Becoming a Swordmast Chapter 124 : Chapter 124

Chapter 124. March of the Other Shore (5)

Just as he had in Beihan, Roden succeeded in climbing to the top of the walls of Elmorim with extre ease.

In the first place, the siege thod that Roden had newly devised was difficult to block even if you knew it was coming.

Thus, while Roden, Chevalier, Olinto, and Liviano drew the attention.

New ladders were placed on the wall.

And Heinrich, Günter, Otto, and the soldiers of the Special Task Force Company climbed the ladders in the next order.

The city defense force belatedly realized this and tried to stop them, but it was useless.

This was because the hands of those who climbed the ladders afterwards also held shields enchanted with defensive magic.

In the end, the city defense force began to be helplessly occupied on the walls.

"Argh! Stop them!"

"Stop them sohow!"

If things continued like this, Elmorim would inevitably be taken.

Finally, the March of the Other Shore revealed itself.

***

Yakub, who was watching the battle situation, unknowingly gritted his teeth.

It was only natural.

This was not the picture he had wanted in this battle.

When enough of the main battalion's troops had gathered around the walls of Elmorim.

To throw explosive crystal orbs to inflict heavy damage and attack the panicked main battalion together with the city defense force.

This was because this was the original plan.

However, when the ladders suddenly couldn't be cut, and the key officers of the main battalion climbed the walls using those ladders, all plans went awry.

Because he had deployed so of the city defense force and so of the Geumgangwi at the city gate, thinking he could easily stop the main battalion, the speed at which the top of the walls was occupied was much faster than he had thought.

‘What should I do? Should I move according to the plan now? Or should I change the plan and stop the enemy on the walls?’

As Yakub was contemplating for a mont, the sight of Roden cutting down the city defense force on the walls ca into his view.

Since Yakub had grasped the appearance of all the key officers of the 3rd Corps, it was not difficult for him to recognize Roden.

And as soon as he recognized Roden, Yakub made a decision.

"All troops, drive out the enemy on the walls!"

If he couldn't panic the main battalion, it would be difficult to overco the nurical inferiority anyway.

In other words, it ant that even if he opened the city gates and attacked the main battalion together with the city defense force, the probability of victory was low.

On the other hand, stopping the main battalion on the walls was relatively easy.

As long as he could sohow suppress the key officers of the main battalion, Elmorim would not be captured.

Most importantly, Roden was among the key officers of the main battalion.

‘I just have to capture the battalion commander over there. Then, conversely, it will be us who win this battle. Because we'll gain the montum.’

Thus, Yakub led the Geumgangwi and climbed onto the walls.

At the sa ti, he threw an explosive crystal orb at Roden.

Swish!

And the explosive crystal orb did not only fall at Roden's feet.

The explosive crystal orbs thrown by the Geumgangwi knights following Yakub also fell below the wall.

It was Yakub's judgnt that he had to give a big shock to take back the montum that had been passed to the main battalion, not just the power.

‘I've almost run out of the explosive crystal orbs I was supplied with, but I can't help it.’

Yakub thought, imagining the picture of the main battalion's soldiers being torn apart by the explosive crystal orbs.

However,

Clank!

Before the crystal orb at his feet exploded.

Roden threw a shield on top of it.

Moreover, the other soldiers of the main battalion also quickly threw their shields and completely trapped the crystal orbs that had fallen below the wall.

As a result,

Boom! Th-th-thump!

The explosion of the crystal orbs was inevitably blocked by the shields.

"!"

Yakub couldn't help but be astonished by the unexpected result.

‘To block an explosive crystal orb like that... No, in the first place, is it even possible for a shield to suppress the power of a magic artifact to this extent?’

It was impossible by common sense.

This was because the power of the explosive crystal orbs that the Geumgangwi had was at the level of a 3-star.

It was only natural, as it was an artifact enchanted with the 3rd-circle magic, 'Ignis Burst'.

However, if the shield was enchanted with the 5th-circle magic, 'Celestial Ward', which was higher than the 3rd-circle, the story changed.

It was possible not only to suppress the explosion but also to absorb all its power.

This was also the reason why the shields did not bounce off from the explosion even though there was no one pressing down on them separately.

The defensive magic had completely absorbed the impact so that no physical force was applied to the shield.

‘Don't tell ... they're also using magic artifacts?’

This thought naturally ca to Yakub's mind.

But he soon shook his head.

This was because it was impossible for the Allied Forces to have introduced magic artifacts, which even the Empire had just started to introduce.

Most importantly, Yakub, a 5-star knight, did not feel any other heterogeneous energy flow like mana, other than what he felt from the crystal orb.

What was felt from the shield was clearly not mana, but aura.

‘In that case, that is not magic, but a secret technique of Superior Swordsmanship. One that grants a defensive technique to an object.’

In the end, Yakub ca to this conclusion without even thinking that he could perform magic with aura.

But that thought did not last long.

Whether what the main battalion was using was a secret technique or magic, the important thing now was to win this battle sohow.

“Strike! And don’t spare the magic artifacts!”

At Yakub's command, the Geumgangwi fiercely rushed at the main battalion.

"Hiyah!"

And Yakub ran straight towards Roden.

With the thought that all problems would be solved if he just captured Roden.

***

"Huh!"

Michael, who was watching the entire process from a close distance, unknowingly took a sharp breath.

This was because the battle was flowing in an unexpected direction.

In particular, the response shown by the main battalion after the appearance of the March of the Other Shore was shocking.

He had never imagined that they would suppress the explosion of the crystal orb in that way.

'Amazing. A secret technique that can grant special abilities to objects.'

Michael also did not think that the main battalion was using magic artifacts.

Although he had such a thought for a mont, he did not feel any mana from the shield, just like Yakub.

However, the fact that what the main battalion was using was a secret technique and not a magic artifact did not diminish his surprise.

On the contrary, it was even more surprising.

He had never heard of a secret technique of this kind.

‘No wonder he was so confident; he had this kind of trick up his sleeve.’

Michael realized why Roden had insisted on a frontal attack until now.

At the sa ti, he could understand how the main battalion had obediently followed Roden, who had insisted on a frontal attack.

‘They must have already seen the Special Task Force Company using shields and ladders in the capture of other cities.’

And Roden had not kept the shields and ladders as a monopoly of the Special Task Force Company.

The fact that the other troops of the main battalion were using the shields and ladders was proof of that.

Of course, not all the troops were using them.

It seed they had not yet supplied shields to the entire main battalion, so they were being used mainly by the officers.

However, even so, the fact that it wasn't just the Special Task Force Company that was using the ladders and shields did not change.

And this fact alone was enough for the main battalion to support Roden.

A commander who did not hesitate to share what he had was bound to be respected by his subordinates.

‘…….’

Finally, Michael, who had realized the secret of how Roden had been able to quickly take control of the main battalion, was at a loss for words.

And the aspect of the battle unfolding in Elmorim was very positive for the main battalion.

It was a natural result, as all the magic artifacts that the March of the Other Shore had had lost their usefulness in the fight with the main battalion.

There were largely three types of magic artifacts that the March of the Other Shore used.

The first was an explosive artifact that caused an explosion with the power of a 3-star.

And the second was a defensive artifact that blocked the opponent's attack by unfolding a defensive magic like an aura shield.

Finally, the third was an offensive artifact that confused the opponent by erasing the presence of a sword strike.

However, all three of these artifacts were useless against the main battalion.

This was because it was possible to nullify most of the effects of the artifacts with just one shield.

At least the defensive artifact could be said to be useful, but even this had clear limitations.

This was because the attack that could be blocked by the defensive artifact was only one.

Thus, the March of the Other Shore, which had been an object of fear, was reduced to an ordinary 1-star knight in front of the main battalion.

It was the mont when Michael's calculation that their average combat power would be at least a 3-star and at most a 5-star due to the use of magic artifacts beca completely aningless.

And as if to prove this fact, the March of the Other Shore was neatly dealt with by the key officers of the main battalion and the Special Task Force Company.

Not only that, but Yakub, the commander of the Geumgangwi who led the March of the Other Shore, was no match for Roden and lost his life.

"Kugh... How..."

In a situation where there was a difference in level in the first place, it was a hopeless fight the mont the usefulness of the magic artifacts disappeared.

In the end, the main battalion succeeded in taking Elmorim by dealing with both the March of the Other Shore and the city defense force.

"Long live the Allied Forces!"

"We won!"

Michael thought as he looked at the main battalion, which was shouting with joy.

‘This is it. The future of the Glockner family that you are envisioning.’

***

Thanks to the exploits of the main battalion led by Roden, the 3rd Corps was able to annihilate the 'Magic Artifact Unit' with relatively little damage.

However, not all fronts of the Allied Forces had dealt with the Magic Artifact Unit stably.

As Michael had expected, the Magic Artifact Unit had appeared on other fronts as well, and as a result, there were places that had suffered great damage.

“……No way.”

Among them, the damage to the 2nd Corps was particularly severe.

One of its battalions had been completely annihilated.

It was the mont when the battlefield, which had been turning in favor of the Allied Forces, began to fluctuate in a strange direction.