0.01 Second Sword Master

1 Second Sword Master Episode 5

“Their capital is just around the corner! Advance!”

Encouraged by Aaron’s booming voice, the Halaz soldiers continued to run.

Despite knowing that it was an unreasonable forced march, Aaron raised the morale of the soldiers in the name of revenge, and as a result, they arrived at the desired destination at the desired time.

“This is Ronan Castle!”

Ronan Castle was a small place compared to other places.

That’s why it was easy to attack, and it seemed possible to attack with the current scam.

“It shows our anger clearly. Burn Ronan Castle here. There are no prisoners.”

“All right!”

The knight commanders shouted at his command.

“There are no prisoners!! Burn everything in Ronan Castle and kill him!”

Ronan Castle, which had been peaceful at the shouts of angry soldiers, fell into great confusion.

“I am the enemy!”

“no. How the hell did this happen? Why are the soldiers of the Halaz Kingdom all the way here…!”

“What happened to our kingdom soldiers? Didn’t you say you won the war?!”

Before they could escape, the soldiers of Halaz Kingdom surrounded the castle, so there seemed to be no way to escape.

There were few remaining defenders, so some people said that it would be better to open the gates and surrender, while others said that we should fight to the end.

while they are arguing with each other,

“Hey, the enemies are coming up!!”

Halaz Kingdom soldiers were in the middle of putting a ladder on the wall.

Also, the wizards were preparing destruction magic to break down the castle gates.

“Damn it. If we keep going like this…”

By the time they start tightening their necks like that.

“for a moment. Is that?!”

In the distance, blue flags could be seen waving and approaching.

The soldiers who were stomping their feet on the wall shouted when they saw the flag.

“Whoa, reinforcements!”

“what? reinforcement?”

“Really? Did reinforcements really come?!”

Soon after, the other soldiers raised their voices as they watched the cavalry approaching from a distance, raising a cloud of dust.

“It’s a blue flag!”

“Isn’t that the flag of Aslan’s Grand Division Commander?!”

“The commander of the Grand Air Division has arrived!!”

“It’s real! It’s the commander of the standby division!”

Their shouts soon reached the soldiers of Halaz Kingdom.

They too turned their heads at the sound of horses hooves behind them.

“What is that?”

Doo doo doo-!

The cavalry was approaching at a terrifying speed, holding high the blue lion banner with the lion’s face, the symbol of the Aslan family.

“Unbelievable. It’s Aslan!”

“what? Aslan?!”

Aaron was equally embarrassed.

“Eh, what the hell happened to this…?”

Clearly, his plan was perfect.

They camouflaged the fleeing army and deliberately took a big detour to avoid being caught by the guy.

Fooled by that, they even received reports that their army was following them.

By now, he should have crossed the borders of Halaj Kingdom and made a fool of himself.

But somehow, Aslan’s army was rushing towards this place with fierce momentum.

“Standby division commander. The soldiers are agitated!”

“Come on, give me orders!”

Aaron swallowed his dry saliva and stared at the dust-filled plain in a state of captivity, unable to give any orders.

I couldn’t.

It was because my head went white and I didn’t know what to do first.

“Standby Division Commander!!”

“ah······.”

Aaron, who came to his senses belatedly, said with a confused face.

“This, everything for now, calm down.”

Even when I told him to calm down, the commanding officer of the corps did not immediately calm down from his voice and expression.

In addition, Aslan is the one the soldiers fear the most right now.

Even though they only saw Aslan’s flag, their legs were shaking like aspen trees and they couldn’t move properly.

“The knights of the great Aslan Grand Commander!”

Driven by that momentum, Nella, who was running faster than anyone else in the lead, shouted in a loud voice.

“Destroy all enemies!”

“Waaa-!!”

“Uh, quickly form a defensive formation! We have to stop them!”

Despite the urgent orders of the knight commanders, the soldiers showed no signs of moving.

Overwhelmed by fear, there was nothing they could do.

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Just watch as the enemy cavalry is swept away like a storm.

* * *

“Hey. Are you here?”

Horace ran until his horse collapsed from exhaustion and barely reached the barracks.

And what was waiting for him there,

“You are late.”

It was Aslan, who was sitting in the seat of honor with his chin resting.

In front of him, the knights of the Kingdom of Halaz were tied with ropes and kneeling.

“These are…”

“I can’t see it. They are pathetic bastards who don’t even qualify as knights. Stop talking and sit there.”

“Ah, yes.”

As Horace sat down, he studied the faces of those who had been captured.

Few of them knew, but there was one that stood out.

‘The author is Aaron.’

After Yuhan, he is said to have excellent skills in swordsmanship and tactics.

His position in Halaz Kingdom is good enough to be chosen as the most likely candidate to become the next Grand Master.

But now he was tied to a rope with his head bowed.

Aslan used his own strategy to wipe out the soldiers of Halaz Kingdom along with that talented young man.

‘After all, I and the Kingdom of Halaz were all playing on Aslan’s palm?’

Aslan was arrogantly looking down at Aaron with fierce lion-like eyes.

‘I don’t know what he’s thinking.’

Back in the day, I thought I knew what that stupid bastard was thinking.

But now he realizes that everything was his own illusion.

It wasn’t that Aslan was stupid, it was Horace himself.

That’s why I couldn’t figure out what the other person was thinking right now.

What is he thinking right now?

* * *

‘I almost got fucked.’

On the outside, he had a scary expression on his face, but on the inside he was breathing a sigh of relief.

If I had not recalled the army and pursued the army as Horeth had said, they would have confided in the kingdom’s capital by now.

It is a so-called empty house robbing tactic, and if you get hit by this strategy once, your mentality will be shattered and you will naturally press the restart of the game.

As much as that, it couldn’t be a very fatal thing for the player.

It just shouldn’t have happened unless you belong to a kingdom and play as a wanderer.

‘Did you get lucky? Even so, that old Horace is still alive.’

I glanced at Horace for no reason.

It was not with the intention of withdrawing troops like this, but in the end it was a good thing.

I didn’t like that Horace returned alive and well, though.

‘But why did they bring them here?’

After winning the battle, Nella Knight Commander dared to capture Aaron and several other knights and put them in front of me. And he even shrugged his shoulders proudly, as if asking for a compliment.

‘No. It’s a good thing.’

I thought I was doing something useless, but looking back on it, it was a pretty good skill.

‘You can extort money as a condition for releasing prisoners.’

In any game, the more money, the better.

Resources are always a great help.

Of course, it was also important to adjust or hide it appropriately because it could become a target for all kingdoms if it exceeded a certain number.

In addition, it was Aaron who was caught.

[Aaron]

Power: 85

Intellect: 80

It was a skill that made your mouth water.

That should have been my ability…!

Once again, the anger was so strong that my fists trembled.

Why did you choose such an asshole!

‘And that guy’s not only good stats.’

Aaron is a growth character, so he grows more from there, and later his power soars to 90. It wasn’t difficult to shoot the highest level of force if they were accompanied by various weapons.

And talents should not be evaluated simply by brute force and intellect.

Because each character has their own characteristics.

Aaron had several A-class characteristics.

‘In other words, he is a very valuable talent for the Halaz Kingdom.’

With Yuhan also dead, Aaron is the only one he can trust and rely on in Halaz Kingdom.

There may be other talents, but there is no one like Aaron, so they will try to get it back even if it costs a lot of money.

‘Later he’ll grow up and take revenge, but that’s a distant future.’

Due to this war, the forces of the Kingdom of Halaz were almost destroyed, and Yuhan was lost, so he will be busy restoring his strength for the time being.

Or another kingdom could occupy Halaj first.

Even if you recover well and try to get revenge on me, you just have to find a way out of this fucking game before I do.

‘Then where should I set a good price?’

I’m sure you can sell him for a high price.

Then, with that money, as much as possible for my safety…

“This is impossible.”

At that time, Aaron, who had been biting his lip, opened his mouth.

“Obviously my strategy was perfect. It must be so, but how can you, Aslan, who does not have the qualifications to be the commander of the grand division…!”

I narrowed my eyebrows.

ugly Aaron.

If that’s the case, I’ll just fight and die. Why are you robbing your mouth after being caught here?

I didn’t hear anything.

He’ll be a very good resource, just put him in jail before it gets even worse.

By the way,

“You are cheeky.”

There was no way this snout would allow that to happen.

“How dare you talk like that in front of me.”

I felt a serious bravado quickly take over my body.

My body leaned against the back of the chair by itself, and my chin raised arrogantly.

Also, the voice was much thicker and lower than at other times.

“Was the strategy you came up with with your little brain to attack a castle with only powerless people?”

“That is always the case in war.”

“No, that’s just an excuse for cowardly and petty bastards.”

I looked straight into Aaron’s eyes and said.

“A guy who doesn’t even know what the honor of such a basic knight dares to say my name. It’s pitiful.”

Aaron stared blankly at me with a face as if he had been beaten.

“but. There is no way the top heads of your kingdom know what honor is.”

Then he opened his eyes and cried out.

“Don’t insult our kingdom! Isn’t it you, Aslan, who has been hiding behind your vassals like a coward!”

This is a very wise and true statement.

Aslan was the epitome of ignorance, bluffing in front of him and then running away if he seemed to be at a slight disadvantage.

But,

“Hidden behind…”

Aslan now is different.

It is because the characteristic of momentary supernatural power was created, and the characteristic of ignorance disappeared.

All he has left now is-

“I will ask you, Aaron. Did I cowardly hide behind you when I fought Yuhan?”

boundless confidence.

“When I killed Yuhan and stood alone in front of you, did I take even one step back?”

Pride in yourself.

“no. I didn’t run away. Rather, it was you who turned your back on me. Because I had an honor to protect.”

And,

“Not backing down at any time. To fight valiantly for soldiers who are only looking at their backs. That is the honor and weight of being a senior division commander. Do you know how heavy it is? How dare you?”

It was a sickly bluff.

“…”

Aaron was looking up at me with trembling eyes.

Before I knew it, I got up from my seat and approached him.

The books, anime, manga, dramas, etc. I’ve read in the meantime.

A series of scenes passed through my mind, and the lines that came out of them were tied together and popped out of my mouth.

“Are they entitled to call me a coward? A knight lives by the sword and dies by the sword. You do not raise your sword to kill the powerless, but you raise your sword to save them. Even if it is the enemy people!”

Originally, I would not have been able to say a word properly in front of so many people.

However, the bravado that filled the whole body made all the shame and fear disappear.

Even if I didn’t like everything else, I was satisfied with this one.

Should I say it gives an unknown sense of liberation?

It was good up to that point, but it was always a problem after that.

chin-

The bluff that had filled up to the tip of my head was moving my body impulsively.

Among the swords placed in front of the prisoners tied up with ropes, I picked up one that looked especially good.

Then he drew the sword from the scabbard and held the blade with his bare hands.

Kwadeuk-!!

The sword bent lightly like mud.

It was the moment when the momentary power was activated.

“!?”

Aaron looked at me like his eyes were about to pop out.

I shook my bloody hand and threw the broken sword in front of him.

“Look at this broken sword and engrave it deep into your bones every day. What is the true pride of a knight?”

“…”

He said nothing.

“Jail them. I don’t want to see the blood of a kid who has no honor.”

“Yes!”

The soldiers took the prisoners outside the barracks.

I also gave orders to the knights who were staring at me with surprised eyes.

“You guys should go out too.”

“But, Commander-in-Chief. The hand…”

“A wound like this is nothing. Get out.”

“Yes.”

The knights got up from their seats and went outside, but only Horeth stayed there until the end. He gave a very meaningful look.

“Have you something to say, Horace?”

He immediately shook his head and replied.

“It’s nothing, Grand Commander.”

Unlike the last time, he greeted me with utmost courtesy and then went out with a gun.

only then,

“ah-“

I was freed from the morbid bravado that dominated my body and maxed it out.

When the bluff that controls all emotions and even pain escapes at once like a burst balloon,

“it hurts. It’s fucking sick!”

A moan leaked out of my mouth.

There was an excruciating pain in the hand that was bleeding.

I gritted my teeth and barely held it in when I wanted to scream at least.

But I couldn’t stop the swearing from coming out.

“A real fucking asshole character!”

At the same time, he hated himself for feeling relieved that he had made money by catching a big fish called Aaron.