The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 653



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Episode 653

Part 3: Defensive War

That moment.

Just like the Je-ma-myeol-sa-dae (制魔滅邪隊), there was a place where the order to attack was given.

East riverside artillery battery.

“War Advisory Group, open fire…!”

“Commence firing…!”

Pa, papapapapapapapang…!

On top of the armored carriages parked in a row, crossbowmen began to fire iron arrows madly.

“Huh…?!”

“Ugh…!”

It’s a piece of iron as thick as a child’s forearm.

The iron bars that poured down, bursting down the raindrops, also burst the bodies of the enemies.

“Behind, the enemy…?!”

“Support…! It’s support…!”

Enemy forces and government forces.

Their joys and sorrows intersected.

“Confirm the enemy with your naked eye…!”

The War Advisory Group’s observer reported:

“The enemy is not the dead, but living humans…!”

“human being…?”

Before the enemies attacking the riverside battery could respond properly, the next order was given.

“It doesn’t matter. Charge at once.”

“All forces, charge at once…!”

and.

Of course, at the forefront of the Japanese assault.

They had a leader.

“Ugh…!”

A huge, ink-colored sword as large as a healthy, adult male towered over the rain-filled sky.

Super heavy sword.

Breaking a mountain and breaking a force.

Kwaaaaaaaahh …

Is this what happens when a meteorite hits the ground?

A powerful blow focused purely on destructive power struck the rear of the enemies attacking the riverside battery.

And as if in a set order.

His name was echoed by enemies and allies alike.

“Hey, Geomakgapsan (Sword Breaking Mountain)…!”

“It’s a bankruptcy of the sword…!”

Can you be pushed by the leader?

Warriors riding iron-clad war horses and wielding long swords swept through the enemy like a flood.

“Charge the cavalry! Charge through the enemy’s left formation!”

“Cavalry, drive straight through the enemy! Right infantry, push back the enemy! Completely destroy the enemy formation!”

At the signal of an old soldier, the colorful flags of the signalmen fluttered madly, and the sound of drums to indicate the situation gained speed.

“Let go of the slaughter…!”

Their names also resounded loudly on the battlefield.

“War Advisory Group…!”

“The War Advisory Group has arrived…! We survived…!”

Enemies caught between the coastal batteries and the War Advisory Group of the Elders of the Black Sea, dare not.

I couldn’t hold out for even a moment.

“Ewwaaa …

Amidst the loud cheers of government troops prepared to fight to the death.

“My lord, look here.”

Elder Yeom, the Swordsman of the Bankruptcy War Council, watched as the warriors of the War Advisory Council turned their backs and turned over the dead enemies.

“Instead of shoes, I wrapped my feet in cloth, and my weapon was a curved sword. And…”

The War Advisory Group’s warriors expertly searched through the corpse’s contents.

“hmm…!”

“Hmm….”

A soft sigh escaped from the mouths of the surrounding warriors who had checked the enemy’s belongings.

“There was a pistol on his waist, but the gunpowder was soaked in the rain and it seemed unusable. Judging from this, the identity of these enemies who attacked the battery on the eastern riverside is-.”

Elder Yeom, who had been in the blacksmith business, opened his mouth with a stern expression.

“-Evil hegemon.”

* * *

Luoyang Swordsmanship.

The main hall of the house.

“After the surprise attack by the Demon Cult’s suicide bombing, Sapaechon will be in charge of the main attack… ”

Those who confirmed the report that came through messenger from the War Advisory Group were silent.

“The bastards of Sapaechon have finally set foot on Luoyang again, following last spring.”

“How on earth did those guys sneak into Luoyang this time?!”

“Perhaps it was thanks to the cooperation of the Demonic Cult, who knew Luoyang inside out. Let’s start tracking it down.”

“It’s also important where the troops came from…!”

“that….”

The answer is.

“… That’s what it was.”

It came from the Sword Honorary Commander-in-Chief.

“The forces of Sapaecheon, who were attacking Gaebong, Jeongju, and Xu Chang, have finally arrived in Luoyang.”

He looked back at Yeon So-hyeon.

“Your Majesty, you responded to the news that the enemy’s forces attacking Jeongju were small. Did you expect this from that news?”

“… … !”

At those words, the people in the audience looked at Yeon So-hyeon with surprised eyes.

“exactly.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded.

“If we were unable to draw out our hometown’s troops despite attacking other cities, then the obvious place to target would be Luoyang.”

“but….”

Oewonju Hakunhyung tilted his head.

“If we are to inflict as much damage as the current Demonic Cult in Luoyang City, isn’t this not enough?”

“exactly.”

The Chief Inspector nodded and turned his gaze to the giant map on the floor.

“How can the enemy bring a large force into Luoyang…?”

The head of the Oewonju Hakunhyeong looked at the same place as the Geomjon Gwan-gu Seonwi.

“The only way would be a large-scale landing through the harbor inside Luoyang. But that would require mobilizing a large fleet—, ah…!”

It seems like Wonju Hakunhyung has realized something.

He raised his head and looked at Yeon So-hyeon, shouting.

“So, it was the eastern riverside battery…! We need to neutralize the riverside battery before we can deploy a large-scale landing force…!”

“I see.”

The Sword Master also looked at Yeon So-hyeon and nodded as if he understood.

“That is why the Chairman said that we must defend the eastern riverside battery until the end.”

If the fleet of the Sa-Pa-Cheon comes, it has no choice but to come from the east via the East-West Grand Canal of the Yellow River.

and.

The riverside battery located east of Luoyang was a strategically important location for blocking enemy fleets coming from the east.

“Damn it…!”

The foreigner Hakunhyung clicked his tongue.

“If the Sword Family Merchant Ship’s battle fleet had functioned normally, we would have been able to detect the enemy’s movements in advance…!”

The blacksmith ships that sailed the East-West Grand Canal had their own battle fleet.

“… So that’s why.”

The Director General of the Household Department opened his mouth.

“So, the first person that the demonic cult members within the family dragged in was-.”

The foreign minister, Hakunhyung, accepted his words.

“So, it was the merchant group leader of the Geumga merchant group, Gapwi-u (???).”

“…whether it be the devil’s cult or the devil’s paradise.”

The wrinkles that filled the General’s face hardened.

“They had this plan from the beginning. They were working on it.”

“Hmm….”

“…hmm.”

The enemies were more sophisticated than expected.

When the sound of murmurs followed by silence was heard here and there.

“…for a moment.”

The Chief Inspector General asked Yeon So-hyeon.

“If Sapaechon was really planning a large-scale landing operation in Luoyang, an attack on the eastern riverside batteries. There’s no way it could end with just one attack, right…?”

“yes.”

Yeon So-hyeon smiled.

“That’s why I left Elder Yeom and the War Advisory Group in charge of the shooters there.”

* * *

“Enemy…!”

The top of the battery.

The war advisory group’s observer, who was standing upright in the pouring rain, shouted without taking his eyes off the telescope, seemingly unafraid of lightning.

“A large fleet of Sapaecheon appears…!”

He screamed like a scream.

“Due to heavy rain, enemy observation has been delayed…! Enemy fleet! Preparing to fire-!”

Twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle…!

Through the heavy rain and the spray of the rough river, the flashes of light from the enemy fleet were clearly visible.

“Bombardment, commence bombardment of enemy fleet, prepare for impact-!”

Kwakwakwakwakwakwang…!

The enemy’s first shells narrowly missed the riverside battery and mercilessly struck the huge cliff where the riverside battery was located.

Kukukukukung…!

The inside of the riverside battery shook as if an earthquake had occurred, dust fell from the ceiling, and the room was filled with clouds of dust.

“Cluck, cluck…!”

“Coolook…! Coolook, coolook…!”

The government troops at the riverside battery lay face down, coughing continuously.

if.

If the government troops had been outside cleaning up after the battle as instructed, they would have suffered great damage due to the enemy’s continued one-sided artillery fire.

but.

“No casualties! No casualties…!”

Yeom Gwak-chu, the head of the Geom-ak-pa-san clan, who confirmed the body of Sapa-cheon at the scene, had already arrived at Gaju-jeon before the information arrived.

I had guessed the enemies’ intentions.

“Commence counter-fire!”

At his command, the gun crews of the government troops all reported back in unison.

“Commence counter-fire…!”

“Fire the cannon…!”

There was no need for any additional measurements.

They were the elite soldiers of this riverside battery, and they had full knowledge of all the firing parameters from this battery.

Pubberbung… ! Pubberbubberbubberbung… !

That’s why.

“Hit…! Hit…!”

Despite being the first shot, a significant number of the shells fired produced effective results.

“Enemy fleet, circle around and fire…!”

The other person too.

This is an elite fleet sent by Sapaechon to strike at the heart of the Luoyang Sword Family.

After just one shot.

Their follow-up shots inevitably hit the riverside batteries directly.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwang…!

however.

Rocks and such fell from the ceiling and struck the helmets, but the gunners of the government troops were hit instead.

He revealed his teeth and laughed fiercely.

“Shoot…!”

“Tell those pirates of Gangnam what real bombardment is…!”

This riverside fort built into the cliff was like a coastal cliff fortress defending the main port of a country.

They never had to worry about being pushed back in a firefight.

Pubbubububububu…!

“Coolook…!”

The commander of the coastal cliff fortress coughed and spoke to Elder Yeom of the Black Sea Clan.

“No matter how wide the Yellow River is, a fleet on the river cannot defeat a fortress with artillery fire.”

It seems he was injured in the previous battle.

Between her helmet and the bandages, blood was seeping out.

“We will definitely stop the enemies.”

Her clear eyes filled with fighting spirit had not lost any of their light.

“… That’s unexpected.”

“yes?”

Elder Yeom, who had temporarily taken off his armor to temporarily repair it, spoke to her.

“I didn’t know that the head of the Seo family would come here in person to give instructions.”

At those words, the woman who was called the acting head of the Seo family smiled faintly.

“Aren’t we, the Seo family, the guardian family of Luoyang appointed by His Majesty the Emperor? We must fulfill our military duties.”

“furthermore.”

Elder Yeom, the founder of the Geumgakpa clan, praised her.

“Thanks to the efforts of the Seo family, this abandoned riverside battery was able to regain its function before it was too late.”

During the Battle of Sinak Valley, where the two princes, Yeonjacheong and Yi Gongja, were involved.

This riverside battery was in a state of nominal insignia.

As soon as the head of the Seo family became the guardian family, he began to rebuild it.

“It was an outstanding foresight.”

“Is that so…?”

The acting head of the Seo family rubbed his nose as if embarrassed and then said.

“The real foresight was the vision of the Grand Duke who made our Seo family the guardian family of Luoyang at that time.”

at that time.

The one who made the Seo family the guardian family of Luoyang was none other than Yeon So-hyeon.

“… It’s his foresight. Even though I think I know it, I’m always surprised.”

Elder Yeom of the Geomakpasan clan shrugged his shoulders after finishing the temporary maintenance of the armor.

“Will there be no problem with the Sapaecheon fleet?”

“Of course, Elder.”

The acting head of the Seo family displayed strong confidence.

“Leave it to me! I will make sure not a single rat lands until the end…!”

“Good.”

The swordsman, Elder Yeom, put on his armor and turned his helmet over and said.

“Then, I will leave the enemy fleet to you.”

“Elder…?”

Instead of Elder Yeom’s answer, the shout of the observation warrior from above was heard.

“A large enemy force is approaching from the land route…! They appear to be the dead men of the Demonic Cult…!”

The enemy’s attacks did not stop there.

“Cliff…! It’s a cliff…! The land forces of Sapaechon are climbing up the cliff…!”

Elder Yeom, who had finished his weapons, smiled slyly at the acting head of the Seo family.

“The fortress will block the fleet until the end, and we will defend the fortress until the end.”