A Journey Of A Delusional Witch
Chapter 44: Battle of the Barriere Forest (4)
Deep in the woods of the Barriere. Standing a luxurious campground that is very contrasted with the beautiful scenery around it.
Inside the largest and most luxurious tent, rest the most important figures in this campground.
His name was Bishop Slon Elepanthi.
He was tasked with closing the Drakon Kingdom's only access to the outside world so that they could not send aid to the Sanguine Kingdom and Ferox Kingdom in the face of his beloved kingdom, Narsist Kingdom.
Because the personnel that could be sent were extremely limited, King Narsist lent him a valuable artifact that gave him the power to control Mobs at will.
However, for artifacts with such incredible effects, there was of course a price to pay.
The physical condition of Bishop Slon is declining.
He was originally spelled out to be handsome by the standards of the Narsist Kingdom. Now it looks like an old man who has aged in eating.
The flesh has disappeared from the once healthy body leaving only bones and skin that appear to have fused. The luxurious clothes he was wearing now felt loose and unsuitable for an old body.
His sight began to blur. Talking was hard for him. Even eating and drinking he was not willing to.
Worst of all, every night he would have nightmares.
A dream in which he was taken to a place full of blazing fire. In the distance, a giant castle stood firmly on the flowing magma. Creatures with looks
it was scary to be seen coming in and out of the castle.
That nightmare would only end if Slon met a Being who had a shape like a beautiful man with long hair as straight as silk. The creature has an ideal upper body but
the lower body resembled that of a goat and a pair of giant horns grew from its head.
By the time the creature reaches out its hand, the Slon will awaken.
....
"Yeah...!!!!"
For the sake of your majesty... The dream again.
The dream becomes clearer and more real. I don't know for what reason I often have this dream.
If it's not wrong... The first time I had this dream was when I had just entered the Ancient Mountain region?
Never mind, don't think about this anymore. More importantly, I must immediately carry out His Majesty's orders.
Dear thousand dear... Even though I have great determination, my body does not want to cooperate.
Just getting out of bed requires all my energy. Not to mention that I had to wash myself, get dressed, make up, and then finally I had to go on duty.
The task that His Majesty has given me... A task that only I can do... I have to do it as best I can... For His Majesty's sake... Uh, what's His Majesty's name?
"The Bishop... Sorry to interrupt, there's an emergency!"
"...you yeah... Say"
"Alright, there has been found a battalion of enemies that lead directly to this place"
"Hm... Get 'em"
"Sorry, Bishop. Our army is outnumbered, if we..."
"I said 'uhuk' hit them!"
"...as your command"
Heh, you lowly knight. Did he not believe in the might of the almighty Narsist Kingdom? If it was only one battalion, they would definitely be able to handle it very easily. If only he... She's she?
Whose name was that guy? Which family did he come from? Also... What rank does he have?
Ahhe... Never mind, there's no point in remembering a lowly person like him. I'd better do my morning prayer... A prayer?
To whom do I pray?
...
"Tch, you old rascal!"
The reason why I even bothered to meet him was to ask him to use that stupid crown!
No matter how hard you train, facing a battalion of 1,000 soldiers with just 100 men is tantamount to suicide!!!
Also, doesn't the Bishop's condition look to worsen?
The Royal Party did not say anything regarding the side effects of the artifact. However, given the power it has, it is natural that there are one or two side effects that can endanger its users.
Shit, if this is the case then this mission is tantamount to a suicide mission!
Not to mention... There's still that damned creature...
"Commander! How's it?"
"useless. We better take refuge behind barricades and don't expect those vile creatures to stay with us... Just in case, prepare some (Madness Dust)."
"Ready, go!"
After seeing my men move away. I immediately walked back to my tent.
Different from what the damn Bishop had, the tent I was in was just a public tent for military needs.
Other than the simple furniture, there was nothing else here other than Equipment scattered and stacking documents that the old man should have done.
My purpose in coming here was to get a woodcut I put on the table.
It was a peacock carved so roughly that it looked like a chicken rather than a peacock. But I really appreciate it.
No matter what kind of taunts my men say behind my back when I see this carving, I will not care about it. Their opinions are not worth the hard work of my beloved daughter who painstakingly made this for me.
"Reine baby, your dad's gonna be home for sure"
...
"Glaza, have you seen anything?"
Whoo! Whoo!
"Once, okay. Continue the surveillance"
Watching the owl fly back into the darkness of the night, I approached Percy.
"How's it?"
"The enemy seems to be aware of our existence. They were sheltering behind barricades and it seemed they had some kind of troublesome item"
"What about the main target?"
"Target stays in the tent"
"Understand, proceed as planned"
Moving behind the shadow of the night, we continued our journey towards the enemy base.
The battalion Commander Onlay sent out was already running ahead of us. In just a few minutes, they will make contact with the enemy forces. By the time the situation starts to go awry, we will sneak straight into the heart of the enemy's defenses and decapitate their Leader.
In the end, the waiting moment came as well.
"SOY!!!"
"For the sake of Narsist Kingdom!"
By the time our troops hit the enemy defenses directly, the enemy troops seemed to be throwing some sort of powder at our troops.
At first no one knew what the effect of the powder was. But it didn't take long before we finally found out.
Graaa....
Grrroooaa....
"Mobs!!!"
The Mobs who had originally taken shelter behind the trees instantly went wild and attacked our troops fiercely.
Their main target was the powder-painted warrior cast by the Narsist Kingdom's knights.
Tch, so this is what Percy meant as a troublesome item.
"We can't waste time, come on"
Leading this impromptu Party, I led them towards the predetermined route.
...
"Hold it! Let not the enemy pass through our defenses!"
"""Yes!!!"""
Together with the 100 knights that were handed over to me, we tried our best to withstand an enemy invasion that was 10 times more than our number.
If only we had not taken refuge behind the barricade, we would have finished it in the blink of an eye.
Even so, this battle is obviously very disadvantageous for us. Not only are we outnumbered, our side does not have someone capable of using magic.
Damn it, if the old man was still healthy, the Spell Sailors (Caster) would not be preoccupied with the seal of the damn creature!
There is no point in thinking about something like this. For now, I need to focus on what's in front of me.
Thanks to (Madness Dust) that we throw at the enemy, the Mobs who began to be uncontrollable, went to attack the enemy blindly.
With this we managed to occupy the enemy for a while.
The supplies (Madness Dust) we brought were not much. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before we run out of options.
...
"Basic of the common people"
How can I go back to sleep if they make a fuss like that?
Haa... It's wrong to blame a brainless person like them. I better get back...
Bang out!
"What's that!"
Suddenly there was a huge explosion that left my entire tent in ruins until there was nothing left.
Ahhe.... This tent is made with the best materials and designed by the most famous artists in the world.... Why would it explode!
At the moment the dust started to subside, there was a long black haired girl who suffered a wound on her right arm. Huh huh? If you pay attention again... There's daggers... I see!
"Haha... You're... Lowly Assassin, dare 'uhuk' how dare you 'uhuk' try to take my head!"
Oh... The girl's face... His angry expression was very seductive... Ahhe... I'm so impatient to teach a lesson to such a lowly whore!
Pangs!
Especially this? The arrows?
"so... Begi 'uhuk' ... There's another one... Yeah"
"Die!!!" "Campus!!!"
Next was a pair of underage-looking twin girls swinging their swords and Halberd at me.
Unfortunately for them, their attacks stopped before they could touch me.
"Fucking protectors!" "Ah, not cool!"
Heh, just found out they are.
Besides I still have one more item that even though it is not an artifact, however
the effect was not inferior to other high-end items.
\ ★★★★★
«Space Protection : Large» «Automatic Action : Large»
A protective talisman created by a Magician (Mage) whose name has been lost by time.
Provides protection to its users from all dangers and will be activated automatically.
Terms of use: Have noble blood
It took a long time before this item could finally reach my hands. However, all that effort now paid off perfectly!
Booms!
What else this time? The magic?
"Keep attacking, that protector must have his limit!"
Oh, it seems that man is their leader.
Without me noticing, the black-haired girl had gone out of nowhere. Now he had been replaced by a man with a spear. Besides, I saw that there was one more man with a sword and there was a bespectacled man using a Greatsword.
Now there's... A lady? Who wore full Armor.
Tch, they even brought dirty Beastmen with them. The slaves from Ferox Kingdom were indeed disgusting.
A lot of guests.
I don't see any healer (Healer) is he hiding? Perhaps, especially the girl was also injured.
Still, it's ugly if only they attack.
"Feel this... O commoners!"
(Luminous Sphere)
Five balls of light were created and orbited around me.
As the little girl with the sword tried to slash back at me, one of the balls of light moved and attacked her... Managed to deflect it.
Furthermore, the arrow and magic attacks that were fired towards me were also fielded by my light balls. I can see the form of the Magician (Mage). But I can't see the guy who shot the arrow.
"That's the (Luminous Sphere)! It will automatically protect its users! But it was only able to receive each of the five powerful attacks!"
Even if they knew it, it wouldn't change anything!
(Luminous Rays)
A beam of light I shot right hit the woman with the Armor. He seemed to be formidable enough to be able to receive an attack from me directly just by using a small shield.
Wait for... He's getting closer!
Pangs! Pangs! Pangs!
What else now? Arrows again! Wait, how could someone shoot endless arrows like this?!
This is not good, the other enemy members also started attacking me simultaneously. If this continues (Luminous Sphere) will not last much longer.
"Gho... Stay away! (Lumi...."
"Don't expect... «Flame Edge» (Absolute Slash)"
Without me realizing the enemy leader was already beside me. Moreover, he had already raised his sword that was lit by an extremely burning fire!
With a single swing, his burning sword managed to pierce through my defense so easily.
"Saturghhhh....!!!"
It hurts, it hurts so much!!!
Wh why? What have I done to deserve this kind of treatment?!
"And... *Chop*"
"kjgjgkgjfjgkg"
...
"Hey, is that really necessary?"
"Not really... We just want to"
After I successfully broke through his defense and inflicted a huge wound on him, the enemy commander wearing religious clothes ended up rolling around in pain on the ground.
Seeing his old grandfather-like appearance made me feel a little sorry for him.
Unlike me, the girl named Vier even casually swung her Halberd to amputate one of the arms of the grandfather.
Not finished there, Percy casually stepped on the body of the grandfather who was relentless wriggling on the ground to make it unable to move.
Then... With one small swing, the grandfather's head rolled over the ground.
"Wow, talk about Gore"
"Why? Isn't our original purpose really this?"
"Feline, is there any of this that you think is human?"
"Everything. In a moment he will definitely announce our victory loudly"
While Yari and Feline were busy arguing, Percy took the grandfather's head off the ground and lifted him high up in the air.
"THE COMMANDER OF NARCISSIST KINGDOM IS DEAD!!!"
"Look!"
After this announcement was made, all the remaining Narsist Kingdom troops dropped their weapons and resigned to their defeat.
At Mobs that filled this place it seemed to have also regained their consciousness before finally going away somewhere.
From a distance could be heard the sound of joyous cheers from the soldiers and Adventurers.
Meanwhile, I saw Turbo and Nos carefully inspect the grandfather's body. After the examination was completed, Turbo took out some items that looked valuable and put them into his possession.
"What are you doing?"
"Just in case who knows he has a cursed item or something. We don't want him to suddenly get back up or blow himself up?"
True, things like this are common in movies or games. Turbo also explained that the items he took would be handed over directly to Commander Onlay and the Cardinal Witch for further inspection.
It also includes a crown that is still at the head of the enemy commander who is now on display to the entire team.
Seeing that their leader was dead, the troops from Narsist Kingdom then immediately dropped their weapons a sign that a white flag had fluttered.
We then marched them to the fortress with triumphant cheers that continued to roar. Arriving at the fort, Turbo permits to take the wounded Sisteen to a medical tent for treatment. That made the obligation to report this Quest fall into my hands.
Accepting my fate, I then walked towards the tent where Commander Onlay was waiting.
By this... The battle between Narsist Kingdom and Drakon Kingdom in the Barriere Forest was over.