March To Another's War (8)

Yurasia and the Roserun's soldiers joined me in the central square.

The iron cavalry that had taken control of the south gate was still nowhere to be seen, perhaps waiting for Errante.

They would probably follow us here as soon as he arrived.

"I've been expecting you, Your Highness." <Julius >

"Why in the world are you in the central square? If we let the enemy in here, they'll take Capital no contest!" <Princess Yurasia>

I shook my head at the princess' words.

"Your Highness, that won't reduce the number of the enemies. Even if we hold the south gate, once the gates are closed, the enemy will retreat for the time being, they won't suffer any major losses." <Julius >

"Isn't that the best we can do? What the hell are you talking about?" <Princess Yurasia>

Yurasia raised her voice with a look of disapproval on her face.

"Your Highness did a fine job outside the castle. Please watch over the rest. I'll take it from here!" <Julius >

"How can I rest under such circumstances? You really are a piece of work!" <Princess Yurasia>

Yurasia's doubts remained unanswered and it was the same for Fihatri and his soldiers.

They would think it crazy to leave the city gates open and draw the enemy into the city.

In the meantime, the iron cavalry led by Errante appeared.

Interestingly, there was a separate horse dedicated to carrying his heavy sword, as if it was impossible to ride a horse while holding it.

Was the reason why Errante, unlike the other commanders, didn't attack while riding because his sword was too heavy for the horse to bear?

"Kukkuk, are you a bunch of idiots? Pfft! I didn't expect you to give way to the central square instead of waging an all-out battle at the castle gate!" <Errante >

Errante shouted and dismounted.

The three men from the iron cavalry carried the heavy sword to him.

Errante grabbed the heavy sword with both hands and held it up towards us.

Troops were pouring in from behind him as well.

According to the system, there were 10,000 of them; those 10,000 troops were encircling the central square from three directions, all except the one leading back to the castle.

Except for the iron cavalry, the rest were infantry.

The remaining 10,000 were probably still passing through the city gates.

At this point, I headed for Errante alone.

"Hey, you! Stop!" <Julius >

Yurasia shouted, but I ignored her.

Fihatri and the reinforcements who saw his mana from the top of the citadel also looked astonished.

They were completely intimidated by a mere 92 power level warlord.

That's why I needed to show the Royal Army of Roserun and my soldiers the reality.

There was no need to be afraid of a warlord of that level.

"All right, let's start with the Iron Cavalry." <Julius >

That's what I said.

[Do you wish to use Earth Resonance?]

I launched my skill at the Iron Cavalry.

Dum dum dum dum dum!

Immediately, the ground shook and numerous cracks appeared.

It was like a dry riverbed after a long day of sunshine!

Then, a red light leaked out from the bottom of the cracked ground, it was lava.

"Boom!"

"Ohhhh!"

Before long, the place was engulfed in red flames and turned into a burning hell.

"Huh, what the hell!" <Errante >

Errante snickered and stabbed his heavy sword into the ground and then a yellow light appeared in front of him.

He had used his defensive skill.

Using the defence skill instantly raised his power level from 92 to 94, but it was meaningless.

I had 200 points left, which meant I could use the skill 2 more times.

I brought the surviving Iron Cavalry and Errante into range and used Earth Resonance again.

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- - Yurasia POV - -

"Boom!"

Unless it was a special treasure like Rossade, only warlords or heroes with A-class or higher power level's could use skills to release the mana collected in their bodies through weapons.

The skill he used caused the ground to crack and an explosion of flames to occur.

With that one blow, the battle line of the Iron Cavalry was broken.

The battle line is the most important thing in war, when it collapses, a gap is created.

"Oh, that's...!" <Princess Yurasia>

Yurasia blinked her eyes in surprise.

I heard that he was a genius at strategy, but I had never imagined that he was a Hero class warrior and mana art user. 

It was something she had never dreamed of.

"You don't think the general is...!" <Fihatri >

It was the same for Fihatri. No, almost everyone there was astonished.

"You can't do this alone!" <Princess Yurasia>

Yurasia said, and picked up Rossade.

Maybe if the two of us fought together!

That was what she thought.

But at that moment Julius used the same skill again.

Errante thrust his heavy sword into the ground, sneering.

"Enemy general, do you know the difference between confidence and arrogance? Knowing your enemy and knowing yourself is confidence." <Julius >

Julius said and threw away the sword he was holding.

He then extended his hand, a white light was generated and another sword was summoned in his hand.

Immediately, he threw the summoned sword at Errante.

The earth-shaking effect disappeared; Errante wrinkled his brow as he pulled the heavy sword out of the ground.

"Screw you ...You're wasting your breath!" <Errante >

Surprised by how fast it was, Errante tried to block [Crush] with his heavy sword.

His power level was 92 and even if he used his skill it would only be 94.

The enemy's carelessness and ego allowed me to lure him here.

And the result was that Heavenly Demon Rain shattered the heavy sword and pierced Errante's chest.

"Ahh!" <Errante >

Errante's heart was pierced and he collapsed while screaming.