9th Class Sword Master: The Guardian of the Sword - Chapter 317

Episode 317

Episode 107. Enchanted Forest ⑵ Kkagak! Dalkadak!

The skeletons thrown on the floor were running wild like mad dogs that had been released.

Yuma received magic ropes from Barlinan and tied them up violently.

The expression ‘attached’ rather than tied would be more appropriate. The rough knot was pulled so hard that the two skulls were completely pressed together with the pieces of steel torn away.

The skeletons tied to the magic rope were unable to even struggle and were left to be observed.

“All these crazy things popped out, so this time it’s a skeleton?”

Natalie bit the pipe and narrowed her brows. With the nose of her boot, she touched the head of the overturned skeleton.

“Ugh…!”

Sheryl watched and trembled.

Her back was already red with cold sweat, but the living skeleton looked very frightening.

While living with Yuma, he experienced various demons as well as demon kings and dragons. Cheryl was trembling now, even though she had never been afraid of such a being.

Noticing this, Natalie’s playfulness kicked in.

He wanted to pull out the skull head and hold it in front of Cheryl’s nose, asking if he was afraid of this piece of wood.

But now, instead of traveling among colleagues, they were at war. It was necessary to refrain from light actions.

Yuma explained to the commanders that the fighting power of these skeletons was comparable to that of the Orcs.

However, he did not forget that his regenerative power was similar to or better than that of trolls.

“okra! It takes at least five regular soldiers to take on an orc. Besides, if the regenerative power is that good… what do you think the number of these skeletons will be?”

King Fitz asked.

“There are hundreds of things I have seen. But… it looks like all the bones in that forest can change like this. Assuming the worst.”

“Huh…. Then,

doesn’t that mean that number is ••…. at least tens of thousands?

Now the entire gray forest is covered with bones!”

“Besides, no one among the soldiers, let alone us, has ever experienced hand-to-hand combat with this grotesque skeleton. Commander-in-Chief. Wouldn’t it be better to turn around?”

A commander asked, and Yuma met his eyes.

“If we go back, where will those skeletons go? I don’t know if I’m certain that that skull can’t escape the gray forest. No, even if you are sure, you don’t know what the demons will do.”

“There are too many numbers. I am worried that the loss of troops will be enormous before we even fight the main demons.”

“I agree with that too. However, if we evade because there are many enemies or we are afraid, so if the enemy goes over to the rear zone at least once in a while.

There is no point in gathering allied forces.”

When Yuma spoke firmly, the commanders nodded.

They formed an allied army to defeat the demons, not to become comfortable.

“Recall the tacticians and prepare the soldiers to fight at any time.”

The operation meeting did not last long.

The distance with the unexpected enemy was already too close, and it was only natural that the skeletons could come out and hit the camp at any moment.

Rapid dissemination of the situation and reinforcement of vigilance were fundamental. The allied forces never neglected training while Yuma was in the underworld.

The soldiers began to move in perfect order. The troops of the two lines led by Sevra had already finished building the camp and were strengthening their vigilance.

It was a story like a moving skeleton soldier, a material that appeared countless times in novels and stories.

But who would have predicted that this would happen in real life?

Not many soldiers were surprised to hear that the enemy was a skeleton.

If you look closely, it was a monster that neither the demons nor the demons of the underworld who shed purple blood had ever imagined.

Rather, it was Yuma and his comrades who seemed strange to most of the soldiers.

Slashing thousands of demons with the power of one’s body, signing a contract with the King of Spirits, or being the head of the Rose Society were all the more unrealistic.

I couldn’t help but feel relieved to think that such people were always standing at the forefront of the front line.

“I will go in with the tracking party and look into the forest. Don’t worry too much, as I’ll take a bookkeeper who knows the topography of the Gray Forest well before it changes.”

Natalie went into the woods with a 200-strong tracking party and two schemers.

Ballinan and the elemental spirits summoned the wind spirits and tried to look inside, but the spirits felt strongly rejected by the rapidly thickening magic of the forest, so they had to conduct scouting by themselves.

“Yes Natalie. Take the tulka.”

Tulka. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the ancient wolf was making the most contributions so far, excluding Yuma and a few people.

Tulka was one of the best forces available in any situation.

While Natalie was gone, Yuma checked her forces with Randell. The operation would begin when Natalie returned and reported the situation inside.

A total of 9,000 troops were organized in three units of 3,000 each.

The commanders decided to divide the troops into three divisions, with the central unit in charge of the breakthrough and the units on both sides in charge of the encirclement.

As the size and danger of the enemy could not be grasped, the breakthrough force had to be led by the strongest unmanned soldiers to maximize the survivability of the troops.

In addition, it was necessary to secure a little space inside to open an entrance for future troops to enter.

Of course, it was Yuma’s role.

No one disagreed with the fact that the commander-in-chief was by far the best among the many soldiers gathered here.

“I can’t admit it! You say I’m worse than my friends!?”

In the early days when the Allied Forces were formed, most of them put Randel’s military power higher than Yuma’s.

When Seruka’s Cole was cornered, he reacted more violently to Randel’s name than Yuma’s.

However, after seeing Yuma personally slaughtering the demons who attacked the Kuzan Castle, everyone knew that the strongest was Yuma, not Randel.

“It seems like something. Sir Randell is good at sieges. I will paint the forest.”

“Ah! I’ve never really stuck with a friend yet!”

“That’s not the problem, Sir Randall.

Light is used to dealing with cavalry, so if there is any problem, please control the troops quickly from the outside.”

Natalie didn’t come back until the sun was setting.

None of the trackers who were taken were killed, but a few were seriously injured. They were immediately evacuated to the medical unit.

“Beggarly skeletons! Yuma.

This will be more difficult than I thought.”

“You worked hard, Natalie.”

“The inside is full of traps created by nature. It’s not uncommon for the ground to sink suddenly, and even from that sunken ground, a skull came up. It’s not just people and wolves. It seems that all the animals that used to live in the forest have become bone monsters.”

She explained that it was forbidden for the soldiers to move closely together inside the forest.

It was said that the sudden rise of skeletons from the floor would cause confusion in the ranks and cause frequent injuries to allies.

“And… those guys aren’t just mindless skeletons. I guess there is a chain of command. Or that someone is controlling them. It moves pretty systematically.”

“A chain of command or control.”

“From the circumstances, it is certain that the skeleton moves with magic. If you bring the magic-measuring artifact to them, you’ll get a pretty high number. If this is piloting, not commanding, then there is a wizard…

Barlinan paused for a moment and scratched her head.

“As far as I know, there is only one magician in the world who can control this level of magic alone.”

“Who is that? Ballinan.”

“My father, Adolphovian. I don’t think my father, who was in the West, would have suddenly betrayed mankind and sided with the demons.”

“Then, wouldn’t this time again have resurrected a wizard of the level of Adol from the past?”

“It could be commanding, not steering. First of all, you should go in with me. If you use that meter to find the place with the highest magical power, won’t you find some clue?”

The breakthrough force consisted of infantry and archers only. Artillery or cavalry were not included in consideration of geographical characteristics.

Instead, he decided to take Tane and Igor, the captains of the Red Sword. It was unreasonable for Yuma to break through the 3,000 troops alone.

“Breakthrough squad! Sort!”

As Yuma’s high-pitched voice resounded, the 3,000 elite soldiers selected from each unit took their positions.

In advance, the bookkeepers had informed the soldiers of the characteristics of the skull and how to deal with it.

“When entering the forest, keep a distance of at least 3 steps from one person to the next, to the left and to the right. If you feel something wriggling on the floor, don’t hesitate to poke it with your spear. If you keep your senses straight, you will never be killed by a dog.”

The soldiers responded by tapping their chest lightly.

Yuma did not ride the tulka to keep pace with the soldiers, but parked it next to him.

“The goal is to secure local space outside the Gray Forest and to identify enemy size and chain of command. Let’s go!”

Yuma immediately led his troops and began to enter the forest.

From the beginning of the forest, the piled skeletons were visible, creating a gloomy atmosphere.

When the sun completely set, the magic in the forest grew even thicker. There was no need to use the lighting bullets and magic lamps he had brought, and the dark magic power in the air was radiating quite brightly.

Perhaps if you looked down from the sky, the gray forest would not look like a forest full of bone monsters, but like an island emitting soft light.

“Aang! It’s so beautiful at night with the theme of a forest with moving skeletons!”

After a long time listening to her aegyo, my fist almost came out as a reflex.

However, it was also true that the forest was beautiful, and Igor, who was now alone with Sebra, needed to protect his face, so he clenched his fists.

“Igor, go to the center of the ranks. Take care of the soldiers, and if there is an attack that you can’t handle, fire a signal bullet right away.”

“haha! Mr. Yuma. Thanks to the power of love, I am even stronger than before! Don’t worry!”

No soldiers laughed at Igor’s nonsense.

They weren’t as strong as Igor or Tein, let alone Yuma, so they couldn’t help but feel tense like a string pulled tight.

Igor also noticed the atmosphere and headed towards the center with a serious expression on his face.

Still, Yuma was proud that Igor hadn’t seemed to have lost sight of him while he was living with Princess Sebra.

The front is Yuma, the center is Igor, and the room is Tein.

In this way, the three soldiers each controlled and protected about a thousand soldiers.

Yuma moved forward, looking at the signs left by Natalie as she scouted.

It was about an hour when I entered.

Yuma raised his fist and signaled to stop. The soldiers stopped all at once and looked in all directions.

Dalgrak… Dalgrak…!

It was the lunar motion of the skeletons when they moved.

Of the 3,000 soldiers including Igor and Tane, only Yuma recognized the sound.

It was because the sound was so subtle that it was drowned out by the sound of the wind and the footsteps of the soldiers.

After learning martial arts from Mantu, his senses became sharper than before.

Yuma quickly found the source of the sound.

About a hundred meters ahead, a pile of bones formed several pillars like trees. When I opened the sword eye, I saw red dots here and there.

Upon closer inspection, the pillars were made entirely of hand bones. And all the bones of the hand were holding a bow.

“Hold up the shield!”

Yuma shouted as she put an aura on Ascalon.

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