Chapter 261: Head of a Noble Family

Dust danced and a roar echoed.

The Lord's attack magic was powerful, but its accuracy was not guaranteed. The trajectory of the unleashed magic could be interfered with and distorted even by the followers.

The followers of both Gulfis' and McInnis' forces twist the trajectories of the various attacks flying by to avoid direct hits. The violence unleashed by the two main ancestors mercilessly gouged the earth and scattered it to the heavens.

Visibility on the front lines was almost zero. Both armies were enveloped in such a cloud of dust that they could no longer see even a few meters ahead visually.

Gulfis advanced.

The distance between the two main ancestors was rapidly approaching, and they no longer had time to guide their attack magic. Unable to distort their trajectory sufficiently, some of the McInnis soldiers were swallowed by the blasts, and the followers running behind Gulfis's squad were cut to pieces by invisible blades.

Gulfis is on a rolling boil.

Relying only on his magically enhanced senses and the reactions of his detection magic, he aims for the head of the main ancestor. It was a barbarism that he had long since forgotten since he became a big man. Vividly revived in Gulfis.

Gulfis laughs.

Even in the face of a fierce attack, his speed his never slackens.He even felt nostalgia for the killing intent that made his skin crawl.

The battlefield is where the red devil lives.

And Garfis roared.

The old grudge between Quardenze and Spierzeig had finally met.

Get the hell out of here! ! ! !

You fool!

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A fierce battle began and ended in the foreground.

The battle continued, but the roar that seemed to strike even the heavens was gone. I think the battle between the main ancestors has been settled.

Is Grandfather safe!”

The dust was too heavy to visually check the situation.

I have confirmed with detection magic that the small force led by my grandfather and the last part of the main body of McInnis had crashed.

“…………! Which way?

The detection magic that was invoked has the reaction of the main ancestor. The two were probably blown apart by the impact when they met, and there was a distance of several tens of meters between the two reactions.

Young master! Please calm down!”

The magically amplified shouts of the second-in-command echoed strongly in my ears.

Our rescue will not arrive in time!

The followers were gathering around each of the main ancestors, who were not moving.The detection magic could not detect whether it was a Quardenze warrior trying to protect his grandfather or a Spierzeig warrior trying to catch up with him.

Either way, it would be impossible for me to get there in time from where I was.

I have a plan! It's something only you can do!

“…… I understand! I will do what I have to do!

When I indicated my approval, the adjutant raised his voice to the soldiers.

All troops charge! The enemy general has fallen! Our victory is no longer assured!

Ooooo! ! ! ! ! “

We may be outnumbered, but this is the main army. Now that McInnis is not moving, we can fight them unilaterally. If McInnis's army is to stop our rapid advance, they need to divide their followers in the front. In the rear. ……, The adjutant quickly explained. Thank God.

Move!

We hit the front line of the enemy army.

The McInnis soldiers, who had only been reinforced to the level of their followers, would not be defeated by the soldiers who had been reinforced by me.

Go on toward victory!

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Gulfis, who had fallen from his horse, was trying to stand up, using his anti-McNeill weapon as a staff.

◆◇◇◇◇◇◆◆ He was trying to use his fallen horse as a staff to get back on his feet.Oh,……, Oh,……, Oh,.. ….!…… Voi, sto …… La ……..!…… Nuh!”

But there was no strength in his body.Gulfis dropped to one knee on the ground.

Protect the general!

Several Quardenze military officers from Gulfis' squad rushed to the scene and repelled the attack magic of the followers released from Spierzeig's side.

The general's army was in a state of shock.

This was the best opportunity to slaughter the enemy. If Gulfis was in good shape, he should have been able to defeat McInnis without difficulty in the clash just now.

However, reviving from magical power failure does not mean that everything will recover. The fatigue that had accumulated in his body, which had lost its magic power, and the negative effects of being hit by the waves of killing intent in the flesh were greater than Gulfis had imagined, and he was unable to make the movements he had pictured in his mind.

It became the worst miscalculation.

He was unable to move in the way he had imagined.

Gulfis screamed in agony and dropped to both knees on the ground.

General!

Several Quardenze military officers rushed over to apply healing magic. One of them noticed Gulfis' shield lying a little further away. The shield, made of a material that insulates magic power, had been cruelly decayed.

'Take care of yourself!

Gulfis' body was also in bad shape. The parts of his armor that could not protect him from attack magic were crumbling as if corroded, and his exposed skin was severely damaged. It was clear to anyone who looked at him that his body had been deeply imprinted with the intent to kill by his ancestors.

Even as the warriors healed the external wounds with healing magic, Gulfis was unable to stand.Although his screams were suppressed, an unspoken sound of anguish echoed from the depths of his throat like the rumbling of the earth.

What a……”

One of the military officers gasped at the reality that the effects of the magical residue had already become apparent, while another stared beyond the dust with eyes filled with anger.

Beyond the veil of dust was McInnis.

'Sir!

He, too, had fallen from his horse due to the impact of the collision and was on his feet on the ground.

The next moment, however, McInnis felt intense pain throughout his body his.

……!”

The master was about to fall over as it was, but the Spierzeig military officer hurried to support him.

Although he was able to avoid instant death due to the malfunction of Gulfis, the damage sustained by McInnis was also serious.In particular, his left arm, which had been thrust forward at the time of the collision, was in a state of burns from the elbow onward.

'Don't move, heal first!

But McInnis shook off the voice and extended his right arm in the direction of Gulfis.

Finish Gulfis! Kill Gulfis here and now!

The dust that rose in the air showed no sign of abating as the magic battle between the retinue soldiers began again.But McInnis saw with his own eyes in the momentary silence that came immediately after the clash.He saw Gulfis lying on the ground.

Considering the situation, the Spierzeig side had the advantage. McInnis decided that he should make a pursuit attack here.

At that moment, a roar and a scream rose simultaneously in front of the McInnis forces.

Wilk's army is attacking from the front!

Although it was impossible to see from McInnis's position in his, everyone could see that a fierce battle, or rather an overrun, had begun.

At a time like this,……!

The latter had no chance against the soldiers reinforced by the main ancestor and those reinforced by the follower.

“Strengthen the soldiers,……! Stop them……!!!!”

McInnis, determined to defeat Gulfis here and now, manipulates the magic in his body to strengthen the soldiers on the front line.

But the body enhancement magic did not emerge.

The “…… Oh! …… Oh …… Oh ……!

McInnis cries out in unexpected pain.It was as if all the blood in his body had turned into a sharp blade and he was cutting himself, an excruciating pain that threatened to tear his consciousness to pieces.

It was the military officer Spierzeig, who was supporting McInnis 'body, who noticed that the pain was not due to mere injury, because he was in direct contact with his skin, he could directly feel the magic power mixed with abnormal noise.

'Oh no, it's severe magical residuals!

Gulfis' body was not in perfect condition, but his spirit was at a certain peak.It was hatred.

Gulfis was more angry than ever.He was angry with Kindroa, with McInnis, with Spierzeig's army, and most of all, with himself for losing his magical power.The rage that had been circling in his mindHis had transformed into an insane vindictiveness.

Although he did n't land the killing blow, the extreme murderous intent eroded and consumed McInnis's body at a frightening rate.

This is …… Magic power, residue ……, And ……?

McInnis knew about magic residue. He had met people who suffered from the physical disabilities it caused, and he had nursed those who had lost their sanity in agony. But this was the first time he had actually experienced it firsthand. His face was distorted by the unknown pain, as if his entire soul were being carved away.

“………… But I can't …… Collapse! ……!!!”

Supported by the military officer, McInnis began to knead his magic, bracing himself for the pain. There was no time to activate the detection magic and check the position, it was a wide range incineration magic aimed at the entire direction where Gulfis would be.

Although he succeeded in activating the magic, its movement was far from what McInnis had envisioned, and it flew to the wrong place. A scream came from some of McInnis' soldiers.

“Sir! This is absurd!

The military officer's voice did not reach McInnis's ears.

His breathing was ragged, he could no longer even raise his arms on his own, and the force on the military officers supporting his body was getting heavier. A second blow.

The military officers applied healing magic and waited for McInnis to calm down.

“……Haah ……Rikama…. Can we make it …… Or ……..?”

McInnis asks with a ray of hope, but the military officer denies it.

'…… Yes, or ……?'

McInnis closes his eyes once, slowly.

He has made a big decision as the head of the Spierzeig family.

The enemy army has begun to retreat.

“The enemy army has begun to retreat!

McInnis's army began to move.

Around his grandfather and McInnis, there is a solid magical reaction from what appears to be a retinue of soldiers. It seems as if the formation prioritized the protection of the main ancestor rather than skirmishes between the followers. Rather than settling the matter here and now.

So how do we move?

“We should move mainly in pursuit, with minimal interference with the retreat.

This is a very passive plan. The main ancestor's attack magic was shot at a strange place just a few minutes ago. I don't know who fired it, the grandfather or McInnis.

What is the reason?”

'We must protect the general.

The grandfather is most likely badly damaged, so the first priority is to join him there and heal him, the second officer said.

The engineers and Nambonan soldiers were already moving on the strength of their energy alone. They were not sure when the tension would break, so it would be dangerous for them to try anything more reckless. A relatively safe way to cut down the enemy, since it would be a blow to the back.

I understand. We will proceed according to that policy.

He said a lot of things, but I think it is a characteristic of military officers to give priority to protection rather than defeat. I felt that it would be more confusing for me to oppose them here.

While making several check attacks on the retreating McInnis forces, we headed for the place where there was a magical reaction that seemed to be my grandfather's.

Young master!

The military officers on my grandfather's side were also thinking of joining up with me.

Grandfather!

The residual magic is serious! Heal him as soon as possible! Young master!

There are no external injuries. The military officers must have treated him with healing magic for the time being.

I asked him, “Grandfather, are you all right? Can you hear me?

Healing magic is the magic that restores an injured or diseased body to its normal state. Excessive amount of magic power, but the limitation of the mechanism of healing magic itself.

I don't know how much attack magic my grandfather received because of the lack of external injuries.The fact that his armor was broken here and there suggests that it was close to a direct hit.

“Mu………… Wi, luk ka…. Ah………… Pain,……Pulled,…………”

My grandfather, noticing my presence His, tried to raise his arm His and then let it fall. The actual “I'm not sure what to do with it. The pain is gone, he says, but I can't take his word for it.

As I was about to invoke the healing magic again, my grandfather gave me a hard look.

No need,……! Don't……! !

If you have the time and the magic power to do so, then you should hit the enemy, my grandfather insisted The only thing that comes through is the firmness of his will, even though his voice His sounds as if it is fading.

According to the military officers who were following his grandfather, McInnis also seemed to have sustained considerable damage.

I understand.

Then I had a thought. The best thing for the Quardenze family from now on, and how to secure my interests in the process, I need to think carefully and stand around.

…… Grandfather please step aside.”

So I'll take an insurance policy.

I'll take over from here.”

As expected, my grandfather nodded his head in a small way, seeming to understand that he was only slowing me down now.

I looked at the military officers after confirming this. The rest of you will join my troops. From now on, I'm going to launch a pursuit.

Ha!

The military officer on horseback carried his grandfather and left with some of his followers who were needed to escort him.The grandfather was in so much pain that he could barely manage to squeeze out a few words of “I'll take care of it” As they parted.

Was it all right to bring your grandfather back? It's not like he got worse after returning to Raishleif Castle and went straight to …….”

I asked my second-in-command as I watched my grandfathers' backs as they moved away in the distance during the unit's reorganization.

I'm fine for now.

I felt like asking him what was going to happen next, but I kept my mouth shut.

I quickly dropped the subject of my grandfather's condition and asked him what I should know about the pursuit.

The men we should be aiming for are the foot soldiers,” My second-in-command assured me.

My second-in-command assured me.

In order to protect the wounded McInnis, Spierzeig's follower soldiers must be prepared to sacrifice themselves in the retreat.

We will reap what we sow there. We can weaken the Spiaseik family itself in one fell swoop.

In my family, my grandfather is always on the front lines, so it is easy to forget that when it comes to war on the Eluo continent, it is usually the followers who are the main players. It will be later on in various aspects.

“So you are pretending to go after the enemy general to reduce the number of his subordinates his. Understood, proceed in that manner.

Accepting my second-in-command's suggestion, I lead a hastily prepared instant force after him.

I lead a hastily prepared instant unit after them. We pursue the tail end of McInnis's retreating army. I fired a few attack spells and lured the troops away.

……The enemy is too hard!”

But the buttocks so bitten were harder than expected.

This is……

The last soldier had a very strong physical enhancement magic applied to him.

If the range-focused reinforcement of the main ancestor was activated at close range, it would be possible to make him into a very strong soldier.

Couldn't we use the troops we left behind to pincer the enemy?” If McNeice is focusing on the rear now, the front should not be greatly strengthened.

The Kindoroa soldiers who had lost their will to fight in the previous battle were left on the scene. It is a good position to have them intercept the fleeing McInnis forces. Some of the Quardenze military officers had also been left behind for control purposes, so perhaps they could be moved as a unit.

The second-in-command quietly denies such an idea.

No, we're too busy trying to hold those defeated soldiers at bay.

Our military officers are working very hard to keep the Kindroers from accidentally joining McInnis's army, he says.

And……

Just as the adjutant was about to say something, there was movement in McInnis's army. The front and rear forces had separated. And like lizards with their tails between their legs, the forward units were leaving the front lines, leaving the rear units stranded.

Thinking that there must be some mistakes, I shifted my attention from body enhancement magic to detection magic.

No way.

The words of my second-in-command were also my thoughts.

The troops left behind to stop the battle were still led by McInnis, who was supposed to be the general.

The troops were still in the area.

McInnis's forces were divided into two groups: McInnis's group, which was responsible for holding them back, and Spierzeig's group, which was trying to break away from the front line. Retinue soldiers.

Master! Enough reinforcement already! Please deactivate it!

The scream-like appeal of the Spearzeig officer echoed through the McInnis unit.

The master, who continues to invoke the body enhancement magic while enduring the intense pain of the magic residue, does not respond to his voice.There is no room enough to respond.He simply continued to move his magical power while breathing heavily on. His shoulders.

“……! ……Ha……! ……..Tt……!”

The McInnis team arrived at a small defensive base. It was one of the smaller bases built by the Quardenze forces when they were advancing from Castle Reischlieff. It was an abandoned facility when Gulfis developed magical insufficiency and withdrew from the front line. To recapture Raishleif began, Spierzeig's forces used it as a supply depot.

Enemy, target has been changed to this side.

Wilk's troops began deploying to surround the base. In preparation for the attack, McInnis's unit also took up defensive positions inside the base.

…… Or …….”

Wilk's unit saw off the retreating Spierzeig unit and identified the McInnis unit holed up in the base as the target.

McInnis was relieved to see that the process was on target, but the expressions on the faces of the military officers were uniformly grim.

“Reinforce, cut……Alternatives.”

As if to match McInnis's words, the deployed Spierzeig military officers activated their body enhancement magic.

“With this, you can make …… Time for a while.

The master's face is distorted as his body is stretched out, and the military officers are somber.

…… Spierzeig is the reason ……. For this.

McInnis muttered gravely and looked up to the heavens, “I must fulfill my responsibility as the head of the family. The clouds had somehow grown blacker and darker.

Master, heal me.”

McInnis refused the military officer's offer by moving his head lightly.He was so mentally exhausted that even moving his arms his bothered him.

“Prepare …… For the enemy.”

……………….Ha!”

McInnis's unit had few followers, so there was no time to apply healing magic.

“…Gughhhhh……!”

The soldiers are in a somewhat better condition now that they have received healing magic before the retreat. But even after getting better, he was still in this state. McInnis was pessimistic that this would not be alleviated in the future.

“It's…… This, it's…… This, it's good…… This.”

Even for free, a defeated army is a target. McInnis could predict that the Quardenze side would move aggressively to eliminate their followers in order to gain an advantage in the upcoming battle. Considering that he had lost so many followers in the Nambonan battle at the beginning of the year, he absolutely had to avoid further losses.

Therefore, McInnis made a decision. He had to make a decision as head of the family in order to protect the Spierzeig family.

Sir……”

The main ancestor becomes an abandoned stone in order to let his followers escape.This was an answer that those who served the nobility could never choose.Even if the existence of the residual magic power will make it impossible to work in the future, no one under his command can make a decision that will send the head of a noble family to his death.

McInnis understood this, and that is why he was so adamant about his decision. If there had been any hesitation, those under his command would have done their utmost to protect their lord.

However, he could not afford to be complacent.In order to fulfill his duty as the head of the family, McInnis took it upon himself to give the harshest orders to both those who fled and those who remained.

There was no one who could oppose his will.

The enemy soldiers seem to be exhausted.

McInnis let out a relieved breath at the military officer's report.

If they were to take on the current McInnis forces, which did not have much strength, it would be safer and more certain to surround them, cut down their numbers, and finally crush them in a crushing formation. Officers, a forced breakthrough that might expose him to the attack magic of the main ancestor would most certainly be opposed. McInnis' activation of body enhancement magic at the rear of the unit during the retreat was also a check in anticipation of after the siege and an appeal that he still had enough strength left to activate the magic.

Hmph…….”

It was as he had hoped, but this confirmed that this place would be a place of death. McInnis gazes at those who have chosen to scatter with their lord.

He said, “I command you …… To …… End up in this place because of …… Spierzeig…….”

The Spiaseik command did not waver in the least.

The Spiaseik warriors were not swayed at all by the order.

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“Brilliant ……, Enemy though you are.”

The adjutant quietly marveled.His gaze was fixed on the minibase where McInnis was holed up.

No, it is not only the deputy. Most of the Quardenze military officers around him seemed to have similar feelings. Even though they were in the middle of a battle, the atmosphere was somewhat somber.

According to the military officers, McInnis had decided to die here.

If McInnis is to return to Ocelotia alive, he will have to sacrifice many of his followers. If McInnis were to return to Othellia alive, he would have to sacrifice so many followers that the Spiaseik army would be annihilated. Future would be bleak.

In order to protect the Spiaseik family, McInnis sacrificed himself and most of his followers in order to preserve the area around Ocerolia, the land of his fathers' heritage.

With Kindoroa and McInnis killed in the war, the destruction of the Spiaseik family was now a matter of seconds. Then, some of the leading noble families might be wary of the expansion of the Quardenze family and reach out to the Spiaseiks. Are the only decent blood family left in the country, there will be some who will think out of the box. And even if the Quardenze side wanted to take down Ocelorian City before they were interfered with unnecessarily, it would buy them a lot of time if there were enough follower soldiers left.

McNeice's idea of ​​using even his own death as a diplomatic card to protect his house he might be the ideal of the head of a noble family.

He was not to be complacent. Since the knights and squire soldiers had escaped, McInnis absolutely had to finish them off here.

The retreat force full of squires was fast. Rather than pursuing them, the deputy advised that targeting the remaining McInnis would ensure a more successful battle, and as a result, the siege began.

Ha!

One of the military officers mutters with a mysterious look on his face, responding to firm resolve with firm resolve.The feeling seemed to be shared by all of them, and they followed their posts without ever letting their guard down.

Replace the exhausted troops!”

Stay alert for reinforcements! Contact the city of Meijerode!

Continue the attack!

We must call in troops from the outside.

The military commanders were giving lively orders.

Now was the time to surround the enemy force with an entire mini-base and weaken it. Since the siege, McNeice had not come out to defend the castle, so there was no need for me to come in. It was simply a toss- up between my troops with their overwhelming number of retinue soldiers and theirs.

It didn't take long for us to corner the siege force led by McInnis.

Young Master, please be careful. The enemy soldiers are nearing their lower limit. There is a possibility that they will charge at us at the drop of a hat.

If they do not come out, we will continue to reduce the number of enemy soldiers and deploy a crushing formation to take out McInnis at the opportune moment. At the opportune moment, deploy a crushing formation to take out McInnis,” The military officer said.

Let's prepare for an enemy attack.

After a light stretch, I got into a fighting stance.

The reinforcements from Spierzeig's side, which I had been warned about, did not appear to be coming, and I was sure that I could push through and win the battle.

I looked up at the sky and saw that it was completely covered with thick clouds.

As I watched, thinking that the weather was about to break at any moment, something smacked me in the face.

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The defense base was finally reaching its final critical point.

With only a few military officers remaining, McInnis sits there in silence.

I'm going to launch a full attack.

McInnis nodded quietly at the military commander's voice.

McInnis's force was now decimated. They decided it was time to die, as it would buy them more time to resist with an assault rather than just sit there and wait to die.

'Let us leave the rest to the princess.

After the death of Spierzeig Verret, Romilie was nominated as the next head of the family. If McInnis died here, he would automatically become head of the family.

He is a quick boy …… And he can move well ……, I know…….

He has some contacts in the kingdom because of his participation in the royal society with McInnis.He has educated himself enough to not be embarrassed as the princess of the Spierzeik family.

“At the very least, have you fulfilled …… The …… Duties of the head of …… The family?”

It would be almost impossible for the Wilk forces to catch up with the Spierzeig forces now.

McInnis breathed in and out.

Despite the mess on the battlefield, his role as the head of the Spiaseik family is over.The only person left was Spiaseik McInnis.

Quardenze.”

McInnis's voice his was chillingly cold All the military officers were uniformly in awe.

'Yes, sir.

With a word, the lid opened. With these words, a lid was opened, a lid of emotion that McInnis had kept closed all these years in order to act as the head of the Spierzeig family.

The vindictive vortex of hatred for Quardenze Wilk, the murderer of his beloved son Verret and his esteemed father Kindlore, which had been condensed by his suppression, was revived in McInnis.

'Quordenze……!!!'

By going to his death, he was allowed to act as a single human being.He was allowed to hate his hated enemy with all his emotions.

As if to release all of his pent-up feelings his, McInnis raised his voice his.

I'll kill you right here and now, you little bastard!

A surge of magical power so powerful that it even erases the sensation of pain wells up from McInnis's entire bodyhis.

What the hell just happened?

What the hell just happened?

All that was left was to crush him in a crushing formation, and then suddenly the situation changed abruptly.

McInnis emerged from his mini-base and went on a rampage without a care in the world.

What magic……I can't believe it!”

Some of the soldiers in front were swallowed up by the flames of McInnis's blast and disappeared. The majority of the soldiers were recycled from the Spearzeig territory, so there was not much damage to us, but it was not a situation where we could just sit back and watch.

Take the forbidden weapon! Hurry up with the activation jamming!

There are still follower soldiers on the enemy side!

The military commanders issued new instructions one after another.

The troops with their forbidden weapons are trying to block the activation of the attack magic, but it seems to be going wrong. The second-in-command, seeing the situation, mutters, “The scale of the magic is much different.

The scale of the magic has increased dramatically.

I had an idea of ​​what was happening.

The stupidity of Shikinaon Rose.

It is extremely rare for a person with magical power to release very strong magical power when his life is in danger.It would be something like the stupidity of a fireplace.

The rosé that we captured during Operation Serpent's Fangs has unleashed a blow that surpasses the amount of magic power it had before due to this foolish power mode. I think that was an accidental result of the combination of the strong grudge against the Quardenze family and the desperate situation.

Given that, it is quite possible that McInnis was in a similar psychological state.

He nodded his head to indicate his agreement.If he could intentionally reach this transcendent state, he would have done it from the beginning.

The second-in-command continued as if to answer my question, “Is that how it is?

The enemy's follower soldiers are few and far between, and if their defenses are small, they can be crushed to death.

It is not easy for the master to attack an overwhelming number of followers blocking the activation of magic by himself.The second-in-command said that it would be meaningless if he did not get into foolhardy mode while there were many followers under his command his.

Even as we speak, McInnis is unleashing a very powerful attack, but due to the obstruction and interference, it is no longer possible to hit him.

We can push through like this. Let's wait for him to run out of power.

I had to be ready to retreat at any moment, because it would be extremely dangerous in close combat. McInnis is clearly attacking me,” He said.

Quardenze Wilk! You coward!

That was McInnis's angry voice. It was so loud that even the rain clouds seemed to be obliterated. It was unimaginable from the rational behavior we had seen in the royal capital.

Young master, you must not be provoked.

I understand.I don't have time to deal with such a dangerous man.

I don't have a safe plan right now. The manaral crystals are on standby in case reinforcements are sent out from the Spearceik side. I don't have the heroism to go head-to-head in such a situation.

I moved on horseback as McInnis was approaching us. The circle of encirclement moved with my movement.

McInnis, perhaps in a fit of bloodlust, began to fire off attack magic at will, as if to take it out on me.

Have you become frightened? You little worm!

McInnis, who was spitting out endless curses, was limping on one leg. It may be that the physical disability caused by the residual magic power is manifesting itself.

I ran around every time McInnis approached me and waited patiently for our military officers to reduce the number of enemy soldiers.

“There are only three of you left, Oyasama!” My second-in-command announced calmly.

The second-in-command announced calmly. It seemed that the time had come for Spierzeig's followers to finally run out.

While we watched, one by one, another was killed. The last one was hit by a direct hit from the attack magic fired by the Quardenze military officer and scattered.

“Haaah……! Hah……! Quorr……Denze……!!!”

The last one left was McInnis.

He no longer seems to be moving with just his energy.He has hardly walked since a moment ago, but only the killing intent-filled attack magic did not stop.

Roze's foolishness mode ended quickly, but McInnis has been going on for a long time.If he doesn't break his heart, he might not go down.

Hold your forbidden weapons!”

With McInnis at the center, the soldiers are deployed in a circle with a radius of about 100 meters. A wide-area crushing formation was formed, and at the same time, a powerful magic blockade was set in motion.

“Release the attack force!

The follower soldiers who are not in the crushing formation launch their attack magic and aim at McInnis.

McInnis, who was being blocked, had a hard time interfering with the magic of the follower and managed to duck at the very last possible distance.

It is hard to believe that he can handle the volume of attacks coming from all directions.

I will continue the attack and try to neutralize it.If it were up to me,I would have asked Young-sama to strike him,but the Lord Ancestor in his transcendent statehis is too dangerous.Please forgive me.”

McInnis desperately tried to block the attacking magic of the followers, which were released one after another. The unbearable shouts of abuse and provocations were gone before he knew it, and only his strong, self-motivated shouts were echoing high above the battlefield.

Was it to buy time for the followers who had escaped earlier to escape, or was it the will of the head of the family? The Quardenze side was unable to attack the unyielding spirit of McNeice.

The ground was getting muddy due to the rain, which was getting and heavier.

Although he was limping, and his armor and cloak were stained with mud from his repeated falls, McInnis persevered, rising with fortitude.

'…… Too miserable.'

I couldn't help but say. It was not a derisive remark about McInnis struggling to his feet in the face of death. It was a complaint against the Quardenze side.

It was a complaint against the Quardenze side: “It's inevitable for the sake of …… Victory. Please be patient.

That was all that the deputy said to him. I didn't say anyone was miserable. Perhaps the adjutant also felt that the situation was disgusting.

This kind of lynching is a punishment for those who went into battle with determination to protect their homes.

Numerous Spiaseik militiamen were also watching the battle.

The heat of the battlefield had been cooled by the rain, and the atmosphere was like a wake.

I wondered if I could win the battle.

Since we were now in a perfect crushing formation, McInnis would not be able to properly activate his offensive magic.Even if he is in stupid power mode, I should be able to get a head start for sure.

Besides, McInnis is now standing on energy alone. Then I had one idea.

“Grab the spear.”

I gave a short command, and my second-in-command's eyes widened.

“Young master!

I'll finish it.

I'll finish it.

The rain only increased in intensity.

McInnis, stained with mud and rain, had regained some of his composure.

He could no longer move his hands or feet. The only thing that continues to be released is a limitless amount of magic power, but McInnis himself knew better than anyone that it was becoming increasingly unstable.

'…… Came out, or …….'

The unnatural cessation of the attack by the Quardenze military officers gave him a hunch.

A boy walks toward the center of the crushing formation.The sound of his footsteps was strangely audible to McInnis even in the midst of the heavy rain.The memory of their encounter in King's Landing was fresh in his mind.

“Quor …… Den, tse …… Wilk ………….”

In his hand he was the forbidden spear.

Spear Zeke McInnis.”

It was a strange call, neither brave in the face of battle nor haughty in the certainty of victory.

Wilke's voice was not loud, but it echoed well in the silence.

'I want to ask you one question.'

McInnis was intrigued by the words and responded silently. Wilke sensed that he was being urged on.

I have heard that the assassination of my uncle, Quardenze Gardacre, was carried out by the Spierzeig family. Is that true?”

Only the sound of rain hitting the ground could be heard clearly.

“Do you …… Ask me …… Spiaseik that, ……?”

McInnis did not expect to be asked such a question by the heir apparent of an avenging family.

I wanted to talk to him at least once.

That was Wilk's true intention. Misery was not the only reason he came all the way to the front.

There was no other chance to talk to McInnis in the absence of Lukuse, Galfis, and those who served Quardenze. This was the first and last time I would ever consider taking on McInnis here.

What do you …… Do when you hear that?

I don't care.”

Wilk assured me that he was not suspicious of the Quordentze family, nor distrustful of his father or grandfather his, but he only wanted to satisfy his intellectual curiosity his.

The Spiaseiks harmed the Kuordentze family, and this one retaliated …… Against them, and this premise will not change, no matter what the truth that Spiaseik tells.”

Wilk does not have a strong hatred for the Spierzeik family. McInnis was made to understand this strongly. He did not say this in order to establish a grudge, but only to genuinely want to know the truth.

At the same time, however, he also understood that Wilk had no hesitation in destroying the Spierzeig family.

In the face of a temperament quite different from that of Rouxse and Galfis, McInnis once again regained his reason as head of the family.

“… Not us, not ……”

The official position of the Spierzeik family remained the same.

“……………… But let me give you one …… Piece of advice……”

Wilk would continue to push forward with his attack on Othellia City, McInnis expected this.What, then, should he say as head of the Spierzeig family?How should he protect his house?

After much thought, McInnis decided to give one truth.

Arpeo: …….

Arpeo?

“Arpeo?”

Alpeo is the region of Alpeo. It was under the direct control of the Zincaen Empire.

However, it would be foolish to honestly ask, “Could it be that the emperor's family is the real culprit?” They an opening to take advantage of us.

You mean the remnants of the Friaeres family?

I decided to reply, interpreting the question as referring to the Duchy of Alpeo.

In fact, my father had told me that it was the Alpeo nobility who had carried out my uncle's murder. He also said that it was the Spiaseik family that had sheltered and instigated them.

The biggest obstacle to Emperor Zinkaan's invasion of the Alpeo region was the existence of the House of Friaeres.

During the turbulent era, the Spiaseiks and the Friaeres emerged as the two major powers in the western part of the continent after a prolonged struggle. The former conquered the Voistula Plain and established the Kingdom of Voistula, while the latter declared the establishment of the Principality of Alpeo as the ally of the Alpeo region. Finally, Emperor Zinkaen beat them both to the punch and established the Zinkaen Empire.

The Spiaseik family remained, but the Friaeres family perished.

The Saarif Rebellion that broke out in the imperial capital was a large-scale uprising, mainly caused by the remnants of the Arpeian nobility, and at the center of it was a member of the House of Friaeres.

Naturally, the Quardenze family was also affected by the revolt. After all, it was our grandmother in her younger days who had wreaked havoc in the Alpeo region. It is not surprising that she is more detested than Emperor Zinkaen.

If McInnis said that the Freiaeres family had planned and carried out the assassination of my uncle, I thought that the story had some credibility.

Not a trivial ………… Matter, like the Friaeres.”

In a grave tone he continues.

'……The old blood-immortal who haunts Alpeo,……His karma, that is.'

McInnis then closed his mouth as if he had nothing more to say.

If he is giving me some information, it is probably for the good of the Spierzeig family. I don't think I can beat McInnis as an aristocrat, regardless of the amount of magic power I have. It is dangerous to be swayed by these words.

I guess we're done talking about …….”

I grip my spear tightly and invoke the greatest physical reinforcement magic on myself.

McInnis tried to manipulate his magic to counter me, but it was not possible. From McInnis's right arm, which was thrust at me, I could not feel any movement of magic power. The cause of this was probably not only the effect of the obstruction of the activation of the crushing formation. Just as Rose, whose heart was broken, gave in, McInnis's tension was snapped by the conversation with me.

It is not easy to maintain a state of extreme tension. My strategy of chatting with him to distract him was spot on.

Aaaaah!

With his enhanced leg strength, he takes one or two steps.He ran as if he were bouncing.

Drawing his spear, he thrusts it forward with all his strength his.The aim is the heart.

With all his strength, he takes the final step.

“Gooooo……!!!!”

The spear pierces McInnis' chest, right where his heart his is.

The spear pierced so deeply that it went through his back, but there was not much of a response. McInnis' body, which boasted such a large amount of magical power, had become weak as if it had withered away. A tremor like the remnants of the time when it was in foolhardy power mode.

“………………Gofu…………”

McInnis, who had been looking down, was still breathing. McInnis, who had been looking down, slowly raised his head and looked at me. In order to avoid receiving a counterattack, I released an activation jam into McInnis' body through my spear.

McInnis only moved his blood-stained lips slowly and did not resist. He would run out of power like this.

'Ooooo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

'The young master is victorious ah! ! ! ! ! ! ! !'

A rasping cheer could be heard. Combined with the sound of the rain that was gaining momentum, the surroundings were enveloped in a roar.

“………… Hear………………Ke…………”

I could hear McInnis' voice his thanks to the fact that I was close enough to connect with a spear.The eyes that stare at you have a definite will.

“……Lomi……Ri……E………..Know……I.. ….R……”

Perhaps they were aiming to get close to him like this? McInnis, who was rapidly losing blood, moved his mouth without waiting for me to react.

…….Beast…………No……Ste……Ta……”

His voice was low and I could not hear some of it well over the surrounding noise.I rushed to magically enhance my hearing and tried to catch McInnis's last words in his.

But by the time I was ready, his lips were no longer moving.

Young Master!

Are you safe!

Heal me at once!”

By the time the military officers rushed to him, McInnis had completely died.

The body was still standing, as it had been pierced through the chest. It was heavy, with the weight of the spear weighing heavily on it. However, I didn't want to do something like throwing a man who had done his best until the last moment for the survival of the Spierzeig family to the ground.

He said, “…The corpse of the head of the Spierzeig family. Treat it with respect.

With the help of a military officer, I pulled the spear out of McInnis 'hand his.

When I raised the spear, stained with Spierzeik's blood, to the heavens, the war cry of the soldiers became even louder.

Young master!

The soldiers were not particularly attacked, but were only given healing magic.

McInnis was moving on to the future. Would I have the time to be so happy about this victory?

The answer is no. There is no doubt that aristocratic diplomacy will become a major factor in the future, not just simple military battles. The Quardenze family must take down the city of Othellia before any unnecessary interference comes in.

I don't have much experience in aristocratic diplomacy, and I'm not good enough to deal with the intrigues of McInnis. The only thing I can do is move quickly on the battlefield. But on that one point, I may be able to exceed McInnis's expectations.

All I can do is move quickly, so I should move quickly.

And now I had one last secret plan in my head.

If it failed, it wouldn't hurt too much. If it looks like it won't work, we can just give up and call it quits.

“Gather the soldiers who can move. As soon as the army is reorganized, we will begin our march.”

Young master?

The jaws of the snake remain open.

I pointed my forbidden weapon, my spear wet with the blood and rain of McInnis, southward.

I will crush Otellia.