Chapter 48

Calvaryman POV

With a thunderous roar the bolt was destroyed and the gate opens .

Overrun them!!!

A cavalryman with his long lance propped up, came charging towards the gate .

To let your own town be turned into the enemys base and all you peasants do is just stand there watching, you lot are traitors! Ill kill all of you townspeople .

Just like how many rebellions were suppressed in the past, the townspeople were cowardly and underhanded folk . When their feudal lord was stripped of guards and left without protection, the people of this town were brave enough to beat him to death with their mob mentality . However, when an army of this caliber arrives, they will come out to beg for their lives .

Needless to say, I will not heed their requests .

The battle during the day ended with an unsatisfying result, But to make up for it Im going to rampage in this battle to my hearts content . Lets settle this quickly, Im looking forward to breaking through the enemys headquarters and accomplishing my misson .

Something is weird?

The landscape spins vertically . Then things turn black . He did not even notice until the very end that his head was flying severed in the air .

Aegir POV

Thats two people down!

The first two units that came through got their heads blown off as they stood in the way . Following up, I stabbed their horses with a straight thrust from my pollaxe and dragged them towards the ground . The fallen soldiers who could not avoid in time had their heads crushed, while I finished off the horses by slicing off their necks .

I feel sorry for the horses, but I dumped the corpses in front of the gate, so they can no longer run at me while on horseback . I dont have to worry about them leaping over an obstacle of this height .

Who is it?!

Clear the path!

One of the enemy horsemen was being noisy so I throw the dead soldiers spear at him to shut him up . Words are unnecessary . Im going to kill you guys, so all of you should also try to kill me . Its quite simple isnt it?

I cut down the soldier who tried to maneuver pass the gate somehow while still riding his horse . The cavalry quickly dismounted with their spears at the ready, trying to pierce me to death but I use my Dual Crater to cut up all the spearheads . The heads of the dumbfounded soldiers are promptly and cleanly sliced in half .

I did everything possible . I swung my pollaxe, slashed with my sword, and threw any dropped weapons back at them .

When about 30 of them were turned into corpses, a bolt suddenly pierces my shoulder . It seems someone was aiming at me with a bow gun from outside the gate . A sharp pain runs through my body but I can still fight .

I pull out the bolt protruding from my wound, and crush the face of the soldier who came running at me thinking that it was an opening and once again, bolts came flying one after the other soon after . But I wont be eating those so easily the second time . I grabbed my cloak and bring it in front of my body . Although its a cloth that might not be able to block arrows from a bow gun, this is a special one which prevents projectiles, like arrows, from piercing through .

I assessed the hole in my body . Its deep, blood is flowing out but its not an vital organ . Its not like the blood is squirting out either so Ill be able to hold on for a while .

Because I seem to have become quiet, they thought it was an opportunity to rush in and I wielded my pollaxe and sword to meet the oncoming wave .

Spreading open my cloak I brandished my pollaxe . There was a sound of something bursting and four sounds of a person falling over the pile of corpses, then something broke off and there are three sounds of something dropping .

There is one short? When I checked, I saw that there was some fat from a humans body remaining on the spear, thereby causing my pollaxe to lose some of its sharpness, causing the last persons head to be cut only halfway through . Its too gross so I use my hand to tear it off .

Im still not dead yet you know? What are you guys going to do about it?

I laugh while brandishing the head I twisted off in one hand .

Bow guns! Move forward and kill that monster!

What cowards . I throw the head, and once again use my cloak to stop the bolts .

Its a hellish scene where sweat and death are dancing . But being in the middle of it doesnt feel too bad .

A spear stabs my leg . In return, I use my sword to pierce his head .

Someone thrusts the sword into the gap of my crushed armor . In return I split his body in two .

My wounds increase one by one, but the heart calms in proportion to the amount of blood flowing out . I calmly check my body . I already have wounds all over but I still have yet to get a fatal wound . I can still fight .

A certain soldier comes forth and names himself as some knight, but I cant hear anything . I swung my pollaxe at him, but after going through many fights and clashes throughout the years, it has finally reached its durability limit and my Bardiche broke . My heart is calm, but Im sad because one of the things that connected me to Lucy was broken .

The knight seem to be elated with his success but I dont know why they feel like they won . He was hurting my ears so, putting together my resentment for my Bardiche, I thrust my broken pollaxe into his neck and he became quiet . Forcing the broken metal pieces into him definitely looks like it hurts .

I put force into my leg and pull the Dual Crater out and held it over my head in an overhead position . The enemies close in on me as I cut them down consecutively, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5all the way to about 20 . I am out of breath and my vision is going dark . I may have lost too much blood .

I cant die yet . I havent fulfilled my promise with Lucy, there are women in the mansion that adore me and will let me do as I wish . It will be a waste if I die here .

Wh-what are you doing?! 1500 Steel Lance Cavalrymen are being pinned down by one person!

But captain! He has already cut down 100 people

You should go! Go forward and cut him! The reward will be whatever you want .

No way! I cant possibly do it!

Was it 100 people? Just 1400 left and it feels so far away .

The pathetic knight that his superior told to charge in was split in half .

Was that101?

(Light Novel Illustration: Aegir Slaying 101)

When I laughed, the enemy knights and their followers slightly fell back .

Erich POV

Central Army Campsite Army Commander Main Troops

Let go, let go, let go, let go!!!!!!

The emotionally unstable girl is being held down by Agor, the adjutant . If he lets his hands go, then she would quickly head towards the town .

Those guys in the third division mixed battalion went under the command of the main troops . If they were left on the battlefield, they would still have an important role to fulfill but his follower, even though shes a little young, she is also his lover . Her temper tantrum is in quite a terrible state .

The night battle initially pushed us back because of the effectiveness of the surprise attack, but right now, it was developing in our favor . The enemies, along with our allies, were exhausted after the battle during the daytime, so the difference between our army, which has rested a little bit, and the enemy who had to prepare for the continuing night attack, is showing .

Clearly, the enemy soldiers are out of breath due to the fatigue . But this should not be out of their expectations, the enemy hopes to burn the town and have the Steel Lance Cavalrymen charge us from behind .

With the town burning, the confused mass of soldiers will be rushed by the cavalry . It should be enough impact to finish things off .

For the time being, the long spear squad will hold them off but to the 1500 heavy cavalry unit, they will be nothing but paper .

But they didnt come . If the town has fallen, then they would at least burn a torch and fly the Arkland flag on the town walls .

Its not something that a single man could hope to stop . With the time that he bought for us, we are rapidly closing in on the enemies .

Surely he cant be saved . Thats natural, if he could survive by himself against 1500 cavalry, then that would make him the reincarnation of the god of battle or the demon king . His sacrifice will not be in vain . If we can crush the enemy main forces first then they wont be able to burn the town and the victor will be determined .

Well go from the right wing . Concentrate your arrows! They should all be flaming arrows . Burn the enemies while lighting the place up .

Quickly! If I dont go quickly hell die! Aegir-sama will die!

The battle continues, Celias sorrowful screams ring through the night sky .

Aegir POV

152? Or is it 153?

Its hard to keep count while fighting . I retaliated while grabbing hold onto the spear that stabbed me in the side but I couldnt pull it out, and my body has been pierced with several bolts . My right leg has been slashed and I cant move it as I want .

If they all come attack me at once then I wont be able to block it all, but there is no use worrying about that . The area surrounding the gate already has corpses piled up to my waist; its becoming a place that is quite hard to run through