The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 198
Episode 198
“Damn it! “How could this happen?”
“Could it be that the information was leaked beforehand?”
No. 5 and No. 3, who were guarding the base, looked at the enemy’s reinforcements and let out a sigh.
Especially from No. 5’s perspective, it was completely incomprehensible.
‘How did you know that teleportation would be possible? No, even if that were the case, they would deploy a counter-magic circle this quickly?’
They say they have been preparing magic circles and other things for a long time, but they were not.
To set up a large-scale teleportation magic circle capable of transporting hundreds of people, at least one magician of 6 circles was needed, one at each entrance and exit.
In particular, deploying a response magic circle on the spot like this without any prior work.
‘At least 7 circles…! ‘There was a wizard like that hiding in the Ashton family?’
Although we recently received information that Magic Tower had been acquired, it was well known that the owner of the tower was only Circle 6.
Anyway, what happened happened.
If things continued like this, it was a natural result that they would be pushed out.
“What are you going to do? “The operation went wrong.”
When No. 3 asked, No. 5 bit his lip.
“How can I contact Zero?”
“Communication has been cut off since they said they would leave the operation to us. “He must have gone into stealth again.”
Zero was active in the heart of the Ruben Kingdom. Unless it was a special situation, it was natural that he couldn’t be away for a long time.
“Would it be difficult to deploy additional troops?”
“Now what? Do you think that the answer will come if you pour more into it? Or are you trying to collect all the Numbers?”
Already on the battlefield, more than ten top-level experts belonging to the Marquis Greer, Count Ashton, and Viscount Raoul were rampaging around.
To deal with them, all of Zero and Numbers might have to come together.
However, No. 5 did not have such convening authority.
“…damn. “What an elaborate plan this was!”
“How are you going to take responsibility for this after putting so much effort into this? “Thanks to you, I ended up losing money, you idiot.”
Despite No. 3’s swearing, No. 5 couldn’t say anything.
Whatever the process, the result came out like this.
“…withdraw.”
Number 5, clenching his fists, barely opened his lips and spoke.
“Tsk. I don’t like it, but I’ll accept it at our shelter. “The troops will be greatly injured, so we should at least lend a helping hand to the cat.”
Retreating was not an easy task.
To keep the enemies on their feet, a significant sacrifice of troops was necessary.
However, their decision was completely wrong due to the messenger’s report.
“We’re in big trouble! The teleport gate!”
“…! what?”
When they turned their heads in surprise and looked, the gate had already turned into a black haze and was dispersing into the air.
* * *
“Mission completed~!”
Ravel sent a message in a lively voice.
“After all, it’s a label. You made so many imperial wizards blind. Thank you so much!」
「Hmph. This is a piece of cake. And there were a lot of them, but even those in the 5th circle couldn’t stop this label.”
“Haha, they’re trustworthy. Then, I will ask you to do the next task as well.”
“Leave it to me!”
The magic circles that the empire had carefully installed were hidden quite cleverly.
However, it was not at a level that could deceive the label.
Although she is still in the 7th circle, she was already a great sage-level wizard who used 8th circle magic a long time ago.
Moreover, having lived in a library bound by books for thousands of years, her level of knowledge was so deep and broad that an ordinary wizard could not even imagine.
Even though the magic circle was already known before the situation even occurred, Ravel did not intervene because of Raoul’s request.
Raoul was watching the situation in order to take advantage of their plan, and when the time came, Ravel began to touch the magic circle.
“Lalala. “Now if only we could fix the barrier that blocks access!”
Ravel, in a translucent spirit form, touched the magic circle hidden in the ground, pulled out a thin thread of mana, and began to modify the magic circle.
And after a while.
Pajijijik.
Black smoke slowly rose, and the magic line of the magic circle was replaced by fresh emerald mana.
“end! Now who is the rat in the poison?”
Ravel smiled, adjusted his glasses, and flew up to where Raoul was.
* * *
“Now then, what should we do with you?”
Raoul stood in front of the horseman Todd Ryan again on behalf of Marquis Greer.
This is because the Marquis stepped back for a moment to lead the troops.
Hwiiing.
Its disgusting body odor, along with the bloody wind pressure, pierced Raoul’s nose.
‘Ugh, I can’t get used to this smell (of a corpse).’
The original version of the Demon Beast is the Dungeon Guardian.
Although it was a special entity that maintained life with mana, it was definitely a living organism.
The one who captured it, tattooed it, and turned it into a living weapon was a demon beast.
The problem is that it can no longer be called a living thing.
“Huh. Tahat!”
Raoul dodged the guy’s battle ax and stabbed his sword into his chest.
Jijijijijing pushyuk!
A hole opened in the black force field that was resisting roughly, and the golden mana blade created scratches on the creature’s skin.
Grumbling. Push!
The black blood that flowed from the wound fell to the floor and vaporized, melting the marble of the training hall.
‘Is it acidic poison?’
It was not an original characteristic, but a prank by the Empire’s bastards.
At that time, something sharp flew towards Raoul.
Empty!
He struck off the end with the sword stopper and grabbed it with his hand, but a bright red whip-like object escaped his grasp with a crackling sound.
Whirling wedge!
It was Todd Ryan’s tongue that was moving freely and targeting Raoul again.
As the large battle ax fell again next to the tongue targeting Raoul like a disgusting snake, Raoul gave up fighting and threw himself backwards.
Shashashashak!
And where Raoul was, claws filled with razor-blue mana tore the air apart.
‘That’s the third means of attack. Is it a front foot strike?’
Todd Ryan has three main methods of attack.
A huge weapon with a Mana Blade equivalent to the highest level of Expert.
A tongue whip that sheds mana blades and easily pierces most iron plates.
It was a front paw strike using the explosive speed and sharp claws of the lion’s lower body.
‘Honestly, it’s powerful, but not threatening.’
Maybe it was in the past, but now Raoul is not particularly impressed.
After activating the power armor, Raoul’s body matched Todd Ryan’s strength and was much more agile, and his visual acuity was superior to the point where his attacks felt slow.
The point was that if you put your mind to it, you can easily avoid its attacks.
Of course, the problem was its insane defense and zombie-like vitality.
‘Is it true that you call it vitality? ‘It’s already in a dead body state.’
Monsters that have received imperial treatment begin to decompose from then on.
From what he remembers, the maximum period of time he could maintain combat power was approximately three months.
It was meant to be a time-limited biological weapon, but it probably wouldn’t mean much to the Empire, who would even use an article and throw it away anyway.
It had a sign saying it was an anti-master weapon, but to be honest, it was an absurd statement.
It was a half-baked weapon that was nothing more or less than a toy against the real ‘masters’ that Raoul met.
‘Now that we’ve figured it out, shall we get started?’
Raoul activated his real power armor, ‘Regnator’.
Rather.
I could feel the warm feeling of Regnator underneath the B-grade power armor.
Not only that, he immediately activated the wide-area buff skill ‘Aura of Radiance’.
Paaaat!
“Oooh! “What is this energy?”
“It’s the Master’s blessing! “Wipe them all out!”
The aura of brilliance, which had already reached intermediate level 9, was showing a completely different effect than when it was first obtained.
A wide-area buff that provides purification blessing treatment, a set of 3 types of divine power, that lasts for 3 minutes in an area with a radius of 150m.
Continuously grants stamina recovery, mana recovery, and anti-demon effects to allies within a 5m radius around Raoul.
Lastly, all buff effects, including spiritual power recovery, are applied twice as strongly to Raoul himself.
Whiuuung.
“Okay!”
As a strong wind of divine power spread from Raoul’s body, the horsemen and horsemen screamed in pain.
Considering his persistent resilience, he may regain his fighting power sooner or later.
‘There’s no need to give me that time.’
Wow.
Raoul, with golden fantasy wings spread behind his back, held the long sword with both hands and concentrated his mind.
Gooooo!
With a sound as if the air was howling, an enormous amount of mana was gathering into his long sword.
And finally.
A brilliant golden aura about 1m tall appeared.
Rumbling rumbling.
Although it was clearly an auror that seemed unstable in some way, it felt different from a typical expert top-level ‘temporary auror’ thanks to the assistance of two power armors and divine power and telekinesis.
“Now, let’s see if you really are an anti-master weapon.”
Parbat!
In an instant, Raoul’s appearance disappeared from the spot.
With only the afterimage of pale golden wings filling the air, Raoul reappeared behind the third Todd Ryan, dozens of meters away.
Kkwagwagwagwang! Pubbung! pop! Plop!
A sound of the air being torn apart was heard later, like the sound of a jet crashing after passing by.
And Todd Ryan had a 2m-long hole in his neck and upper body, and black blood was gushing out.
Awesome.
Raoul suddenly folded his golden wings and landed on the ground, looking down at his sword.
The result of striking the incomplete Auror and ignorantly piercing the force field and Tordrian’s body was the disappearance of the weapon.
Patter.
Metal powder that lost the shape of the sword fell to the floor.
‘It was a rare A-grade luxury sword…’
I felt like I wasted my energy and threw away a sword that could have been held slowly.
However, knowing in advance that something like this could happen is also a harvest.
If such a disastrous result occurred in a confrontation with a superhuman, one’s life could have been in danger.
“Oh Master, aren’t you really doing too much? “It was the first time in a while that I had the pleasure of using it, but now you’re taking it away from me again… Ugh.”
Jake came closer and grumbled in a joking tone.
Tongue.
“Hey.”
“If you’re going to talk nonsense, go to the temple and deal with the imperial bastards. “Before they go on a rampage for no reason.”
As Philip spoke while stabbing Jake’s side with the empty sheath, he quenched his appetite and headed to another battlefield.
Apparently, Phillip and Jake were dealing with the third Todd Ryan.
“Anyway, even though the level has increased, the personality remains the same… It was a wonderful feat, Master!”
“Haha, I guess I lost my excitement for no reason. “You looked embarrassed.”
As Raoul shook the hilt of his sword, which only had a handle left, and joked, Philip chuckled.
“Even if you say that, it doesn’t work anymore. “The state is not far away.”
“I don’t think that’s what Sir Philip would say? “When are you going to take such a long time to tell me the news?”
I took a quick look and found that Philip’s experience and skill level were reaching the end.
If he did well, the Ashton family’s second master might be born soon.
“haha. Wouldn’t it go faster if the master sparred more often? Of course, I am more interested in the master’s beautiful swordsmanship than in the state.”
Philip was usually gentle and a more exemplary knight and commander than anyone else, but there was one thing he couldn’t tolerate.
It was his interest and obsession with various sword techniques.
From the time he first followed Raoul, he was interested in Raoul’s amazing sword techniques, and enjoyed learning the various sword techniques Raoul had collected and sparring with each other.
Thanks to this, Philip was the second in the Ashton family and the First Guild to be able to use a variety of sword techniques after Raoul, and that may have been the driving force that quickly raised his level.
“Anyway, I think we need to get rid of them quickly. “They must have realized by now that they have fallen into a trap.”
“It would be a pain if we made a ‘black sacrifice’ as a group. Well, that would not change the situation of the war.”
Now that their secret weapon, Todd Ryan, has all fallen, they must have been on fire.
Raoul looked at the place where the brass mask was with cold eyes to see what choice the people who had even their escape route blocked would make.
(Continued in the next part)