“Damn it.”
He wasn’t walking hastily, nor was he running.
He opened the castle gate and stepped out as if to watch the swarm of monsters rushing in.
Then, behind him, Lucci and Richie followed.
The older brother, Lucci, always had the word ‘damn it’ on his lips.
He said it again now.
“Damn it, you need to be careful. Those things are up to something weird.”
Lucci was wearing armor with studs on the leather and chains over the abdominal area.
As he walked, following Encrid, a clattering noise accompanied him.
The Lucci and Richie brothers were strong but never the types to use their heads.“Damn it. I came to buy a bow, and it turns out to be a colony.”
Some habits never change no matter how much you beat them. And he didn’t really try to fix it either.
There are many soldiers with foul mouths. If ‘damn it’ was all they said, it was considered mild.
“When you fight those human-faced dog beasts, the horse bastards come charging at you from somewhere!”
Richie, who was walking alongside, said. Lucci muttered a creative curse about dog-like horse bastards beside him.
“Seems like it.”
He had seen it from atop the castle wall, and Torres had been babbling excitedly from behind.
Even now, he saw Torres hurriedly following behind him.
‘Using their heads.’
Centaur-like creatures could be called natural cavalry.
Moreover, their numbers had grown, and they had a ‘General’ type colony leader.
The previous knoll colony leader was at least a ‘normal’ type.
It had excellent individual abilities but lacked any form of leadership.
The General type was different.
Honestly, this was the first time Encrid had seen one in person.
Such dangerous creatures were hard to encounter unless close to the Demon Realm.
Anyway, since it was right in front of him, he could observe and understand.
‘They split into three groups.’
One group of human-faced dog beasts and ghouls, another main force of centaurs, and finally, a group of horse monsters.
When the human-faced dog beasts and ghouls charged, he saw the horse monsters rushing to the side, creating distance and intending to flank the human army.
A few centaurs were leading them, like commanders leading soldiers.
So, was this a highly tactical move?
Not really.
It was plainly visible.
So why was it hard to counter?
It wasn’t the horse monster charge that was the issue. The problem was the centaur commander standing idly in the front without engaging.
At the end of his thoughts, Encrid spoke.
“Rem.”
“Got it. But are you going to lure that guy in?”
Rem asked, pointing towards the front with his chin.
It was a question of whether they needed to fight without holding back.
“No need.”
Encrid replied.
He had thought about it while coming down from the castle wall.
Krais had said they could just fight.
Strength against strength—this was precisely the kind of fight the monsters wanted.
Watching Rem run out and swing his axe, Encrid took a deep breath, filling his chest.
Then he shouted.
“To-rre-s! Don’t close the gate!”
“……Unbelievable. Damn it.”
Lucci was so shocked he paused and stopped walking.
“I thought my ears would burst.”
Jaxon, who had approached unnoticed, chimed in.
“This much?”
Encrid replied with a joke, then looked at Rem swinging his axe.
Rem’s steps were light, and his axe was merciless.
‘Is this because they hit my pet beastwoman?’
“If you asked Rem if he cared for Dunbachel, he would likely smack you on the head.
Well, even if someone drove a slave beastwoman in front of him, he would just watch.
Then, if the beastwoman got beaten up, he’d scold them, saying they were good for nothing.
After all that, he’d turn to the one who hit the beastwoman and say:
‘Wanna play with me too? Hm?’
Like this.
That’s how he felt now.
The human-faced dog beasts charging in looked half-crazed.
Rem didn’t care.
Red eyes without pupils and gaping mouths drooling, that’s what the human-faced dog beasts looked like.
Watching them approach, Rem crossed his arms in front of his chest. Then he flexed his arm muscles and swung his axes.
As his crossed arms spread out, the axes curved like whips, and the axe blades flew without hesitation.
There were things caught in the trajectory of the two crossed axes.
Screech!
It was the heads and bodies of ghouls and human-faced dog beasts.
Thud, thud, thud!
The axes cut through the charging creatures as if they were rotten branches.
With that single strike, black blood exploded around Rem. It looked as if ink bottles had shattered and splattered everywhere.
Red eyes popped out and sharp teeth shattered. He crushed skulls, sliced through torsos, and severed arms.
In between, black blood decorated the surroundings like streams in the wind.
“Let’s have some fun.”
Rem muttered as he began swinging his axes vertically.
He struck the charging creatures in succession, thud, thud, thud, thud!
He lifted and struck down, lifted and struck down.
Pivoting on his right foot, heads of human-faced dog beasts and arms of ghouls flew over the heads of his comrades again.
What more is there to say?
Rem was Rem.
“Damn.”
A soldier originally from Martai muttered a curse while watching from behind.
Were we supposed to fight against that?
It was a continuous display of unbelievable actions.
At some point, they couldn’t even see the axes moving, only the monsters dying.
In an instant, over twenty creatures were torn, sliced, and blown apart.
It seemed like Rem had eight arms.
Even his feet didn’t stop moving.
Before they knew it, he was separated from his allies, creating havoc among the human-faced dog beasts.
Screech!
Screech!
The human-faced dog beasts screamed incessantly.
To sum it up in one sentence:
“He fights damn well.”
A nearby comrade echoed his thoughts.
“Are you just going to watch?!”
Zimmer shouted from behind.
He was just as surprised. He didn’t think only Encrid was a monster, but no one knew the axe wielder was this much of a monster.
Screech!
A harpy cried out, circling in the sky.
They came along with the human-faced dog beasts. Several soldiers had died to those harpies over the past four days.
Zimmer, limping, looked up at the sky and shouted.
“Shoot!”
A few soldiers confident in their archery shot arrows into the air, but it was futile.
Few arrows hit their mark, and even those that did couldn’t pierce the harpies’ tough hide.
Meanwhile, one harpy dove down.
Zimmer’s eyes caught its dynamic descent.
It was heading towards Rem, who was rampaging among the human-faced dog beasts.
“Watch out!”
Zimmer shouted, ready to throw his spear.
‘Damn it, what is that?’
Zimmer’s jaw dropped at what happened next.
The harpy dove, and Rem, who was fighting the creatures swarming around him, suddenly placed one hand on the ground, crossed his legs, and kicked into the air.
His kick connected with the harpy’s head.
Pop!
The harpy’s head exploded.
Black blood splattered again, and the harpy’s body rolled to the side, crushing several human-faced dog beasts.
Screech!
One of the creatures pinned under the harpy screamed, and Rem immediately regained his posture and kicked its head.
Pop!
It was a terrifying display of strength and skill.
How could anyone move like that?
Zimmer was relieved he didn’t have to fight that guy.
But soon, he didn’t have time to keep looking at Rem.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The ground started shaking. It was the beginning of a tactic they had faced several times before.
They threw the human-faced dog beasts as meat shields and then charged with a group of horse monsters.
At the front were three centaurs.
Each of them carried a thick wooden club. They didn’t look like purpose-made weapons, but more like hastily crafted branches from the forest. Yet they were still threatening.
If one of those clubs hit, it would easily crush a regular soldier’s skull.
“Hold your ground!”
Zimmer shouted. Even though the fight had started unexpectedly, now that it had begun, they had to do something.
He didn’t think they would lose.
‘Madmen.’
They must have had confidence to come out here.
Moreover, having seen their skills again with his own eyes.
It was impossible to imagine someone like Rem getting killed by mere human-faced dog beasts.
The rest of the unit just needed to hold the line here, killing and fending off the human-faced dog beasts and ghouls.
It went as Zimmer expected.
Just before the horse monster group led by three centaurs charged, Encrid sent Audin.
“Go stop them, Audin, Teresa.”
“Yes, brother. Let’s spank their behinds.”
Audin said, and Teresa followed silently.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The cavalry charge itself was terrifying.
Now it was a monster’s charge, not a human’s.
The Border Guard Unit and Martai’s reserve forces gritted their teeth.
Damn, here it comes again.
They had to stop it. Meanwhile, two figures blocked their path.
One of the guards recognized Audin.
“Religious guy?”
“Not everything that comes out of the mouth is worth listening to, is that the right title, brother?”
Audin said without looking back. The guard thought that guy had exceptionally sharp ears for someone of his type.
In any case, having those two block the front brought a strange sense of relief.
Just their size alone was reassuring.
But what’s with that mask?
Isn’t that a Giant’s body? Standing next to Audin, his head and shoulders were just as tall.
“Push to the right.”
Audin said.
“Understood.”
Teresa replied.
Their noticeable size and equipment stood out. The masked figure took a stance, holding a large kite shield in front of them.
Blocking a cavalry charge with a shield? Alone?
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The sound of horse hooves now sounded like thunder.
The horse monsters’ charge was terrifyingly fast. By the time they were in sight, they were already upon them.
There was no time to worry about their size. One of the guards threw a spear just before they reached them.
The spear, thrown with all his might, hit a horse monster’s head.
Thud!
One fell and crashed, hoping to take down a few others with it.
Yet even while running, the remaining monsters leaped over the fallen one.
Their reaction speed was terrifying.
Then, the leading centaur’s club struck the masked figure’s shield.
Bang!
The guard couldn’t quite grasp what had happened in that moment.
All he saw was the centaur, who struck the shield, losing its balance and staggering to the side as if about to fall.
The masked Giant effortlessly followed up by striking down on the head of the oncoming monster with her sword.
But it didn’t end there.
She pulled out the sword, brought the shield close to her body, and then struck the charging monster to the side.
Her movements were rhythmic and repetitive.
She was pushing them to her right and swinging her sword to drive the horse monsters away.
‘What the hell is that?’
It was at least the strength of a Knight.
Even without ‘Will’, this was someone with the half-blood of a Giant fighting properly.
In reality, Encrid hadn’t even unleashed all of Teresa’s abilities.
She discovered the joy of handling the sword and fighting after meeting Encrid.
Originally, Teresa was a being worthy of her giant nickname.
The term ‘Red Blood Beasts’ also referred to Giants.
“Ha!”
A husky shout burst forth, and the horse monster that collided with her shield was pushed aside and thrown off.
Standing firm, she deflected with her shield, her feet digging into the ground as she was pushed back.
Despite this, her arms didn’t break nor did her stance crumble.
She had absorbed the charge of the horse monster with sheer strength.
“The gates of heaven have opened!”
Her prowess was astounding, but the religious giant was even more so.
His seemingly bulky body flew through the air.
He leaped up, landing on a charging horse monster, and swung his club at its head.
Thwack!
Neigh!
The horse monster let out a brief death cry and died. As it collapsed, the religious giant jumped off and performed a stabbing motion with his club toward another charging monster’s head.
Thwack! Crack!
With that strike, the horse monster’s head and spine were pulled out together.
The spine flew backward, scattering blood into the air.
Moving among the charging horse monsters, Audin continuously swung his club.
He wasn’t just stopping the charge, he was outright killing them.
Even while doing so, he showed intent to push the charge to the left.
A few monsters managed to hit their unit, but compared to the last three days of fighting, it felt like a mere tickle.
“Do you have time to watch?”
A voice interrupted.
Looking to the side, there was a soldier with reddish-brown hair wearing a round helmet.
It was a member of the Madmen Platoon.
At his feet lay a centaur, bleeding and collapsing.
It was the one that had been knocked aside earlier.
The monster had tried to get back up with its incredible balance, but now it had a blade stuck in and pulled out from its neck.
“Fight. That’s what you’re here to do.”
Jaxon only spoke words that made sense.
“Counterattack!”
Just then, Torres’s shout came from behind.
Thanks to the two large figures splitting the charge, the horse monster group was scattered.
It was no time to stand idle.
“Shoot!”
If they charge together, it’s dangerous, but what happens if they expose their flanks?
There wouldn’t be an easier group of monsters to deal with.
Those with bows, crossbows, and slingshots all fired their projectiles.
Arrows flew and stones were launched. A bolt luckily embedded itself in a monster’s eye.
Encrid used all his senses to check the situation on both sides.
‘When will they come?’
And he tried to focus on the one standing in front.
The fight wouldn’t end until that one showed up.
Though they hadn’t been taken down like this before, the castle gate was wide open, turning the situation into a chaotic brawl.
There was no way the monster leader would retreat now.
Most importantly, the leader hadn’t yet shown the ‘killing intent’ that had been so effective before.
Encrid’s expectations soon became reality.
“Screeeech!”
A horde of centaurs, the main enemy force, became the third wave charging in.
The tactic employed by the monsters was a three-wave assault.
The first wave drew attention, the second wave inflicted damage, and the third wave broke through.
It was simple but effective, especially if they had a clear advantage in strength.
The third wave was now charging headlong.
Encrid drew his sword and stepped forward.
From the start, his position was at the point where the enemy’s central forces would clash with his own.
Ragna joined him on his flank.
“The killing intent of monsters is like Intimidation. Did you know that?”
Unlike the soldiers, whose guts had shriveled at the sight of the charging monsters, Ragna’s tone remained unchanged.
It was calm. Even though the sound of hooves was deafening, Ragna’s voice rang clearly in Encrid’s ears.
“Yes.”
Encrid replied.
Then the leader of the charging centaurs, holding a glaive high, roared, showcasing its vocal cords.
“Screeeech!”
Soon, something intense reached Encrid.
It was like the gaze of a cat that paralyzes a mouse.
A dizzying killing intent engulfed his entire body.
It overwhelmed the nearby soldiers and the whole area.
The combination of momentum and killing intent spread the fear of death.
But Encrid rejected all of it.
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