CH 88.1

Chapter 88.1 – Duel Again

The Germania Empire Army, which had dropped the City of Spike, moved forward, leaving the “Oracle’s Great Cave” in its rear which is a cause for concern.

The army left was 10000 less. There are those who had fallen sick due to the effect of nymph poison which also affected the horses. There are also territorial troops that had stopped following orders out of wariness. In addition, there are also the logistic corps that were left in the city to prepare.

With a total force of 60000 men, they marched into the royal capital of Silesie and they were already within sighting distance.

The composition of the imperial army was:

On the left-wing, 500 flying dragon knights, 20000 mercenaries(including 1000 cavalrymen), and in their rear were large weapons such as ballista and trebuchet.

In the center is the main army led by Freed himself. It has the 10000 immortal imperial guards, 4000 heavy infantry, and 5000 royal knights.

On the right-wing are a total of 20000 knights and infantry recruited from various territorial states and cities.

The overwhelmingly big Germania Empire Army formed a crane wing formation in order to surround and annihilate the enemy.

The Silesie royal army, which intercepted them, numbered 17700 in total.

They are in a goose formation diagonally.

The composition of the kingdom’s army was:

On the left-wing, 5000 mercenaries were in the front line, and 1000 modernized volunteer army with guns and cannons in the rear.

The center has 3000 men, mainly the 3rd, 4th, and 5th battalion.

On the right-wing are 500 royal knights.

And behind the center, hiding in the Devil’s Mountain, there are 1000 volunteer corps.

Behind the left flank, in the royal capital, there are 2000 men from the 1st and 2nd corps in addition to the 500 knights of the local nobles. However, they are noble forces which aren’t something that can be relied on.

The real defense of the capital is said to be 500 volunteer corps with cannons, 300 castle soldiers, and 3000 citizens who responded to the emergency call.

In the fortified City of Ox, behind the right-wing are 3 magic Armstrong cannons with long-range and explosive power and six more cannons which are manned by veteran cannoneers. There are also 500 gunners and 400 civilian soldiers who are waiting for their turn to fire.

As I have said, this was a battle between the 70000 expeditionary forces, most are elite of the Germania Empire, and the 17700 defensive forces, including recruited civilians, of the Kingdom of Silesie.

Looking at the numbers alone, the Silesie side was at an overwhelming disadvantage.

The “Battle of Silesie”, as it would be called in later times, began.

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I flew with the help of my Oracle-chan booster and shouted loudly in the air in front of the 60000 Germania troops who were deploying their crane-wing formation.

「Freeddddd! This is the decisive battle. Let’s fight one on one as heroes.」

The enemy army, which seems to be about to rush to me, heard my shout and became noisy.

Now, where is Prince Freed in this formation?

「Fuhahahaha, you are here at last, Silesie’s hero!」

I heard a scream from below.

Fluttering his purple cloak that has the emblem of the Germania imperial family, the golden lion prince breaks through the center of the line while riding a white horse!

Alright, we can win this.

It would be a shame if Freed just crushes us with numbers since he has 60000 men behind him.

He has pestered us for so long but now, I can only hope that he has enough pride to keep his promise.

「Then, golden lion! Now is the time to decide who is right and who is wrong.」

「Selesie’s hero, let me show you my power so that you will know your place!」

Riding his white horse like a rampaging general, Freed’s face shows a bit of madness as if his voltage were turned to the max.

I don’t know how much power he broke through but if he relaxes his guard, I might be able to get him.

Freed is not alone as he advances in front of the 60000 strong imperial army.

He is accompanied by a man in big black armor.

He is wearing a black helmet and an iron mask so it’s hard to tell who he is but he is certainly not the one with an orichalcum shield.

This is my first time seeing him. Who is that?

「Freed, this is a one on one battle.」

「Of course. I am only going to show you this guy since you probably miss him.」

Freed then took off the iron mask of the man next to him.

His swollen, pale, and ugly face looks like Frankenstein given he was full of stitches all over.

「Hmm, who’s that?」

「You don’t know? Well, it is reasonable since he has become a monster. He is Count Brynie, the king of Silesie.」

「Haa?」

Brynie is supposed to be dead.

Ah, could this guy possibly have used the demon king’s core on Brynie’s corpse?

「Hahaha, you seemed surprised! Of course, you would. I had to destroy two cities to make this.」

「You’re unbelievable, do you know that? To think you’ll use the demon king’s core just to create such an ugly creature.」

Freed laughed more and brushed back his shiny blonde lion hair.

He gave out the most smug-looking expression anyone could find in this world.

「Yes, it’s all to go up against the immortal king Oracle over there! Show them your twin black sword Brynie, the super demon king!」

When Freed Said that, Brynie, who moved awkwardly like a mechanical robot, generated swords of darkness on each hand.

So, if you embed the demon king’s core in two places, you can produce two swords?

It looks like Freed still believed the bluff of the immortal king’s twin black sword that Oracle-chan previously did.

So, he opened up the miasma hole twice as a countermeasure….even I forgot about that.

I wonder why.

「Hahahaha, now, you have three swords but we have four! There is no doubt that I’m currently the strongest in the world in every aspect!」

「Yeah yeah, but only the two of us will fight in this decisive battle.」

I waved my hands in a theatrical tone and shouted some more.

I tried to stimulate his self-esteem and lure him into a fair duel.

「Look, Freed! A total of 80000 soldiers on both sides, will be watching this duel. We are standing on the summit of history. There is no better stage to decide which hero is better.」

「Silesie’s hero, I wish you do your best. Now is the time to show the world that I’m the strongest!」

A very proud Freed shouted to those around him. “This is a one-on-one duel, don’t interfere!”. And then, as if in a show of force, he produced a sword of darkness and a sword of light in his hands.

I generated only one sword, which is the sword of light, and held it in before my eyes. I faced him silently and adjusted my breath.

「Bow down to the strongest man in the world, Germanicus-style, sword of the furious emperor!」