Chapter 75: Danger inside the danger (6)

After two days, count Lancephil and the 7th corps organized their camp and fell back to the west .
No, precisely speaking, they pretended to fall back .
Actually, the army consisting of more than 10 . 000 divided in small troops and moved towards the supply storage the 7th corps discovered .
In this process, the gathered and analyzed information Oren and Pens brought was of great help .
The army charged through enemy territory while using the safest and secret route .
They didn’t only move .
Differently to the main force, a troop consisting of 2 . 000 soldiers went to the fake storage Oren’s agency found on purpose .
They moved to pretend they had fallen in a trap .
Lastly Io, that remained at the rear of the camp, sent a report to Benjamin saying that they would attack Istel kingdom’s headquarters .
They were precautions to raise the chance of victory even a little bit more .
Meanwhile, the 10 . 000 soldiers that were divided in small troops used the night and dawn and moved to the east little by little .
Their destination was the entrance of a plain located near the boundary of the east .
Because the location of Istel kingdom’s storage was between mountains, it was difficult for Rinse kingdom to grasp that location .
Rinse kingdom’s army made a turn on a mountain at the west and went to a deep part of enemy territory .
Based on the reconnaissance of the information troop and Oren’s agency, most of the enemy forces were gathered at the eastern part of the mountain .
Because of that, they didn’t face them head on but aimed for their back .
Rinse kingdom arrived at their destination only after 10 days had passed .
And there were also many cases that the small troops got discovered by the enemies and got killed or fled .
The soldiers that arrived at the appointed time was 9 . 000 .
They hid themselves and didn’t move until the sun had set and darkness fell .
Roan looked at the storage located at the end of the plains .
The preparations certainly seemed solid .

‘However, the number of knights is lower than the fake storage . ’

Istel kingdom had used too many resources on carving the trap .

‘The number of soldiers that have mana in their bodies are merely 30 . ’

It was plain night, but because of Kalian’s tear he didn’t have any problems on checking the camp .

‘Compared to that, the knights of count Lancephil are more than 50 . ’

On top of that, there were also 10 mages .
Although Istel kingdom had more normal soldiers, in the side of soldiers quality, they were quite ahead .

‘But of course, what they show won’t be everything . ’

They wouldn’t manage a place so important it may determine defeat and victory so sloppily .
But even so, Roan was confident .

‘In their position, it would be a surprise attack at an unexpected direction and one which they wouldn’t even have been able to think of . ’

On top of that, the morale of Rinse kingdom was as high as the sky .

‘But even so, we have a need to check if there are other traps or not . ’

Roan checked the storage thoroughly to not make the same mistakes as before .

‘Hm?’

His sight got fixed in one place .
A wooden fence that was at the left of the entrance .

‘The flow of mana is strange . ’

Precisely speaking, the air above that was weird .

‘There’s a fixed flow above the empty air of the fence . ’

Normally, if it was a place filled with mana, it would move everywhere without any rules .

‘Maybe?’

What he had to be suspicious of in this situation .

‘Magic array?’

Roan frowned .
The weakest point that was related to wars and battle .
That was the things related to magic .
His sight moved once again to the air above the fence .
The mana that flows just like a whirlpool .

‘It seems like the core of the magic array……’

But he couldn’t be certain .
He didn’t know anything about that field .
Then, he saw the leader of the mages, Tairo Bess, moving busily,
Roan pretended to take care of the soldiers and followed his back .
Tairo went to find Kali Owells, that was in charge of the supreme commanding .

“Commander Owells . In the process of mana scanning, we discovered a magic array . ”

It was just like Roan had thought .
Kali frowned .

“Magic array? What kind of magic?”
“It’s Grand Shield . ”

Grand shield .
A huge scaled protection magic .
It was the specialty of a school that used magic as it’s theme .
ALthough they were useless existences in a 1vs1 battle or surprise attacks, but they accomplished quite an outstanding role at defending, just like right now .

“Mmm . They are more thoroughly prepared than what I thought . ”

Kali exclaimed and shook his head .

‘If we can’t make the grand shield powerless, this tactic becomes a failure . ’

There were two methods .

‘One is to attack the grand shield until it breaks . ’

ALthough it was a solid shield, it wasn’t that it couldn’t break .
However, you needed quite a lot of time and effort in a situation where you didn’t have siege weapons and cavalrymen .

‘The second method…… . . ’

Is to destroy the core of the array .
The core was the center and essence that permitted the magir array to be maintained .

“Have you found the core of the array?”

At Kali’s questions, Tairo shook his head .

“It’s impossible to scan it at this distance . ”

Kali nodded .
He also knew about this truth .

‘For now, we can only approach the most we can . ’

They couldn’t just wait time by waiting .
The moment they discovered that the other party that attacked the fake storage was a bait, the tide would change once again .
They had to end the battle before that .
A situation where they had to hope for the mages to find the core of the array quickly .

‘Tch . If the skills of the mages was a bit better……’

He smacked his lips at the regretting feeling .
If the abilities of the mages were great, they would be able to use mana scan, dispel, and attack magics to make the grand shield powerless .
However, the level of Lancephil’s mages wasn’t that high .
No, it wasn’t only them .
Right now, it was difficult to find high classed mages .

‘After all the dragons disappeared, they started to decay little by little . ’

Even so, as many schools appeared and developed in their own specialties, they became able to preserve their existence .
However, it was true that the effectiveness in wars and battles declined even more .

‘Rather, the shamans are giving treatments . ’

Kali sighed and shook his head .

‘If it becomes like this, we can only fire thousands of arrows without stop . ’

If they were lucky, one of them may pierce through the core .
He organized his thoughts and raised his right hand .

“We are getting the closest possible to the storage . ”

In the end, they could only clash .
The soldiers placed their right fist in their chest instead of replying .

Sususu .

The wind of the dawn shook the grass .
Meanwhile, Rinse kingdom army started to move stealthily .
The knights of Lancephil were at the front, behind them the region’s army, and behind them the 7th corps followed . And at the rear, there were the 10 mages taking place .
Kali, that stood at the front, soon arrived near the storage .

“Mages . ”

At the lowly calling sound, the mages that were at the rear started to come to the front .
The two arms that appeared below the robes .
They executed the mana scan in front of the huge storage .
Silence .
The nasty silence just continued .
Rinse kingdom couldn’t even breathe loudly for fear of getting discovered .
However, even after quite a lot of time had passed, the mages couldn’t find the core .
Tairo’s expression stiffened even more .
In the end, Kali couldn’t endure it and asked .

“You still couldn’t find it?”
“I’m sorry . ”

Tairo bowed .
The size of the storage was too immense .
For only 10 mages to scan all that place thoroughly was nearly impossible .
Kali took in a deep breath .

‘We can’t keep wasting time like this . ’

If it wasn’t the best option, they had to go with the second best one .

“The mages are to keep looking for the core . ”
“Yes . Understood . ”

Tairo nodded and fell to the sides .
Kali pulled his long sword .

“Prepare to fire . We are pouring arrows . ”
“Yes . ”

The leader of the territory’s army, Perr Wilson, replied shortly and prepared the archers .

Chiiik!

Fire was put on the tip of the arrows .

“Fire!”

Right before he finished the order, the archers fired off their arrows .

Sweeeeee!

Thousands of arrows split the wind along a sharp sound .
It was an intent that seemed to pierce through the tents, and sacks .
However .

Cheng! Checheng! Cheng!

A displeasing sound of metal .
The thousands of arrows hit on the empty air above the fences like a lie and fell to the ground .

The arrows that fell caught fire .

“It really was grand shield . ”

Kali frowned .
Then .

Piiiiiii!

A sharp sound that carved in their ears .

“They even prepared an alarm magic?”

Certainly, there was no way they would protect the storage sloppily .
At the sound of the alarm magic, the soldiers of Istel started to gather one by one .
Anyways, the surprise attack was now useless . But even so, it wasn’t a hopeless situation .
Because the grand shield didn’t differentiate between inside and outside, friend and foe .
Just like Rinse kingdom couldn’t get inside the storage, Istel kingdom also couldn’t get outside of it .

‘We have to finish it before their reinforcements come . ’

If the day was bright, the enemy troop would come to assist them .
They had to break the grand shield before that .

Sweeeeeeek!

Hundreds, thousands of arrows split the night sky .
Then .

Tat!

One young soldier got out of the ranks and ran towards the storage .

“Huh?”
“What is it?”

Kali and the knights all frowned .

“Roan!”

Aaron, that discovered  the identity of the young soldier late, yelled in a loud voice .
At that moment .
Roan took a big step with his left leg and threw away his spear .

Swaaaaaa!

A sound that was different to the arrow .
The spear shook like a fish and flew towards the grand shield .

“That stupid **** . ”
“He thinks that a spear may do it because an arrow can’t . ”

The knights clicked their tongues and shook their heads .
However, Roan’s expression was quite calm .
He could see something others couldn’t .

‘Right . Just go like that!’

Roan’s sight moved over the core of the array .
He put an earnest desire behind .
The spear split the air and precisely pierced the core of the array .

Bang!

A sound exploded .
At the same time .

Craaaak .

Just like ice was breaking .

Poong!

The grand shield, that received a dent, got completely destroyed and disappeared .

“Huh?!”
“What?”
“Uh?”

At that moment, an awkward atmosphere fell on the battlefield .
It was obvious for Rinse kingdom, but Istel kingdom was also hugely surprised at the sudden situation .
The two sides just blinked with their mouths hanging open .
Then, Roan yelled towards Kali .

“Commander!!!”

Only then did Kali get a hold of himself .

“Ah, Ah!”

Still a confused expression .

‘Fo, for the  grand shield to break!’

He raised his long sword high .

‘I will have to check if he was lucky or if he has something else after the battle . ’

As soon as he got a hold of himself, suspiciousness came first .
But that was something for later .
Now was the time to attack the open storage .
Kali raised his sword .

“Charge!”

The order that got finally sent .
The 10 . 000 soldiers charged towards the storage with a fierce intent .

“Block them!”
“Fire arrows!”

The counterattack of Istel kingdom also wasn’t light .

‘If we get this storage taken over, everything ends!’

They were desperate .

‘Damn . For the grand shield to break this quickly . ’

The grand shield was to protect them in case they got attacked until reinforcements came .
But that grand shield got broken by only one spear .
What was fortunate was that they could prepare to some degree because of Grand shield and the alarm magic, even if it wasn’t perfect .

Bang!

The entrance and the fences broke and Rinse kingdom entered above that .

“Son of a bitches!”
“Die!”

Rinse kingdom ground their teeth .
Swords, axes, and spears split the air .

Cheng! Checheng! Cheng!

Sparks flung along with the sound of metal .

Sweeeee!

Arrows flew without stop from both sides .

Flaaaaame!

The inside and the outside of the storage started to transform to a sea of fire .

“Fireball!”

Here on, the mages of Lancephil attacked .
Following the extended arms, fireballs split the wind .

‘KuK! Dman . It was our mistake to have sent most of the knights and mages to the fake storage . ’

The commanders of Istel kingdom clenched their fists .

‘We certainly, heard that the Rinse **** were heading to the trap we had prepared, but were we the ones that took the blow?!’

Their bodies trembled .
At the sides, the voices of Rinse soldiers was heard .

“Set it on fire!”
“Let’s show an example to the Istel bastards!”

Bonfired crumbled and torches flew over .
At the same time, thousands of fire arrows covered the sky .

Pung! Pubung!

The tents caught fire and started to spread to the insides following the wind .

“Put the fire off!”
“Protect the supplies!”

The commanders of Istel yelled and urged the soldiers .

“Hmph! Useless sounds!”

Kali was a problem because he was narrow minded and fought desperately, but at least his skills were great .
He lead the 50 knights and massacred the soldiers of Istel .

“We are the knight guards of Lancephil’s family!”

A loud yell .
It was a voice filled with proudness .
Then, a serious voice was heard at the other side .

“Bastards! We are the cool breeze knights of Istel kingdom!”

30 knights came running with a fierce intent .

Bang!

Knight against knight .
Knight squad against a Knight squad .
A confrontation occurred in the middle of the fiery storage .
Leaving them in the middle, the soldiers of both sides started to fight in confusion .

Flaaaaaaame!

The fire burned more fiercely .

Finally, it gulped down the tents that had the provision sacks in it .

Tadak . Tadak .

Fire and sparks flew to the air .
A dark smoke blew with the wind .
It seemed like a rain of fire was raining inside the storage .

‘This is a battlefield . ’

Roan looked at the fire laying down over his armour and took a breath .
It was because he felt full of vitality even when he hadn’t operated Flamdor mana technique .
The red flames surging up at his sides .
The scattering fire .
This place was just like heaven for him .
A battlefield of fire .
Roan gripped his spear .
Behind him, rose troop appeared with Austin and Harrison at the front .

“Troop commander . ”

Austin’s voice was slightly trembling .
And not only him .
THe apple of adam of all the other soldiers was moving roughly up and down .
Roan slightly turned his head and looked at the nervous expressions of the troop’s soldier .
The eyes that were as hot as the flames .
Roan’s mouth slightly moved .
A smile that made you feel assured .
Soon, a low voice but with strength was heard .

“Just trust in me and follow me . ”

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