Chapter 452: 452

The Aless army heads straight to the center of Meldora via the shortest distance .

They literally move in a straight line, not taking into consideration the terrain or the enemys defensive encampments .

Is that the enemy fortress? Celia!

Pardon me! Its the Meldora flag . Although small, I see a fence, moat, and a stone towerbeing built .

Celia climbs on my shoulders and reports back as she focuses her eyes into the distance .

If they have a stone tower, itll take some kind of plan for only infantry to bring it down . Let us convene for a war council .

Agor stares at the fort with a rather stern look .

Ah, do we really need it? They wont listen anyways .

I dont think they were responding to Tristans words, but their shouts fly back and forth from all over the place .

I can see the fort . Its one Ive never seen before!

Damn them, constructing a fort in such a place . What should we do?

Lets charge first and see what happens!

Before Agor could ask Gildress to participate in the conference, the Aless soldiers ran off .

charge and see what happens?

Dont ask me . Get Gildress to tell you afterwards .

Im not fluent in Aless language .

Once again, the Aless soldiers run straight toward the fort .

Naturally, the enemy attempts to intercept with a rain of arrows, but the Aless soldiers group up on the fly, connecting their shields tightly with their neighbors, minimizing the effectiveness of the arrows .

Theyregetting closer . Theyre on the walls nuh, it was a trap!!?

A cloud of dust suddenly engulfed the vanguard much to Agors surprise .

Apparently, there was a pitfall next to the walls .

Hahaha! They totally fell for that!

Traps are the best solution against beasts with low intelligence!

The enemys cheers can be heard from where we are .

Chaos is inescapable now that the vanguard is completely caught in the trap . Let us also move forward and patch things up!

I dont think we need to .

Tristan makes another lazy comment and the enemys cheers quickly turn to screams .

H-hey, they arent dead! Theyre climbing out of the hole!

Impossible! We dug five meters deep and even laid spears at the bottom! T-throw rocks at them! Quickly!!

In that case, my spear hiih!? Noooo! Save me! Dont take my clothes off!

The rearguard did not panic despite the vanguard dropping into the pitfall, and even they soon crawled back out and rejoined the battle .

Eei, this pile of rocks is in the way .

Are we doing this, brother!?

Some of the Aless soldiers stick their swords and shields into the ground and grab onto the stone wall with their bare hands .

Then, they start pulling out the rocks one by one, dismantling the tower .

Eventually, the tower crumbles and the enemy loses their footing .

Unable to stop the Aless soldiers with arrows, the walls get torn apart and the iron gate topples inward from the overwhelming pressure of the muscular men .

All of that happened in about one hour .

Pulling the stones out with their bare handsthis is so different from the siege battles I know

Dont think about it too much . If you dont adjust your the way you view them, itll tire you out .

Alesss attack did not stop there .

The next base is a fort stationed on a precipice of a cliff with only a single point of entrance and flaming pots of oil are being poured down the climbing path .

Its a fortified camp and its on top of the cliff . That sounds troublesome .

The fire is too strong . They have to deal with that first .

Lets see what Aless will do . I have a general idea .

Ah, I kind of expected it, but theyre climbing .

Tristan seems to have the same thinking as me .

The Aless soldiers start ascending the backward-facing cliff as a group .

Not anticipating anybody to climb up the rock face, they didnt have any defensive facilities there .

Its quite striking seeing countless macho men scale the wall .

Yeah, theres nothing more disgusting .

Rocks and other objects were being thrown out of the fortress windows, but that doesnt stop the Aless soldiers .

The fort was invaded in an instant, leading to an all-out melee, and the enemy no longer stood a chance .

It took a little longer this time . About two hours .

Ooh, my friend! Compared to your enemies, Meldora is tepid . I almost fell asleep in the middle of battle!

Gildress walks over to me carrying one woman on each shoulder, one wearing a beautiful red dress and the other wearing a white dress .

Uuuplease dont kill me .

They said the fort was impregnable sniff, sniff .

They must be the women of the head of the fort .

I direct a cold stare at Gildress .

It wont be long until we reach the center of Meldora . The opponents should get tougher . I advise you to be careful .

Gildress offers me the woman in the red dress .

Thanks for your concern . Im glad you didnt get hurt either .

I happily accepted the woman .

Gildresss words manifested in reality as the combat started to change the next day .

Guwaaaah!

They took out three people! Fall back . It came from that tiny boat!!

During what I thought would be another easy victory, a bunch of fireballs came flying from a vessel hidden by some aquatic plants in the river .

Its the familiar fireball weapon of the smaller variety .

Even the Aless soldiers, who get engulfed in flames, wont come out unscathed .

Those who can swim, circle around to the upper part of the river! Dive underwater and flip the boat from the bottom!

Gildress gives an order that wasnt an order to charge .

The Aless soldiers quickly leave their weapons and armor behind and jump into the river .

Hes a helpless idiot with a stifling presence but hes not a total moron .

He knows how best to fight when faced with an unknown situation .

Just taking off your armor is fine! Why did you have to remove your pants as well!!?

Celia yelled .

A-amazing

Agors attendant gulped . Is she going to be okay?

Mu, here comes a new opponent!!

Another ally shouted .

Our gaze shifts to the silver-colored wagon coming out of the enemy camp .

Thats a wagon no .

Agor states in confusion .

Its lacking the most important part, the horse .

Tristan comments curiously .

Right, the wheels of the silver wagon-looking thing are turning despite not being pulled by horses .

Its been one weird thing after the other .

Hey, what should we do!?

With wagons, we would usually kill the horsesnow youre saying there are no horses!? Then I dont know! Throw rocks at it or something!

For normal wagons, taking out the driver or the horses would normally be enough to stop them .

In this case, the Aless soldiers bombard the wagon with rocks from the side, but the body is durable and doesnt dent at all .

Furthermore, the horseless wagon launches fireballs at us as it approaches .

Woah! Its shooting fire!!

Eeei, annoying! What now? Should we jump on it!?

At this rate, itll encroach deep into our formation .

I look around for a solution and find a chain the enemy used to construct their large tents .

I swing the chain and throw it toward the group of Aless soldiers .

Have three people hold it and crouch down .

Yeah!!

Ill act as decoy!

Celia throws a red-painted dagger at the wagon .

It was a special one that scattered gunpowder and exploded on impact, causing a loud boom .

After the cloud of smoke dissipated, the wagon was still its usual bright silver, without a single scratch .

Nevertheless, the wagon altered its direction and chased after Celia .

Celia pretends to run away for a bit before luring the wagon back toward us .

Now!

At the signal, the Aless soldiers and I pulled the chain taut .

The wagon continued charging .

Its momentum was powerful enough to send our bodies flying .

I hung on tightly and felt my body lift up into the air, but Mack grabbed my waist .

The three Aless soldiers on the other side also dont let go of the chain although their feet left the ground .

The chain gets tangled in the wagons wheels and as it tries to keep driving forward, one of its wheels spins futilely in the air, tipping the wagon over on its side and sending it tumbling a few times before landing upside down .

No matter what kind of vehicle it is, if it has wheels, we can trip it up .

I give the spinning wheels a light kick .

After all of that, neither the wagon or the wheels broke .

This thing must also be from the Jirubiru or whatever .

In addition, the small boats carrying the weapons are capsizing due to the assault of the Aless soldiers in the water .

Although we struggled this time, we ultimately won again .

Hey man! Behind you!!

I turned around instantly at Gildresss warning and swung my Dual Crater .

It was a humongous fireball, which shattered with a soft crack disproportionate to its immense size .

No way, the fire vanished!?

Staring at me with his mouth agape was an enemy in the grass holding a spear with a rounded tip, almost like a staff .

A magic user?

My guess was wrong .

F-fire!!

Ten more enemy soldiers wielding the same spear emerged from the grass and shot at me .

Magic users are extremely rare and the magic they are capable of varies greatly .

However, what is being launched at me right now is the same kind of fireball . Thats impossible .

I dont know whats going on .

We can only press forward .

I start running and slice two fireballs in half .

My blade thrusts into the shocked soldiers forehead, and I sweep through all the way to also take out the adjacent soldier, ripping off the first guys head in the process .

At the same time, Gildress also rushes in and cuts down two soldiers, finishing off a third with an axe kick to the skull .

B-bastard!

The staff he pointed at me glowed .

But a fireball didnt come out . Thats because the staff and his severed right hand were dancing in the air .

The ones with the round tips are trouble . You cant do anything once they get close .

Following up after slicing his right hand, I also cut his head off and ruthlessly slash the back of the fleeing soldier, then ready a final swing at the fifth person .

Gildress chops through the fourth enemy soldier and his staff in one stroke and grabs the neck of the last person, ready to snap it .

Mu!

Both of us realize simultaneously that our remaining opponents were females .

Im done for mother!

I dont want to die!

I lower my weapon and soothingly pat the enemy soldiers head, urging her to abandon the staff .

Its alright now . I dont kill women .

Our voices overlap . Or was that just my ears playing tricks on me?

Calm down and surrender .

I comfort her as much as possible while disarming her and stripping her simple armor .

Ill release you soon . In exchangeokay?

I hug the woman close to my body and my hands squeeze her ass and breasts .

The battle is nearing its end . My next