Chapter 203

[ Episode 203. Eye of the Typhoon ]

Fione Ardi looked around as she wiped the blood off her cheek.

The battlefield is already almost organized.

In the first place, it was a battle that could not be lost when Adrias’s magic circle was properly consumed.

“Amazing.”

The offensive magic circle was easy to destroy and block if the opponent was prepared in advance, so only defensive magic circles or auxiliary magic circles that could be used against allies were used in real battles such as battlefields.

But this time he was rightly caught off guard.

If you think about it from the enemy’s point of view, it’s inevitable that they thought they were caught off guard, so they probably didn’t have any intention of preparing at all.

In order to save the charm of the raid, they only thought about capturing the castle wall as soon as possible, but who would have guessed that they had predicted the attack in advance and placed a magic circle.

“Here you are. Fione Ardi.”

After standing idly for a moment, Count Mayton appeared, leading the knights with a blood-soaked look.

Seeing that, Fione lowered her head, wondering if she had become that messy as well.

“Congratulations on your victory.”

“This is not my victory. A victory between Prince Cromwell and you.”

Pione’s face, which was still bowing at the Count’s words, cracked.

This is definitely Adrias’ plan and trap.

All he did was follow him and stare at him pathetically.

In fact, I respect and admire Adrias’ personal strength, but other factors were disappointing.

A self-righteous and arrogant person.

Plus, an unpleasant person who doesn’t know what he’s thinking.

That was Pione’s thoughts as she followed Adrias for the past few days.

“All this was Prince Cromwell’s ploy. I haven’t done anything.”

“No. If you hadn’t come to the alumni gate and advised me to advance, I wouldn’t have been able to win this big.”

“That advice was also given by Lord Cromwell.”

“okay. But in the end, you were the one who persuaded me to open the gates. To be honest, I had no intention of going out after hearing what you said. But you moved my heart by saying that there is nothing to be gained by fear of losing.”

“It is overrated. I really have no balls.”

“He is a stubborn knight. i get it. Let’s go back for now.”

The count, who entrusted the soldiers with organizing the battlefield, soon turned to the city.

Then, I could see a lot of human horses approaching from afar.

“Hot hot hot! The hero of this battlefield is coming over there. It seems that the south gate was also well protected.”

Earl Mayton, who confirmed the approaching figures, burst into a hearty laugh.

The fact that they came to the east gate was proof that the south gate was safe, so it was a sight that couldn’t help but be happy.

“dismissal! Are you all right!”

Kendrick shouted as he ran.

Seeing that, Earl Mayton smiled and spread his arms.

“As you can see, I’m fine! Hot hot hot!”

“Fortunately, the. The gates have been opened here as well.”

“okay. Sir Pione here gave me advice.”

While the two were talking, Adrias approached and just bowed his head without saying anything.

Earl Mayton, who was rather liked by the reticent appearance, shouted.

“The hero of Mayton has arrived! All thanks to Lord Cromwell!”

“no. It’s hard to say that it was thanks to the notes of the knights and soldiers here that made the results in the first place.”

“Sir Pione and Prince Cromwell are too modest. With that said, we really have nothing to say.”

“I don’t know what to do with the compliment. There is one more thing I want to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“Have you not seen a wizard among your enemies?”

“Wizard? Are you among the barbarians?”

“That’s right.”

After thinking about Adrias’ question for a while, Count Mayton asked around.

“Has any of them seen the enemy mage?”

When the knights who came with him replied that they hadn’t seen all of them, Mayton shrugged his shoulders and replied instead.

“Has confirmed. thank you for telling me.”

It was just a moment ago that the enemies came in and asked for support.

Not even half a day had passed since then, but Hector and the emperor could not hide their absurdity at the report that they had destroyed the enemies.

“What happened?”

“In a brief major report, it is said that Count Adrias Cromwell, who was dispatched to Mayton this time as a support, used a magic circle prepared in advance a few days ago to crush the enemies.”

“The Earl of Cromwell?”

The emperor’s expression visibly hardened at the appearance of a completely unexpected name.

“That’s right. It is said that after the magic circle was activated, they opened the castle gates towards the bewildered enemies and marched out to crush them.”

“How about a request for assistance?”

“They say it’s okay.”

The atmosphere suddenly became gloomy.

The angry emperor shook his hand with a cold expression.

“I get it. Just go out.”

“yes! your majesty!”

When the subordinate who came to deliver the urgent message left, the interior of the office fell into silence.

In that awkward air, Hector narrowed his brow and lost himself in thought.

The news of the sudden raid and the news of the victory that followed.

In fact, he judged that he could not stop the enemy even for a day with the strength of Mayton he knew.

That’s why he was already making plans assuming that Mayton would have been captured.

“Adrias Cromwell.”

At that time, the quiet emperor opened his mouth.

“That’s strange.”

“It certainly is. It’s strange that he dared to set up a magic circle in the rear where no one expected an attack, and it seems like he knew in advance.”

“I will not change the participation of the Sun Knights. Instead, we send only 3 trillion people instead of sending everyone.”

“You mean Mayton?”

“I go to the front via Mayton. And take a look at Adrias Cromwell.”

“All right.”

“I want to be alone for a while now.”

At the Emperor’s decree, Hector bowed and slowly went outside.

Coming out of the office, he went straight to the intelligence department.

He had to issue the emperor’s orders, but right now he needed to find out exactly what had happened to Mayton.

“Are you here, Your Highness?”

“okay. Did you hear about Mayton?”

“We also just checked.”

“Adrias Cromwell did another one. But there is an odd corner. Has Pione not contacted you yet?”

“It’s been a while since the battle ended, so it seems he’s busy. Perhaps within today, I will organize what happened this time and send it to you.”

Hector, who regularly received reports from Pione Ardi, nodded.

Hector’s thoughts were not much different when it was said in the report that Adrias would draw a magic circle around Mayton.

I literally just think of it as an eccentricity.

However, this battle completely changed that thinking.

‘It’s an act I couldn’t do if I didn’t predict it in advance.’

To say that he was cautious was not enough.

It was too timely to strike like that, and it was a large-scale magic circle that wouldn’t have been completed if the enemies had arrived a day or two earlier.

“Adrias Cromwell. What the hell are you hiding?”

The movement of the duke of Morhaime, who had recently made a deal with him, as well as the guild run by his family, were unusual.

With the typhoon blowing, I felt that the imperial palace, which should have been in charge of everything, had lost the initiative to Adrias.

‘Is that too much speculation?’

But one thing is for sure: his status will rise because of this incident.

It was clear that it would become more and more difficult to touch Adrias in the future.

“ha. Now his name will spread throughout the empire.”

Adrias Cromwell.

It was the moment the name was imprinted in Hector’s mind.

[ Episode 203. Eye of the Typhoon ] End