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Chapter 694
Chapter 694
Let Us Rejoice in Today’s Victory. (2)
No matter how elite a knight he was, he couldn’t withstand a coordinated assault from three opponents of similar caliber.
Especially not when caught off guard, his stance shattered in a moment of anxious haste.
As he vomited blood-tinged foam, Simon glared at Julien and muttered,
“Cowards… Three against one…”
Wе̌ b̄ń о̌ v̊ĕ l Ё n̂ úm̊ à
Quite the complaint, considering he himself had launched a sneaky ambush. He looked truly indignant, collapsing with blood spilling from his lips.
Thud!
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Even the mercenaries knew who Simon was. Wasn’t he regarded as the strongest knight in the region?
Yet, even if it had been a joint attack, the fact that three of them had swiftly taken down someone like him…
That alone was what mattered to them, that their mercenary corps had brought down a top-tier knight.
“Yeeeeah! Simon’s dead! Serves him right!”
W̊ е̊b̌ n̊o_ṽѐl̄ _En̈ ů m ӓ
“That bastard always acted so high and mighty! A knight resorting to ambushes! What a disgraceful bastard!”
“Anyway, our commander and vice-commanders are seriously badass!”
The mercenaries erupted in cheers, and the allied forces joined in the roar. The surrendered troops of Crest lowered their heads, and the Count’s personal knights stood frozen in confusion.
The strongest knight commander in the estate was dead. Though the remaining guard knights were still formidable, they couldn’t possibly overcome such overwhelming numbers.
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Of course, if they fought to the death, they could still deal significant damage to the enemy.
But that would be all. And none of the knights could find a reason compelling enough to throw their lives away.
Еn̆ŭ m̂.а̄ . і̄ď
Sensing the unease in the air, Julien turned once more to the guard knights.
“Lay down your swords and surrender. Count Crest is not a man worthy of your loyalty. If you throw away your lives here, you’ll only be ridiculed.”
After a moment of hesitation, the knights dropped their swords and bowed their heads.
The enemy’s words rang true. Count Crest’s infamy was so severe that dying with him would bring no honor.
Even the Royal Guard, the most elite unit, surrendered and Count Crest let out a shriek.
“You worthless trash! Are you betraying me now?! After all the pampering and best treatment I've given you, this is what I get?!”
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The Royal Guard hadn’t even joined the fight. That’s how much Count Crest had valued them.
And yet, the final force of the estate, those who were supposed to protect him surrendered without lifting a blade.
Overwhelmed by a sense of betrayal and fury, Count Crest couldn’t regain his composure.
“Fight, now! Earn the food you’ve stuffed yourselves with! You dogs! If you’re a dog, then obey your master’s commands like dogs should!”
The surrendered knights flushed with shame at the insult. Still, they said nothing. They had already betrayed their liege; all they could do now was bow their heads in silence.
Julien stepped toward the convulsing Count Crest and spoke.
Ẇӗb́n̂о_v̈ ӗ l̈ Е̊nu̇m̀ а
“Any last words?”
“Y-You… how dare a lowly mercenary…”
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Count Crest trembled with froth at his lips. He had never imagined he would suffer such humiliation.
He had only intended to teach these arrogant upstarts a lesson before going after Count Swifel. He figured he’d take over Nodehill in the process but now he had been utterly defeated. More than half his soldiers were dead, and the rest had surrendered to the enemy.
In short, he had been completely ruined.
Still, Count Crest had one last hope he clung to.
Ӗ_ṅ ŭ m̃а . і̌ d.
“You wretches! If you kill me, Marquis Falkenheim will never forgive you!”
“…”
No one dared refute that. In truth, Count Crest was a vassal favored by Marquis Falkenheim.
A hush fell over the area. Everyone was reminded of the man who stood behind Count Crest, Marquis Falkenheim.
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They had won this time, but a greater danger was surely on the way. And with high probability, it would cost them their lives.
Most of the mercenaries hadn’t thought that far. High on the thrill of their current victory, reality finally struck them and a chill ran down their spines.
Еñ umа .і̌d̂
‘Ah, that’s right… There was Marquis Falkenheim.’
‘We’re screwed. He’s going to kill us all.’
‘What should we do? Should we run to another kingdom?’
Killing a vassal of the most powerful noble in the kingdom would come with a steep price.
But sparing him wasn’t much better. Count Crest would surely return, borrowing forces to attack this place again.
Everyone felt unsettled by Count Crest’s threat. So did the soldiers of the allied forces and the commanders of the Swifel troops.
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They had only fought to survive, and now they had to worry about the moves of Marquis Falkenheim.
Sensing that everyone had come to grips with reality, Count Crest twisted his lips into a smug grin and said,
“I’ll be going now. If you don’t want to face my retaliation, then come to me. I’ll offer you a chance to fight for me in place of the troops lost here.”
Despite losing the war, he was still spouting arrogantly. That’s how deeply he trusted in his backer.
Julien silently observed Count Crest.
‘So, this is what he meant.’
Ѐnü m̃а̌ . і̌ d̄
Ghislain had said he’d leave the conclusion to him. Whether to kill or spare him he was free to choose.
Julien now understood why Ghislain had done that. Through this experience, Ghislain was teaching him something.
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As Count Crest turned away, Julien raised his sword to the man’s neck and spoke.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“You bastard… I said I was leaving.”
“I can’t let you go.”
En̊ úmа
“Even knowing who’s behind me, you’d do this? If you kill me, you will all die.”
“Even if I don’t kill you, that won’t change.”
“What?”
“If I were the kind to beg for my life, I never would’ve fought you in the first place.”
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“You… how dare you…”
Count Crest’s eyes twitched. He saw it, the sincerity in the mercenary’s gaze, even through that emotionless face.
W̌ еb̊ ň о̄v̆е̌ l̃ Еn̂ ǔ m̄ а̄
No. He couldn’t die here.
He had to survive, return, and erase this humiliation. He had to kill them all.
“If you kill me! Marquis Falkenheim will—”
Slice!
Julien didn’t let him finish. There was no reason to listen further, nor did he want to.
Thud.
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Count Crest’s severed head fell to the ground. A heavy silence settled over the area.
This should’ve been a moment of triumphant cheer, but his threats had weighed heavily on everyone’s hearts.
Sensing that, Julien turned to face the others and spoke.
“It’s okay. It’s not like this was unexpected, right? Even if we had let him go, we’d still have had to keep fighting.”
“…”
“There’s no need to worry. We just have to keep winning like we did today. We absolutely can do it. So, for now…”
W̊ӗ b̊ ňо_v̂е̇l Ёnu m ã
A smile had quietly formed on Julien’s face. The kind of smile that puts people at ease, no matter who saw it.
“Let’s rejoice in today’s victory.”
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People gazed at Julien with expressions full of emotion. Seeing him speak so calmly, it felt like all their worries had melted away.
A few mercenaries, their fists clenched tightly, were the first to shout aloud.
“Yeah! With the commander and vice-commanders being monsters, what’s there to be scared of!”
“We just have to keep winning overwhelmingly like this!”
Е̃n̆ ů m̂а̇. іd
“Waaaaaah! Anyway, we won!”
That sparked the whole force to erupt into cheers.
“Wooooah! Count Crest is dead!”
“Osval the man! I’ll never back down either!”
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“The Julien Mercenary Corps is the strongest!”
Even the allied forces and the Swifel soldiers joined in the cheers with smiles for now, they had secured an overwhelming victory with minimal losses.
Е̇_ǹu m̃_а̌
Watching from the rear, Andrew and Rio clapped and laughed. The worry hadn’t completely vanished, but what mattered was that they had gotten through the immediate crisis.
“Wow… They really pulled it off? He said he’d take care of it, and he really did.”
“Our big brothers are seriously strong. I didn’t think we’d win this easily.”
Julien and Kyle had been powerful enough to completely crush their opponents, but it was Ghislain’s astonishing might that had ultimately secured their victory.
The two still wore expressions of disbelief. Ghislain’s strength was just that overwhelming and as if he’d never run off in the first place, Ghislain quietly returned and smiled at Julien.
‘You’re doing very well.’
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For someone with so little experience, he had seized control of the situation much faster than expected. At this rate, it had to be innate.
He had deliberately left the handling of Count Crest to Julien to prepare him for the day he might need to make such decisions on his own, without Ghislain around.
He was quite pleased with Julien’s choice. Without firm resolve, it would have been no easy task to execute Count Crest.
That was how immense Marquis Falkenheim’s influence was in this kingdom.
‘He’s definitely not some born pushover.’
He had beheaded Count Crest without hesitation. It was the same sense Ghislain had felt back when they were subjugating the bandits.
Wѐ b̊ǹo v̆еl Е n̆ũ m̈а̄
Looking at him now, it was clear, Julien hadn’t been weak. He’d simply tried too hard to follow Deneb’s ideals. Had it not been for her, he might well have become the next ‘King of Bandits.’
It seemed like he just didn’t know how to live “nicely,” so he ended up becoming an easy mark.
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But that was no longer the case. Julien had become a man who could act with purpose toward a greater goal and it was all thanks to Ghislain’s dedicated mentorship.
As Ghislain stood there with a proud smile, the mercenaries who had belatedly noticed him shouted out in excitement.
“It’s the vice-commander! The monster vice-commander is here!”
“Yeeeeah! Our vice-commander is a Transcendent!”
Wеb nov е l̆ Е̃ n̆ũ m̂ а̇
“At this rate, he’s probably a 100th-circle mage!”
The mercenaries crowded around Ghislain, cheering wildly. Ghislain lifted his chin with haughty pride, basking in their praise.
Tyran watched Ghislain with a shake of his head.
“That man is impossible to figure out. But his strength… it’s terrifying.”
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What would have happened if he hadn’t accepted the outcome and had chosen to fight head-on?
The Ironclad Lion Corps would have been annihilated that day. That chilling thought sent a shiver down his spine.
W е̌ b_n оv̆ѐĺ Ёnû m̆а̊
“Still… it does feel good to win.”
To utterly defeat a powerful lord like Count Crest, thanks to Ghislain, of course was something no other mercenary corps on the continent could boast of.
Looking back now, he was glad to have sided with the Julien Mercenary Corps.
Amid the roaring cheers of the crowd, Astion muttered as he watched the outcome of the battle.
— Tch, must be nice. Getting all that praise. Must be nice being good at fighting.
— It’s okay! Our master’s hopeless at romance instead!
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— Puhaha! That’s right! Great at battle, useless at love!
— That’s why the master’s always in such a foul mood! Or maybe it’s because of the foul mood he can’t fall in love!
Laughing and teasing Ghislain, Astion and Dark were once again sealed away.
* * *
With victory secured, Count Crest’s territory had to be divided among the three lords.
Andrew and Rio intended to consult with the Julien Mercenary Corps about it, but Ghislain was the first to wave it off.
Ӗ n̄ u m а .і ḋ
“Do as you please with that part. We’ll be revisiting it again anyway.”
The two looked puzzled but took it as him leaving the matter to them.
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So, for now, they divided the land appropriately. Detailed arrangements would be worked out separately when they met with Count Swifel.
Each side took control of regions adjacent to their own estates, so there didn’t seem to be any major issues.
The commander of the Swifel forces returned with the proposals from the two barons. Just then, Count Swifel, who had only recently entered the territory of Count Crest, received the news and was taken aback.
“The war’s already over?”
En̄u m̊ӓ
“Yes, we won decisively.”
“How? How could that be possible with such a small force? Tell me everything in detail.”
He had sent a thousand cavalrymen, fully prepared to sacrifice them. If it could at least chip away at Count Crest’s power, it wouldn’t have been a waste but now he was being told there had been almost no casualties. Count Swifel found it hard to believe.
The commander reported the battle process in as much detail as possible especially emphasizing Ghislain’s abilities several times, affirming the truth of the matter.
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After hearing the full account, Count Swifel asked with a dazed expression,
“Truly… a Transcendent? He killed over five thousand alone?”
Е̄ n ům̆а .іd
“Yes. Even if he’s not technically a Transcendent, his skill certainly comes close.”
“Why is someone with that kind of power working as a mercenary?”
“I don’t know but it wasn’t just him, the commander and the other vice-commander also appeared to be of top-tier skill.”
“Hoo…”
Now he understood why they had been so confident. With warriors of that caliber, there was no reason to fear Count Crest.
Though the Royal Guard hadn’t taken action, even if they had, the outcome likely wouldn’t have been much different.
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Because only a Transcendent can stand against another Transcendent.
Of course, if the Royal Guard had fought from the beginning, the enemy might have sustained more damage. Even a Transcendent didn’t have limitless strength.
But ultimately, Count Crest had not used his guards and had been defeated. Things had gone exactly as Count Swifel had wanted, and yet his heart grew heavier.
‘A warrior of Transcendent-level skill… Isn’t that even more dangerous than Count Crest?’
Having such a powerful figure in the neighboring estate was deeply unsettling. He would have to live in constant anxiety.
On top of that, the sum he owed them was astronomical. He had no means of paying it at present. In truth, he had never intended to pay them at all, so he hadn’t even considered whether the amount was affordable.
Е nu̇ m̊_â.іd
‘What should I do…’
Count Swifel also looked through the documents that Andrew and Rio had delivered. Those arrogant brats had dared to divide the land on their own and absurdly enough, they had divided it ‘fairly.’ As if he were someone who should share things equally with such nobodies.
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He had originally planned to eliminate them both after the war was over, but now an unexpected variable had emerged.
‘If he’s really on the level of a Transcendent, I must never face him on the battlefield.’
Not even Count Crest had been able to win, there was no chance he could.
But he couldn’t just let things be. If he left them alone, he’d not only have to pay them, but also share Crest’s territory.
Еn u̇m̄ а .іd
There was no way he could give up such precious things so easily.
After a long bout of deliberation, Count Swifel spoke to his strategists.
“Find a way to eliminate that mage. Whatever it takes. I want every possibility, no matter how small, brought to me.”
Count Swifel firmly believed there had to be a way. Unlike Transcendents who belonged to powerful factions, this one was merely a mercenary without a solid foundation.
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So, he intended to find a way to eliminate him now, before he could grow any further.
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