Chapter 208 – 9. Hormia’s Dictator, Countess’s Insidious Task

Rattling- I hung up my bow, put arrow feathers on my strings, closed my eyes and called Undine. Undine, who rushed out in a circle with an urgent intention, looked at me with great surprise at the scene of the fight.

“Undine, go around the fort and if you see a fire or someone on fire, put it out quickly! Request!”

[Huh! Cassano be careful too… !]

Undine, her lips tightly closed, jumped into the waves of soldiers and knights with a determined face. Kuung- Kuung- Trampling on the castle wall and snapping its head as if choosing a favorite dish, I gnashed my teeth and pulled an arrow while raising my mana.

The overtightened bow and I, who had pulled it beyond its limit, let go of the arrow before it broke.

Peeing- Grasp-!

[Khehehehehehehehe-!!!]

The arrow flew in a line and lodged in the wyvern’s mouth before swallowing the soldier with its mouth wide open. The moment it was embedded so deeply that the feathers could not be seen in the fresh skin, the wyvern fell to the floor of the fortress. Fortunately, there were no soldiers and knights underneath, so the wyvern, who had been sitting on only one wagon, started scratching the floor, and Mild, who witnessed it, shouted loudly.

“Now!!!”

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

Knights wrapped in mana on their swords cut off their feet scratching the ground. Dumseong- The toe that was cut off like meat was cut, and the wyvern fell down, keueek-! He let out a terrible scream and kicked off the knights with his tail and started flapping his wings.

“That’s-!”

“Ugh!”

Due to the close wind right in front, the knights who were approaching with shackles could not overcome the weight and fell as they were. Sonia, who jumped up on the wall, jumped into the wyvern preparing to fly up and thrust her sword down at a right angle, but couldn’t cut it.

[Kieeaek!!!]

“Sir Sonia!”

Wheezing – The Wyvern flipped over and floated into the sky. Scratching the collapsing walls and bell tower, the wyvern turned and let out a terrible scream as the sword pierced his skull and shook his head.

“Keuheuuuuu-!”

Fluttering – as if he had been beaten by a wyvern, his orange hair swayed in the wind along with slightly swollen eyes. I chased after the wyvern, which had already turned into spots, and when I saw Sonia falling near the bell tower, I hugged an armful of nearby straw and ran toward Sonia, who was getting closer.

“Aww-!”

Sonia, who closed her eyes as she rolled over, fell on top of me. I can take it – the relief made her whole body loose, but admiring it alone, I held out a straw for Sonia, who was falling with strength in her kwu-limbs, and coo-! Just like that, Sonia fell on top of me.

“Whoa-!”

He did not fall because he was standing firmly on the ground surrounded by mana. Only her arms trembled lightly from the sudden collision, but I endured it and praised Sonia, who looked up at me with her fluttering eyes.

“Good job.”

“Aww-!”

Whack-covering her eyes with her arm, Sonia turned her head away. Laughing at her acting like a child, I raised both of her arms and put her chin-Sonia’s feet on her ground and pushed her away. Shaking off her feet, Sonia stood up on her floor, looked at me with her bulging eyes, then noticed Undine spraying water on the flame-roaring fortress and started running.

I also followed Sonia, and the front of the castle gate we arrived at was miserable.

“Kwaaaaak
“Keuheuk, please, Jebaaal-!”
“I can’t see, I can’t see-“

Soldiers crawling or rolling on the floor, throwing out pain, struggling soldiers, and wyverns were repulsed, but the severe wounds left in the fort hardened their faces and looked around. In the meantime, Mild, who found Sonia and me, ran over with a sweaty face and sighed.

“You’re all right, I’m so glad! Is that spirit the spirit of Cassano?”

“Yes, it is Undine who signed a contract with me.”

“That’s right, I’m really glad. If it wasn’t for the spirits, half of the soldiers would have been burned to death.”

Haa- Kwuk- with a sigh- Mild, who covered his face with the palm of his hand, sighed heavily and looked around. His trembling eyes turned to Sonia for a moment, but soon after he made up his mind, Mild spoke to us.

“The three knights who were directly hit by the tail of the wyvern just now collapsed. I don’t know if the bones are broken or the organs are injured, but I managed to finish first aid with a potion, but I won’t be able to move for a while.”

Haa- Sonia’s face hardened severely at the sound of using the potion while sighing. However, she seemed to be trying to distinguish between public and private affairs, as if she realized it after going through a major incident. Sonia let out a sigh and didn’t ask about her potion. Mild, too, seemed to be satisfied with the appearance, and brought up her story first.

“… Now there are three potions left, but if they don’t move, I’ll have to use them again. I’m sorry, Sir Sonia.”

“No, no. I am fully aware of the fact that it is unavoidable because it is such a valuable force.”

“Then I’m glad.”

[Casano- It’s all over-]

Just in time, as if all the fire had been extinguished, Undine with a slightly weary face flew to me. Malkan- After stroking Undine, I praised him while sweeping his back.

“You worked hard, Undine or you could have been in big trouble.”

[Hehe, they say you don’t have to spare praise.]

He smiled as he gently scratched her chin with his index finger at the cuteness that meant more. Swallow-swallowing her spittle, Sonia stared at the two of us before twitch-turning her head. Mild, who was watching me and Undine, smiled happily, then scratched his forehead as if he had a headache.

“Still, too many soldiers are injured.

“Actually, I have something to tell you. Sir Mild.”

“Huh? Something?”

Seeing his attitude, I nodded to Undine. After looking around the fort enough, Undine closed her eyes to my signal and contemplated the mana before answering in a slightly frustrated voice.

[About 6 people with mana right now? However, it is not a complete cure, and only lightly injured people can do it.]

“Actually, my spirit, Undine, can make things called healing water with mana. Her broken leg can also be healed, but it requires more mana.”

“Oh, really! Good thing. Most of the soldiers are lightly injured, so if you have your spirit, you can heal them.”

I’ll figure out the number of soldiers and come back- Mild headed to the soldiers lying on the floor like that, and I stood next to him blankly and looked at Sonia, who was opening her mouth.

Her eyes were looking at Undine as if she were looking at a savior she had barely met while wandering in the dark.

“Ah… “

[If Cassano fills in today, it might be possible for ten people-]

Seeing Undine coquettish and hugging me, I nodded his head while rubbing his cheek. Undine, who was excited about the acceptance, clung to me and made a lot of noise, but he sighed.

[It would be great if I could use space magic or something like that.]

It seemed like it was an experiment done in the past in front of Minerva and Erilda. Undine was born as a wild spirit, so she could exist in reality with enough mana distributed in the air. Potions, scrolls, swords, armor, and food disappeared, but things that Erilda and Minerva held onto and enchanted were occasionally possible.

I stroked Undine’s head with a vague thought of Dalgrak – looking at her necklace hanging around her neck, Minerva will take care of it later.

“Is it true that it can be cured with only the healing water?”

While chatting with Undine, Sonia took a step closer to us and asked a question in a trembling voice. I nodded to Undine, who was looking at me with big eyes, and looked at them with arms crossed.

[It’s important how much you’re hurt. Yo. This.]

“Mae, it’s very serious, but as long as I can keep my life, it doesn’t matter.”

[You might know it once you see it. Yo. This?]

“Then… !”

Before saying anything to Sonia, who had a bright complexion, Mild approached us with a brightened face. Seeing Sonia groaning at her like an abandoned puppy while trying to take Undine too, I left them alone and walked along with Mild.

“Turn it off!”
“Keuheuk, please, kill me!”
“Fuck it, fuck it, fuck it-!!!”

Soldiers were lying side by side on the floor, where screams and groans of pain rolled around. I passed by the officer who was calming the three terrified fluttering horses and asked Mild.

“Are these all?”

Mild shook his head at my question, haha- quietly took out a cigarette from his bosom and put it in his mouth. Do knights really like Krafton cigarettes? Letting go of that thought, I lit a fire and looked at his puffy lips.

“No, whoa- there are fifty soldiers in our fortress, but there are now thirty wounded. There are ten seriously injured among them, so I promised to pick them up and return to Hormia by the officer in charge.”

“Is that so. Fortunately, the.”

“I just don’t know what to say to Sir Sonia.”

The face of Mild, who rubbed his forehead and exhaled smoke, was dark. But bring her Sonia and show her her horribly damaged wagon, her broken supplies, her horses trolling and behaving like her frightened colts, and she’ll understand.

“She will understand her too. Even 10 people were too much for that shabby wagon.”

Let’s talk while looking at the knights who have already laid down the soldiers in the wagons.

“Why did my lord send us here… I just can’t figure it out.”

Mild’s eyes, devastated by the poor environment and miserable daily life, were filled with charred soldiers.