The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 4: First Revenge (3)

“The Imperial Army has finally departed.”

The next day, Rafaela reported to me.

Then they will probably cross the river sometime around tomorrow afternoon.

“You are finally here.”

I was with Rafaela at the riverside where the imperial army was expected to come.

Some of the magicians and archers from Speth were also with me.

“All teams. Have you reached your respective location?”

I contacted my special team through the crystal ball.

Although there won’t be a battle today, there will be a fierce exploration battle instead.

The Empire will continue to send summons.

To counter this, I formed a team of about 20 summoned beasts and placed them in appropriate positions.

As mentioned above, we communicated with the team leader of each team through the crystal ball.

“Team 1 is ready.”

“Team 2 ready.”

…

“20 Teams ready.”

“Good. Everyone wait.”

And my role here is to detect the location of the summons through superior detection abilities.

Then I contact the team closest to the summoned beast I detected.

“5 Teams. At 11 o’clock, at 500 meters, I caught a black bird pet.”

It wasn’t long before I spotted the first enemy summons. I immediately contacted the team leader in that area.

“It was shot down.”

Only a few seconds later, a call came from Team 5.

I have a satisfied smile. Certainly, the skill of the Speth wizard wasn’t bad either.

“… Team 1 here. I found an enemy summon. Can I shoot it down?”

“Shoot it down.”

Sometimes even a team sent me a message saying they detected it before I did.

In this way, we advanced, shooting down the summoned beasts sent by the imperial magicians.

“Rafaela. How is your situation?”

“… The Imperial Army’s defense is also formidable. My summons were also shot down a while ago.”

“It’s okay. Keep sending summons and confirm the approximate location of the Imperial forces.”

Meanwhile, some wizards, including Rafaela, sent summoned beasts to watch over the imperial army, but they were also being shot down.

“I think the Imperials are turning their heads because the summons are still being shot down.”

Still, I didn’t have any income at all. Still, right before being shot down, I could see where the Imperial Army was heading and what their strength was.

“Good job.”

When I learned the direction the Imperial Army was going, I smiled.

Perhaps the imperial army will judge that the enemy is in the place where the summons are shot down. So I’ll try to get past it as much as possible.

But they are wrong. In fact, there were only a handful of members of the shooting team I sent at the location where the summons were shot down.

“17 Teams. In 2 minutes the summons will pass there. Give the stealth order.”

On the other hand, if possible, summoned beasts were being sent to the location where Speth’s forces would ambush.

Instead, they were notified in advance so that they could stop the advance and camouflage themselves.

From here on, it can be said that the victory or defeat depended on the performance of Speth’s white cloak, but I believed in Speth’s camouflage ability.

Because I have already failed to detect the hiding Speth archers.

“As expected, the Imperial Army is moving to the place we are going to ambush.”

For now, it seems that they failed to detect Speth-kun. At this I smiled.

The Imperial Army was gradually moving to the place I wanted.

***

Day 2 of the White Forest assault.

Shoot aaa…….

The Imperial Army was advancing in the unwelcome rain.

The sun was obscured by clouds, and since it was a dense forest, the view around it was dim even though it was still daytime.

‘Damn the trees. Can’t they block the rain even if they block the sunlight?’

Calia was just annoyed as her rain soaked her and her armor weighed down.

Anyway, she was in a sensitive state because she went back yesterday to avoid Speth’s ambush.

But even the weather isn’t helping here.

“Looks like the soldiers are getting tired. How about taking a break for a while?”

“Although the march is slowing down because of this goddamn rain, what is it? Did we forget to go to Speth as soon as possible?”

“I have to cross the river in about 10 minutes. Enemies may be hiding from beyond the river, so I think now is the right time.”

“No need. That’s how much we can speed up!”

Calia resolutely rejected Count Kalen and Scarlett’s proposal to take her rest.

‘A foolish b*tch.’

Scarlett shook her head.

“… I’m going to rest here for 20 minutes.”

But then, something unexpected happened. Count Carlen gave orders to his soldiers.

At this, Calia immediately grabbed Count Calen by the collar.

“What are you doing now?”

“Calia, Her Highness has appointed me as the commander of this operation and Calia as her lieutenant. I will treat you with respect, but you must still obey my orders.”

“Now you dare… ….”

“If you continue to do this, I will report it to Her Highness, the Princess.”

“Ah!!”

A situation I would never have dreamed of. It was because Count Calen had relatively little voice among Calia’s aides.

However, things have changed now that Calia’s misdeeds have become known, her position has been lost, and her voice has been greatly weakened.

Even the princess gave her strength by appointing Count Calen as commander instead of Calia.

As Calia stepped back with a look of resentment, Count Callen called the wizards of the Mage Tower together.

“How is the situation across the river now?”

“The enemies are not being detected. There are no special movements.”

“Is it right for Speth to still ambush at that point?”

“I’m not sure, but I think we’re still defending that point. The summons sent to that area are still being shot down.”

Even after the Mage Tower Wizard’s report, Count Calen was uneasy. Speth’s side also sent summons to the Imperial Army constantly, so they could have known their approximate location by now.

First of all, they had no information on Speth’s forces anyway. That made Count Calen uneasy.

“It’s raining like this. Will there be any problems crossing the river?”

“Aren’t we wizards? Just build a bridge and cross it.”

Isabel spoke confidently, but Count Calen still looked troubled.

“Is there any road that does not cross this river?”

“This river is quite long and you really have to go around it. At least… One more day will be delayed.”

“What? Delayed again?”

Calia immediately had a seizure. Count Calen let out a light sigh.

His intuition was telling him to return to the road that didn’t cross the river. However, it was also true that he had to go to Speth as soon as possible because he did not know when the holy sword would disappear.

“No. We cross the river as originally planned.”

After a while, the Imperial Army, who had been taking a break, reached the riverside before they knew it.

So the wizards of the Mage Tower drew a magic circle on the riverside and then began to memorize spells.

“… Rise.”

Cuckoo-cuckoo…….

Then the sand and stones at the bottom of the river began to gather in one place and rose to the top of the river.

Soon the sand and stones began to stick together and became a bridge to cross the river.

The soldiers were amazed at the sight.

“If you go too much at once, it will collapse, so be careful.”

Scarlett said. With Count Kallen’s instructions, only a certain number of soldiers climbed the bridge and crossed the river.

‘What are you doing right now?’

Calia didn’t like that look. She said that the river was not very deep and the current was not very strong.

“It’s not that deep anyway, so can’t we just cross it?”

“Then Calia-sama, please go ahead with the other mages. There is also a need to prepare for an unexpected enemy attack.”

As if Calia had waited, she crossed the river. Some of her wizards, including the wizards of the Mage Tower, also followed her.

They quickly crossed the river and were wary of the soldiers who had arrived in advance and the surroundings. Then Calia looked towards the river.

She could see they were moving slowly. In fact, it was because she was wearing military gear because she couldn’t use the subspace, but Calia was not the kind of person who would consider such a situation.

‘I need to find Edmund as soon as possible… ….’

Calia lightly bit her lip and squeezed the handle of her holy sword.

Although her saintess said that her holy sword would not leave her until she killed Edmund, Calia was still unsure.

Since she failed to kill Edmund in the first place, her plans have been twisted.

So I didn’t like Count Kalen’s way of being overly cautious.

“Huh? There’s someone over there!”

It was when half of the Imperial army had crossed the river. Suddenly one of the wizards with her called out.

Calia reflexively turned her head in that direction.

“Edmund!!”

I was sure. Edmund, clad in a white cloak, quietly approached them.

Calia’s heart started beating. How long has she been waiting for this moment?

She immediately drew her holy sword and charged at full speed.

Then Edmund immediately turned and started running.

“There Edmund is running away! Catch it now! You guys, quickly contact the owners of the Magic Tower!”

Calia, who was really pissed off at this, gave instructions to the wizards and chased him.

Since most of the members of Edmund’s party had not yet crossed the river, Calia hurriedly pursued him with the four wizards who were with him.

The wizards chased after him and tried to fire attack magic, but Edmund easily blocked their attacks with a shield.

“You two. Hurry up, overtake him with teleportation and stop him!”

As the distance between him and her began to grow, Calia instructed the two wizards who were running beside her.

The wizards pointed out for this activated their teleportation magic and instantly moved in front of Edmund and then cast a binding spell on him.

Edmund stopped on the spot as if he was caught.

“Good job!”

Calia saw that and increased her speed.

But at that moment.

Hey.

An arrow flew out of nowhere and hit the wizards who were blocking Edmund.

The wizards, who were completely unprepared for the surprise attack, were struck down by arrows without being able to counterattack.

“What… what?”

At the same time, arrows began to fire around Calia.

The direction the arrow flies is up the tree.

The other two wizards next to Calia used shield magic to block the arrows, but they were only busy blocking the barrage of arrows flying here and there.

On the other hand, when Calia was hit by an arrow, she did not suffer any damage, so she went on without stopping at all. In time she caught up with Edmund, who was still standing.

Then Edmund looked back. He was smiling.

Under him, the skill scroll was already activated.

“See you next time.”

With Tu’s words taunting Calia, Edmund disappeared. Calia rushed at him belatedly and tried to swing her holy sword, but she only cut through the air like she had done before.

“aaa!!!”

Missing Edmund right in front of her nose again, Calia sat down on the ground and howled.

“Calia! What are you doing here?”

Belatedly, Isabel, the owner of the Blue Magic Tower, appeared.

“Are you asking because you don’t know? You missed Edmund right under your nose!”

“Edmund showed up?”

“Yes! He must have looked at the wizards and instructed them to tell you….”

“… Calia. It doesn’t matter now.”

Calia tried to argue with Isabel, but Isabel immediately cut her off.

“The enemy launched an ambush. I have to go back.”