episode_0075

A plain dozens of kilometers southwest of Bastogne Castle.

The army to subdue the monsters camped on a hill opposite the group of monsters.

“This is a bit uncomfortable…”

I complained of discomfort due to the breastplate being too tight on my chest.

This morning the blacksmith hastily hammered out a breastplate to fit the shape of my chest, but there was quite a bit of space, making it difficult to breathe.

“It’s good to wear it for cavalry charging, but it’s too tight…”

An unfortunate incident occurred where the chest was pinched while wearing a breastplate.

“Of all the breastplates that Marie can wear, that is the largest.”

Laurent looked at my chest and sighed.

“This guy’s chest is so uncomfortable, I’m dying.”

Every time this happens, I want to take it off or something, but I don’t want to do that again.

“I’ll dress properly later before the cavalry charges.”

I undid the leather straps on the sides of the breastplate.

“Phew…”

I sighed heavily and glanced at my allies.

Unlike previous wars where spearmen accounted for nearly 80%, this time 80% were musketeers.

“Hwiyu~ Look at those guns. How much does it all cost?”

Lotos whistled and looked at our enormous army.

Many soldiers were each carrying the guns we had bought with trembling hands.

“The great war is over, and the price seems to have gone down due to mass production.”

And unlike my plain gun, the riflemen had bayonets on their muzzles.

Although it is shorter than the nearly 4m long pike, it seems sufficient to be used in place of the pike as the length of the bayonet combined is over 2m.

The long barrel seemed to be a good choice, especially for Elance people who were weak at using projectile weapons.

Even though such a huge army is gathered, this is less than 1/10th of the army.

When seeing scenes like this, the name of the country, “La grande élance” (La grande élance) did not come up for nothing.

“The army is coming in droves.”

The Lord of Bastogne clicked his tongue as he saw the crowd of monsters approaching from afar.

“Water packaging!”

Hearing his shout, the gunsmith hurriedly came running.

“If I fire the gun now, will it reach the range?”

“It’s enough reach, but… I think it would be better to draw the monster’s lead a little further and then shoot.”

“Do it.”

The general manager bowed his head in greeting and then returned to his seat.

“In that case, let’s use the wizard first.”

At his command, the adjutant came forward with his sword drawn.

“Wizard! Ready to attack!”

At the adjutant’s shout, the wizards began to chant spells in unison.

“Meteor!”

“Lightning Storm!”

“Earthquake!”

When the wizards finished chanting, a large magic circle appeared in the sky.

Kugwagwagwagwak! Quang!

As the magic fell on the group of monsters at the same time, the aftereffects of the magic came all the way to where I was.

“Heeee!”

The horse, startled by the roar and strong wind, raised its front paws.

“Wow~.”

I stroked the horse’s neck and calmed it down.

“Move the wizards to the rear!”

“Wizard! Move to the rear!”

Under the orders of the Lord of Bastogne, the wizards took refuge in the rear.

As I looked at the wizards passing by, they all looked quite exhausted, as if they had used all their strength to fire their magic.

“It’s thick with dust.”

The dust was so thick that it was difficult to determine the situation where the magic had landed, so we had to wait for a long time until it cleared.

After a few minutes the dust cleared.

A huge crater formed where the magic fell.

Perhaps because of the high temperature, the ground sizzled and smoke spewed out.

It was difficult to tell whether there were monsters there or whether there was even life in the first place.

“Wow…”

I was involuntarily amazed by the sight.

“Even if I did that, I could only reduce it by about half.”

Lord Bastogne calmly watched the remaining monsters closely.

“Prepare to fire the artillery!”

At his command, the artillerymen loaded their shells.

“Fire.”

Master Hwapo nodded at the order of the Lord of Bastogne.

“Shoot!”

bang! Quang!

The large cannons spewed fire all at once and were pushed back.

The heavy shell went parabolic and entered the middle of the monster horde.

The distance was so far that I couldn’t hear the monsters’ screams, but the monsters fell down in a cloud of dust and as if long grass was being swept away with a scythe.

But the monsters don’t care

“Insulate the gun again!”

Less than a minute after the gun was fired, the gun was ready to fire.

“Shoot!”

bang!

The cannonball was fired again, emitting flames from the gun port.

Nevertheless, the monsters continued to come, paying no heed to the rain of shells.

“Continue firing the artillery and prepare the musketeers to fire.”

At the Duke of Bastogne’s command, Lotus, Aramis, and I dismounted from our horses.

We each stood in an appropriate position and loaded bullets.

“Ready to shoot!!!”

At the officer’s shout, the riflemen raised their guns in unison.

“Shoot!”

Ta-da-da-da-da-da-dang!

As they all fired fire from their gun muzzles, all the monsters that were running in front fell down.

“2 sets ready!”

“Shoot!”

Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da-dang!

Every time a gun was fired, the line of monsters began to move forward.

A skilled shooter like me focused on sniping at the monsters in charge of the command system.

bang!

When I fired the gun, the skull of the skeleton wearing decent armor was shattered.

As they continued to fire, the gunpowder smoke covered the ground to the point where they could no longer see.

“Let’s move.”

We got on the horse.

“I will leave the friendly camp to you.”

“Okay.”

The Lord of Bastogne patted his adjutant on the shoulder and entrusted him with full authority over the unit.

“Cavalry, follow me!”

Lord Bastogne drew his sword and began to move.

We followed him up the ridge and moved next to the group of monsters.

The monsters didn’t know that we were taking a detour and continued to march forward, getting hit by a hail of bullets.

“I don’t know if I’m unintelligent or the guy in command is stupid.”

Aramis clicked his tongue as he watched the monsters charging at him with ignorance.

“Anyway, if someone is defeated easily, wouldn’t that be fine?”

“You are right.”

Aramis grinned at Lotos’ words.

I tightened my helmet strap and waited for instructions to charge.

“Wait a moment.”

Laurent tightened the leather straps of his breastplate.

“Ugh…!”

As my chest was pressed, a moan escaped me without my knowledge.

“Even if it’s uncomfortable, you have to endure it.”

I took a slow breath and nodded.

“Are you giving off a pink vibe here too?”

Aramis grinned and teased Laurent.

The moment I was about to retort to his joke, the Lord of Bastogne raised his hand.

We closed our mouths and looked at the Lord of Bastogne.

A messenger was running eagerly towards us.

“ Here is a report. General Massena said the remaining artillery shells are…”

bang!

Before the messenger could finish speaking, shells rained down on the monsters.

“Excluding the shots fired just now, there are a total of four shots left.”

“You worked hard.”

After greeting the Lord of Bastogne, the messenger rode his horse back to the base.

Quang!

As the shell fell, the Lord of Bastogne folded one finger.

“Three shots.”

bang!

Another shell was fired from the friendly camp.

“Two feet.”

bang!

“One foot.”

Then everyone, including everyone, grabbed the reins at the same time.

“Hey!”

Knock knock knock

We rode slowly towards the waist of the monster army.

As thousands of cavalrymen moved, dust began to rise even though it was in the forest.

As the horse got closer to the group of monsters, the speed at which it moved gradually began to increase.

“This reminds me of the old days.”

Lotos spoke to me with a very nervous expression.

“Which one? Did you throw up while trying to charge?”

“No, not that one.”

“Then what is it?”

“When His Majesty the King was a child.”

“Ah, that time.”

Lotus’s words reminded me of the time when the 12-year-old prince put on his armor and charged towards the Osterburg army.

“I’m surprised you didn’t pee your pants at that time.”

“If it were you, you would definitely be tired.”

“There’s nothing you can’t say to a woman.”

I pursed my lips.

“You are a woman? My words will be laughed at.”

Purr!

While talking to Lotos, the horse quipped with good timing.

“Look.”

“I’m so dumbfounded…”

Still, the tension seemed to have eased thanks to Lotos’ joke.

When I came out to the end of the forest, I saw monsters in the distance.

“Ready!!!”

At the shout of the Lord of Bastogne, everyone raised their swords.

The moment you are only a few dozen meters away from a horde of monsters…

“Charge!!!”

Sreung!

The cavalrymen all drew their swords and charged towards the monsters.

wuddu

“Crrr?!”

The monsters looked towards us at the sound of horses’ hooves shaking the earth.

However, they began to be swept away by the friendly cavalry that had already arrived right in front of them.

“I will be at the forefront!”

We charged in a V-formation and began cutting the monster horde in half.

Sigh! Sigh!

Every time the cavalry’s sword passed by, the monster began to die.

“Ugh!”

“Kwaaak! Argh!”

There were people who fell off their horses or died from the monster’s weapons or horns due to the monster’s counterattack, but we ignored it and pushed on bravely.

“The end is in sight! Keep running!!!”

“Wow!!!”

At the shout of the Lord of Bastogne, we screamed and charged, continuing to cut down the monsters again and again.

We continued on through the plains until the rear was completely clear.

“Report!”

“About 400 out of a total of 4,500 cavalry are gone!”

Approximately 1/11th of the personnel disappeared in one attack.

“First, let’s go back to base!”

“Yes!”

As I returned to base, I looked at the situation.

Clearly, due to the fever, the monsters were not able to advance easily and were closer to being annihilated.

“Maybe it will just end up clearing out the remaining party members.”

The Lord of Bastogne stroked his beard as he surveyed the battlefield.

“Huh?! The monsters are starting to retreat!”

The monsters that were charging with ignorance suddenly turned back and started counter-charging.

“It was good!”

Lotos waved his fist in the air and shouted in delight.

“Won!”

“Wow!!!”

We returned to base cheering.

When we arrived at the main camp, the lieutenant of the Lord of Bastogne approached us on horseback.

“ Here is a report. Currently, all shells have been used up and the remaining bullets are…”

“Ask the rear to quickly supply ammunition, not me.”

“I already did it.”

“Good job.”

Lord Bastogne grabbed his adjutant’s earlobe and then patted his shoulder.

“Thank you.”

The adjutant bowed his head in greeting and then stepped aside.

“You may need to clear out the remnants, so everyone finish reorganizing quickly!”

Just as winning a battle does not end everything, the soldiers began preparing for the next fight.

Food Duck!

Jeon Seo-gu flew in from afar and sat on the shoulder of the Lord of Bastogne.

“What does it say?”

“The artillery supply is said to arrive within two hours.”

As soon as the Lord of Bastogne finished reading the letter, the dove flew into the sky again.

“Now that I think about it, Laurent, did you see a wizard controlling a pigeon?”

“I saw it a long time ago in Paris.”

“Eng…”

As Laurent chuckled, the Lord of Bastogne briefly clicked his tongue.

“Let everyone take a break and two hours later…”

thud!

Suddenly the ground shook with a loud sound.

“What?!”

I turned my head in the direction of the loud sound.

Beyond the acrid clouds, which I couldn’t tell if it was gunpowder smoke or fog, I saw something big.

“What is that?”

I narrowed my eyes and looked at something approaching from a distance.

“Guhuhhh…”

A monster over 5m tall was slowly walking towards us.

“Emergency! Emergency!”

Puuu~!!! Puuu~!!!

A state of emergency was declared when a huge monster appeared.

“Something is flying!”

“Uh… Uh…?! Avoid!”

Quang!

“Ugh!”

A large rock fell on our camp.

“What on earth is that…?!”

“This is my first time seeing this too…”

Lord Bastogne frowned and glared at the huge monster.