, users were uncommon, most of whom belonged to elite combat groups such as the Knights Brigade.

Most planners belonging to the Common Imperial Army were unable to use the error.

- Neither knights nor soldiers belonged to elite troops.

“So you belong to the regular troops...? It shouldn't be difficult.”

- But there's too many of them. We can't be too careful.

In Lischeval's statement, Seong-jun nodded.

“How big is the fortress? ”

Seong-jun asked. I brought enough food, but I needed to know.

- We only scouted around here, so we didn't know the exact size. However, based on the architectural style used, it is estimated to be an Imperial Army ‘Forward Node’.

“Then it must be huge. ”

In Lischevald's reply, Seong-jun frowned.

I was remembering information about the Forward Node. The Forward Node is a word used to refer to a fortress built on a strategic basis and is much larger than the Forward Base.

Soon, Seong-jun was able to arrive at the place where the first enemies gathered.

‘Is this the waiting room...? ’

He draws his sword calmly, glittering black eyes out of the darkness. The blade doesn't even strike the sword.

Seong-jun entered the center of the waiting room and launched a silent ambush.

“Cough!”

“Khhh!”

Two knights were the first to die, judged to be the greatest threat to the swift swinging sword.

The soldiers waiting inside didn't even see Seong-jun. The only thing they could see was the blood of the fallen knights.

“Th-the enemy... Th-thick! ”

The soldier hurriedly runs toward the sword hanging from the cradle and falls down helplessly. The severed head was lying on the floor.

“We're under attack!”

“Respond!”

By the time the soldiers draw their weapons, more than half of them have already fallen.

“Kuaaaak!”

Something passes quickly. Another soldier scatters red blood.

“D- where the hell are you! ”

When the soldier regained consciousness, he was left alone. Fear took over the whole body. Seong-jun showed up in front of him, but there was nothing I could do.

“Hail, Emperor...! ”

I stabbed the dagger at Seong-jun, but he couldn't allow the attack. The soldier's dagger stabbing is lightly avoided. Then he swung his sword at the soldier's head.

“Weak.”

I was less skilled than the elite of the Knights Brigade.

“I don't even need to use errors. ”

- Wise judgment. It is best to minimize horsepower consumption when dealing with a large number of veterans.

“Because there's a good chance the elite are waiting right behind you. ”

In Seong-jun's answer, Lischevald nods, smiling at his mouth.

- Yes, sir.

It was one of the empire's typical tactics to raise a large number of Marines to induce enemy horsepower consumption and then raise Elite Soldiers.

- What do you do with the body?

“I'm not cleaning it up. I intend to disable as many districts as possible before the patrol discovers the body. ”

Rather, Seong-jun thought that there was a high chance of getting caught or spending a lot of time cleaning up the body. So he chose a speed warp to disable as many zones as quickly as possible without clearing the bodies.

“Lischevald, reconnaissance. Locate and report to the nearest enemy. ”

- Yes, sir.

“Please have at least 15 people. Too little and you're wasting your travel time. ”

- I'll keep that in mind.

Seong-jun, who scouted for Leishvalt, urged him to take a step after absorbing magic from the corpses.

I don't know the way, but I can't just wait for Lischevald. I was planning on slowly scouting the area, reducing the number of enemies.

“They say all troops will be on high alert. ”

“I heard that too. I think it's the Royal Society. ”

You hear a conversation as you take a step in the direction of feeling the reversal.

‘Two knights. ’

It was a heavy armor friction for knights and wearers. Seong-jun turned off all the nearby torches and melted into the darkness.

“That torch... Queek...! ”

It was too late when I found out about the defect. A dagger flew in the knight's eye.

“How dare you!”

The knight who was left alone tried to draw his sword in anger at his colleague's death, but Seong-jun was a little faster. A retrieved, re-thrown dagger pierces the knight's neck.

“Glug!”

With a terrible sound, the knight's body collapses powerlessly.

“Absorption.”

Lischewald appears in front of Seong-jun, who finished absorbing the knights' corpses and began to move again.

- We're not close, but we found a holding area inside the fort. Communications are in place and messengers are standing by.

Destroying communication facilities and disabling messengers can disrupt the command system inside the fortress.

“Lead on.”

Seong-jun, who decided it would be best to disable the contact troops, instructed Lischevald to take them to him.

- This way.

Lischevald escorts Seongjun out of the building. The building was so big, it took me 30 minutes to walk out.

The sky was dark and even the moonlight was hard to find. A few more buildings about the same size as the one that just came out.

In the middle of it, you see a building with a contact unit flag on it. It was like a small fortress made of solid rock.

“Three trillions of patrols, 10 people. And there are 50 soldiers guarding the wall... ”

Since the level of the enemies was low, it was not a burdensome number to deal with head-on. But it was almost impossible to kill them all undetected.

The night sky was dark and the moonlight was quiet, but there were a lot of troops patrolling the center of the fortress.

‘I have no choice but to use Hidden……. ’

Seong-jun looked around and opened his mouth.

“Hidden.”

Seong-jun's body melted into the darkness. He carefully steps into the building of the communication unit.

The door opens, revealing the hideout. The knight's gaze that was guarding the entrance was towards Seong-jun.

“I, the enemy...! Knng!”

However, the sword that Seong-jun stabbed was already penetrating the knight's abdomen.

“Hostiles!”

The troops that were guarding the fortress, like the most important places in the fortress, were also moderately elite. An armed force spills out from everywhere, terrified of the Knight's downfall.

“Protect the comms! ”

Soldiers with shields stood in front of Seong-jun to protect the magical communication facility, but it was meaningless.

“Slash!”

When Seong-jun spits out the starter fish with a big swing of his sword, the shooting strikes. It cuts the soldiers with shields in half and smashes the communications equipment.

“Oh, error user? ”

“Don't panic! Buy time until reinforcements arrive! Sacrifice yourself!"

A knight shouted.

Communication wizards without combat capabilities rush to evacuate while the soldiers are building up their camp.

However, Seong-jun did not intend to just watch.

“No one leaves here. ”

Living with cold voices was liberated. The soldiers in the front of his eyes turn their heads and pass out.

Seong-jun's life was too strong for ordinary soldiers, not elite soldiers.

Seong-jun surpassed the fallen soldiers. He fled towards the deserted communication wizards.

“Go, how dare you! ”

The moment the knight who was escorting the communication wizards tried to draw his sword, Seong-jun slit his throat. Red blood splattered.

“Khhhhh!”

“Aah!”

Communication wizards had a similar ending to the article. Every time Seong-jun wielded his sword, a blood stream gushed out.

“D- where did this monster come from?! ”

Everyone was frightened. Even the knights couldn't keep up with Seong-jun's movements with their eyes. It took less than 10 minutes for the contact troops to completely perish.

- There are no survivors in the building.

Lischevald reports. Seong-jun nods. I couldn't feel a thing in the building. But……

“They're coming in hot. ”

It was natural that the noise of the battle leaked out of the building, given the chaotic nature of the fight.

- I'll scout it out.

“Yes, go. ”

After Seong-jun nodded, Lischevald stepped out of the building for a moment and returned.

- Over 200 troops are assembled right now. Combined with follow-ups, there may be more than 500.

Despite Lischevald's report, Seong-jun opened his mouth calmly.

“The number of Marines doesn't matter. How many wizards? ”

The consumption tactics with a large number of marines were ineffective for Seongjun who could use magic absorption. Now that I had confirmed that the knights were poor, the only thing that was a threat to Seong-jun was the wizard.

- It was estimated that there were nine wizards.

“What level?”

- I didn't feel any strong magic.

“Okay, that's enough. ”

Seong-jun walked toward the door, draining the blood from the sword once.

- Do you intend to engage?

At Rishbalt's question, Seong-jun nodded and opened his mouth.

“Kill them all before they get together again. ”

Seong-jun kicked down the door and ran out the door. The attack magic cast by the wizards poured into the entrance where Seong-jun had just stood.

“Uh, where'd it go? ”

“I didn't see it. ”

“I'll use the navigation spell! ”

“Protect the Wizards! ”

The soldiers are busy with the sergeant's orders.

“Oh, my God! ”

But when they finished, the wizards were extinct.