Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 177

Episode 177:

Golden Comet

[…Accordingly, move to the relevant location according to the date and time mentioned above. It is necessary to divide the enemy’s attention as much as possible and divide the forces in two…]

[…since the outcome of this all-out war depends on the success of the northern front…]

Order sent by Prince Zereitz with the cheering troops To summarize the contents, it was very simple.

Drive the northern front into as much chaos as possible.

Then, occupy the point by the operation date.

It goes without saying, but it was by no means an easy operation.

Just working for the soldiers on the northern front, far away from the main camp, was quite tiring.

Moreover, the point they pointed out was not far from the Castle of Silence, the home of the Winds Frontier Province, so it would have been more, not less.

But Elric began to advance.

The Star Wars didn’t bother to protest about this either.

Their trust in Elric was already sky-high.

like that.

The next attack proceeded.

It was barracks base number 19.

* * *

“He certainly fights well.”

Elric let out a laugh as he watched the enemy barracks base on fire.

This was because the strength of those who participated as cheerleaders was much stronger than expected.

I knew very well what level the knights of the Weil family that Herman had brought were originally.

This was because the Black Skull brought by Sailor also showed unrivaled performance.

“Do you understand that we will go in as deep as we can and rob the command center?”

“Don’t catch enemies running away!”

“there! Catch him!”

Since the Black Skulls were originally a mercenary group, they specialized in melee combat rather than group warfare.

As a result, the fighting style was completely different from other units.

If the Star’s Army and Herman’s Knights line up under Isabel’s leadership and use the tactic of splitting the enemy into small pieces and attacking them individually.

As soon as the battle began, Black Skull entered the enemy lines without any particular command system and brandished his sword.

If it had been a mediocre platoon, it would have certainly not been able to avoid great damage with such haphazard fighting methods.

Perhaps because their individual skills were so great, they suffered no significant damage.

Should we say that it is like a wolf roaming among a flock of sheep?

The funny thing was that they were still communicating with each other on a regular basis.

By exchanging hand signals, information is exchanged about who the commander is, how to approach and assassinate him, and how to secure a retreat.

After that.

Pow!

Inevitably, the commander’s head popped into the air.

While the other members were intentionally drawing the attention of the commanding officer, the assassin succeeded in assassinating the commander.

Pooh wow!

Below, fountains of blood pouring down.

Hayes was standing there holding a vicious sledgehammer.

‘My sister… she’s still scared.’

Elric smiled bitterly. Because Hayes was most responsible for flowing into the mercenary industry.

“Those…!”

“I like it so much.”

“Shall we try to have a game separately later?”

Meanwhile, the Blue Hawk seemed to have a strong desire to win, sighing lightly at Black Skull’s performance.

They were running around for their own reasons, but since they were leading the knights, they were not in a position to run wild like that.

Then.

The leader of the Black Skull turned his gaze towards the Blue Hawk.

“Heh.”

He laughed lightly and jumped back into the battlefield.

Obvious ridicule.

For a moment, silence passed between the blue hawks.

“….”

“….”

“…What was that just now?”

“I heard wrong, right?”

“huh. no. “It’s true that they laughed at us.”

“Things like this I don’t even know where they came from! “I lost it!”

Of course, the Blue Hawk was not someone who would turn down a fight.

In the end, after asking the knight commanders to take care of the rest, the blue hawks also started swinging their spears at random as they dug deeper into the enemy camp.

Thanks to this, Black Skull caught up and started to get even more excited.

“What are you all doing? Those blue lions run wild like colts with their tails on fire! You guys hurry up too! “Let’s clearly show who the real lion is!”

Oooh!

It seemed as if they were trying to determine who was greater, so the battle quickly turned towards the Star Wars.

Elric captured the fast-moving battle situation at a glance.

My mind’s eye was wide open.

‘Is the company’s swordsmanship promiscuous?’

At this time, while learning ‘Boramae’s Spirit’ one by one, I am also looking for ways to combine it with Gangseojutsu and Magic Fighting techniques.

Elric hoped to gain insight into more martial arts that could serve as data.

And this battlefield was perfect for collecting data.

The company leader is also a super expert with swordsmanship so good that the Golden Lion had him as a vassal.

There were certain patterns hidden throughout the martial arts of his ‘children’, which he said he had acquired while wandering the world.

Perhaps that is the company’s swordsmanship, ‘Sunshine in the Gray Sky’.

Although Elric described it as messy, that in no way meant that “Sunshine in the Gray Sky” was a mess.

Rather, it was the opposite.

The pattern, which contains so many variables that cannot be predicted, was deep enough to come up with a timely response in any situation.

Thanks to.

Elric could feel his understanding of the secret techniques of Gangseojutsu, such as ‘ordeal’ and ‘destruction’, deepening.

however.

One by one!

Elric belatedly realized that there were eyes watching him from far away.

Company manager Sailor Holmes was watching this.

As if I had discovered an interesting child.

Elric flinched for just a moment.

Actually, if you think about it, it was the same as stealing Sailor’s sword skills.

Still, since there is no evidence, I think I should shamelessly come forward.

Suddenly, Sailor pursed her lips and said something.

The distance was so far and everything around was so noisy that I couldn’t tell what they were saying.

But I felt like I knew what it was about right away.

Don’t copy or take too much. Then what if this old man runs out of money?

『That old man is clearly an old fox. Your teacher still had a simple side. I think that old man earned the title of lion through his slyness rather than his swordsmanship.”

Elric smiled bitterly at Mephisto’s words.

* * *

After all battles are over.

Elric had to frown while clearing up the battlefield, including tying up prisoners and collecting loot.

“…It’s so smooth.”

Elric frowned slightly.

“Iknow, right.”

Same goes for Isabel.

There was something about his expression that made me uncomfortable.

Hermann could not understand the conversation between the two people.

“Why but? “I’m winning, so isn’t that great?”

After the cheering forces joined, the advance of the Star Wars was truly ruinous.

We now have enough power that we no longer need to worry about retreating after winning a battle like we did last time.

Thanks to this, the occupation of almost 60% of the northern region of the Winds Frontier Province was coming to an end.

In Hermann’s eyes, everything was going smoothly.

All I wanted was to end the war as soon as possible and return to my hometown.

This war, in which the numerous interests of the imperial family and nobles were intertwined, was quite tiring for him.

but.

“That’s why it’s a problem.”

“hmm?”

“You seem to be telling an interesting story. “You’ll let this old man join too, right?”

Hermann was still tilting his head in confusion, but Sailor intervened.

Elric flinched for a moment because he had done something wrong, but he didn’t show much shame because he had decided to shamelessly go out like this.

Sailor smiled slightly as if she knew Elric’s thoughts and then asked a question.

“Continue what you said a little while ago. “It seems like there’s something uncomfortable.”

Elric nodded and said.

“Their resistance in all recent battles has been too weak. “It seemed like there was no will to begin with.”

For a moment, Ichae looked young in the eyes of Hermann and Sailor.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s camouflage.”

Sailor paused briefly, stroking her chin with her hand.

“In these cases, it’s usually one of two things. “Either they are trying to catch us off guard and lead us into a trap, or they are trying to hold us back as much as possible and divert the main forces elsewhere.”

In the case of the former, there was a need to prepare, and in the case of the latter, there was a need to increase speed.

Sailor seemed to be leaning towards the latter.

It was urgent for the Red Lion Army to do anything to stop the punitive army. Therefore, it was not at all strange to leave the chaotic northern front alone and draw major troops to the center.

but.

Elric shook his head calmly.

“no. “There is one more possibility.”

“hmm?”

“It’s a case of both.”

“what?”

That’s when Sailor asks what that means.

“My lord!”

Brian hurriedly rode his horse and ran this way.

People’s eyes were focused in that direction.

“I think you need to come here for a moment.”

The voice was very solemn.

Elric intuitively realized that something had happened and followed Brian toward the warehouse area located at the rear of the barracks.

There… I saw quite a few naked people.

These people have thin bodies, as if they haven’t had a proper meal. My body was full of scum.

However, what was unique was that their uniforms were significantly different from those of ordinary imperial citizens.

What appeared to be bird feathers were placed on the headband, and the clothes appeared to be made of hemp, leaving the limbs clearly exposed. The overall skin color was also dark.

“Who are these?”

Hermann tilted his head. Brian was about to reply, but Sailor interrupted him instead.

“They are the Borfur tribe.”

“Bor… what?”

“Borfur. In their language, it means ‘lively’. “They make a living by hunting in the forest areas of the eastern border.”

“You mean barbarians?”

“Don’t say things like that so carelessly. Because they also understand that much. “They are ordinary people, no different from us, except that they are not in the shadow of the empire.”

Sailor erased her playful appearance and cautiously approached them.

Hermann shook his head.

The image of barbarians that the people of the empire had was truly the worst. It was worse than the United Kingdom forces fighting against the empire in the southern part of the continent or the Liberal Revolutionary Army that dreamed of rebellion while shouting about republicanism and liberalism every day.

The first two places at least benefited from civilization, but the barbarians are known to be crazy about fighting and only pursue superstition and instinct.

In particular, the cannibalistic culture that some of them practiced was absolutely horrific.

Hermann went around shouting for justice and agreement, but that was only limited to the people of the empire. That was the reason why it could not escape the sight of the general public.

Madmen who reject civilization and are only crazy about fighting and blood.

Demon-like people who threaten the existence of the empire and disrupt the eastern border.

That was the world’s perception of barbarians.

but.

Sailor did not see such discriminatory views at all.

“Dumkat.”

Instead, he even approached them, saying something unknown.

For a moment, the barbarians stopped glaring at Sailor with wary eyes and widened their eyes when they heard their own language.

“Ashimarapum. Doomchai?”

There was hardly any awkwardness in grammar or pronunciation. It was a language that only those who had lived with the Borfur people for several years could understand.

Dumkat was a greeting. The afterword meant, ‘Why are you guys here?’

Still, the barbarians hesitated to answer for a moment, but as Sailor persisted, they began to talk little by little.

And the longer the conversation continues.

Sailor’s complexion also hardened.

“Hape.”

“Hape.”

After finishing her final greeting, Sailor stood up and looked towards Elric.

Hermann asked in a serious tone.

“Why are these barbarians… or Borfur people, here? Could it be that the Red Lion joined hands with them?”

“It’s similar.”

“Similar…?”

“These are hostages.”

Sailor’s eyes furrowed their brows.

“As the Mervinger family said, it means you have fallen into a trap.”

Right at that moment.

Wow!

Torches spread here and there around the foot of the mountain where the star group was located, and an enormous echo rang out.

Wizard who swallowed talent