142 142. 44. Waterborne Fish, or Butterfly Released (4)

The Citadel's commanders were vigorously opposed.

It was their common opinion that they should withdraw immediately when the opportunity came, as they did not last long.

“So when's the chance? ”

When I asked harshly, the commanders shut their mouths. However, I quickly reopened my mouth to discuss the difficulty of defending the citadel and how uncertain my opinion was.

For them, it was a reasonable rebuttal.

For those who have not faced the Three Princes themselves, my word would be nothing more than a gamble to save their lives in uncertainty.

I had no intention of convincing them.

“Do as you please. ”

I kept my mouth shut.

He leans on his arm and leans on the backrest of the chair. Those who watched me frowned.

My attitude seemed too irresponsible.

I snorted.

In the first place, I was just a stranger. It was not me who decided the fate of the Citadel, it was them.

And I was willing to follow whatever decision they made.

I've had enough battlefields to fight the Imperial Army.

It did not matter whether it was an urgent battlefield, or whatever, encountered during a sparse escape.

I soon began to give and receive opinions from the commanders of the citadel, ignoring me.

However, there was no plan to break the difficult precedent.

Despite the frustrating situation of not seeing a solution, the atmosphere of the Chairman was overheated without income.

The Imperial Army's irrational optimism that no civilian would touch them, and even the irresponsible commentator who ran away with only soldiers.

“Enough! Is that what Dothrin's knight has to say now! ”

An impatient labour commander made his way out.

“The past history shows how the Empire Army treats the inhabitants of the Occupied Territories. I never intended to leave civilians in the citadel. Find a way to live together. ”

At the words of the old commander, the commanders kept their mouths shut.

There was silence in the Chamber.

“Commander of the Veil Mercenaries, Ian. ”

It was the labour commander who broke the silence and reopened his mouth.

“Exactly. I am the leader of the Vale Mercenaries, Ian. ”

“Yes, Captain Ian. Let's say you're right. Let's just say the Three Princes are on the battlefield. ”

The old commander has sent me a heavy glance.

“So is there any way to hold out until then? ”

I replied as if I had waited.

“It's the day after they've taken the damage from the battle. ”

“Probably. ”

“Then you won't be able to recover the damage. ”

“Tell me in detail. ”

In the words of the old commander, I looked shrugged.

“Not to mention the details. ”

I answered that and added straight away.

“Enough if you do another damage before you take the damage. ”

The old commander's eyes widen.

“No way...”

“I will infiltrate the enemy camp and wreak havoc. ”

Don't let them wake up. Don't even think about the citadel in their head.

* *

The meeting was over.

The labour commander asked me when I was about to get out of my position.

"But how did you get into the castle in that situation? ”

I answered eagerly.

“I just walked in. ”

The old commander laughs in vain. I can't believe what I'm saying.

“I just got mixed up and walked along, and the gate just opened. ”

“The soldiers of the Empire just watched it? ”

“I didn't just look at it, I was pushing my back to get ahead. ”

The commander laughed at my answer.

The commander, who had been laughing for so long, had a smile on his face. After getting up from the position and correcting himself, he respectfully bowed to me.

“I'll give you a big thank you when it's done safely. ”

I left the meeting to ask for my reparation and gratitude.

* *

The Imperial Army commander was not in a good mood.

The fall of the Citadel, which has been playing ball for two months, is right in front of you, and the wrong one shows up and lays the blame on you.

The precious Paladin that the Three Princes sent to him was killed.

It was close to force majeure, but I didn't think a wretched prince would count on that.

If you have the Citadel, you can turn the ball around and preserve it, but it fails.

Everything was a mess.

“Why are you coming this way on so many battlefields? ”

The commander scorns the Three Princes.

If the mansion had not come here in the first place, it would not have suffered too much aggression towards the end of the citadel, nor would it have had to worry about Paladin's death.

It wasn't just about losing one.

But the situation was not good enough just to grumble.

Somehow I had to find a way to live.

There was only one way.

Taking the citadel and dedicating the specialty to the Three Princes, I felt foolish, but that was the only way to save my neck.

"Tonight, attack the citadel again. ”

He immediately summoned the knights to conduct the operation.

It was a total aggression against the entire wall.

There were not many remaining troops of the enemy anyway. If you're lucky, you'll be able to enter the citadel this evening.

“What are you going to do about the Knight of the Dual Sword? ”

One of the articles raised the issue.

“Ignore it. No matter how monstrous it may be, it's one. He can't flip the charter by himself. ”

The monstrous knight had to jump and only stopped one of the northeast and southwest walls. The castle fell into the hands of the allies when the citadel was tapped from all sides.

One of the articles expressed concern as to whether there should still be minimal preparedness.

It was a massive atrophied face.

It was a pathetic operation, but the commander wasn't introverted. Now was not the time to knock the knights out.

He asked the wizards to hold back the Dual Sword Knights, and asked them to focus on the attack on the walls.

That's how the meeting ended.

The commander immediately returned to the barracks and asked for sleep.

“Tonight will be a long night. ”

He falls asleep laughing at the Dothrin army, which had persisted for two months.

Then I opened my eyes.

Somehow it was chaotic out there.

“What's going on out there! ”

I asked in a locked voice, and the escort opened the barracks door cold.

But the expression was not good.

“It's a Dothrin ambush! ”

“That doesn't make any sense! ”

A Dothrin army that hasn't even turned off the magic flame attached to the citadel yet. They had no room for manoeuvre all night long.

“The food depot is on fire! Sir Anne Goose, who went out for evolution, is the double point of contact! ”

“Why are you telling me that now? ”

“I just heard...”

After pushing an excuse with his face, Junuk went to the barracks.

“Ah..."

The commander groaned.

The garrison is chaotic. Soldiers who need to rest in case of total aggression are running around.

“How many enemies? ”

When he grinded it, he asked in a cold voice.

“I don't know yet...”

“There won't be much. The Dothrin army in the fort has no capacity. ”

The commander, who quickly identified the situation, summoned the articles and poured out instructions.

“Go and deal with it right now! ”

The knights ran out of the barracks.

The commander had no doubt that this chaos would soon evolve.

But that was only his hope.

The year of the rising of the heights crosses over, but the chaos is not frequent.

Rather, it only got bigger.

“That's why it's too much to be aggressive this evening...”

The commander is awake.

“You've been looking for it. ”

Later, he convenes the knights again after figuring out the enemy's intentions.

However, the number of knights who responded to the summons was too low.

“It may take some time to find the enemy that has infiltrated the camp. ”

The knights said their colleagues will be back soon.

I'm back.

Just my head.

“Identify the people now! ”

Several of the articles left the barracks.

But not even those who were out of the way returned.

Then the commander, who realized the seriousness of the situation, convened all the key figures.

Nearly half of them did not come.

About half of the non-returnees turned out to be neckless corpses.

“This is ridiculous! ”

The commander shouts.

One third of the officers in command of the army were assassinated or missing for a day. Among them were the Knights of the Three Rings.

I couldn't believe it. But I couldn't believe it.

The scheduled aggression passed that night without even attempting.

Then the commander was able to confirm the exact damage.

“This is...”

There were dozens of corpses in front of the barracks. Among them were knights who went out to evolve the food warehouse, and knights who said they would be curiously patient with their enemies.

And there were precious wizards.

The commander felt dizzy.

The attack on the citadel was not an issue. Within a day, a third of the army's advanced commanders disappeared.

I had to get it right from the chain of command.

He gave the order quickly.

Others were placed in vacant positions, and commanders were promoted to fill gaps between them.

But it was pointless.

One day later, there was another vacancy.

“I told you to reinforce the perimeter! ”

The fury reaches the pole, and he quietly sits down.

The knights did not disregard the military decree.

They formed a pack and used the barracks together. In case you get ambushed, we can all work together to respond.

The enemy aims for the gap exquisitely.

As the knights gather, they raid the front-line commanders who must lead the soldiers from the front lines.

As a result, half of the front-line commander positions became vacant.

It was yesterday that I promoted the commanders immediately below to fill the position of Advanced Commander. But now I have to demote the rest of them and give them the position of first commander.

I was crazy and I was running for it.

“Fill your seats for the good of the Ancients. ”

He continued that messed up command system again.

But the nightmare had only begun.

Enemy ambushes didn't cover night and day. In the process, countless commanders died, and soldiers were no longer considered to be commanders.

They preferred to remain soldiers because they were exposed to the threat of assassination.

Still, I forcefully promoted them and made them commanders. Then, in preparation for one, all the commanders ordered the same barracks, the same ambushes as the regular soldiers.

By doing so, the death of the end commanders has diminished.

The problem was that the advanced commanders were once again the target.

They refused to wear the same barracks as the End Soldiers, and were humiliated to wear the same outfits as the Soldiers.

And that arrogance made them die.

The number of remaining commanders is now less than half. It was a number that was insufficient to move troops.

Food was burned, and surplus weapons and siege weapons were destroyed.

It was a wretched land.

Even more horrible was the fact that the enemy was still unaware of the reality of what was happening.

Who the enemy is and how many. Do you really think the Dothrin Army of the Citadel is right?

I didn't know anything.

“Sir. It is reported that His Majesty the Three Princes is now four days away. ”

As a hypothetical figure, the defeated and incompetent Three Princesses were defeated to the point.

The commander closes his eyes.

“From today on, all the commanders will stay in one barracks. There is no heat and I will not be refused. ”

He made the proud knights and nobles stay in one barracks. If you don't want to take off your armor and officer uniform, stick together so that your enemies don't dare to ambush you.

“Target the castle again tomorrow. ”

And I commanded that I would attack the citadel as the day came.

The commanders suffered heavy casualties, but only marginally compared to the entire force.

“I'd rather ignore it from the beginning and attack it than get to this point. ”

He regretted it. That's why I tried to make it right from now on.

But unfortunately, he didn't have a chance.

A visitor came overnight.

“It was you.”

The commander, who identified the intruder, became a fallen face.

In front of him was a man who pressed his cloak deeply. Behind his back he carries a double sword.

“It's impossible not to be a monster like you in the first place. It is my fault I didn't think a knight like you would go on such an dishonorable mission. ”

“Are you a provocation?”

“A knight who doesn't know pride. Its high nothingness is colorless. ”

The commander, mindful of everything, scoffed at the knight.

But the Knight of the Dual Sword was too premature.

“I'm not a knight. ”

“What?”

“I'm a mercenary. ”

The mercenary laughed and introduced me.

“Commander of the Vale Mercenaries, Ian. ”

The commander considers the opponent to be ashamed of his dishonorable mission and deceives him to the end.

There were no mercenaries in the heavens and earth who could defeat the Paladins of the Wilderness and stop the Legion alone.

“Anyway, good work. ”

“The prince of Burgundy is on the verge of defeat. If you kill me, you will buy his wrath. ”

He lays the crowbar. But it didn't work.

“That's why you die. ”

“What?”

“That way he won't move his troops at will. ”

Then the commander realizes the enemy's number of yellows.

I don't know what happened to the Englishman, but the opponent knew what kind of man the Three Princes were. How incompetent he is and how desperate he is. And how he will lead the army.

The opponent planned to make the Imperial Army self-destruct through the Three Princes.

“Inoooooom!”

He shouted in anger, and that became his last will.

“Glug.”

The shepherd wanted to be stingy, but the world turned white.

“I will take charge and look after your Three Princes. ”

The opponent whispers in the middle of the spine.

“I promise. He'll win. The fall of the Citadel will also be his ball, and he will build numerous balls in the future. ”

At that, the commander blinks.

“That way he'll be close to the emperor. ”

The opponent, who thought he was trying to change the fate of a citadel and consume about one or two legions, was trying to shake the fate of the Empire.

“Go, dare...”

The late commander desperately reaches out and grabs him by the collar.

But his life, which was already at stake, was wasted.

* *

He was a commander who once led the army, but now he's a dead man.

Ian slips and opens the base rather than looking at the corpse.

“After today, you can rest for three days. ”

Sword Hee, who appeared like a ghost in the dark, gestured.

"Water Met Fish.

“What?”

Nothing.

Ian, who handed over Gunne's hand without hesitation, remembered the poem with a pair of swords.

Then he tore up the barracks and shouted everywhere.

“Veil Mercenary Captain! Ian is here!”

The guardians of the Empire, who tore the barracks and found him, drew their swords in awe.

Ian slaughtered them as they were.

A mercenary with a golden pair of swords flew everywhere.

Hiding in the shadows, Gunne, who had daggered the neck of an unfortunate knight, looked at the figure and smashed his lips.

I think it's a releasing fox.

Her mother or Ian looked very excited.

There is no winter here, and there is no need to bow down because of the imperial boundaries.

He was certainly enjoying freedom on a battlefield that was not bound by anything.

“Who's going to fight Ian, the leader of the Vale Mercenaries! ”

Ian roars over the bodies of the Empire Knights.

Seeing him like that, the Imperial Army retreated.

* *

Three days later, the Three Princes appeared on the battlefield.

He quickly captures troops with a collapsed command system and attacks the Citadel of Dothrin. Dothrin's fortress was a trick in front of the Three Princes' books and strategies.

In the process, although the Three Princesses were captured alive by Dothrin's Swordmaster, the Three Princesses managed to escape by coping wisely.

Along with that, he discovered the weaknesses of the fortress and found clues to attack the fortress of the Dynasty, which had blocked the Empire army for two months.

And finally the fortress fell.

There was no chase.

It was because of the majestic army of the Three Princes.

“I don't know who it is, but there is a righteous man in there who helped me escape. He is Dothrin's people, but he was willing to save me and offer up his secret. He said the people of Dothrin only wait for me to come. ”

He feared that Dothrin's people, who were only waiting to be liberated from Dothrin's cruel oppression, would be injured in a violent pursuit, and showed mercy in destroying the pursuit itself.

The Imperial Army praised his kindness, which even the people of the enemy regarded as precious as my people, and praised the name of the three princes who took down the fortress of Oblivion.

Once known, it was known to be so.