The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 85

Episode 85

“Cough. How dare you…!”

A sharp sword pierced the chest of a man wearing colorful armor from behind.

The man who had been stabbed in the back looked back at the sword’s owner with disbelief, but there was only a cold smile on the other person’s face.

Push~ Push.

As the sword was pulled out, the man fell to his knees helplessly, and the surrounding knights who noticed the incident belatedly turned around with shocked expressions.

“What are you doing?”

“Jose Senior Knight, how could you, the second prince… ugh.”

However, they were not safe either. This is because some of the royal knights around them surprised them.

“You traitors will be punished from heaven…”

As the three guard knights in charge of the Second Prince fell in vain, Jose, a senior knight of the Guard Knights who stabbed the Second Prince, clicked his tongue and raised his sword.

Hwiung~.

The long sword swung without hesitation cut off the second prince’s neck, completely suffocating him.

Chang~ Chang.

Wow!

And a massacre occurred a short distance away.

The attendants and soldiers who followed the Second Prince were being cut down by the swords of the horsemen, Imperial Hound knights, and treacherous knights of the royal guard who had suddenly appeared.

Scrunch.

An Imperial Hound knight wearing pitch black armor approached Jose, who was wiping the blood from his face with a handkerchief, and bowed his head.

“As you instructed, we have disposed of every witness.”

“What about the other royal families?”

“It is said that the king is leaving his hometown under the protection of the captain of the royal guard. The 3rd Prince and the 4th Prince….”

After receiving the report, Jose, a senior knight, or Imperial Hound executive agent [No. 1], nodded.

‘Things are going smoothly.’

The Imperial Hound’s operation to infiltrate the royal palace following Gate Outbreak was successful.

The monsters that poured out of about 10 gates, up to C grade, were enough to attract the attention of the royal guards and knights.

Taking advantage of the confusion, our troops entered the underground secret passage connected to the palace, and the spies planted in the palace and those captured helped the troops move secretly.

It wasn’t difficult to lure ‘the guy’ who was sure to be the biggest problem.

The piece bestowed by His Majesty the Great Emperor forcibly raised the C-grade gate to B-grade, and the A-grade elite guardian [Venom Lesser Dragon] that appeared there was a monster that was difficult to deal with even for the Royal Guard Knights.

It was inevitable that ‘he’, the hidden master of the royal family and the guardian of the seal, would leave his post to deal with the elite guardians, but it was a big mistake.

The Imperial Hound, who secured the seal through a surprise attack, succeeded in lifting the seal through a collaborator, and thus the greatest objective was accomplished.

The guardian later returned to Bongin, but he would never be able to escape from there.

‘Tsk tsk tsk tsk. With this, no one will be able to stop the great world.’

All that remains is to lay the paving stones for the next step.

By drying up the seeds of this country’s royal family, it was necessary to create chaos and make it easier for the future war of liberation of the empire.

‘The crown prince and the second prince have been cleaned up. Who should we clean up next?’

Number 1 erased the smile on his face and walked towards his next prey along with the betrayed royal knights.

* * *

“Thank you for your help.”

Raoul and the knights cleared out all the various monsters that had clung to the castle walls.

Of course, there is no guarantee that monsters will not come again, but the white commander and soldiers expressed gratitude for being able to catch their breath even for a moment.

“Good luck.”

Raoul encouraged the white commander Marco and came down from the castle wall and headed toward the city.

From the beginning, the role of the soldiers stationed on the walls was to attract monsters and be the final line of defense.

It served as a kind of bait to relieve the burden on the troops who would attack the castle while also holding the monsters back from escaping the castle.

I wanted to leave a few knights behind, but I couldn’t disperse my forces because I didn’t know what kind of enemies I would encounter in the future.

“There is chaos here too. I thought they were unlucky people because they blocked the gate so tightly that not even their noses were visible…”

“I guess there was a reason for it all. Could it be that His Majesty the King deliberately ignored the citizens?”

As Jake and Philip said, after the Gate incident occurred, the guards and central army troops stationed in the inner castle never once deployed to the outer castle.

Because of this, there were rumors, not only among the residents but also within the First Guild, that the king looked down on the residents.

‘Well, the king also had his own thoughts, so he probably didn’t move his troops.’

Maybe I was expecting something like this to happen today.

Raoul and the knights jumped between the roofs of the buildings, wondering if this enormous energy felt from the castle’s side was also related to that.

The destination was, of course, royal castle.

I took a risk and came in, but I had no intention of just skimming the surface and going back.

“stop!”

At Raoul’s command, the knights stopped on the roof of the building and lowered their posture.

Raoul soon arrived in the center of the city and looked at the makeshift fort installed in the middle of the square.

pop! Pow!

The fortress seemed almost on the verge of fall. It looked like the wall had been built with stones and dirt, but it was cracked and shaking due to the fireballs coming from all directions, so it looked like it was going to collapse at any moment.

Below the walls, not only a pack of wolves but also hundreds of black-skinned goblins were waiting for the walls to fall, but they weren’t the real problem.

‘Imp’. I thought it couldn’t be possible because there was a hell hound spitting fireballs earlier… but wasn’t the gate where the devil species would appear opened a long time later?’

In the sky surrounding the fortress, a monster the size of a child with small wings and horns was throwing fireballs.

There were a lot of demon monsters that were at least C grade or higher, but I remembered that they only appeared after the third scenario in my past life.

“What should I do?”

“If you leave it like that, it won’t last long.”

“Let’s just sweep it away.”

Each article expressed its opinion. Even though it was their first time seeing a monster, everyone seemed eager to fight.

“Let’s take care of it and go. Everyone, prepare to shoot.”

I may not have seen it, but I had no intention of abandoning my ally who was in danger right in front of me.

“Take care of the winged ones first. “For those who do not have Manashi, focus on targeting the wings.”

Their weak point is their wings. When mobility was lost, close combat capabilities were not great.

“Aim and shoot!”

Raoul and the knights’ arrows attacked the imps.

puck! Plop!

“Kik~ek!”

Nearly half of the 20 imps fell in a heap.

Among them, Raoul Philipp Jakes’ arrow pierced the imp’s head, while the rest pierced the wing.

“Keep shooting!”

Unlike the first shot, the subsequent shots did not achieve much success. This is because the imps noticed this and quickly dodged the incoming arrows.

Kkkkkkkkk! Hurry~!

In addition, the monsters below the fortress began to flock toward Raoul and his group, and the imps also counterattacked with fireballs.

“No way!”

Teong. Bang~.

The four knights who stopped shooting held large shields and scattered in all directions to protect the party, and only Raoul Philipp Jakes, who could store mana in his arrows, aimed at the imp.

“Utcha!”

And the remaining three knights took out long spears from their inventory and dealt with the monsters jumping onto the roof.

“Wow!!”

“Reinforcements!”

When the imps’ attack stopped, the fortress troops, who were crouching like turtles, realized the situation and shouted.

And as the aggro was drawn in this direction, the archers seemed to have some time to climb up the castle wall and start providing support fire.

Patter patter! Plop!

As the barrage of arrows rained down, the confused imps fell one by one from Raoul’s group’s sniping, and the approaching monsters could not withstand the knights’ spears and shields at all.

Raoul shouted after seeing that all the imps had fallen.

“Everyone charge! “Wipe it all away!!”

“It’s good, everything goes away~!!”

Jake, excited by Raoul’s command, was the first to jump among the monsters, swinging his large two-handed broadsword vigorously, and the rest of the knights followed.

Raoul chuckled as if he couldn’t stop him and raised his bow again. Because there was no need for him to intervene.

‘Then shall we get some experience points?’

Raoul hummed and cheerfully pulled the bowstring.

After a while.

Raoul and his group climbed into the makeshift fortress, leaving behind hundreds of monster corpses.

“Thank you for your help. “By the way, which family are the knights from?”

A knight with the rank of a thousand seal, who seemed to be in charge of the fortress, expressed his gratitude and asked.

“Ah, we are members of the First Knights of the Ashton family.”

Philip said, wiping off the blood-covered Knights’ mark and showing it to me.

“And this is Prince Raoul, the master of our knights.”

“Oh no way, this is him!”

Only then did the knight realize who Raoul and the knights were and looked at them in amazement.

Since it had only been a few days since the investiture ceremony, it seemed like he didn’t recognize the knights’ mark or uniform.

“It is an honor to meet the famous Prince Raoul. And thank you again. “Without Confucius’ help, this fortress would not have lasted long.”

“It was nothing. As a knight of the kingdom, of course I have to help.”

Raoul smiled and accepted the thanks in a humble manner.

“But how did you get here? “I heard that access to the outer castle was blocked by a barrier.”

“I thought there was a problem in the palace, so I hurriedly brought the knights. I was already blocked by the barrier and was about to go back when a crack appeared in the barrier, possibly due to a monster attack. “I was lucky.”

When Raoul answered calmly, the Heavenly Seal nodded and smiled.

“Haha, it looks like we were luckier than Prince. By the way, what is it like outside? “I am worried that the damage will not be significant.”

When Raoul explained the situation appropriately, the Heavenly Seal sighed.

“Wow, that’s a good thing. As expected, the rumors about Confucius were not wrong. Anyway, the Central Army guys are the problem. Starting with the corps commander…”

The Royal Guards and the Central Army did not seem to be on good terms, so Cheon Injang criticized the Central Army for a while.

“By the way, what is the situation in the palace now? “I heard it at first glance, but I need accurate information.”

“Ah, you are thinking of going to the palace. As far as I know…”

Raoul’s brow furrowed slightly after hearing the Heavenly Seal’s explanation. The situation seemed worse than I thought.

I thought they had simply infiltrated the royal castle, but it seemed that even the castle walls had been taken away.

Thanks to this, even the gates could not be cleared, and most of the commanders and knights of the central army of the Guard Knights and Guards fled the battlefield to reclaim the castle.

Moreover, considering that although it had been quite some time since the siege began, they had not yet entered the castle, the enemy’s strength seemed to be formidable.

What was more troubling was the fact that demonic species appeared from the royal castle.

‘I heard there is no gate inside the royal castle. What happened?’

Raoul’s mind began to spin in confusion as to whether he should join the main force to recapture the castle like this or find another way.

(Continued in the next part)