The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front - Chapter 59

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The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front (59)

 

“Someone’s coming.”

 

Grain, who was standing guard, muttered quietly at the sound coming from the distance.

 

Soon, the 3rd Platoon soldiers held their breath and looked toward where the sound came from.

 

Was it the enemy?

 

If by any chance it was an enemy scout, combat would begin immediately.

 

Everyone defended their assigned areas while focusing on the direction of the sound.

 

“It’s me. Everyone stand down.”

 

At the voice coming from beyond the bushes, the 3rd Platoon members let out small sighs of relief.

 

If it had been a Kar Tribe scout, they would have been forced into battle.

 

However…

 

“Grain, move out with the platoon members immediately. I’ve spotted enemy scouts.”

 

“Are there really Kar Tribe scouts on this hill?”

 

“Confirmed. I’ve already dealt with two of them, but… we’ll be discovered soon. We need to move quickly.”

 

At Arteon’s words, the 3rd Platoon members couldn’t hide their surprise and tense expressions.

 

In that short time, while he was briefly away, he had killed two enemy scouts?

 

And faced with the clearly determined combat situation, they unconsciously swallowed their saliva.

 

However…

 

“Understood.”

 

Grain answered with a calm expression.

 

They were ones who had fought countless battles until now.

 

They naturally had to accept this kind of fight. Moreover, right now…

 

‘Aren’t we together with the platoon leader?’

 

He couldn’t forget when he first met Arteon.

 

Though he certainly had a young appearance, his eyes were strong and showed not an inch of retreat.

 

A monster capable of injuring the leader of the Kar Tribe they were confronting.

 

When they were fighting alongside this person, there was no reason for them to be afraid.

 

Soon all the other platoon members nodded their heads.

 

“We’ll follow you wherever that may be.”

 

“Me too.”

 

“Same here.”

 

They were the ones who had endured the impossibly intense training since Arteon’s arrival.

 

Arteon nodded at the sight of the platoon members whose confidence had risen considerably.

 

‘Good eyes.’

 

Even when he first saw them, he thought they were fairly well-trained guys.

 

And the 3rd Platoon members had become even more solid through training.

 

Arteon turned his body.

 

“Move as fast as possible until I give orders. After that, we’ll move with low steps, so everyone be careful.”

 

“Yes, understood.”

 

Though their voices were quiet, their determination could be clearly felt.

 

Arteon immediately moved to where the scouts had been.

 

Considering the travel distance…

 

‘At the earliest, by now…’

 

They might have noticed.

 

However, he had to hope a little that he had completely cleared away the corpses and traces of the dead guys.

 

Swoosh!

 

The 3rd Platoon members hurriedly followed Arteon’s movement.

 

Still, thanks to resting for quite a long time, everyone’s stamina had fully recovered.

 

And at the place where the Kar Tribe scouts were.

 

Arteon, who had moved near there, immediately raised his hand and lightly made a fist.

 

Stop.

 

All the 3rd Platoon members stopped in place.

 

Soon, his index and middle fingers.

 

Using two fingers, he gave the instruction to lower their bodies downward.

 

Rustle.

 

Grain quickly lowered his body and stuck close to Arteon’s side.

 

Then Arteon pointed to the left direction.

 

“The guys are about 50 meters ahead. Take the 3rd Squad and 4th Squad Members and move this way to take position.”

 

“Understood.”

 

“After about 10 minutes, watch the situation and when I give the attack signal, we’ll hit them together.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Arteon, who had quickly given the operation orders, nodded at Grain’s response.

 

Soon Grain turned around and spoke to the platoon members.

 

“3rd Squad and 4th Squad follow me. We’re moving left.”

 

At that command, the soldiers of the 3rd Squad and 4th Squad moved left with Grain.

 

The Low Stance Movement they had trained countless times.

 

However, that speed was almost similar to normal running speed.

 

Rustle, rustle rustle rustle.

 

As Grain and the platoon members instantly disappeared from sight, Arteon also looked at the remaining platoon members.

 

“We’re moving too.”

 

Rustle!

 

With sliding-like movements, the platoon members followed behind Arteon.

 

At the sight of them following without obstruction, the corners of Arteon’s mouth slightly twitched.

 

Because he could feel traces of diligent training even when he wasn’t there.

 

However, Arteon’s eyes soon turned coldly calm.

 

Soon after reaching where the Kar Tribe scouts were, Arteon surrounded the guys while maintaining a certain distance from his platoon members.

 

‘Still… haven’t they noticed?’

 

If so, that’s fortunate.

 

If they perfectly blocked the holes the guys could escape through and surrounded them…

 

“Everyone prepare for battle!”

 

But suddenly a voice rang out.

 

The encirclement wasn’t perfectly established yet.

 

However, they had figured out purely through senses that they were being surrounded.

 

‘…Two Feather Tattoos.’

 

Judging by senses, it seemed they should be considered to have skills beyond that.

 

Perhaps it would be fair to say they were guys almost approaching three Feather Tattoos.

 

Arteon reached toward 1st Squad leader Bartell who was beside him.

 

“Short Spear.”

 

An almost whisper-like voice.

 

However, the meaning could be understood through his eyes alone.

 

Bartell handed over the Short Spear he was carrying on his back. At the same time, Arteon’s eyes flashed.

 

Though he’d like to target the guy with two Feather Tattoos.

 

‘The probability of killing him at this distance is low.’

 

Right now, he needed to definitely cut off one person’s breath.

 

“Hup.”

 

Arteon, who took a short breath, put strength into the hand gripping the Short Spear.

 

The mana flowing from his body wrapped around the entire Short Spear and emitted powerful aura.

 

And at that moment.

 

Whiiiiiiiiiiiish!

 

The short spear thrown by Arteon shot forward at tremendous speed.

 

Thunk!

 

The short spear pierced through the Kar Tribe warrior’s chest in a single strike and embedded into the ground.

 

“It’s the signal! Attack them!”

 

“Uaaaaaaah!”

 

“Kill all the Kar Tribe bastards!”

 

That spear became the signal, and simultaneously Grain and the platoon members who had been hiding on the opposite side charged toward the Kar Tribe.

 

At that sight, Korgash’s eyes wavered slightly.

 

He hadn’t seen them approaching this area.

 

‘Did they crawl here while hiding their bodies beneath the bushes?’

 

Tenacious bastards.

 

To think they would crawl to approach this treacherous hill.

 

But Korgash soon dismissed the thought.

 

Right now, stopping those guys was the priority.

 

“As if mere Empire vermin could…”

 

Korgash’s eyes flashed sharply.

 

Soon Korgash moved quickly toward the charging 3rd Platoon members.

 

It was to strike down several at once and open an escape route.

 

But just as Korgash launched himself to attack them.

 

Suddenly feeling a chilling presence from behind, he hastily turned and swung his sword.

 

Clang!

 

“…!”

 

Pain as if his wrist would break from a single blow shot through him.

 

Pushed back, Korgash saw the boy standing before him.

 

“You are…?”

 

“Your opponent is me.”

 

Arteon said while gripping his spear.

 

He couldn’t let this guy reach the other platoon members.

 

The moment they faced him, several platoon members would die instantly.

 

Drip.

 

During the brief time they faced off.

 

Sweat flowed down from Arteon’s hand gripping the spear.

 

But Korgash was equally tense.

 

His opponent was the monster who had injured Ulgrak of Taman, wasn’t he.

 

“Huuuu…”

 

However, Korgash exhaled deeply and gathered his mana.

 

Wasn’t it because Ulgrak had considered even this worst-case scenario that he had sent him here.

 

‘That strike just now…’

 

It was strong.

 

But for someone who used a spear, a place overgrown with bushes like this would be no different from hell.

 

While spears had the advantage of long range, they had limitations depending on the space.

 

‘Here it would be difficult to swing a spear widely.’

 

Then what the guy could choose was ultimately only thrusting.

 

If he could dodge one thrust and get inside.

 

Swoosh!

 

Korgash charged toward Arteon with confidence.

 

And just as Arteon’s spear thrust forward.

 

Clang!

 

He deflected the spear by tilting his blade diagonally.

 

A close battle.

 

If his reaction had been even slightly delayed, his torso would have been pierced through.

 

But now that he had blocked one attack.

 

‘This is my victory!’

 

Korgash raised his sword high.

 

He intended to completely close the distance and split the guy’s head in half.

 

But that was the moment.

 

Tap.

 

Arteon, who had been retrieving his spear, gripped it short and tucked it under his side.

 

Korgash frowned at the seemingly unnatural movement.

 

He had never seen anyone use spear technique with such movements.

 

But the attack that followed was truly beyond imagination.

 

Whoosh! Swoosh!

 

Arteon spun his body, kicked off the ground, leaped up, and rotated quickly.

 

The spear blade fixed at his side instantly deflected Korgash’s sword and penetrated into his embrace.

 

“Huh, huk!”

 

Korgash was startled and hastily retreated.

 

What kind of movement was this.

 

From the completely unexpected irregular attack, a long red line had already formed across his chest.

 

Drip.

 

One finger joint deep.

 

If it had penetrated just that much more, the match would have already been decided.

 

It was a chillingly eerie movement that made all the hair on his body stand on end.

 

Arteon calmly looked at Korgash.

 

The true greatness of Vargas Northern Spear Technique was its overwhelming offensive power that wasn’t constrained by distance.

 

The power to utilize the spear’s advantages while simultaneously eliminating its weaknesses and maximizing them into another advantage.

 

But to execute that perfectly, Arteon’s body wasn’t yet in perfect condition.

 

Tingle tingle.

 

From just that one movement, it felt like his entire body had been beaten by someone.

 

The explosive speed in that instantaneous motion had overloaded his muscles.

 

‘It works.’

 

However, Arteon endured the pain.

 

Still, wasn’t the situation much better than during the last battle.

 

Swish.

 

While continuing to keep Korgash in check, Arteon quickly assessed the surroundings.

 

A tense atmosphere.

 

There were no major injuries or casualties yet, but the moment the balance collapsed, the situation could change instantly.

 

In the end…

 

“Huu.”

 

He had no choice but to overwhelm this guy.

 

Arteon charged toward Korgash without hesitation.

 

In a situation with quite tight containment, the side that moved first was at a disadvantage.

 

But Arteon had no time to deliberate.

 

And the moment Arteon moved.

 

Swoosh!

 

Korgash also kicked off the ground and charged toward Arteon.

 

He had been greatly flustered by the unexpected movement earlier, but.

 

‘It won’t work twice.’

 

Korgash focused on the movement of Arteon’s spear tip.

 

It was frighteningly threatening, but surprisingly the movement itself was simple.

 

If he knew in advance and dealt with it.

 

‘I can dodge this easily enough.’

 

And that moment would be his last.

 

Clang! Clash! Claaaang!

 

Korgash’s sword and Arteon’s spear collided, sending sparks flying.

 

Strike after strike.

 

Though the destructive force was enough to shake his body, Korgash endured and waited for Arteon to show an opening.

 

And when Arteon’s spear began to struggle, hindered by the surrounding bushes and trees.

 

Swoosh!

 

Arteon shouldered his spear and gripped it short.

 

It was a motion indicating he intended to fight in close combat style.

 

Korgash’s eyes flashed.

 

Whoosh!

 

He lowered his stance and charged toward Arteon.

 

The moment he shouldered his spear, his lower body was essentially defenseless.

 

Korgash’s form glided forward as his sword aimed for Arteon’s legs.

 

He planned to slice through the thigh in one strike, seal his movement, then finish him off.

 

But…

 

Swish!

 

The spear he had shouldered suddenly shortened like a rod.

 

It was a mystical situation, as if magic had been cast, and then his mana flowed into the spear again.

 

Claaaang!

 

“…!”

 

The spear blade shot out at tremendous speed, rushing toward Korgash’s face.

 

Korgash quickly jerked his head to the side to dodge the attack, but.

 

Thud!

 

The pain he felt in his side afterward made him unconsciously clench his teeth.

 

He could clearly hear the crack of his ribs breaking.

 

And in that brief moment when he staggered and lost his balance.

 

“It’s over.”

 

Shadow Boy’s voice settled chillingly in his ear.

 

“W-wait…!”

 

Korgash hurriedly straightened his body and raised his sword.

 

Overwhelmed by an ominous feeling throughout his body, he shouted without realizing it, but.

 

Slash!

 

Arteon’s spear sliced across his throat, spilling red blood on the ground.

 

A brief moment of silence.

 

Arteon looked into Korgash’s eyes, which were still not prepared to meet death.

 

In his pupils that were rapidly losing their light, complex emotions were intertwined.

 

Eventually, Korgash collapsed to the ground.

 

Seeing the two feather tattoos clearly etched on his shoulder, Arteon gathered his mana.

 

Though he still couldn’t be called an easy opponent.

 

‘I’ve become… much stronger than before.’

 

At the 1st Defense Line, when he first faced a Kar Tribe intermediate warrior, it had taken much longer than this.

 

Arteon turned his head.

 

There was no time to indulge in sentiment.

 

He needed to completely annihilate them here and cut off the Kar Tribe’s information network.

 

And…

 

‘With this attack, I will definitely take Elvarfiel Lake.’

 

What had taken years in his past life would all change this time.

 

And around midnight.

 

The main force of the 4th Defense Line began passing through the path below the hill.

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