Quit being a knight and become a mercenary

67 – Snail Hunting (4)

I wonder if the soldiers of this fortress have also filled their heads with snails, so they reacted immediately as soon as I climbed onto the wall.

“Screw that bastard first!”

“Don’t let them climb up the castle wall and start messing around!”

“Put pressure on several people at once!”

Following the instructions of those who appeared to be at least the rank of leader of the ten, serf soldiers began to flock towards me.

They are armed with all kinds of miscellaneous weapons, such as maces and knives made of cheap iron, flails used for threshing, and sickles.

‘Something like that pretends to be a soldier.’

“Get that guy’s head off!”

“Send him to the Lord with one blow!”

“Die!”

It’s really funny how they show what they’re saying, their trembling shoulders, and their graying faces, and then rush at them like that.

They are bastards that I don’t even have the will to deal with, but…

‘On the battlefield, everyone who points a weapon at me is an enemy.’

I circulated the aura throughout my body and held the sword tightly with both hands.

Then, a blue aura mist symbolizing the level of expert rose from my sword.

One of the soldiers behind the serfs shouted in a loud voice.

“I’m an expert!”

At those words, the guys in front of me started shaking their chins.

“I’ll make it easier for you, you little snails!”

After saying that, I swung my sword with aura.

Step with your right foot and turn sharply to the right by applying strength to your waist, arms, and wrist.

Up to this point, it will be nothing more than a normal rotational slash.

After reaching the level of Auror Expert and taking the elixir, my level showed such power that even such a basic attack seemed like a secret technique.

With just one swing, I cut down several soldiers who were blocking my path.

“Monster, monster…”

“….. I don’t want to die.”

“Crazy…”

The bodies of those cut by the sword fell to the ground like cut down logs.

Even when I saw it, the corners of its mouth twitched at the satisfying power.

“Martin Mayer, senior platoon leader of the Whitebeard Mercenaries, was the first to climb the walls. Everyone follow me!”

I wanted to move forward, cutting down the soldiers blocking my path, but…

Even Auror Masters, who are believed to be able to take on anywhere from one to hundreds of soldiers, do not go on a rampage alone in battle.

What if I, who is only an expert beginner, run amok here alone?

‘Surrounded by dozens of soldiers, death is certain.’

“Only the brave ones who are not afraid of death should attack! “I will send you to the underworld with honor!”

When he said that and released his aura, the serf soldiers momentarily hesitated.

After that, the soldiers of our mercenary unit eagerly climbed up the ladder.

“Follow behind Platoon Commander Martin!”

However, the enemy was not an idiot either, so he continued to fire arrows and rocks towards the ladder where our troops were climbing.

“Fall, mercenary bastards!”

Those who were hit with stones fell down the ladder from the shock and their entire bodies were broken.

Those who were hit by the arrows held out for a while at first, but as the enemy continued to focus their attacks, they were unable to withstand it and lost strength and died.

“Ugh, f*ck.”

Unlike when fighting on flat ground, long-distance attacks keep coming even if you get close to the enemy, so it’s really not easy.

And the commanders behind the soldiers are now trying to kill me at any cost…

He shouted while swinging his sword wildly from behind.

“You’re an expert and all, just push on like this! “If other mercenaries follow him, we’ll all be left behind!”

“Call for support! “Please send all reserve troops here!”

“If you don’t want to die, hurry!”

At the same time as he said that, the serf and his soldiers rushed at me as if fire had hit their feet.

Each one of them is not as skilled as our new recruits, or they are weaklings at the level of new recruits.

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It’s not difficult at all to deal with them one by one, but the problem is that they come in groups…

“That bastard, I can see the gap!”

“Whether it’s an arm or a leg, lose to death!”

“Kill!”

Because I was on a narrow castle wall, my movement was greatly restricted, and as I kept dealing with several people by myself, I started to get pushed back little by little.

‘Is this why they are giving out a reward to the person who gets to the castle wall first?’

The ones I’m dealing with now aren’t regular soldiers, but most of them are lowly soldiers, and I can’t even imagine how difficult it will be when I fight in a really big castle or fortress later.

“f*ck, I’m going crazy.”

However, I continued to swing my sword with the determination that I could not be pushed out of here.

I continued to attack with such concentration that I did not know whether I was swinging the sword or the sword was swinging me.

“Push slowly!”

“f*ck, ugh.”

“Monster bastard…”

Although dozens of weaklings surrounded me, they were never able to land a real blow on me.

And just then, we heard the sound of our mercenaries coming up the ladder from behind.

“Platoon leader Martin!”

“f*ck, sorry I’m late!”

As you said, it was a bit late, but the enemies were throwing stones like crazy and even shooting arrows and magic.

Even if it was a little late, there was nothing we could do about it.

“Gather behind me!”

Then they started to gather behind me in one lump.

“Kill the catapults, wizards, and archers first!”

The thing that drives people the most crazy during a siege is not the soldiers guarding the castle walls.

These are the guys who hide behind castle walls and soldiers and subtly shoot magic and arrows.

‘In fact, they are the ones who kill the most soldiers.’

I raised my eyes, looked around, and found the fortress’ watchtower raining arrows and magic.

“Kill the babies first!”

Having said that, I once again circulated the aura throughout my body.

“Die, you weak plowing bastards!”

As I moved forward, swinging the sword filled with aura, their necks fell off like leaves falling in the wind.

Nevertheless, the attacks of those trying to kill me continued to surge like a river.

However, the skills of those wielding weapons were very weak.

There was only a slight push, but their attack wasn’t too burdensome for me and Martin Mayer.

‘Attacks that are not weighted with aurors are roughly blocked by armor.’

When I hold my sword tightly once again and move forward while randomly cutting down the enemy.

I heard someone shouting loudly next to me.

“You iron can bastard! Die!”

Then he swung his mace towards my vital spot.

The corner of his mouth twitched and he struck my armor with all his might.

A heavy weight was felt on my body, but it didn’t hurt that much.

“I thought a fly landed on me, you bastard.”

Then I cut his neck in a straight line.

I hit the corpse with my shoulder, pushed it away, and immediately started slashing at those wielding weapons behind and next to me.

I felt my breathing slowly becoming heavier and my body becoming heavier.

‘Did I go too wild?’

But, hearing the voices of those following behind me gave me strength.

“Follow the platoon leader! “Kill all the idiots on the wall!”

“If you fall behind, you die!”

“Open the gate today!”

I didn’t look back, but I saw that he was following behind me without any difficulty.

Thanks to everyone, I’ve been acting like a dog, so I’ll be able to beat up those soldiers made up of weak serfs with ease.

‘You can’t stretch out in front of them.’

So, I steadily advanced to the watchtower, cutting down enemies with a sword filled with aura.

When I climbed the watchtower, the eyes of enemy archers, wizards, and soldiers operating catapults were all focused on me.

“Kill that bastard!”

“Protect the watchtower! “Hold on until reinforcements arrive!”

“Make me a hedgehog!”

It doesn’t matter if there are a few archers, but if there are wizards involved, it’s honestly dangerous like this…

‘Crawling into your arms.’

I lowered my posture and stepped on the ground with my right foot filled with aura.

My body flew away like an arrow, no, like a bullet.

The guy I’m going to kill now is a wizard who is leisurely chanting magic in front of him.

“Fireball, a flame that will burn the enemy!”

Like a magic that shoots fireballs, I got goosebumps as the hot flames came towards me…

The hastily chanted magic was a little more awkward than I thought.

If I had become an intermediate Auror Expert, I would have been able to use Aurors to cast magic…

There is no need to take risky gambles now.

So, I loaded up the Auror and hit and killed the guy on the other side while dodging the fireball.

“No, what the f*ck?”

After avoiding the magic, immediately rotate your body sharply and cut off the guy’s staff and entire waist.

The soldiers on the watchtower no longer dared to use long-range weapons to suppress us.

“f*ck, does this make sense?”

“Avoiding magic fired right in front of you?”

“Is that a human?”

Enjoying the enemy’s astonished praise, I immediately gave another command.

“Kill all those on the watchtower! Destroy the catapult!”

According to that order, our mercenary soldiers immediately slaughtered the people who were innocently shooting arrows from the watchtower.

“Die, die! “You bastards are as bad as dust!”

“He attacked me from behind so shamefully, it’s ugly.”

“Get it, get it!”

After completely suppressing the watchtower, I waved the torch on the watchtower wildly to signal.

It’s not finished yet, but this is pretty good.