I Became a Shaman in a Fantasy World - Chapter 80



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#80 Fraudulent Abilities (4)

A red-hot flame was burning an entire tree.

The sight of the undead walking through the flames was horrifying.

“Where is Geralt?”

The knight standing next to Count Nordin smiled bitterly at his question.

“I haven’t seen you since a while ago.”

“….”

“It seems like you’ve kept your honor.”

A saying that honor was maintained.

The meaning of those words, which were expressed indirectly, was that he had ended his life as a knight.

Count Nordin stopped swinging his sword and turned his head to the side.

He was a knight who had been by my side since I gained the title of count.

Knight Heinz.

His face and body were covered in burn marks from the flames.

His carefully tended beard was burnt and curled, and half of his face above it was distorted and covered in blood.

How is your body?

One of the two arms that were supposed to swing the sword was already gone.

“I’m sorry for making you follow such an incompetent lord.”

Heinz’s sword was imbued with aura and cut down the Spectre.

Although his aura was unclear, it was more than enough to protect his lord.

“There is fire everywhere. Your Majesty, please take cover.”

As he said, the situation here was getting worse.

This place was located at the very back of the mountain climbing force.

To prevent his troops from being surrounded, Count Nordin led his knights down to the rear.

It was something that wasn’t planned in advance.

But does war always go according to plan?

“If we get out of here, the troops on the mountain will be completely surrounded.”

“….”

“The fire will go out, so shouldn’t we secure an escape route?”

The elves will come soon.

To guard this path and hand it over to the elves.

That was the best way Count Nordin could think of.

“The knights who led this place, my lord, number fifty. The number of troops saved is several thousand.”

“You must have achieved something before you die.”

“I will do my best to honor my lord’s achievements.”

Heinz, who was stroking his beard out of habit, smiled bitterly.

Because he didn’t have an arm to touch his beard.

I caught two Death Knights, so I didn’t feel bad about wasting my arms.

Count Nordin joked and scolded Heinz.

“You should have helped with both hands. That’s so rude.”

“Haha, are you ignoring me because I don’t have an arm?”

Psik –

It was a light conversation for a conversation before death.

They will be each other’s friends enough in their last moments.

The count asked, adjusting his grip on his sword.

“Isn’t it painful?”

The answer was concise and clear.

“Patience and temperance are the chief virtues of a knight.”

“I learned a lot.”

The surviving knights gathered behind the count.

At first glance, there seem to be over thirty people.

Those who survived without the help of a wizard were the elite of the elite.

A glance passed between Heinz and the knights.

Although no one said it out loud, everyone probably thought the same thing.

“My lord, please forgive my rudeness.”

“hmm?”

Heinz’s hand struck Count Nordin’s back of the head like a bolt of lightning.

Phew –

Slap.

Clean movements without hesitation.

Even in the face of the serious crime of treason, the knights remained unshaken.

“Youngest.”

“Yes, sir!”

“Serve your lord.”

The knight called the youngest carried Count Nordin on his back.

“I will give my life.”

“The rest of you, follow me and guard this place!”

Thud –

***

Ouch.

“What the heck is this…”

The soldier who had been losing consciousness woke up.

He was possessed by a banshee and was walking into the fire.

“how…?”

The soldier looked down at his hand holding something and realized.

That the amulet that Chris had given me was still in my hand.

The comrade who was following behind was holding onto his crumpled armor.

“Are you alive too?”

The soldier had also been shot by Chris the night before.

He told me to wear thick armor because I could die if my chest was pierced.

“I don’t know how this is possible.”

He was a veteran who had experienced the Continental War in his childhood.

A horribly bent breastplate.

If he had been wearing the armor he was originally wearing, his chest would have been pierced and he would have died instantly.

The mystical experience was not limited to him.

Similar things happened all over the place.

“I was told to stick close to this guy.”

“They saved each other.”

Soldiers skilled in spearmanship.

They were a good match for each other.

There were various ways to survive.

“The explosion is avoided.”

That’s nonsense.

How could a single soldier avoid an explosion caused by a magic circle?

The soldier received this divination from Chris the day before.

‘Before you act impulsively, hesitate once. Just by doing that, your luck will change completely. And it will be great luck.’

It was exactly as he said.

A moment of hesitation before running out.

Wherever he was going, an explosion occurred without fail.

Later on, there were people who accompanied him and protected his body.

“Did you say Son Jae-su? He told me to bring extra weapons.”

Following those words, he came up carrying a small axe along with a spear.

Surprisingly, the horoscope turned out to be a reality.

The spear broke with a snap from the successive attacks.

If I hadn’t brought an axe, I would have died then.

“I heard on my way here that the situation is similar for the higher-ups.”

“They said that guy would get hurt but not die, and that’s exactly what happened!”

***

Count Pilard, who was coming up from the east.

He was moving forward, bewildered by unexpected situations.

Most fiefdoms train soldiers.

Among them, in the case of the County of Pilar, the training system was very thorough.

He was skilled in military tactics and conducted training to suit various situations.

But it was unfolding in a mountain I had never seen before.

“Sir! There is a side road on the right! It looks like the one used by the herbalists.”

“Even if we go there, wouldn’t it be difficult to move many troops?”

“There are trees cut down here and there! It’s perfect for climbing up in formation!”

There were also several training sessions to prepare for mountain warfare.

What’s surprising is that the appearance of the training ground and this place are very similar.

Although the terrain was rugged, it actually worked to their advantage.

It was easy to guess just by watching the soldiers find their familiar positions.

“If we keep going like this, we can quickly reach the top!”

“Send the soldiers forward immediately!”

Countless ways to fight the undead and climb up the ladder came to mind.

If you make good use of the terrain here, you will be able to occupy countless advantageous positions.

“I thought many fortune tellers were entangled…”

I never thought it would turn out like this.

A voice passed over the Count’s head as he advanced to a vantage point.

‘Beware of the necromancer’s magic. The Count may suffer a defeat at the hands of the undead.’

Ouch.

“Stop the troops! There might be an ambush there! Let’s go back a little further.”

At the order, the knights and soldiers changed direction.

The place I originally wanted to go was in a direction I wouldn’t even be able to reach.

Suddenly something strange happened.

“I… see a lot of necromancers and undead appearing up ahead! I turned to face the leader.”

It seemed that the necromancers had changed their tactics after realizing that the traps they had laid out were meaningless.

Rather than wasting energy, I chose to join the front.

“….It would have been dangerous if Count Nordin had really taken the lead.”

On the other side, Count Kebeman also faced a similar situation.

He honestly didn’t believe it was Chris’s dot.

But then a situation unfolded that left me with no choice but to believe it.

As he said, he had an injury to his left arm.

“….This is something I have never heard of or seen before.”

A saying that means it’s easy to fall for temptation.

A warning to not act impulsively.

Those words lingered in my head.

“Didn’t you say that you could lose everyone around you?”

The count shook his head and changed his mind.

They began to be cautious about advancing.

“We will proceed strictly according to plan. Do you understand?”

“I obey your orders!”

***

“What happened to the supply of souls?”

“That…that”

The necromancer stuttered as he answered.

That would be the case, as the amount of offerings was significantly less than expected.

The reason was clear.

The fact that those who are attacking now are not as many dead as expected.

The face of the necromancer who had been reported was distorted horribly.

“Don’t you guys know how to do anything properly?”

The necromancer who originally took charge of the sacrifices here also had a lot to say.

It wasn’t planned that the Pope would suddenly join the Knights.

Moreover, there were many parts of their tactics and strategies that were incomprehensible.

“I…I’m avoiding the traps in a way they don’t know.”

The traps and magic circles that had been set up were being dug up one by one.

Even the operation to surround the troops was continuously avoided as if they knew about it.

It was as if he knew all about their plans.

“If things continue like this, things won’t go as planned.”

“….”

“Activate all the magic circles and set them on fire. Kill them all so that the amount of sacrifice will be right.”

“yes!”

The necromancer, who had been thinking for a moment, opened his mouth.

“They interfered with our plans like this decades ago.”

Those with the names Klaus and Aster.

In fact, they were the reason he came here.

The necromancer who had come with us had died, but there was still a chance.

“Necromancers of circle 6 or higher, step forward. We will defeat them individually.”

No matter how much they fly and crawl, they won’t be able to do anything against a joint attack.

Hadn’t you already made thorough preparations for it?

But his plan was miserably ruined by what he heard next.

“Those two are so closely attached to each other that it’s almost as if they’re being thorough…! Even the Pope moves with them!”

“….Does that make any sense?”

Why are the Sword Master and the Archmage so attached to each other?

Moreover, it did not make sense for the Pope to be there as well.

It’s much more efficient to engage in combat from a distance.

When there is a strong one, there is another strong one attached to it, which is a loss of power.

They probably don’t know that.

“We have to drop them.”

It’s something that can be made to happen somehow.

He stopped moving.

Because an incomprehensible sight entered his eyes.

“Ha…the sky…..”

The clouds were dark.

The weather, which had been clear until just now, was changing.

Reports came in one after another.

“The knights are approaching at a rapid pace!”

The road to here was already blocked by fire.

With a fire that can never be overcome.

“I’m jumping into the fire naked! Give me the next order quickly!”

“Profit…! If you use up all your divine power, they’re nothing! Deal with them separately…”

His words were cut off.

Something I never thought of.

“Ah, the elves! The lights on the blocked path are going out…!”

The necromancer’s nervous scream erupted.

“Why are there elves here?”