Became a Strategist With an Intelligence of 100 and an Accuracy Rate of 100%

45 – Episode 45. Northern Fortress Defense (4)

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“What…What is it?”

“Something falls from the sky!!!”

“What?!”

Julian, who was at the vanguard of Serpina’s army, looked at the sky in embarrassment and froze.

The stone…… It was falling.

A burning stone.

It’s a huge stone block that can easily be said to be the divine punishment that religious people refer to.

And that rock-

The sky began to slowly obscure Julian, who was currently looking at the sky.

‘…… !!!!’

At that point, Julian, who quickly realized how dangerous a situation he was in, put the thoughts in his head aside and pulled hard on the rope in his hand.

At the same time, the horse he was riding began to run at full speed.

Must be avoided!

I’m in control, and if I don’t dodge now, I’ll die!

Death!

Even if he was a general who took the lives of countless people on the battlefield, how could death not be anything to him?

If he were to die while fighting valiantly on the battlefield, he would have been able to defend himself by saying that his death was at least meaningful.

But.

Are you going to suddenly die from being crushed by something like a rock falling from the sky?

Your name will remain in history. I will become a general who is crushed to death by a rock that falls from the sky.

Not a general who fought valiantly until the end in an impossible battle.

He was not even a general who died in an unfortunate accident while preparing for departure.

As a general who was crushed by a rock that suddenly fell from the sky!

“Absolutely not!!!!”

Julian shouted and ran to somehow escape the range.

Because the commander was momentarily scared, his command system was thrown into disarray.

What would it have been like if he had issued an order here, saying, ‘Let everyone escape as much as possible!’

However, the water had already spilled.

And.

“Ugh!!!”

“Help me!!!!”

It seems like the giant meteorite has no intention of looking into the situation of Serpina-kun.

Just like that, it fell in a place where many soldiers and siege weapons were gathered.

BOOM——-!!!

What you hear is a roar that seems like it will tear the earth apart.

And then, Serpina’s horrendous screams leak out through them.

As soon as the sound of flames spreading was heard, intense smoke soon obscured everyone’s vision…….

Soon, one or two raindrops fell – and a shower began to fall with enough force to moisten the ground.

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Julian, realizing that the rain was hitting his forehead harshly, slowly raised his head.

“K…Keuuu.”

Due to the shock wave from the meteorite hitting the ground, he fell off his horse and was thrown sideways. He sat down on the ground, barely wiping the blood flowing from his head.

Although he was in a very ugly situation, the fact that he was still breathing meant a lot to him.

I feel pain. I can breathe. A loud, ear-piercing sound continued to buzz around my eardrums.

All of this proves only one fact.

‘I lived…… !!’

Because of that fact, he was able to smile with relief even though the pain was quickly taking over his body.

It’s okay to be sick. I was able to let the pain go somehow.

But death cannot be let go. When you die, everything ends.

Because everything I have lived so far is meaningless.

But.

Julian could not bear that sense of relief for long.

‘Now, wait a minute…’ … Oh, what happened?!’

Only then did the tragedy unfold before his eyes.

A huge boulder that fell in the middle of our troops.

The land has been dug out as is.

…… The remains of soldiers who were crushed without being able to escape.

‘Hee, hee…… !!’

He decapitated countless soldiers on the battlefield.

I knew better than anyone else that if I didn’t kill him, my life and the lives of my colleagues would be in danger.

I thought I fully knew that in a battlefield like this – my life and the lives of those who were breathing together just a moment ago were treated as if they were the lives of flies.

But.

Unknown power.

Something fundamental, something completely incomprehensible.

Suddenly, you are crushed by a huge stone that falls from the sky.

In the face of unknown fear that you cannot control no matter what you do, including changing your behavior……

Even Yulian, who had great experience on the battlefield, had no choice but to be scared.

Well, he is just a commander who is good at fighting. Because it wasn’t some kind of superhuman or something.

At that time.

“……!!”

Julian, who felt a subtle gaze, slowly turned his head and looked behind him.

Castle wall.

The walls of the fortress are not very high.

Because I galloped away on horseback, the location got a little closer.

And.

On top of the castle wall-

A white-haired man stood with his hands outstretched.

He was looking at a rock.

I couldn’t see his expression clearly because he was far away, but…… At least he didn’t seem agitated.

Because I was just looking at this place calmly, without any sign of surprise.

‘Dae…… ‘What the hell?!’

If a rock like this falls from the sky, an ordinary person would naturally be surprised.

But why…… Is it possible to be so aloof like that?

As if he knew it would be like this from the beginning…… ?

Now that I think about it, that man.

They were building a strange altar on the castle wall and doing strange things.

Aren’t you going to beat the drum and scream?

It was still clear to my eyes that he was carrying out some kind of ritual.

At first, I thought I was just losing my mind.

Unless something has happened that cannot happen unless you are out of your mind…… I felt like I couldn’t just ignore the man’s behavior.

‘No way…… ?!’

Magic…… ?

Is it magic?

That consciousness…… Was it some kind of magic?

There is no way such a thing as magic exists. Because wizards only existed in legends.

Furthermore, the magic described in the legend was not this absurd.

But, if it’s not magic, how can you explain this situation?

I didn’t hear it from anyone, but I saw it with my own eyes!

In the first place, does it make sense for such a boulder to suddenly fall from the sky?

Isn’t it more plausible that what that man did was to summon a boulder?

And that time.

The man on the castle wall…… He slowly lowered his head and looked down at himself.

Then, I looked down at where Julian was.

“What…What…!”

Julian was overwhelmed by the man’s expression and stepped behind him, unconsciously waving his arms.

I felt like I was being eaten by those cold gray eyes.

And that moment.

The man looked at himself and made a very unhappy expression.

As if to say, ‘Why are you still alive?’

“Hey, hey…!!”

He was sure.

It was this man who dropped the stone from the sky!

Whether it was magic or not, it didn’t matter.

Once the results were out, things like the process didn’t really matter.

Then, the identity of the man who did this is-

‘Poetry…… God…… ??’

Just now, he was ignoring the very act of performing a ritual by praying to something that does not exist, saying that religion is weak and all.

When I looked at the man’s cold eyes, I thought of a god who could not possibly exist.

That moment.

“General Julian!!!”

From behind, a soldier rode a horse and approached where Julian was.

It seems that he was a soldier who was at the last line of the troops and had avoided any damage.

He quickly approached Julian and said while supporting him.

“Are you okay, General?!”

“I……I am.”

I want to stand up.

Because of those cold eyes, my feet didn’t fall as if I was being forced to sit down.

This was horror.

That too, a very fundamental fear of unknown power.

The reason humans are afraid of death is because they cannot even anticipate what lies beyond death.

I couldn’t ask anyone in this area. Because it was impossible to raise a dead person and ask questions.

That’s why humans try to overcome that fear by using the power of religion.

This fear I was feeling right now was very similar to the fear I felt about death.

“Save me…!”

“General Julian…?”

Julian finally realized again that there was a soldier next to him and spoke.

“Do, do… Run! All troops! We must retreat! God… God, God has appeared…!! We must run!!!”

“Huh? What…!”

“Can’t you hear me? Quick! We have to run away!”

The soldier was also at a loss as to what to do because rocks had already fallen from the sky.

So now there was nothing else to do other than just follow the commander’s orders.

“I understand…!”

The soldier helped Julian and handed over the horse he was riding.

Julian somehow managed to get onto the horse saddle and started running, swallowing down the pain he felt in his body.

Must be avoided!

That thought alone was the driving force that enabled him to move his body in the current situation.

So, Julian rode on his horse to save his life without even trying to recover the collapsed friendly troops.

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‘…… ‘I can’t see very well.’

There was a man who looked like an enemy soldier near the castle wall, so I thought I would check his face.

Even if I frown, I can’t see it clearly.

He thought about going closer and checking, but gave up the idea. Because I had no strength in my body.

Still, as I expected, it seemed like the Serpina army had begun a full-scale retreat.

They seemed quite frightened as they threw away all the siege weapons they had brought with them and ran away.

Well, it would be strange if you didn’t get scared when a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky.

“…Huh.”

I’m glad things worked out well, I was actually really scared.

Because there was no sign of lightning striking.

The sky was cloudy, but there was no rain or wind. In this game, lightning strikes only when rain falls, so I was very confused when it didn’t rain even when the enemies arrived in front of the fortress.

It was a bit scary when the siege engine came right in front of us…… Still, I wasn’t terribly anxious.

‘Sit-in’ was the right answer, so something would have happened.

Even so, I could never have imagined that a meteorite would fall.

In the 10,000 hours I played this game, I saw only a handful of meteorites.

I see a meteorite in a possessed world.

If I calculate it in terms of probability, how rare is the number that greets me?

Actually, when the meteorite was about to hit, I was worried that the shock wave would cause the entire fortress to collapse.

Fortunately, it seemed that the damage was only limited to the amount set in the game.

If you look at the aspects of the battle, it was predictable, but it was fortunate that this world faithfully followed the rules of the game.

For reference, if you are hit by a meteorite, about 90% of the entire force will melt, regardless of the number of soldiers.

I sighed softly.

Even if the results turned out as I had predicted, I still couldn’t control the tension.

Now that the tension was gone, my body felt very drowsy.

If you feel a slight gaze here and turn your head……

There, Irene was staring at me, her eyes wide open.

“Swen… What on earth… What… What… Did you do…?”

Yes.

In Irene’s view, this situation is that I built an altar and talked nonsense about ‘communicating with the sky’ and other things, and then I cried out to the sky and did all kinds of strange things-

It must have been a situation where a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky.

I was wondering how to explain this, and decided to give a simple answer.

“…Fortunately, it seems that we have succeeded in bringing out the distortion of the sky…”

Huh?

For some reason, I couldn’t speak well.

My vision was getting blurry, and I felt like I was going to lose my mind at any moment.

Oh, I see.

Low strength means low basic physical strength.

No matter how well I knew things would go well, my body must have been incredibly tense because I was going on an extraordinary journey while witnessing death right in front of my eyes.

Now that it has all been resolved…… It seemed like there was an overload.

“Swen!”

When I stumbled and was about to fall, Irene quickly ran over and caught me.

I couldn’t help but feel fortunate that she was by my side.

If she had fallen, she could have gotten hurt.

“Iren… As I said… Iren…”

After saying that, I muttered some more words-

I soon lost consciousness.