Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 395

“Good! The enemy’s attack is clearly weakening! In exactly ten minutes, we dismantle the wind barrier and launch an all-out attack!”

The wizards, who had been pouring out mana and forming a large magic circle, turned to the shouting man. It was Greg Marvin, the Pyromancer, known for his hasty temper. His face was red as he yelled.

Greg’s face was often angry, and he was always full of magic power. Now, the other wizards looked angry too.

It was easy to understand why.

From the start of the battle, everything had gone wrong.

“This can’t be happening!?”

Repeating crossbows were expected.

Even the Empire now used them as important equipment for their soldiers because they were very effective.

There were rumors that the kingdom had a weapon being secretly developed in the Imperial Palace. In any case, they had similar weapons.

However, the number of bolts was much higher than expected, about five or six times more.

‘That alone is a disaster…’

And then, something even worse happened.

Powerful explosion magic, what seemed to be 2nd Circle level, exploded quickly, turning the ground into scorched earth as if covered in flames. (Circle level means powerful magic.)

The command staff could not believe what they were seeing.

The ramparts, which were not important in modern war, had become a strong barrier, blocking the Empire’s army.

To stop the disaster, Galen Dicaid, the Frostwind Magician, stepped forward, drawing attention.

His brave fight helped a lot. But he was hurt and now had to rest and recover his magic.

Still, thanks to him, they knew one thing.

– Many very powerful fighters are here.

Extremely strong warriors, more powerful than anyone McLaine was known to have, were fighting on all three routes.

The best was the central army. There were Sword Souls and Frostwind, and the leaders of the Empire’s magic towers. It was a group of the Empire’s strongest people.

The problem was that this was the only good news.

“Damn it!”

The war was going in a way the Empire’s army did not expect.

‘We are in the central army. But the northern and southern forces don’t have enough wizards. Could it be that they also…’

He had a bad feeling, but he couldn’t do anything about it.

“How many soldiers are in there? And wizards?! What is the general staff doing! They haven’t found any information about the enemy!”

Greg kicked the ground and yelled. He knew he couldn’t do anything until the magic circle was gone, but he felt he had to shout to calm down.

One of the commanders next to him spoke up.

Greg knew him.

He was one of the Empire’s staff members who planned the attack on McLaine.

Wasn’t he from Grandia?

“There were rumors that McLaine had given repeating crossbows to the people and trained them. And the explosions aren’t magic, but weapons like scrolls…”

Greg’s face twisted at the words of the commander, Luchen Talos, who had brown eyes and looked ordinary.

“What!? Why are you only telling me this important information now!?”

“I reported it before…”

“To whom!?”

…….

“Hmph, the general staff is corrupt. They put someone who only makes excuses in charge!”

Luchen Talos swallowed his anger. He couldn’t say who he had reported to.

‘I told you, but you Empire guys didn’t believe me! Neither did Prince Baros! Nor the Imperial Family!’

They said giving weapons to commoners was crazy.

And they said scrolls were too expensive to be used so much in a small war.

‘This is the price of arrogance. Stupid Empire guys…’

He didn’t think the Empire would lose, but he felt uneasy seeing the strong resistance.

His position was already difficult.

He used to be a border count of Grandia and a staff member of the Second Prince.

‘I’m holding onto a rotten rope.’

The prince, who had promised him an earldom if he caused a civil war in Grandia, was now a traitor to the Empire.

The former border count was now just a staff member with a baronetcy.

So, he had to help in this war.

‘The western part of the kingdom is open. I can guide you. So please lose.’

But Kyle Castle was not falling.

Then, he saw the red aura disappear from the ramparts. He couldn’t see who it was, but he could guess.

‘Sword Soul!? Could it be!?’

– Waaah!

He hoped it wasn’t true, but he could hear the enemy cheering.

‘…How on earth!?’

He watched the ramparts defend his old home.

Luchen wasn’t the only one who saw it.

Also, when the knights who climbed onto the ramparts were falling, the flags at the front of the Empire’s army began to move.

– Ramparts. Abnormal. Magic.

“Damn it! Everyone hurry! All magic corps, advance quickly!!”

Greg Marvin shouted, and the magic circle lost its light.

Thud.

Oooooong.

“Ack!”

“Damn it…!”

“Don’t pay attention to the fallen ones, hurry up!”

Seline, the master of the Earthquake Magic Tower, a large woman with a stern face, raised her voice. She had stopped the magic by twisting the magic circle.

Some of the weaker wizards seemed hurt, but it was the right choice.

Now the magic corps had to join the battle.

There were only 3,000 soldiers, but each one was a 3rd Circle wizard. They had even learned a battle formation for combat. They were the best wizards from the Empire’s magic towers, and they had trained a magic battle formation that could be used in any situation.

“Let’s go!”

“Move it! Faster!”

Mages from the Tidal Order created walls of water. Then, mages from the Blazing Order turned that water into hissing white steam. The steam swirled around the five mages, making a giant, steamy ball to protect them.

Right away, mages from the Seismic Order moved the ground under them. At the same time, mages from the Gale Order pushed them forward with strong winds.

Then, mages from the Frost Order used the strong wind to make the ground icy and smooth, so they could move faster. The mages inside the steamy ball shot toward the battle like fast arrows.

As soon as they arrived at the front lines, the battle would change.

The army of three thousand mages was not just going to throw fireballs. Their many spells would make the Imperial knights and soldiers ten times stronger. This would make their enemies lose all hope.

“Celine, Lexi. We’re going too!”

“What about Lord Galen!?”

“There’s no time to wait!”

Greg quickly looked at Galen, who had strong guards around him. Then, Greg jumped on a knight’s horse and rode fast to the battle.

Greg also had wind magic, but he didn’t have as much magic or skill as Galen to fly and throw magic attacks from above.

Galen was a Sixth Circle Master, and Greg was an Expert. It was only one rank difference, but it meant a big difference in power.

Of course, Greg had his own way to help.

“Let’s go!”

Magic power could be like a knight’s strength, even without special magic items.

And if you added a little magic…

“Hiiiiiiiing!”

The warhorse was covered in fiery magic. It charged toward the battle very fast. Two other horses, glowing with brown and blue magic, followed close behind.

Thud thud thud.

“Make way! Everyone, make way!”

Greg shouted, pushing his horse forward in a crazy run.

As he got closer to the battle, he saw Sword Soul and Nelli kept attacking the enemy king.

Golden and white magic spun around them, making a small battle just for them.

Sword Soul’s student waited nearby for a chance to attack. The king’s golden glow was slowly being pushed back.

Greg thought the enemy king would die soon. He felt a little less worried.

‘It would be wasteful to add more power to that fight.’

Greg and his friends needed to deal with the other mages who had defeated the Gale Order mage.

Greg decided this and started to use his magic.

But then…

Wham!

Suddenly, something like a hand came out of the ground and grabbed the horse’s legs.

‘A golem?’

Hiiiiing!

The horse had been running very fast. It screamed and fell across the field.

“Gasp!”

Luckily, Galen felt the magic change before it happened. He jumped off the horse and into the air.

Now they were near the walls. They didn’t need the horse anymore. Galen’s magic could now find the enemy mages.

‘Over there!’

He quickly made stairs of wind and flew over the walls. He looked for signs of magic.

When he reached the walls, he saw something that made his face twist in disgust.

Imperial knights on the walls were being killed quickly. They couldn’t even fight back. The warnings about the walls being dangerous were true.

But a mage’s eyes could see more.

‘Artifacts? All of the enemy knights?’

The allied knights were losing badly. But Galen saw something else. He felt a small magic power coming from every enemy knight.

This is why they were losing so badly on the walls.

He could hardly believe what he was seeing. Even if they used all the money in the Empire, they couldn’t give magic items to two thousand knights. It was impossible.

‘What in the world…!?’

Once they won, he would make those knights tell him their secrets.

Greg thought this and looked at who he was going to fight.

He saw strong magic and a person with a red glow in front of him.

‘Two mages, one aura user.’

He quickly understood. He looked at the girl with different colored eyes.

‘That nonsense was actually… true.’

Nonsense was too soft a word. If Sword Soul hadn’t said it, Greg would have laughed and thought it was crazy talk. But it was real.

A mage so young when magic was getting weaker. If she was born long ago, she would have been seen as a magic genius.

Galen thought about this in his mind. The allied knights on the walls shouted when they saw him flying.

“Something’s wrong with the ramparts!”

“Be careful!”

Loyal souls, thinking of victory even as they were being cut down.

But he, too, was already on his guard.

‘If the walls are dangerous, I won’t go on them.’

Even if he couldn’t fly easily and use all his magic, he could stop himself for a moment.

He floated in the air near the wall, still flying. Then, Greg used his strongest spell.

“Mega Flare!”

Whirr.

Kuaaaang.

Fireballs appeared in front of him. They burned up the arrows flying at him. Then, the fireballs fell on his target, again and again.

Wham wham wham wham!

Next to him, part of the wall broke and fell down, throwing stones at the same target.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Swish swish swish!

Suddenly, rain fell from the sky. But these raindrops turned into sharp, tiny knives that attacked them from above.

Three mages from the Empire’s famous Seven Great Towers attacked them. They were all very serious and determined.

In front of them, the person with the red glow stood still, ready to fight.