0.01 Second Sword Master

1 Second Sword Master Episode 4

“This is suicidal. Say you can’t do it even now!”

Horace, who was about to set out, was caught by the Nella Knights Commander.

No matter how victorious a battle is, if you attack the rear of the enemy with only 100 soldiers, you will fall into confusion at first, but they will realize it over time.

That the number of opponents attacking is utterly insufficient.

The moment they know that, they will wield spears at Horeth without hesitation.

“Nella Knight Commander. It was a choice I had no choice but to make.”

“Yes?”

“Aslan, maybe he saw through our ruse from the beginning.”

“What do you mean?”

“Didn’t he come and tell you after defeating Yuhan? Prepare a better plan next time. What do you mean by that?”

It was something Nella had heard clearly.

It was embarrassing even if it wasn’t, but did Aslan really see through everything?

“It can’t be. How do we know that we have come together to attack him? Besides, wasn’t that guy’s own decision to fight against Yuhan today?”

“It was we who made it happen. It was only for a moment, but I could read it in Aslan’s eyes as he looked at me. If I hadn’t accepted this operation, they would have tried to kill me in a more terrifying way. In addition, the family members of my family must have disappeared together with the dew of the executioner.”

“I can’t. Even now, I’m collecting articles that agree with my will-”

Horace grabbed the arm of the excited Knight Commander Nella.

“Don’t be rash. This is a problem between me and Aslan. It’s something that can be done with this old life. And if you kill Aslan now, the morale of the soldiers who are piercing the sky will hit bottom.”

“But, sir!”

“There is not much we can do even if we gather soldiers. Aslan, who defeated Yuhan with a single blow. Do you really think you can withstand a sword master’s sword?”

“…”

“The author is no longer the Aslan we knew.”

If it was Aslan, whom they had known from before, they would be able to deal with it without a sword. However, if it was Aslan who showed the blow that defeated Yuhan…

Horace nodded at Nella’s silence.

“Aslan may not be as foolish as we thought. That tyrannical disposition is still the same, but now I’m thinking about it. In fact, I think he may have been playing with us from the beginning.”

“Okay, soldier. Could it possibly be?”

Horace said with a small laugh.

“Whoops. Anyway, you should go back. You never know. Will I use my wits and come back with a great victory?”

Horace, who said that, and Nella, who could no longer hold on to him, knew.

That this would be Horace’s last campaign.

“Then let’s see again. Commander of the Nella Knights.”

“…”

Nella chewed her lips as she watched helplessly leading the soldiers away.

“Aslan you son of a bitch.”

The rage surged and the veins bristled in his temples.

yes. If I could go to his barracks and draw my sword right now, wouldn’t this wrong be righted?

But,

‘I’m dealing with Aslan?’

A scene that flashed in his mind grabbed his reason that was about to break.

Yuhan’s body was cut in half by a brutal blow and died.

And Aslan looked down coldly as if it were natural.

He realized that if he was swept away by his emotions and drew his sword and went to the barracks, Yuhan’s miserable figure could soon become his own.

“Shit.”

Nella had no choice but to swallow her anger.

* * *

The march was peaceful.

Purr~ Purr~

This bastard has been humming since earlier about what he likes.

Well, I’ll see you today.

‘Because it’s the day when one of my worries is reduced.’

He sent Horez to die.

He readily accepted the will and threw out the most threatening villain in the kingdom that could kill me.

‘In addition, the war is over.’

No matter how much the opponent shows their back and runs away, let’s not be vigilant.

This is a terrible difficulty.

You don’t know what variables will arise, so you should avoid combat as much as possible.

This is why I sighed like that to calm the dissatisfaction of the knights and sent only Horeth.

extreme difficulty.

Even if you just stick to it right away, the difficulty level rises to the point of breathtaking, but you can’t even get a sense of what the alternative atrocity level will be.

And this was the best way to kill Horace cleanly.

‘As expected, I’m a game genius.’

Even thinking about it now, it seemed like an amazing strategy.

Avoid fighting and eliminate Horace.

Should I say this is catching two rabbits?

The question now is what to do next.

‘Should I build a space defense right now?’

There is a character named Gongsun Zan in the Three Kingdoms.

It is said that he built a position called Yeokgyeongru, which could be called a space defense at the time, and stayed there only.

In fact, during gameplay, I also built a space defense similar to Yeokgyeongru to withstand enemy attacks.

Of course, I couldn’t attack the opponent, so it was a strategy where all I could do was hold out for a long time.

‘I have to be careful with the external situation.’

Aslan has many enemies around him.

no. As the difficulty level is the difficulty level, I don’t know when the person who was on my side will hit me in the back.

so that,

‘Be careful and be careful.’

Always be careful when riding a horse.

‘But damn, is this the attitude of a cautious person?’

The character of Aslan really hits the mark.

Even while riding the horse, this stupid bravado is activated, so he doesn’t hold the reins, arms are crossed, and he has a solemn face.

That is from the night of the start of the march until now.

Although this position would not normally be difficult, the morbid bravado and infatuation did not make me feel tired at all.

no. Even if I was tired, I couldn’t get out of this position on my own.

I don’t know where the hell this steely mental strength and self-control come from.

Try something a little different than usual.

‘Are you really crazy?’

You mean I have to stay like this all the time?

I was already dizzy.

“Urgent! It is urgent!!”

The knights who had gone out on reconnaissance earlier were returning in a hurry.

I was surprised on the inside, but the morbid bravado didn’t even show it on the outside.

“What’s going on?”

When asked in a solemn voice, they bowed and shouted.

“I’m sorry to the great grand commander! The soldiers of Halaz Kingdom are currently crossing the border and heading towards Ronan Castle!”

Ronan Castle?

for a moment. What if there?

“If it’s Ronan Castle, it’s a place where the defense is weak right now. But how could Halaz Kingdom soldiers appear there!”

These were the words of Knight Commander Nella, who was listening to the report with me next to me.

In the meantime, my head spins rapidly, and the horse jumps out unintentionally.

“It must be aiming for the capital.”

oh I guess I’ve been playing this game for a really long time.

When I saw the map spread out in my head in an instant, the location of each castle appeared like a hologram.

“The capital!? Isn’t the kingdom capital empty now?”

It was a bonafide thing.

I’ve been playing this game for a long time, and I’ve experienced a lot of different tactics, and I’ve been stabbed countless times in the back.

yes. It’s like you’re looking behind you.

The strange thing is that usually when a commander with a great influence like the Grand Division commander is lost, it is standard for the soldiers to fight for a while and then disperse, or to retreat to the kingdom in a hurry.

However, they did not retreat, but detoured and crossed the border.

In other words, it meant giving up the all-out war and attacking the capital of the kingdom.

‘It’s atrocious mode, is this it?’

Due to the nature of the game, it is not easy to execute such an operation with demoralized troops.

However, as if to say goodbye to such a system, they were terrifyingly running to Eli Kingdom.

Is anything possible on extreme difficulty?

“The Grand Knight Commander seems calm as if he knew all of this.”

Those were the words of the 3rd Knight Commander, Nella.

He spoke in a startled voice, as if he had just realized something.

“Is that why?”

·······?

“It was also late at night, and the fact that only a small number of troops carrying flags formed a pursuit party was to deceive the eyes of the enemies.”

I tilted my head.

What are you saying, boy?

“To think that you foresaw in advance that the Halaz Kingdom pretended to run away and in fact took a detour and aimed at our kingdom’s capital! I didn’t know. I never thought you’d see through their cunning schemes until now…”

no. how do i know that

Something happened that should never have happened.

However, as if he had waited, the morbid bravado wriggled and was activated.

“yes.”

Regardless of my will, the corner of my mouth curved,

“It’s all the same things that guys who don’t even know about a fair fight do.”

A sneer mingled in his voice.

“They’ll think they’re a few steps ahead of me, but they’ll realize they’re not at all.”

“!?”

Astonishment and shock were contained in the eyes of Knight Commander Nella as he looked at me.

It was the same with the other knights nearby.

“You guys who didn’t realize that beforehand are also foolish. No matter how much you fool your allies, you can fool the enemy is the best strategy, but no one realized it. Disappointing.”

Then they all bowed their heads to me.

“I’m sorry, Grand Commander!”

“What a great man!”

As if their compliments were natural, I broadened my shoulders and straightened my back.

Nella asked me politely and politely with her eyes firmly possessed.

“Standby division commander. The 3rd Knight Commander, Nella, is requesting you. If you give me an army, I will punish the enemies in the name of the sacred kingdom of Eli!”

I stared at Nella, who was screaming so loudly that her ears rang.

[Nella]

Power: 75

Intellect: 60

It was an intellect suitable for a knight with a halfway armed force.

The only thing that can be known is that he is a Betarang knight of the Kingdom of Eli.

‘Is this the best card I have now?’

The stats aren’t good, but that doesn’t mean I can’t go out in the vanguard myself.

‘It’s suicidal to fight with an idiot-like skill that can only be used once every 5 minutes.’

Unless it was a one-on-one situation where they got lucky, there was a high chance that thousands of knights would die in less than 5 minutes in a battle where thousands of knights wielded swords at each other.

So no matter what happens, I must not go to the battlefield.

“Nella Knight Commander.”

“Yes. Commander of the Air Division.”

“Don’t let me draw my sword. Only against guys like that.”

Even if I die, I don’t want to go to the battlefield and fight.

“······Yes!”

Nella, who seems to have interpreted my words in a different way, responded with a spirited voice and left with the knights.

* * *

“Huh-. How the hell did this happen?”

Horace, who had launched with 100 suicide commandos, was prepared to die and pursued the forces of the Kingdom of Halaz.

Perhaps they escaped in the middle of the night, but the barracks were empty. So I increased my speed and followed it, but I encountered a completely unexpected sight.

“Where is the main body of the Halaz Kingdom?”

Horace deliberately brought many flags to show the number of troops he led. But so did the opponent who ran away.

With a handful of troops, they raised flags and led empty carts.

At first I thought there were a lot of them, but when I attacked the rear, I realized that they were fake.

“Speak. Where is the main unit?”

The commander captured by Hores bled and replied:

“Khehehehe. It’s already late. The brothers of the proud Halaz Kingdom would have turned the capital of your Eli kingdom into a sea of fire by now!”

“What?!”

Who would have thought that the kingdom of Halaz, who had lost the giant named Yuhan, would come up with such an ingenious strategy.

I was careless.

It was his own arrogance to think that they would lose morale and scatter.

If Aslan had not withdrawn and followed these fakes…

“for a moment.”

Then Horace felt as if he had been hit hard in the head with a blunt object.

“Did Aslan really think things would turn out this way?”

Fascinated, Horace stared blankly at the sky.

“It must be a coincidence, right?”

However, the circumstances were too well matched to be dismissed as a coincidence.

Didn’t you feel something strange from the moment you said that you were suddenly withdrawing after giving up all the victories?

“Did you ever send me here?”

To see with my own eyes and realize?

Is it really like that, Aslan?

“Go back now. Well, by the time you guys go back, the capital of Eli Kingdom will be reduced to ashes. Kuck.”

“Tsk tsk. stupid guy That’s why you’re only acting as a decoy.”

“what?”

“Take a good look. What is the number of our troops? There are only 100 people. Then where is our main army?”

“・・・・・Seo, no way!?”

“Kill him.”

At Horace’s command, a nearby soldier decapitated the enemy commander as he blew up the flagship.

Horace, who was staring blankly at the supply and demand with a grievous expression, clicked his tongue briefly.

“I didn’t mean to insult you. I’m stupid too, so I’m acting as a bait like this.”