Chapter 22: The Meaning of Surrender

For the men of the Dark Legion, with the barely surviving warriors, including the relay, they returned to the place where the tent had been, physically and mentally shattered.

Last night's battle was like hell they'd never seen in their lives.

The shield used to prevent Scouts and Light Arrows from being attacked by catapults, thought to be completely prevented, but easily pierced by unknown weapons.

A ball of light as bright as the sun suddenly appeared in the sky, and because it was temporarily lost, everyone stopped where they were and stopped spreading their shields, so this was the biggest cause of defeat.

There was also something like explosive magic that flew and hit the center of the troops, followed by a few more bullets that hit the front of the troops, and before the shields could be deployed, the soldiers were hit.

The explosion was so loud that the ground seemed to explode everywhere.

Soldiers who dodged direct attacks were also often injured by blast fragments, such as their legs, arms and necks.

When such explosions stopped, almost half of the population was gone.

When they manage to rebuild their people, something even more incredible happens.

Just as he heard a sound similar to the barking of a monster in the distance, this time countless arrows of light flew from the direction of the castle, and the soldier fell down in a thousand wounds before he could scream and raise his voice.

The person who was hit, the whole person turned into a ball of meat!

In other words, this battle is a complete failure.

Fortunately, Yulisa, who is the adjutant and the central figure of the operation, survived, which is also a blessing in misfortune.

Yurissa was also strongly shaken by the unprecedented defeat.

She even begins to develop a keen interest in defeating her enemies once and for all.

But failure is failure.

For a moment, this time, the top of the army, the two sat face to face at the same table, silent, but perhaps unable to stand such an atmosphere, the commander finally spoke.

"Julisa, I'm sorry this happened."

"No, my lord, this happened because of my superficiality and lack of information, and I am not capable of doing such a thing."

"There is no way to go on like this, the enemy must be two or three steps ahead of us."

"But, my lord, why did that force appear in the captivity of Hamilton Castle?"

Then, after thinking about it for a while, I came up with the answer.

"It seems that the enemy came to the rescue."

"yes, that's all we can think of, and now the problem is that we don't have any information about that mysterious man."

"It's useless to say this, let's hurry up and arrange it now, cheer up."

Hearing this, the commander laughed, as if everything was fine.

"Hmmm......"

"Then I can only retreat now, but I want to see that person at the end if I have the chance."

For a moment, Julisa was honest about what she thought she would think.

"Now, then, let's talk about it."

Commander Leia sighed.

"Then do you want to surrender?"

"Are you crazy?"

Sure enough, the commander was indignant at this statement.

Because Yulisa, who had worked faithfully under her for a while, uttered a word at the end that could be considered a betrayal.

"You might think so, but I think it's better to hand over the five hundred soldiers left here so they don't die in that tragic way again."

Then, as if she had already given up, Leia let out a long sigh and made up her mind, ordering to Julisa.

"Yulisa, it's better to call you Riley, let's do this tomorrow."

"Hmm."

Both of them said this with a bit of silence on their faces.

On the other hand, Hamilton Castle, which unilaterally "crushed" the dark army team, was completely relieved, fell asleep, and the night passed peacefully, and a new day was coming

He wakes up in the tent in the morning, and although his back hurts, he wakes up from his sleep with a canned coffee summoned by the system.

Although he was called an adult, he slept in this tent, not in the castle, because he was tired and did not want to go into the castle.

In another tent, even Meng Lisa, who suddenly showed superhuman strength, and Alice, the guild leader, were exhausted from a series of battles and were sleeping.

A familiar face appeared in front of him.

"Good morning, my lord, I'm sorry I just got up, Lord Ellethea greeted me, could you please come with me?"

Lawrence asked with a refreshing smile that wouldn't make him tired.

"Elesia? Okay, let's go. ”

In this way, Lawrence led him to the front of the room where Elesia was.

"Then I'll take my leave here."

Lawrence, who came to the door, bowed deeply, and without listening to his answer, quietly left.

He was left alone in front of the door, he couldn't just stand like that, he knocked on the door, didn't hear a response, and went straight into the room.

"Excuse me, is this the location?"

"Good morning, my lord, thank you for coming all the way."

Elesia, who greeted him, was dressed in a white morning gown, and with the help of the early morning sun shining into the room, she looked very beautiful, completely different from what she looked like yesterday.

Theresia was the only one in the room.

In the center of the room is a small white table and two chairs, on which items such as bread, salad, and tea are arranged.

He sat down in the chair across from Elesia.

"It's okay, thank you for having me."

Then Elesia lowered her face and couldn't say anything, just sat down in her chair.

(Huh?) Did I do anything? )

Without a reaction for a moment, he did not hesitate to touch the rest of the food, and even as he continued to eat like this, Elesia remained stiff and motionless.

“…… What's wrong with you?"

"Uh, uh, me, I thought it would be nice if we could eat together...... Do you like it? ”

"Of course, I'm honored to have breakfast with beautiful women......"

"Okay, thank you very much"

Elesia ate the bread slowly, her face flushing like an apple, and after a while, he calmed down and began to speak quietly.

"I sincerely thank you for saving this castle this time. If it weren't for the adults who came to my rescue at this time, this castle would have fallen into the hands of the enemy long ago. I wouldn't exist in this world either. Thanks to my lords, we now have such a peaceful time. ”

"I didn't do anything that big, first of all I was able to get here thanks to Alice and Sylvia who came with me, otherwise things might not have gone so well......"

There was an awkward atmosphere between the two, and the two finished their meal quietly.

However, when he left, Elethea didn't say anything, just smiled and sent him away, as if satisfied with something—

He quietly left the room and returned to the tent dissatisfied, and when he returned to the tent, I was greeted by Alice and the others, who had woken up.

"Lady Tingfeng looks like she's having breakfast with Elesia, isn't it?

As soon as Alice saw him, she put her arm on his shoulder and spoke to him in a strange frank tone.

Alice is the only one who hasn't tried to change her attitude towards him since they first met.

"Hey! Alice! What a great way to talk to adults! ”

"Hmm~, adults don't hate it, so it's okay, right?"

"What! Don't adults care? ”

Distraught, Sylvia begged for his consent, put her hand on his cheek, and said nothing.

"This, this ......"

In fact, he was frozen and motionless.

Fortunately, the other party quickly stopped, and he breathed a sigh of relief.