I AM THE MONARCH – CHAPTER 6 : FIRST BATTLE (4)

 

Tane frowned .

‘Damn . A battle so suddenly . ’

He thought that there wouldn’t be any battles until they reached Pedian’s plains .
Because it was a safe zone with no monsters .

‘It will be a pain to take care of the guys . ’

The 13th squad was only composed of newcomers .
It wasn’t only a thing or two that he had to pay attention to .

“Oliver! You take care of the newcomers!”
“Yes!”

Oliver replied in high spirits and lined the newcomers, including Pierce in front of him .
They were in a dumbfounded state because of the sudden battle .
Oliver hit the helmets of the newcomers with his big hands .

Dong! Dong!

“Everybody, get a hold of yourselves! When the battle starts, you only follow my back . Understood?”
“Ye, yes… . . ”

A strengthless reply .
Oliver frowned and hit Pierce’s chest .

Punch .

“Kugh . ”

Pierce tumbled and stepped back .

Punch! Punch!

Oliver yelled after continuing to hit the chests of the other newcomer soldiers .

“Reply properly! This is not training! If you don’t get a hold of yourselves you will instantly die! Understood?”
“Ye, yes!”

Only then came a reply full of strength .
Oliver nodded with a satisfied face .
Then, a soldier that was in the back intruded .

“Hey you, what…… . It’s you?”

He wanted to reprimand him, but at that instant he saw the face of the soldier .
It was Roan that was returning after having completed his duty .

“You too, get a hold of yourself!”
“Yes!”

Roan replied with strength and then, shut his mouth .
A face with shining eyes and a strong will .
He was in no way in a state of nervousness or fear .

‘Look at this guy . ’

Oliver looked at Roan with a little surprised face .

‘Also at that time when he was packing his things, it smells like he is experienced . ’

However, it was impossible .
All of the 5 newcomer soldiers including Roan, were all beginners with no battle experience .
At that time, the sound of the drums was heard .

Boom . Boom . Boom .

At the same time, the cavalry and archers charged towards the gorge of Ale .

Dududududu .

The sound of the earth shaking .
The other troops followed them .
The cavalry moved from the left side of the gorge to the right to cause tremors in the mountain and take the attention of the goblin army .
During that time, the archers prepared to fire .

“Fire!”

At the orders of the aides, the flame arrows covered the sky .

Shoot shoot shoot .

The entrance of the gorge became a sea of fire in an instant/

Burning!

The path of fire devoured the peak of the mountain through the wind .
The only place the fire didn’t reach .
The west side that the archers didn’t shoot on purpose .
The rest of the squads pierced in there .

“Ro,Roan . Will, will we be fine?”

Pierce called out Roan with a really scared face .
Roan clicked his tongue .

‘For this kind of guy to become the duke of Rinse kingdom . ’

This coward became the duke .
It meant that the spear skills of Reil Baker were that outstanding .

‘I also learnt a few tricks . ’

Although he wasn’t a formal disciple like Pierce, he too had some things taught .
And with just that, he could climb all the way to the first spear corps from the 7th .

‘Although I was only a squad commander . ’

Spearmanship without the basics was the same as a toothless tiger .
Even if he learnt a really strange spearmanship, he wouldn’t be able to show even the tenth of it .

“Roan . Are you also scared?”

Pierce looked at Roan that wasn’t saying anything while blinking .
Roan hit Pierce’s chest and smiled .

“There’s nothing to worry about . You were always first in the spearmanship tests . ”
“Tha, that was only in training . ”

Pierce’s face became to the point of crying .
Roan shook his head .

‘Your talent is a waste . Bastard . Your talent is a waste . ’

Even the instructors had said that his talent for the spear was the best they had saw in years .
However, he was too coward and shy so they didn’t know if he was going to be able to use it in real battles .

‘I really admire viscount Reil Baker . ’

He brought up this kind of coward all the way to becoming duke .

“Just follow my back . ”

Roan hit Pierce’s shoulder and glared towards the gorge .
Ale gorge that was covered by flames .

Dudududu .

The ground shook .

Break .

The trees of the gorge shook roughly and the woods fell .

Chwee . Chwee .

The goblins that pour at the same time .

“Kill them!”
“Kill!”

Along with the squad commander’s order, the drum rang in the battle field .

Boom . Boom . Boom .

His heart beat and the pressure rose .
Excitement .
At this moment, Roan became the kid he dreamt of becoming great commander .
Then, Tane rose his spear high and yelled .

“Charge!”
“Charge!”

All of the squad members shouted and charged .

Clash! Clash! Clash!

The sound of metal clashing hit his eardrum .
Pierce and the other newcomer warriors followed the back of Oliver and shrinked their body nervously .
Compared to him, Roan kept maintaining the ranks in the squad and observed the progress of the battle .

“Damn! There a dirty lot!”

Pete yelled after stabbing the spear in a running goblin and cursed .
Roan shook his head .

‘This isn’t the end of the goblin army . ’

His eyes directed to the other side of the gorge .

‘There is also another army hiding . They will come running to help looking at the fire . ’

Then, the number of the goblin army will increase .

‘We have to decrease the number of them the most we can . ’

Roan gripped his spear and glared at the goblins .
Then, Tane’s voice was heard .

“They are getting through . Newcomers in the back be careful!”
“I will take care of them!”

Oliver replied quickly and cut off the necks of the goblins .
A trustable appearance .
Certainly, the rose troop was an outstanding one .

‘I can’t just let a troop like this one to get annihilated . ’

Then, a goblin appeared in front of Roan .

“No, no!”

Oliver noticed it too late and wanted to thrust his spear, but it was too late .

‘Damn! At times like these, the newcomers become stiff!’

Preoccupied eyes .
However, Roan calmly extended his spear and pierced the throat of the goblin .

Grr .

A falling goblin .
A concise but a cool one .
However, Roan’s spear didn’t stop there .

Spat .

The spear twisted like a snake and passed through Oliver’s hip .
His objective was the goblins that were targeting Oliver’s back .

Thrust .

The tip of his spear pierced the chests of the goblins without stop .

“You, you…… . ”

Oliver got surprised at the spear that passed next to him and stammered .
Roan pulled out his spear with a calm face .

“Be careful . ”

Short words .
At the same time, he passed through Oliver and stood in front of the newcomer soldiers .

Swiiiish .

The blade of his spear drew a line of light and slashed through the space .

‘Where are you goblins going!’

Roan’s spear danced .

Grr . Grr .

Three goblins consecutively fell .
It was obvious for the newcomer soldiers, but he got caught in the eyes of the other 13 squads too .

‘What is the identity of that guy?’
‘A newcomer doesn’t fear at all?’

The soldiers of the 13 squads looked at Roan and clicked their tongues .
At that time, Tane that was looking at the situation made hand signals to Roan .

“Roan! You come to the front! The newcomers will be taken by Oliver!”

It was a waste to use his skills as a defense for the newcomers .

“Yes!”
“Yes! Understood!”

Roan and Oliver yelled loudly and charged through .
Roan that comes to the front of the 13 squads .
Pierce that was looking at his back, showed a surprised look .

‘Roan . What happened to you?’

The spear skills he remembered from Roan wasn’t that much .
On top of that, he had never acted so bluntly, because he also had a timid side like him .

‘You are like a completely different person . ’

In only one day, Roan completely became another person .

Grr .

During that time, Roan’s spear cut off the neck of another goblin .

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Translator’s note: Thanks for reading!

Translator : Subak