Invasion of Bradon Territory

Jekson, the lord of Bradon Territory, was gleeful, having eliminated every last human adventurer.

In his joyful mood, Jekson reported this to Muhja, the Giant Ent General.

,”I’ve killed all the human adventurers who came to spy! Kua ha ha ha!”

Muhja listened quietly to Jekson’s words and offered his opinion.

,”It’s too early to celebrate. Humans are tenacious. Since none of the scouts returned, the humans will send a larger force next time. Not just twenty or so, but a real army will come.”

,”Muhja-nim’s words are correct. What should I do?”

,”Our hidden card is the existence of the Giant Ents. In the underground Barain City, there are my troops and four legion commanders. A total of 110,000 soldiers.”

The Giant Ent army consisted of a total of 210,000 soldiers, including 20,000 Queen’s Guards, 30,000 directly under the Great General, and 20,000 under each of the eight legion commanders.

Muhja spoke again.

,”The humans will roughly know the number of human soldiers in Bradon Territory and will send an army accordingly. But they will be severely outnumbered by our great army.”

,”So, when the humans come, we’ll just overwhelm them with numbers?”

,”That’s one way, but we must prevent the humans from knowing our full strength. Also, we must fight in our home ground, which is underground, not on the surface.”

,”I trust only in you, Muhja-nim.”

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Jegal, 140 Dungeon Knights, 30,000 soldiers, and 514 criminals departed from the western blockade area of ​​North Gale and advanced towards Bradon Village.

The criminals were forced to participate in the war.

The criminals were offered the condition that all their sins would be forgiven after the war and they would receive 100 gold each, but it was uncertain whether they could survive due to their poor equipment.

Jegal divided the army into three groups.

The 1st army consists of Jegal, 40 Dungeon Knights, 10,000 soldiers, and 214 criminals, and will attack the main gate of Bradon Village on the east side.

The 2nd army consists of Dungeon Knight Commander Andra and 49 knights, 10,000 soldiers, and 150 criminals, and will attack while descending from the north of Bradon Village.

The 3rd army consists of the Dungeon Knight Vice-Commander and 49 knights, 10,000 soldiers, and 150 criminals, and will attack by advancing from the south of Bradon Village.

This tactic was a determination to prevent any Tentacle from escaping.

After camping and advancing appropriately, Bradon Village came into Jegal’s sight.

According to the information obtained by sending a reconnaissance team, there was nothing special around Bradon Village.

The 2nd and 3rd armies will each go to the north and south of Bradon Village and then advance towards Bradon Village.

Bradon Village was completely locked at the main gate.

Infected people were seen standing on the wooden fence and stone walls of Bradon Village, holding weapons.

Most of the infected were ordinary people, not soldiers, and the monsters seen in the video in the palace basement were also visible.

Jegal scoffed, put.

A few dozen monsters and a disorganized rabble cannot defeat the Gale Kingdom’s regular army.

The 1st army stopped at an appropriate distance from the main gate of Bradon Village and reorganized its formation.

The criminals in the front row grabbed battering rams to break down the castle gate or carried ladders.

The middle row was mainly melee soldiers, the rear row was mainly ranged soldiers, knights, and Jegal was positioned.

They even brought ballistae.

As Jegal waited, a messenger came saying that the 2nd and 3rd armies had also taken positions in the north and south, surrounding the west.

When Jegal gave the signal, a magician next to him fired a huge red light into the sky.

Soon, the entire Gale army began to attack Bradon Village.

As the criminals in the front row led the battering ram and charged towards the main gate, and ran towards the wooden wall carrying ladders, Bradon Village responded with arrows, magic, and acidic slime.

When Jegal gave the signal, an enormous rain of arrows fired by the archers in the rear of the Gale army poured down on Bradon Village.

Every time the ballista was fired, the wooden wall was destroyed with a kuwaaaang sound.

As the criminals approached the wooden wall, Tentacle mines exploded in various places, causing the criminals to fly away, get impaled, and explode.

This was why they used criminals.

When Jegal gave the signal, the soldiers in the middle row shouted uwaaaa all at once and charged towards the wooden wall.

The criminals who were pulling the battering ram were all killed by the Tentacle mines, so the soldiers who came from behind grabbed the battering ram and pulled it.

A monster with Tentacles coming out of its belly sprayed acidic slime at the battering ram, but it was blocked by the divine defense magic created by the priest.

On Jegal’s orders, a powerful arrow from the ballista flew towards that monster.

Shuuuuuung

Another monster-human next to it deflected the arrow by hitting it with a nail covered in aura.

Jegal clicked his tongue.

,”Tch. They’re stronger than I thought.”

But they would not be a match for the Dungeon Knights of the Gale Kingdom.

Soldiers set up ladders on the wall and climbed up.

Melee combat broke out on the wall.

The infected, who were ordinary people, were slaughtered by the blades of the regular soldiers, but the monster-humans were stronger than expected, and every time they slashed their claws, the regular soldiers turned into chunks of meat.

As the main gate of the village was destroyed by the battering ram, Jegal ordered the rear to advance.

The knights charged towards the main gate.

Archers and magicians advanced, supporting the knights.

The monsters began to retreat into the village first.

As the monsters disappeared, the infected retreated.

Soldiers and knights poured into the village.

Jegal slowly crossed the main gate of the village with his guards.

The situation in the 2nd and 3rd armies would probably be similar.

He expected a fierce battle, but they entered too easily, and there were fewer enemies than expected.

Jegal muttered with a question.

,”Where did all the monsters go? And there are fewer infected than expected.”

After some time, the 1st army occupied the village entrance square and the east, and the 2nd and 3rd armies occupied the west, north, and south of the village and met each other.

Almost all the criminals had died, but the regular soldiers occupied the village without much damage.

There was not a single monster or infected person left in the village.

Jegal looked for the Tentacle ornament Brani he had seen in the video, but it was not visible.

Jegal and the Knights discussed the results of the war in the square.

Jegal said.

,”We couldn’t kill any of the monsters we saw in the video, and they’re not in this village. There are fewer infected than expected. It seems like the enemies had already planned their retreat.”

Dungeon Knight Commander Andra offered his opinion.

,”If they didn’t fly into the sky, wouldn’t they be hiding somewhere in this village or have gone underground?”

,”I think so too.”

Jegal ordered the soldiers to search the village.

Soon, the soldiers discovered five buildings with tunnel entrances leading underground.

Jegal heard the report and shouted.

,”Damn it! It seems like these Tentacles escaped through the tunnels! The guys who fought on the wooden wall may have been stalling for time for the alpha individuals to escape. We must chase them quickly before they escape into the Bohak Forest! Dungeon Knights and the 2nd and 3rd armies, immediately divide the army and enter the five holes. I and the 1st army will search the village and set up a base.”

A total of 24 knights and 4,000 soldiers, each matched with an appropriate adventurer party, entered each of the five tunnel entrances.

The remaining 15 criminals were forced to enter any tunnel entrance.

The criminals cried out that they didn’t want to go in, but after killing a few as an example, they obediently went in.

Jegal and the 1st army thoroughly searched the village and began to make the buildings around the square into army bases.

Dungeon Knight Commander Andra led 23 knights and 4,000 soldiers into one of the tunnels.

Glowstones were embedded in the tunnel walls at long intervals, making it dark but moderately bright.

As they went inside, the tunnel widened to the size where 15 humans could walk hand in hand.

Andra said in a cheerful voice to his former adventurer colleague and subordinate, Juseup, who was next to him.

,”Doesn’t this remind you of our old dungeon explorations?”

,”That’s right. These Tentacle bastards are more capable than I thought, aren’t they?”

,”They’re just monsters anyway. This is a new dungeon, and all we have to do is conquer it. Let’s do it like the old days, friend.”

,”Yes. Commander-nim. Hehehe.”

After walking down a sloping tunnel for an hour, a large joint and a four-way path appeared.

Juseup asked.

,”Commander-nim. Should we divide the troops?”

,”We still have a lot of troops. Let’s divide them for now.”

They were divided into 6 knights and 1,000 soldiers.

Andra and Juseup became the same team and entered one of the branch tunnels.

After walking for another hour, the tunnel split into three branches: the tunnel was dug in the front, bottom, and top.

Andra pondered and said.

,”These guys seem to be able to climb walls. We can’t even climb that tunnel up there.”

Juseup asked again.

,”Should we divide the troops again into the front and bottom?”

,”No. Let’s go straight ahead as it is. It’s dangerous to divide it further. If a new branch is divided again next time, we’ll return to the ground as it is. If they can make such a huge cave, there must be more of them than I thought.”

Andra and Juseup’s team went deeper and deeper along the path leading down.

After walking for an hour and a half, the road ahead was divided into the shape of a triangular pyramid with a wide apex angle.

Andra declared the end of the exploration.

,”This dungeon is beyond our capabilities. We don’t know what dangers lie ahead. We need to organize a professional exploration team and send them.”

Andra and Juseup’s team began to return the way they came.

As they were walking for about 30 minutes, a faint vibration began to be heard from the front, dudududu.

Andra recognized this as enemies from his experience as an adventurer and ordered the soldiers.

,”Enemies are coming from the front! Everyone, line up in battle formation!”

Juseup shouted urgently.

,”Shouldn’t we run away!”

,”No! Running away will only lead us deeper! We must survive by holding out here!”

Shield soldiers took their positions in the front row, followed by melee soldiers, archers, magicians, priests, and melee soldiers guarding the rear.

Andra, as a martial artist, stood with the melee soldiers, wearing steel gauntlets with sharp studs on the knuckles.

Juseup, as an archer, took his position in the rear.

The sound of the ground rumbling, dudududu, grew louder and louder, and soon dozens of giant moles, 180cm tall and armed with iron armor, appeared from the front.

The giant moles were wearing thick iron helmets on their heads.

The iron helmets had sharp iron structures attached to increase damage from impact.

Andra shouted with a determined face.

,”Shield soldiers, hold the shields with both hands! Priests, assist the shield soldiers with body strengthening and deploy Holy Barrier! Archers and magicians, all use your strongest attacks!”

The tunnel echoed as the giant moles’ charge drew closer to the humans.

Dudududududu

As the magicians and archers launched their most powerful attacks, a net of magic and arrows was fired at the giant moles and collided.

Kwagagang Kwagang Pajijik

The iron plates of the giant moles in the front row held out, but soon shattered, and the giant moles were torn apart and exploded.

However, the giant moles coming from behind stepped on the front row as they were and charged, colliding with the shield soldiers in the front row.

Kwag Kwagagagagang Kwang

Due to the enormous momentum of the giant moles, the shields were crushed, and the shield soldiers in the front row exploded like tomatoes and flew away.

The giant moles crushed even the shield soldiers in the back row as they advanced.

The shield soldiers screamed.

,”Kuaaaaak! My hand is crushed!”

,”Save me!!”

The giant moles turned several shield soldiers into chunks of meat and stopped after using up their momentum.

Only red blood and flesh like red tomato juice could be seen where the giant moles had passed.

Second Knight Commander Andra shouted.

,”They’ve stopped, kill them all!”

The melee soldiers shouted like thunder and attacked the giant moles.

The giant moles screamed kkieeeek and shook their armor-clad bodies wildly, colliding with the soldiers.

Aura formed on both of Andra’s hands, and the muscles in his right arm swelled.

Andra landed a straight punch on the giant mole’s helmet with his right hand, causing the giant mole to explode from head to tail like a bursting balloon, papapapang.

The arrow fired by Juseup accurately entered the gap in the giant mole’s helmet, piercing its eye and entering its brain, killing it instantly.

Hope appeared on the faces of the human soldiers.

The human soldiers shouted.

,”We can live!”

,”Let’s get out! Let’s get out!”

But the human soldiers’ wishes did not come true.

This was because the sound of a giant army coming from the front and back of the human soldiers echoed through the tunnel.

Andra urgently ordered.

,”Half of the melee soldiers go to the rear!”

Soon, countless Giant Ents charged from the tunnels in front and behind the human soldiers.

The Giant Ents were wearing armor and helmets like insect shells, and were holding long spears and shields in their hands, holding the long spears between their armpits and facing forward like knights in a jousting match.

The Giant Ents intended to drive the long spears into the humans with the momentum caused by their mass and charging speed.

The human soldiers screamed in terror.

,”This is crazy!!”

,”Ugh! Block it!”

They had already lost many shield soldiers while blocking the giant moles’ charge.

As the Giant Ents charged, the human soldiers were impaled on the long spears like skewers, pakpakpak.

The impaled soldiers screamed in pain.

,”Kuaaaaak!”

,”Kulok Kulok My stomach…”

The Giant Ent, who had impaled five humans on his long spear, lifted the long spear with one arm and shook it off.

The humans impaled on the long spear slid down and fell to the ground.

Blood spread like paint where they fell.

The human magicians and archers fired ranged attacks at the Giant Ents.

The Giant Ents blocked with their shields and stabbed the melee soldiers with their long spears, and the Giant Ents holding throwing spears from behind threw the spears with their strong arm strength.

In the middle of the Giant Ent spearmen, there were Giant Ent shamans wearing light armor and holding stones with strange patterns engraved on them.

When the Giant Ent shaman put mana into the stone, the stone shone.

Afterwards, the soil below one human soldier soared in a cone shape, piercing and splitting the soldier’s body, scattering his internal organs in all directions.

From another shaman’s stone, a hardened earth spear flew and pierced the human soldiers.

The human priests were doing their best to use healing magic to barely maintain the front line, but the human soldiers were on the verge of annihilation due to the countless Giant Ents pouring in.