Chapter 284: What the wind swept in (4)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Teaser: South park children saying you bastards!
The Dwarf was the first to react to the Fire of Destruction's rumbling.
Dwarves were a race that dealt with steel.
As someone who could not live without dealing with fire, Kanelle gasped after seeing the fire on Cale's palm.
It was different than the fire he used to melt steel.
All he could feel was a wicked fire that seemed to want to gobble everything.
“Commander-nim-”
Chief Kanelle called out to Cale, however, Cale just glanced at him before starting to walk. Choi Han, who was dressed as a priest, lowered his hood and followed behind Cale.
“Is it okay to just leave him like that?”
Choi Han asked Cale with concern. It was obvious he was talking about the Flame Dwarf Chief who was blankly standing there.
“It's fine since Mary went.”
Cale coldly commented that it was fine since Mary already went to gather the other Flame Dwarves.
“And that punk will move soon as well.”
Cale sounded certain as he said that. Cale headed down from the castle wall and entered the staircase to head back into the castle.
He turned back around and looked out past the castle wall before descending down.
“He'd be stupid to just stand there after seeing that.”
Choi Han also turned to look. He then followed Cale and headed for their destination.
Behind Cale and Choi Han’s back was Toonka who was charging toward the Empire’s knights with just a club in his hand.
Baaaaang!
The iron club and swords created loud noises as they clashed.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))
“Kehehehe.”
The Vice Captain of the Mogoru Empire’s Third Knights Brigade. He started to frown after hearing the laughter through his helmet.
‘I didn’t expect that he would suddenly dash out like this!’
He knew that Toonka held the title of the Whipper Kingdom’s strongest individual. He was also the commander for this battle.
Normally in a battle like this, both sides would try to gain the psychological advantage or start with a small clash between the leaders.
There were usually some formalities and class to start things off.
However, this barbarian commander didn't care for any of that. He just immediately charged toward them.
‘Go take him on.’
The glorious sword master Duke Huten, the captain of the First Knights Brigade as well as the Commanding Officer of the Empire’s Royal Knights Brigade.
He had ordered the Third Knights Brigade to handle Toonka and the warriors who charged forward without any strategies.
‘Teach that wild calf the strength of the Empire.’
The members of the Third Knights Brigade were wearing armor fortified with magic and riding on horses. The Vice Captain scoffed while seeing Toonka running toward them without a horse.
War was not child's play.
That was why they were looking down on this barbarian who was rushing toward them without any support. However, the Vice Captain's face had a frown that could not disappear.
‘...How is he so stupidly strong?!’
He could feel a strong vibration from his sword that was fortified with magic once it clashed against the iron club.
The Vice Captain almost dropped his sword.
It was not just Toonka’s strength that was scary.
Toonka’s ability to jump up to his level when he was riding on a horse was shocking.
‘Where is he?’
The Vice Captain tightly grasped the shaking sword and caused aura smoke to rise. It was the moment aura smoke was spreading out from the sword of this high-grade expert.
Baaaaang!
“Ugh!”
The Vice Captain's eyes opened wide as his helmet started to shake. His neck was then jerked back.
Someone was holding onto his helmet.
“Hehehehe-”
The Vice Captain could see the barbarian leader smiling with his teeth showing.
Crackle, crackle.
Electricity started to come out of the helmet. The magic spell that was imbued in the helmet along with enhanced durability was causing these currents to protect its owner.
It did not matter.
The Vice Captain's pupils started to shake. He soon heard something that sounded like thunder by his ears.
Crackle.
This out-of-this-world strength ripped the helmet apart as if it was a piece of paper. The destroyed helmet slowly fell off of his head.
Shaaaaaaa-
Wind brushed by the Vice Captain's face.
The barbarian leader who was standing on the back of the Vice Captain’s horse let go of the helmet.
Clang!
The destroyed helmet fell to the ground. The knight froze up after seeing Toonka’s crazed face and glaring pupils.
“Hehehe-”
Toonka's hand grasped the Vice Captain's neck.
Magic sparks flew out of the armor as he did that. However, Toonka did not feel a thing.
“Y, you barbarian! Let go of our Vice Captain-nim!”
Another knight rushed toward Toonka. Even though he was just an average knight, electricity was flowing out of his sword because of magic enchantment. However, his sword could not reach Toonka.
Bang!
“Ugh!”
A large-bodied woman's spear parried the knight’s sword.
It was Pelia, Toonka’s left-hand woman and the tribe's greatest spear user. She was the one who parried the attack. The electricity did not affect her either as she also had magic resistance.
It was not just her.
The Whipper warriors had all charged toward the Third Knights Brigade.
Although they only had leather armor and simple weapons with some of them just fighting with their bare hands, they all had no hesitation as they charged into battle.
“...These crazy barbarians-!”
Duke Huten took out his sword.
His aura shot out as well. Although Toonka had magic resistance, he did not have aura resistance. Defeat was the only possible ending for him.
Ooooooooong-
The First Knights Brigade that consisted of the strongest experts started to let out their aura smokes. They were all at minimum high-grade experts. They raised their swords toward the warriors behind Toonka.
Then the Captain of the Magic Brigade shouted from behind them.
“Prepare for the first wave of attacks!”
The mana around the Empire’s Mage Brigade started to rumble.
Duke Huten looked toward Toonka who was running in a straight line toward him and started to laugh.
“Commander Toonka, your warriors will die at our knights’ hands while your soldiers will die at our mages’ hands.”
The warriors with magic resistance would be dealt with by the knights while the soldiers without magic resistance would be killed by the mages.
The horse Duke Huten was on started to rush forward as well.
Bang!
Duke Huten’s sword and Toonka's iron club clashed against each other.
Slash.
The iron club was cut by Duke Huten’s aura.
This was the law of nature. The strong suppress the weak.
Duke Huten lightly swung his sword around as he asked Toonka a question.
“Can you feel the direction of the wind?”
The wind was blowing from the Empire toward the Whipper Kingdom.
“The spring wind travels from the Empire to the Whipper Kingdom.”
The Western continent’s spring winds always traveled from the west to the east. Toonka picked his sliced club back up and rushed toward Duke Huten.
Baaaaang!
The moment the sword clashed against the sliced club, Duke Huten smirked toward the barbarian whose hair seemed worse than a lion’s mane and whispered to him.
“You should have just thrown away 80 years.”
100,000 slaves for 80 years.
Huten removed one layer of his pretense.
It was at that moment.
“What bullshit spring winds.
Kehehehehe.”
He could hear Toonka's laughter.
He could feel the wind at the same time.
There was a different wind than the spring winds that were blowing from the west to the east from the Empire to the Whipper Kingdom.
Duke Huten’s gaze headed toward behind Toonka.
The wind was blowing.
The wind was blowing from Maple Castle.
The wind was blowing from inside Maple Castle to the outside.
Screech- screech-
He could hear some weird noises as well.
It sounded as if some old machines that had not been used in a while were starting to move again. It was almost like the sound of a gear that had been off returning to its spot.
That sound could be heard along with the wind.
“Kahahahaha! It's here! I knew it!”
Toonka laughed and then glared at Duke Huten as if he wanted to rip the Duke into pieces.
“My back is strong now! Kahahahahah!”
Shaaaaaaa-
A rough wind ate up the naturally flowing spring wind and changed the flow of the wind.
It was now going from the east to the west.
The wind that was blowing from the Empire to the Whipper Kingdom had instantly changed directions.
However, the Empire’s forces could not even feel the wind that was blowing toward them now.
Something was floating up.
Something was floating up from the center of Maple Castle.
White birds started to rise up from Maple Castle.
These white birds were completely made out of bones.
They were flapping their bone wings and causing the wind.
They looked toward the largest of the birds.
The white skeleton bird that had highest-grade magic stones at multiple spots around its body opened up its half-folded wings.
Someone was holding onto the reins on that bird.
One of the Lions on top of the black tower subconsciously shouted out.
“Chief Kanelle......! Why is that Dwarf bastard over there?!”
Kanelle, the chief of the Flame Dwarf tribe, was the one holding onto the reins.
He had headed from the castle wall to where the other tribe members were making the wings. He had heard what Toonka had said.
‘Hey coward, stop hiding and come out!
Our Whipper Kingdom is not weak!’
What Cale said also repeated itself in his mind.
‘You’ll be able to see it soon. You’ll be able to see just what you need to do.’
Chief Kanelle grabbed the reins to control the white skeleton bird with one hand while clenching onto a video communication device with his other hand.
The Flame Dwarves that were controlling the other four white skeleton birds looked toward the small chief's back.
The Dwarves were tiny compared to the size of these white skeleton birds. The person on the other side of the call talked to their chief who was on the largest bird.
- Do not worry about your back.
The Chief looked behind him.
He looked toward the highest spot on Maple Castle.
Their commander was looking at them from that spot.
The direction of the wind had changed.
- The wind will bring the fire with it.
The commander’s voice disappeared along with the wind.
1. Maybe high-grade experts can condense aura smoke but not aura in solid form?