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60 – Baeksan Battle 1

Late at night, the emperor’s soldiers arrived near Bohemia and set up camp.

They had just covered a distance of 300 km and were in the process of setting up formations according to General Tilly’s order, feeling intense fatigue.

They work in a hurry as the sun is almost gone.

As many as 25,000 people had to stay, the size of the camp was unusual, and its scope extended to the immediate vicinity of Baeksan Mountain, where the Bohemian army was waiting.

The soldiers of the emperor’s army who lead the work with such a tired body.

At that time, their eyes suddenly began to see long iron rods erected here and there.

“..what the hell is this?”

“Well… there’s something like a stone at the end…”

If you look at it frozen, it looks like a monument.

However, although there were some people who were a little skeptical about it, the majority of them showed little interest in it.

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No, to be precise, I didn’t bother to show it.

‘I’m tired, but what does it matter to pillars and Nabal?’

‘If you say something suspicious with this, the top might yell at you to get rid of all this…’

‘It worked just fine, it’ll be easy to find if I pile up stuff here.’

The soldiers who were already exhausted from rushing here.

From their point of view, it didn’t mean much whether there was a pillar or not, and I thought that if I reported this to the superiors, it would only increase the work they had to do.

In addition, not only the general soldiers, but also the mid-level commanders who commanded the unit did not want to work even though they were tired, and in the case of the sincere ones, they did not have the energy to pay attention to the pillar itself in the first place.

It was because they arrived a little later than expected, so if the sun was setting, if they did not hurry up and build their positions, they could face the worst situation of having to fight after being greeted by the morning dew with the soldiers.

‘If I can’t even set up a camp even though I’m already extremely tired, the power loss will be serious in many ways.’

‘I have to finish this before I worry about anything else..’

Some of them were ignored, some of them were assimilated into the camp with a slightly natural feeling, and the pillars remained in place throughout the imperial army’s camp without any special action.

And the fact of this was not conveyed to the commander-in-chief Tilly at all, and General Tilly was busy preparing for the battle tomorrow without even knowing that there was an iron pillar with a stone in the camp.

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“Whoa… ”

“Now I can rest a little…”

As soon as the sun went down, the soldiers finished the construction of the camp and lay down on their seats as if they were crawling with their tired bodies.

Meanwhile, the time when the soldiers and generals went to bed…

General Tilly was sitting quietly in the barracks located at the forefront of our camp.

“General, it is late at night. The battle will begin tomorrow, so why don’t you take a break?”

“… You go first and rest, I will spend the night like this.”

“yes? But… is it necessary to go that far?”

The adjutant spoke with concern, and General Tilly spoke to him in a calm voice.

“It is necessary. I’m sure you know. Right now, our military is all tired and tired from running a long way. In this case, if you are attacked by enemies, you will have a disadvantageous fight in many ways.”

“That’s right… but shouldn’t the general take a break?”

“No matter how you look at it, you are a great wizard. This is nothing. Resting will be done tomorrow after the war is won, so you guys should go get some sleep.”

“..umm.. I see. then..”

General Tilly, who speaks in such a determined voice.

Accordingly, the adjutant left the place to ask for a fortune, recognizing the fact that he could not break his stubbornness.

Just like that, General Tilly was left alone in the barracks.

Immediately after that, he slowly released the mana flowing through his body and began to spread it out in a circle.

Circle of Magic.

The huge detection area covering an area of 1.5km in diameter began to detect everything that existed in the empty grassland outside the imperial army formation.

‘What I can feel right now is the movement of my allies.. However, if the enemy attacks at night or attacks at dawn, then things will get complicated. It’s very likely.’

Although the allies had the upper hand in terms of power, this place was in the middle of the enemy’s territory.

As the saying goes, even a mutt eats half of it in its front yard, so the geographical advantage could never be ignored, and furthermore, the allies were exhausted from running a long way.

In other words, this was the most dangerous time for the emperor’s army, and General Tilly was preparing for an invasion by directly monitoring the enemy’s movements.

‘Wherever you want to come, come and have a look… I won’t let it go the way you think.’

General Tilly stays up all night while maintaining the circle of magic without slowing down even for a moment.

Even for him, who as a great mage possesses physical strength that surpasses that of ordinary humans, this task was not so easy.

First of all, including the fact that considerable boredom was required, if the circle of magical power was maintained for a certain period of time, it was inevitable that the power would be exhausted to some extent.

Of course, nonetheless, there was nothing to say that combat would become impossible for him as a 9th grade wizard, but at least compared to when he was in perfect condition, he had no choice but to prepare for a certain amount of power loss.

However, even taking that into consideration, General Tilly did not care much.

Anyway, even if his strength is a little low, as long as he can make the troops here fight the war in an intact state, victory is natural.

Taking that fact into account, he did the best he could, but…

To put his concerns to shame, there was no such thing as a night raid in the middle of the night.

‘… Umm… Are you really not coming? It will be dawn in a little while now. If so, maybe I was overestimating my enemies too much. Well… the level of heretics must be all over the place…’

It was General Tilly who began to feel strangely regretful as he thought about that.

at that time..

“!…”

In the next moment, countless beings suddenly began to be perceived within his magic circle.

At the same time as recognizing it, General Tilly, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, dismantled the circle of magic as it was.

‘Well then, they are coming. It’s a little later than I thought, but…’

Sensing the movement of the enemy who was waiting, General Tilly tried to act immediately.

The enemies who started marching at dawn will arrive here within a few minutes.

If he immediately wakes up his sleeping allies and prepares for defense, he won’t have much time to spare.

‘In addition, the sun will rise at this time. At this time when the light everywhere is bright, the effect of surprise is significantly reduced. It will educate you that a clumsy surprise is rather poisonous… !’

Thinking so, General Tilly stepped out of the barracks.

That moment..

“! what… what?”

An unexpected scene that began to appear before my eyes.

At this, General Tilly’s face began to look puzzled for a moment.

Clearly, at this time, the morning sun began to rise, and in fact, the surroundings were brighter than when the darkness was over.

But… apart from that, nothing was visible in front of General Tilly’s eyes at this moment.

But it wasn’t because of any special magic.

Fog..

A veil of fog spread so thickly that it was impossible to see even an inch ahead.

The moment he saw this, swear words automatically started to come out of General Tilly’s mouth.

“damn! At least when it’s like this…”

In this situation, where visibility was blocked, it was difficult to even assemble normal units.

On the other hand, the enemies were already moving in this direction in formation.

Besides, at this moment… in General Tilly’s eyes, there were things he hadn’t noticed until now.

It started to come very clearly.

“what… What are those pillars?”

Iron pillars that I don’t know since when.

Above it, as a result of being full of moisture from the fog, was a glowstone that glowed brightly like a lighthouse.

Shining in the shape of an unknown symbol…

It’s as if it’s clearly telling you where you are right now in this fog.

Feeling the fact that the situation was going unusually, General Tilly began to shout in an urgent voice with all his magic.

– “Wake up all troops! enemy! Enemies are coming!”-