episode_0020

“Now, the Peria helmet is important. I don’t use it often, but it’s better to use it first until you get used to it.”

“I am a civilian.”

There is nothing like carrying a solid suit of armor to get rid of fear.

So, he throws an old but relatively clean-looking helmet to Peria, but Peria seems unable to concentrate.

You may think that a helmet is good because it blocks stone throws and arrows, but that only applies when fighting with similar humans.

From my experience of fighting in this world for 5 years, I often die from being hit by something strong enough that I didn’t even need a helmet in the first place. So I just gave up on wearing a helmet that only blocks my vision.

‘The teacher also said that wearing a helmet would interfere with sharpening one’s senses and recommended that one not wear one.’

The reason Peria can’t concentrate is probably because she’s excited about experiencing it for the first time.

“It is better to wear a slightly larger breastplate. Even if you get hit hard, if there is still space, you can survive without being crushed.”

“Can’t I just not go out? It won’t help you, brother?”

Peria speaks with tears in her eyes.

“It’s better to get used to things like this in advance.”

“Irim is right. It’s because you don’t know that death comes to all living beings anyway, and how much peace of mind you feel when you live without the fear of death.”

“No, I have no intention of dying in the first place, so I’m looking for another way?”

Peria grumbles, but she doesn’t want to do anything she’s not used to doing. I understand everything too.

But there is something called a vaccination.

In my view, Peria absolutely needs to get used to death in advance.

“Hey. Anyway, I have a resurrected body, so I should use it well.”

“No, that means you guys have a strange way of thinking! And I don’t have to go out in the first place!”

“Isn’t it strange that citizens keep wandering around inside the county? Since you’re coming back to life anyway, wouldn’t it be best to pretend you’re mentally ill and go with us so you don’t get misunderstood?”

I also kindly add to what Master said.

“You talk a lot. shut up. Let’s just think of it as paying for the crime of trying to deceive me with the carriage thing this time. Let’s hit it.”

“Ah, that’s the real intention! You revealed it!”

It’s for Peria’s sake, but it’s a pity that people don’t seem to understand it. My heart was a little upset, but if you’re going to take it with you anyway, it’s better to get used to it in many ways.

“And Feria. In these matters, it is better to follow what your elders say. You and I are now soul family because we are tied by soul. You are all like my little sister, so please follow along because this is for your own good.”

“No, really, that’s some bullshit. I guess I’m mistaken, but the reason I call you oppa is because I often use the title “unni oppa” because it’s the best title to please others, right? So, there is no need to have such an attitude. It’s already different, but I have a lot of older brothers in my hometown, and here I see people trying to imitate my older brothers. He’s an old guy, he’s really the worst.”

“I don’t understand this.”

“That’s what I’m going to say?”

They continued to peck without stopping until Peria finished preparing for battle and settled into the formation.

After all, no matter what world it is, all younger sisters are this rebellious.

This is all because I did not grow up in a warm home environment during my adolescence.

I also need to take good care of Feria.

Soon, everything was ready and as I was waiting for orders, I saw someone riding around on a horse.

“From now on, if you blow the whistle, you will begin the attack on Old Grace Castle. As previously announced, 150 people will charge in with their equipment, then respawn and depart again as soon as 150 people are reached!”

General Bulterion, whom I saw yesterday, was walking around making final inspections.

The corps commander and knights departed for the capital early at dawn.

Enin says that it will take about 4 days to prepare everything for the army to depart, but the corps commander and knights must first go to the castle for support.

‘Certainly that would be good for appealing to loyalty.’

They said that if they didn’t appeal that they ran quickly for the royal family, they might not be evaluated well later, so they started first.

This world seems to be a difficult one if you don’t keep your eyes peeled for many things.

Let’s take a look at the castle we need to attack from a distance that the arrows can’t reach.

“First of all, it’s a bit crude. The siege will end soon, right?”

“Should we call it a siege? At that point, we should call it a fence, not a castle wall.”

“Then it is called demolition.”

In front, you can see Grace Castle, which has almost all of the parts that could be called a castle collapsed, showing more repaired wood than stone walls, and in the back we can see our outpost.

We must continue our assault for four days from now.

One of the Soul Soldier’s main tactics is the mindless assault tactic.

I personally call it the ‘Resurrection Run’ strategy, but it is such a simple strategy that I gave it such a crude name in the first place.

When attacking a castle, it is simple.

At first, everyone runs out holding tools in addition to weapons.

In addition to the crowbar that I am holding, and the so-called object that looks similar to the palu that we have seen many times in our world, other people’s pickaxes or hammers held with both hands are the main weapons on the castle walls.

There are soul bottles that are easy to use and discard, but there is no reason to take a long time to start making siege towers and catapults while using soldiers.

The power of the soul soldier is several times stronger than that of an ordinary soldier, so they run and focus on digging into the walls of the castle walls and smashing the gates until they break.

When the first group dies, the second group charges again and repeats this process, draining the enemies’ health and eventually completing the siege.

When I briefly explained the flow to Peria, she responded with a distraught expression.

“The word “tactics” is added to a method like that?”

“Honestly, if I knew who came up with this method, I would go and destroy it, but it is true that it is effective.”

I think it’s a really gorilla-like tactic, but that’s because we have 1-cost soldiers that are mass-produced very cheaply.

There is no need to use difficult methods to continue producing products at extremely low prices. Making siege weapons takes time, and there are no human wizards near Grace Territory who can use magic strong enough to hit the castle walls, so this is the best.

“And I am sure that there is someone who knows how to use siege magic, but he is not showing up voluntarily.”

“It’s really hard when you run out of magic power, so you chose to make a soul bottle for convenience.”

“Yes.”

In fact, at the outpost behind, the wizards who have already been on a business trip in real time are continuously boiling it in addition to the spare bodies they have put in the box, boiled like seolleongtang.

I’m sure there are some sergeant wizards among them who are hiding by lying about their qualifications.

‘Ah, smelling it makes me hungry.’

“So what happens after the siege?”

“Nothing much. You can do it in the same order as a normal siege. It’s just that the object you hold in your hand and run with changes.”

“How?”

“You can use anti-personnel weapons instead of siege weapons.”

Once the castle is physically demolished, there is nothing much to do after that.

As soon as they are revived, immediately take your sword and stab them all to death. end.

Previously, when ordinary soldiers were the main force, there were various tactics, but after we appeared, it was mostly solved this way.

“No, but salt is expensive in the Empire, but I saw it earlier and here they pile it up and put it in a pot? Where on earth does so much salt come from?”

“I was curious about that too, but I went to a quarry before and understood it. I didn’t know there was such a thing as a salt mine.”

“I don’t like there. After working for just two hours, my eyes stung and my body felt like salted meat.”

Peria answers what she is curious about.

At first, I thought salt was very precious in these times, but it all had different places of origin.

For reference, the last time the head was broken was because it was hit by a salt golem coming out of a salt mine.

While we chatted for the rest of the time, the time came.

“Looks like you’re about to get started.”

A soldier is seen climbing the temporary outpost’s watchtower, holding a horn decorated with gold.

Everyone holds their tools and looks forward.

The moment you take even a single step, you prepare to fly straight ahead at the distance where the arrow will fly.

Master looks back at us.

“Stick well and come back.”

“Yes.”

“… Oh really. It’s the worst.”

It’s okay for me and Peria though.

One of the teacher’s strengths is that he will absolutely shoot down arrows coming from the front.

At least when I watch it, it has never failed. So, I trust and follow Master unconditionally. Because that’s the way to live longer.

gulp.

The sound of Peria swallowing dry saliva is heard and the tension continues.

Soon, a sign came out from the resuscitation center indicating that the final inspection was complete, and General Bulterion raised his arms as soon as he heard the report.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

With the sound of three long horns, the spirit bottles that were lined up jump out.

As I grab the tool and start running at great speed, arrows come flying from the castle wall.

Looking at the number of arrows, I think the number of demons stationed there is not as large as I thought.

Each spirit soldier runs forward, holding the flying arrows and blocking them with their shields or striking them away with their weapons.

Looking at the arrows that pierce the body and head with such a high probability that thick helmets and shields are put to shame, it seems much better to just hit them. The arrows fired by demons whose physical capabilities surpass those of humans are such arrows.

‘That was really difficult.’

I try to get the hang of it while watching my teacher hit 10 arrows in a row. I try whenever I get the chance, but I haven’t had much success so far.

“Ahh! You’re right! That’s right!”

The broken arrowhead bounced off by the teacher running ahead hit Peria’s helmet and bounced off. Fortunately, because the arrow bounced once, it lost its force and did not penetrate the helmet.

“I’m not dead. Don’t worry.”

He grabs Peria’s wrist as she tries to sit down and runs away.

If you stop at a place like this, you become a target and become easier to hit with arrows.

As we approached the castle wall in an instant, other spirit soldiers who had already clung to it were tearing off the wood that had been added to the wall with tools.

“These bugs took hours to do!”

As we get closer, the demons wearing horned helmets see us and swear at us and try to shake us off by swinging their weapons, but they are counterattacked and run away.

“Who told you to come and occupy it on your own?!”

If someone stabs the demon from above with a spear, they grab the demon with the spear and drag it down, killing it in an instant.

The demon that fell between us was instantly torn off its limbs, like an insect that fell between an anthill.

When this situation is repeated several times, the demons are unable to use their hands and just throw stones, but even their attempts are blocked by the spirit soldiers who brought shields.

Ujijik-pajijik-

The wood is not as thick as expected, so it will soon be broken by pickaxes and hammers and torn apart by crowbars.

At this point, it looks like contractors are demolishing the abandoned building rather than a siege.

“Pour it out!”

When the wood was torn apart to some extent and I could see the inside, I had an ominous feeling and looked up at the same time I heard a sound.

The demons were bringing oil into the boiling cauldron and trying to pour it.

“Oil!!!”

With someone shouting, everyone leaves the place in an instant.

A few soul soldiers who were unable to escape in time were covered in boiling oil when their tools got caught in the wood.

“Aaaah…”

Several people fell down covering their faces, and one person was unable to make a sound as the oil had penetrated all the way into his body.

The painful soul eventually raises its arms high towards the sky.

That’s a signal.

This is the signal I hate the most.

That signal is a promise between soul soldiers.

A few spirit soldiers nearby quickly pull out the escutcheons they were wearing, cut off the straps of the breastplate, and stabbed the heart.

The body of the soul patient, who was in pain, soon becomes limp.

“What, what is it? What is that doing?”

Peria sat down and looked horrified at the sight of the spirit soldiers rushing at her like ants attacking their prey.

“Our rules.”

You may misunderstand that they are fighting among themselves, but this is definitely a life-saving activity.

When you first see it, you are embarrassed, but then you cannot accept this reality, but later you cannot help but understand the reason.

Those of us who are a little stronger do not die easily unless we are mortally wounded.

However, not dying easily means that if you are in a moderately painful state, you will suffer longer.

So at some point, the promise we made between us started to spread.

If you cannot overcome the pain and feel like you want to die, raise your arms to those around you and ask for rest.

If you are damaged to the point where continuing the battle becomes impossible, ask someone else to do it.

Please finish it quickly.

Since he is resurrected, I believe in it and am asking for it.

This is why, for us, resurrection is both salvation and a curse from which we cannot escape.

“I feel like I’m going crazy.”

“It’s everyday life for us.”

Soon, the wood completely disintegrates and the spirit soldiers begin to enter the inside of the castle wall carrying the esterk.

“Charge!!!”

Waaa!

visor!

Kang!

A fight is in full swing on the castle walls, filled with screams and shouts.

Demons in different outfits attack us with spears and blunt weapons, and we stand against them.

Another demon soldier came in front of me.

I tend to adapt my fighting style to the opponent.

The demon in front of me, who is about two heads taller than me, calmly looks at me and aims his axe.

I also lift the crowbar and escutcheon with both hands without making any sound.

There was a standoff for a moment and the two were just looking at each other.

puck!

The fight begins as soon as you move forward while being pushed back by someone you bumped into while fighting.

While watching the ax coming down towards the head, strike the ax blade with a crowbar at the right time.

Kang!

The iron lever and ax collide and sparks fly.

While the opponent is correcting the shaken blade of the axe, he stabs Esterc between the armor and helmet.

The demon soldier lowers his helmet, which has a chin guard, overlapping it with his armor to block his neck.

Then, holding the ax to one side, I push forward while blocking Estark, and the demon soldier grabs my chest armor and lifts it up.

“Be crushed.”

“Do you really need to say that in words?”

A demon soldier who spoke in a slightly slurred tone lifted me up and tried to throw me down on the ground.

“Where.”

In response, I turn towards the raised arm and wrap it around it using my entire body.

Submission.

Then, in an attempt to break his entangled arm, I placed all my weight on his arm, causing him to lose his balance and fall.

“Sleep, wait, turn off…Uuuuu!”

Puzzle.

It is good when the joints are like this.

Enemies who are large in size or who think their strength is strong enough to lift their opponent often try to throw their opponent when fighting.

And especially in the case of demons, they are stronger than ordinary soldiers, so they often use these fighting methods instinctively. Even though they have experience, they cannot overcome their instincts, so they were defeated by me.

When his arm breaks, he panics and hits the iron helmet of the guy covering his arm with a crowbar.

If this happens, the inside of the helmet will vibrate and wearing the helmet will become poisonous.

“This is why I don’t like pitching.”

I don’t wear a helmet because I consider my own practicality, not the concept. Actually, there is a reason why I follow my teacher.

He approaches the man who can’t control his body and stabs the knife through the gap in his helmet.

The demon soldier seemed to be shaking, but soon fell limp.

“I caught one guy.”

I barely kill one person, and when I look up, I see another soldier running towards me.

“Save me! I said I would protect you!!!”

Peria was holding a sword and running between me and Master, herding the demons.

There are many other people, but it feels like there are a lot of people who are especially attached to Peria.

‘Thanks to you, I’ll be able to work more comfortably.’

“It’s okay, I’m doing well!”

He secretly trips one of the demons who was distracted by Peria, knocks him down, and stabs him with a sword.

Peria is more useful than you think.

“Two.”

There are a huge number of demons on the castle wall, and from below, a huge number of demons are coming up from every crevice.

‘That’s a bit much.’

“It might not be finished in 4 days.”