Chapter Twenty-Five: The Battle Begins
The view is dominated by crazy green, the vast grassland connects to the sky in the distance, giving the illusion of endlessness, and due to the abundance of food and few natural predators, a large number of low-level monster slimes live here. [No pop-ups. 】
Originally, such a well-lit and gentle afternoon was the time for the slimes to bask in the sun collectively, but now there are no slimes in sight. The reason for this anomaly is the arrival of the human army.
The army of 120,000 marched forward mightily, although it was a mixture of magicians, cavalry, infantry, archers and other arms, but the marching formation of the entire army was quite orderly, everyone looked ahead, and the arms waving at their sides were very powerful, and at first glance they were regular troops who had undergone strict training, giving people a feeling of full combat effectiveness.
The banner fluttering in the army depicts a red flying snake flying into the sky, declaring that the country to which the army belongs is the kingdom of Uslet.
In the middle of the army was a rather conspicuous and splendid carriage, the body of which was made of metal and inlaid with delicate patterns carved in gold, and even the seat of the coachman who drove the carriage was wrapped in fine leather.
In addition to its aesthetics, the carriage's defense is also quite good, and the metal used as the body has been thickened to the point that it is breathtaking, and the magic attached to it can reflect ordinary magic attacks. So in a sense, this carriage can no longer be called a means of transportation, but a mobile castle.
Of course, the price of having such a strong defense is that the weight of the entire carriage is quite amazing, although it has been attached to the magic that can reduce the weight, but its weight is still beyond the range that ordinary horses can pull, so the creature that drives the carriage is a hybrid monster that inherits the genes of military war horses and ferocious monsters, which is unique to this country.
Such a carriage must have cost a lot of money, so the person who rode in it must have been a high authority, and this person was none other than the king of the kingdom of Euslet, Baronda Euslet.
In addition to Baronda, there were four other people seated in the carriage. Sitting on the left and right of Baronda are his younger brother, Zelett, a super warrior strengthened by his R-body, and the old goblin who once served in the armed militarism of the godsok. The two sitting opposite Balonda are the genius magician Elriku known as the "North Wind" and Balonda's illegitimate daughter Doro.
Elriku held his head in his hand and smiled at Taro, a position he had maintained since he had been in the carriage, while Taru, who was beside him, put on a look of disgust and turned to look out the window.
The atmosphere inside the carriage was very quiet, and suddenly, the moving carriage stopped, followed by a knock on the side of the carriage. Baronda opened his eyes and nodded slightly to Zelett beside him. So, Zelet stood up, opened the observation hole in the door, and opened the door after glancing at the people outside the car.
"Report to His Majesty the King, there are a lot of monsters in front of you, do you want to attack?"
The soldiers who had come to pay their respects knelt outside the carriage.
"How many?"
"The preliminary estimate is around fifty thousand, mainly centaurs, ogres and gnolls."
Although the soldier tried to show his composure in front of the king, his voice trembled slightly as he said this. After all, whether it's centaurs, ogres, or gnolls, they are all quite difficult monsters to deal with, and there are so many of them, it's understandable to be afraid.
"Oh, it looks like I'm underestimating this monster country."
Baronda smiled mysteriously, although Euslet's cavalry was quite good at fighting on the steppe and had an advantage in numbers, but the opposing centaurs and gnolls were not inferior to the cavalry in terms of mobility, but far superior to the cavalry in strength, so the victory rate in this battle was probably only fifty percent.
If it had been before, knowing that the other party had such a strong strength, Balonda might have cursed while giving up his plan to expand north. But now Baronda waved his hand indifferently.
"Pass the order down and destroy the monsters!"
He stood up and ordered in a loud voice as if he had foreseen victory.
"Yes, yes!"
The order without the slightest hesitation clearly exceeded the soldier's expectations, and he paused for a few seconds before reacting.
The muffled battle horn sounded, and the soldiers of Euslet took a deep breath and tightened their grips on their weapons.
"Elriku, it's up to you."
Baronda said as he looked at Elriku, who was still looking at Doru with a very intoxicated expression.
"Dear Doro, I will definitely return triumphantly for you!"
Elriku said affectionately on one knee in front of Doru, and then flew out with flying magic.
"Your Majesty, do I really have to deal with this guy? It feels so nauseous. ”
After Elriku leaves, Doru looks like she can't stand it.
"Bear with me, Doru, I need that man's strength in order to go out into the wider world."
Balonda glanced at Duolu and said in a cold voice.
"I see, Your Majesty."
Doru nodded submissively.
Then Balonda looked at the old goblin again.
"Now it's time for the sponsors to show our might, Madbeard, ready to activate the Lava Giant!"
"Roar, you're in a hurry, Baronda."
The old goblin, with a strange laugh, jumped out of the carriage with an agility that was not commensurate with his appearance.
"As long as there is that trump card, I will never be defeated! With this battle, we will announce to the world the existence of our Kingdom of Euslet! ”
Baronda cried out with confidence.
Just as a magnificent battle was about to take place at the junction of the prairie and the Grand Canyon, a group of people suddenly appeared out of thin air somewhere underground in the capital of the Kingdom of Uslet.
"Good, it looks like this place hasn't been destroyed."
After looking around for a week, Kaiya sighed with relief and then lifted her fighting stance.
"Here?"
Lanka asked, observing the cobwebs and dusty passage that looked like an abandoned mine.
"This is the escape passage of the royal family that is no longer used, when I was a child, I often went down with Dora to explore, and this is the direct passage to the palace, so let's go, please follow me."
Kaiya opened the magic prop for lighting and explained to Lanka.
"Yes."
Due to the magical effect of the high-level teleportation stone, everyone who was teleported with Kaiya nodded together.
At this moment, a team of twenty people, consisting of Kaiya, Lanka, Yareb, and Ethles, as well as six goblin wizards and ten goblin warriors, was heading to the palace of Yusret in search of Kilgaru.
(End of chapter)