Son of the Hero King

560 CH 520: HAMMERED TO DEATH (2)

The moment the fight started, the rumbling of the earth was the signal all the soldiers under Viktor's command had been waiting for.

“Fight!”

It did not take long for more than 100 soldiers to walk out of the hideout they previously made while holding their weapons and bursting with Mana.

Soon, they were able to find the assailant who had been hiding in the darkness and engaged them, starting a bloody fight.

The tigers were also fast to react. While they specialized in Ambush tactics and assassination, they were no slouch when it came to fighting head-on.

“Argh!”

Viktor gritted his teeth as his sword plunged into the heart of a young tiger woman who seemed to be barely in her twenties.

He hated war. He hated bloodshed. But he would not hesitate in such a moment. This was him or them.

“Protect the mage! Make sure to keep the circles undamaged!”

He filled his lungs with Mana and kept giving orders while blocking the attack of another soldier.

His bones seemed to break under the weight of the attack but he managed to hold on while one of his teammates attacked from behind.

This was the reality of fighting war as a human. In a scenario of one vs. one, humans who had yet to become Duke or did not form a contract were extremely disadvantaged.

Even young beasts like those could kill him if he was careless.

‘Damnit.’

Everywhere he looked, he could see his soldiers slowly getting killed. After all many of them were straight out of the military academy. The most they ever did was subjugate mindless monsters in the frontiers.

“Don’t falter!”

He did not even grunt as a dagger was plunged into his thigh and simply sliced the throat of the one who wounded him.

‘We are holding on.’

He sighed as a fireball whistled past him and exploded on the enemies. While many of his soldiers were just mana users, he had a few mage types under his command and those guys were making all the difference.

He ignored the beasts like animals and spirits who were bringing, fire and other such elements into the game and helping everyone survive. Gerald had already assured that he would protect the circles so Viktor was reassured.

The only thing he needed to worry about now was the maid girl. But

BOOM!!

Everyone looked ahead and though they were unable to see through the darkness of the night, they could only gulp down in awe and continue fighting.

Viktor was no less speechless than them.

The Duke rank. A fabled level very few humans could boast to have reached, no more than a mere few hundred in the current generation. Any human who managed to become a Duke would immediately receive a peerage and be treated like jewels of the highest degree.

This rule was the same in all the Kingdoms even if to a lesser degree. A Duke rank would always be a high-ranked being in the mortal world.

But what the hell was he seeing?

“A Duke rank who serves as a Maid?”

Viktor gave a dumbfounded laugh. His respect for the King he never met steadily growing.

Truthfully, there was no dissatisfaction in following a man who could have one Duke follow him as nothing but a mere servant.

‘We have two Dukes in this place.’

Renewed vigor filled his heart. With such a power in place, this was something akin to a main battlefield.

Later on, he could even brag to all his friends about this.

But for that — He had to survive.

“Let’s go, everyone! Those who die will be punished!!”

“WHOOAA!!!”

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While Viktor was making sure to keep the tigers at bay, Nuwa was slowly being surrounded as she advanced in the small forest in the direction of the fortress enemy.

[You should let me fight for you.]

"No need. They are weak."

She seemed to completely ignore the strength of the bloodthirst that was being infused in the air.

Ten, twenty, thirty. The numbers slowly increased but there was no tension in her eyes, only boredom and a desire to eat.

"I am hungry."

Clang~!

She yawned as an arrow flew and hit her temple before falling, not even leaving a shallow wound on her beautiful face.

Holding her hammer, she simply swung it in the direction where the arrow came from and the resulting shockwave caused the earth to tremble as everything in that direction was destroyed.

"Monster!"

She heard them scream but showed a puzzled look.

"Am I a monster?"

Those words held no meaning to her. Whether she was monstrous or not, she knew beings who would simply laugh at the intensity of such an attack and ward it off with a hand.

[You really shouldn't use the people of the Tower as a Standard for power.]

"Ah…"

She nodded. Though not because she understood but simply because she couldn't be bothered to think much more about it.

"Retreat!"

The voice of a man reached them and the Tigers immediately started to swish and run away.

Nuwa contemplated simply running after them but in the end, she sighed, there was a much simpler way of doing things.

"Grow."

The hammer in her started to become bigger, larger, and much more terrifying as Mana began to leak from her body.

Closing her eyes, she stretched her senses until they covered all those who were trying to flee as well as part of the Forest.

She was also making sure that there was no soldier from Lustburg's side

Finally — sure that she would not cause any friendly casualties, she swung her hammer down on the ground.

[Splash]

A simple name that simply hides the cruelty of the technique.

Whoosh!

The air distorted immediately under her might and all the surroundings around her seemed to sink, as if pressed down by a weight impossible to withstand.

The running tigers were not spared.

Bones broken, flesh destroyed, organs exploding.

In nothing but an instant, all life in the surroundings was extinguished, leaving nothing but splash of blood and

gore on the earth.

Looking up from the huge crater she now found herself in, Nuwa sighed, wondering if she should just sleep here.