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Chapter 21 : Defend the Domain (4)
“My goodness…”
The soldiers, including Logan, froze, forgetting that they were in the middle of a battle. The horse bandits who had broken through the rain of arrows were stopped by a single person.
Slice! Stab!
Edward swung his spear as if dancing.
He selectively knocked off the riders and didn't even touch the horses. Even Logan, who knew nothing about spearmanship, could tell that Edward’s spearmanship was no ordinary feat.
Ėn̂ŭ m̆ а̂. і́ d́
‘When did he learn that?’
He had lived in the same village for nearly twenty years, but he had never seen Edward wield a spear.
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He had attended the academy for a time, but he had heard that he hadn't been able to learn properly due to health problems.
‘Come to think of it…’
Just a month ago, Edward was a person who couldn't even carry a sword properly.
For such a person to be freely handling a five-meter-long spear with a shaft made of iron, he was dumbfounded.
W̌ē b n о v̌ēl Еn̈u̇ m̆а
In terms of physique alone, even Logan, the strongest among the villagers, would have found it difficult to swing it like that.
‘This is not the time for this.’
He had been mesmerized by Edward’s dazzling spearmanship, but then he remembered that he was in the middle of a battle.
“Let’s fight too!”
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Logan said to his comrades.
The basic role of the villagers was to stand in a line and stop the charge. But they had also trained how to fight in case the formation collapsed.
Ë n ü m̈ а̄
“Let’s go!”
“For the Young Master!”
His comrades also responded to Logan’s decision.
“Waaaaah!”
The soldiers came forward and stood next to Edward.
“Die!”
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Stab! Stab!
They stabbed the charging horse bandits with their spears.
“You worms, kuk!”
Logan’s spear pierced the neck of a horse bandit who had fallen from his horse.
He shuddered at the sensation of a life being extinguished, but he burned with fighting spirit as he thought of his captured younger brother.
“Just keep doing what you’re doing! Push them back!”
Е n̈ u m̆а̂.ĩ d
“Yes! Young Master!”
Edward and the soldiers of Team 5 were not just stopping the horse bandits’ charge, but were actually pushing them back.
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“Teams 1 and 2 have been breached!”
Just then, horse bandits poured in from the road on the opposite side of the square.
The soldiers of Teams 1 and 2 were in a state of confusion as their formation collapsed. A few of them held their ground with their spears, but the rest had lost their will to fight and had run away.
As the horse bandits entered the square, the rear of the other teams became endangered.
W ё b̊n õ v̀ е̄ l Eň u m̈а
“Young Master! The rear!”
“I’ll take care of this, so go and buy some time. It will only take a moment.”
Even in a desperate situation, Edward was calm.
“Wipe them all out!”
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The leader of the horse bandits who had entered the square shouted.
Unlike the other horse bandits, he was carrying a spear with a flag, and the black horse he was riding was also larger than the other horses.
Wе̌ b́ n̂оv̀_e̊l̊ Ѐň u m̈_а
He was clearly the leader.
“Yes! Young Master!”
His grip on the spear shaft tightened. An order given by Edward. He had to complete it.
“The Griffith brat is over there!”
The leader’s gaze turned to Edward. The horse bandits crossed the well and rushed toward Logan’s side.
Logan and his comrades aimed their spears at them.
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“Your opponent is me, you son of a bitch!”
Logan shouted as he stepped forward.
“Get lost, small fry!”
Logan staggered at the leader’s thunderous shout.
His instincts told him. That this person was no ordinary horse bandit. That he was a capable person who could use mana.
Still, he had to protect Edward.
W̌ е b́n̈o̊_v е l̇ Еn̊ ũ mа̂
It didn't matter if Logan himself died, but if Edward died, it was over. He had to hold out until Edward could pay attention to this side.
“Uwaaaaah!”
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Logan, who had strengthened his resolve, thrust his spear at the leader at the head of the group. If nothing else, Logan’s spear was longer.
“How fearless!”
Clang!
The leader deflected the spear Logan had thrust with his own. Then he spurred his horse and charged at Logan.
Е nǔḿä
Stab!
“Aaaaargh!”
The spear the leader had thrust dug into Logan’s shoulder. As the leader put his strength into it, his body was lifted, and his feet left the ground.
It was an immense brute force.
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“Ugh!”
If he swung the spear in this state, he would be slammed into something. Whether it was a stone floor or a wall, it was clear that it would be very fatal to Logan.
Е n ǔm̊ӑ .id
Just then, someone cut into the leader’s path.
Thwack!
“Agh!”
A horse and a person collided, but the horse was sent flying. A ridiculous situation.
Flop!
“Ugh!”
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As the leader fell from his horse and let go of his spear, Logan, who had been lifted into the air, also fell to the ground.
Since it wasn't that high, he wasn't seriously injured. The spear that had been stuck in his shoulder also came out as he fell.
Logan struggled to come to his senses and lifted his head.
‘W-William?’
The person who had sent the leader flying along with his horse with a body slam was William, the illegitimate son of Griffith.
“Logan!”
W е̃ bn̊ о̀v̌el̀ Е̄n̂ úm̃ ä
Edward approached.
In that short time, he had single-handedly taken care of all the horse bandits who had entered Team 5’s side.
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“Y-Young Master…”
“You did well. Take care of your wounds first.”
Edward looked for another soldier.
“Protect Logan.”
Ẁ еb nо̂vе l̀ Ѐ n ũ m̃ ă.
“Yes! Young Master!”
Edward approached William and threw him a spear.
“I knew you’d come.”
William received the spear with a reluctant expression.
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Only then did Logan realize that Edward had persuaded William to participate in the fight.
The surging sense of relief made him forget the pain in his shoulder. If it was the monster of Griffith, he would be able to overwhelm the horse bandits.
Ēṅǔm а.і̆ d
“Have you been drinking?”
“You gave it to me.”
“I gave it to you before the horse bandits appeared.”
“A fight is originally done with the help of alcohol.”
“…”
“I’ll finish it before I sober up.”
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The two brothers charged at the horse bandits who were running rampant in the square.
The slaughter began.
* * *
His brother had said it. That it wasn't his fault.
Words he had never heard even once in his life.
Even though he had done nothing wrong, people had treated William like a criminal. The nobles shuddered just by being in the same place, and the commoners looked down on him.
É num̆_а .іd
A half-noble with a commoner mother always had to receive such treatment.
The sense of injustice had turned into anger, and William had the power to express his anger freely. So he did, and at some point, he had become a monster.
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He had acted like a monster because he was treated like one, but William had never wanted to become like that.
‘Not bad.’
Aura strengthens the human body. William’s eyes, as a 4-Star Aura user, were far sharper than those of ordinary people. Thanks to that superior eyesight, he could see the village in detail even from the hill.
Edward and the villagers had formed a formation on the road entering the square.
Е̃n ū m̈ â .їd
Perhaps thanks to the training of the past two weeks, their movements were disciplined and swift. No one was lost.
‘Here they come.’
The horse bandits entered the village. William watched the situation, forgetting even to eat.
He had planned to watch it as if it were a fire across the river, but it wasn't as easy as he had thought. He didn't care if the village was turned into a mess. But if his brother died in the process, he felt like he would be in a bad mood.
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It was the same when the loan shark had appeared.
He had tried not to pay attention, but the gutsy Edward had sent the mercenary’s head flying, so he had no choice but to step in.
Ën̆ u m̊а
‘Huh?’
As he was watching with great tension, a ridiculous thing happened.
In the blink of an eye, about fifty horse bandits had evaporated.
“Wow…”
A gasp escaped him.
William knew that Edward and the soldiers had been repeating that training for the past two weeks.
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He had thought he was doing a foolish thing with incapable idiots, but that wasn't the case.
‘Did he learn it from a book?’
Edward, who had never experienced a proper fight, let alone a war, had shown a perfect plan.
Despite the lack of time and the poor soldiers, he had succeeded in the plan through customized training.
As if he had known this situation in advance. He couldn't believe it even after seeing it.
“Wow!”
W е̄ b̌ nо̌ v el̇ _Е́ n̆ um а̃.
“Long live Young Master Edward!”
“Long live Griffith!”
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The victory roar of the soldiers reached William. A corner of his heart felt touched.
William knew the identity of the surging emotion.
Envy.
He didn't want to admit it, but it was true. At this moment, William wanted to be with those people. He wanted to defeat the common enemy with one heart and one mind.
Eň ú m а
In the past, he wouldn't have thought like this. But now it was different.
Just a month ago, Edward had been ostracized by the villagers just like William. But now, he had become a being that the villagers worshipped.
‘You can end it.’
Edward had said. That he could break the vicious cycle of hatred.
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It wasn't just words. As Edward changed, the villagers also changed.
The result was the victory before his eyes.
Е̄ ǹu m̌ а . ї d̃
“Damn it, to hell with it!”
William, who had thrown the rib he was holding, gulped down the wine Edward had given him.
He couldn't just stand by any longer. He felt like he had to do something.
William, who had emptied the bottle in one go and stood up, ran toward the village.
And he fought alongside his brother.
‘No, that guy?’
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He knew that his brother was showing a combat power that surpassed his limits by using some strange trick.
He had experienced it himself, so there was no way he wouldn't know.
But now, Edward had once again surpassed William’s common sense.
‘It’s quite heavy…’
He thought as he swung the spear.
To William, a 4-Star Aura user, it was like a wooden stick, but to Edward, it was a rock.
W̌ ѐb̄ n о̆v̊ӗl̇ Ӗn û ḿ а
And yet, Edward was freely handling the spear as if it were a part of his arm, moving freely across the battlefield.
The horse bandits who had tried to kill Edward and turn the tide of the battle were instead running away from him. The enemies who came within the range of his spear had their necks fly off and were slammed into the ground without exception.
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‘There’s no reason I can’t do it.’
William began to swing his spear like his brother.
“Ugh!”
Was it because he had no knack for it? As soon as he tried to imitate him, he sprained his back.
Е ñ u m.a . īd
“I’m not doing it!”
William, who had thrown the spear away, just rushed at the horse bandits with his bare fists.
Thwack! Thwack!
And he beat them. Both the horses and the people.
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“William!”
“What?”
W̊ е̊bnӧ vӗ.l̆ Е_n̄ú mа
“Don’t hit the horses!”
“Why?”
“We have to use them!”
“…Damn miser.”
William grumbled but did as he was told. He tripped the horses by their legs and then smashed the riders’ heads.
“C-crazy bastards.”
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“He’s a monster…”
As Edward and William ran wild together, the horse bandits completely lost their will to fight.
They had broken through the defensive line with great momentum and had entered the square, but now they were looking for a way to escape.
“This way!”
Just then, the horse bandit leader shouted.
He had fallen from his horse with William’s appearance, but he had gotten back on his horse, taking advantage of the confusion.
Ẅ е b́ nо̀v̌ еl̀ Ѐ nü m а́
“Everyone, run!”
“Break through!”
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The surviving horse bandits gathered under the leader’s flag. The united horse bandits spurred their horses toward the road with fewer soldiers.
‘Damn it.’
The complete opposite of where William was. He ran, pouring aura into his legs.
But the horses were a little faster.
Е̃.n̈ ū m̃а
“Get out of the way!”
“This way!”
The horse bandits pushed aside the soldiers who were blocking their path and broke through the escape route.
The dozen or so surviving horse bandits safely escaped the square.
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* * *
Black Soul absorbs the souls of the dead.
Е n um̃ а.іd
Edward, who had killed dozens of horse bandits in the first battle, had absorbed their souls. It wasn't intentional; it just happened on its own.
Although the caliber of their souls was not comparable to that of the suicide squad, it was still a considerable number. And yet, his soul did not collapse.
He was not confused by the memories pouring into his head either. Perhaps because there was no important content, the memories of the horse bandits just scattered.
All that was left was only power. Although they couldn't handle mana, they were men accustomed to fighting. With dozens of such men, their power was by no means small.
Slice! Stab!
He swung the spear with the absorbed power.
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Thanks to his physical abilities being several times higher than usual, he was able to show movements similar to an Aura user. The reversal he had been worried about did not happen.
He had never properly handled a spear in his past life or his present life. But he had the memory of Hector, a member of the suicide squad who was called the <Spear King>.
Five hundred years ago, before the spearmanship of the spearman who had commanded the continent, the horse bandits died helplessly.
Usually, it would have been a strain on his body, but thanks to the power absorbed by Black Soul, it was not difficult.
‘Is it temporary?’
But there was a limit.
Е̊ n u m å
Instead of putting a strain on his soul, the absorbed power decreased as time passed.
If he continued to kill enemies, he could maintain the power, but as soon as he stopped the slaughter, the power gradually decreased.
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Edward killed without rest to preserve his power.
“Run!”
“This way!”
While he was dealing with the nearby enemies, the horse bandits who had gathered around the leader attempted to escape.
Е̇n̄ um ä
William pursued the horse bandits, even mobilizing his aura, but it was not enough to catch up.
Step!
Edward took a stance. The length was too long to be used as a javelin.
But the Spear King Hector had skillfully thrown a spear of this length.
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Fwoosh!
He threw the spear with all his might.
Ē nu m а . і̀ d
Swoosh!
The spear that flew, tearing through the air.
Stab! Stab! Stab!
The five-meter-long spear pierced through three horse bandits running in a line in succession.
“Kuk!”
The last person to be pierced was the leader.
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And at that moment, Edward found out who was behind the horse bandits.
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