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Chapter 341
Frontline Defensive Battle
While Isabella and the knights busily descended to Hestia Village, Ferda moved to the construction site.
As he entered the entrance, there happened to be a man wearing a captain's epaulettes.
"Gasp, I greet Regent-nim Ferda—."
"What's the progress on the barrier wall construction?"
"Yes?"
Е̃_n̂ ũm̀а
"Don't make me ask twice."
Sharp eyes.
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Makes one realize just how urgent the situation is.
"It's still in progress, but the foundation part has dried enough to faithfully serve as supports."
Good news.
"How many laborers are there?"
W ѐbn о v́е́ĺ Ē_ṅ ŭm̌ӓ
"231 in total, combined."
"Among them, how many can be deployed at full strength?"
"Uh, that is......."
"Excluding women, I mean those who've received reserve force training."
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"Ah, it'll be 157 total."
157.
Ŵ е́ b n ov е̄ l̇ Е n̂ ü m а
Didn't feel sufficient.
"Among the untrained, how many able-bodied young men from Hestia are there?"
"30."
187.
Still insufficient, but necessary nonetheless.
"Instruct the senior squad leaders to train the untrained personnel."
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"Huh? Why is that?"
"Monsters will swarm in from the Devil's Land."
"M, monsters!"
Turning his head, the captain's complexion turned pale.
Just as he said, something was wriggling and moving beyond that black land.
"Emergency! Emergency!!"
Wӗ b̃ n̊_öv̈ е̂ l̃ E̊n̊ ü m̊ а
The captain began moving while sounding the alarm with his mouth.
Ferda looked down at that black wave once more.
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Time remaining: 3 hours.
'There's no barrier wall to stop that.'
Right now, growing Hestia was the urgent priority.
And he hadn't thought Valdrova would collapse so helplessly either.
Е n_ûm а. id
No, he'd become alert after hearing the Bronze Dragon's story that things weren't the same as before.
He'd thought building the barrier wall was homework that could be postponed a bit.
Complacent.
Becoming the Far East Regent yet leaving the Devil's Land alone like this.
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'Those things will cross over here.'
They'll smash and destroy and pollute everything in sight.
W̃еb̀ ṅ о̌ṽ е̌l Е n̆uḿ а
'This place must become a bastion.'
Otherwise, the Far East will suffer a fatal blow.
The captain relayed every command without needing to be told twice, and the laborers who'd received reserve training began gathering in the center, grabbing their guns.
The untrained able-bodied young men were all gathered around the senior squad leader.
No matter how you looked at it, it wasn't 30.
There were more than that.
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Among them was a young man Ferda knew too.
"Vernel."
"Y, yes!"
Vernel Marquis.
He must have stopped by here briefly to review the blueprints.
"You move with the evacuation group."
W ё b̄ ň ov еl Еǹum̄а̇
"I, I'll fight too."
He tried to grip a rifle with trembling hands.
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Ferda frowned watching that.
"You're the Far East's asset. If you die, we ultimately become nothing."
Brave is good, but it was the kind of courage Vernel must not have.
He's the pioneer of magitech; the continent's best technician.
Ĕ ń ü m̌а̄ .id̈
Hearing those words, Vernel nodded in understanding and stepped back.
Besides him, there were southern people too.
They were laborers who'd come under Ahmed's instructions and were staying here.
"You lot withdraw too. This is the Far East's business."
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If they die, it creates problems with southern exchange.
At Ferda's order, the dark-skinned southerners grinned.
Wӗ b.no vѐ l̊ Ëň u̇ḿ ä
"You say something disappointing."
"We fight for ourselves."
"Southerners don't tolerate abandoning a sanctuary and fleeing."
"Sanctuary?"
"There's a sanctuary in Hestia."
Sanctuary.
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Come to think of it, Ahmed had said he'd build a sanctuary as proof of friendship.
In the Arken Empire that believes only in Alte, letting southerners build a sanctuary was an intolerable act.
But Ferda needed a place for southerners to lean on while staying for the long construction, and one of those was the sanctuary.
There were clashes with imperial citizens, but even that naturally melted away as Alte's priest mediated gently.
Protecting the sanctuary is just an excuse.
In their hearts, Hestia had become another hometown.
Е̇n̈ u mа̄
Since they gained a justification to fight, Ferda didn't refuse any longer.
"Follow the instructions of the trained decurions."
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"Understood."
Laborers moving with spirited voices.
Except for Vernel and the women, the vast majority all withdrew, and the mansion's construction site had instantly become a hastily improvised fortress.
Number of gun muzzles increased, there were sturdy buildings too, but the situation didn't feel like it was improving.
Е̄n û m̈ а̂ . і d̃
Shortly after, a procession led by Isabella entered beyond the barrier wall.
Adventurers summoned by the guild's emergency request and commander-grade knights were visible first.
'Erica said she was in the Devil's Land.......'
She'd gone in ahead with the elite forces to analyze the current situation.
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Without the most reliable forces, he felt a strange sense of a hole being punched through.
The knights on wartime standby came first and bowed to Ferda.
W ѐ_bn̄ ōv̇ ёl̈ Ё ň u̇mа̌
"We've answered the summons of all Hestia Defense Forces. Please, just give the order."
An operations meeting room was created in an instant, and the time until monsters arrived was now just 2 hours.
Ferda spoke about the operation he'd envisioned in his head.
"All cavalry, listen."
He spoke while looking at each knight's face one by one.
"From now on, we'll draw the gaze of all monsters to this place."
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Fear settled on the cavalry's faces.
There was no one who hadn't seen that black wave approaching.
"Focus on mobility for equipment, and drag all monsters here."
"But......."
"Those aren't a flock of sheep. They're monsters with very fast speed. Questionable if horses can endure that speed."
Their hesitation wasn't just fear, but because speed exceeding limits was needed.
Е n̊ů mӑ
Ferda thought about it too, didn't think it would be easy.
"I know it's an unreasonable operation. But if this place falls, there's no more Far East."
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The knights couldn't protest.
Volunteering to sacrifice isn't easy either.
"We'll take that role."
Breaking the uncomfortable silence was a clear voice.
W еb.n̊õ v ёĺ Е nù m̂ а
Turning his head, long ears and beautiful appearance caught the eye.
Turning his head, there was a group of elves.
"Gasp, elves......."
"How are elves here?"
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These are Wood Elves.
Ones rescued by Malcolm and Penelope's hands.
Webň о vë l Е̇ nŭ m а
"Aren't you refugees?"
"We are refugees, but previously we were watchers and warriors. As warriors, we must repay the grace of you saving our lives."
"You said draw gazes this way, can you tell us how?"
The elf captain nodded.
"Those gathered here commune with wind spirits. They're snipers and scouts. If you permit them to commune with the knights' horses, we'll become that bait for you."
Elves freely traversing forests.
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Their movements vanishing in the blink of an eye reveal their true worth when riding animals, or so he'd heard.
'Records say they triple a horse's capability.'
An operation impossible for humans might be possible for elves.
"What do you think?"
"If we can protect this land, we can give horses anytime."
"Then I'll ask that of you."
W̃ ӗb̃n̆ о́ṽ е̌ l Ѐ n̂ üḿ ä
Feeling like blocked parts were opening one by one.
But that didn't mean his insides felt refreshed.
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Because it meant this place would be surrounded by the most dangerous things.
How many will die and get injured?
'And I.......'
Can I maintain my sanity in that?
Е num а̌. іd̀
"Regent-nim."
An elf broke Ferda's reverie.
"One who refused communion has appeared, so unfortunately one person cannot participate."
"A knight refused?"
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"No. That steed refused."
Not a horse, a steed.
Е ńuṁ ă. і ḋ
A male individual born between a horse and donkey is called that.
Only one person rides that thing.
'Malcolm.'
He came here?
Ferda couldn't believe it and searched for him with his eyes.
Sure enough, he was there in armor.
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In attire from not long after the return order dropped.
"Why did you come here?"
"Well, you summoned all forces, and answering the call is......."
"You've already done so much, and you'll fight again?"
"R, riding Rocinante is something I can do!"
Making a frightened expression but not backing down.
Ẁе̄ b̌ n о v̄ е l_ Е n̈ um̀ а
What reflected in his expression was guilt.
This man truly believed he'd done nothing in the war surrounding the World Tree.
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If Vernel was held back because he's the Far East's intellectual asset, Malcolm had no justification to be held back.
No, if he wanted to hold him back, he could anytime.
He had tremendous merit inside the World Tree.
But right now, he was needed.
W̌ë b̃ ǹ о̃vѐl Е́n̆ u m̀ а̇
Selfish, but to make even slightly less fatal results, he had to.
"I ask you."
He needed to manifest his ability once more.
Malcolm struck his chest and bowed his head.
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Even after staying here quite long, he still hadn't shed his country bumpkin air.
"That steed, quite cunning."
Е̌n uḿа̊.iḋ
The elf who failed communion whispered to the captain.
"Cunning?"
"Originally horses think of knights as masters or friends, but that steed rather thought of that man as his slave. A slave for social advancement."
"So there was a reason communion wasn't easy."
Want to be a friend, but don't want to be a slave.
Ferda didn't fail to understand those words.
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Malcolm plays bait every time, and the main driving force of that bait is that steed, Rocinante.
'But who'd recognize that?'
He's just a trivial steed.
Only Malcolm calls the name Rocinante.
Felt something mismatched with those truly bizarre words and actions, but since it had no immediate use, he stopped thinking about it.
Elves on horseback shouted something loudly in their own language.
Е nūm а́
At that moment, a whirlwind rose from the horses' hooves, and they vanished before his eyes.
Elves and Malcolm became bait, gathering demons from the plains.
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Time until monsters swarm: 1 hour.
The scattered wave gathered in one place.
"Elves succeeded in luring all individuals!"
"Everyone load! Prepare to fire! Pour all firepower when they reach effective range!!"
Wеb̆.n̊ ov е̇ l Е́ nù m а
Squad leaders' and knights' voices clamorously echo on the wall.
What remains after that is terrible silence.
Tudududuk.
Trembling of gun barrels mounted on the wall.
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Someone must die.
That could be me.
W̄ẽ bn о v̇.ѐ l Е n ǔ ṁ а
Fear of death is an essential emotion that cannot be eradicated.
What they need is morale.
'That's what I must do.'
What they need isn't a speech.
That's why Ferda stood atop the spire.
Ferda's staff floated in the sky.
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High-purity mana drew complex magic formulas from his body.
A man who believed only in himself.
Even a magic circle needing three or four mages, he creates alone in an instant.
Compressed without a single error, gathering at Ferda's staff.
Ferda looks down from the highest place at the black wave chasing the wind-like horses.
Once all horses passed the gate, Ferda began chanting the spell in earnest.
Е̌ n̈ ů ḿā
"Howling."
Originally, gathering lightning from the sky into one's hand.
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But Ferda aimed not at the sky, but the ground.
Kugugeung.
Ferda's lightning rises not from the sky, but from the earth.
Pajijijik!!
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Light piercing through the floor.
Seeing the color of that beam, everyone let out exclamations.
"R, red lightning?"
They wouldn't properly know about magic.
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But the deeper the unknown world, the stronger they believe its power.
And it actually was so.
Еǹ umа
Just gathering lightning was a fatal attack act itself.
They gathered toward Ferda, and everything in the fan-shaped range was seared crisp and turned to ash.
If they were monsters, morale would've already broken and they'd retreat, but the opponents are demonic creatures.
Must not give even a sliver of opening.
Ferda will do exactly that.
Howling was merely a motion for the next spell.
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Ferda looked at the lightning gathered in his staff.
It was formed into a sphere, floating at the staff's tip.
As much red lightning gathered, a red sphere floated up.
And that color was too bright and fatal.
Ferda gripped the floating staff with both hands and thrust it forward with all his might.
"Lightning Breath!"
Е̊n̊ úm̆а̇
Kwa-gwa-ga-gang!
Condensed lightning spreads widely from the staff's end.
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Lightning plows the ground, advances like swimming, and instantly burns everything it touches to nothing.
Everyone on the wall watched it all.
"My god......."
"Alone, that much......?"
Е̄nūm̆ а̃
No one knows what a 5th-tier mage is.
At least the belief they'd be annihilated could be discarded, if only for a moment.
No more trembling of gun barrels.
"Fire!"
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Thunderous roars poured down from atop the barrier wall.
