The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player Chapter 156

Episode 156

The morale of the soldiers who lost the main flag of the main camp was bound to hit rock bottom.

As if that wasn’t enough, Raoul hung the golden falcon flag, the symbol of the First Guild, in the place where the captain’s flag was placed.

Although there were as many as 12,000 troops, it was not easy to maintain the formation when the main camp fell and the commanders fled.

“Now stay where you are! Fight until the end!”

The lower-ranking commanders of the Baron Alliance tried to continue the battle by comforting the soldiers, but it was meaningless.

When Raoul broke through, the middle army soldiers who had already lost their will to fight were completely crushed by the First Knights who came after them.

“Drop your weapons! Drop your weapons and get down on the floor! “Whoever surrenders will be spared!”

Most of the soldiers lowered their heads to the floor as if they were waiting for the knights’ shouts.

“damn. “What should I do?”

The Baron’s forces on the left and right wings, which had not suffered direct damage, were at a loss.

The command team fled and the central army was completely destroyed.

If I fought, I felt like I would not be an opponent, and if I surrendered, I felt like I would be a coward who would give up the battle while leaving an intact unit behind.

However, the choices of the left and right were different.

“This is a fight that cannot be won. “There is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices.”

Baron Allen’s commander chose to meekly surrender.

The soldiers heaved a sigh of relief at his decision and quietly put down their weapons and sat down.

But right-wing writer Baron Yosef chose resistance.

“Even if we surrender like this, there is no way they will save us. “It’s a desperate battle!”

Of course, they had no intention of risking their own lives.

‘I need to take cover while the soldiers take their time.’

And the troops were pushed into the battlefield.

“Get into formation! “Anyone who runs away will die by my hands first!”

Independent officers placed in the middle of the unit checked the desertion of soldiers and advanced the formation.

The soldiers had no choice but to walk out, aiming their spears at the enemies in front.

However, unfortunately, a player unit was deployed on the right wing.

Dalton, who was commanding the guild troops and players, smiled broadly.

‘What kind of windfall is this? I thought I would just watch and end, haha.’

Dalton shouted, pulling out his sword.

“Everyone ready for battle! Ranged classes target the enemy command center in the rear, not the enemy in the front!”

There was no reason to massacre the conscripts.

‘Do you think it’ll be safe if I stay in the back?’

Dalton gave the order, mocking the enemy command that was herding soldiers at the back of the formation.

“Start the attack! “The mobile unit must bypass the enemy and surround him!”

Shuuuk! Grumble! Kurung!

Before I knew it, various attacks from ranged classes and players began to fly towards the enemies who had narrowed the distance to a hundred meters in front.

The archers’ kills, including fireballs, ice blades, wind blows, and other colorful spells, as well as power shots, curved shots, and arrow showers, passed over the heads of enemy soldiers and headed toward the rear.

“Ugh! “What?”

“Why is the wizard here!?”

Baron Josef’s commanders were shocked and blocked the attack with shields and mana blades, but there were too many of them.

Kugwagwang! pop!

Even though the power was not strong, the commanders were swept away by the skills that poured down like a shower.

‘Raoul was right.’

The Kingdom of Ruben was constitutionally too vulnerable to magic or supernatural abilities.

Of course, it would be rare elsewhere to have a high-ranking wizard deploying a large-scale defensive magic circle during a territory war or something like that.

These were attacks that an expert-level knight could have easily blocked if he had responded calmly.

Doo doo doo.

The cavalry belonging to the left wing of Raoul’s army quickly detoured to the enemy’s left, swirling dust.

“run!”

And right after that, the players ran forward and formed a siege network.

Melee players with skills such as sprint, acceleration, and dash blocked the enemy’s flanks at speeds that were unimaginable to ordinary soldiers.

puck! Plop!

“Drop your weapons!”

Before we knew it, the leaders of both sides clashed.

No, in reality, a scene unfolded that was embarrassing to call a collision.

Patter.

“Help me!”

“Ha surrender!”

The conscripts in the front line threw down their spears and fell to their knees, as if they were rushing to surrender.

The players passed through the ranks as if ignoring the conscripts.

“Don’t worry about those idiots who aren’t even level 20! “We are aiming for a big catch!”

The front row of players was occupied by guilds of ten or more people.

The guild leaders of each guild have already received briefings and instructions for this battle.

“Don’t kill them, capture them alive! “If you kill them, the reward will be reduced!”

The First Guild ordered that soldiers be captured alive rather than killed if possible.

The territory is going to be annexed anyway, but if the regular soldiers get hurt a lot, the resentment of the residents will grow and the number of workers in the territory will decrease.

And although players have become accustomed to hunting monsters, they still have aversion to killing people, no matter how NPC they are.

In this one-sided situation, players ‘slaughtering’ NPCs was not what Raoul wanted.

‘I’ll give you a taste of this battle. Sooner or later, when a new scenario begins, players will be able to decide which side they will stick to.’

It would be a great help if the top players in Connect showed interest in the First Guild and Territory and joined Raoul’s forces.

“Get your formation in order! “It’s the real enemy!”

After breaking through the group of conscripts, the baron’s regular soldiers were waiting for the players.

Since they were soldiers who had received formal training and experienced actual battles with monsters, they were incomparable to conscripts in terms of spirit and skill.

Shhh! Empty! Chaejaejaeng!

The spears of the soldiers stretched out from behind the shield soldiers aimed at the players.

However, players who believed in their level and stats pushed the spear appropriately and rammed their bodies towards the enemy.

“Shield Charge!”

“Breaking Attack!”

“Power slash!”

The players responded with skills to the soldiers in solid formation.

Some were helplessly blocked by strong defenses, while others immediately pushed away the shield soldiers and jumped into the midst of the enemies.

“Kill!”

“evil!”

Cradangtang Chang!

In an instant, it turned into a melee as players and soldiers mixed in.

The territory’s regular soldiers, who can be considered elite in their own way, range in level from approximately 25 to 40.

And the average level of players who participated in this territory war is around 30.

When looking at weapon handling skills and training, the soldiers were ahead, but the potential of the players armed with skills and various equipment was also formidable.

Above all, players were able to move boldly because there was no fear of death.

Moreover, since the rankers had skills close to those of knights, it was not easy for ordinary soldiers to block them.

In the end, I thought the player’s side would win…

Chang! Plop!

“Guys, break through!”

In the meantime, there were people attacking the players: mercenaries hired by the Baron.

In fact, one of the most unfair and damaging groups in this battlefield was the mercenaries.

If a noble is defeated in a territory battle and becomes a prisoner, he or she will be freed by paying a ransom.

It is also common for soldiers to be released with appropriate compensation.

But no one takes care of mercenaries.

If you were unlucky, you would be sold to a slave dealer, and even if you were lucky, you could only be released if you served free until the ransom was repaid or if you received a guarantee from the mercenary association.

Although they ended up paying the price for choosing the wrong side, they were definitely the unluckiest ones.

Perhaps that is why the attitude of the mercenaries engaged in battle was also desperate.

“Southwest! “Drill to the southwest!”

Of course, rather than being determined to win the battle, my intention was to somehow find an opportunity to escape the battlefield.

In any case, the battle between the soldiers of Baron Yosef, the right wing of the Baron Alliance, and the player’s unit became a fierce battle.

Nevertheless, the reason why there were so few deaths and only the number of injured was probably because everyone on the battlefield knew that the battle had already been decided.

“What should I do?”

When the knight in command of Raoul’s left wing asked Dalton, he glanced at the battlefield and said:

“hmm. This should be enough. “Isn’t that right?”

Dalton’s sword had already touched Commander Baron Josef’s uvula.

“Hee hee. That’s right! I surrender. I surrender. please!”

The commander, who was lying on the floor after being stepped on by Dalton, cried out earnestly.

That’s because he had been shouting surrender in this position for several minutes already.

“Let’s organize it.”

“Yes, sir. Everyone enter!”

At Dalton’s words, the First Knights and guild elites who were controlling the enemy’s command center rushed into the battlefield, generating mana blades on their swords.

At the same time, Dalton shouted.

“Everyone stop moving! The battle ends here! From now on, anyone brandishing a weapon will be punished as a violation of military law!”

As his voice spread across the battlefield with the power of the loudspeaker magic artifact, the sounds of weapons gradually quieted down.

“It’s a shame. “I should have accumulated more points.”

“Huh huh. “It’s definitely different in real life.”

“Therapist! “There’s an injured person here!”

The players put their regrets aside and stopped firing their weapons.

In addition to the rewards promised by the First Guild, territory battle quests had been created through the connect system.

Players participated in the battle with enthusiasm because rewards were paid differentially according to the achievement level achieved during the territory battle.

Tuk. Patter.

As the players withdrew their weapons, the Baron’s soldiers laid them down on the ground without hesitation.

Even some mercenaries who tried to resist to the point of resistance had no choice but to bow their heads in front of the razor-colored Mana Blade.

The first territorial war in Connect ended with a landslide victory for Raoul and the First Guild.

and.

“Let go of this! How dare you know who I am!”

“I can’t believe a mere knight would treat the lord of the kingdom like this! Does Viscount Raoul have no honor?”

There were people being dragged by horses with their hands and feet tied to ropes.

It was the leadership of the Barony Union, including Baron Brox, who had fled.

“Just shut up and walk. “There are a lot of cowards who abandoned their subordinates and ran away just to live for themselves!”

Kane shouted, looking at the guys with pitiful eyes.

“Inoom! Are you being picky because you think there is someone behind us? “Untie this rope right now!”

“Oh, is that so? It looks like a very respectable person is looking after you. But what should I do? “I don’t think even that great man can protect you right now.”

“You rude bastard! “How dare a mere knight insult me like this!”

Stand tall.

Kane suddenly stopped walking. Then he drew out his dagger and approached Baron Brox.

“What is it?”

“Some article keeps saying something.”

A green mana blade shot out from Kane’s dagger.

“Don’t you know anything even if you look at this?”

Ugh.

And the size of the green mana blade that rose gradually decreased, its color became darker, and it soon turned into something that gave off an intense energy.

Whiing.

With just a slight swing, the knights with mana felt a chill down their spines.

“No matter which family I join right now, I can receive the title of baron or higher?”

Kane has already reached the highest level of Expert.

Considering that once you reach the level of a master, you can be treated as a viscount even if you have no power or background, there was nothing strange about what he said.

“So, what I’m saying is, don’t mess around with the baron of a now ruined territory. “If you irritate me any more, I’ll cut off your useless tongue.”

In the first place, when Kane, who was an expert in this field, even picked up a temporary Auror and threatened him, the barons had no choice but to tremble and keep quiet.

And they finally arrived in front of Raoul.

Raoul, who was sitting with his chin resting on a chair placed on a platform inside the large barracks, smiled and slowly walked towards them.

“So, can I hear who those amazing people are?”

“gulp.”

The barons, overwhelmed by Raoul’s force, couldn’t even make a sound and just rolled their eyes for a while.

(Continued in the next part)