Sword Master Who Leapt Through Time - Chapter 41



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#41 Ultimatum

It only lasted 10 minutes.

“Okay, here you go, captain. Do you want to keep fighting?”

The time it took for Lancen, who had entered the outer wall, to reappear with Ceceres’s head.

“Wow… that’s ridiculous… … .”

The captain of the outer wall’s defenses trembled his lips.

“If you keep fighting, I’ll kill you all here.”

The captain of the garrison raised his voice without realizing it as he met Lansen’s dry eyes.

“Oh, no!”

In fact, what really scared him was neither Lancen’s gaze nor the head of Ceceres in his hand.

‘The clothes… …!’

Those were Lansen’s clothes.

‘There’s not a single drop of blood… …!’

The captain of the garrison knew what preparations had been made inside.

Cáceres is a man of courage.

Of course, the greatest plan he had prepared was the flag of the Gale King, but he did not believe in it alone.

Whether it was a situation where Lancen, unable to control his anger, would rush in with his troops, or a situation where he would rush in with a small group of elite soldiers like he did when he killed Deulkashu before, Ceceres created all scenarios and prepared countermeasures for them.

But why did the results come out like this?

‘Expert-level warriors… … Berserkers… … You single-handedly took them all out in 10 minutes? Without even a drop of blood on your clothes?’

The captain was afraid.

This man in front of me.

A being with overwhelming power that can never be simply described as Sword Master.

Even if you fight back, all that will result is death.

In the end, he only had one choice.

“What are you guys doing! Drop your weapons and open the gates!”

“Yes, old!”

Chaeng! Chaenggang!

The sound of swords being thrown here and there was as loud as the sound of rain.

Squeak!

The outer gate of the castle, made of wooden palisade, opened.

It was the moment when Lansen single-handedly captured Kashish.

* * *

“That’s what the soldiers said.”

I was sitting on the sofa in the lord’s office taking a break when Calceric spoke to me.

“What are you saying?”

“Captain, aren’t you actually a ghost?”

“What are you talking about?”

Calceric looked at me as if he really didn’t know.

“Honestly, I really don’t know. How on earth did you do it?”

“what?”

“No. It’s blood. There are corpses of experts strewn across the downtown area, and inside the castle, there are corpses of berserkers piled up like mountains… … Why on earth isn’t there a single drop of blood on the captain’s clothes?”

“Cut it well so that blood doesn’t splatter, but if it does, just stand up and push it away.”

“… … .”

“… … Don’t you know? If you raise the aura with the sword, the wind will just swirl around. So you can use that to make drops of blood… … .”

“I know! Of course! I’m also a top-level expert. But is it as easy as it sounds? No, calculating all the blood that splatters here and there and doing it like that… …!”

“It was easy.”

“… … Ah, yes… … .”

“It was nothing special.”

To be honest, I couldn’t do this before I learned ancient swordsmanship.

But for now, I’m just getting started.

Wow, I’m getting stronger for this taste.

“Can’t you do calceric?”

While I was at it, I stabbed Calceric too.

“… … I can’t.”

“Really? That’s easy.”

“Oh, really!”

Calceric blushing.

I ended up giggling.

I feel like we’ve become a little closer now.

I stretched and went out onto the terrace.

As expected from a royal residence, standing here gives you a panoramic view of the city.

“Is everyone working hard?”

It looked good here too.

The Kushan city administrators who followed the 1st Regiment were busy moving around and taking control of various parts of Kashish.

The court, the tax office, of course, but also the barracks and this castle.

Go through all the documents, check, take over, and classify the assets and personnel existing in Kash.

Since I brought only the sharp guys from Kushan City, I will take control of everything here in three days.

“I feel a little relieved now. We ate Kash before the King of the Wind. After all.”

Calceric objected to what I said.

“Did you eat it first? … … This is clearly the city where his flag was hung. This is going to be a problem.”

“So what if it happens? We’re bound to get together someday anyway.”

“You know… … that our forces are still far behind, right?”

“It’s okay. That’s why we hurriedly took over Kushan. As long as Kinalo is here, Harun can’t attack us directly yet. Even if he does, it will be difficult to launch a full-scale attack because of Jafar to the south.”

“That’s true, but… … .”

“Don’t be so scared.”

“How can you not be afraid? Your opponents are the Five Kings!”

Calceric. At first I thought he was a serious mercenary captain, but now I see he’s just a nag.

‘Oh, wasn’t it serious at first?’

The first time we met was when I got on my knees and begged for my life… … .

“Huh? Huh? I think you’re thinking about something extremely rude and unpleasant right now?”

“No. No.”

I fixed my expression and told a white lie to save face for my subordinate.

While Calceric and I were chatting like that, a soldier knocked and came in.

“Count!”

“huh?”

“I think I found it! That strange chapel you were talking about.”

Oh, I really found it.

I corrected my posture.

As Sea had predicted, there was a cult chapel here too.

“A chapel? That’s right. Now that I think about it, why did you ask me to look for something like that? I’m a bit of a religious person… … ”

“Religion is a piece of shit. I’m just trying to time travel.”

“yes?”

Calceric’s eyes widened, but I just laughed.

I should let you know someday, but I think it’s a bit premature and I’m also lazy.

‘By the way, would it be a bit strange to check it now?’

If it were up to me, I would have taken the Book of Destiny and gone to see it right away… but… if I were forced to time travel like last time, the situation would have been very difficult.

Because I had just cut down the flag of the Storm King.

At the very least, I will have to check how the Storm King comes out and make sure that he is under control enough before I can go.

“Keep the chapel as it is. Entry is prohibited.”

“Yes! I understand.”

After sending the soldier away, I turned my gaze outside the terrace again.

Calceric kept pestering me by asking, “What does time travel mean?” but I ignored him.

‘I need to communicate with Kinalosi as soon as possible.’

We’ve stabilized Kushan and cleared out Kashdo.

Now it’s Kinaloda.

We’ll have to take over that place someday, but for now, let’s form an alliance. If we combine our power with the magicians there, we’ll have a viable force that can keep the Gale King in check.

That was the plan.

Just two days later,

I had to scrap everything and start over from scratch.

* * *

Two days later at dawn.

The heralds of the Gale King looked down upon Kashish.

Riding a white horse with a particularly long and lush mane.

“He’s crazy.”

Pirje, a top-tier expert warrior belonging to the Gale Cavalry, looked at the city of Kash in the distance and clicked his tongue.

“You ignored Harun’s flag and took Kash? I knew you were crazy… … . Do you have about ten lives?”

She was offended.

Their ignorance.

“If you don’t know, you might think that way. You’re a sword master, so you think you can stand up to Lord Harun. You think your army can stand up to the gale cavalry. You might be mistaken like that.”

That ignorance was so ridiculous and funny.

Those who live outside of Ailun are just country bumpkins who don’t know anything.

They did not know how great the gap was between the land of Ailun, ruled by the Wind King, and the other regions.

Not to mention economic power, the quality and number of troops are on a whole other level.

“Even if it were an empire, they wouldn’t dare be this arrogant toward us.”

Pirze really believed that.

If Lansen had heard that, she would have laughed, but anyway, she really believed it.

“Let us go. Let us go and show our lord’s last mercy to these ignorant people.”

“yes!”

Leading the 9 members who answered sharply,

“Hey!”

She gave it a spur.

Heeheeeeing-!

Ranked as the best in all of Roverland,

The Ailun White Horse, which the Ailun people believe without a doubt to be the best in the world.

Among them, the best horses, carefully selected, let out a long cry and kicked the ground.

Doo doo doo doo-!

The wind passed by, hitting Pire’s cheek.

As a cavalry captain, she always loved this moment.

This overwhelming speed that even breaks the wind.

The 5-meter high fence that had been visible in the distance suddenly came into view.

Lancen’s soldiers, who were on guard above, noticed her and her men running, and were startled, so they fired arrows.

Peeweeeeel- Peeweeel-!

“Quite. The reaction is quick. Is that the Empire’s Black Palace?”

I was a little impressed.

The reaction was quick and the aim was accurate.

However,

None of them reached.

Because if you accelerate once more and accelerate once more, the arrow always falls backwards.

“Wh, what are you talking about!”

“It gets faster there?!”

A terrified voice was heard.

You’d be surprised. There is no faster horse under the sun.

“Huh… … Huh? It’s bumping into something!”

The soldiers on the fence were taken aback by the rush of Pirze and his party, who ran towards the fence without slowing down at all.

but,

thud—-!

Knock!

The horse never collided with the fence.

Something even more unbelievable happened.

“Me… …fly?”

The white horses leapt up from the ground and ran over the fence in one bound.

A horse that can jump over a 5-meter fence in one breath.

Can this even be called talk?

Heeeeeeeing-!

“Heeeeek!”

The cold gaze of the cavalry standing on the fence and howling horses, calmly glaring at the soldiers from above.

The soldiers retreated in fear, not even thinking of putting out their spears.

“Ailun White Horse… … ”

“Storm Cavalry!”

They are also warriors who live in Norberge.

I’ve heard all sorts of horror stories about the Ailun White Horse at least once.

I usually thought it was just an exaggerated rumor that was floating around… … but who would have thought it would really go over the 5 meter fence?

Pirze laughed.

The ignorant will eventually come to their senses only when they are shown a horseshoe in front of their eyes… … .

“Everyone listen up!!”

Her voice, full of aura, shook the city of Kashmir in the early morning.

An overwhelming force that surges like a wave, not only from the outer wall to the inner wall, and even beyond the Yeongju Castle.

“From Kinalo! A message from the King of the Wind! The King of the Wind takes pity on Lansen and makes one last offer! If you will now cast aside your stubbornness and have a drink with me, I will treat you as a brother and a friend!”

Pirze paused for a moment, then glanced around at the pale, exhausted soldiers nearby.

After that, I shouted each word louder and more forcefully.

“But! If you refuse this last offer! Next time, you and your friends will be treated as my captives! As unjust criminals! Please think carefully!”

The ultimatum that rang out through the dawn woke up the entire city.

Every single person heard this declaration.

And I saw.

Ten white horses climbed up the wall and ten horsemen sat on them like divine generals.

At that time, Calceric was on duty near the outer wall.

As soon as he realized what had happened, he ran as fast as he could.

‘Damn it… this is not good! If I do this, my morale will be ruined! I absolutely cannot let this go!’

When all the soldiers and experts nearby were frozen, he moved alone. To relieve this damned situation even a little.

So I set out.

I flew up from under the fence, aiming for a blind spot that was not easily visible.

“You bastard!!!!”

He swung his sword towards her neck, letting out a thunderous roar that could not be outdone by Pire’s voice.

Even if I couldn’t beat him, I was going to at least embarrass him…

Peeing-

The sword didn’t touch.

Pirze did not move, just stood there proudly, looking at Calceric.

‘What the hell are you talking about… …!’

The one who dodged the sword was the horse she was riding.

Ailun White Horse nullified Kalseric’s attack by taking just one step back.

And then,

Kwaaang!

As soon as the white horse stepped back, it stepped forward again.

Pire’s shield swings around with a whoosh at that exact moment.

“100 million!”

Calceric was hit by the shield without being able to dodge and fell under the fence.

“joy.”

Pirze, who had been bitten by a sneer, shouted one last time.

“The deadline is one month! I will wait for a good answer! Lansen!”

He immediately turned around.

“let’s go!”

“Yes! Here!”

As quickly as they appeared, the cavalry leapt down the wall and disappeared over the hill.

* * *

“… … You did it so loudly.”

In the midst of all this chaos, I arrived late.

I ran as fast as I could because I was far away at Yeongju Castle, but I was one step too late.

“Everyone’s expression is a mess.”

The faces of the soldiers who had been shining just a moment ago were now dark and dead.

Is it possible for such high morale to be broken in an instant?

“The Gale Cavalry… … .”

I looked into the distance, but they were already out of sight.

The guys left with a long-winded rant, but there was some noteworthy information among it.

‘Kinalo has already fallen?’

Splash.

My teeth ground out on their own.

If that’s true… … .

No, that’s probably true.

“You finally grabbed our leash?”

Now it is impossible to avoid the war.

“Okay. Let’s give it a try.”

They’re rushing in like this,

I need to check.

Those five kings, how well they fight.