Beginning Of The End (6)

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- - Lunan Kingdom - Hero Elheat POV - -

He was tired of living his life as a count with a fiefdom, his interest was solely in the military.

Only on the battlefield could he show his prowess.

He was 15 years old when he first took up a sword and stood on the battlefield and defended the country for 27 years.

Hero Elheat moved to the last barrier, to the royal city of Lunan.

He wanted to stop the enemy at the border and die, but the Royal Army of Visigoth moved south from several roads.

He waited for the king's order as he could not get anywhere if he only stayed at the border, but when there was no news until the end, Hero Elheat had no choice but to move his troops.

He stopped at a barrier on his way from Linon Castle to the royal capital.

Although Duke Fran had not participated in the fall of Linon Castle and had taken a large detour toward Bern Castle from the beginning, this barrier was the quickest way for the Second and Third Armies, which had been entrusted with the fall of Linon Castle, to reach Lunan Castle.

In other words, the Second Army, which was responsible for the fall of Linon Castle, needed to break through this barrier.

In order to ensure a smooth and unhindered supply route, the Visigoth forces had to make sure that they had this barrier in their hands.

Quick supply is the most important thing on the battlefield.

For this reason, Hero Elheat stopped at the barrier just as the enemy was about to attack Linon Castle.

"My lord, would you rather fight at Lunan Castle?" <Commander >

Hero Elheat shook his head at the retainer's question.

"If His Majesty and His Highness are struggling at Lunan Castle, I won't let them have an easy supply route even if I die here. If we can hold off the rest of Visigoth's soldiers here, we should be able to delay the fall of Lunan Castle. If we do...he'll be there! That's why we're going to die here!" <Hero Elheat>

Elheat was relying on Julius in a different way than the King of Lunan.

That was why he was willing to take a stand and hold his ground here.

However, that thought started with a ridiculous guess that the King of Lunan and Ronen would fight in Lunan Castle.

At the words of Hero Elheat, all five of his vassals, who had always travelled with him on the battlefield, fell to their knees.

"My Lord, what are you saying? If anything happens to you, Lunan is truly finished!" <Vassal 1>

The retainers stopped him, but Hero Elheat shook his head even harder.

"All right, shut up and rise. If the soldiers see us like this, what will happen to their morale? The only thing we should think about is the enemy soldiers in front of the barrier." <Hero Elheat>

In the end, the vassals had to give up trying to persuade him because of his resolute attitude.

They all drew their swords, there was no other way but to protect the master whom they had served all their lives and die themselves.

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- - Visigoth Kingdom POV - -

It was Visigoth's second army that targeted the barrier guarded by Hero Elheat.

The Master General of the second army, Istin, was a powerful warlord ranked third in the Ten Warlord Order.

The vice-general of the second army was Lucana, the seventh-ranked warlord.

Unlike the last time, the ten warlords were all participating in the war.

It was only natural to do so in order not to make the same mistake as last time.

The second army was large, reaching 75,000 troops.

"That's where Lunan's barrier is. Ho-ho-ho." <Lucana >

Lucana burst out laughing, delighted at the easy battlefield.

"Master General! Let's quickly capture the barrier and join His Highness', no, the Supreme General's, main army." <Lucana >

Istin made no mention of Lucana's words.

Istin was a silent man, or rather a taciturn man, famous even in Visigoth.

When an order was given, he devoted himself to carrying it out, so much so that no soldier had ever seen him speak while fighting with him.

Lucana, who had fought with him in many battles, was naturally used to this and just kept talking to himself.

"I heard that the guy who defeated the supreme general in the last war is not here? I wanted to see what kind of guy he was...Speaking of His Highness Duke Fran, he is a person that all of us ten warlords respect, huh? He just got lucky? Well...that's what I sometimes think." <Lucana >

Istin just looked at Lucana, but Lucana laughed to himself.

"Come on, soldiers! That's the barrier! Let's get through it!" <Lucana >

At Lucana's order, 20,000 elite Visigoth soldiers with a training level of around 90 assaulted the barrier at once.

Naturally, the remaining 30,000 took their turn when the 20,000 began to show signs of fatigue.

This is the strategy that Istin uses when attacking a small wall.

If the wall is not large enough anyway, there is no point in jumping on it with all of them, because there is a limit to the number of ladders.

Rather, it was possible to attack for 24 hours if the troops were divided.

The battle began according to Istin's strategy but as time went on, Lucana shook his head.

"It has never taken me more than half a day to conquer...a barrier, so what is it?" <Lucana >

He asked Istin, who was still standing there saying nothing, but of course he didn't answer.

"Hmmm...I guess that's where I come in." <Lucana >

He said this and looked at Istin.

He still didn't get any response, just a look, but that was exactly the signal he needed.

Lucana drew his favorite sword and mounted his horse.

"Change! I'm with you on this shift!" <Lucana >

As soon as Lucana shouted this, the 30,000 troops that had yet to cross the barrier walls turned their backs on the enemy, it was time for the 20,000 troops that had been resting to come in.

But at that moment a man jumped down from the top of the barrier wall as if he was aiming for the moment of change.

A man holding a huge spear, it was Hero Elheat.

He used his Mana Skill Demon Spear against the troops who had turned their backs on him.

A black shadow struck the soldiers of the Second Army of Visigoth.

At that moment, hundreds of heads soared into the sky all at once.

They had taken a serious hit from Elheat Demasin's skill.

In a sea of flowing blood, Hero Elheat thrust his spear into the ground and stood in front of the barrier.

"What's that?" <Lucana >

Lucana stared at him with a furrowed brow.