Chapter 347 – Chapter 35

“There! It’s too attached! Make it more sparsely!”
“Raise the barriers!”

The Luciar Kenel army preoccupied the road that the Western Army had to pass through with its geographical advantage.

They set up military camps in places that were easy to defend, and created obstacles in places that would become battlefields to create favorable terrain for their allies.

“I don’t know how well the new recruits will fight after only two months of training.”

Armed with mass-produced battle armor, a single soldier could possess knight-level fighting power.

However, it is very common for new recruits who have never been in a war to have their mental burst in real battle.

Priscilla sighed as she moved foolishly and destroyed things here and there because she couldn’t adapt to the output of the battle armor.

“Destroy everything or lower the output!”
“I told you to set the output to 10% when not in combat!”

High-ranking soldiers scream at the sound of something breaking here and there.

“Still, the morale is high. All of them came in as recruits.”

The mercenary knight who was by Priscilla’s side mentioned the biggest advantage of this ragtag army.

Two months ago, when announcing the news that the west was going to invade and conquer the country, they recruited, and those who responded were the soldiers here.

In fact, not only the west, but the entire western continent was attacking, but honestly, everyone would fall into a panic, so it was reduced to a few western kingdoms united.

Still, there are Akina in the south, so if you provide supplies, you will be able to block it somehow.

“That’s true… But the problem is the first fight.”

Hard training is important for a soldier, but in the end, it is a being that is completed only by going through actual combat.

It is the law of the battlefield that even an elite soldier who receives a perfect score of 100 in training dies in shock from actual combat.

Only through actual combat can a soldier fully understand what he has been trained for and become familiar with the battlefield.

“They’ll take advantage of their numerical superiority and launch an overwhelming offensive from the beginning. Will the new recruits be able to hold out during that time…”

Battle armor is almost invincible to soldiers, but it becomes dangerous when knights cling to it.

The enemy will surely send soldiers to check the combat power of this side, and while being surprised by the ability of the battle armor, they will quickly realize that the user is a new recruit.

After that, it is certain that the knights will sortie out and deal with the new recruits one by one among the soldiers.

“The captain is very worried. From what we’ve heard, the win rate is at least half.”
“I can only hope that the 2,000 people who responded to the recruitment for the country have minimal casualties.”

There are a lot of enemies, but this one also has this and that prepared.

It is proof of that confidence that Priscilla does not worry about winning or losing, but rather worrying about the safety of the recruits.

“Don’t worry. We’ll protect the new recruits as planned.”
“Sir Sirin.”

At that time, Sirin, who commanded the undead army, eased Priscilla’s worries.

The existing plan was that the undead troops would take on all the hard work, and the new recruits would assist them until they got used to the battlefield.

However, there will be enemies who can read the battlefield, so the problem is that there is a high probability that things will not go as planned.

“And we are too.”

Shirin took a big look around the military camp in the section called us.

Lillian is firmly established while wearing a custom battle armor that has been modified in various ways based on a rare metal base.

As soon as the military camp was built, Dang Seol-young created his own barracks and continued to mix things up.

Charlize, a sorceress who has reached the level of Origin and a witch of Calak who is familiar with many insidious schemes.

Jin Soo-ah is showing with her whole body that she wants the enemy to come right away.

And Kaicent, Lilith, Celestine, and Atti waiting in the rear to take down the flying fleet.

If it is reduced to the point where it is difficult to affect the Western Army’s air fleet battlefield, it will join the front line immediately.

In addition, Neledriel is making reinforcements, and Vannes is taking the place of Lillian in the center and guarding the surroundings.

-You and the queen, save your strength until the very end. It’s the only way to reverse the worst.-

She came to warn Priscilla not to reveal Origin’s strength.

To be honest, Priscilla’s gift has nothing to do with combat, but she can change her battlefield with Origin’s strength.

She nodded her head, admitting that thanks to Shirin’s warning, she almost made her mistake.

Food Deuk-

Then, a bird whose name she did not know landed on Shirin’s shoulder.

“Hmm? Hmm. I see. Report to the Queen as well.”
“Are you a scout?”
“That’s right. They say the enemy has arrived 6 hours away.”
“It’s faster than I thought.”
“It must mean that you have prepared thoroughly.”

Another peculiarity was that the fleet turned in a different direction.

“It’s fortunate. To think that each group will be defeated on their own. The interception team will join sooner than expected.”

Shirin smiled coldly at the Western Army, who looked at them funny and coveted her specialty.

*                           *

Go go go go go go—-

Hundreds of battleships were moving over the Calak Mountains with the sound of a magic attribute engine.

On the deck, the griffins are resting, ready to take off at any moment.

“Whoa. The battleships of the Western Allies are only this.”

The commander in charge of the Western Allied ships, Viscount Phillighton, looked out the window and sighed.

Had the power been conserved, a huge fleet of hundreds of ships would have cast shadows on the ground and made the enemies collapse.

“Don’t take it to heart, Commander. Isn’t it important to find out that such a strong person exists among the alien species?”
“That’s right.”
“And if it’s the Kingdom of Lucy Arkenel, this is more than enough. We are the protagonists of this war.”

While comforting Phillightn, the second captain confidently asserted that they were the protagonists of this war.

What he said was not an exaggeration.

When the ground forces clash with the enemy in a narrow street, they will leisurely bomb the enemy’s capital.

Of course, the enemies must have been prepared to some extent, but how much would the country, which is finally stabilizing, have done so.

“But no matter how you think about it, it’s strange.”
“What do you mean?”
“The alien who destroyed us with overwhelming power. How strong do you think he is?”
“Um…I hate to remember that time…But no matter how much I think about it, it looked stronger than Origin.”
“I agree too.”

The two trembled, remembering clearly the strength of Lee Jong, Kang Myeong-cheol, who had destroyed them alone.

“But why is this species so strong that it is ignoring the danger of the Kingdom of Lucy Arkenel, who is trying to help this species?”
“I heard that even the heterogeneous species do not agree? The heterogeneous species who went to the Kingdom of Luciarkenel chose to go under our native people, and those who remained in Promesa wanted a kingdom dominated by the heterogeneous species.”
“But the location of Promesa and the conflict between the species were all made known at the right moment.”

The information learned by capturing and torturing alien species who fell behind while plundering.

Because the prisoners’ claims were exactly the same, the Western Army came to believe the information.

I actually found Promesa.

“It feels like some invisible current is swaying us. When we return to our home country, we will have to dig into this a bit more.”

Viscount Phillighton, who once felt a sense of incongruity, felt that some conspiracy was hidden.

He decided to shake off his thoughts and focus on the war in front of him.

Kuwaaaaang!!

“Ugh!?”
“Reduced!?”

At that time, a ray of light shot up from the ground and penetrated one of the battleships.

As the magic engine was damaged, magic power ran out of control, and an explosion occurred, turning one battleship into a mass of debris in an instant.

Tuquaang! Kwak!

Huge beams of light shot from the ground exploded one or two battleships.

“Someone is attacking from the ground! Send Griffin Riders!”

As Philighton grabbed the communicator and relayed the order to all the ships, the griffins carrying the Riders began to fly in disarray.

However, the enemy had already anticipated this situation.

Arrows flew as if dozens of archers fired at the same time.

The griffin riders maneuvered skillfully and easily evaded,

Shh shh shush shush!!

“Cheukhak!?”
“Ki-yi-yi!”
“Wow, arrows! Ah!”

The arrows suddenly turned simultaneously and started attacking the griffin riders.

Dozens of griffins fell powerlessly toward the ground as if by a surprise attack from arrows with willpower.

However, hundreds of riders dispersed and fired arrows, quickly counterattacking.

“That bitch!”
“Kill!”

When they spotted an elven woman raising arrows from the ground into the sky, they flew in to crush her just as she was.

Aww! Bang! Bang bang bang!

When the griffin riders threw something like a javelin, it caused an explosion.

However, the elven woman, Celestine, evaded the blast range with a graceful movement that was swift but not impatient.

Suck! Puck!

“Karreuk!”

Celestine, who evaded her javelin and naturally rotated her body, drew her bow using the recoil of the rotation and shot arrows in surprise, hitting the griffins and riders one by one.

“Spread out and surround!”

Although Celestine’s movements are very nimble, she has a flaw that eventually requires her to run around on the ground.

The griffin riders spread out as if they were covering the sky, and no matter where Celestine fled, they were placed under the griffin.

Just as he was about to throw a javelin and turn Celestine into pieces of her meat,

Tukkwaaaaa!!

A huge magic cannon flew in from somewhere and cut across the group of griffins that covered the sky.

“Uh?”

Rider, who was barely at the edge of his influence, felt half of his vision disappear and his body crashed, and he questioned it.

However, as soon as his consciousness was cut off, he fell helplessly toward the ground.

Along with himself, along with Griffin, whose half of his body had completely disappeared.

Patter—

Parts of the body, or chunks of meat that were internal organs, fell helplessly to the spot swept away by the magic cannon.

“Mi…Crazy…!”
“Oh, go up! It’s a trap! Let’s rearrange!”

Riders, horrified at the sight of dozens of griffins annihilated in one attack, hurriedly flew high into the sky.

However, what was waiting for them was Lilith, who was drawing a bow while flying high in the sky above them.

“That’s the problem with those flying in the sky. They’re too late to notice what’s over their heads.”

Sheesh she she she she she shack!!

Lilith pulls her flesh at the speed of afterimages and fires magic arrows wildly.

“Quaaah!”

Riders who did not expect to be attacked by something from above were again severely damaged by Lilith’s rampage.

In addition, when Celestine was on the ground in a pincer attack, a phenomenon occurred where only two archers overpowered hundreds of griffins.

“Ignore and retreat!”
“Retreat! Go up to the sky unconditionally!”

The leader of the Griffin Riders is not one, but several due to the nature of the Kingdom Alliance.

However, they all made the same judgment and were voicing with one voice to retreat high into the sky.

‘Be strong! Incredibly strong!’
‘I heard that there are many strong alien species, but this is too… !’

When the opponent fires an arrow, it can barely defend one shot, but the second shot flies from a blind spot and pierces it.

The elven archers who were alive and fired menacing arrows with each shot.

However, if you attack while surrounded, powerful magic cannons will be fired and hit the besieging allies.

The Griffin riders, who believed in overwhelming numerical superiority and used basic strategic tactics, shared the perception that they needed to be reestablished from the ground up.

“Support! Request support! Fire support…!”
– Rider! Rider!! Come back right now! An enemy aircraft is attacking a friendly ship!-
“What…?”

The Rider commanders, who tried to slow down the Elves’ offensive with fire support, hardened their faces at the request coming from the communication port.

What the Riders, who took considerable damage from the elven archers’ interception and soared high into the sky, witnessed,

Kwaaaaah—-! Quadd deed deed!!

The attacked ships were damaged here and there, and black smoke was scattered as if the insides were damaged.

It was the appearance of Artie wearing machine-type vanguard armament, wildly wielding a specially designed greatsword to slash battleships.

‘As for the escort troops!?’

The Griffin Riders were ordered to attack the ground, but a minimal escort was left behind just in case.

However, the appearance of the escort is not visible.

Clap!

The question was resolved when Artie, noticing the existence of the riders, stretched out her arms as if aiming.

As soon as something like a gun barrel popped out of the back of his hand, sharp arrows in the form of energy were fired.

Kwajijik!

On top of that, a huge magic cannon flew from the ground again.

In the end, the Western Army’s flying fleet underestimated the enemy’s strength… No, they had no choice but to retreat to reorganize after paying a huge price that they didn’t even recognize.