I’m Here to End This Fight - Chapter 392



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Episode 392. The Belgrade War (7)

Teresia desperately tried to suppress her expression from hardening at the familiar sound of footsteps.

A voice heard in the meantime.

“What are you doing here alone?”

The person who spoke to me in such a detailed tone was none other than Al Giclee.

He sent me a look as affectionate as his tone of voice… … .

‘Haa… Finally here.’

Teresia found it burdensome that he kept hovering around her.

Although the rational attraction Al showed toward him was burdensome, the people who followed him around were also a problem.

Look at it now.

As if the thread follows the needle, don’t people flock to Al?

Of course, if they had just chased after Elman, Teresia wouldn’t have cared much.

but.

“Hello, it’s finally time to say hello!”

“Ah! Is this him?”

The gazes of the audience looking at her grated on Theresia’s nerves.

That gaze, as if looking at a strange creature.

In fact, they also regarded Teresia like that.

“I have heard of the Winchesters’ virtuosity in spearmanship.”

“I heard you graduated from the Dragon’s Cradle. If you don’t mind, could you tell me about it?”

“That’s right! I wonder what kind of place the cradle is!”

“Could you please show me the dragon shield?”

A blood relative of the noble Winchester family.

A being that has graduated from the cradle.

And a beautiful appearance.

Teresia, who had three conditions that others would want at least one of, was like an imaginary animal to them.

Teresia’s pupils shook slightly at the barrage of questions pouring down on her.

‘I thought I had been avoiding it well… … .’

I tried not to get entangled as much as possible because I knew it would definitely turn out like this, but it looks like they’ve picked the day.

Meanwhile, Al blankly stared at Teresia, who looked perplexed.

‘…beautiful.’

The moment he first saw Teresia at the place where he had gone in response to his father’s call, Al realized in an instant.

He said that he was attracted to her at first sight.

After hearing that Teresia was a Winchester blood relative and a graduate of the Cradle, he was overcome with a strong desire.

I want that woman.

He wants to make her his own.

But Teresia refused to come near him.

No, rather than giving me his side, he always avoided me.

It’s as if he’s reluctant to be associated with anyone.

At first, Al was quite embarrassed by that fact, but he had no choice but to admit it.

‘It’s a shame, I’m the one who feels bad.’

Although the Gichli family was a powerful family in Belgrade, they were woefully inadequate compared to the Winchester name.

There was also a sense that his own worth was considerably inferior to that of a woman named Teresia.

In other words, it means that in order to win Teresia’s heart, you have to put aside your pride.

After constantly hovering around Teresia, Al finally seizes the opportunity and succeeds in approaching her.

Also, the fact that he rushed to Teresia with other people was also a calculated action.

‘Then she can’t help it.’

If it were just her, Theresia would probably make up excuses and try to get away, but when she’s surrounded by this many people, she can’t just ignore them.

‘Even though this may leave a bad impression on me… … .’

That can be offset by other good impressions.

The moment Al thought of that plan, he smiled with conversion.

“I’m sorry, I can’t tell you about the cradle.”

Teresia declined as politely as possible.

Although most people looked disappointed, they nodded as if they understood.

Just one person.

The woman who had been looking at Teresia with particular displeasure asked a sharp question.

“Why? Why can’t you tell me?”

“We have taken a secret oath not to reveal the story of the cradle to anyone outside.”

“Then, can you show me the dragon shield? Is that possible?”

“… … .”

The atmosphere around them became cold due to the rather rude remarks of the woman.

The crowd knew very well why she was so sharp towards Teresia.

‘The man I’ve been chasing for 5 years is showing interest in another woman.’

‘I understand your feelings to some extent, but… this doesn’t seem like an attitude that will be of much benefit, tsk.’

Everyone around them knew how much the woman loved Al, so they just shook their heads inwardly.

I could have let that level of rudeness slide, but in the end, she crossed the line.

“Theresia Winchester… quite famous, as the deformed child of the Winchester family. I honestly find it hard to believe that someone with that nickname made it through the cradle.”

She looked at Theresia with provocative eyes.

And the expressions in the audience grew colder as she spoke.

The same was true for Teresia.

Teresia’s face hardened.

Seeing her expression, which was even faintly murderous, Al finally realized that it was time for him to step forward.

‘Now is the time!’

It’s a chance to restore the damaged atmosphere and improve the negative impression you have of yourself due to this incident.

Al was secretly grateful that the woman who had been secretly in love with him for a long time had made it for him.

After that, he went straight into acting.

“Jane! There are things you should say and things you shouldn’t say! Apologize to Lady Teresia right now… …!”

A look that seems genuinely angry.

But his cries did not last long.

Shhh-!

Teresia suddenly got up and swung the window like lightning.

Where Theresia’s spear tip was pointed was Jane, who had just uttered such rude words.

Startled by the unexpected turn of events, she froze like a stone.

Jane wasn’t the only one surprised.

“100 million?!”

“omg?!”

“Whoa!”

No matter how rude it was, there was an outburst of shock from those who had never expected Theresia to use a spear.

Among them was Al’s voice, who had also entered the acting.

But all they can do is scream in surprise.

I vividly watched Teresia pull out the spear with my own two eyes, but the whole process was so clean and fast that I couldn’t even think of stopping it.

It’s so fast that you can’t even react if you’re fully prepared.

In the minds of those half-absorbed in the audience, a scene of a person being pierced by Teresia’s spear was drawn.

That moment.

Sarak-!

Teresia’s spear barely missed Jane’s earlobe and snipped off a few strands of hair.

and.

Kwajak- bang!

There was a sound of something bursting, and Teresia’s spear returned, spinning like a snake.

Only then did the crowd realize that Teresia was not after Jane’s life.

No, Teresia actually saved her life.

“Ah, an arrow?”

“Hey, why is this?”

What burst out after hitting Teresia’s spear was none other than an arrow.

Her thrust surprisingly caught the tip of the incoming arrow, causing it to burst.

Everyone was amazed and lost in the sight of Teresia’s ghostly spearmanship displayed before their eyes.

Teresia moved without stopping.

The Winchester family’s vision of magic.

Bullet.

Teresia’s spear, which had instantly transformed into a shadow and flown away, pierced the bushes.

and.

“Cough!”

With a short groan, a man holding a bow fell forward from the bushes.

The blood that flowed from him, who died with his heart pierced, soaked the ground.

Everyone was dumbfounded by the unexpected situation.

Teresia retorted with a hardened face.

“Everyone, wake up!”

And was that a signal?

No sooner had she finished screaming than a sharp alarm bell began to ring in the camp.

Ding ding ding-!

The sound of bells reverberating throughout the campsite and screams mixed with horror being heard here and there.

Theresia’s stiff voice mixed in.

“It’s a raid.”

Only then did the crowd realize that the fallen man’s clothes were not those of an ally.

“Th-those clothes?! Shu, it’s the Schmidt Union!”

“Me, an enemy?!”

“How did they get here?!”

Those who are blue in the face.

As they flinched, Teresia shouted in an overbearing tone.

“Everyone, wake up!”

“… … ?!”

“If you don’t want to die, everyone take up arms!”

At the command to awaken their senses, only then did each of them draw their weapons and look around with tense eyes.

There might be another enemy hiding somewhere.

Teresia’s crimson eyes, alert, quickly scanned her surroundings.

‘It wasn’t just this place that was attacked.’

A scream was heard from all sides of the camp.

In other words, this means that the enemies are surrounding us and attacking us simultaneously.

‘I was so defenseless!’

How did you defend yourself so well that you didn’t even notice the enemies approaching to attack?

Teresia bit her lip tightly.

Meanwhile, several people asked Al Giclee with nervous faces.

“What should I do now?”

“that…….”

For a moment, he was taken aback by the gaze directed at him.

Al answered calmly.

“Let’s move to the center. After gathering information on how the situation is developing, we should regroup our forces there and face the enemy!”

Others nodded to Al’s argument.

Because I thought it was a pretty good operation.

So, just as they were about to turn towards the center, Teresia applied the brakes.

“Stop!”

“yes?”

“The enemies are already surrounding us from all sides. Heading towards the center is no different from crawling into the enemy’s encirclement!”

“… … ?!”

“Why don’t you know that if your troops gather in the center and your formation shrinks, the enemy’s encirclement will become tighter and thicker?”

At some point, Teresia abandoned the honorifics, but those who were oppressed by her presence did not notice this.

No, rather, I was taking it for granted.

Even Al Giclee.

“Then what should I do?”

Teresia looked around cautiously and said in response to Al’s bewildered question.

“We will break through the siege with our own strength.”

“Yes? Ha, but according to the chain of command… …!”

“I have to do it now.”

Teresia was resolute.

“The enemy has already infiltrated this area. Someone must report this to the forward units and the supply units at the rear. And as soon as possible.”

“… … !”

“As time goes by and the siege thickens, we will never be able to break through it with our own strength.”

Since we were staying on the outskirts to begin with, we were quickly attacked, but thanks to that, we were able to quickly grasp the situation.

So Teresia thought that now was her first and last chance to break through the siege.

Only after hearing her explanation did they realize what they had to do.

Teresia saw the urgency on their faces and said, grabbing the spear.

“I’ll break through quickly. If you can’t keep up… I’ll abandon you and go.”

“Yes, yep!”

Even though it was a somewhat harsh remark, no one could say anything.

That was because I realized how urgent the situation was.

The moment the system was established according to Teresia’s orders.

“There was a guy who knew how to see the situation better than I thought.”

“Really? I can’t ignore your skills either.”

“Tsk, I thought it would be easy, but it turned out to be a hassle.”

Three men appeared, grumbling.

Rough-looking men wearing vests made from animal skins.

Someone shouted in surprise when they saw the tattoos of an axe and saw carved around their necks.

“Hey, it’s a lumberjack!”

“They’re here too?!”

Having been born and raised in Belgrade, these people are well aware of the notoriety of lumberjacks.

So they looked ahead with very tense eyes.

But the person who was more nervous than anyone there was none other than Teresia.

The only difference from the others was that she was looking behind them, not at the three lumberjacks in front of her.

No, more precisely, they were glaring at a man who appeared behind them.

He appeared, not knowing when, and was crouching next to the archer who had died at Teresia’s hand.

“Tsk, you’re just a scout, so why are you acting like this? You’re just going to have to wait for us.”

The middle-aged man who had been clicking his tongue and rummaging through the corpse slowly got up and looked at Teresia.

“Emerald hair, crimson eyes, and a quick spearmanship that focuses on stabbing. Yes, that damned Winchester bloodline.”

“Winchester? That damned family scumbag?”

“What should we do, Captain?”

The corners of the man’s mouth twisted at the crew’s questions.

“I’ll take care of that girl, and you guys can handle the rest.”

“yes.”

“All right.”

“You’re busy, so move quickly.”

“Don’t have too much fun playing with the boss or the young girl!”

“Well, let alone having fun, if I make one mistake, I think the captain will get a hole in his stomach.”

“These kids… So if you don’t want to mess with my shit, then help me out quickly!”

“Yeah yeah.”

Teresia swallowed dryly at their leisurely and energetic giggles.

‘Strong.’

The first three men to appear are all third-dan level certified.

And the person called the leader must have at least a 4th degree of certification.

It could be on the same level as me, or even higher.

Their momentum proved that the reputation of the lumberjacks was not created for nothing.

‘Should I break through and get through?’

It seemed possible to me if I chose to run away alone rather than fight.

The only problem was those who would be left behind after he ran away.

‘If I fall…they’ll die.’

Even though they were members of influential families in the Belgrade administrative district, their military power was poor compared to that of those from the cradle.

Most of them were certified 1st dan, but there were a few uncertified ones who weren’t even that level.

The only one who was worth watching was Al Giclee, who had just recently become a certified second-dan player.

If he were to fall, they wouldn’t last even a minute.

‘Do I need to worry about that?’

Aside from the fact that they were in the same unit, they had no real connection with each other.

Should I be concerned about the deaths of such people?

and.

‘My presence won’t stop their deaths.’

At best, it would only delay death a little.

Even if your skills are superior to theirs.

Even if he and they combined their strength, it wouldn’t be enough to deal with four lumberjacks approaching from the front.

So the best Theresia could do now was to get out on her own and relay the current situation to the other units.

That was the most rational conclusion Teresia could come to, and she herself judged it to be right.

but.

[Oh, and if you survive here, you must bring me a ransom every month as payment for your life. If you have a conscience.]

The image of someone clearly engraved in her mind made Teresia hesitate.

Eventually, she could only sigh inwardly.

‘Haa… I did want to have a real fight where life and death were at stake, but not in such an extreme way.’

What he wanted was a life-or-death risk, not an actual battle where death was the only thing expected.

But she was like the glass she saw that day.

Just as he fought without yielding to the approaching death.

Only Death took up his spear and did not run away from the fight that was to come.

“I’ll stop you all, so run away!”

“Lady Teresia, we will fight too!”

Teresia’s expression distorted as Ellie raised his sword and shouted.

“It won’t help anyway, so just shut up and get out! I don’t want to waste time talking to you!”

“… … ?!”

“Oh, right, and you!”

“yes?”

“If you try to take advantage of other people’s feelings and try to bully me one more time… then the Jikli family line will end in four generations.”

Shocked by Teresia’s harsh words and murderous gaze, Al froze.

Is it just an illusion that his legs are slightly bent?

Meanwhile, the lumberjacks stared at each other blankly and then burst into loud laughter.

“Hahaha!”

“Of course! It’s useless for a young man to act like that!”

“That’s right! If you do something like that, I’ll cut off both of your balls! Aarm!”

“Hmm… how funny, a child like you came from the noble Winchester family.”

Teresia smiled at the curious gaze from the captain.

“I changed thanks to good connections.”

“What a pity, he was a pretty nice Winchester.”

The captain’s expression turned cold, as if he had never smiled before.

There was a gleam of life in his eyes.

“Do you think you can stop us by yourself? No, how long can you hold us off?”

“It will only take a few minutes.”

“Knowing that, you still want to stop us by yourself? Why don’t you run away by yourself? Then you’ll live?”

“I know I’m doing something crazy. But just once… … .”

A smile spread across Theresia’s lips.

“…I wanted to try following along.”

“Is that so? Then, die here.”

A thick murderous aura rose and swelled around the body of the lumberjack leader who nodded briefly, and the other members of the group also seemed to agree and exuded a murderous aura, quickly heating up the surrounding air.

Teresia did not back down and fought back with all her might.

Gooooooo-!

The air between them was tense, as if it would explode at any moment.

Teresia knows full well that her enemies are by no means easy opponents.

The lumberjacks knew that if she were to die, she could take one or two of them as her companions on her journey to the afterlife.

They just exuded life energy and didn’t move easily.

In the midst of this tense situation, which was on the verge of collapse.

Phew- bang!

A red flare exploded in the sky.