Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 256

Following the Grand Council meeting, the three Earls, including Jacques Juan, returned to their territories and gathered their forces. These three Earls gathered a very large army. It was much bigger than any army seen in this area before.

With nearby minor nobles also joining, Juan County quickly became a fortress. In less than a month, it held over a thousand knights and an army of more than 20,000.

Yet, some could not hide their worry.

“Wait,” one noble said, his voice shaking. “Isn’t the King’s army fifty thousand strong? Even if they don’t have many knights, with McLaine and Esperanza…”

“Our forces will continue to grow. The foolish King has turned all nobles into enemies, so we can consider everyone except McLaine and Esperanza to be on our side.”

“Still….”

“Huhu. There’s no need to worry so much. Besides, the royal family doesn’t even have enough food to run an army. You’ve all investigated separately, haven’t you?”

Jacques reassured the worried nobles, trying to look calm.

‘Here, we have risen in revolt, and in the capital, nobles without power are constantly submitting petitions. How long can the King possibly last?’

Jacques’s eyes gleamed with excitement as he imagined the future after the King’s surrender.

However, just days later, the royal family’s declaration of war wiped the smile off his face.

“What on earth is going on, Earl!”

“The royal family can’t wage war!”

“What is this…!”

“Silence! Silence!”

Thud. Thud.

Jacques slammed his fist on the table. “Silence!” he roared. “Why are you all acting like scared children? Are you nobles or mice!”

But seeing the eyes still filled with anxiety, Jacques gritted his teeth and shouted again.

“Even if they squeeze McLaine and Esperanza dry to supply their army, it won’t last more than a few days! Are you so afraid of an army that can’t even fight because they’re starving!”

“Still…!”

“I see this as an opportunity!”

Jacques Juan cut off Mike Teroda’s objection with an even louder voice, then glared at the bewildered nobles.

“If we defeat the royal army with force, the King will no longer be able to refuse any of our demands! Gather all your troops! This is a war we win by enduring!”

This sounded like a good idea, but it was based on a wrong idea.

However, even as he persuaded the other nobles, he couldn’t completely fool himself.

‘What is it? What’s gone wrong? No, no. It must be the King’s bluff. It has to be….’

Blood seeped from his tightly bitten lips without him even noticing, he was so lost in thought.

Jacques was so excited about becoming powerful that he didn’t see the danger. But deep down, he felt worried.

Tooooooot!

With a loud trumpet blast, a large force exited the gates of Gran.

Thud. Thud.

The sound of steady footsteps echoed through the castle, and at the head of the column, as always, was Logan in full armor.

As he turned to look back, the citizens of the capital who were watching the scene cheered in unison.

“Waaaah!”

Although they were currently being made to cheer to boost the army’s morale, it encouraged the soldiers who didn’t know this.

‘Someday, I will create a country where all of this is done willingly.’

Logan, clenching his fist as he lowered his raised hand, made up his mind and turned his gaze to his army, which he had named the Royal Guard.

There were no fewer than 48,000 infantry, equipped with newly gleaming armor, spears, and even repeating crossbows. In front of them, 3,000 crossbow cavalry in light armor, mounted on magnificent steeds, marched with solemn expressions, and at the very front, over 500 knights and over 300 magic corps members held the flag of flames high.

The sun glinted off the new armor, making the army look like a river of silver. The army marched with a heavy beat of drums and the clinking of armor.

It was a force so powerful that it was hard to believe it had been created in just one year.

Moreover, with the half-giant Luther Kyle and the Storm Sword Wicken Kalia at his sides, how could he not feel safe? Furthermore, a massive supply train, unimagined by the nobles, was behind them.

‘I must end this quickly.’

The security of the capital, Gran, was entrusted to his master and the Esperanza Grand Duchy as he marched out.

Having prepared thoroughly, it was now time to show the power of the Royal Guard to the entire kingdom.

Logan, filled with the rising spirit in his chest, let out a roar that echoed throughout the castle.

“All troops, advance!”

Chooong!!!

With the resounding cry of the 50,000-strong army, the great force began to move.

The army advanced relentlessly and stood before the Juan County castle in just three days.

Wham!

“H-how many are there!?”

“They said they couldn’t! They said they didn’t have the resources! What is this…!”

“Earl Jacques! What on earth is going on!”

As the Royal Guard began to appear over the horizon, the nobles of Juan Castle, who had been half in doubt, panicked.

Their forces, gathered quickly, also numbered 30,000, and the number of knights was several times greater, but from the beginning, none of them had really planned to fight a war.

And the one who was most shocked was Jacques Juan himself.

“Those liars! They deceived me!!”

He was furious that the information guilds he had hired to gather information about the royal family had given him false information.

‘Those lowly things dare to deceive me!?’

But he could only demand compensation or crush those bastards after surviving this situation.

“Even if we fight and win here, our forces will be destroyed! Earl, we must surrender!”

“You said there wouldn’t be a war! How are you going to take responsibility!?”

Words clamored loudly in his ears.

But Jacques Juan couldn’t easily decide.

‘Can we endure? We have twice as many knights. We also have repeating crossbows and the advantage of the castle walls, so maybe we can….’

Regret kept lingering in his mind.

Could they win?

Even if they couldn’t win, wouldn’t the King call for a truce if they just held out?

He couldn’t accept the splendid future that had seemed so close fading away again like a dream.

His usually sharp mind was not working properly because he was torn between greed and reason, and he kept hesitating.

“T-they’re just advancing!”

“They’re not stopping!!”

“There’s no declaration of war, e-either!!”

The shouts of the knights outside hardened his expression.

“No negotiations needed. Just crush them.”

“Yes!”

Logan’s words, spoken during the advance, caused the surrounding flags to flutter wildly. It was conveying the King’s will of ‘immediate continuation of the battle’ to the rear of the army.

Before long, a grim mood settled over the slowly advancing army.

“Your Majesty, please allow me to lead the vanguard.”

“No, Your Majesty. I will personally break down the castle gates!”

Wicken Kalia and Luther Kyle eagerly asked to be at the front.

“The enemies are also armed with repeating crossbows. I am invincible when it comes to ordinary projectiles. You know that, don’t you!”

Wicken’s words were so reasonable that one couldn’t help but nod.

“You know that I am different from what I was before. I will show you definite results.”

Luther’s confidence was also understandable.

So Logan accepted both of their requests.

“Duke Wicken, go to the left, Duke Luther, go to the right. And….”

Logan, spreading a chilling aura and grinning, finally pointed to himself.

“I will take the front.”

A smile appeared on the faces of the two superhumans who had volunteered to be at the front, and the three superhumans began to speed up slightly from that moment, charging towards the castle.

“H-here they come!”

“It’s a superhuman!”

“Fire!”

“Fire! Pour everything you have!”

Screams, like those of the damned, erupted from the Juan Castle walls as they spotted the three charging towards the walls—no, two cavalrymen and one giant.

Reading the fear in those screams, Logan raised his spirit even more strongly.

Tap tap tap.

Flash.

Ratatat!

The rain of black quarrels, seemingly covering the sky, failed to penetrate the golden shield that rose from Logan’s body and bounced off with a loud noise.

The golden shield glowed like the sun. The application of Force Blade, a golden shield that covered even the front of the horse, was no longer a burden for Logan, who had reached the intermediate level of Aura User.

Logan, literally becoming a giant golden mass, charged to the castle walls and raised his sword as soon as he reached the castle gate.

‘Overwhelmingly, so that they don’t even dare to resist.’

The moment his will arose, another Force Core popped out from within the six Force Cores located in his heart.

Whoosh.

With it, a momentary rise in his realm. Feeling the explosively increased power, Logan drew out a secret technique that he had only recently become accustomed to using.

The 6th Form of the Divine Sword Secret.

‘Severance of Origin, Wide-Area Deployment, Transformation (Myriad Manifestations of Collapse)!’

Boom.

At that moment, a small golden orb that started from the tip of Logan’s sword struck the castle gate, and golden waves spread out in a radius of dozens of meters around the point of impact.

Wooooooosh.

Grrrrrrrrr.

Rumble!

The western gate and walls of Juan Castle, enveloped in golden waves, collapsed entirely with a tremendous roar. When the golden wave hit the wall, stone exploded like dust.

“Aaaaaargh!”

“M-magic!?”

“N-no way!”

Kaaaaaang!

Only the knights who were falling could even be surprised.

Most of the soldiers who had been firing crossbows from the walls died instantly.

It was the power of the secret technique that Sword Saint had praised as comparable to the great magic that had now been cut off, saying that a castle without magic would never be able to withstand it.

“Hahaha! As expected, you are amazing, Your Majesty! Truly the King of Superhumans!”

A giant wrapped in red aura like armor on Logan’s left jumped into the collapsed castle walls with an exclamation.

“All of you, offer your necks!”

The silver storm also began to wreak havoc inside the castle, not wanting to be outdone.

And half a beat later, dozens, hundreds of Liberatios began to pour into the inside of the castle walls.

Kwaaaaaaang!

Bang!

Kwaaaang!

“Aaaaaargh!”

“S-save me!”

Before the enemy forces, whose ranks had already collapsed due to the pouring offensive, 500 knights, surrounded by red, yellow, blue, and white lights all over their bodies, charged straight in.

It was the Royal Knights, who wore all sorts of magic granted by the 300 or so magic corps members like armor.

“Punish the traitors!”

“Uphold His Majesty’s will!”

“Glory to McLaine!”

The knights of the noble coalition, who numbered twice as many, were already losing morale due to the charge of the superhumans and the ensuing offensive.

In the place where that mighty force had passed, shattering everything, the Royal Guard, who had arrived half a beat later, poured down a rain of black quarrels.

“Kuaaaack!”

“R-run away!”

“Save…!”

The noble coalition forces were being completely destroyed.

In that overwhelming spectacle, Logan, who had recovered from the aftereffects of the trait manifestation later than expected, raised his sword again and shouted.

“Everyone, throw down your weapons and surrender!”

The resounding cry that filled the castle, cutting through the chaotic battlefield, announced the victory of the war, which had been decided in an instant.