The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 209
Chapter 209:
The sight of the undead army rolling in like a wave was a sight that would raise eyebrows even when viewed from a 200m high wall.
Moreover, even though they kept defeating them, skeletons and zombies kept crawling out of the enemy camp as if they had infinite refills….
“Level 2 opened. And prepare the fortress artillery.”
“Phase 2 opening!”
Rolling.
Again, a small tremor occurred in the barrier, and this time a change occurred further down.
Bottom of the wall.
Numerous holes the size of a human fist appeared at points less than 10 meters high.
And a long fault line was created at 10m, and knights and troops holding melee weapons such as swords, spears, and axes were lined up on top of it.
There were people holding huge bows standing on one of the platforms.
“Archer knights start shooting!”
At the command of the commander, the archers began to attack.
Shuung Kwazijic!
“Gooooh!”
Each of the 30 or so arrows that flew out was glowing with mana, and easily pierced the bone shield that had even repelled magic.
30 expert archers specializing in bows were sniping, targeting only medium to large sized monsters holding shields.
As a result, a hole was created between the group of bone shields that were charging in with great force, forcing the legion to suffer damage again.
‘Still, it’s not enough. At this rate, we will reach the castle walls.’
The undead army was not called the immortal army for nothing.
They flocked in as if they were not going to die even if they died, and the distance was eventually narrowing as more troops were being replenished from behind as they fell.
And finally.
Shuuuung! Bub bub bub!
“Beware of collisions!”
Medium to large sized undead arrived 50 meters in front of the barrier and began ‘throwing’ attacks.
And the ‘bullet’ was the undead monster itself, such as skeletons and zombies.
Plop! Craddangtangtang!
“Kuweak!”
The skeletons and dismembered zombies that flew up to the first stage of the castle wall attacked the soldiers with their teeth chattering.
“Stay in line! “Don’t bother trying to finish it, just push it out of the castle walls!”
The shield soldiers who were waiting in an orderly manner pushed back the undead with their tower shields and boots.
Phew!
Meanwhile, the body of the flying zombie exploded, and sticky and disgusting blood was staining the castle wall.
And the regular undead who were not selected by the bullets of medium to large sized undead rushed towards the wall and were almost in front of the wall.
“Activate the institution.”
“Activate the engine!”
And when Lord Hansley gave the order just in time, a rattling sound like a wind-up shook the wall.
Push! Bub bub bub!
‘…! ‘What about that?’
Raoul looked down with a surprised expression.
A black hole the size of a fist had appeared under the wall.
From there, hundreds of iron skewers about 10 meters long stretched out and pierced the bodies of the undead.
At the same time, as the iron skewer rotated with a rumbling sound, the undead body was cut into pieces like meat from a butcher shop ground in a grinder and scattered in all directions.
And the iron skewers that went back into the hole were repeating the same task, literally ‘crushing’ the undead.
‘It’s an incredibly cruel weapon. ‘It’s not for nothing that the Wall is called a natural fortress.’
I’m not sure, but with that level of power, it seems like it would be difficult for even medium to large sized undead to easily approach the barrier.
However, as if to ridicule Raoul’s thoughts, the army’s response also changed.
“That’s right!”
About twenty Abominations began to rush towards the castle wall, screaming as if they were grinding iron, and as the distance got closer, their size grew bigger and bigger.
5m 6m 7m….
It was growing in size by absorbing fallen corpses (zombie ghouls, etc.) as it approached the castle wall.
“Aim for nuclear power! “Don’t let them get close to the walls!”
The archer commanders shouted and encouraged the archers, but it was impossible to pierce the Abomination’s body, which had already turned into a pile of corpses, with ordinary arrows.
Shuung phuwag!
At least the archer sniper team was taking down each building one by one through concentrated fire, but it was not enough to take them all down.
And when the Abomination finally reached the castle wall, instead of avoiding the impaling iron skewer, it instead lunged towards it.
Push shoo! Clumping.
The sharp skewers easily pierced the Abomination’s body, but surprisingly, they soon stopped working.
This is because the body of the pierced Abomination hardened like cement and held on tightly to the iron skewer.
And the result is.
“Everyone prepare for hand-to-hand combat! “Don’t let even a single one go backwards!”
The undead began to crawl up the body of the huge Abomination, which had turned into a stone statue.
“Wow!”
“Throw away you dead things!”
Although some engines were still functioning and archers were providing support fire, the undead who had literally piled up a mountain of corpses finally entered the first stage walls in earnest.
Phew! Plop!
But the defense was solid.
The elite soldiers, who were already accustomed to fighting against the undead, formed a thorough formation and dealt with the undead like machines.
In addition, the knights stationed in the middle intervened appropriately if there was a shaky defense line and blew away the undead.
Quantities of undead and elite human soldiers.
I thought it would be a boring war of attrition, but the battle was moving to the next stage.
“Everyone retreats to the second line! “Breathe with the signal and get out slowly!”
The soldiers stationed on the first stage wall slowly retreated back while maintaining the shield wall.
When we retreated about 20 meters, there were over a thousand undead swarming on the first stage of the castle wall.
“Activate the engine!”
Coogugung. Kwaaaang!!
And a barrier fell on the heads of the undead.
The ceiling from about 3 meters above came down and crushed the undead.
“Everyone worked hard. Go to the 2nd stage castle wall waiting room and support the 2nd team! movement!”
Slosh, slosh.
Troops began moving up the stairs, trampling on the blood and flesh that flowed between the fallen ceiling and the floor.
* * *
First stage at 10m and second stage at 15m.
In this way, new stages were formed at 5m intervals and the undead were gradually consumed.
And when we finally reached the fifth stage, Lord Hansley gave the order.
“Fire the fortress guns!”
“launch!”
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Holes about 2m in diameter opened in the barrier at each stage, spewing out incandescent mana rays and brightening the front of the barrier.
And when the light disappeared, many of the undead that were climbing up the wall like spiders and most of the undead that stayed within 100m in front of the wall had disappeared.
The only remaining ones are some undead who were lucky enough to avoid the range of the fortress cannon, and medium-sized or larger undead that boast persistent vitality and defense.
‘It’s enormous.’
As Raoul clicked his tongue in response to the tremendous force of the bombardment, Lord Hansley attached something to his waist and asked.
“Would you like to go with me?”
“of course!”
Raoul, who was already sad to just watch such a large-scale battle, answered quickly, and a soldier came up and wrapped a device around Raoul’s waist.
“It is a dive device. “You may need to use it again when you come up, so please be careful not to damage it.”
And just as he was about to explain how to use it, Lord Hansley spoke with a mischievous smile.
“Then follow along on your own.”
Then he walked lightly and jumped down the wall.
At the same time, more than a hundred knights and officers on the wall followed him.
‘what the.’
Raoul clicked his tongue and ran towards the end of the wall as if he couldn’t be left behind.
“Oh, the controls are…!”
The soldier hurriedly shouted, but Raoul had already disappeared.
* * *
‘wow!’
Raoul let out an exclamation as he ‘ran’ down the 200m high barrier.
Not only Engineer Hansley and the senior engineers, but also the engineers stationed on each level of the wall were running down the wall wearing devices with ropes attached to their waists.
There are at least 500 people.
It means that at least an expert or higher level article can do that.
‘Including the knights remaining on the wall and the advance base, how much power is gathered here?’
I couldn’t help but think once again that I was hearing the sound of humanity’s last bastion for no reason.
Before I knew it, a puddle of blood stained dark red with the corpse of an undead was approaching.
When Raoul lightly touched the device on his waist a few times, his body suddenly stopped, as if someone had snatched him from the air.
Then, with a ting sound, the loop came undone on its own, and the strap behind the waist fell off.
Whirling Chuck.
As he lightly played with his body and landed on the floor, Lord Hansley, who was looking at him with curious eyes, smiled slightly and clapped.
“That’s amazing. “Where did you learn how to use the device separately?”
“Hahaha, I was just imitating other drivers.”
“Hehe, it’s a device that takes even excellent knights a month to get used to. “It appears that the Viscount’s heart is made of steel.”
Raoul felt embarrassed by Lord Hansley’s praise.
‘It’s only used on walls now, but it’ll be used by a lot of people in 10 years.’
I had already gotten sick of it in my previous life, so it was natural that I was familiar with it.
“Now then, shall we go clean up?”
As Lord Hansley took out a heavy-looking mace and rushed out, his guard knights and fortress knights each picked up their weapons and began to advance toward the enemy camp.
Raoul also took out a two-handed greatsword and ran after them.
“Guoo….”
The medium-sized undead skeleton ogre that survived the bombardment screamed and swung its fist, but before it could reach Hansley’s body, the large skull split in half and collapsed.
‘Hoo…’
I couldn’t tell if they were guards or officers, but the skill of the knights next to Lord Hansley seemed unusual.
If you hold an executive position in a company where the number of articles alone exceeds a thousand, how amazing is your skill?
Raoul also sneakily went to the front of the line and cut down the 3.5m tall troll ghoul blocking his way with a single sword.
“Oh oh.”
A quiet exclamation could be heard from the knights around him.
After cutting down a couple of medium-sized undead, the enemy line was finally visible in front of me.
“To the right of Celta. Girion is on the left.”
“Yes, second-in-command!”
At Hansley’s order, two officers led dozens of knights and rushed to the left and right of the enemy camp.
And Hansley shouted, holding out his large mace straight ahead.
“Everyone attack!”
“Wow!”
As if there was no need to devise a strategy, waves of knights raided the base of the undead army.
Quaaaang!
And Hansley, who ran first, swung the mace, and dozens of undead, including skeleton ghouls and durahan, exploded like watermelons in an instant, and their remains flew into the sky.
‘wow.’
It was almost my first time in my life to see a real master in action on the battlefield.
Perhaps that was why Raoul let out an exclamation inwardly without even realizing it.
With just a single swing of the mace as if gesturing lightly, the undead in the 5-6m range in front of me were shattered, so I was easily crossing the middle of the enemy lines without even needing to stop.
‘I can’t lose either.’
Raoul poured as much mana as he could into the great sword he was holding with both hands and swung it vigorously forward.
Sugagak!
The golden mana blade extending from the great sword swung in a semicircle cut through the necks and bodies of dozens of undead.
Push shoo!
It ended with dozens of daggers coming out of his arms and piercing the foreheads of the undead who had not stopped breathing even though their bodies had been cut off.
Several knights nearby were amazed at Raoul’s amazing skills, but soon lost their attention and returned to the battle.
‘It’s convenient because I don’t have to pay attention.’
Anyway, knights and mercenaries from all over the world gathered here.
Even if it wasn’t Raoul, it was a place full of people using amazing techniques, so there was no hesitation in using telekinesis.
For a moment, I followed behind Lord Hansley, cutting down the undead as if sweeping through a no-man’s land.
visor!
The great sword that Raoul swung bounced for the first time.
‘Look at this?’
Before his eyes is a knight in black armor with a burning purple sword.
The Death Knight was aiming his sword.
(Continued in the next part)