265 Water Showdown

"Tell the Fontana army, especially the Vulcans. I suggest you get back from here now. This land has been ruled by our House of Arrests for many years. If you do not leave, you will sink at the bottom of this great river called Midway."

A very large river called the Midway River.

Arbarest Territory is a land with several rivers flowing in, several of which merge to form even larger rivers.

Among them, the Midway River was the largest.

We also need to cross this river to get to the territorial capital of Arbarest.

But it is a difficult situation for the enemy, the Vulcans, to achieve it.

Because our Arbarest army has already destroyed the bridge that runs through the Midway River.

Without the Midway Bridge, the Balkans would have to make major detours to reach the territorial capital or use ships to cross the river.

But the option of bypassing should be hard to come by.

It is inefficient to move an army because it needs to travel a considerable distance.

And as expected, the Fontana army, including the Balkans, were to march by the Midway River.

They will definitely use their ships to cross this river.

Intercept there.

There is no doubt that the Arrests are better at maneuvering ships using the flow of water.

Above all, we are able to attack Balka's master, Ars von Balka.

No matter how much Ars von Barca is on the water, they won't be able to prevent [Ranged Lightning].

Line up the flotilla on the Midway River.

Then, on one of the ships, the master stepped forward and uttered a loud and dignified voice.

On the other hand, a ship came out from Fontana's side to speak.

They are arranging some of the great names they used to invade Arbarest.

Said he said, "Prepare a ship for House Arbarest to transport the king who is staying in Fontana to King's Land."

However, we claim that Arbarest's disloyalty to the King led to this battle.

But it wasn't exactly a request to be heard.

Fontana demanded that we provide all of Arbarest's riverboats.

I can't accept that.

Apparently, it was just a request to attack us.

It could be said that it was a vicious demand that took advantage of the King's presence.

The owner also pointed out that point and stuck to it.

Well, you know they can't accept the claim either.

The two sides agreed on their respective points of view, and as they separated, our master's ship returned to the center of the convoy.

Thus, Arbarest and Fontana clashed in the Midway River.

"Go! Teach the Vulcans the horrors of the Arbarest army. We must take Ars von Barca!

Our lord issued a decree, and a number of Arbarest riverboats floated on the Midway River began to move.

Many riverboats are about the size of 10 to 20 people on a single boat.

It is truly spectacular that about 500 riverboats begin to move in response to the voice of our lords.

On the other hand, Fontana's ship is just a small one that would have been collected from the village by the river.

You can't be a decent opponent.

Arbarest forces seized the river's flow and approached Gungong and Fontana's army.

I saw the opponent's unfamiliar maneuvering technique and was convinced.

I can definitely win this match.

"Ice Spirit Summon"

At that time, I heard a voice in the wind.

It wasn't particularly loud.

But I did hear it.

My head recognized the words, as wonders flow naturally into our ears.

Ice Spirit Summon.

That is undoubtedly the top magic of the Fontana family.

And there's only one person who can use it.

Fontana's new leading knight, Ars von Barca.

He activated his superior magic.

Look at the Fontana army convoy.

Then, surprisingly, he was at the head of the convoy.

Ars von Barca, who was supposed to have spoken with his landlord, was still in front of the enemy convoy.

Why is that?

Normally, when the front mouth finishes, it should pull back.

However, we can see Ars von Barca at the head of the enemy convoy.

And then something happened around the Ars von Barca.

The balls of blue light came out one after the other.

Maybe that's the ice cream he can summon?

It's the weakest ice sperm with no attack power at all.

What the hell are you going to do with that?

On the river stream, we're getting closer and closer to each other.

But in the meantime, there was ice sperm all around Ars von Barca.

No, that's not all.

The number continued to grow.

Not only around his ship, but everything around it is covered in blue light.

What do you want?

Isn't that all you have to do is let them know where you are and put yourself in danger?

"Frozen"

"Hmm, what!?

However, the situation changed much sooner than we could reach the other party.

He said a word.

That alone has dramatically changed the current situation.

It's freezing.

I felt like I had been shown something impossible.

This midway river is only wide, and the flow of water is not so fast.

But there is water flowing.

But the river was starting to freeze.

Using Ars von Barca as a starting point.

The water on the river was starting to freeze from where the Fontana army's leading ship was headed towards this side of the ship.

"Well, I guess so. You're bluffing. You can't do that. It's impossible to freeze the range of our fleet just to stop moving."

"Yes, no. Please wait, my lord. Look at him again. He knows what Als von Barca has in his hand."

"What's in your hand?... I wonder, is that a magic stone? It's also huge....."

"Hello, isn't that the dragon magic stone of rumors? If you're using the magic contained in that magic stone to freeze your surroundings... Oh no, my lord. He may want to freeze this Midway river and move over the ice to target us. I wonder if you're going to lead us to a water war, but you're going to cover it up."

"... I see. How do you use ice cream without power? All units, be alert. They will run on this ice and board our ship to start a white war."

What a horrible man.

I'll do whatever we don't think.

I didn't expect such a force technique to overshadow our disadvantages.

In a hurry, predict what he can do and tell the owner.

After hearing about it, the customer responded immediately.

Looking at the ice spreading so far as our ship was unable to proceed, it appears that Arbarest soldiers have also noticed the seriousness of the incident.

Rather than the water in the river, they are freezing to their ships.

Put the gun down in a hurry and grab the weapon.

If this happens, we'll have to do it.

A duel on a river that stopped moving due to ice.

But it doesn't make our situation any worse depending on what you think.

After all, this place has not changed from water to ground now.

Magic like Barca's Wall Architecture cannot be used on this ice.

In that case, the fact that we have a large number of soldiers does not change anything in favor of us.

Ice flame sword, burn the ice.

But none of me, nor my lord, nor the other knights could respond to the voice of Ars von Barca that I heard next.

No, I heard you.

His words were well heard.

But I had no idea what that meant.

No one could react quickly.

Me, too.

All I could do was see with both eyes what Ars von Barca did next.

Ars von Barca, who appeared before the ship, pulled the sword out of his waist.

What the hell is that?

I don't know such a sword.

A light purple sword.

Could it be a magic sword?

However, it is different from any magical sword such as the hard tooth sword, the holy sword, and the Kuo sword in Barca.

It was a sword I didn't know when I was investigating Barca.

Ars von Barca sticks his pale purple sword on the ice.

I noticed it for the first time.

He summoned the ice sperm to freeze the surroundings.

When I saw it, I thought I was going to get close to our convoy through the ice.

But it wasn't.

The ice was just stretching ahead of Ars von Barca, towards our army of Arrests.

The water around the Fontana Faction ship is not frozen at all.

Doesn't that mean they weren't willing to move over the ice from the beginning?

"But it's burning... The ice is burning. They're coming this way!

"Ah, that's impossible. Why does the ice burn?

"Retreat!! Quickly retreat. It's spinning fast."

"Mm, I can't. All of our fleet's ships are blocked by ice. Instead of turning, you can't even move."

It was a nose shout.

My army of Arrests was moving over a large river called the Midway River.

The convoy was sealed off by countless ice sperms summoned by Ars von Barca.

And it didn't just end there.

He has a magical sword he has never seen before.

That has determined the defeat of the Arbarest army.

The ice frozen across the fleet turned into flames.

At first I felt that the ice was burning, but it might seem different.

The ice itself turns into a flame.

Freeze the ship and turn the hardened ice into flames.

That means that all the ships of the Arrests have been set on fire.

It's my fault.

This would not have happened if I hadn't proposed water warfare to you and the others.

The Vulcans have never experienced a water battle before.

That's for sure.

The Arrests were definitely superior when fought as water warfare.

There's no doubt about that.

But it wasn't.

Ars von Barca was never able to fight on the water.

The other way around.

His Ice Spirit Summon and his unknown magical sword, the Ice Flame Sword.

When these two combine, they come to a completely different conclusion.

Do not fight against Ars von Barca on the water.

With the burning army of Arrests, I can wait until now to fall into the water while I burn myself in the flames.

Our Arbarest army could not even unite with him, so they all burned to death on the river.