episode_0244

Battle to recapture Zenon Plains

“Keuuu… You, you…?”

Tiruen, who was caught in the stomach by the sudden surprise attack, flew backwards for a while and was only able to stop after putting his sword in the ground.

“Huh~ The commander-in-chief of Tesseito’s military doesn’t even recognize the other country’s monarch? I guess I need to get hit a few more times to come to my senses… How… can you hit me a few more times?”

Quang! Kwaang!!

Only after Yuno erupted with intense energy a few more times was Tiruen able to recognize Yuno’s identity.

“Seo, really the third prince? Oh no, the emperor? The emperor himself came all the way here, in the middle of the war?”

Of course, Tiruen knew Yuno’s face, but according to his common sense, it was inconceivable for the monarch to come directly to the front line, so he opened his eyes wide as if it was absurd.

“Why? Did you come to a place where you can’t get your luggage? Some crazy guy is trying to touch my mother because his wife won’t sleep with him, but I can’t keep quiet”

Despite Yuno’s attitude of mocking him, Tiruen calmly controlled his mind.

‘I knew that the Emperor of Balkan was a Master, but… he was so reckless… to come in alone in the middle of 5,000 troops… if I do this well…’

He smiled to himself and signaled to his men, looking back and then back at Yuno.

“This… I didn’t mean to do that… I’m sorry that Your Majesty felt that way. Anyway, I would like to apologize for my rudeness, since His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were inconvenienced, but since the place is a battlefield, I would like to ask for your understanding”

As Tiruen slightly bent his back, about a hundred knights accompanying him caught up behind Yuno, and numerous cavalry units surrounded Yuno and Yuria.

“Hmm… I don’t think this is polite to the emperor? Does Tesseito teach you to do this when dealing with a monarch?”

“Hahaha! I will show you as much courtesy as I can for the monarch of an enemy country after I capture His Majesty. I knew very well that His Majesty was the Master… but to come here alone… you had too much courage!!”

Tiruen took some time to control the damage to his abdomen with a little conversation. When his insides were controlled to some extent, he lifted the sword that had been stuck on the floor and infused it with sword energy.

Slurp…

Yuno relaxed as if nothing had happened even though the sword energy filled with mana hummed and rang out in front of his eyes, and numerous knights and cavalry surrounded him, blatantly threatening to kill him.

“Hmm… Are you short? I never said I came alone?”

“Hmm? If you’re not alone…?”

Hwii profit~!!

As soon as Yuno’s mouth blew a whistle, numerous shadows appeared from the forest behind the Balkan Empire headquarters, and the screams of Tesseito cavalrymen were heard.

“Kaaaa!! It’s a surprise!!”

And a loud roar rang out from within the shadows.

“Guard Knights! Protect His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager!!”

The identity of the shadows was the Guard Knights led by Liechtenauer.

Although there were only about 50 people, they slaughtered the cavalry with overwhelming force, as befits the Guard Knights protecting the emperor, and reached Yuno and Yuria’s side. The Teseito Knights who were behind them were forced to step back for a moment due to the power of the Guard Knights. .

“How about it? Now there are two masters, and there is also a corps of knights… Moreover, reinforcements will arrive in a little while. Don’t you think that their side is now at a disadvantage? If I surrender now, my life will be spared? Tsk tsk tsk”

When the knights who had been massacring their comrades retreated with the appearance of Liechtenauer and the Balkan Guard Knights, the surviving defenders began to gather in front of Juno with eyes burning with revenge.

Even though the morale of the defenders rose again due to the fact that the opponent’s strength had increased significantly and the emperor himself had come to save them, Tiruen’s attitude was still relaxed.

“Hmm… It’s gotten a little difficult… but I don’t think there will be anything special about us being able to serve Her Majesty and the Empress Dowager”

“Really? Assuming you are dealing with Master Lichtenauer… who will be dealing with Jim? Surely you’re not trying to catch Jim with regular soldiers? Well, if we risk the lives of the 5,000 troops here, we can catch them… but how are we going to deal with the reinforcements that will come after that?”

Yuno’s words certainly made sense, but Tiruen did not lose his relaxed attitude as if he believed in something, and Yuno was able to sense that he was hiding something.

“You’ll find out if you stick with it. You can’t miss the opportunity to capture the emperor prisoner and, as a bonus, have a sword-fight with the continent’s strongest master. Full army! Advance!! Make the Emperor of Balkan realize that he has entered into a deadly situation!!”

At the same time as Tiruen spewed out intense sword energy and rushed at Liechtenauer, his knights began to rush towards the Guard Knights.

Kaang!! Kaaaang!!

Swords clashed with swords, sparks spewed out, and the cavalry and defenders became entangled, and a brutal battle of slaughter began again.

“Guard Knights!! Form a defense force and take on the enemy!! If His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager get even one scratch on their bodies, they’ll come back and throw all of you at me…!!”

Cheaeng!!

“This… I guess my abilities are still not enough… You care about the emperor while dealing with me… Perhaps I should use a little more strength?”

Liechtenauer, who was trying to give orders to his knights to unconditionally protect Juno and Yuria, was unable to continue speaking as he was trying to defend himself against Tiruen’s sword strike, which was much stronger than he expected.

‘This guy… is strong! Apparently, I was equal to Catherine until last time… but I have become stronger than then. I thought Yuno’s skills were at a standstill since he allowed an unexpected blow, but it looks like he really let his guard down earlier!!’

When Liechtenauer looked surprised at the unexpectedly strong power of the sword, Tiruen smiled and pushed him even harder.

Kaang!!

“Hahaha!! What happened? It’s not like you’re physically weak anymore because you’re older, right?”

When Liechtenauer was even shown to be pushed back in the next sword attack, Tiruen even mocked him and annoyed him.

Tiruen’s provocation was clearly effective, as a single vein appeared on Liechtenauer’s forehead, and he adjusted the sword in his hand and glared at Tiruen.

“You little bastard… I need to show you that you are still a hundred years too young to deal with me!!”

As the sword energy on Liechtenauer’s sword became more intense and emitted an energy that seemed to overwhelm the sword energy on his own sword, thick beads of sweat formed on Tiruen’s forehead.

However, the smile on his lips did not disappear, and Liechtenauer began to push Thiruen with great force.

Meanwhile, Yuno was watching the duel between Tiruen and Liechtenauer while holding Yuria in his arms and being escorted by the Royal Guard.

‘That guy… is he really good? Of course, he is inferior to me in terms of the amount of mana, but the density, purity, and sharpness of his sword strikes seem to be almost at the same level as mine. It was definitely enough for the teacher to be embarrassed.’

Still, the flow of the duel was gradually increasing with Liechtenauer gaining the upper hand, so Juno analyzed Tiruen’s sword strikes without much worry and sent out a sword to support the Guard Knights whenever they were in danger.

‘Anyway, our troops clearly have the advantage here… Not only are the knights’ skills superior, but the enemy is exhausted from the day-long battle. However, our legionnaires have been trained not to become exhausted after just one day of fighting. Besides, as long as I support our knights, I can’t see the possibility of our team losing… I’m sure he knows that… The composure he shows…’

As the sun set in the aftermath of the battle that lasted all day, the Balkan army set fire to their barracks to secure visibility and continued the fierce battle.

The Tesseito army was overwhelmingly superior in numbers, but thanks to Yuno’s bursting fists and the burning barracks, the Tesseito cavalry’s movement was restricted and they could only deal with the imperial army in narrow passages, which was due to the destructive power of Yuno’s fighting power. was raising it further.

Kwaaaa!!

“Kaaa!!”

Every time Yuno’s fist stretched out, dozens of cavalrymen were caught up and lost their lives.

However, even though Tiruen glanced at him, he still did not order a retreat, so Yuno participated in the battle with only minimal strength, having a premonition that Tiruen had something else to aim for.

And Yuno’s premonition was correct.

When the sun finally disappeared completely from the horizon, pitch black darkness came over the plains, and Yuno felt something cold and instinctively lowered his head.

Pow!

As Yuno lowered his head, a ray of wind swept over his head.

‘Mi, crazy!! No matter how much I am, if I get hit like this…’

Relief and astonishment swept through Yuno’s heart at the thought that he had avoided an attack that would have guaranteed instant death.

“Oh my~ I have a good feeling? Avoiding this… I tried to be considerate of you in my own way so you wouldn’t even feel like you were dying… but it ended up being a shame?”

When Yuno heard a thin woman’s laughter behind her, Yuno felt a ray of sweat running down her forehead and sent Yuria behind her to block her with her body, then turned to her shadow glimmering in the flames and asked her identity.

“Who are you! Hiding in the dark, trying to take my life! If you had come forward and asked to fight fairly, the burden would have been… Ugh!!”

Yuno was confident that he would be able to block as long as he knew that the opponent was aiming for him, but he let out a groan as the punch cleverly penetrated his defenses.

“Oh my goodness!! Are you saying you’re still okay after getting hit by this? My son-in-law… he’s a lot stronger than I thought, right? Is there a reason why our Catherine was obsessed? Huhuhu”

Yuno’s eyes widened at the sound coming from the mouth of the woman attacking him.

“Uh…huh? son-in-law? And if it’s our Catherine… no way?”

“Huhuhu That’s right. My name is Kayla. Your wife, Catherine’s mother, and your child’s teacher. In other words, I will become your mother-in-law and founder of the school. Hohoho”

Only then, through the light, did she see the same silver hair, big breasts, and strange martial arts uniform as Catherine’s, and Yuno felt her lower abdomen swell greatly, and had to be punished by Yuria’s fingers, who noticed it from behind, pinching her sides.

*Mother-in-law and founder. kayla illustration