The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 1
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The soldier shouted save (1)
Episode. 1
A year ago.
I once met a man called a warrior.
The opponent is an army of undead.
It was terrible.
I had to swing my crude sword as hard as a blunt instrument to take down one skeleton soldier, but even that one came back to life.
Still, with a sense of duty to protect the palace, he swung his sword once again.
once.
Twice… … .
I couldn’t remember how many times I swung my sword.
But the number of undead did not decrease at all.
When the soldiers who were fighting alongside me turned into undead one by one and started swinging their swords.
My heart was broken.
I thought I couldn’t win.
At that moment when I gave up, a warrior appeared.
As he swung the pure white holy sword, the undead’s body blew away like dust in the wind.
The warrior reached out his hand to me as I sat on the ground.
The warrior was younger than expected.
He looked younger than me, who is 26 years old.
“Are you okay?”
I nodded as I got up, guided by his hand.
With a reassuring smile, he headed to the battlefield.
The sight of him running alone into an army of undead that seemed to number in the hundreds.
I thought it was great.
But that was it.
A being chosen by the Holy Sword.
I thought that existence was natural.
But after seeing the fight scene with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but change my mind.
There were times when he got bitten on the leg by a ghoul he thought he had defeated, and he was saved from countless crises by the sword of Dullahan.
That’s when I realized.
The warrior was also human.
A person who is just a little stronger than others.
That’s why I couldn’t help but ask him when the fight was over and he came back.
“Aren’t you scared, sir?”
He looked younger than me, but he spoke politely naturally.
At those words, the warrior smiled bitterly and said:
“Of course I’m scared. I want to at least save it.”
“Say… b?”
The warrior looked slightly troubled as he saw my bewildered expression.
“Is this some kind of magic that you use, sir?”
“Oh, yes! Well… In the world I lived in before, I always saved before dangerous moments.”
I didn’t understand the magic called Save until I saw the awkwardly smiling warrior.
Since that day.
I, a mere soldier guarding the palace, returned to my hometown in the countryside.
Even though I wasn’t even in my 30s, I had survived a near-death experience and the faces of my family that I had left behind in my hometown came to mind.
Now, a year has passed.
Now, facing the monsters heading towards the village.
I muttered involuntarily with a trembling voice.
“Save… .”
* * *
“Say… Bo? Hyung, what did you just say?”
17 years old this year, with blond hair and a young-looking face.
Lian asked me, paying attention to my monologue.
“It’s the magic the warrior used.”
“Wow, bro! You learned magic while you were in the palace?”
“No, in my case, it’s not magic, it’s just talking to myself.”
“But if you’re in the palace… … .”
You’re being persistent today.
I ruffled Lian’s hair roughly.
“What did you say when you were here, hyung?”
“I’m sorry, Captain. But even if we were to call the village garrison, there are only five people… … .”
It was just as Lian said.
Even though we were called the village garrison, it was a garrison in name only, with no combat experience other than me.
The equipment was also poorly presented.
The clothes that Lian and I were wearing were made of padded leather, and the swords were rusty and dull.
But even though this was a shabby garrison, even though it looked like a weak garrison, I felt that its existence was necessary.
Because I had to let those green-skinned villains know that if they raided this place, there would be a price to pay.
“This must have been out of the question.”
“…yes?”
“Rian, go to the village and tell them there’s an emergency.”
“Hey, is that a monster?”
There is no such thing as delusion.
A bright light descending Goblin Mountain.
Because only goblins use torches that glow green.
I looked into Lian’s very nervous eyes and said.
“Anyone who can fight, come out with a kitchen knife at least, and the rest of you, stay home and don’t come out. Do you understand?”
“That, that means… someone who can fight… .”
Even before anything happens, Lian’s legs are shaking.
If my father, who made me hold a sword when I was 10 and raised me to be a palace guard, were alive, he would have been scolded.
But I know from first-hand experience that that cunning gentleman’s method is not good.
If I were a father back then, I would have probably tried to appease him like this.
“Th-what is that?”
“This is what the palace soldiers do before going out. You also extend your right arm.”
As I held out my right hand diagonally, pretending to be there for no reason, Lian’s eyes grew bright.
The term ‘Palace Soldier’ must have inspired Lian’s heroism.
He smiled faintly at the sight of Aedown and grabbed Lian’s right hand, pulling her arm and body close together.
“Rian, can you do it?”
“Yes! I will carry out my first mission perfectly, Captain!”
What is your first mission?
It may seem like a lot of motivation, but the results are good.
Because Lian headed towards the village with quick feet.
How long will it take?
It takes 5 minutes to get to the village by Lian’s bridge, so hopefully the villagers will come to help in 15 minutes.
If you think about it desperately… … hmm.
One thing I realized while living as a palace soldier is that you don’t usually think about the worst case scenario.
“… … Goblin.”
In fact, goblins were no match for me.
In the palace, as a soldier, or in this rural village, my existence is an object of envy and respect.
“No matter what, that number is burdensome to handle alone.”
The light that was visible halfway up Goblin Mountain had almost come down.
There must be about 20 of them, judging by the bright light they bring that can be seen from afar.
after…….
Unless you’re going to run away like a scared dog with your tail wagging, that’s the end of useless worrying.
Let’s focus.
He pulled out the sword at his waist.
Although he said he would take care of it, the sword was rusty from the start.
But there was no problem in cutting off their heads.
Because I made it as sharp as the swords used in the palace.
-hook.
I swung my sword into the air.
It created a beautiful white trail with the sound of waves cutting through the wind.
Move your body back and forth to the rhythm to warm up your body.
The gaze is on the light ahead.
Although the goblin was rumored to be highly intelligent, it was ultimately a monster.
They had the intelligence to choose the night time, but they didn’t have the wisdom to hide.
Well, if they had that kind of wisdom, humans would have gone extinct long ago.
‘Is there a problem?’
Without realizing it, I looked in the direction of the village where Lian had run.
The goblins’ torchlight is getting quite close, but there is no news.
Turn your gaze forward again.
At the edge of your vision, you see a torch swinging up and down along with your steps, and the goblin’s green skin.
‘Still, my senses haven’t rusted.’
Exactly 13 minutes after Lian left.
I could almost accurately time their arrival just by looking at the torches from afar.
If the Commander of the Knights saw it, would he have praised it?
He is a strangely stingy person when it comes to compliments, so I don’t think he would have given it to me.
“Keeeeeek!”
The goblins are almost there now.
I put out the torch in the camp and hid in the surrounding bushes.
A goblin wearing a helmet began to mutter something incomprehensible and point around.
It is strange that the torch, which had been shining brightly until just a moment ago, suddenly went out.
The number of goblins is about 20.
That helmeted goblin is the commander.
At the gesture of the helmet goblin, the goblins scattered and began to search the surroundings.
My figure is hidden in the bushes and it is hard to see because of the darkness, but their torches reveal their location.
I crawled on all fours through the bushes.
“Kkii! Kkiee!”
When the search showed no results, the helmet goblin began to gather the goblins.
I can’t waste any more time.
If I keep hiding, the guys will pass me by and head towards the village.
I picked up a small stone.
After carefully observing their positions and line of sight, he throws rocks at their heads.
-Shoot.
-Rustle.
The stone flew in a parabolic arc, avoiding their gaze and hitting the bushes on the other side.
“Keeee! Keeee!”
At the sound of the bushes moving, the Helmet Goblin began to send out his men.
It is now.
I moved my legs, which had already been prepared, and ran towards the helmet goblin.
-Knock. Knock. Knock.
At the sound of footsteps, the helmet goblin turned its head towards me.
He stopped his leg with the strength of his right ankle, and used that foot as an axis to decapitate the helmet goblin.
-Thump. Thump.
I took care of the guy before he could even scream, but the sound of his helmet and body hitting the ground was unusually loud.
“Kreuk! Kreuk!”
The goblins who discovered the decapitated body turned their gaze.
When they find me cutting down their leader, they begin to approach me, swinging their spiked clubs back and forth.
‘Not yet?’
Even if it’s late, it’s too late.
Is there a problem in the village?
There’s nothing I can do.
If there was a problem in the village and they couldn’t come here, then I couldn’t send them to the village.
“Keeeeeek!”
He lunges at the goblin, who is howling angrily.
He ducks down to avoid the club aimed at his head, then swings his sword and cuts down the goblin.
If we were surrounded, we had no chance of winning.
I have to cut off the green monster’s head faster than they can surround me.
‘I never thought I’d feel this fucking shit again.’
My body heats up as my heart beats faster.
This feeling of standing on the battlefield.
I remember the first battle I went to where my training camp friend’s head was blown off.
I thought I would shed tears, but I didn’t even have time to.
Because I had to step on my comrade’s corpse and cut off the monster’s head.
‘Compared to that time, this isn’t even a crisis.’
Constantly encourage yourself and focus your consciousness on the goblin’s attacks.
I see a goblin’s club coming for my head.
I thought I could avoid it by turning my body to the side.
-puck.
“Ugh!!”
I groaned involuntarily as I felt an unexpected pain in my back.
If he had been a rookie soldier just thrown into battle, he might have flinched at the attack.
But I was a veteran who had survived countless battles.
I know in my body that I must not flinch under the attack, but must move my body, even if it means forcing myself to cut off their necks.
-Whoosh!
Green heads roll across the floor, along with red blood.
sick.
Every time I cut off the heads of these guys, the bruises on my body increase.
The clothes made with leather lining were already torn.
The thorns of the club dig mercilessly into the skin.
-puck.
I felt a pain near my head.
Damn, I should have kept my head… … .
Blood flows down above the eyes, obscuring vision.
I can’t see the guys’ faces.
The torso is not visible either.
It’s okay.
You can still see the feet.
A few minutes of swinging the sword to the rhythm of the staggering rhythm.
I stopped my body by stamping my feet on the floor.
There wasn’t any.
I wiped the blood flowing into my eyes with my sleeve and looked around again, but the goblin was no longer in sight.
“One guy… Two guys…”
As was my habit as a palace soldier, I counted the number of men as I stabbed their corpses with my sword.
Exactly 22.
I defeated 22 goblins by myself, but I couldn’t smile and enjoy the joy of victory.
‘I have to go back… … .’
I feel strange.
My feet are on the ground, but I feel like I’m floating.
Walk with a staggering body.
When I turned my body towards the village where I could lie down comfortably and heal my body.
-Shoot.
The world turned red.
* * *
‘ah.’
My mind has cleared.
Try moving your body slowly.
He was fine without any pain.
Fortunately, he returned to the village and received treatment?
But as I looked around, something seemed strange.
This is a wooden fort he built himself, 1km away from the village.
Why did they leave me, an injured person, in a place like this?
‘… … What is this?’
The words floating before my eyes.
―??? Died from attack. [Confirmed]
-Loaded from last save. [Confirm]
‘Save…? Death?’
I reached out to grab the letters that appeared in the air, but it was a meaningless effort.
Then a new letter appeared.
―Hint: Watch your back. [Confirm]
“… Brother! Brother!”
It was only then that I realized someone was tapping my arm.
I follow the slender hand with my gaze.
“What’s wrong? You’re suddenly blank.”
“… … It’s nothing. What else did you say?”
“What if you don’t listen! Say… What are you talking about?”
“… … It’s magic, the magic the hero used… … .”
“Wow! Brother, you can use magic too?”
‘Are you kidding me?’
It’s as if they’re hearing it for the first time.
It was only then that I realized something was strange.
“Tongue, bro! Where are you going?”
Hold the torch and examine the ground in front of the camp.
‘No… why?’
There was no goblin corpse.
It’s evening now.
A full day had passed, so the body might have been removed, but there wasn’t a single trace of blood.
I slew 22 goblins.
I couldn’t believe that the blood stains disappeared in just one day.
“Brother! Seriously, what’s wrong? More importantly, is the light you see on Goblin Mountain okay?”
“Goblin Mountain?”
My head turned back to Goblin Mountain.
It was exactly the same scene I saw yesterday.
Torchlight was coming down along the mountain path.
A healthy body.
The bloodstain disappeared.
And a goblin coming down from the mountain.
Only then could I not help but understand.
‘… … I went back to the past?’