The Morbigas civilization, which was older than the Lamanites but has now disappeared, has a story in the few fragments handed down to this day about a hero who entered a maze to kill monsters.
Similar to most stories from the classical era, its combat aspect is mediocre and it just praises the hero's prowess. Therefore, what people talk about the most is the story of how the hero escapes from the maze after success.
The weird and ever-changing environment, and the poisonous atmosphere caused the heroes and their party to start having internal strife. Only the sincere heart for your lover and the brilliance of the weapons given by the gods can become the support of the soul and prevent you from losing your way.
The human entanglement and strong sense of substitution make the story even after thousands of years, and readers today are still listening to it with gusto.
Legends are always based in some degree on reality.
The Druid records of the Morbigas civilization, which once highly advocated magic, recorded a labyrinth that seems extremely mysterious to today's people. If its body is not just an exquisite building, many explanations will change. It's feasible.
"This world is alive." What Henry said was clearly the language of the Kingdom of the Moon. If taken apart, Sakura could understand every word, but when put together, she could not hear it.
"You can imagine that we were swallowed into the belly of a monster." The words spoken by this man in a serious manner were like a fantasy used to deceive a child. Sakura felt unbelievable, but his expression didn't seem to be fake.
"Then if we want to escape, we have to go to the mouth?" Although she wanted to blurt out "Are you fooling me?", Sakura still suppressed her emotions and asked.
"Yeah." The more serious Henry's answer was, the more Sakura wanted to curse.
But the place they were in now was indeed not a place that could be judged by "common sense", so even if it became more and more overwhelming, she could only buy it.
The air was stuffy. At first, Sakura thought it was because she was carrying Mira on her back, but after leaving the small thatched cottage for a while, she realized that it was because there was not even a trace of wind here.
It was obviously very windy a few hours ago, but now it was as sweltering as a summer night, and I was sweating all over just after walking a short distance.
The unknown environment made him feel uneasy when he thought about it carefully. But despite this predicament, he still remained calm.
The sage did not go directly to the place where the torch was far down the slope, but stopped to observe something. After reaching the edge of the woods, Sakura could hear the shouts of death coming from there. Although it seemed to be coming to an end, the intensity of the battle could be heard from the various noisy sounds.
Like a keen hound, Henry followed the smell of blood and retreated. He found a group of warriors who had been sucked into mummies nearby, and obtained horns and fireworks signals from them.
Just by watching him pick up these things, the oiran understood what this man wanted to do. Even if you don't know anything about military art, there are some things that ordinary people can think of.
What Henry wanted to do was a very ordinary way of attacking from the east to the west. After confirming that the area with low toxin concentration guarded by the warriors was the exit, the remaining problem became how to get through them.
Even he did not have the ability to kill an army of about 2,000 men single-handedly. But Henry did not take the signal directly with him. Instead, he returned to the area near the thatched cottage and found a piece of smoldering charcoal from the pile of firewood. Then he rolled up the remaining paper used as firewood and made it into a thick long piece. Wrap the lead of the fireworks signal in one end, tie it to a small branch with a rope, and insert it on the ground facing the open space exposed in the forest.
Roll it up instead of unfolding it, so that when the smoldering charcoal fire is ignited, the paper will not burn out instantly, but will burn slowly.
In one minute, they quickly made a simple automatic device. After that, the two of them seized the time and led the Luoan girl, who was still in a coma, half the distance. Henry accurately grasped the burning paper roll. Time, took out the horn and blew it.
What happened next was so smooth that Sakura was stunned, but what she couldn't see was that even though it seemed such a simple step, Henry was still full of thoughtfulness when doing it.
The function of the horn is to attract the opponent's attention and prevent the warriors who are caught in the fight from missing the fireworks signal. But the contradiction is that it cannot attract the opponent's attention too much. Although it is difficult to identify the position by listening to the sound on the chaotic battlefield, it is still possible. If it were reversed, the warriors would have first seen the fireworks to attract their attention and then heard the horn. Because they had witnessed the location of the fireworks and had a more accurate understanding of the location, they would have realized that the two signals were not in the same place at all.
He accurately calculated the time and blew the horn first. After attracting the attention of the warriors with the sound, the fireworks took off in a short time. In this way, people's attention will be attracted to the location of the fireworks. Inertial thinking, they think that the sound of the horn also comes from here. outgoing.
These two steps are indispensable, and moving forward halfway is also based on this consideration. Although staying where the fireworks are and blowing the horn can avoid the problem of misalignment to a greater extent, not only do they not have horses to travel, Sakura also has to carry the Luoan girl on her back so that the sage can have his hands free to fight. If you don't jump ahead, you may not be able to outrun the opponent at all.
All in all, under the always calm planning and arrangements of our Mr. Sage, the large troops who were mobilized away from the mountain held torches and photographed them into a long dragon walking towards their left under the dim red moonlight. They were obviously attracted by the fireworks. . The three of them seized the time and quietly approached the warriors' original location from the other side.
"Is it that simple?" Sakura asked this sentence for the second time.
This all went a little too smoothly, but it couldn't be said to be beyond Henry's expectations.
He made such a decision after judging that it was still the same troop that was being pursued.
If it were another person, then all this would definitely not be possible.
A young and energetic commander of the Moon Kingdom who was dazzled by hatred.
Even if they have never met, the image of a headstrong young man who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals has already emerged in his mind.
If it were a Rigal-style army where everyone had their own opinions and no one obeyed anyone, Henry's approach would not be as successful as it is now, not to mention whether it would be effective. Although the people of the Moon Kingdom always despise the backward military system of the Rigal people, sometimes the lack of unity in the command system is not necessarily a bad thing.
Judging from the torches, they did not even divide their troops and leave some people stationed in place, but directly marched forward as a whole army.
This did not surprise Henry, because the fact that this army set off was due to the personal emotions of the commander. In addition to the dead horseback warriors from the team who took the horn, the opponent's grassroots non-commissioned officers were probably seriously injured. The remaining soldiers in the entire team could only obtain orders directly from the highest command level.
If it were a Rigal people with relatively independent commanders, then they would probably argue for a long time just over whether to go forward and search. In the end, the proposer would lead the troops forward, while the others would still stay behind.
No matter what, if the army is completely controlled by one person, as long as the top leader's thoughts are clear, there will be nothing unpredictable about the movements of the entire army.
The direction they were led to was a dead end. Human beings who left areas with lower toxin concentrations without protection would only be eroded to death in the past. Although it was the sage who made the bait, it was the leader of the red-armored warriors who ordered these people to embark on a journey of no return.
One person's will determines the life and death of thousands of people. This is the extremely ironic side of this powerful and unified country.
Most lower-level personnel, including lower-level warriors and farmers, have always received the ideological education that "the collective is above all else". It is a very small number of individuals and a very small number of high-level nobles who can guide the direction of the collective.
In order to avenge his brother, Marsh Village was massacred, and he didn't care no matter how many of his men died.
This is not simply a matter of brotherhood. Revenge is something that is advocated and even praised as the only correct solution in the warrior culture of the Moon Country.
The undisciplined Rigarians could not understand Kazuto.
If a young man from a samurai family has his father killed, then according to traditional culture, the right thing to do is not to forget everything and start a new life, but to abandon everything and pursue revenge to the ends of the earth.
This paranoia runs through their minds, regarding many goals and what Rigarians consider to be rigid persistence as being more important than life. If the honor that is more important than life in the words of the knights of Rigar is just a hypocritical rhetoric to gild themselves, then the warriors of the Kingdom of the Moon have truly implemented something into their souls.
Although this traditional culture is not entirely beautiful, it is undeniable that it is precisely because of this almost fanatical spiritual concept.
Only some warriors were able to overcome the influence of the environment and work single-mindedly without external protection.
They only come here to kill their enemies.
"Dong dong dong dong——!!" The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded from not far behind, and it was very close in an instant. Even with the rune stones to reduce weight, the oiran carrying the Luoan girl on his back still couldn't walk very fast. When the knight on horseback realized that he had been lured away and returned, the three of them had just arrived on the dim wilderness full of traces of battle.
Henry heard the sound from a distance, but he still took out the runestones from his pocket.
The entrance from the rift to the normal world is difficult to discern with the naked eye. The direction of the flow can only be detected when the eyes are covered with magic. So in order to pass through it, the sage must first make the gap visible to the naked eye.
The method is very simple and crude. Just as any living creature will feel uncomfortable due to external magic, so will this world that is like a living creature.
The originally finely carved mithril runes on the expensive rune stones were brutally destroyed by Henry with a dagger. In less than 5 seconds, the money he burned could arm 50 heavy cavalry.
The magic power contained within the gem that should have been emitted in a specific form began to be released in an extremely unstable way because the channel was destroyed, and the sage threw them accurately towards the gap.
"Bang!!!!" For humans, the non-attributed magic power that has not been prepared into a special form is just as difficult to breathe as if the air is drained out in a short period of time, but for this weird world, it is more than that.
"Boom!!!" After the dazzling white light flashed, the entire scene seemed to be distorted. The dim red light in the air was dispersed, and then a door composed of countless white shining fragments opened in front of Sakura.
"Hoo-!!" The cold wind blew in from the other end of the light door, dispersing the stuffy environment and making people's minds clear.
Sakura looked back at Henry.
"Let's go." The sage tightened his grip on the one-handed sword and turned back to face the enemy.
There were only 18 warriors who could successfully complete the round trip. The leading red-armored warrior knew the moment he saw Henry that this was the enemy he was pursuing.
"Seal it down, don't let that woman escape!" His thoughts were sharpened by the influence of the clear magic power. As soon as he saw the tall foreigner standing in front of them, he understood that the other party was on the run. two women.
Just killing is not enough, the other party must also feel the pain of losing a loved one.
"Kill!" 14 of the remaining 17 samurai spread out and drew a semicircle from both sides. While staggering the friendly forces, they drew their bows and arrows at Sakura and Mira diagonally in front, and then released them without hesitation. The bowstring.
"Whoosh whoosh-" It struck from multiple angles and was obscured by the strong illumination of the light gate and the contrast between light and dark of the surrounding dim scenery. Even Henry was not confident that he could block it all, but this was not the reason why he was indifferent.
"Boom——!" The powerful bow and arrow were disturbed by the cold current pouring out from it when it was close to the light gate, flying randomly and finally falling to the ground in pieces.
"Is there airflow?" The red-armored warrior noticed the problem, so he further ordered: "Abandon bows and arrows, use melee combat!" He shouted loudly, and the warriors who had already rushed out immediately threw away their big guns. Bow, pulled out the waist knife.
"Kill!!" The war horses galloped, and the warriors leveled the long knives in their hands. The blades moved forward without any need to swing them. Just the charge of the horses was enough to cut off a person's head.
A horse is the most loyal comrade of a knight or samurai, and it is also the most powerful weapon.
Even the relatively petite war horse of the Moon Kingdom weighs 400 kilograms, far more than most humans.
Because of this, the cavalry must consider the direction of friendly forces when charging to avoid collisions.
The cavalry charge is indeed very powerful, but like all other arms, tactics and weapons - the battle is not determined by absolute strength, but more like the survival of the fittest.
Mastering the environment is a basic course, especially for mercenary professions that lack logistical support.
This is a battlefield that warriors have fought on before. Even if others cannot see clearly due to the surrounding visibility, in the eyes of the sage with night vision, the dead bodies and fallen weapons on the ground are clearly visible.
"Wha-!!!" The warriors who rushed over saw the foreigner stamping his feet hard on the ground, and then a spear was raised in front of the leading warrior.
"Stop-bang!!" The voice stopped suddenly. The charging horse, which was accurately hit by the tip of the spear on the chest, fell sideways after a pause, while other people who rushed behind were tripped by friendly forces one after another.
"Dismount and fight on foot!" The warriors on the other side reacted and stopped their horses in a hurry, but the sage had already killed them one step ahead.
"Crack--" Henry approached at an extremely fast speed. Before the dismounted samurai raised his sword, he grabbed the opponent's wrist and then hit the face with the weighted ball of the one-handed sword. Then he broke off the opponent's sword-wielding hand with one hand and at the same time lifted the long sword that fell on the ground with his toes. He turned around and inserted the one-handed sword into the throat of another warrior who shouted "Death to outsiders!" He held the long sword high and took it smoothly. Just pick up the long knife in mid-air.
"When-cha-cha-cha-" Immediately after he clashed with the third person with his long sword, he changed the angle and rushed forward in the usual way of the people on the west coast. The samurai wanted to pull away and retreat, but his speed was not as fast as that of the sage. Kankan wanted to avoid Henry, but he changed his angle midway and used brute force to bend the opponent's knife and cut the side of his neck.
"Crack--" He then switched to holding the sword with one hand. When the second samurai fell, he pulled out Mira's one-handed sword that was stuck in his throat, and then used the long sword he took from the samurai. Blocking the attack of the fourth samurai, his offhand stabbed the hole in his armpit. The warrior was wearing a gorget and could not attack his vitals. He grunted in pain but did not retreat but pressed forward, trying to use his life to buy time for his teammates' attacks. But Henry not only had two hands to move, he directly raised his foot. He kicked the opponent on the breastplate and made him roll out several times.
Knives, spears, daggers, fists.
The warriors wearing armor felt like fragile babies in front of Henry.
The lighter armor of the Moon Kingdom has more gaps and weaknesses than the Rigal plate armor. Even if it is not aimed at these places, the arm guards protected by iron bars are completely unable to withstand the brute force of the sage.
Tragedy fills the land.
In the flash of lightning, more than ten warriors suffered heavy casualties.
But Henry was still a step slower.
"Put down the weapons in your hands." While the friendly forces were fighting for time with their lives, the red-armored samurai led the remaining few people to detour and stop in front of Sakura, who was carrying Mira on her back.
"Ka-" He took off the helmet with gorgeous brass decorations on his head and threw it on the ground. His long black and blue hair was flying randomly in the cold wind flowing in from the light door.
The remaining four warriors around them aimed their spears at the unarmored oiran and the Luoan girl. With just one thrust forward, the two of them would be killed.
The samurai lowered the sword in his hand and looked over with an expression as if he had avenged his great revenge.
But the sage did not look at him.
"Are you awake?" He suddenly said, and Sakura noticed that the white-haired girl behind her no longer seemed to have a high fever.
"I——" The Luoan girl, who still felt a little confused, opened her eyes with magical blue light. She immediately realized her situation. Although her mind was confused, her instinct as a combat professional made her involuntarily want to Get out of this crisis.
So she opened her mouth. She didn't know whether it was because the cold wind reminded her of something she had experienced on a cold day a long time ago or something else.
"Any learning begins with imitation."
"The babbling of a baby, the little girl imitating her mother's appearance and putting on a long dress."
"Magic is actually no exception."
After a long, long time, the voice and smile of the Elf Magister who had traveled with him appeared before his eyes again.
"The wind is blowing," she said, half asleep.
"Listen to my orders."
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