clash (2)
Sounds that I couldn’t tell whether screaming or yelling buzzed in my ears.
Someone’s limbs scattered here and there.
One soldier who could not bear to die was crying as he picked up the spilling internal organs.
“······What is this.”
Stephen felt like he was walking through a dream as he looked at the scene unfolding before him.
This can’t be happening.
Until recently, we were confident of victory.
“Come to your senses!”
A sudden pulling of the collar.
It was only then that Stephen was able to come down from his strange feeling of floating when a voice pierced his deaf ears.
It was Godin, the knight commander.
“We have to move! “It’s not over yet!”
I could feel the force suppressing the chaos in Godin’s eyes, shining more intensely than ever.
Godin’s momentum usually felt like poison, but in the current situation, it actually became a benefit to Stephen.
“okay······. yes. “It’s not over yet.”
It was only then that Stephen, who met Godin’s eyes, was able to catch his breath and look at the battlefield.
As he said, it was definitely not over yet.
On the battlefield, his father was still shouting loudly and preparing his formation.
“Hurry up and stick to the right wall! “Don’t be stupid and get hit by arrows!”
Bayezid’s cavalry suddenly attacked.
They took everything they wanted with their first charge, but Gaidar had not yet fallen.
“Wagner! Lead the cavalry! “Get those crazy people away!”
“All right!”
Even though he was a knight who lost his flag, anyone would have to do their part in a situation like this.
Wagner quickly collects the cavalry and separates from the main unit.
And Sigmund moves his formation towards the right wall they occupied.
Rutger, who was catching his breath for the second assault, bit his lip as he watched the Gaidar army resolve the confusion faster than expected.
“Ishtvan-! You stupid son! “Didn’t you understand what I said?”
It was only when Sigmund shouted his name that Stephen was able to return to his normal gaze.
His actions are frivolous and light, but his qualities as a monarch are certain.
“Didn’t you hear me tell you to light the car?”
Stephen, who suddenly came to his senses at Sigmund’s shout, looked at the heavily charred gates of Deermar.
Various siege weapons scattered around there.
Until recently, they had been used to capture the castle gate, but now they were used to block the Hainal army from coming out.
“······Your squad follows me! Everyone, take your oil and your torch!”
Even now, the eyes of Bayezid, who is looking at them sharply in front of them, are fierce.
However, the person who is more worrying than them is Deermar, who has no choice but to be placed right at the back of the formation.
“shit!”
Bayezid and Haynal are completely caught between the two.
To overcome this situation, we must step forward.
The walls of Deremar, which they had hammered so hard, had already lost their function, so there would be no point in pushing through them.
“Quickly light it!”
The chariots and siege towers begin to burn one by one according to Stephen’s instructions.
As soon as the massive body began to catch fire, black smoke began to block the gates of Deirmar.
“done!”
As he looked at the roaring flames, Stephen’s face began to turn red.
With this level of obstacles and fire, no matter how much you open the gate, you won’t be able to jump out straight away.
It would probably take several hours to clear away the scattered siege engines, and that was enough time to buy.
Now the Gaidar army only has to deal with Bayezid in front of them.
“······!”
However, at that moment, Stephen’s shoulders flinched due to the sudden force he felt.
“this.”
A cool presence felt from behind the castle gate.
Someone was glaring at him from behind the gates of Deermar, which were so quiet it almost looked like a girl.
“This bastard…”
I obviously couldn’t hear it, but I could feel it.
The sign of someone slowly catching their breath behind the gate.
The unforgettable duel of that day was slowly emerging in Stephen’s mind.
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Soldiers coming down the narrow stairs, relying on each other.
The stairs, which had been deliberately designed to be narrow for fear of the castle walls falling, were holding the soldiers’ ankles and slowing down their movements.
However, despite the slow retreat, they were able to safely reach the ground thanks to one knight who is still standing behind the soldiers.
“Huh, huh…”
Knight of Bayezid. Vlad of Shoara.
The once gorgeous blonde hair was now stained bright red here and there, showing off the fierceness of the past.
Nevertheless, if there is one thing that cannot be shaken, it would be the blue eyes that shine alone.
Even though it was covered in blood, it was the only one that maintained its color.
“Come in again. “You guys.”
The ending of the phlegmatic words sounded like the growl of an animal.
However, Gaidar’s knights gritted their teeth because they knew it was not a simple threat but a sharp warning.
“That crazy bastard.”
“Stop letting me go. “Let’s not lose strength here.”
Gaidar’s knights slowly began to retreat, as if they were tired of the sound.
It was as if they were moving to open the way and let them go, but somewhere in their steps was a sense of helpless defeat.
It was a path of bright red blood that seemed to go on endlessly along the castle wall, but from behind Vlad, the floor was completely exposed.
As if he had cut off the head of a snake, the young knight had cut off the bloody path.
“Vlad. “Everyone retreated.”
“······good.”
Vlad glanced behind him and was able to confirm that all the soldiers had retreated as Stefan had said.
“let’s go.”
Vlad and Stefan slowly back away while looking at Gaidar’s knights.
I was clearly struggling, but I couldn’t hold out any longer.
The right wall of Deermar was already swarming with Gaidar’s soldiers, and even now the knights who had set a bright blue day were glaring at him.
“Be careful.”
Vlad glared at the knights in front of him without even blinking and slowly walked down the stairs, relying on Stefan.
A strange distance is created between Vlad and Gaidar’s knights.
However, although it was Vlad who was taking a step back now, the expression of relief was emerging from Gaidar’s knights.
‘Gaidar…’
As Vlad slowly walked down the stairs, his eyes were filled with the flag fluttering above.
A flag with Gaidar’s eagle, not the tree of Hynar, engraved on it.
Seeing the target of revenge so close that he could no longer avoid it, Vlad quietly strengthened his resolve.
“Are you okay? “Are you hurt anywhere?”
After escaping from the castle walls, Vlad and Stefan quickly ran to the reserve unit behind them.
As Vlad approached, voices of praise began to be heard little by little.
As soon as the soldiers of Hainal, who had collapsed from exhaustion in various places, saw Vlad, they began to stand up with their heavy bodies.
“it’s okay.”
Vlad wiped the blood from his face with the towel that Xayar gave him, then turned his head towards the aquatic eyes looking at him in front of him.
“Because it was something that had to be done.”
Her pursed lips looked as strong as her tightly pulled up hair.
However, her worried gaze was something that could not be helped.
Vlad, who had sensitive hearing, remembered a faint voice shouting from afar, telling him to come down quickly.
“Good work. “Now rest.”
Josef said many words as he hugged Vlad’s blood-stained shoulder.
The person who watched Vlad’s struggles on the castle wall with more anxiety than anyone else would have been Josef.
“I will go.”
“······Don’t be stubborn.”
“Please let me follow you. “Didn’t you promise me?”
However, Vlad did not put his sword away, as if he did not want to receive Josef’s consideration.
A solid red line is still dripping along the sword.
Vlad’s shaking shoulders, as well as his heavy breathing, showed his condition, but he couldn’t stop there.
“You said you would send me to Godin, didn’t you? That was our promise.”
“······.”
The promised time has come.
The young knight was closer to the blue moon than ever before and was now confidently demanding his rights.
“okay. “It certainly was.”
Josef clearly remembered.
You have faith and I have honor.
So, if the opportunity and qualifications arise, I will create a space for you to take revenge.
Because that was the condition he set for himself for seven years.
“I promise. “I will definitely not act rashly this time.”
Vlad wasn’t just asking for it.
“Even if I stand in front of Godin, I will prioritize my responsibilities and duties as a knight.”
I’ve made a lot of mistakes so far, but I hope you trust me this time.
Because I know who I am and what I should do.
Vlad, who shouldered the responsibility of being a knight, could no longer be a boy who only thought about revenge.
“I will not ruin this war with my personal grudges.”
“······.”
Duty adds weight to life, and weight makes it more serious.
Josef could only nod as he looked at the boy, of whom only traces remained.
“good night.”
Josef ignored Alicia’s prickly gaze approaching from behind and gestured with his hand, instructing him to bring Noir.
“I believe you. “The trust you have shown me all this time was clearly sincere.”
The reason Josef did not let go of Vlad despite numerous mistakes was not simply because he coveted talent.
Even as a boy, Vlad was clearly a man who tried to keep his word.
No matter how huge and unbearable those words were.
Josef appreciated Vlad’s sincerity.
“You must not lose yourself in any anger. Losing yourself means losing your way forward.”
Noir’s cries start to get closer from afar.
Nevertheless, the reason we cannot take our eyes off Josef is probably because the words he is conveying contain many things.
“Gaidar blocked the door. “The path ahead is narrow and there will be no one to help you.”
“All right.”
Vlad finally got out of Josef’s eyes and looked at the tightly closed gates of Deermar.
The pitiful castle gate was bursting in several places because we did our best.
However, in order to advance into the wider world, one day you have to run out of the safe castle.
“good. “Go and tell us that we are alive and well.”
The gate slowly begins to open following Josef’s instructions.
What was visible through the narrow gap in the door was just an obstacle in various places, but even so, Vlad was able to clearly see the path he should take.
A path appears through my deeply closed left eye.
Because the traces left by Auguste showed the direction Vlad should take.
“Then I’ll be back.”
If there is a way, there is no reason to hesitate.
Vlad, who was trapped in a closed world, was a person who was prepared to break through even the narrowest gap.
Beyond the red flames and black smoke, Vlad’s blue eyes began to look outside the castle gate.
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“This is crazy!”
Stephen looked at the scene in front of him and cursed without realizing it.
A blue perch was burning quietly beyond the black smoke.
Because that perch was now running towards me without hesitation.
“Stop it! Stop it!”
The gates of Deermar were only half-open, as if something had been damaged by the harsh offensive.
However, even if it is only that much, it will be enough to get through the short-term crisis.
For the boy in the back alley, an opening like this was nothing short of a blessing.
That guy is rushing!
You can’t pass anyway! Just one obstacle or two!
Siege engines lined up and burning.
No matter how good a horseman is, he will not be able to overcome these obstacles.
Stephen, who knew this well, kept his eyes wide open, waiting for the moment when Vlad would stop.
Heeeeeeeeh-!
However, the black horse in the prairie was a spiritual creature that surpassed his common sense.
Noir, who perfectly recognized Vlad’s path through the world they were in contact with, rushed forward without the slightest hesitation, cutting through the fire and invisible smoke.
“oh my god.”
Istvan opened his mouth in a daze as he watched Vlad jump over his head.
A knight who had his sword taken away.
Vlad had been gnashing his teeth at him until now, but now he was looking beyond himself and beyond.
“let’s go! Noir!”
Heeheeh-!
The blue moonlight I remembered was flowing through my closed left eye.
No matter how painful the wound is, it cannot be denied that it is the foundation of Vlad’s world.
The world of knights encountered for the first time between bonfires. And through it, one’s own nest is lost.
Vlad, who had been repeating these words over and over until now, finally gained the right to completely utter the name of Moonlight.
“Go—Dean! Godin, Knight of Gaidar!”
Vlad and Noir run through Gaidar’s not-yet-formed formation, cutting down the soldiers standing in their way.
Everyone in Gaidar turned around as the knight suddenly appeared from behind.
“I am here! “You’re a knight who didn’t pay a fair price!”
Vlad moves forward alone through the huge waves.
Godin’s passing glance was looking at Vlad as if he couldn’t believe it.
“Take this back you son of a bitch!”
Although I can’t fully reach it yet.
But now the blue moonlight sees me.
A black lump thrown by Vlad flew into Godin’s wide-open eyes.
“I told you so!”
On a cold winter day, there was a boy who cried out as he crawled across the red-stained floor.
“I will definitely kill you!”
The smile of a rose filled with only silence.
A place where only Jorge’s shaking neck and the sobbing cries of the prostitutes became the boy’s witnesses.
It wasn’t just blood and tears that flowed there.
“······under.”
A knight takes only the fair price.
But Vlad, as a boy, did not accept the false reward offered to him.
I just kept it for a long time.
Like a scar left by a wound.
“······Do you still have this?”
A piece of meat clumsily put together.
That day, a piece of clumsy beef jerky spilled over Vlad’s head and ended up in his hand again.
Godin smiled helplessly as he looked at the black lump that flew straight at him.
“Get out of the way!”
Vlad went straight through the formation of Gaidar’s army and headed towards Bayezid.
A gap in the formation that split in a straight line, like the traces of an arrow.
Meanwhile, Vlad threw it with all his might towards the blue moonlight that was finally looking at him.
Even the painful memories of that day that I kept with the beef jerky.
