The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front - Chapter 130

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The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front (130)

“…?”

Ulk frowned at the strange turn of events.

A considerable number of Imperial soldiers who should have moved en masse toward the central area were still remaining here.

‘What the hell is going on?’

Ulk found himself unable to advance further, his feet bound by the increasingly thick defensive line of Imperial soldiers.

“They’ve stopped! Form ranks and surround them!”

When an Imperial Commander shouted loudly, Ulk’s expression twisted with anger.

It should have been the Imperial Army that was at a disadvantage due to the unfamiliar terrain.

But now that their upward advance had stopped, the Imperial Army had instead taken the high ground and formed an attacking formation from above.

In other words, the slope of this hill had begun to work against them.

“We need to break through here! The central forces will target their flanks, so just hold on a little longer!”

“Yes!”

“Hyaaaaaaah!”

At Ulk’s command, the Kar Tribe Warriors around him threw themselves at the Imperial soldiers without hesitation.

But breaking through the Imperial Army’s shield formation was no easy task.

Moreover, even though it was a gentle slope, being positioned below put them at an inevitable disadvantage.

Rather, dividing their forces had become…

‘A poisonous choice…!’

Ulk’s eyes shook greatly.

There was only one way to break through this situation.

Gritting…!

Ulk bit his lips tightly and drew up his mana.

Though he couldn’t handle aura as perfectly as Bowkartaon yet.

Wooooooong!

Red aura faintly manifested from his sword, emitting an intense aura.

That alone produced tremendous aura that ordinary soldiers couldn’t dare approach.

“A, aura!”

“He can handle aura! Everyone fall back!”

Most of the soldiers here hadn’t even reached 1st Star.

Even the commanders only had skills slightly above 1st Star, barely able to manipulate mana.

But to fight an enemy using aura.

It was nothing short of telling them to die alongside the regular soldiers.

However, the one fortunate thing was.

“His aura isn’t perfect! It’ll disappear after a little time, so fall back and endure!”

“Yes!”

“Understood!”

Usually, aura manifestation alone consumes tremendous stamina and mana.

Moreover, with such unstable aura, even the supporting mana would be insufficient.

At most 30 minutes.

No, 15 minutes would probably be the limit.

At the commander’s words, the soldiers quickly moved their formation backward and threw the spears they were holding.

Swoosh! Swish!

The spears that shot forward with air-rending sounds blocked the charging Kar Tribe Warriors.

There was no need to hit accurately.

Right now, the goal was simply to buy time.

It was only unfortunate that the power of aura was greater than they had thought.

Thud!

Ulk stomped hard on the ground and charged straight at the Imperial soldiers.

“How dare you… think of continuing to fight even after seeing aura?!”

Though it was unstable aura, it wasn’t at a level to be stopped by these mere soldiers.

Wasn’t he also a skilled warrior who would soon receive the Four Feather Tattoos?

Wooooooong!

The unstable aura momentarily emitted a deep red light.

Though he was pushing himself somewhat.

Slash! Swoosh!

“Kyaaaaaaaaaak!”

“My, my aaaaaaarm!”

Though it was just a round shield barely covering the torso, it was still made with reinforced iron plating.

Yet that shield along with the arm holding it were cut together, spilling blood on the ground.

“Quickly strike them down! Climb to the middle area without rest and destroy their formation!”

“Yes!”

The Kar Tribe Warriors, their morale boosted by Ulk’s martial prowess, began advancing again with increased speed.

Once the momentum shifted, the defensive line began crumbling rapidly.

One warrior who could handle aura.

It was a sight that showed how great an impact that one person could have on the battlefield.

But that’s when it happened.

Swoooooooosh!

With a tremendous air-rending sound, Ulk, who had been charging forward, hastily swung his sword at something flying from afar.

Clang!

His wrist instantly ached, and the sword blade he was holding shook violently.

What kind of throwing spear carried such powerful force?

Ulk quickly turned his head to look in the direction the spear had come from.

And the man standing there.

Right behind him, the man who had appeared with dozens of soldiers raised the corners of his mouth as he looked at Ulk.

“We meet again, you damn barbarian bastard.”

“…You are.”

Ulk’s brow furrowed.

Definitely one of the two Imperial soldiers who had come here for reconnaissance not long ago.

Certainly back then…

“How is the guy who ran away abandoning his comrade still alive? I guess the Empire’s camaraderie only amounts to that much.”

At Ulk’s words, Isaac’s eyebrows twitched. But soon he silently drew his sword.

Abandoning his comrade and running away.

It wasn’t exactly wrong, was it?

But…

‘That’s exactly why…’

He had to stop them here.

To correct his shameful past mistake, shouldn’t he reduce casualties and eliminate these guys?

“I’ll take command. While I hold him off, form an assault formation and completely push them back.”

“Understood!”

The officer who had been commanding the soldiers earlier quickly responded to Isaac’s words.

Soon Isaac pointed his sword toward Ulk.

“What can a bastard who tucked his tail and ran away possibly do!”

Wooooooong!

Emitting intense aura, he charged toward Isaac.

And at that moment.

Crash!

When the two men’s swords collided, a powerful explosion erupted along with fierce waves of energy.

The surrounding soldiers as well as the Kar Tribe Warriors were swept up in the waves and knocked down.

But the most surprised was Ulk himself.

“You, you bastard…?”

“What, did you think only you could wield aura?”

Unlike Isaac’s mocking voice, his eyes had turned coldly calm.

Isaac had already been lingering at the edge of the 3rd Star.

It wouldn’t have been strange for him to ascend to the 4-Star Realm at any time.

‘Thanks to you, Arteon.’

When he returned after owing his life to Arteon, Isaac had unknowingly been able to take another step forward.

Of course, he was still at a considerably insufficient level, but using aura like this had become possible.

However…

‘I can’t drag this out for long.’

That guy couldn’t use aura for long either, but the same was true for himself.

If he foolishly avoided using aura just to buy time…

‘I’ll be taken down in one strike.’

The previous clash had made him certain of this.

Fighting with full power to quickly defeat that guy was the best method.

Of course, it didn’t matter if the fight didn’t end quickly.

After all, as time passed, the one getting anxious would be him.

Perhaps because of that…

Clang! Clash! Clang!

Move by move.

At the moment when aura clashed with aura, as time flowed, Isaac was able to press Ulk harder.

Though the difference had been minimal at first, due to their different situations, the gap was gradually widening.

“Grr!”

The desperate Ulk recklessly dove inward.

He planned to wound that guy’s leg with this attack and immediately retreat.

However…

Whoosh!

“…!”

Isaac lifted his right leg to dodge that guy’s sword, then swung his sword downward.

Slash!

“Argh!”

About 10 minutes after the battle began, red blood spurted for the first time.

While the screaming Ulk flinched…

Thud!

With a dull sound, his body flew through the air.

“Ugh!”

Ulk, kicked in the chest, rolled on the ground grimacing.

He hastily got up from his position, but…

Tremble tremble tremble tremble tremble.

The hand gripping his sword was shaking violently.

This was because the tendons in his right arm had been severed when he was wounded just now.

And…

“It’s not over yet.”

Isaac quickly rushed toward that guy, twisting his waist.

Slash!

Isaac’s stance lowered as he stopped right in front of him.

“With this, I’ll repay the humiliation from before.”

“You…!”

Ulk hastily raised his sword, but there was nothing he could do with an arm that no longer had strength.

Then Isaac’s eyes flashed.

Swoosh!

A strike swung diagonally upward.

While splitting Ulk’s sword that had lost its aura…

Slice!

Isaac’s sword cut that guy’s neck.

The gazes of the nearby Kar Tribe Warriors followed Ulk’s head as it shot up into the sky.

A sense of helplessness where they could do nothing but watch.

It had clearly been an attack with perfect timing.

‘H-how could Lord Ulk…’

‘With just our strength, we can’t do anything…!’

Their pupils shook greatly.

And along with that…

“R-regroup at the Central!”

“Scatter! Regroup with the warriors at the Central and fight!”

Though the situation was the worst, these were also elite warriors of the Kar Tribe.

Knowing that continuing to fight like this would be a meaningless death, they tried to create a solution somehow.

‘Regroup with the warriors led by Lord Marhuldan.’

But…

‘Damn… what the hell are they doing over there.’

If they had started rampaging at the Central, there naturally wouldn’t be any troops coming here.

Starting with the Imperial Soldier who suddenly appeared and killed Lord Ulk, it felt like the situation wasn’t good.

‘Still, we can’t retreat like this.’

‘Lord Ulk’s revenge… we must repay it.’

The Kar Tribe warriors scattered in all directions began running quickly toward the hill’s center, toward Marhuldan’s unit.

However…

Piiiiiiiiiiiii!

A whistle echoing from the hill’s center.

At that sound, the elite Kar Tribe Warriors running toward that place flinched and stopped.

Something being lifted into the sky, impaled on a soldier’s spear.

“We’ve killed the enemy commander!”

“All remaining Kar Tribe members surrender! Otherwise, we’ll kill you all here!”

“Drop your weapons and surrender!”

The elite warriors under Ulk who had been moving to regroup couldn’t understand the situation unfolding before their eyes.

No, they didn’t want to understand.

“H-how…?”

“How could this happen in such a short time…”

That thing impaled on the spear and lifted into the sky.

It was Marhuldan’s head.

Along with that, all the officers who had been leading the warriors met their deaths.

Thud.

“Ah… ah…”

The smell of blood spread piercingly through the nose from the corpses of hundreds of Kar Tribe Warriors piled at the entrance of the hill.

And at the center of it all…

“Drop your weapons.”

A young man with a youthful face walked forward and looked at them.

Behind him, soldiers covered in blood maintained their formation.

But more than anything, they felt their bodies stiffen momentarily from the aura flowing from him at the very front.

Surely these plains belonged to them.

That’s why they thought those guys had walked into the tiger’s mouth…

‘Th-this battle…’

A strong ominous feeling that perhaps he should think differently was consuming his entire body.

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