The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 58

Episode 58

“Call the troops right now! “I need to catch those crazy things and ask them directly.”

How on earth and what were they thinking about building this fortress here?

“Are you singing everything?”

“You wouldn’t know it if you saw it? It’s all shiny! Now that things are like this, is there any other way than destroying that fortress? ok?? “If you have anything, tell me, you bastard!”

“Oh, I understand.”

The subordinate, who felt his life threatened by Jack, who was extremely irritated, hurriedly ran to deliver the order.

“Holy shit.”

bang!

Jack nervously swung his great sword and smashed a single rock.

“That doesn’t change anything, kid. I’m thinking of holding out until reinforcements arrive, but there won’t be any reinforcements. “Kkkkkk.”

There is a limit to the number of people who can enter one gate.

What if it’s full? Of course, no one can enter.

The organization deployed additional troops immediately after Raoul and his group entered the gate, filling the gate’s maximum number of people.

In other words, no one could enter this gate until someone died.

Remembering that fact again, Jack calmed down his boiling anger and looked up at the fortress with cold eyes.

“See you later. “I’m going to make you pee so hard.”

He still seemed confident of his victory.

* * *

Push shot.

“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm…”

A faint sound of death flowed from the ground where the great sword had been inserted.

When I pulled out the sword, the red blood on the tip of the sword fell to the floor.

Chop rock!

After swinging his sword to shake off the blood, Raoul walked quietly, and Jake and Pierce followed him.

“The next target is… Stop!!”

At Raoul’s hand gesture, the group quickly lowered their posture and hid behind a bush.

Beep.

As I held my breath, I heard a thin flute sound that resembled a bird song in my ears.

And from afar, I heard a human being moving through the bushes.

“Have you been discovered?”

Raoul shook his head at Jake’s words.

“no. Judging from their movements, it looks like they are heading to the gathering point.”

“It seems the Master is right. “It seems like they are hurriedly walking rather than searching,”

Pierce said. Jake then raised his sword and asked again.

“Shall we handle it?”

The number of people who came into view was about ten.

It seemed like there was one knight involved, but the three of them would have been able to handle it in an instant.

But Raoul was cautious.

「Wait. Because they might not be the only ones moving. There’s no need to make a fuss in the middle of enemy territory.”

“It was fun for a while, but it’s a shame.”

Raoul was also disappointed.

If we had had a little more time, we could have reduced the number of people a lot.

Just in time, a guild communication came in from Philip, who remained in the fortress.

“master. It seems like the enemies have noticed the fortress. A scout reported that enemies were gathering near the fortress.”

“I see. “I will return now, so please stand by in a combat stance.”

Raoul, who had put the great sword in his inventory, said to the two knights as if expressing his regret.

“We’re going back.”

At Raoul’s words, Pierce flew up the tree and went out to scout out the escape route, and Jake only ate his food.

‘Did you handle about 100 people…?’

Raoul, who had completed the fortress a few hours ago, infiltrated the enemy lines with only Jake and Pierce.

The scouts didn’t spot the enemy, but they couldn’t fool Raoul’s eyes.

Two masked figures were seen camouflaged in the bushes a little distance away.

‘They were the Empire, after all.’

Of course, the identity of the enemy was not confirmed just by looking at the masked people.

Because the truth was not revealed on the outside.

As Raoul turned his gaze to the floor with his golden eyes shining, he was able to discover ominous beings hiding underneath.

Imperial cavalry.

The worst biological weapon the empire had ever created was hidden underground.

Raoul secretly smiled.

Because it wasn’t at all different from what he expected.

The tactic of hiding horse soldiers underground and then attacking them by surprise was a tactic that appeared often in my past life.

As a living weapon, a horse soldier was no better than a corpse if it stopped breathing and went into hibernation.

Of course, it wasn’t easy to find since he wasn’t breathing and had no biological reactions.

What if it were buried so quietly in the ground and then popped out when enemies passed by?

Even though it was such a simple tactic, many players and kingdom soldiers were bound to suffer damage.

‘But it’s not without its drawbacks.’

Raoul gave a hand signal to Jake and Pierce and took out a bow from his inventory.

Raoul, who had stopped breathing after casting an arrow and pulling the string, shouted in his head.

“Now!”

Pump plop!

The arrows fired by Pierce and Raoul pierced the heads of the two masked men.

dump.

After they were defeated, Raoul waited there for a while and only after confirming that there were no other enemies did he head towards where the masked men were.

After searching the bodies of the fallen masked men, they were able to find a ring and a small flute that appeared to be artifacts.

When I checked, the artifact was a magic ring with a 2-circle concealment spell that hides its presence.

And the flute….

‘It’s a tool that moves the horseman.’

Unfortunately, it was an item that Raoul could not use because it required unique magical energy.

Still, since it was an artifact in its own right, it was something that could make money if sold.

‘Now then…’

After finishing retrieving the loot, Raoul took out his greatsword.

Whoosh~ whoosh!

The great sword that was stabbed mercilessly toward the ground accurately pierced the head of the horseman hiding in the ground.

After repeating exactly 9 more times, Raoul put away his sword and took a deep breath.

‘This is the disadvantage of horsemen.’

It doesn’t move unless you give it a command.

It moves autonomously to some extent during battle, but when it is waiting or stored like this, it is no different from a corpse.

So, the most important thing when dealing with horsemen was that the enemy controlling the horsemen had to be dealt with first.

They knew that too, so they would carry items that were equivalent to artifacts, but it didn’t work on Raoul, who already knew how to deal with it.

‘Now then, shall we continue?’

So Raoul went out with the two knights to hunt down the unsuspecting enemies.

* * *

“what!? Why is this all there is?”

Jack’s shout came out.

The adjutant standing in front of him lowered his head and said.

“It seems like something happened.”

“Does that make sense? “Those guys holding artifacts couldn’t even hide properly!”

Jack, who was fussing for a while, asked again.

“What about horsemen? “Even if they were stupid, wouldn’t the demonic soldiers buried in the ground still remain?”

“That…”

“What?”

“It is said that the horse soldiers were also destroyed.”

“…Oh my gosh!!!”

Puk puk puk!

The innocent tree was shattered by Jack’s great sword.

Jack, who was furiously venting his anger, threw away his bayonet and grabbed the adjutant by the collar.

“so? How many are left now? ok!?”

“Queen. “There are still about 150 people left.”

“Oh yeah? I’m glad there’s a lot left, right? this! stupid! “You bastard!”

puck! puck! puck!

Jack thumped the lieutenant.

“100 guys! I’m dying! That! Didn’t you notice!? “You idiot!”

“…Bow!”

The deputy couldn’t even think of making an excuse and just crouched down and was hit.

I hope so for a while. Perhaps out of anger, Jack stopped beating and wiped the sweat from under the mask on his forehead.

“Ah, the situation has become a mess. “What should I say to the captain?”

He scratched the back of his head, picked up the great sword he had thrown away, and tapped the adjutant.

“I know you’re not dead, so get up quickly!”

“Yes, yes!”

As the adjutant hurriedly got up, Jack pointed to the fort.

“We have to solve that first, right? “How much time do you need?”

“Four to thirty minutes is enough!”

“what! half an hour?”

“Please just give me these twenty minutes.”

“good. Just give me twenty minutes. “Get that ugly thing out of my sight and bring them in.”

“Please leave it to me.”

As Jack sat down in the chair with his arms crossed, Deputy Emil hurried away.

‘Whoa, that’s annoying.’

The place where Jack hit me tingled.

As he was an expert, he protected his body with mana, so the actual damage was not significant.

Honestly, why is it your fault that the ambushed troops were discovered?

But I had no choice but to bury those complaints in my heart.

As long as the engraving was engraved on his body, the power over his life and death belonged to his superior, Jack.

‘It’s not like you can win by fighting back.’

Even though he had a dirty personality, Jack’s skills could not be ignored.

He was a high-level expert swordsman and even had his own engraving engraved on him, so once he started rampaging, there was no opponent unless he was a master.

Anyway, I had to deal with that strange fortress first.

It’s no joke, if Jack doesn’t solve the problem in 20 minutes, he’s the kind of guy who’s ready to rip his own head off.

But there seemed to be no worry on his face.

There are about 20 semi-knight-level agents who engraved 130 units of horse soldiers, and that’s about one fortress.

Emil gave the order without thinking twice.

“Start attack!”

* * *

“Huh~am.”

Dalton yawned and left the barracks.

The soldiers seemed to be moving busily for some reason.

‘hmm. ‘Who’s really attacking me?’

A few hours ago.

As Raoul left, he asked Dalton to guard the fort with Philip.

I unconsciously said yes to a sincere request, but honestly, I wondered if a real battle would break out.

Rather, it felt like they were trying to separate me from him and go somewhere, so I felt a little betrayed.

In fact, there was no sign of Raoul for several hours after his departure.

‘I didn’t come into the gate to do this…’

Dalton, who organized his equipment in his personal barracks and lay down on the cot, was unable to rest comfortably due to his disappointment.

But it felt like something really happened. The soldiers checked their weapons and were lined up on the fortress wall.

Dalton’s eyes also twinkled and he headed towards the castle tower where Philip was standing.

“What’s going on, Sir Philip?”

“Ah, Prince Dalton. It seems like an enemy has appeared. Are you planning to join the war?”

“Haha, what are you asking? I’m curious too. “I have no intention of avoiding a fight, no matter who my enemy is.”

“That’s great! Then, let’s listen together.”

Philip looked satisfied and turned to the soldiers.

“Attention everyone!! Enemies are targeting this fortress! Reconnaissance results show that they are not ordinary monsters. “The identity of these guys is…”

Philip explained the identity of the Imperial Horsemen and how to exploit their weaknesses.

The mercenaries wondered what this meant, but they knew that they had to follow instructions to survive.

“Mercenaries should focus on keeping the horsemen from climbing the castle walls! more!!”

As if this situation had been anticipated in advance, the mercenaries were provided with long spears and crossbows made of steel.

“It looks like preparations are complete.”

“Are you here? “I’m glad you’re safe.”

After the speech, Raoul arrived at the fortress and appeared next to Philip.

“We have reduced the number, but we must not let our guard down. “I’m sure they have some hidden tricks.”

“Don’t worry. “I will definitely show you who they dare set their teeth on.”

And right then.

A dark shape appeared among the distant forests and bushes.

‘It’s a start.’

“Everyone ready to shoot!”

At Philip’s instructions, the mercenaries simultaneously took out crossbows loaded with special bolts (arrows for crossbows).

It was the moment when the full-scale water battle began.

(Continued in the next part)