The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front - Chapter 142

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The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front (142)

Swish swish swish swish.

Fast but stealthy.

Convinced that enemies were nearby, Tyren moved his soldiers according to the terrain of the map he had drawn in his mind.

Thud!

When Tyren, who had been running, raised his hand and clenched his fist, the soldiers following behind instantly stopped in their tracks.

“…Found them.”

A group visible beyond the gaze of the crouched soldiers.

At the location where roughly fifty Kar Tribe Warriors were gathered, Benzens, who was beside Tyren, deeply furrowed his brow.

Those bastards…

“If you just give the order, I’ll cut off those bastards’ necks in an instant and hang them up the same way.”

“We need to check if there are other forces in the area.”

Tyren spoke cautiously.

In large-scale battles between Main Forces, it’s important to bite the enemy’s throat even if there are casualties on our side.

But in small-scale battles like this, the most important thing was to minimize damage to our forces while inflicting damage on the enemy.

Tyren’s expression hardened slightly as he looked around.

‘This Darkness…’

Since he couldn’t properly assess the field of vision, there were inevitably constraints on gathering information.

It was quite bothersome, but the enemy would be in the same situation.

Tyren spoke to Benzens.

“Take one Platoon and search the vicinity. Make sure you absolutely don’t go beyond five hundred meters from This Place.”

“Understood.”

Soon Benzens led the soldiers of one Platoon out for reconnaissance of the surroundings.

Tyren and the remaining soldiers held their breath as they watched the enemy Unit at the edge of their vision.

‘Their aim is… is that all there is?’

The direction those bastards were looking.

That was exactly the direction where the heads of the Imperial Soldiers were hung in a long line.

As expected, if they had tried to take down their comrades’ heads, those bastards would have attacked.

‘Most are archers. If we can just get close… we can finish this in an instant.’

Considering that the Reconnaissance Unit was completely wiped out earlier, they must be archers with outstanding skills.

Even a moment’s carelessness would result in losing soldiers.

Tyren cautiously watched them while waiting for Benzens.

And how much time had passed?

The cold wind’s chill gradually penetrated their bodies, and it was around the time when soldiers began to be seen shivering from the cold.

“Company commander.”

“Report.”

“There’s no enemy movement within a five hundred meter radius nearby. I looked for any traces just in case, but there weren’t even any traces.”

“…Understood.”

The stone bridge had been tapped enough.

Once the decision was made, Tyren’s eyes changed to those of a predator.

‘If we stay still any longer, we could freeze to death. Now we must fight.’

No matter how much Winter Clothing they wore, this wasn’t a cold they could easily shake off.

Tyren extended his index and middle fingers and pointed forward.

Tension filled the eyes of the soldiers moving while keeping their bodies low.

Finally, battle.

Their gazes fixed on the enemies before them as the distance gradually closed.

Bushes that only came up to about knee height and rocks erected here and there.

Being on a slightly sloped lower surface, they could barely maintain Stealth by crouching.

If this Darkness hadn’t existed, they might have been discovered by those bastards long ago – this situation made their hearts pound even harder.

And it was when only about twenty meters remained between them and those bastards.

When they reached a distance where the voices of the gathered Kar Tribe Warriors and their gazes were clearly visible.

“Attaaaaaaack!”

“Attaaaaaaack!”

“Uaaaaaaah!”

With Tyren’s command, Benzens and the soldiers of the 4th Company shouted loudly and charged toward those bastards.

“Huaaaaaaaaaah!”

Along with the cry that pierced through the Darkness, the Kar Tribe Warriors flinched and looked toward where the sound came from.

The sight of those bastards instinctively drawing Arrows and nocking them was that of truly skilled Warriors.

However…

Slash!

The moment Tyren’s Sword, charging forward at tremendous speed, glinted in the moonlight.

Slice!

“…!”

The Kar Tribe Warrior whose neck was cut couldn’t even properly scream before collapsing to the Ground.

“Strike down all of those bastards!”

There were only about fifty of those bastards.

They had to quickly eliminate them and move to another location.

Tyren instantly eliminated three Kar Tribe Warriors before him and shouted loudly toward his Subordinates.

But that was the moment.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

“…!”

Suddenly the snow piled on the Ground began to writhe, and something started bursting out from within.

“Am, Ambush Positioning!”

“It’s an enemy Ambush Positioning!”

“Form Formation! Don’t scatter!”

Hundreds of Kar Tribe Warriors burst out from various places in the surroundings that encircled them.

Tyren’s pupils shook greatly.

‘How, how…?’

There definitely weren’t any traces.

But the Kar Tribe Warriors surrounding them were in tremendous numbers.

All these Warriors had been hiding in the snow waiting for them.

‘…After hiding, did the continuously falling snow completely erase the traces…?’

Honestly, he hadn’t noticed.

He thought it was just snow that came up to about ankle height, but the situation surrounding this area was different?

Moreover, there was no such Ambush Positioning at all in the direction they had come from.

That’s why they couldn’t notice.

Furthermore, what those bastards had prepared wasn’t just that.

Whoooooooooooooosh!

With a sound that made their whole bodies shiver, something shot up into the sky.

Tyren instinctively shouted.

“Arrows! Raise your Shields!”

“They’re attacking from all directions! Form Defensive Formation and defend against the Arrows!”

Benzens urgently cried out and began clustering with the soldiers.

The Shields they had were bucklers.

Small Shields with a diameter of only about 40cm.

They could block Arrows, but in a situation where they were pouring down on such a large scale, they couldn’t protect their entire bodies.

Thud thud thud thud thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

“Gah!”

“Gaaaaah!”

“Press your bodies closer together! Lower your stance and bring the Shields together!”

Since everything happened so suddenly, even these seasoned warriors found it difficult to form a proper formation.

Several soldiers were struck by arrows in their legs and arms, causing casualties to mount rapidly.

Tyren bit his lip hard.

He never imagined they would use their own allies as bait to capture them.

Then Tyren turned around.

“We escape in the direction we came from!”

“Hurry and run!”

“Support the wounded and move! Those without injuries stick to both sides and contain the enemy’s attacks!”

This was clearly a bad situation.

However, the direction they had entered from wasn’t surrounded yet, so an escape route still remained.

The only problem was.

‘Taking the wounded with us…’

The current situation was too dire for those with leg injuries to move properly.

Naturally, their speed would have to decrease.

“Shoot! Don’t let them escape under any circumstances!”

“This place will be their last! Let’s cut off their heads and hang them up!”

The Kar Tribe Warriors let out chilling war cries as they fired arrows once again at the fleeing Imperial unit.

But then.

“Hraaaaaaaaaah!”

Wooooooong!

Tyren used the maximum amount of mana he could muster and concentrated it into his sword.

The mana concentrated in his blade vibrated slightly while emanating tremendous aura.

Kwaaaaaaang!

Tyren struck the ground with his sword.

The shockwave sent the snow piled around them flying to tremendous heights, creating a natural shield.

Thunk! Thud thud! Puh puh puh puh puk!

A few arrows broke through, but more than half of the incoming arrows were blocked and fell to the ground.

Tyren bit his lip hard.

‘At this rate…!’

He couldn’t continue blocking arrows indefinitely.

But they were shooting arrows too quickly to escape.

With only one escape route, wouldn’t they become concentrated targets?

In the end…

‘We have no choice but to break through the front…!’

Tyren quickly looked left and right, assessing their encirclement.

He had been too panicked in the first moment of being surrounded to properly assess the situation.

‘The encirclement isn’t thick.’

Ultimately, rather than surrounding them, the goal was to drive them into one place so the Main Force could attack with arrows.

A judgment only those skilled in combat could make.

If he didn’t make a decision quickly…

‘We’ll be annihilated here.’

Tyren gave his orders.

“Benzens! Turn the unit around and attack their Main Force!”

When Tyren, who had been at the rear, shouted loudly, Benzens, who was leading the soldiers at the front, quickly turned around.

“Attack the enemy’s Main Force! Attack them!”

Though the strategy was changing in real time, the soldiers turned around simultaneously without the slightest disorder.

Strong trust in their commander.

No matter what situation they faced, they had absolute faith in Tyren’s orders.

However…

‘There’s not enough time…!’

Before they could close the distance, nearly half the company members might be wounded.

Nevertheless.

‘We have to break through head-on.’

Because he knew that was the only path forward.

“Hraaaaaaaaaah!”

To save even a few more of his subordinates, it was best for him to go first.

Though it was incomplete aura, it would be enough to draw their attention.

“…What an impressive commander.”

This felt completely different from the Imperial reconnaissance unit they had fought earlier.

He had thought they would panic and die like startled monkeys the moment they were surrounded.

Watching Tyren charging toward them, Bowkartaon couldn’t hide his surprise.

Not only his quick judgment, but also the aura flowing from his sword.

Though that power couldn’t be called strong.

‘Has the Empire’s level risen more than expected?’

Come to think of it, that guy from last time was also… completely beyond expectations.

So there was no room for complacency.

Bowkartaon raised his left hand.

Piiiiiiiiiiii!

The sound of the whistle pierced through the darkness.

Now the warriors on the left would begin charging toward the attacking Imperial Soldiers.

While they held them back, if the archers’ attacks continued again.

“This attack will kill half of them.”

They would no longer have any room to resist.

Bowkartaon was coldly observing the battlefield.

But…

“…?”

Why weren’t the warriors waiting on the left moving?

Bowkartaon looked in that direction with a somewhat confused expression.

And then.

“It’s an attack by the Imperial Army!”

“The enemy has invaded!”

An unexpected attack by Imperial Soldiers.

Could it be that there were other troops besides these guys in front of them?

‘That can’t be…!’

They had already checked this entire area.

There shouldn’t have been any others.

However, seeing the Imperial unit that soon emerged from the darkness, Bowkartaon’s expression twisted violently.

“That bastard…!”

Crack!

Bowkartaon clenched his teeth tightly as his eyes turned red with bloodshot veins.

The man at the very front.

It was Arteon, the Imperial general.

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