Chapter 358: The Battle of the Fort Walls
Shouts and screams erupted from inside the Fort.
It was the voices of allies… soldiers of the Aiwood Kingdom Army.
“Enemies!”
“The Foreign Tribes have entered the Fort!”
“Close the castle gate! At this rate… Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?”
“””””Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!”””””
The Foreign Tribes that had invaded the Fort’s interior.
A hundred, two hundred… the number of enemies inside the Fort steadily increased.
The movements of the Foreign Tribes were swift. They could achieve speeds with their unaided bodies that Magicians only gained through Body Enhancement, and they invaded the Fort with a gliding-like velocity.
“This is… bad. At this rate, the Fort will fall!”
Atop the fort wall, Rest gritted his molars and shouted.
If this continued, the interior of the Fort would be overrun by enemies.
Allied soldiers tried to close the castle gate, but their efforts were hampered by the interference of the Foreign Tribes.
For now, Rest activated a spell to block the castle gate.
“【Earth Shield】!”
A wall of earth appeared at the Fort’s entrance.
The open castle gate was blocked, obstructing the enemy’s advance… but the Foreign Tribes immediately began trying to destroy the wall.
“Thicker… That’s right, if I drop large rocks or something…!”
If I create rocks with magic, I can crush the Foreign Tribes at the castle gate and block it at the same time. Killing two birds with one stone.
Rest immediately tried to activate a spell… but then, a cold killing intent brushed against the nape of his neck.
“Tch…!”
“Hmph!”
A sharp blade swung. Aimed at Rest’s neck.
Rest enhanced his physical abilities with magic and leaped back from that spot.
Taking some distance, he looked back to where he had just been, and there stood a person holding a dull blade.
(A human… No, are they really human?)
A small figure with a hood pulled down low… From their build, they looked like a boy, but it was unclear if they were truly human.
Perhaps it was one of the Foreign Tribes in disguise.
“That was close… Who are you?”
“Die… Sorcerer…!”
“Tch…!”
The assailant kicked off the floor and lunged with blade in hand.
Fast. Even though there was no sign of them using magic, it was as if they were using spells like 【Body Enhancement】 or 【Acceleration】.
“【High Accelerator】!”
Rest evaded the blade using a high-tier enhancement spell.
Simultaneously, he activated an attack spell. Numerous Thunder Balls materialized around Rest and surged towards the assailant.
“【Thunder Ball】!”
“Kuh…!”
However, the assailant twisted their body and dodged the Thunder Balls.
It wasn’t a timing where they should have been able to dodge; their dynamic visual acuity and bodily suppleness were astonishing.
“Die…!”
“Ugh…!”
The assailant, having dodged the magic, swung their blade again.
He tried to jump back again… but behind him was a wall. It seemed he had been cornered before he realized it.
Perhaps he had been flustered by all his Thunder Balls being dodged… Now, it was too late to create a wall to defend.
“It can’t be helped…!”
Rest steeled his resolve and, conversely, stepped towards the blade.
“Wha—!?”
“Ouch…!”
He caught the blade with his upper arm.
The razor-sharp tip pierced deeply into his arm.
Still, as long as it didn’t hit a vital spot, it could be healed with magic.
Enduring the pain, Rest grabbed the hand of the assailant holding the blade.
“【Shock】!”
“Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh…!?”
Struck by the intense electric shock, the assailant’s body convulsed violently.
The strength drained from the hand gripping the blade, and they fell backward, collapsing onto their back.
“Ah… guh…”
“Ouch, that hurts… It’d be nice if magic could erase pain too.”
Rest pulled the blade embedded in his arm out and healed the wound.
Using his Infinite Magic Power, it was possible to grow a new arm even if it were torn off. The wound closed up immediately.
“Too bad… It looks like you’re the one who’s going to die.”
And then… he created a Wind Blade, intending to sever the assailant’s neck.
“…Ugh…………”
“Huh…?”
However, he stopped his movement just before unleashing the Wind Cutter.
The hood worn by the fallen assailant had fluttered off.
From beneath the ochre-colored cloth, the innocent face of a boy appeared. Horns grew from his forehead, revealing that he was, indeed, one of the Foreign Tribes.
“A child, huh…”
In Japan, he’d be about elementary school age.
Rest hesitated to deliver the finishing blow.
On the battlefield, there’s no distinction between adults and children. He thought he had prepared himself for it to some extent… but actually seeing a child soldier made his resolve waver.
“You… damn Foreign Tribes!”
“Medic! Call a medic!”
While Rest hesitated, the situation around him progressed.
The Earth Shield Rest had created was breached, and enemy reinforcements were pouring into the Fort’s interior.
“It can’t be helped…”
Rest used magic to restrain the boy from the Foreign Tribes.
He bound him with multiple layers of earthen ropes. No matter how high his physical abilities were, he wouldn’t be able to escape.
“For now, block the castle gate… 【Earth Sphere】!”
A sphere of earth materialized in mid-air. Just one.
However, that sphere rapidly swelled, eventually transforming into a large mass with a diameter of ten meters.
“Be crushed.”
“Gyaah…!”
He dropped the mass of earth. Outside the castle gate.
The Foreign Tribes who were trying to break through the Earth Shield and invade were crushed by the earth, letting out muffled screams.
Upon hitting the ground, the Earth Sphere crumbled, forming a small hill that blocked the castle gate.
“With this, all that’s left is to defeat the enemies who have infiltrated the Fort…!”
Rest shifted his focus to the interior of the Fort and joined the battle to help his allied soldiers.
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