episode_0204

I felt a little relieved.

I was worried that I might not be able to adapt to the Del Quiche winters after living in the warm South for so long, but that wasn’t the case.

In Delki City, snow was still pouring down from time to time, and sometimes the wind was so strong that it was difficult to walk forward. Among the dense trees, beasts roamed around chewing up and devouring people standing in their mouths, and barbarians came down from the north irregularly.

It’s not even like walking down unconditionally, it’s a portal, which seems ridiculous from this point of view—

“Captured! The wizard must be captured! We have many stories to share!”

… … .

Um, well.

Yes.

In fact, looking at the kingdom as a whole, the northern barbarian issue was not a big problem. The royal capital was relatively concerned, and the nearby Gratton Mount was clearly supporting Delki City, but in fact, the position of the other fiefdoms was ‘It’s not Alba’.

Is it because of the expression ‘barbarians’? They seem to think that this is something the northern people will take care of and that they will not attack them. In fact, local people who rarely see the people of Del Kishi have no idea how strong the people of Del Kishi are. Because I can’t do it.

The reason so many wizards gathered in Delki City was probably because I wrote a ‘letter of introduction’.

“Brother.”

“… … Even after getting married, you still use that title.”

I called my older brother, ignoring the words of the Magic Tower Lord, and my older brother responded with an expression as if he was tired of it.

“… … Is there a way to distinguish between barbarian wizards?”

I asked, ignoring what my brother said.

The place where we are now is a fairly high mountain area.

To use a portal accurately, you need to know where the opponent is. The reason why we were able to open a portal inside the castle when we were in the castle was because the castle itself was visible.

Once you can see where something is with your eyes, it seems like you can open the portal even if there are some obstacles. Rather than simply ‘seeing’, it feels more like ‘finding it with your hand’. I’ve never talked to it directly, so I don’t know for sure, but I’ve been dealing with barbarians for the past few years. The people who fought seemed to judge it that way.

‘The range is not as wide as expected’, ‘It is not possible to completely ignore the terrain’, ‘It cannot be opened in a completely enclosed area’.

The tactic that the people of Delki City came up with to deal with such an enemy is to find the opponent on this side first before the opponent notices this side.

They immediately set up an ambush in a high place nearby, and the children of Delki City responded by creating a shelter that could be spread out at any time, and moving north first to search the main camp and destroy it before the enemy attacked.

The barbarians were by no means inferior in physical ability, but considering their individual prowess, they were not as good as the people of Delkisi. Although they were much more threatening and more numerous than the southerners, they were not at a level that they could never be dealt with here.

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“Keng.”

A small wolf came near me and barked softly.

The northern wolves near Delki City grow to over 2 meters at the shoulders when they reach adulthood, but even so, the shoulders of a recently born wolf are about the size of my chest.

Of course, it was also big enough to run around the forest.

“How was it?”

The wolf’s head turned in response to my question. The direction its nose was pointing was in the direction where the enemy was. Judging by the fact that it wasn’t very nervous, it seemed like the enemy wasn’t moving yet.

That’s right. The beasts of the north are also strong in their own way. Most of the beasts were not strong enough to harm the people of Delkish, but they were strong beings that survived the crazy weather conditions of the north.

As long as you listen to our orders properly, you can become a reliable ally.

“You said people who don’t have bumps on their faces can still communicate, right?”

“Yes, but there are not that many.”

Before I knew it, my father came near me and spoke.

The direction we are looking at is the edge of the forest.

All that was visible beyond was a barren white field.

Because the wind was blowing and the snow was blowing, it was impossible to tell how wide the enemy’s base was beyond.

The best wizards in the kingdom came directly from the Magic Tower, the veterans of Delkisi, and many northern beasts.

The reason why the strongest beings among our troops were all here was because they were determined to put an end to this damn war.

“It looks like the enemy isn’t moving. It looks like they put all their effort into last week’s attack.”

“Then this battle could be the last.”

My father spoke while stroking his beard.

“The attack is done after it gets a little darker… … But Elsie.”

“Yes.”

“You don’t have to go back? You don’t have to participate in a dangerous battle.”

“… … Because I was into it until just recently.”

“Just coming here helped me a lot?”

“So, I still want to be with you until the end. Otherwise, I won’t have anything to tell Amelia when I return.”

“Um.”

My father said with a satisfied smile.

“If you are like that.”

My mother was protecting the territory from the rear. Even if we sent people to the front, we couldn’t mobilize all the children to fight.

“To be honest.”

In a very tense atmosphere, Matapju joined without understanding the atmosphere.

“I’m a little excited. If I do well, it’s a chance to learn magic from another world, right?”

“… … .”

After we stared, Yamatapju quickly closed his mouth.

*

The smell of blood itself was familiar.

It’s not that I didn’t hunt when I was young, and I also happened to experience combat.

After returning to Delki City, he also participated in the battle.

However, no matter what, I don’t really get used to the feeling of using something that resembles a human.

Sreung.

When I pulled out the knife, red blood came out. A barbarian with thin tentacle-like growths on his face fell sideways.

“Kung!”

I heard a loud wolf howl from behind me, followed by a loud scream.

I didn’t bother to look back, because I knew full well that the enemy was screaming as he was crushed under a big wolf.

I ran forward.

The swordsmanship I learned from my teachers and the swordsmanship I devised while teaching Amelia, Adele, and Diane were all of great help.

“There it is!”

I heard Brother Harvey’s voice.

When I looked in the direction my brother was pointing, I saw light coming from a large tent in the distance.

Even at first glance, the color purple looks very dangerous.

Is something going on inside?

Regardless of who went first, I, my older brother, my father, and the people around Delkish ran.

Fortunately, the barbarians in front of us realized the situation and rushed in—

Originally, what gave the barbarians an edge over Delkisi was their numbers and unidentified magic.

Due to global disarmament, Grand Duke Grattenmount also had to pay attention to increasing his military power, and Delchisi was also unable to advance into the north due to the attention of other fiefdoms.

Above all, there were no people, so rather than lose people in battle, they chose to hold out and fight the barbarians who came down.

Although the story changed when the barbarians started to become a ‘threat’.

There must be a reason why the barbarians suddenly began moving south, and if that reason is left unattended, it will be very dangerous.

It has been several years since we made that decision and started waging war on a large scale.

Perhaps ‘that’ is the reason.

As we ran forward, defeating the enemies in front of us, we saw humans overtaking us, shouting like crazy.

They were wizards.

Some were even getting stabbed with swords, scattering blood and internal organs, and moving forward as if possessed. Spreading magic in all directions.

… … Are they crazy?

For some reason, it seemed like he knew why the people of Delkish didn’t like wizards so much hundreds of years ago.

We run forward without losing—

The tent caught fire.

I heard someone yelling and screaming inside.

The tent burns and flies away little by little, and what you see inside is—

Burning corpses just like the tent. So many corpses.

Most of them belonged to barbarians.

“… … .”

And from among the corpses, there were several things that looked like octopus legs rising toward the sky.

“Kuong!?”

And then he picked up a bear that was running towards him and dragged him in – but then he came out again and beat him up.

“Chooong!?”

The bear rolled on the floor. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be dead.

Although I only saw that scene for a split second, I was certain of one thing after seeing the torn-up corpse lying on the floor.

Whatever those octopus legs are, the ones eating them are probably people.

And it is said to be related to the magic used by barbarians.

“Brother!”

“Got it!”

Even if I didn’t have to explain it, my brother knew right away what I wanted to say.

I took out my bow, loaded an arrow, and shot at the wizard who was chanting a spell in front of the octopus’ legs.

The arrow flew forward—hit the moving octopus leg and bounced off.

“Ugh!”

I shot the arrow in the same way. It was the same this time too.

However, my brother and I are not the only ones who have invaded here.

Even if you look at the entire history of the kingdom, you will never have seen so many Delkish people gathered in one battle.

As soon as the two of us started shooting arrows, many other people also put arrows on their bows.

Moreover, bows and arrows are not the only means of attacking from a distance. There are many wizards around us.

Those are crazy people who somehow want to see that magical abyss.

Let’s see who wins.