Chapter 199: Buried Person
"Julius-sama, I have a report from Yukikaze-sama."
"How did it go?"
Shiro-dono's companions are flying in the sky on an airship.
It's for them to investigate what's in front of us right now.
"The stone wall surrounds the royal capital without any opening."
"Hmm… Sir Parchem."
"Ha!"
Richard Parchem
He was one of the nobles we freed at the fort. He has been visiting the royal capital many times since he was a young man.
He is already over 70 years old, but we asked him to accompany us because we thought he knew the city better than anyone else in the group.
"How long have those stone walls been there?"
"It was two years ago that I was held captive in that fort. Before that, there was nothing like that."
"I see... Any changes in the royal capital?"
"As far as I can see from here, nothing has changed."
The capital has been surrounded by stone walls for at least two years.
How many men have they hired for that?
"What do we do now?"
"Proceed with dignity from the front. Don't neglect your caution."
"Understood. All troops advance!"
We march toward the huge gate, the only one on the stone wall.
After a while, I noticed that there were countless bulges on the ground in front of the gate.
"What is this? Julius-sama."
"Check it out."
Soldiers point their spears at the bulge as Parchem gives the signal
As I can see from the side, the soil is soft and the spear pierces deeply.
"Gyeeh!"
Blood spurts from the ground.
"W-what's with this guy!"
An ugly, swollen human.
No, a human-looking thing crawled out of the ground.
"No way, all of this!"
I really didn't want that to come true.
It crawled up from all the bulges
"Archers!"
"Understood! All troops to defensive positions! Archers ready! Fire!"
The front line, ordered to defend, gets down on one knee with shields at the ready.
Many archers shoot from behind toward those things.
"Gyaaaa!"
They scream as they continue to advance.
But they are slow.
Before approaching the soldiers, their whole body was filled with arrows, and died.
"No weapons, no armor... as for this corpse..."
The blood drains from the soldiers' faces.
Among the corpses was what appeared to be a woman.
She was holding what appeared to be a baby in her arms.
"Julius-sama, I'm afraid this is not the end..."
It was just as Parchem said
From the immediate vicinity of the endless wall
Bulges grow enough to fill the ground
"Tch! I thought it wouldn't go well, but I didn't expect something like this to come out! All troops temporarily retreat! Get back!"
"Are we going to retreat here?"
"We must accept temporary defeat for the sake of final victory."
"I understand."
They are nothing but small fish, but there are too many of them.
I'm not going to make any sacrifices here
Fortunately or unfortunately.
Once we were some distance away, those things stopped moving.
"Are those the gatekeepers of the Stone Wall?"
"A gatekeeper? That horrid thing is the gatekeeper!?"
"Don't get mad at me"
"Y-yeah... I'm sorry."
The soldiers were demoralized.
That's how horrendous it was
"Julius-san, are you alright?"
Yukikaze-dono, who got off the landed airship, calls out.
"Is something wrong?"
"We can use the airship's main guns to break down the gate."
"Is it possible?"
"It looks like it's made of stone, so I think we can do it. And I don't sense any magic."
"What about after we break down the gate?"
"I haven't thought that far ahead."
"We don't know what will happen to it."
"What do you think? Want to do it?"
Let me think about it.
That said, we retreated for now.
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