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‘You came alone?’
The suspicion turned into certainty after 10 seconds had passed when Daesung stopped walking.
The 20,000 soldiers, who were equally embarrassed, also stood on their hands and made a fuss.
There was no way that man would be so stupid as to come here hoping for a one-on-one match…
The adjutant, who thought this was clearly strange, whispered to Einfried.
“It’s a trap.”
“….”
“They must be ambushing the soldiers in a place where our eyes can’t reach.”
“It’s an ambush. “In a place like this?”
It is such a barren plain that not even a single blade of grass can be found.
There are no bushes to hide in, nor canyons or cliffs to shoot carpet from above.
I didn’t even have the foolish thought that they had come to declare surrender. Not only did that vicious man not have the disposition to do that, but more importantly, he came here armed.
‘What are you thinking?’
A funny scene unfolded. 20,000 people are unable to move because they are afraid of just one person’s intentions.
Because he couldn’t watch the skit, it was Daesung who spoke first.
“If you don’t want to come, let me go first.”
The first step was heavy.
Then, suddenly, the war horse carrying Einfried cried out pitifully and tried to back away.
The fear felt by the horse sent a shiver down the back of Einfried’s neck, like a contagious disease spreading.
Crack-! Einfried, who pushed away those feelings with the pain of biting his lip, screamed with all his might.
“Desert eater-!!”
At that moment, the ground close to Daeseong exploded with a tremendous explosion.
Kugugugugu-!!
Five giant centipedes burst out from inside the ground where the crater was created.
Desert Eater. Monsters that exist only in the vegetation of the Plomaria continent and have not yet appeared at the gates of Earth.
Quirorororock-!
The guys, whose heads were as tall as a large building, let out loud screams and started rushing towards Daeseong.
“Desert Eater…?”
The adjutant on the same side was also surprised by the unexpected appearance of reinforcements.
It may be surprising that a vicious beast that is not from the same Rando race and cannot understand the language came forward claiming to be an ally.
Einfried told me the answer.
“Last night, I went with Your Majesty to worship God Hild. And God gave me strength.”
“I see.”
God Hild gave strength. With that one word, all my questions were resolved.
In that case, Einfried’s noticeably larger size and horns on his head may have been part of the power given to him by God Hild.
“It doesn’t matter what kind of trick that guy is planning. It doesn’t matter if there is an empire or a royal capital nearby. Isn’t this our home ground, Adjutant? “That guy made a choice that was no different from suicide.”
Einfried said, looking with satisfaction at the Desert Eater, which was running wild without starving for a month.
The moment when the five Desert Eaters opened their mouths in unison to prey on Daeseong, their fangs gleaming with strongly acidic gastric juice.
“It smells from the mouth. go away.”
Daeseong waved the Eophwa Greatsword in one hand as if shooing away a fly.
Kwagwagwagwak-!!
The heads of the Desert Eaters, who had kindly been brought into the Geomro (劍路), were neatly separated from their bodies.
“….”
20,000 people were silent.
In the silence, only the sound of Daesung spitting out the flesh of the Desert Eater on the corner of his mouth was heard softly.
“hmm? what. Was this really the end?”
“That whole army! “Send an electric shock to that guy right now!”
Einfried’s composure ended there. He screamed with a face full of wrinkles.
Pajijik-!!
The 20,000 army raised their spear blades high and unleashed lightning magic. It was the same lightning magic that swept away the kobolds like dust in Sejong-ro.
Grumbling-!!
A flash of golden light exploded from the dark clouds that gathered in the early morning sky, and countless lightning bolts struck the ground.
Qua-ang!
Daesung stopped walking and ran. The point where I hit my heel caused a lot of pressure and dust exploded like dynamite.
Lightning rained down from the sky and struck Daeseong’s footprints on the dirt floor.
“Oh my god, how could you do that!”
“Crazy guy! “That’s possible?!”
The soldiers were on the verge of fainting at the speed with which they struck the ground, easily outpacing the speed of the lightning strike.
Thump thump thump thump!
Every time Daeseong stepped on the ground, the earth shook violently, as if a giant hand was running wild inside the underground. The 20,000-strong army, which was performing lightning magic with an upright posture, made an audible noise and hesitated.
“That whole army charges-!!”
Every time Einfried blinked, the distance between him and Daesung narrowed from 500m to 300m and from 300m to 100m.
Feeling dizzy as if a runaway truck was rushing right before his eyes, Einfried retreated and ordered hand-to-hand combat.
Ooooooooo-!!
The commander’s orders are absolute. I don’t feel like it, but this is war. The soldiers roared and ran toward Daeseong, desperate for their lives.
“How much more convenient would it have been if it came out like this instead of measuring it from the beginning?”
Daeseong smiled slightly and at the same time brought down the Fire Flower Greatsword to the ground.
Kwa-ang!!
The cracks that were continuously embroidered on the ground carried tremendous vibrations and sent shock waves forward.
“Aaaah?!”
About 3,500 frontline soldiers, hit by the wind pressure rising from the surface, rolled around ungainly on the spot.
pop-!
By the time Daesung straightened his low knees, he had already jumped to an altitude of well over 50 meters.
To the soldiers who had no time to monitor the situation, it seemed as if his appearance had suddenly disappeared before their eyes.
Daesung, descending like a shooting star, held the handle of his sword firmly with both hands.
Hwareuk Hwareuk-!! Flames burst out from the sword body of the Fire Flower Great Sword with the force of a drooling beast.
At the moment when Daeseong was about to fall to the ground, the sword swung parabolically.
Bubble bubbung-!!
“Huh?!”
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa848444 -?!
The moment the sword blade fell from above and hit the ground, a storm of flames swirled across the ground.
With that single blow, over 5,000 soldiers were turned into immortals without even leaving a body behind.
The majority of the surviving soldiers were trembling in fear as they saw a scene that seemed like the end of the world.
Those who had little courage ran in the direction of Daeseong, screaming in half-disgusted rage.
Kwasik-!! Kwazijic-!!
Of course, they were completely annihilated by the fiery sword that rotated like a windmill.
Torn limbs flew through the air and blood gushed like a fountain. The plains of New Mexico, once beautifully shining golden, were transformed into a land of corpses and blood.
Daesung’s white hair was dyed red with red hair as he went beyond cutting down his enemies in a trance and tearing their limbs apart.
Those who resisted with courage and those who retreated in fear were equally slaughtered.
Kugugugugu-.
Every time there was a major melee in which one side unilaterally overwhelmed the other, clouds of dust rose up.
My vision became blurry and everything that hit my son looked blurry… but…
Kwajik-! Suddenly! Quagwagwang-!!
Argh-!! Heehee!?
The blood and chunks of flesh and the soldiers’ screams that burst out through the flashing red eye light of the massacre man clearly stimulated Einfried and his adjutant’s visual and auditory senses.
“….”
Einfried had a dreamy expression on his face, as if he were dreaming.
That man… that monster didn’t have any plan in the first place, nor did he prepare an ambush or anything like that.
It’s just… I just came alone.
He only appeared alone because he was confident that he could easily kill 20,000 people alone.
“Deputy Adjutant. “I must be dreaming right now, right?”
“…Commander?”
The elite soldiers who had been selected and selected under strict standards died helplessly.
A crazed demon danced a solo dance, brandishing a sword in the midst of death.
If… if there were such a thing as hell, it would definitely be a sight like that.
“After retreat-.”
Einfried, who realized too late that there was no chance of victory, was about to give the order to retreat, but instead kept his mouth shut.
If you run away from here,
that evil spirit will reach the royal capital and the empire.
Self-contradiction.
“Ha ha ha….”
Einfried, overcome with awe and fear, laughed as if he had lost his mind.
“Commander!”
The adjutant, who was horrified at the sight, shouted in an urgent voice and grabbed Einfried by the shoulders.
Einfried came to his senses and looked at his adjutant.
“Commander, you are not the one to die here! “I and the remaining soldiers will block this area, so in the meantime, commander, go back to the empire and send reinforcements.”
Pubububung-!!
The adjutant’s head exploded, and his eyes, nose, and mouth were comically scattered in all directions.
Suddenly, a fireball flew from behind and hit him.
“….”
Einfried looked with blank eyes at the headless body of his lieutenant, burning and falling from his horse.
“This doesn’t even make you sweat. “Are there any more?”
Daesung, who came out with a will-o’-the-wisp on the back of his head, joked. The identity of the attack that brutally killed the adjutant was < flame bullets >.
The rearguard of Daeseong, which was trotting towards Einfried, was lined with black rags. The 20,000-strong army perished without a single one remaining.
Swish-! Suddenly!
While shaking off the blood from the blade, he cut off the head of the horse carrying Einfried.
Uddangtang-!
Einfried rolled around on the dirt floor.
The top of my head hit the ground, causing a mild concussion. However, the pain awakened Einfried’s spirit.
“Ugh….”
Einfried stood up on his feet and pulled out the magic sword Hild from its scabbard.
“Aaaah-!!”
He roared and attacked, but Daesung’s straight punch hit him in the abdominal cavity.
Boom-!!
The iron armor, which would not last even if it received a direct hit from a cannonball, was shattered into a mess.
“Kuh huh…?!”
Einfried fell again, spitting out vomit and blood all at once.
However, they soon used the magic sword as a staff to stand upright and rushed in again.
Daesung, who was worried that he would lose his breath if he hit his abdominal cavity again, grabbed his face in one hand and threw him away.
A cat and a mouse… no, there was no fight between a mouse and a dragon. Rather, can this be described as a fight in the first place?
There is no hope.
Einfried made that decision and opened his mouth with a wounded look on his face.
“One more time… Let’s have one more decisive battle on a closer day…”
“I already saved you once yesterday.”
“I will bring all the soldiers in the empire and an army of trained monsters, so…”
“Don’t be ridiculous. “I’m not a bigot, so you think I’d listen to a favor like that?”
Although his request for a decisive battle looked ugly, Daesung had a positive evaluation of Einfried in his heart.
‘I guess I still have enough mental strength to pick up the sword and ask to fight again.’
He lost his entire army of 20,000 and survived alone. If you are a criminal, it is not surprising if you faint or lose consciousness at this point.
But is he really a hero recognized by the continent? Even in this situation, Einfried did not let go of the sword.
‘Then it’s still too early to try that.’
Yes, it might be better for Einfried to struggle like that. Thanks to this, I was able to draw out the cards I had prepared generously.
Clap clap.
“…?”
Suddenly, Daesung clapped his hands, and Einfried let out a heavy breath and raised a question mark above his head.
Applause had two meanings.
Daeseong’s own praise for Einfried’s tenacious willpower.
And the other one is… signal.
Koooooooo-!!
“…?!”
The annihilating dragon’s roar shook the sky at dawn. Einfried, who had unknowingly heard the dragon’s roar, looked up in disbelief.
Huh-!
The annihilating dragon was still far away on the horizon, but the gusts of wind created by its wings were blowing all the way up here.
“Many people had to lose their precious people because you put your mission, such as saving the empire, ahead of others.”
In a moment of despair without even a glimmer of hope, Einfried, who even saw the dragon, could not hear Daesung’s words.
“What a fucking terrible pain it is… Now you have to feel it too.”
Soon, the annihilating dragon hovered right over Daeseong’s head.
Then, things that had not been seen before caught Einfried’s eyes.
“uh…?”
Einfried’s pupils contracted slightly.
Drops of blood dripped down the tip of the annihilating dragon’s chin. However, the blood does not belong to the annihilating dragon.
“Ah… in…”
In the mouth of the annihilator dragon, which slightly lowered its lower jaw and opened narrowly, a woman was lying down with only her face and upper body exposed.
Einfried twitched his lips and muttered.
“So Sonia…?”
Why was she, who had obviously sent a gryphon to Count Ha’tork early yesterday morning, in the dragon’s mouth?
…Any chance of wondering the same thing disappeared as soon as I looked at Sonia’s current behavior.
“Ah ah… in…”
The lower body part was not visible from the angle looking up from below, but the rest of the upper body part was clearly exposed and it was very scary.
The left eyelid was completely cut open, so that the red uvula of the annihilating dragon could be seen beyond it, and one right arm looked like it had been bitten off rather than cut off. As a result, the exposed muscles and bones were tattered.
Needless to say, it was amazing that he was still alive, and there was no other way to express it than a miracle that he was able to utter his voice.
Ain trudged forward.
“So Sonny Sonia…?”
“Ah ah… In… I’m sorry… When I go back… Ji reinforcements… When it’s over… At the shore… The two of us…” The
annihilator dragon closed its mouth.
Time passed slowly and all sounds disappeared.
Blood splashing roughly drenched Einfried’s face.
Sonia’s head was cut off against a pure white background.
The face that had left the body still had a frowning expression, with bloody tears streaming down its face.
Degurrr…. Tuk-.
The head of the woman he loved rolled into Einfried’s toes.
“….”
Einfried stumbled, looking pale, and immediately fell on his butt.
“Hee hee hee… hee hee…”
Then he started shaking his shoulders and laughing. He lost his mind.
gulp!
At the same time as the annihilating dragon devoured Sonia’s body, Daesung took a step forward.
‘I finally came to my senses.’
After confirming this, Daesung immediately took out < The Book > and acquired one power.
Then, he placed his hand on the forehead of Einfried, who was crying and then laughing and muttering something unintelligible, and activated the power of < Dominion >.
‘If you lose your mind to this extent, the effect will last for ten days.’
This is a power that was used on Grant, the leader of the < Country > clan, who tried to assassinate Daeseong inside the gate some time ago.
Those who are possessed by this power must unconditionally follow what Daesung says. Even if it is an order to commit suicide.
“Hee hee… hee… ….”
As soon as the effect of the power began to seep in, the expression disappeared from Einfried’s face.
Daeseong was satisfied with his successful brainwashing and gave an order.
“From now on, you will come with me to the palace. Kill mercilessly anyone who gets in your way. And…”
In a way, the command I was going to give from now on was the key, so I emphasized it with more force in my voice.
“Bring down Envette Rosen and guide me with her to where the imperial fortress is located. “I will issue the next order once we arrive at Geumyeok.”
“I follow orders.”
Einfried spoke softly, grabbed his sword, and stood up.
Tuk.
Then, something hit my foot. I looked at it and saw that Sonia’s face had been horribly disfigured.
Kkwajik.
Einfried crushed it by stepping on it and walked down the road to the royal capital.
Daesung followed behind him.
Further behind, the smell of blood is thick.