Chapter 171. 11th Squad. One-Man Siege.
When I entered the keep and took out the two yellowish-brown cannons, a notification sound was naturally heard.
-Beep! Do you want to register infantry? *Check your military supplies.
-Beep! Do you want to register cavalry? *Check your military supplies.
The moment I pressed the 'O' key, 300 infantry and 200 cavalry appeared in the empty keep.
-Ding! Gojoji Castle. Number of soldiers: 1500/500
Seeing the indicator appear, Seo-woon frowned. "Is there a population limit for each castle? If smaller castles operate with fewer soldiers..." Trying to capture other castles becomes unavoidable.
A system where you can join another lord at any time. A system where you can betray your lord at any time. A system where you can go on campaign and conquer other castles at any time.
Seo-woon's lips curled at the game rules that gave people free will and tested their desires. "Are they gamemasters or gods? They always do this." After finishing his thoughts, he took out the military supplies and registered them; a window showing the military supplies appeared.
-Supplies. 60,000/60,000
Even the amount of supplies that could be stored was limited. "It doesn't really matter since it's subspace."
"Drive!" he shouted and looked at his soldiers, a window opened.
-Please specify the number of soldiers to be deployed and the weapons they will be carrying. -Please specify the amount of military supplies to be brought.
Seeing his teammates appear on the weapon list, Seo-woon included 500 soldiers and team members in the assault team, taking all 6,000 military supplies with him.
After completing the action on the appeared indicator, a foot soldier opened the city gate, and soldiers gathered outside the city. "Then, defense team, keep an eye on the house. It's unlikely, but if an attack comes, kill the players first, it'll be easier."
At that, Seo-woon rushed out, leading the siege team, followed quickly by the cavalry and infantry. "Brother, the infantry are so slow..."
Seo-woon, who had run ahead and crossed the bridge, nodded and sent the remaining infantry back with 3,000 supplies. The defense team, who had watched the assault team leave from atop the city walls, looked on in surprise when they saw the infantry return shortly after.
"What's going on?"
"The infantry are slow. Just hold the dogs." Seo-woon finished answering Lim's question and started running again.
Juriell boarded the airboard and moved among the cavalry, while Ki-chan moved between Juriell and the leading Seo-woon. Lilingwei stayed right behind Seo-woon, while Jin-ryong rode behind the cavalry.
This positioning had been hastily made by Seo-woon to guard against any sudden enemy encounters. As the sun began to set, their target fortress loomed as small as a grain of rice in the distance.
"Let's get hurt in one go..." Seo-woon encouraged his teammates and was about to run towards the goal when an arrow flew by and stopped him.
-Tink!
The arrow flew through the darkening sky, but it failed to penetrate Seo-woon's barrier, bouncing uselessly and falling.
At the same time, a warning appeared. "We've encountered ambushing raiders. About 100 cavalry soldiers appeared in front of him, followed by about 100 archers. The cavalry soldiers beside him were yellowish-brown, but the ones in front of him were bronze.
As soon as the arrows flew, the soldiers pursuing Seo-woon stopped, and his teammates approached him. Juriell frowned in surprise and opened her mouth. "There are so many. If we catch them, we'll get a lot of items, but why are there so many?"
Seo-woon switched his sword for a chain sword and answered her question. "They could be items for 1,000 soldiers, or they could be appearing in their original numbers because we're dragging soldiers. We'll find out if we catch them."
With that, Seo-woon started walking towards the enemies, and his teammates followed him in front. The cavalry, along with Seo-woon, increased their speed and charged towards the enemies. At that moment, Juriell completed her spell and released it onto the enemy formation.
-Kwa-kwa-kwa!
When Flame Explosion and Flame Strike exploded together, the soldiers who were shooting arrows to stop them were instantly engulfed in flames. Despite this, Ki-chan smiled at the cavalry charging towards him. "If they were made of iron, they'd be more susceptible to electric shocks than clay soldiers, wouldn't they?"
-Crackle!
Chain lightning erupted from his hands, electrifying the bronze cavalry charging towards him, slowing their movements. At that moment, Ki-chan drew out his staff and swung it, causing lightning to shoot from the dry sky, greatly increasing the voltage of the chain lightning.
-Bang! -Kakakang! -Tukang!
The 100 bronze cavalry, charging forward with great momentum, were annihilated and completely crushed by Ki-chan just before they collided with Seo-woon. Seo-woon and the cavalry trampled over their remains, devouring the archers who were regrouping after Juriell's attack.
-Pah-kang! -Kakang! -Tukang!
The sounds of bronze shattering could be heard everywhere as the archers were instantly destroyed. Juriell approached Seo-woon, who had neatly eliminated the last archer, with a bronze-colored bead in hand. "As expected, they were just stiff soldiers."
"Exactly."
Seo-woon picked up a bronze bead from the ground and replied. "We can register this soldier once we capture that castle." With that, Seo-woon sprinted towards the distant castle. Shortly after continuing his run, he heard Lilingwei's briefing. "Seo-woon! Left!"
Turning his head at her words, he saw three players catching up with the soldiers. They noticed him too and panicked. "Ki-chan! Lilingwei! Clear them out!"
Following the swift command, Ki-chan and Lilingwei jumped out from the group rushing towards the castle.
"Will two priests be enough?"
"Enough. You jump over the castle and open the gate. Juriell! Throw something big to distract them!" Running at the same speed as the cavalry, Jin-ryong drew his sword and charged forward, while Juriell launched two Flame Birds towards the enemy watchtower.
-Whoa! -Whoa!
As the two Flame Birds flew like arrows, setting the two watchtowers ablaze, a warning appeared.
-Ding! The siege of the castle has begun. *Win the siege by advancing to the inner keep and capturing the flag on top of the keep or killing the castle lord.
Seeing the warning, Seo-woon's eyes lit up and encouraged his cavalry to speed up. "Faster! Those gates will open! Charge straight into the inner castle!"
- Wow!
With Seo-woon's encouragement, the cavalry shouted, raising their morale. "So they know how to make noise too!" Seo-woon thought to himself, sensing the warmth and cheers behind him, and ran towards the enemy like a madman.
If the gate wasn't opened, he'd be crushed by the cavalry rushing in from behind and the gate blocking his path. Just in case, Seo-woon began to infuse his chainsword with all his might. "But it's a gate. Can I really break it with one blow?" Just as he thought this as he looked at the approaching gate, the gate started to open at just the right moment.
-Goooooooooooooooo...
When the gate was opened wide enough for three people to pass, Seo-woon was the first to enter the castle. The cavalrymen lined up behind him and sprinted past. Inside the gate, Jin-ryong was holding the gate open, and there were six boxes with him.
"Let's run for the inner gate!"
-Bang! -Paka-kang!
As they entered through the outer gate, a flame pulse shot out from the inner gate, sweeping away about 50 cavalrymen. In addition, countless spells flew, and the enemy began to resist.
"Don't worry about the soldiers! Breaking through the inner gate is priority!" Seo-woon shouted to Juriell, who widened the barrier for the cavalrymen and neutralized the enemy spells, while she focused on the inner gate.
At that moment, the three cavalrymen began their charge towards the inner gate. "They're just a few soldiers! Capture the players!" The screams of the enemies reached Seo-woon's ears. Hearing their words, Seo-woon's lips curled upwards.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The three cavalrymen charging towards the inner gate suddenly pulled out a small cart and pushed it towards the gate, causing an explosion that shook the inner gate. "Almost broke!" The thick iron bars protecting the inner gate had bent and broken, while the sturdy wooden gate behind it cracked in all directions.
At that moment, Lilingwei and Ki-chan, who had separated from the group to hunt the enemy, quickly arrived.
"You two, deal with the men on top of the inner gate!" Following Seo-woon's order, Lilingwei climbed the inner wall without hesitation, while Ki-chan shielded the player who tried to stop her.
Seo-woon, filled with his inner strength, swung his chain sword at the inner gate, which was about to collapse.
-Sssss ...
-Gojoji lord Seo-woon captured Parling Castle from Galidor's Four.
Seo-woon frowned upon hearing the general notification. This was the Cloyd system, which widely broadcasts things one doesn't want to be known.
"Stop! Surrender!
I surrender! I will join your Four, please forgive me." Just as Lilingwei was about to raise her hand, a mage raised both hands and said so, and all the players behind her raised their hands and said the same.
Lilingwei looked at Seo-woon and waited for his order. "Poison and kill them all." After giving the order in a team voice, Lilingwei nodded slightly and extended his hand towards the enemies. The mage who surrendered first took her hand. "That's a wise decision. It's important to get as many players as possible in this game."
"My name is Kimpuria."
"I..." Lilingwei shook hands with each player individually. "But how did you launch such a quick attack? We didn't even save our soldiers due to lack of supplies... Guh!" The speaking mage collapsed, coughing blood, and the players who had shaken hands with Lilingwei collapsed, one after another turning blue and coughing blood.
"You're a traitor..."
The last knight who had held out until the end breathed his last, a look of resentment in his eyes. Seo-woon ignored the players who had died, hatred in his hearts. He checked the food supplies piled up in the castle and the strength of the damaged castle walls, lost in thought.
When Juriell approached him, Seo-woon opened his mouth. "First, let's start training. There must be some supplies and soldiers that haven't been registered."
As the group began to move in unison according to his orders, Seo-woon registered the remaining supplies and bronze soldiers. Seo-woon deployed 100 bronze archers on the city walls and looked at the map, lost in thought.
Juriell, seeing his expression, approached him. "It's a dark night now; we can't see very well. Since the city was taken in the initial attack, the surrounding cities will deploy troops and watch for you."
"I know," But it's still early, and there's no better time than now to consider the fact that they won't be attacking at night. If we capture three castles—Palyeongji, Gangryeongji next to it, and Daryeongji on the opposite side—we can form a front line to defend the first castle behind them, Goyojji."
Seeing the map, Juriell couldn't help but agree. "But in a few hours, the enemy will start gathering outside the castle." "Yes, outside the castle."
"So what are we going to do?!" Hearing his worried words, Seo-woon, who had stopped convulsing, began explaining the plan to his team members.
"Brother! Even you can't do this!"
"Priest. Think again." Ki-chan and Jin-ryong also voiced their concerns. "I think it's fine. If it works, it will be a great help for the game to progress." Hearing Lilingwei's words, Juriell looked at Seo-woon with a troubled expression.
Seeing his expression, which was completely different from usual and filled with vitality, she didn't dare to contradict him. She knew very well that even if she did, he wouldn't give up on what he had decided. "Hmph. When it's dangerous... make sure to use this." Finishing his words, he placed the teleportation scroll in Seo-woon's hand.
"I understand. Don't worry too much and take charge of the castle."
-Ding! The title of castle lord was passed on to Juriell.
Seo-woon, who entrusted the castle to her, went out alone.