143 143. 45. The Day the Sky Road Opens (1)

Dothrin's citadel, which had been firmly established since the beginning of the High Wind Fortress, began to collapse.

The fortifications of the southwest, which were adjacent to the High Wind Fortress, first collapsed, followed by the fortifications of the west. Immediately thereafter, all military bases were destroyed or occupied by the Imperial Army.

It was close to five months after it was converted.

In the meantime, in the face of the fierce resistance of the Dothrin Empire Army, the Imperial Army, which had accumulated damage and fatigue, rested in the occupied strongholds and strongholds.

In the meantime, troops from the Empire mainland were on the fast track.

After the reorganization, the Imperial Army goes back into hiding to advance.

But before they advance into Mitchell Dothrin's territory, before they make their first steps towards greater victory beyond the fort.

Something happened.

All the fortresses and strongholds they occupied collapsed with great noise.

Fortifications that have survived the wizards' intensive attacks have collapsed like sand castles. The main facilities and buildings within the fort were set on fire.

It was too sudden for the Imperial Army to respond, and it was a terrible disaster that was hard to handle.

The commanders and knights of one fortress were enjoying a banquet welcoming nobles and troops from the mainland. The commanders of one fortress were celebrating the hard victory. The commanders of one fortress were in the middle of repeated meetings to forget the night's sleep and formulate strategies and tactics.

They were all vanquished with the collapse of the fort.

Those who lost part of their bodies howled all over the place, and those who had died before their eyes vomited a feeling of indignation. A handful of princes and army commanders, protected by powerful wizards and paladins, used evil to rescue soldiers.

It was a situation of extreme chaos, but disaster was not the end.

The Dothrin Empire Army attacked the fortress in the aftermath of the Abyssal catastrophe.

It was a massive offensive spread across the front lines.

The contest was not rigorous.

The knights and soldiers of the Empire desperately escaped the fallen fortress.

The Dothrin royal army persistently pursued such an empire.

After a week of nightmares, the Imperial Army, living beyond Dothrin's borders, was less than half the total troops.

The estimated number of casualties is at least 40,000.

Adding to the number of missing nobles and knights, the damage the Empire suffered for a week was enormous enough for a dizzy kingdom to perish.

Consumption of human resources was extreme, and more supplies were lost.

It was immense damage that could never be ignored, even as a great and powerful empire.

In the meantime, I heard Vivo.

The two princes and four princes of the empire, who were in charge of the soldiers, returned as corpses around the front lines.

The surviving commanders and nobles trembled at the wrath of the Emperor who was about to face them.

They sought the flag of the Three Princes to avoid the Emperor's wrath.

Only the three princes achieved significant victories in the war, which was marked by catastrophic defeat.

The Three-Prince was the only person who had noticed any signs of a terrible disaster, and at the same time was the hero who returned with the most troops alive.

Through the Three Princes, it was known that the fortresses of the Dothrin Kingdom were designed to collapse instantly when the seedling device was activated from the beginning.

The terrible disaster on the front lines was not a genius, but the Duke of Dothrin.

When that fact became known, fear became furious.

The royals of the Empire ordered revenge of blood, and the emperor condemned it instead of asking for the sin of defeat.

Knights and armies from around the Empire gathered at the border with Dothrin.

It was the moment when the Second Dothrin War began as a Valachro.

* *

“May the Emperor of Bourgogne have endless glory! ”

“Hail the Emperor! ”

The knights, who cried out desperately like vomiting blood, drew their swords in unison and drew my throat.

Sacred Feud is watered with red blood.

The emperor looked at him with an unrelenting look.

Then he tucked, and said a word.

“Get rid of it.”

It was a grave voice, like saying, "Put away any food you have eaten."

The knights who were waiting received the command with a stiff face.

They were once glorious imperial knights, but the knights who were killed for failing to protect my master were wiped out like garbage.

“Hmm.”

The emperor, who was watching with horse-eyed eyes, knocked on the armrests of the throne.

Knock, knock.

A heavy silence ensued during the Great War.

In my territory, the emperor's mouth was only open, with the dukes and marquis of the empire as proud as the king.

After a while, the Emperor opened his mouth.

The first question the Emperor raised was not about my transcribed blood, nor about tens of thousands of soldiers.

“Ian of the Dual Sword. ”

It was a question of humble mercenaries.

That was so weird.

He was not a well-known anonymous person, nor did he have a significant influence on the charter. It was just one swordmaster who briefly appeared in the battle of the Southwestern Front.

A petty being who wouldn't even know his name if it weren't for the report of the Three Princes,

The emperor who led the Great Empire was not a name to put in his mouth.

But the nobles kept their mouths open and did not ask about it.

The Emperor was not the one to explain. He was just an orderly.

And the Emperor's decision was always right. I had to believe that.

The question is infirmity, and the Emperor never leaves the infirm.

The same was true this time.

The nobles simply fell down and waited for the Emperor's men to fall.

“Tell the owner of the ivory tower. ”

The Emperor opened his mouth.

“If you don't step forward, I will personally awaken you to that cleanliness. ”

The nobles raise their heads without even knowing me.

Then he met the Emperor's eyes and hurriedly closed his eyes.

The Emperor's eyes were shining strangely.

It was like an abyss.

The nobles felt the horror of scattering their souls just by facing their eyes.

But I couldn't shake my body for long.

I had to answer.

The Emperor hated those who did not answer his words.

“I will deliver it as it is. ”

The Emperor shook his hand.

The nobles fled the war as if they could not breathe.

“Do you think he was looking for you? ”

A feud without anyone, a voice flowed somewhere.

I dared not appear before the Emperor, but I opened my mouth and asked him a question. I was not the only one who was dismayed.

However, the emperor did not communicate with the opponent to reveal himself, nor was he offended by the question.

“Unknown. ”

I even kindly answered that question.

“I'm just watching. ”

The emperor buries himself deeply in the throne.

“If he really was the one you were looking for, the High Wizards of the Horse Tower would be the stepping stone for him to reach even higher ground. ”

“He's not bad either. ”

The emperor laughed low.

It was like the sand of the desert was swept away by the wind, and it was a horribly dry laugh.

“... what do you enjoy so much? ”

When his voice asked, the Emperor still raised his voice with a laughing voice.

“I feel so sorry for the old trails that hit my head when I stepped on them, and I love them so much. ”

If you will, I will go and remove the sprout immediately. A young prince who was destined for the defeated king, and a mercenary who called himself a squadron. I will behead them all and offer them to His Majesty. ”

“I don't want to. ”

The Emperor did not allow it.

“Go to the front right now and watch. ”

I only allowed observations.

“And finally come back, that I may know all the sheep that were there. ”

The Emperor replied, "The commandment of the Emperor is cruel, and the voice will follow."

* *

Already all of Dothrin's strongholds have collapsed, and the Nodes have been disabled. Dothrin's army was also withdrawn deep inside the border. The Imperial Army proceeded to Dothrin's territory without a hitch.

It was Dothrin's endless waters that stopped them.

The path through the lush boreal forest was too poor for the army to travel, and was narrow.

So they divided the army into three.

There were some who were concerned about the dispersion of power, but few were.

Only the troops of the least trooped regiment were 25,000. The main battalion was the Army of Oman, and the rear battalion was close to 30,000.

Each of them had the power to destroy one kingdom.

Each defeat was impossible in the first place.

“Dothrin's water is like a maze. You just trust your troops and you get into the water, and you jump into the fire with fuel. ”

Several staff members continued to express their concerns.

Their prudence was very disliked by the nobles who had been poisoned by the bony defeat of the last First World War.

The nobles executed him on the pretext that they would undermine the morale of the army.

The commanders who dealt with the saboteurs ordered a march towards the water.

The frustration of the day was that the three armies maintained a certain interval in preparation for a situation that might not have occurred, and cleared them of being in close contact.

Extremely common and a solid strategy.

But their common sense and strategies were so insignificant in front of the water that they retained their ancient appearance.

Moving tens of thousands of troops along a narrow path through the lush boreal forest was a road that demanded a terrible degree of patience.

The urgent nature commanders made a nonderogation for the slow movement. He even sent messengers to defeat the warriors in the line.

But there were grievances in their own way for the soldiers of the previous rank.

First, the road was too narrow, and second, even the narrow road was in poor spiritual condition. And thirdly, I had to be wary of the Dothrin Empire Army, who had no idea when or where it would come from.

If the speed of movement is fast, that was even weirder.

Special measures were needed.

The cerebral ministers of the Empire sought to address the special measures by investing in personnel.

Many of the selection team's soldiers have laid their swords and spears and grabbed their axes and sickles.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers blocked the bushes and forests that grabbed their ankles, cutting off the logs and widening the path.

It was still a slow movement speed, but it was better than ever.

Of course, that's as far as the commanders can see.

It tasted like death as a recruit.

I couldn't stand it because I swung my scythe and axed in the hot weather that I couldn't stand.

But it wasn't the heat that made the real soldiers want to die.

There were so many worms living in the shade of the forest that the sun had not touched for so long, and the unidentified worms followed the soldiers all day long, sucking blood.

Despite the constant movement of the body, the whole body was swollen.

Soldiers did not even sleep properly because they suffered from itching and pain.

But the commanders didn't pay any attention to the grievances of those soldiers.

Most of them were skilled knights who could use Mana to prevent access to pests, and even if they didn't, they enjoyed the help of wizards in hot weather.

I couldn't empathize with how distressed the soldiers were.

It was after the commanders identified the seriousness of the problem that the majority of the logging troops suffered unidentified molestation caused by the worms.

Then the commanders mobilized the Buryaburyan wizards to carry out a large quarantine.

The wizards use mysterious magic to manipulate worms, or hunt birds and animals that can be termed the natural enemies of worms to drive out the worms.

Of course, it was not enough to wipe out all the swarms of bugs that were swarming with it.

But how could I stop the spread of the monsters that used to ride?

More troops were put into logging operations.

The soldiers swung their sickles and axes without rest to get out of this terrible forest at once.

The pace of movement of troops that were supportive grew a little faster.

But he was just a moment too.

The troops of the Dothrin Kingdom, who have never been seen before, have raided the base.

With armor and helmet removed while working in logging, soldiers of the fleet carrying heavy sickles and axes were killed without even proper resistance.

Later, the Knights and Wizards defeated the enemy, but in the meantime, there was little personal damage.

That was the beginning.

The Dothrin Empire Army appeared from time to time and attacked the selection team. Then, in earnest, he fled quickly.

Now the selection team had to fight not only the dreadful waters, but also the kingdom of Dothrin.

The speed of movement slowed down again.

Soldiers who were engaged in logging in preparation for the battle with the Dothrin army, who had no idea when or where they were going to come from, could not even take off their armor.

Those who were faithless in the heat rushed out.

The rest are quickly exhausted by the heat and the fear of the enemy.

The selection team's commanders sent a yearly messenger to inform the battalion of these difficulties.

However, the headquarters did not understand the grievance of the selection team, which was all it took to travel along the path that the selection team had expanded without much effort.

The selection team's commanders decided to eat mustard with a cry.

No matter how many people died in the heat, I thought it would be first of all to get out of the water.

Dothrin's troops have become more frequent when they notice their plans.

Now they had not been ambushed on a small scale, and sometimes appeared as a legion unit, thus destroying the soldiers.

At that time, the Knights and Wizards of the main and rear divisions, who were asked by the selection team, appeared in the ranks.

As they joined, the Dothrin army became more difficult to see the effects of the ambush.

A few of Dothrin's mountain infantry squadrons were exterminated. After that, Dothrin's surprise didn't happen anymore.

I was told that I would be supported by knights and wizards if I knew this, and the commanders of the selection team were relieved.

But it was an illusion.

The momentary peace they encountered was only on the eve of the storm.

Three Legions of the Dothrin Kingdom ambushed the ranks of the long-established selection team.

It was only to coagulate and expel them, but the damage was substantial.

Precious food is on fire, and the weapons are useless.

But even more horrible was the fact that the troops, who had been attacked intensively by the enemy, were scattered and driven into the forest.

If it had been another battlefield, they would have rejoined soon.

However, it was in the middle of the sea, surrounded by forests all around.

There were very few returnees.

The majority of the troops did not return to the forest with such disappearance.

It was as if the forest had eaten them.

Only then did the commanders of the selection team feel fear.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were confident that Dothrin could be destroyed several times.

It was a terrible misunderstanding that gave birth to arrogance and ignorance.

Later, they reminded the staff of their concerns, emphasizing the dangers of the sea. But since they were all already executed, the commanders simply went forward with regret.

The attack by the Dothrin Royal Army continued.

They looked like they were going into my room, and somehow they dragged the Empire's soldiers into the forest.

Once I was dragged into the forest like that, it was over.

But there was no end to the world.

The same was true of the aquatic environment.

The forest that seemed to last forever is finally over.

“Outside!”

The Imperial Army soldiers rushed out of the forest cheering.

If it had been usual, the commanders would have come and confronted them. I would have sent a scout to look out of the woods in case of a crisis.

But the sea consumed some of their patience and judgment, and the rush made them the only ones who blindly yearned for the world outside the forest.

“Oh, my God. ”

Soldiers and commanders kneel to the ground and kiss the dry ground.

And thousands of arrows rained down upon such a cheerful Imperial army.

Numerous people were struck by arrows and turned into thin corpses.

“Shielder! Heavy Infantry! ”

“Archers, fight! ”

Late in his dreadful arrowhead baptism, commanders used whale evil to prepare for condensation.

Whether their desperate efforts were through it or not, the soldiers on the right and the left were ready to join the ranks.

The infantrymen set up a solid dustbin and stepped forward a little. The archers in the ranks immediately behind blow arrows in unison.

"It's a rush to get the troops out! Those who are ready to fight, come forward and open the way!"

The commanders continued shouting.

While responding to the enemy's attack, he sent a messenger to inform the soldiers behind him of the situation.

As soon as they were perfectly prepared to fight, it was no longer a problem for Dothrin to appear here.

However, the troops in the water they were waiting for were not in a position to support them.

“The Knights of Dothrin! ”

Dothrin's knights and wizards have been wiggling all over the water.

The knights and wizards of the Empire tried to confront us quickly, but they were too widespread.

Numerous knights and wizards became unpleasant guests without even the proper resistance.

However, there were few survivors in the fierce attack, as there were many empire troops.

The surviving knights and wizards gathered around the Paladins.

“Show them the power of the Great Kingdom! ”

One day, with the gloomy roar of Paladin, he led the knights and charged towards the Knights of Dothrin.

However, just before they reached the front of the Knights they were aiming for, a man appeared in the forest and blocked the front.

A man with a twisted pair of swords in gold shouted.

“Here comes Ian of the Vale Mercenaries! ”