Chapter 72: Danger inside the danger (3)

 

‘I’m dead . ’

When the pile of fire poured over his head .
He instinctively thought that .

‘Can I absorb the essence of fire with the Flamdor mana technique?’

Roan thought that in that short moment .

Whooosh .

The fire was now close to touching his skin .
At that moment .
Something that was spinning in his mana, flinched as if it was blocked and then returned to the mana hole .

‘What is……… . . ’

He was planning to try to control the fire by executing the Flamdor mana technique .
However, his mana technique didn’t listen to him at all .

‘Am I really going to die?’

The hair on his head rose up .
Then .
An amazing chill gathered on a side of his chest .

‘Kuk!’

The chill stirred up his body like mana and then exploded near his mana hole .
The chill that was emanated from his whole body clashed against the fire .

Poong!

A sound rang out so loud, it made your ears numb .
At the same time, the fire that was about to gulp him down at any moment, bounced back to the opposite side .
Even the trees couldn’t endure the amazing shock and crumbled .

‘Kugh . ’

In an instant, the chill disappeared as if he had washed it off .
Just like it was something that didn’t exist in the first place .

“Whew . ”

Roan let out a long sigh and operated the Flamdor mana technique .
Fortunately, the mana moved as he wished .

‘What was that just now?’

Even if he searched in every nook and cranny of his body, he couldn’t find the chill from before .
He wanted to sit down immediately and search the cause of that chill, but he didn’t have the leisure to do so right now .

‘I have to get out of here for now . ’

Roan took in a breath and looked at the entrance .
He looked at the trees that turned to ashes .
The half crumbled trees, couldn’t endure the flames .
Although there were still some flames around, he had still secured a path to escape .

He carefully checked the far away mountain road with Kalian’s tear .

‘We just have to reach the mountain **** . ’

It was a distance the archers on the cliffs may not even reach .
No, precisely speaking, they couldn’t fire because of the dense forest .

‘There we go, we charge through . ’

Because of the dense forest, it would be difficult to chase them .
Roan, who organized his thoughts, looked back to the soldiers of the 7th corps .
Round eyes, slightly opened mouth were the expressions all around .
Aaron, Mendel, Richard, Gale, and everyone else all had the same expressions .
They were looking at Roan with absent minded expressions .

“Ho,ho, how…… . . ?”

Even so, Aaron who got a hold of himself the first, fumbled and mumbled .
Roan slightly shook his head and pointed the entrance .

“We have to get out of here . Now!”

These were the words he shouted out loudly for them to wake up .

“Ah! Ri… right!”

Only then did Aaron turn to look at the corps and yell .

“Retreat! Retreat! Everyone get out!”

The soldiers got a hold of themselves late .

“Re, Retreat! Retreat!”

They were still confused .
They yelled retreat and started to run while taking care of the wounded .

“Th, thank you!”
“Truly thank you!”

While getting out of the entrance, the soldiers bowed and showed gratitude .
Roan faintly smiled and then looked at the cliff .
He saw Teise’s restless expression .
He was also absent minded at Roan’s performance .
However he couldn’t keep being like that forever .

“Fi, fire arrows! Pour arrows over them!”

This wasn’t the time to worry about the lacking goods .
Archers appeared over the cliff .

Sweeeeee!

It was a sharp sound .
Thousands of arrows split the wind .

“Rose troop!”

Roan yelled with all his strength and sent a sign .
The infantry receiving Roan’s command that was at the rear, gathered together and raised up the wooden shields .

Pubububuk!

Arrow rain poured over them .
Roan sent another sign .

“Take a shield formation!”
“Don’t split apart!”

At the orders of each troop commanders, they moved with each other and moved .
They guarded the soldiers of the 7th corps with the shields that were over their head .

‘They do strange training everyday . ’
‘Their movement are well ordered . ’

The infantry could become valiant soldiers in a short amount time because of Roan’s training .
However, it was impossible to protect all of the soldiers of the 7th corps .

Pubububuk!

“Uak!”
“Kok!”

The soldiers became porcupines .

‘Damn!’

Roan ground his teeth and moved .
He twisted his wrist while holding his spear .

Hoong . Hoong . Hoong .

The spear quickly turned along with a heavy sound .
At the same time, Roan operated the Flamdor mana technique .
In an instant, the fire started to get sucked in the spear .

Flaaaame!

The red flame followed the spin of the spear and continued .

Pubububuk!

Some of the thousands of arrows got blocked in the path of fire and burned up .

“Ah… . . ”

The soldiers that had already gotten out of the entrance, became absent minded one more time at Roan’s performance .
The fire that spun alongside the spinning spear, as if it was covering it .
This was just like looking at a **** of fire, at a fire king .

“Fire even more! More! Shoot everything you have!”

Teise turned crazy and yelled .
Thanks to that, he was standing at the peak of the hill .
Harrison walked to the front as if he was waiting for it .
A hail of arrows shot out from the cliff .
But even so, he didn’t show any movements .

‘Eat this!’

The moment he was about to let go of the bowstring .
One arrow that was fired by the soldiers of Istel, grazed by Harrison’s arm .

“Kuk!”

A really small movement was made as a result .

Tung!

The bowstring was knocked at the same time .
The arrow split the air and flew out .

“Fire! Fire! Fire more……”

Teise’s madness couldn’t continue .

Puk!

Harrison’s arrow was stuck in his arm .

“Uaaaak!”

Teise frowned at the sickening pain and threw a tantrum .

“Tro, troop commander!”

The surrounding soldiers approached with urgent expressions .
The top of the hill became frenetic .
Because of that, the rain of arrows halted for a moment .

“Harrison!”

At Roan’s yell, Harrison brightly smiled back and then stepped back .
All the soldiers got out of the fake storage with him as the last ones .

Boom . Boom .

The tents and fences collapsed .
And the trees inside the fake storage also couldn’t endure it anymore .
The fire gulped down everything .
The lot without people resembled a fuel hole .

“Roan! Everyone got out!”

Aaron’s voice was heard outside the entrance .
Roan swung his spear to shake off the fire and moved out of the empty ground .
He felt a strong heat at his back .
Meanwhile, the fire became even more fierce .
If he was even a bit late, the entire 7th corps would have been eaten by the fire .

‘But it’s still too early to relax . ’

Although they had gotten out, the situation still wasn’t good .

‘Soon, Istel kingdom will climb down the cliff . ’

They would have a capable leader aside from Teise .

‘We have to move as fast as possible . ’

There was a place in the mountain **** he had seen with Kalian’s tear .

“Corps commander! We have to move quickly towards the slope!”

Aaron realized in an instant where Roan was talking about .
Although he had made a mistake this time, he was a soldier that had experience in battles .

“I will take care of the back . ”

Aaron hesitated at those words for a moment and then nodded .

“Please . ”

It was a short but hot word .
Aaron ran to the front while passing by the soldiers .
The soldiers received Aaron’s command and quickly retreated .

“Rose troop’s infantry will take care of the rear!”

Gale and Aaron had moved to the front together .
Actually, Roan was the one leading rose troop .

“Yes! Understood!”

The soldiers of rose troop replied in a loud voice and stood shoulder by shoulder .
The strong shields moved with each other without leaving a space .

Pububuk!

The arrows flowing from the hill were stuck over it .

“Take formations!”

Austin’s voice was heard .
The soldiers of rose troop protected the others and started to fall back little by little .
Roan moved one step ahead of them and acted as a scout .
Then .

“You bastards!”

A voice rang out that was like thunder .
A man with a big body and thick face appeared .
A man that covered his left eye with a clean cloth was Vernon .
He was in an excited state .

“Block them!”

Even before Roan stepped to the front, Austin’s order was sent .
Over the shields, long spears surged up .
A look that reminded you of a porcupine .

“Hmph! Ridiculous things!”

Vernon pulled up mana and charged the ground .
The long sword split the air with a scary intent .

Bang!

The shields and the sword clashed and a sound exploded .
The shield was split in half .

“KuoK!”
“Kugh!”

The soldiers trembled as if they would collapse by the shock transmitted in their palms .
The strong formation crumbled .

“Maintain! Maintain!”

Austin yelled with strength .
Soldiers walked to the front to replace the crumbled place .

‘Look at them . ’

Vernon frowned at that quick movement .
This kind of movement was only possible in the central army of Istel kingdom .

‘Even so, they are merely normal soldiers!’

He swung his sword once again .
At that moment, tens of spears split the air and stabbed in .
An attack without flaws from head to toe .
But even so, Vernon didn’t get perplexed .
He turned his sword and knocked away the spears .

Cheng! Chechecheng!

Sparks appeared along the sound of metal .

“Kuk!”

The soldiers lost balance again at the spear that were knocked back too easily .
Their palms felt numb .
Because of the spears that were knocked to the side, the strong shield formation crumbled .
And this time also, Vernon didn’t miss the opportunity .

“Die!”

He swung his blade after getting inside the formation .
Terrible explosive sounds were heard continuously .
The soldiers tried to rise their spears by standing shoulder to shoulder, but it was useless .
Vernon resembled a savage beast .

“Die! Die! You son of a bitches! I’m from Istel’s kin………”

The yell got cut off .
It was because of the spear that came in attacking his head .

“Hph!”

It was completely different to the attacks of a normal soldier .
The speed behind the spear, the strength, and the angle; it was all different .
Everything was strong, quick and concise .
Vernon hurriedly shook his head and charged the ground .
However, the spear continued following him just like the head of a snake .

‘Damn!’

Vernon ground his teeth and swung his sword .
The spear got knocked aside along with the sound of metal clashing .
Because he swung his sword in an unstable stance, the joints in his shoulders and elbow became numb .

‘Just what **** dares to!’

Vernon glared at the owner of the spear that bothered him .
At that instant, the remaining right eye became big .

“This **** . I finally met you . ”

His eye boiled with rage .
Vernon was glaring at the owner of the spear, Roan . .
Roan, who was patrolling at the front, returned at Vernon’s appearance .

‘Normal soldiers can’t face a knight utilizing mana . ’

If he just let him be, his losses would become too severe .
Roan sent a sign towards Austin .

‘Retreat . ’

Austin, who was making the shield formation again, understood the order and sent the same sign towards the soldiers .

The disarmed shields moved together once again .

Step . Step .

It was a well ordered retreat .
But Vernon didn’t think of following them back .
His objective was Roan anyways .
Vernon smiled fishily and showed his yellow teeth .

“I will chew up your flesh piece by peice you bas……”
“Your tongue is long . ”

Roan cut his words and attacked him .

Cheng! Checheng! Cheng!

Attack and defense followed and the sound of metal was heard .
Sparks appeared .

“It seems like you picked up the mana technique somewhere, but the level is really poor!”

Vernon teased and pulled up mana .

‘Kugh . ’

In that instant, the strength behind the sword changed .
Just like he had said, compared to Vernon’s mana, the level of Roan’s mana was still lacking .
It clearly showed that the time he had trained was short when he battled a knight 1vs1 .

‘If I just had that great strength from back then… . . ’

No, if he just had fire in his surroundings, the situation could have been better .

Pabat! Pat! Cheng! Checheng!

Vernon’s sword split the air and pushed Roan into a corner .
Shallow wounds of the sword appeared as he got cut on his wrist or thighs .

‘Kugh . ’

Roan executed his spearmanship and real battle techniques, but the level of mana proficiency was too different .
Every time he blocked an attack, he felt a pain that would rip his palms apart .

“Now, give me your eyes!”

Vernon pulled more mana and swung his blade .
Roan, stepped in closer and raised his spear up high .

Cheng!
His spear and the sword clashed .

‘Kugh . ’

An amazing strength was felt in his palm .

Gkkkk .

The sword was digging into the spear .

‘I’m dying like this . ’

Right before his body and his spear was about to get split in half .
Brent’s ring moved into his sight .

‘Ah!’

Roan had forgotten it as he only concentrated on the spear, using only Reid’s battle techniques and the Flamdor mana technique, but there were many spells in Brent’s ring .

‘I just have one opportunity . ’

Roan inserted mana into his ring .
Light shone from his ring .

“Die!”

Vernon, fortunately didn’t seem to realize it, and was still pressing down with his sword .
Roan looked at Vernon’s eyes fixedly .
At the same time, his mouth lightly moved .

“Light . ”

At that moment .

Paat!

A marble of light appeared in front of Vernon’s right eye .
It was a small but very bright marble of light .

“Kugh!”

Vernon unconsciously shut his right eye and shook his head .
He lost his balance in an instant .
Roan twisted his body as if he was waiting for it, and after he knocked the sword away he swung his spear .

Pushuk!

The spear stabbed deeply into Vernon’s side .

“Kuk!”

Vernon staggered while still having his eyes closed .
Roan pulled out the spear and then twisted his wrist .
The spear split the air and flew towards Vernon’s neck .

“I will pay your eye later on . ”

A cold voice came out .
At the same time, the sharp spear cut off Vernon’s neck .
At that moment, an amazing amount of blood flowed out .

Slash . Tuk .

The head rolled on the floor .
He still had his right eye closed .
The body that had lost it’s head staggered for a moment and then fell over .

“Whew . ”

Roan let out a long sigh and roughly cleaned off the blood on his face and body .

‘My mana is all spent . ’

Even so, it was the mana that was almost dry .
The moment he executed a skill with Brent’s ring, it ended up finishing up .

‘The efficiency is too bad . ’

It wasn’t an item he could use as he wished until after the level of his mana rose to some degree .
Roan shook his head and checked his surroundings .
The front of the 7th corps entered midway into the **** .

“Retreat! We are passing through the forest on the right!”

Aaron certainly had good eyes in grasping the situation of the battle .
He also thought of retreating into the forest instead of the mountains, just like Roan .
The soldiers of the 7th corps moved into the forest one by one .
And the infantry that was in charge of the rear also arrived at the destination .
Roan hurriedly chased their back .

‘It’s time for the enemy to climb down . ’

His steps became quicker .
Then .

Puuuuuuu!

The sound of the horn trumpet was spread through the forest .
At the same time, dust clouds arose below the cliff .
He couldn’t see Teise, but the commanders that were at least adjutants were leading the soldiers .
Roan yelled towards Austin .

“Retreat! Get inside the forest!”

Austin realized that returning back was strange, and he quickly made the soldiers of rose troop enter the forest .

‘If their force is only that small, we can easily block them in the forest . ’

It obviously wouldn’t be easy .

‘The losses will be enormous . ’

Roan took in a deep breath .
he roamed the battlefield for 20 long years .
He knew how gruesome and miserable it was taking care of the rearguard .

‘It seems like today will be really long . ’

The day of **** color had just started .

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