Chapter 226 – 226. Duke’s Twelfth Sabotage (1)
– One –
Woo woo woo!
“This, this, it’s flying this way!”
A rebel soldier looks up at the sky and screams.
Was it because he felt that he was too late to run away?
He looks up at a massive object that crosses the air and screams, but his feet do not show any signs of falling.
A rock with such a huge mass boasted such a brutal size that it would be embarrassing to even call it a rock.
The moment they name it by the name promised by social consensus, a scene unfolds in front of the rebels as if their common sense and language system are about to be destroyed.
Goong!
Kwakjijik!
Dozens of rebel soldiers are cut flat.
It spreads out wide.
But no one could see it with their own eyes.
Zuzuzuzzw, qureung, qureung.
Woozijik, dudududuk.
This is because the angular rocks that formed the rebel soldiers raised dust and changed the surrounding terrain.
It didn’t end with that one.
Woo woo woo!
Woo woo woo!
Woo woo woo!
The huge rock, more likely to be seen in civil engineering than in everyday life, reminded me of a flying mountain.
Despair is on the faces of the rebels.
“Do, do, do, run away!”
Someone turns their back and runs away, shouting loudly.
Quung!
Let’s go!
Whoops!
Whoops!
Woo woo woo!
Not scolded!
However, his voice is completely drowned out by a series of explosions.
However, there was no need for his voice to reach other rebels.
Because everyone was busy turning their backs and running away.
Visor!
“Light bulb wow!”
An Imperial Army officer at the head of the cavalry draws his sword and shouts.
His voice resonates clearly, even as the rebel’s rattlesnake, the roar of a huge catapult, the explosion of a thrown boulder, and the groan of the earth fill the air.
The voice amplification magic tool given to the officers of the Imperial Army greatly increases the reliability of the command transmission system in a melee.
“Geochang (擧槍)!”
Cheeky!
The reason why the Imperial Army can be elite is because of the reliability of the command transmission system, and those who accept orders quickly and accurately execute them.
They almost seemed to be one body.
“Atmosphere!”
The cavalry officer turned his head.
The sapper officer nodded.
“Blast bullets!”
By order of the officer of the sapper unit,
“Blasting!”
“Valpaa!”
The soldiers’ voices continued,
Whoops!
Beep, beep beep!
When the soldiers press the button on the magic tool that appears to be a trigger device given to each,
Kwakwang!
Aaaaa!
Cuckoo Cuckoo!
Kwureung, kkwaaaaang!
The rocks thrown by the imperial troops with the catapult exploded all at once.
Aaaaagh!
My arm!
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!
Using the rocks as cover and preparing for a cavalry charge, the rebels were helpless and suffering.
As if the rocks were not natural stones in the first place, they are crumbled like grains of sand as soon as they are blown apart by the explosive magic tool inside the rocks.
Suddenly, low hills appear on the land where rocks were embedded.
Now the horse is well enough to run.
“Turn around!”
“Waaaaa!”
“Ehhh!”
“Hey, hey, hey, hey!”
Percussion!
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!
With a strange cry, the warhorse charges.
Dust blooms, but the speed at which the horses spur and run is faster than the speed at which it rises.
No one at the head of the cavalry was obscured by the dust.
Chuck, Chuck!
Flutter, Flutter!
The cavalry riders in the lead lead the way according to the officer’s hand signal.
Doo doo doo doo!
Doo doo doo doo doo!
The direction of the charge of the cavalry subtly turns right.
A war horse wearing thick barding can exert enormous physical violence with just its mass and speed.
That’s why the horse’s hooves, step by step, never slowed down.
Rather, it gradually speeds up.
“Ah ah ah ah ah…”
A crippled rebel soldier looks back at the cavalry with eyes full of despair.
As if the damage suffered by the explosion was not small, the body of the rebel soldier was no different from rags.
Chuck!
The cavalry officer beckons.
Troopers never slow down.
Doo doo doo doo doo, kwajik, doo doo doo!
Enemy, Wooddeuk, Kwajijik, Cheolbeok, Cheolbeok!
Doo doo doo doo doo doo!
It is compacted.
The rebel soldiers could not even scream, and became flattened jerky in the march of the cavalry.
“Ehhh!”
“Ehh!”
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!
Troopers speed up even more.
Kwajik, Kwajik, Kwajik, Kwajik.
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
The troopers became artisans in making jerky.
– 2 –
The cavalry unit splits in two, turning slowly in the distance.
It was difficult to see because of the hills, but it was not difficult to determine their location from the dust they smoked.
“Align the archers!”
“Sort!”
After the archers wearing bows lined up in five rows, they silently watched the front.
Their battle lines are lined up in wide rows of infantry with long spears.
In front of the spearmen, shield-bearing foot soldiers guarded against any enemy attacks.
Even if the cavalry charged, at least one wave showed firmness that the ranks would not be disturbed.
“Light bulb woo woo!”
Gulp.
Someone swallows dry saliva.
They now go to reap the lives that have yet to fall.
The battlefield scavenger, the terminator of living lives.
“Advance!”
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
The steps of the soldiers go forward.
Gu-gung, gu-gu-gu-gung.
Following the wide-spread marching soldiers, small siege towers assembled by the Corps of Engineers followed.
There is no word or person leading it.
Perhaps the power source completed with magical engineering provided the momentum for it to move forward.
Their movement speed was no different from that of foot soldiers.
The siege tower, well over 20m, literally served as a moving watchtower.
“1 enemy company ambush in the vicinity of 500m in the north-northwest direction!”
A soldier guarding the front on top of a siege tower shouts.
The voice amplified by the magic tool penetrated the ears of all the soldiers marching around.
“The 3rd company ready to fire!”
“Ready to shoot!”
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
The officer of the archers surveyed the possible enemy positions and gave orders to the soldiers around him.
The march of soldiers does not stop.
The distance to the enemies gradually gets closer.
“The 3rd company is loaded!”
“Load!”
Whoops!
All at once, the bowstrings are pulled.
“Prepare the 4th company to fire!”
“Ready to shoot!”
The 3rd and 4th company commanders exchange glances.
The 3rd and 4th companies seemed to turn the enemy into a beehive by firing alternately.
March a little more
Soon, the officer feels that he has reached the right point.
“Third Company, fire from the prepared gunners!”
“Launch!”
Tae Tae Tae Tae Tae Tae Tae!
Shush shush shush shush shush!
A short arrow flies into the air in a parabolic arc.
With hills blocking them, the archers do not know the enemy’s location.
However, it is not necessary to aim and fire in detail.
“The 4th company, fire from the prepared gunners aaaaa company!”
“Launch!”
Tae Tae Tae Tae Tae Tae Tae!
Shush shush shush shush shush!
There was a companion who would turn enemies into a hive together,
“Third company, load!”
“Load!”
Whoop whoop!
Because there were enough arrows.
“Third Company, fire from the prepared gunners!”
“Launch!”
Tae Tae Tae Tae!
Shush shush shush shush!
A rain of arrows begins to cover the sky.
… Aaaaa… !
… Turn off…
Asrai screams begin to be heard from over the hill.
The 3rd and 4th companies alternately fire several times.
A similar scene takes place in other siege towers as well.
They were terribly stable, annihilating the remaining troops.
“Enemy annihilation! Enemy annihilation!”
“Enemy annihilation! Enemy annihilation!”
Soldiers on watch in the siege tower report that enemies are no longer responding.
But they didn’t turn.
Although the number of soldiers marching in wide formations was large enough to cover the land in front, their goal was not achieved.
Initially, their goal was to completely kill all rebels.
In other words, the destruction of the rebels was the ultimate goal of the Imperial Army leadership.
“Go north!”
“Go north!”
That’s why they constantly move north.
Northward without rest,
Whoop, whoop, whoop!
“Quaaaaa!”
“Sa-sa…!”
Spearmen drive their spears into the strewn bodies of enemies,
Chuck, Chuck, Kwajik, Kwajik!
Wooddeuk, chuck, ironfuck, ironfuck!
“Kuk, kuck, turn off…”
“Keruk, kuh…”
All foot soldiers trample the body of the enemy,
Roar, Roar, Roar!
“Eh eh!
At the end of the procession, the body was set on fire.
The Imperial Army infantrymen were diligently continuing to confirm kills.
“This, this, you demons!”
Limp, limp, jump!
The rebel, who became a cactus with arrows instead of thorns, stands up from under the spear blade.
He appears to be dying, but desperately squeezes his strength and lunges at the living barrier of Imperial soldiers.
Shik, shik!
“Turn it off…!”
What caused him?
What made him so angry?
He jumped into the first row, avoiding all the spear blades that were swinging with moderation.
“Go away!”
Blank.
He lifted his comrade’s severed leg and swung it against his shield.
The weapon wielded by the dying gave only a minor impact to the shieldmen in the line.
As if the shield soldier hit by the leg was insignificant,
Wedge love!
Shikaaak!
Chaaaaagh!
“Cheer, heck…”
Cut the rebel’s throat with a sword.
Dump.
A dying rebel cactus lies on the ground.
Chuck, Chuck, Knock, Puck, Wooddeuk, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
Until all that had happened, none of the Imperial infantrymen stopped.
The iron plated boots of the Imperial Army spread the rebel cacti thinly.
The shoes of all Imperial infantrymen are stained red.
It was a sight that seemed to understand why the minority tribes called the Imperial Army the red-footed devil during the Empire’s unification period.
Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck.
They never ran
Taking one step at a time, he calmly and carefully brought death to the rebels.
– 3 –
“How is Your Highness?”
“I’m still complaining of extreme anxiety as before.”
“What are the opinions of the surgeon and the warlord healer?”
“Severe post-traumatic stress disorder developed, which appears to have triggered infantile regression.”
“Um…”
Upon hearing his adjutant’s report, Brigadier General Glenfiddich’s complexion darkened in an instant.
Even though he did it under the magic of berserk, he felt great guilt when Kanin complained of extreme mental pain due to his actions.
“How is the war?”
“It’s going smoothly beyond imagination. It makes me wonder why the Islands Defense Forces didn’t annihilate them until now.”
“Is that so…”
“It is clear that the information obtained by Viscount Dylan is accurate. It is clear that he has not dispatched the Islands Defense Forces nor summoned the Imperial Army, as he has been embroiled in political quarrels among the nobles of the Islands.”
“It could have been.”
Brigadier General Glenfiddich was silent.
Even within the wizarding unit, there was an enemy ganja they never expected.
He was a high-ranking mage who had served for over ten years and was trusted by everyone inside.
He was even the disciple of one of only three great mages in the entire Imperial Army.
None of them could have imagined that he would be a traitor.
“Did I kill you too soon…”
“Who… Oh, do you mean a traitor?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t figure out what was behind it, but I think it’s meaningful enough to block the possibility before information leaks out.”
“Hmm… Looking at it that way, it wouldn’t be too bad to kill him quickly.”
When the adjutant of Brigadier General Glenfiddich raided the wizard unit, the archmage was directly interrogating his apprentice for using berserk magic without permission.
The disciple, who is presumed to be a traitor, tried to self-destruct with them, but the great mage cast an infinite spear magic and killed him in an instant.
Perhaps it was the last consideration of the great mage for his beloved disciple who was about to die after being tortured to his heart’s content.
Or maybe he was trying to stop him from sending a signal to the person who instigated the betrayal at the same time as the self-destruction.
However, since Tsushima lived silently from then on, he had no way of knowing his true intentions.
He admitted that he was still responsible for his disciple’s misdeeds, and volunteered to be immediately detained awaiting a trial court martial.
“Rather than rushing, move with the aim of destroying every single one of them. On the way Your Highness is heading, there must be no danger of any kind. Do you understand?”
“Insect!”
Chuck!
The adjutant raises his alert, and disappears outside the mobile commander’s barracks.
“Um…”
In the first place, Brigadier General Glenfiddich, for the sake of Canin’s safety, intended to take Canin to a territory outside the Islands and protect him until the siege of the Islands was lifted.
However, due to the timely intervention of the renegade, Canin’s state of mind has become very precarious.
If left alone, Canin might go completely insane.
Because of that, he decided to head to the system, where Canin felt the most secure, and which had the best medical staff, healers and counselors.
In the meantime, he did not know what danger might be, so he summoned all the imperial troops scattered throughout the empire at random.
Right now, the imperial army was pouring in from all sides to wipe out the rebels.
Unless the rebels tried to escape into the interior of the system, it was clear that they would be annihilated inside the perfect encirclement and annihilation camp.
Sarah, Sarah.
Brigadier General Glenfiddich was reading the war situation while examining the military map depicting the islands.
The war was going well, but his face was stained with deep sorrow.
“General Glenfiddich.”
“… Ah, Viscount Dylan. Please speak.”
“What are you so worried about?”
“That is…”
Brigadier General Glenfiddich looks around at the magistrates and officers.
Viscount Dylan seemed to notice his concern, and came over to his table and sat down.
Swoop.
Flange, Flange.
Square, square, square.
Viscount Dylan writes a note in his notebook and shows it to Brigadier General Glenfiddich.
– How would you like to chat?
Brigadier General Glenfiddich nods.
He also takes out his personal journal and responds to Viscount Dylan’s proposal for a written conversation.
– First, it is worrisome that the situation inside the system is unknown. Whether he is really preoccupied with political strife, or whether he is confused for some other reason, we are not entirely sure.
Viscount Dylan nodded.
He quietly starts writing in his notebook.
– Now, wouldn’t it be okay to communicate with the system?
– If the Regal Duke is listening,
– Isn’t it the yard where the system is right in front of you anyway? You should be able to identify the imperial troops with the naked eye, but it wouldn’t mean much to intercept them.
– If they don’t send assassins to assassinate the crown prince, that’s my concern.
Viscount Dylan shakes his head.
– In such a strict yard, it won’t be easy for assassins to infiltrate the rear. It would be more effective to contact all three organizations, the Imperial Defense Forces, the Imperial Task Force, and the Imperial Central Intelligence Agency, to request personnel to escort Her Highness, and at the same time pressurize the rebels from both sides of the war.
– But…
– It’s probably my guess, but the biggest reason why the armed group stationed in the island couldn’t send troops is because it was judged that His Highness the Crown Prince’s recruits were still detained by the rebels. If we report to His Majesty that we have rescued Her Highness, they will have no reason to hesitate.
“Ah…!”
Brigadier Glenfiddich’s expression brightens.
He faces Viscount Dylan and nods his head.
As soon as he finished his conversation with Viscount Dylan, he promised to report directly to the Islands Defense Forces and the Imperial Family.
– Second, I presumed that the Islands Defense Forces, the Imperial Task Force, and the combat personnel of the Imperial Central Intelligence Agency were unable to dispatch troops because of the political conflict, but I am concerned that there may be other causes. I suspect that the dispatch of a small number of rescue teams was stopped due to the actions of someone with transcendental force.
Viscount Dylan’s expression also darkened.
He was mindful of the fact that he might not, though he had no such information.
– If you see that it hasn’t appeared so far, it’s one of the two.
– If you have any opinions, please let me know.
– Either they have already withdrawn, or they will plan to ambush at once when they observe the situation and judge it to be the right time.
– It doesn’t matter if it’s the former, but…
– If it’s the latter, it wouldn’t be something that could put Your Highness in danger.
– That’s right.
The pens of the two did not move for a while.
Viscount Dylan moved the tip of his pen first after much thought.
– I guess this part should be left to chance.
– Is it luck…
– However, even if it is a small number, if they have transcendental power enough to block the elite fighting force of the empire, they will be the best manpower for the enemy.
“Ah…”
– So, obviously, as soon as you figured out that this amount of people were approaching, wouldn’t it be highly likely that you would have run away?
Brigadier General Glenfiddich nodded.
Nearly 100,000 imperial troops besieging the islands were armed with quality weapons and siege weapons.
No matter how transcendental it is, common sense is that it is inevitably ineffective against an imperial army of this magnitude.
Then, as if something had crossed his mind, Brigadier General Glenfiddich raised his head.
– However, isn’t the island completely surrounded by the Imperial Army right now? If those with transcendent power existed on the battlefield here, where could they escape?
Viscount Dylan began to smile sharply.
Looking at his expression, Viscount Glenfiddich felt a chill in a corner of his chest.
– First of all, you will have to go inside the system and ask if there was a being with such transcendent power. Even if they existed, if the imperial army had not found them as they approached while encircling the islands…
Brigadier General Glenfiddich’s eyes also begin to glow blue.
– Is it clear that there is a traitor or a rebel supporter inside the system?
– Maybe, isn’t it possible that there is a real body and behind it?
“Umm…”
Brigadier General Glenfiddich let out an uncomfortable sigh.
He shakes his head and pours out his last concerns.
– Third, I am concerned about the existence of traitors who may still remain.
Viscount Dylan’s expression hardened.
He also nods his head.
– It’s probably there.
– To be honest, I am heartbroken to think that some of the troops I have worked hard to develop for decades may have already been traitors before enlisting.
– I understand.
Viscount Dylan looked at him with gloomy eyes and lowered his head to offer consolation.
Brigadier General Glenfiddich bowed his head to return his comfort.
However, that heavy sensation showed no sign of disappearing as it stayed in the pit of the stomach.
– But you won’t have to worry about a few traitors now.
– After all, is it because the situation has already progressed enough that it doesn’t matter even if it is caught?
– He is too, but now there are not too many eyes to see.
“Ah…”
Brigadier General Glenfiddich raised his head and looked around.
The officers and executives in the commander’s barracks are all recruited to each unit.
There is a strangely sharp atmosphere between them.
They all know that the great mage’s apprentice was a traitor.
That’s why they were monitoring each other to find any traitors who might remain.
– Given the situation, no matter who the traitor is, he won’t be able to play nonsense easily.
– It really helped me a lot, sir.
Brigadier General Glenfiddich bowed his head and thanked Viscount Dylan.
Being a military officer by nature, he was not a person whose brain turned very quickly in this direction.
However, his loyalty to the empire and the imperial family was great, he was honest, and he was also wise.
So he wasn’t ashamed to ask anyone for advice.
Looking at him like that, Viscount Dylan couldn’t help but smile.
“It was nothing.”
Viscount Dylan spat words of humility out of his mouth.
With that, it was declared that the writing conversation between the two was over.
“Then let’s go, General.”
“Yes. I will report the victory, Your Excellency.”
After a while, the system was overturned.