I Am the Monarch – Chapter 22 : Unexpected battle (2)

 

The battle of int forest .
This battle was one that the four troops that belonged to the 7th corps chased the monsters and fell in an ambush and got a huge defeat .

‘The battle we were about to get annihilated without being able to do a thing . ’

The ambush tactic of the monsters was that perfect .
However, Pierce was in one of the four troops .

‘He pierced a hole with outstanding spearmanship . ’

Because of that, they could avoid everything but annihilation .

‘Now too, the four troops that belongs to the 7th corps that chased the monsters got ambushed . On top of that…… . ’

Roan’s eyes looked at the entire forest .

‘In the front and rear there are goblins and orcs, and in the sides ogres appear . ’

And then, a familiar cry is heard just like it was waiting for it .

“Kuoooooooo!”

Just like Roan’s expectation, orcs and goblin appear in the front and rear, and in the sides, ogres appear .

‘I’m certain . This is int’s forest battle . Something that should be happening next year is happening now . ’

His face freezes .

‘Did the future change?’

Roan’s gaze gets stuck to the orcs, goblins and the ogres that come charging .
And then, his eyes shake .

‘That guy?’

The orc that runs in the front .
A big build with hard arm muscles .
His chest that was covered by a worn out armor had a deep blade scar .

‘That orc is certainly the one that came charging first in the last int’s forest battle . He came charging really excited… . . ’

His gaze subsides calmly .

‘He falls because of a tree root . ’

The orc that was charging in, lost balance and fell .
He got caught by the tree root .

‘It’s the same . ’

Just that the time was different, but aside of that everything was the same .

‘But is that a fortunate thing?’

A bitter smile appears in Roan’s mouth .
Meanwhile, the orcs yelled .

“Kill them!”
“Kill!”

They yelled with all their strength and swung their blades .

‘It’s not the time to be thinking of other things . ’

Roan bit his lower lip and gripped his spear with strength .

Spat!

The spear cuts through the air and pierces the head of an ork .
Then, the sound of the horn trumpets was heard at the sides .

Puuuuuu!

“We are charging through!”
“We charge through the orcs and get out of the forest!”

The three troops had chosen to charge through .
Their objective was the army of the orcs that were at the sides .
Even so, the orcs seemed easier than the ogres .

Clang! Claclang! Clang!

Along with metal clashing, the three troops collide with the orcs .
And the rose troop that were a bit farther than them were in a situation where they had to make a decision .

“Damn!”

Gale gritted his teeth and looked at the battlefield .

‘Ogres at the sides . And orcs at the front and the rear . On top of that, the number of the orcs is a lot higher . ’

On top of that, the three troops already chose to charge through .

‘We are also going to the front . ’

A quick decision .
Gale raised his blade and yelled .

“To the front! We are charging through the front!”

Roan’s face, that was facing orcs that were charging to him at that moment froze .

‘Ah! No!’

He remembered the truth he had forgotten momentarily at the unexpected battle .

‘We can’t go to the front or rear . ’

In his past life, he analyzed the ambush tactic of the monsters after the battle ended .

‘And the result of that was that the front and rear were sorrow . ’

They chose the orcs evading the ogres .
However, behind the orcs, there was a huge number of monsters waiting for them .
An ambush tactic behind an ambush tactic .

‘The way to escape is rather the ogres . ’
They were certainly an existence that were fiercer and scarier than the orcs, but behind them, it was certainly empty .

‘I have to prevent us from going to the front!’

Roan cut off the neck of an orc and charged to the front line .
Fortunately, the front was momentarily frozen because of the charging orcs .

“Troop commander!”

Roan called Gale with all of his strength .

“Huh?”

Gale that was preparing to charge to the front with the cavalrymen turned his head at the familiar voice .

‘Roan?’

He discovered Roan that was running hurriedly and pulled the reins .

“What happened?”

Asking with a strict expression .
Roan pointed to the front .

“We can’t go to the front . It’s better to pass through the ogres . That’s the way to escape . ”

At the urgent words, Gale frowned .

“Are you saying that we should face the ogres right now?”
“Yes . That’s right . ”

Roan replied without hesitating .
Gale got perplexed .

‘The number of the ogres were lower than the orcs, but even so there were more than 200 . ’

It was impossible to just face them with 800 soldiers .
Then, Kennis raged at him with an indignant face .

“You bastard, it seems like you can’t see properly because of the merits you have accumulated! A greenhorn like you plans to oppose the orders of a troop commander!”

All the other adjutants nodded with displeased expressions .

“On top of that, you are telling us to face the ogres instead of the orcs? You think that it makes sense?“
“You are telling us to die!”
“Look there . The ramsey troop already pierced through the orcs . The path to escape is open!”

The adjutants pointed to the orc army in the front and rebuked him .

‘That’s all a trap . ’

Roan looked at Gale’s eyes fixedly .

“After you pass int forest, a hill appears over there . And that’s the most adequate place to do an ambush . ”

Gale’s face that freezes .

“Are you saying that the orcs are falling back by lying and luring the three troops?”
“That’s right . ”

Roan nodded with a solid expression .
Gale’s sight is directed to the front .
The orcs that were being pushed back were getting scattered .

“Charge through!”
“Charge!”
“We are getting out of the forest!”

The three troops pierced through the hole they created and ran out of the forest .

“Troop commander! We have to catch to them! If we hesitate for even a moment, we will get caught in the forest!”

Keniss yelled with an urgent expression .
Gale turned to look back at Roan again .
An expression that was filled with certain .

‘Because of Roan, I have accumulated a lot of merits until now . ’

He found the moving path of the monsters or the dens of them .
And didn’t he get the nickname of the ghost of the battlefield?

‘Should I also believe in Roan’s words this time?’

Then, Dosen that was facing the orcs in the rear came running with his horse .

“Troop commander! Something’s weird!”

He stopped in front of Gale and pointed to the ogres and orcs in the rear .

“Look at those guys . Even when they had succeeded on the ambush they aren’t charging in aggressively . This is just…… . ”

Roan continued the sentence .

“They want us to go to the front . ”

Dosen nods with a serious expression .
Gale glared at the sides and the rear and frowned .

‘Dosen’s words are right . ’

The chance of victory has already gone to the monsters .
But even so, they repeated pretending to attack and falling back .
It was a certain thing that they were plotting something .

“Troop commander! We don’t have time!”
“Decide quickly!”

Roan’s and the adjutants voices sound .
Gale took a breath and made a decision .

“To the sides! We are charging through the ogres that are at the sides!”

At that moment, Keniss’s face get contorted .

“Troop commander! There is already a path to escape at the front! So why do we have to face the ogr…… . . ”
“Stop!”

Gale shook his hand and stopped him .

“If we get any more late, all of the troop will get in danger! The ones in the front, turn the heads of the horses . It’s to the sides! Pierce the sides!”
“Kugh . ”

Keniss couldn’t talk back anymore and shut his mouth .
A reddened face and a cold sight .
He bit his lower lip and glared at Roan .

‘Whew . I got properly marked . ’

Roan evaded Keniss’s sight and after bending towards Gale he returned to the 42nd squad .

Puuuuuuuuu!

The noise of the horn trumpet that means charge hits their ears .

“Pierce through the ogres that are at the sides!”
“We are charging through the sides!”
“Run to the west and east!”

The adjutants transmitted Gale’s order to the soldiers .

“Damn! To face the ogres!”
“Why are we leaving the orcs and go to face the ogres?”

The soldiers let out discomforted noises with a contorted face, but they just moved according to the orders .
Roan made a request to the members of the 42nd squad that were in the front .

“Bear in mind . Our objective isn’t killing the ogres . ”

Sharp eyes and an expression filled with resolution .

“Our objective is charging through . We just have to pierce the ogres and get out of the forest . ”

At his words, all the members of the 42nd squad nod .

“Then, let’s see each other after we survive . ”
“Yes!”

A loud reply .

Puuuuuuu!

Just in time, the horn trumpet sounds .

“Charge!”

Roan points his spear to the front and charges through .
Behind him, the 42nd squad follows .

“Waaaaaa!”
“Pierce!”
“Ogre bastards! Die!”

Along with a yell, the charge of the rose troop started .
The objective was the ogres .

“Kuooooong!”

The ogres let out cries towards the charging rose troop . The unexpected battle, no, the battle that was expectable started like that .

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