Not Knowing The Betrayal Of That Day

“Save your shock for later—let’s hurry and move. Quite some time has already passed.”

Elena went first, followed by her maid. And Mani and Kennis followed them, supporting Tessa.

As soon as they stepped out of the room, the chaotic atmosphere of the castle became evident. There were dull sounds of boots here and there, and even the sound of people screaming. Because of this, all five people held their breath and moved.

At that moment, a familiar voice came from underneath.

“Can’t you find them sooner?!”

It was the voice of the missing Young Marquis, Ferdale. Hearing his voice, Tessa stiffened and let out a reflex hiccup as Elena pointed her index finger and placed it near her mouth.

Shh.

* * *

It was a sudden attack. It was also close to an all-out war. It was clearly different from when they were just checking before. Perhaps they had been waiting for this moment, the enemies started rushing towards the outer wall. Hert also led his troops and finished preparing to face the enemy.

Soon, the loud shouts of countless soldiers resounded over the wide field.

It was the beginning of the battle.

“Fire!”

When the signal fell, the archers gathered on the outer wall began shooting arrows at the rushing cavalry. Countless arrows rained down on the enemy like rain. However, the enemy’s shield blocked the arrows and continued their advance.

Hert gave an attack signal to the knights standing at the vanguard of the two wings and at the same time drew out his sword.

His target was the enemy commander in the vanguard.

“Yaaaahh!”

Soon, the two armies collided. Hert pushed his horse and began to cut through the enemy’s cavalry one by one as he rode forward. His nimble and quick swordsmanship caused the soldiers to fall from their horses without a single sound. The neighing of horses that had lost their masters permeated the battlefield in disarray.

The man who once roamed the battlefield like a devil and slaughtered soldiers neither hesitated nor felt any fear. He slashed and cut the soldiers at random with an expressionless face. Even though his face was splattered with thick blood, he didn’t blink an eye. Enemies around him began to flee in terror as their comrade was dismembered after a few steps.

‘I know that I’m outnumbered. But I’ve fought dozens of battles like this in the past.’

The battlefield where Hert appeared always had more enemies. They were battles that everyone unanimously said that victory would be difficult. However, it was not enough to just survive in that battle—each time, Hert came back after decapitating the enemy commander, claiming victory. He was not at all afraid of being outnumbered.

‘No matter how many soldiers they have, if they lose the most important leader, that army will be ruined. If the formation collapses, the defense line is disrupted, and if the defense line collapses, that army is over.’

There are numerous strategies and tactics in warfare, but generally the basic framework is the same. To remove the head of command in the army. It was one of the quickest roads to victory. Even the moment when the head of the enemy commander is cut off in front of their eyes, the soldiers lose their morale and lose their will to fight.

Hert searched for the enemy commander while moving his sword non-stop.

‘…Cut their neck in one go if possible. There’s nothing good about procrastination.’

Before long, Hert spotted the enemy commander in the distance. He was attacking the soldiers with his own graceful movements. Hert rode his horse towards the commander, knocking down any enemies that got in his way. As he approached, an unfamiliar voice flowed from inside the black helmet.

“Are you Hert Shine?”

Instead of answering, Hert stabbed his sword at the enemy commander. The man swerved and twisted his body to avoid Hert’s sword. He’s better than Hert thought. When Hert pulled the sword back again, a nervous tone came out from inside the helmet this time.

“What a quick-tempered man you are. I just wanted to say hello.”

“Who is pulling the strings behind you?”

“It’s none of your business.”

“Then you must die.”

Hert swung his sword at the enemy commander’s throat. The sword drew a curve as if riding the wind. Clang! Managing to parry Hert’s sword, the enemy commander let out a curse. Before long, something rolls across the floor.

Tak, roll…

A rough wind blew. The enemy commander let out a laugh as his hair was blowing in the wind. With just one attack, the helmet came off and flew away. If he hadn’t dodged it, half of his neck would have been cut away. No, if he hadn’t been more careful, his head, not the helmet, might have already rolled off on the floor.

“Damn you illegitimate bastard…”

“At least someone who knew where I came from must have sent you. Is it him, too?”

“Shut up!”

The enemy swung his reins and stabbed the sword at Hert. Hert skillfully received the enemy’s sword with the side of his sword, and pushed the tip of the sword into the body to brush it off. Clang, clash! A sharp cracking sound erupted from the swords colliding.

The enemy commander hurriedly lowered his sword and widened the distance, perhaps judging that the attack would not work properly at this rate. Then, he began to hurriedly back out.

“Cover me! Find a breakthrough!”

While shouting, the enemy commander tried to summon the knights under his command, but Hert did not wait, driving his horse and swinging his sword at the enemy. With a single attack, the reins the enemy was holding were torn off in half along with the hand.

“Aackk!”

As the enemy screamed and lost his balance, Hert struck the horse with his foot and knocked it to the ground. Just as he was about to decapitate the enemy, the knights from the enemy camp blocked Hert’s sword. Clang! The blade of the sword was blocked and made a small spark.

‘Looks like you want to die.’

Hert ducked to avoid the sword flying from the other direction and swung his reins. He fixed his sword properly and began to deal with the knights who stopped him one by one.

This is why he was trying to end it once and for all.

“Do you think you will win?”

The commander said to Hert.

Having dealt with all the blocking knights, Hert crawled to the ground and looked at the commander who was trying to somehow get on top of his horse.

“The bastard who is going to die is talking a lot.”

“This will not be the end. You can’t win.”

“Shut up.”

At that moment. Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell rang, announcing that the castle was in danger. Hert raised his head and looked at the place where the castle was. The bell was still ringing, showing that he didn’t mishear it.

The enemy commander opened his mouth mockingly at Hert.

“Haha, it seems to have worked properly.”

“…What did you do?”

“You can’t see it. This was mere bait to catch you!”

Bait?

Hert frowned at the commander’s words. Bait, is it possible? It makes no sense at first. In order to enter the castle, they had to break through the outer wall he was currently in. Even if they succeeded in simply infiltrating the castle, there wouldn’t be many of them. Because he was watching so meticulously.

No way…

‘Tessa!’

“It is all over now. where would they run away…”

Before the commander’s words could be finished, a harsh banging sound was heard, and his head tumbled to the floor. Hert trampled the head with the horse’s hoof and cursed.

“F*ck, I said shut up.”

Then Hert turned his horse’s head and shouted loudly.

“Retreat! Everyone, charge towards the castle walls!”

His heart was beating loudly.

* * *

Ferdale was indignant and turned the office over. The thing he was looking for was not even visible. Where was the seal? It definitely should be here. He stomped his feet nervously, biting his thumb nails with his teeth.

‘There’s no way that bastard knew I was coming to have hidden it beforehand.’

In the situation where the territory war broke out, Hert would have no reason to think of hiding the seal of another household. It was an important seal in the hands of those who belonged to the family, but to those who did not care, it was no more than a useless piece of metal.

In the first place, Hert would not have known where the seal was located. For generations, only the household heads would know the location of the seal.

Ferdale huffed and kicked the innocent chair, unable to overcome his frustration.