episode_0275

Second Battle of Streve (3)

Puuu~~

As the sun rose the next morning, the imperial army’s attack began, just like yesterday.

The Tesseito army guarding Streve also naturally climbed the castle wall and prepared to greet the Balkan army, but the Balkan army’s attack method was completely different from yesterday.

Teuong~ Shhh~ Kwaang! Kwaang!!

Aaaaeaaaeak~!! Kwaaaa!!

Every time the catapults moved up and down, huge stones flew through the air and hit the castle walls, and countless arrows flew out to prevent the fortress from counterattacking, threatening the defenders on the walls.

Although the Duke of Tiruen personally took charge of the defense and re-prepared all night long, and the victory lasted for several days, the morale of Streve Fortress was sky-high, but casualties were inevitable due to the continued militant attacks, one by one. As a result, morale began to drop little by little.

The Tesseito, whose main force was cavalry, lacked the skills to create siege weapons, so they could not properly respond to the advanced Balkan siege weapons.

Unlike Streve, who was the master of the castle during his lifetime, Count Ledelmo, there was no significant growth of the castle at present, and Tiruend only knew the theory and had no experience in fighting a proper castle battle, so he only trusted the castle walls that he had firmly strengthened. I decided to withstand the attack.

‘Ugh… If the enemy’s infantry is sent in and attempts an occupation war as before, we can respond with the water-based weapons we have, but… if we continue to project from a distance like that, there is no way for us. They can only endure… They will not be able to continue this attack.’

“Your Excellency the Duke! The enemies are not advancing and are continuing to fire long-distance attacks!! Our side is also trying to respond, but the Balkan side’s offensive is so strong…”

“You have to endure!! Even the enemies are fully aware of the value of this fortress! It won’t do enough damage to completely destroy it! The intention is to break our morale and then enter a war of occupation, so don’t tell the soldiers to respond and just stick to thorough evasion! Since there are no rock mountains around here to collect rocks anyway, they won’t be able to throw rocks infinitely!!”

“Old! dismissal!! I will follow your orders!!”

However, the imperial army’s long-distance offensive continued until noon. Although the firing rate slowed down a bit due to how many catapults were destroyed, the huge rocks continued to fly, and Streb’s solid walls were being destroyed little by little.

‘Oh, what happened? How do the Empire supply rocks so they can keep throwing them like this? Space movement? No… If it were a rock that weighed this much, even if it was that damn Jennifer, she would have to move 50 and her magic power would be depleted. No matter how many wizards there are in Balkan, they cannot supply this much rock through spatial movement. How on earth…’

Inside the Balkan Empire army, Marie, who had been urgently summoned at Catherine’s request, opened her mouth and summoned a high-ranking earth spirit and continued to compress the earth, literally producing rocks, but the Tesseito army did not know this. There was no way they knew, and even if they did, there was nothing they could do about it.

Kwaaaang~!! Rumble

In the end, Duke Tiruen bit his lip as he watched one of the arrow towers collapse, unable to withstand the catapult’s attack.

‘Bulkans!! Are you really going to destroy this fortress? The value of this fortress must be much higher to you than to us… You guys must have experienced for decades how scary it is to face cavalry in the open grasslands without a proper base. Moreover, you guys would know better than anyone else that without this fortress, your supply route would be completely exposed to our guerrilla troops when invading our country… What on earth are you planning?!’

It was a very painful experience for Tiruen to have to retreat miserably after losing the base of the County of Akel in the Battle of the Zenon Plain and being attacked by Balkan guerrillas for supplies, so he launched an attack with the intention of completely destroying Streve. He spewed out a strong deadly force towards the Balkan Empire army.

“No more. dismissal. More than a hundred defenders have already lost their lives. If damage continues to accumulate like this, the entire fortress will eventually become dangerous!! Please allow me and the cavalry to participate!! I will return after quickly clearing out the enemy siege weapons and archers!!”

In the end, Count Mula, who could not bear the current situation, requested to participate, but Duke Thiruen shook his head.

“Your Excellency!! Even if the walls of Streb are still strong, if they continue to receive such powerful stoning attacks, one side will eventually collapse! Before that…”

“No! No matter how much the enemy attacks with only siege weapons, the moment Gyeong goes into battle, the enemy infantry will swarm around Gyeong and our cavalry. And if the enemy knight commander, Liechtenauer, comes running with his knights, your life will be in danger. I can’t lose my precious master like that!!”

“In that case, I will compete with Count Mula! While the two of us lead a small number of knights to support us and keep the Liechtenauer in check, our cavalry will be able to eliminate the enemy siege weapons!!”

Following Count Mula, the Marquis of Grace requested participation, but the Duke of Tiruen continued to block their participation.

“No!! That itself may be a trap!! And it doesn’t matter if they continue to insist on this method and lose Streve!! At that time, all we have to do is to completely destroy this fortress while escaping as many troops as possible!! Then all our enemies will take is the dusty ruins of Streve, and we can rebuild Baron Krais’ castle to the south into a fortress! It may not play the role of a key strategic point as good as Streve, but it can play the role of keeping the enemy’s supply in check! We must not forget that the most important thing in Tesseito is you and the soldiers!!”

“Your Excellency…”

Although their request to participate, which was full of determination, was rejected, Tiruen’s words moved them, and the Marquis of Grace and Count Mula held the weapons in their hands and bowed before Tiruen.

“From now on, the number of defenders on the walls will be reduced by half! As there is more space, it will be more advantageous to avoid slingshots or arrows. And prepare to bring down the castle walls by mobilizing wizards!! If we have to give up this fortress and escape!!”

“Old!! I will follow your orders!!”

As they began to follow Tiruen’s orders, horns sounded once more from the Balkan camp.

Puuu~

“A, Your Excellency!! The catapult attack has stopped! And what you see over there…”

As the catapults retreated, the three people coming in front of them were a middle-aged knight holding a sword, a silver-haired woman wearing a fancy martial arts uniform, and an unidentified person wearing a long robe covering her entire face and body.

And Duke Tiruen’s eyes widened as he heard a silver-haired woman in the middle run out and shout loudly.

“I will tell this to Teseito-kun!! My name is Catherine Aragon von Balkan! As Empress of the Great Balkan Empire and second-in-command of the Streve Expeditionary Force, I propose a duel to you! Is Tiruen there? If you are there, listen carefully!! Didn’t you do something to me last time in Adria? If you want to pay it back, come out right away!! If you’re a man too, let’s put on some strebs and have a fight!! You know very well that if you continue like this, Streb will collapse anyway, right?”

“That, that, that bitch!!”

As soon as he saw Catherine, Thiruen felt so angry that his eyes rolled over and tried to throw away his body.

“Your Excellency! Calm down!! According to what you said, there is no need to take risks and fight a duel, right? The last time I was offered a duel, the enemy had only one Master, Liechtenauer, but if Catherine Aragorn had intervened…”

“That’s right. Moreover, I don’t know who the mysterious person over there is, but judging from the fact that he appeared with Lichtenauer and Aragorn, it is assumed that the author is also a master-level strongman! We cannot rule out the possibility that it may be Empress Eliza!”

Tiruen took a deep breath and tried to calm down his anger at the words of Count Mula and Marquis Grace, who were trying to dissuade him.

‘Whoa… okay. It’s best to win the duel and completely preserve Streve… but there’s no need to get caught up in the numbers of your enemies. They are also showing force against us because if they completely destroy Streb, the purpose of their expedition will disappear… To that extent…’

Tiruen had barely calmed down his anger and made a rational decision, but Catherine’s words that followed were enough to blow away his reason.

“Oh, that’s right!! Tiruen, you say you are no longer a man? Didn’t you say that my husband hit me on the plains of Zenon and my balls were cut to pieces? Hahaha, what about your wife who only trusts you and is waiting for you in Carmarthen? Didn’t he hear that you can’t satisfy him, so he grabs a huge servant and cheats on him? Aha~ You said from the beginning that you couldn’t satisfy Sochura’s wife, right? Sorry~ I forgot that. I guess your wife is already having an affair? I heard that your hidden hobby is jerking off while watching your wife having sex with another man~ Puhahahaha”

It was hard to believe that it had come out of the empress’s mouth, but Tiruen was so angry that he couldn’t care about such things.

“This, this, this crazy Galboy bitch!! How dare me and my wife again!!!”

The part of yourself that is disgusting. Inferiority feeling that he might not be able to satisfy his wife due to his small penis. The wound of not being able to have children thanks to the injury suffered by Yuno. A beautiful wife who loves her despite everything.

Tiruen, who was touched by Catherine’s disgust, threw a fit and jumped down the castle wall. Count Mula and the Marquis Grace, who were shocked by this, also jumped down the castle wall to protect Tiruen, and the Battle of Streve took a new turn. .

*Botebae’s mother-in-law, Kayla illustration*

*Botebae’s mother-in-law Kayla illustration Bani ver*