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6,000 troops rushing towards with furious force. While the vanguard was fighting, the Setia army’s 6,000 infantrymen were conserving their strength by just watching.

Ignati’s 2,000 troops were added to that. A total of 8,000 troops rushed towards Clemens de Balboa.

Looking at that scene, Clemens clicked his tongue.

“Tsk, is this a melee?”

The spearmen who were the vanguard of Leona’s army were defeated. Meanwhile, the pikemen at the forefront of Mayer’s army were carrying the wounded to the rear after being hit by a volley of musket fire.

As both sides’ vanguards collapsed, each other’s formations collapsed. Now the battle was turning into a melee rather than an organized battle. If the battle turns into a melee, the outnumbered allies are at a disadvantage. Clemens, who knew that fact, could not help but click his tongue. But Clemens did not despair. That’s right…

“I can’t help it. I have no choice but to step forward myself.”

This is because Clemens de Balboa was a famous melee master even in Krusenstein County. If it was a melee, I was more confident than anyone else. It was Clemens who had never been defeated in a melee.

“I’ll show you the difference in case. Cavalrymen! Follow me!”

With those words, hundreds of cavalrymen appeared from behind the enemy army. The art of cavalry attacking down from a hill to the plains. This part showed how well-trained the cavalry of Leona’s army was.

“Kill!”

Clemens personally took the sword and began to cut down the Setian army’s infantry. Knights also appeared in Setia’s army, but there was a big difference in quality between the knights in Leona’s army and those in Setia’s army.

“Ugh, what kind of power… ”

A knight who was dealing with Balboa frowned as he received Balboa’s sword strike. Balboa’s sword strike was heavier than anyone’s sword he had ever received. and…

-Whoosh!

In the end, Balboa’s sword pierced the knight’s shoulder, killing him in one blow. Balboa, who had cut down the knight who was at the vanguard of Setia’s army, smiled with satisfaction.

“Weak. It’s so weak. Setia’s knights were barely at this level! Hahaha!”

Balboa rushes in with a big smile. Seeing that scene, the knights of Setia’s army began to fall into fear. Balboa was strong. More than anyone they know.

But Franz Mayer also had a secret. That number was prepared in advance to deal with Balboa.

“Mr. Asilia.”

“Yes.”

“Can you beat that?”

Franz Mayer pointed to Clemens. Asilia furrowed her thin eyebrows.

“Do you have to win?”

“If it doesn’t work out, it’s okay to just take some time.”

“If that’s the case.”

Asilia spurred the horse and the horse bolted. The reason I believe in Asilia was simple. Clemens’s strength 96. Asilia’s strength 97. Of course, since there are things like compatibility and physical condition between individuals, victory or defeat is not determined by simple numbers, but in any case, numbers are not enough. Asilia was one of the top talent in the game in terms of sheer strength. I trusted Asilia. Her powerlessness, to be exact.

As Asilia quietly charged in with her sword raised, Clemens, who read her presence, laughed.

“Are you leaning on women now? It’s just pathetic!”

As Clemens shouted and raised his sword, Asilia shouted.

“Isn’t your master also a woman?”

“That’s… ! I see.”

Clemens was quick to admit, but his sword-swinging momentum never dropped. Clemens swung his sword with all his might. And the moment Clemens’ sword touches Asilia, Asilia’s head will fall off. Clemens believed so.

But after a while.

-Chaeng!

What fell was Clemens’ sword, not Asilia’s head. Clemens’ sword blade was instantly broken in two and rolling on the floor. Clemens muttered in disbelief.

“Oh, Auror?”

Yes. The woman in front of me was a sword master, one of the strongest swordsmen who wielded aurors.

Clemens thought for a moment.

‘Equal to me or maybe even better… !’

Clemens could also use Aura, but he was not confident that he could maintain it for long. Aura requires a lot of mental energy, so it gets tiring quickly when used. Therefore, Clemens always fought on the battlefield with only his own strength, without any Aurors.

Meanwhile, Asilia was also unable to maintain her Aura for long. Although Auror was used as a surprise attack to kill the enemy in one hit, Asilia’s time was limited to a few minutes at most.

‘The Auror turned his body just before he cut the blade and decapitated his enemy.’

Asilia replayed the battle just before. Balboa avoided Asilia’s blow with incredible movement.

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve had an opponent that I couldn’t kill with one hit using an auror.’

‘It’s been a long time since anyone other than me uses Aurors.’

Everyone glared at each other. There was silence for a moment. The two people had similar thoughts.

‘Isn’t it true that Leona-kun’s best appendix is a lie?’

‘There was someone like this in Setia County… ‘

Their words began to revolve around each other. Although Asilia broke the opponent’s sword, she could not enter easily. This is because military officers basically carry several swords.

‘You have to risk your life in the fight against this guy.’

‘This woman… strong!’

And the next moment.

“window!”

Clemens shouted, and a knight under his command threw a spear at Clemens. Clemens took the spear and charged at it, swinging the spear over the horse.

“I will kill you and make a major!”

Clemens shouted first

“I’m not interested in your major, but I’ll pay for the wages I’ve earned from playing and eating with your money!”

Asilia also shouted.

The spears and swords of the two people began to clash with each other. Although both had auras, the sharpness of each other’s sword strikes and spear strikes was incomparable. The soldiers around him forgot they were fighting and looked at him as if they were fascinated.

Sparks flew as their swords and spears clashed with each other. The conclusion did not come easily. Asilia’s force 97. Balboa’s force 96. Even if there is a difference, it is a difference of 1. It could almost be seen as a match.

In such a situation, Franz Mayer rode on horseback and found Andeln’s flag. And Franz, who discovered Andeln’s flag, approached Andeln and shouted.

“Now! Win when the enemy captain cannot move!”

“Ah, I got it! Entire army follow me!”

Andeln drew his sword and began to charge. 8,000 soldiers followed. The end of this battle was approaching.

—–

The next morning came. There were traces of the battle that took place last night everywhere.

The operation was successful. When our forces achieved victory on the front, the enemy climbed the mountain and fled, and we followed behind.

A detachment of our troops appeared in front of the enemy. 5,000 and 5,000. The 10,000-strong detachment sent to the left and right aimed to kill the enemy.

The 5,000 men of Balboa’s army melted away in an instant due to the attacks coming from the front and rear, and our army was able to achieve a truly great victory.

‘but… ‘It’s a shame I couldn’t catch Balboa.’

Clemens de Balboa eventually broke through the siege and disappeared. Asilia chased after him, but was unable to capture him because Balboa’s escort was taking his time. If captured, he could be exchanged for 10 enemy castles.

But I couldn’t blame Asilia. If we hadn’t had her, in the worst case scenario, we might have lost. Balboa’s destructive power was that powerful.

“Asilia, thank you for your hard work.”

“I just paid the salary I received so far.”

“Then I guess I will have to raise my salary in the future. So that we can kill Balboa in the next battle.”

“The cost of killing that man would be high. Can you afford it?”

“I will try to become a man who can handle it.”

“Let’s look forward to it.”

I was thinking about raising Asilia’s salary as much as possible. Andeln was approaching.

“Lord Mayer! Sir Franz Mayer!”

“Ah, my lord.”

“You really worked hard! I will make sure to give my Mayer family a lot of territory!”

“It is enough to restore the original territory.”

“What are you saying! Is that enough! Thanks to you, the number of castles I have increased!”

Yes. That was the reason Andeln was happy. Since the Leona army that was blocking the front line was completely destroyed, our troops would be able to take more castles, and Andeln was grinning at the thought of taking the castles along the way as he headed south from now on.

“By the way, Clemens de Balboa is the vanguard of the Leona army. It was really strong.”

“Leona herself will be stronger.”

“Stronger than that?”

“Yes.”

Andeln’s face turned pale for a moment, but it quickly returned to normal.

“Haha! What are you worried about! We have Sir Mayer among our allies!”

He tapped my shoulder. Hey, we don’t have this kind of relationship…

In any case, this battle ended with a great victory.