The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front - Chapter 106

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The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front (106)

Clang! Clang clang! Clang!

The sound of weapons clashing came together with screams.

Just when exactly… had this situation come to pass?

Kereilkarun gasped as if denying the reality before his eyes.

An unbelievable sight.

How had they broken through that frozen gorge path to reach this place?

What on earth were the warriors standing guard doing…!

Grind!

Kereilkarun bit his lips tightly.

But the situation did not improve.

The Imperial soldiers who had burst in were fighting fiercely with the warriors, and at the center of it all, one man was looking at him.

Whoooooooosh!

The aura flowing from his body seemed to make the snow piled on the ground tremble.

Even at a glance, he was at least equal to himself.

No… perhaps.

‘Just how many monsters like that does the Empire have…?’

The young-faced soldier holding a baby while blocking the warriors was surprising, but the middle-aged soldier in front had a more refined aura than expected.

Kereilkarun looked at him and raised his axe. But that was the moment.

“Taman! You must escape from this place quickly! The balance is crumbling!”

At Paulkuran’s urgent words as he approached shouting, Kereilkarun felt his mind grow cold.

Kereilkarun gripped the axe handle even tighter.

Helikel Gorge and even Elvarfiel Lake had been taken by the Imperial bastards.

If even Aikuled, which connected them, fell to those bastards…

‘It would be the same as opening the northern path to the Imperial bastards.’

A place that must be defended at all costs.

That was why he had been here.

Kereilkarun spoke quietly.

“…Even if we flee, where do you think we could go?”

“Taman…!”

“Far from blocking this place, I couldn’t even create an avalanche in the ravine passage to delay time. Do you think those above would forgive me for that?”

If he had created an avalanche to delay time, he could have requested support and called for warriors in the meantime.

But…

Clang! Clang! Thud!

“Kraaaagh!”

“Uaaaagh!”

Kereilkarun’s eyes narrowed at the sounds coming from everywhere.

‘At least those bastards who burst into this place… I must somehow stop them.’

If he couldn’t stop them, not only the warriors here but even his own safety couldn’t be guaranteed.

But Lucael, who had been watching such Kereilkarun, drew his sword and stepped forward.

Even in the frost-like snowstorm, his steps were unwavering.

Lucael spoke.

“A Kar Tribe warrior is just scheming like a rat.”

“What did you say?”

“Resist as roughly as you can. Only then can you comfort the souls of the soldiers who died here for so long.”

Lucael drew up his mana.

Soon his mana fully enveloped his entire body, strengthening his physique.

Whooooooom!

A blue aura was clearly formed on his sword.

Lucael’s eyes flashed sharply.

“I won’t kill you easily.

“…”

At that sight, Kereilkarun was certain.

A battle with that bastard was unavoidable.

“Acting as if you’ve already won doesn’t sit well with me at all.”

Kereilkarun was also a tribal commander-level warrior with four feather tattoos.

The reason he hadn’t directly engaged in combat was simply ‘because there was no need to.’ It certainly wasn’t because he was weak.

He stared directly at Lucael and spoke to Paulkuran beside him.

“Even if we have to leave due to the Empire’s follow-up forces, all these bastards here must be killed.”

“Taman.”

“Send a messenger north immediately to request support. Since Helikel Gorge and Elvarfiel Lake have fallen, we absolutely cannot give up this place.”

His pupils had turned blood-red.

He was drawing up mana excessively, putting strain on his body.

The appearance of a warrior already prepared for death.

At that sight, Paulkuran nodded.

“…I will follow your orders.”

Soon Paulkuran launched himself toward where the battle was taking place.

Then Kereilkarun looked at Lucael and spoke.

“You told me to resist fiercely? I’ll return those words to you. If you want this land… struggle. Though you’ll just become the same corpse as your comrades who died before.”

Kereilkarun’s every strike was tremendously powerful.

He couldn’t know exactly what level his opponent was at, but.

‘Anyway… one hit will end it.’

His full-power strike possessed destructive power above what the Imperial Army called 5th Star level.

“Come.”

Boom!

With Kereilkarun’s words, Lucael’s figure disappeared with a loud roar.

And at that moment.

Bang!

Kereilkarun raised his axe high and charged across the battlefield.

Though his opponent moved at a speed difficult to follow with the eyes, his senses raised to the limit accurately tracked that movement.

“Hyaaaah!”

With a shout, his axe was swung violently from top to bottom.

His axe, emitting red aura, stretched out precisely aiming for Lucael’s neck.

But… 

“Hup!”

Swooooooosh!

Lucael swung his sword from bottom to top, meeting Kereilkarun’s attack head-on.

And when the axe and sword clashed.

Kwaaaaaaang!

A tremendous explosion shook the gorge.

The shockwave shattered nearby rocks into pieces that flew into the air, and the ice beneath their feet cracked like a spider web.

“Hyaaaaaaah!”

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Kereilkarun howled like a beast and swung his axe in rapid succession toward Lucael.

He intended to completely crush this arrogant Imperial soldier before he could dodge his attacks.

Swoosh!

The axe’s trajectory split the air, and its weight was heavy enough to shake the earth with each clash.

However…

“…”

Lucael remained unshaken.

He was blocking the attacks while staring at him with eyes colder than the northern chill.

As if he intended to endure and block everything Kereilkarun poured out.

And that was.

“Is this all you have?”

“…!”

With Lucael’s single remark, Kereilkarun’s pupils shook greatly.

Clearly he was pouring out a strike with all his might.

‘Th, this can’t be…!’

This couldn’t be possible.

In terms of attack power alone, he didn’t fall behind even warriors with five feather tattoos.

Truly surpassing the realm of humans.

A strike that could impact that massive canyon wall and create an avalanche.

“Don’t pretend to be leisurely, you Empire dooooooog!”

Kwaaaaaaaang!

With a tremendous roar, the entire gorge trembled.

The impact was so great that both the Kar Tribe warriors and Empire special unit members who were fighting all turned their heads.

But….

“…I’ll praise you. Your attack power is worthy of pride.”

Lucael said while catching his breath.

At this, Kereilkarun’s pupils shook greatly.

“H, how….”

It was a strike he thought would be fatal.

Yet he lightly deflected such an attack and guided it to the ground?

Kereilkarun looked at his axe embedded in the ground and raised his head to look at Lucael.

His cool gaze was directed toward Kereilkarun.

“If this is all you’ve shown… now die.”

And the moment Lucael’s sword fell toward his head.

Slash!

Kereilkarun’s world began to be dyed in darkness.

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It was truly a curious thing.

Red-haired Comrade, who hadn’t made a single sound during the fierce life-or-death situation.

“Waaah! Waaah!”

At some point burst into loud crying, radiating his presence.

The Kar Tribe warriors surrounding them.

But there were two people blocking them with fierce gazes.

Iryakl, Pweril.

The two had somehow flanked Arteon front and back, swinging sharp claws at the charging Kar Tribe warriors.

Slash!

“Kraaaagh!”

“These traitor bastards!”

The Kar Tribe also charged at them with madness-soaked eyes, but the two didn’t give them even a single step.

“….”

At that sight, Arteon looked at the baby crying in his arms.

In his past life and now, he had never had a baby, but….

‘Is this what they call a parent’s heart.’

At the sight of them fighting so desperately, Arteon unconsciously smiled faintly.

And….

“Iryakl, Pweril. That’s enough now. Fall back.”

Arteon approached where Iryakl was while holding his spear.

Iryakl flinched and looked at Arteon, saying.

“Fall back. Fighting with that body is too much.”

He was protecting Arteon, who couldn’t properly use his left arm due to his shoulder injury, while also protecting the baby together.

But….

“Sorry, but if this continues, it seems our side will also suffer more casualties.”

Arteon was now looking at the battlefield with cold calculation.

Though Lucael was facing the enemy commander, the fight between the remaining special unit members and Kar Tribe warriors was more evenly matched than expected.

Inevitably, they were outnumbered.

At least Iryakl and Pweril had joined the fight.

‘It seems they’re not very accustomed to… frontal combat rather than surprise attacks.’

He could see subtly misaligned aspects.

Arteon carefully handed the baby in his arms to Iryakl.

“Fall back. I’ve rested enough.”

Thanks to them buying time, he was able to fully gather his mana.

Seeing Arteon come forward, Iryakl unconsciously received the baby.

And Iryakl looked at Arteon with an expression mixing gratitude and apology.

Pweril, who had approached beside them, also looked at Arteon.

“Your injury seems severe… can you fight?”

“Of course. This level of injury is something I always carry on the battlefield.”

Arteon’s gaze had settled calmly.

Finally….

‘Even Aikuled… falls into our hands.’

When this battle ended, the Empire would gain control of all three regions that could be called the northern strategic points for the first time in history.

Now material transport to this place would proceed rapidly, and based on that, a foundation to extend further north would be completed.

“Whew.”

Arteon exhaled softly and looked at the Kar Tribe warriors still pushing with numbers.

They outnumbered them by at least three times, but the balance had continued quite evenly.

However….

Step!

The moment Arteon intervened in the battlefield, that balance completely collapsed.

4-star level.

A warrior who could use aura possessed power equivalent to an entire company.

Slash!

Arteon’s spear was unstoppable.

He was someone who had faced dozens of Kar Tribe members alone from the beginning.

Facing them one or two at a time in this scattered state was nothing to him.

And at that sight.

“Mon… monster.”

Paulkuran, who was fighting Isaac, turned pale at the rapidly tilting balance.

But then.

“The enemy commander is deaaaad!”

With someone’s loud shout, everyone’s gaze turned to one place.

Kereilkarun’s corpse lying on the ground with his neck severed.

The death of Taman, who had powerfully led the Kar Tribe, broke their will all at once.

Despair instantly weighed down their shoulders.

And….

“Don’t leave a single one alive, sweep them all away.”

Lucael showed them no mercy.

They had no need for prisoners anyway, and how many comrades had died to these people.

As soon as his command fell, the Empire’s special unit members began slaughtering them all.

And at its center.

“….”

Lucael looked at Arteon, who was wielding his spear.

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