The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 157

Episode 157

Viscounty Raoul – The border area between Bates’ territory and the Barony of Jaire.

“This must be a dream.”

Baron Jaire was looking at the battlefield, his hands holding the reins shaking in disbelief.

‘I heard Viscount Raoul’s knights will be concentrated in Calypse Castle?’

Of course, considering the possibility that this would not be the case, we brought 50 drivers with us.

Among them, there are 10 armor users alone.

This would be enough power to wipe out a typical baron in an instant…

Bang! Ujijik!

“Ahh!”

What on earth are those knights in white armor running wild on the battlefield?

As many as 100 expert-level knights were pulling out their mana blades and destroying the power of our knights.

And the large-bodied knight who led them from the front was literally unrivaled.

Each of his two limp arms held a large sword that others would have held with both hands.

The great sword, which did not even have a mana sword, let alone a mana blade, did not seem very threatening on the outside.

but.

Hiss. Shoo!

When his arm shook for a moment, as if an afterimage occurred, the armor of someone around him was completely cut, causing him to fall from his horse.

What is important is that the expert armor user sent by Baron Jaire’s most trusted knight sponsor had his head blown off with just four sword strikes.

‘Fuck you. What is this hidden master? How can you cut down an armor user in an instant!’

High-level swordsmanship that activates ‘temporary aura’ only at the very moment the sword strikes the target.

It was not an art that Baron Jaire, who was not an expert, could recognize.

The knight who brought despair to Baron Jaire.

Philip, leader of the First Knights, thought as he crossed the enemy lines with a calm expression.

‘The taste is not very good. There doesn’t seem to be any interesting swordsmanship.’

* * *

“Euracha!”

Hehehe!

Suck!

Literally, a huge yellow aura cut off everything in a 7m radius in front.

Horse armor, human weapons, and even power armor.

As ten knights were crushed in one go and a fountain of blood poured out, the enemies’ faces were filled with shock.

“Master Ma?”

“It’s a monster. “We have to run away!”

While they paused.

Jake, the sword-wielding hero and vice-captain of the First Knights, laughed loudly and shouted.

“Hahaha! Those rat bastards were scared! “Wipe them all out!”

“Yes, vice-captain!”

As if a yellow wave was rolling in, the members of the First Knights with their mana blades drawn rushed out.

The enemy knights, who had already lost momentum and were short on numbers, were unable to stop them.

Jake looked confident as he admired his subordinates from behind with a greatsword on his shoulder.

‘Hey, hey. ‘If I use this twice, I’ll be the first to go.’

It was my first real fight after becoming a top expert, so I was just in a good mood, but I felt like the mana rod in my whole body was throbbing.

‘Well, if the results are good, everything is okay.’

Philip’s advice that it would be best not to use temporary aurors in actual combat until you get used to them has long since been erased from your memory.

In any case, it seemed like the battle on the Viscounty Raoul-Frannois border would be easily concluded thanks to Jake’s performance(?).

* * *

Sssssssssssssssmph!

“Huh!”

A knight holding a shield fell backwards.

“damn!”

Pow!

Another knight raised his shield in front of the fallen knight and groaned as he blocked something.

“Quick, another shield!”

Behind the hurriedly shouting knight, there was a pile of shields that had been crushed to almost scrap metal and several corpses with missing body parts.

“Huh, have our knights gone far yet?”

“We will soon enter enemy territory!”

“If we don’t deal with that crazy archer quickly, we might all die!”

A long-range attack that started just a few minutes ago.

Although it was clearly over 500m away from the enemy line, the arrow flew as if distance did not matter and turned three knights and two staff members into blood clots.

Currently, several knights were blocking arrows with their shields, but it was not an easy task.

The arrow filled with powerful mana exploded the moment it was blocked, shattering the shield.

‘This is definitely not an arrow fired by an ordinary expert knight!’

I have never heard of such a fearsome archer, even if only through rumors, who could shatter a shield filled with mana with a single arrow.

The knights shuddered at the cool energy of mana penetrating into their bodies through the broken shield and hoped that somehow their allies would stop the devilish archer.

But…

“What! What is that?”

“Nonsense! “How could something like that happen?”

The knights and cavalry, who rushed forward with great vigor, were completely surrounded by the enemy.

Surrounded by hundreds of expert-level knights blazing mana blades and hundreds of trainee knight-level cavalry wielding mana swords.

“damn! “The only people you can trust are Sir Hayard and the armor users?”

I expected that those who volunteered would be able to overcome these local knights.

Shuuuung! Push!

“oh my god!”

An arrow, much thicker and longer than the one that had been targeting them just now, flew like a flash and struck Lord Hayard’s power armor.

Everyone seemed to sigh in relief when they saw him get back up after falling off the horse and rolling on the ground.

bang! Chat!

He was pushed back by wave after wave of armor users on Raoul’s side and eventually fell down after being stabbed with a sword.

Since the force field had already been destroyed, even armor users had no ability to withstand it.

Shuung! Wedge!

And the devil’s arrows continued to fly, breaking the force field of the Baron’s armor users.

At the same time, Baron Brennan’s shallow dream of drinking sweet water with him was shattered.

“Let’s retreat later.”

As long as the knights were wiped out, the game was decided.

The very moment the Baron decided that he needed to get away.

“Be careful!”

Shuaaaaaa!

Three arrows flew towards the command center and ‘split’ in the air.

Suddenly, dozens of arrow fragments attacked them.

Quagwagwang!

“Ouch!”

“Chi therapist!”

The knights somehow managed to stop it, but the incompetent commanders could not avoid injury.

And above all….

“Damn horses!”

The guard knights protected the baron, but could not save the horse.

This meant that now you have to run to escape.

‘ah…!’

As hundreds of cavalry units spread out from the enemy camp to the left and right as if to surround this area, a sigh burst out of the Baron’s mouth.

Fourth battlefield.

The battle on the border between Viscount Raoul and Ruisin Territory ended at the hands of Sir Pierce, vice-captain of the First Knights.

* * *

Viscount Raoul’s army, which achieved overwhelming victories on all four battlefields, did not retreat but advanced straight toward the baronies.

Since there were a total of six baronies, the number of troops heading to each lord’s castle ranged from 1,500 to 2,000 at most.

It was an unavoidable situation because soldiers had to be left behind to manage the captured troops.

In some ways, the force seemed insufficient for a siege, but in reality, it was more than enough.

Since they had wiped out the Baron’s main force, the reserves and conscripts they left behind in the castle were not that difficult of an opponent.

And considering the knights and armor users included in each unit, the number of troops was a largely meaningless indicator.

“I will report to you. A group of royal observers are requesting to see the Master.”

As we were marching towards Baron Brocks Castle, a royal observer appeared who had somehow found out about us.

The date when the Baron Alliance first proposed an all-out match was May 20th.

However, Raul gave up the game much earlier, on the 15th.

Thanks to this, the royal observer hurriedly ran towards Raoul’s unit without even being able to see the actual battle.

“I have no idea what you’re going to say, but please bring me here.”

Because it was meal time, temporary barracks had been set up, so there was no unfortunate event where the march had to stop due to observers.

“Hmm. “I’d like you to explain, please?”

The royal observer who came into the barracks with three guards said so out loud.

“What do you mean, cut off the front and back?”

When Dalton, who was standing next to Raoul, asked with an absurd expression, the observer frowned slightly.

“Who are you to dare to cut off the words of a royal official when you are not the Viscount himself?”

Dalton answered with a laugh, as if he would even point at him if he did well.

“what the. Even if you’re an observer, aren’t you just a baron and a low-level official? If you’re curious about my identity, I’ll tell you. This is Baron Dalton de Templeton. The Marquis de Templeton is my paternal grandfather. How was it answered?”

“omg! “Geomgongnim’s grandchild?”

The official, who only then found out Dalton’s identity, became thoughtful and quickly apologized.

“Oh my. I’m sorry. I had no idea that the Templeton family would be in a place like this. “I apologize.”

Judging from his attitude, he seemed to be more concerned about the Templeton family’s grandson than about Viscount Raoul.

“Okay, please quickly explain what your business is.”

Then the observer swallowed his saliva and turned his head to say to Raoul.

“Why did you fight without any observers? “Weren’t you sure that you decided to fight for territory on the 20th?”

Thanks to Raoul’s erratic behavior, the official had no choice but to hurriedly take the portal and come all the way here after hearing the news that the battle was over and being greatly disturbed by his superiors.

In addition, I had no choice but to raise my voice because I had received a special order to make mediation happen.

“what is the problem?”

However, Raoul tilted his head and asked back as if there was nothing bothering him.

“No, Viscount. Anyone who knows, why are you doing this? “If it is a territory war that takes place under the permission of the royal family, shouldn’t it be held in the presence of royal observers?”

“well. I’ve never heard of such a law? Hey Chad. “Have the laws of the kingdom been revised in the meantime?”

When Raoul turned his head and asked the scholar-like advisor, he shook his head as if it was obvious.

“There is no such law. This is a matter that has never been recorded in a law book before. “I have heard that such a practice exists, but as far as I know there is no enforcement whatsoever.”

He was an administrator whom Raoul had recruited from the capital to accompany him to the battlefield in preparation for such cases.

“That’s right. For your information, this friend is a former administrative officer who has been practicing law in the capital for nearly 15 years. “Is there anything wrong?”

The observer, stunned by Raoul’s words, was unable to open his mouth for a moment.

‘Even if it’s a law, there are of course customs!’

But to put it bluntly, the situation was not very good.

“Hmm. Still, isn’t it the natural duty of a permanent resident to cooperate with royal events? “If you proceed with the territory war so recklessly, the royal family will never look upon you kindly…”

“I’m sorry, but I haven’t broken the law, so there’s no reason to listen to useless words. If that’s all you need, then go away. “Now is the time to start marching.”

The royal observer hurriedly spoke in response to Raoul’s merciless order to congratulate the guests.

“No, but you still have to listen to what people say until the end, right?”

‘Isn’t this person afraid of the royal family?’

Muttering to himself, the observer hurriedly took out a scroll from his pocket.

“What is that?”

“This is an arbitration plan from the royal family.”

Whirling.

Raoul roughly opened the scroll and read the contents in one go.

Wiggle.

Raoul’s eyebrows furrowed slightly and he handed the scroll he had read to Dalton.

“You know what’s written here, right?”

“of course. “I came all the way here for that.”

Then there was a clicking sound and Dalton frowned.

“What kind of arbitration plan is this? Isn’t this a unilaterally favorable condition for the barons?”

(Continued in the next part)