Solo Swordmaster

#357. Where is this?

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Rumble rattle.

She thought.

Why did it end up like this?

It wasn’t a problem until he helped me with a date.

Of course, the atmosphere was kind of like that, and there was even a gunfight with the smugglers in the middle.

But this was common to Limon, and Harsnetti seemed satisfied anyway.

The problem was after that.

Isn’t communication suddenly cut off?

Hasneti, who has returned alone, declares war on Limon.

Because everything started to go crazy.

Thanks to that, it was just absurd for her to be left without knowing why.

[This is all because of the team leader!]

A blue bird locked in a cage.

Yuna-kyung eventually put the blame on Limon.

Although he did not know the circumstances, he knew from experience that if something happened, there was a high probability that it would be related to Limon.

Of course, that made it easier to get around.

But that’s all.

Yuna-gyeong, who couldn’t find the seven-colored bird after searching the cage, couldn’t help but sigh.

Including this situation.

[No, why do I, a 0-year-old baby bird, have to come to the battlefield…?]

Egyptian soldiers marching in the meadow.

Yuna-gyeong, who was carried in a cage in the procession, muttered with a bewildered face as she looked at the peak-shaped rock in the distance.

Even when he was a human, he would act as a PAB agent, but he had never been to a battlefield.

Aren’t you caught up in the London crisis?

Aren’t you being chased by the monster lord?

Coming to the battlefield now.

Why is it that the new born son is more humble than when he was a human?

It was just astonishing.

“It’s Horus meal time.”

[I need more freedom than food.]

“Ahaha, Horus is good at joking.”

[I’m not kidding, right? It is the instinct of all living things to desire freedom!]

“It is good to pursue instinct, but if you run away during war, it will be treated as desertion and you will be shot or killed.”

[Coming to think of it, suppressing one’s instincts seems to be the qualification of an intelligent body.]

But what can I do?

Even if you are poor, you have to eat and live.

While sighing heavily, Yuna-kyung diligently pecked and ate the fruit Nadia gave her.

I could have escaped if I used teleportation, but I didn’t want to gamble my life on something like this.

And Nadia opened a map and scratched her head while eating a meal with a chocolate bar next to Yuna-kyung.

“It’s also a bit strange.”

[What’s strange about it?]

“The movements of the enemy.”

Is it because of the affection accumulated through training?

Or is it because of the sense of identification as a person who suffers because of his boss?

While answering Yuna-kyung’s question, who had become close with her, Nadia opened another chocolate bar and munched.

“Since the Continental Alliance was created, I thought it would be quite difficult to come this far.”

[Did you know you would be attacked?]

“To some extent.”

Nadia mumbled an explanation.

In a hurry, the troops were only two corps.

But with just these two corps, the Egyptian army was able to overwhelm almost every country in Africa.

It was because even the army was at a slightly better level than the militia, and the level of the Egyptian army, which was thoroughly trained with unified equipment, was different.

Above all, the odds of winning the Continental Alliance disappeared when Hasneti left his home with the armed forces.

“The Continental Alliance has no choice but to use some trick to defeat our army.”

[Are you confident that you will win in a head-to-head match?]

“Sure. We are the Red Dragon Clan.”

I don’t know if it’s one-to-many.

There is no enemy that can defeat the Red Dragon Clan in a wide-scale war of annihilation based on overwhelming firepower.

Watching Nadia speak proudly against the backdrop of a towering stone pillar like a cliff, Yuna-kyung tilted her head for a moment, then nodded.

It was clear that the Egyptian army would have an advantage in an all-out war due to the nature of the war, where firepower is more important in larger-scale battles.

Then, the Continental Alliance has to deal with them somehow other than an all-out war…

[This is already the Kilimanjaro Dominion,

right ?]

[However, he said it was strange that he hadn’t met a single scout, let alone raided.]

“That’s right.”

[Then, wouldn’t it be that you decided to fight thoroughly for defense? Why is it said that defense is easier than attacking?]

“It probably isn’t.”

Nadia explained while chewing on a chocolate bar mixed with almonds this time.

The advantage of the defending side is when it is possible to draw the enemy into a strong defensive position, such as a fort or a trench lined with machine guns.

The castle collapses due to the development of cannons.

Just like the trench in front of the tank became a grave.

As weapons developed, the effectiveness of camps decreased and defense became more difficult.

That’s why advanced countries invest in weapons that detect and attack enemies first, such as radar and missiles.

In other words, attack is the best defense is the modern strategy.

How much more does it fight a defensive battle against the Egyptian army, which has the most powerful firepower in Africa?

This was a method that a Continental Alliance commander would never take unless he was a bird head.

[Sorry for the bird’s head…]

“Ahaha, it could be if you don’t know.”

Yuna-kyung is said to be very smart compared to previous Horus.

Nadia, who made her more miserable by sincerely comforting her, took out another chocolate bar and muttered.

“In fact, defensive battles are also useful depending on the situation. Especially if you use the city as your shield.”

[Using the city as a shield?]

“It’s a defensive battle in a densely populated place with many important facilities such as hospitals. Then the attacking side will refrain from firepower.”

[Aha, even if we wage a war, there should be no civilian casualties.]

“No, there’s nothing left if we blow up the city.”

[…Yes?]

“Because war costs money.”

If you burn everything, even if you win the battle, there will be less to loot, so it won’t pay off.

Nadia, who made Yun Na-kyung speechless by speaking calmly, shrugged her shoulders while snickering at the remains of the chocolate bar on her fingers.

“Well, it won’t matter if it’s just this war.”

[…]

Now Hasneti is in a situation where anger pierces the sky.

So, whether or not the enemy uses the city as a shield, they will eventually burn it down.

Watching Nadia speak calmly, Yuna-kyung was at a loss for words.

This girl is also a member of the Seven Dragons.

that he had come to the battlefield.

because I realized it all over again.

‘What will the team leader do…?’

Yuna-kyung was worried.

Even Limon can stop this war.

This is because, even if it is prevented, there is a lot of anxiety about whether it will be possible to solve the aftermath.

However, regardless of such misgivings, Egyptian forces crossed the Dominion of Kilimanjaro unimpeded.

across the vast meadow.

past the lofty rocks.

Chasing the long shadows of the setting sun.

Go around the thick stone pillars.

towards the rising morning star.

In the middle of a meal that I don’t know how many meals it has already been in the procession that keeps moving.

[Huh?]

Yuna-kyung suddenly tilted her head.

[Hmm?]

And tilted his head in the opposite direction again.

[…What is it?]

Something is strange.

I don’t know what’s strange

I just feel a strange sense of incongruity.

It was when Yuna-gyeong was shaking her head and moaning to find the cause of the unknown reason.

“Nadia.”

“Did you find it, Princess?”

As soon as she heard the muddy voice, Nadia rushed over with the cage containing Yuna-kyung hanging from her backpack.

Hasneti asked her coldly, smoking a cigarette.

“Where is this?”

“That’s the Dominion of Kilimanjaro.”

“Where is the exact location?”

“Exactly? That’s…”

Nida scratched her head as she pulled a map out of her backpack.

Then, after looking around, he answered confidently.

“I don’t know?”

“…”

“Eh? Wait, what did I just say?”

He seemed surprised to say it himself.

Nadia’s eyes widened, and she flipped through the map again, trying to compare it to the terrain around her.

However, her efforts were not worth it, and the more she compared the map and terrain, the more her face became confused.

“It can’t be like this?”

Nadia looked like she was about to cry, probably because she behaved in such a way in front of the princess she admired.

But Hasneti didn’t blame her.

I was just giving instructions.

“Go to the command vehicle and check the coordinates.”

“ah…! I’ll check it out right away and tell you!”

After hearing that, Nadia, with a bright expression on her face, hurriedly ran to the command vehicle behind her.

As the modernized Egyptian army had, the command vehicle was full of the latest high-tech equipment, so it was thought that it would be easy to check the current coordinates.

But after a while.

After leaving the command vehicle, Nadia had no choice but to report with a more embarrassed face than before.

“princess. I checked, but I can’t pinpoint the current location because the device is in poor condition…”

“…”

“Sorry! Send a scout right now to locate the location…”

“There is no need for that.”

“yes?”

“Instead, unleash Horus, check the surrounding terrain, and call the entire army.”

“…!”

Then it seems that I realized something.

Take a moment to open your eyes wide.

Nadia hurriedly opened the cage that contained Yuna-kyung as Hasneti instructed and hurriedly shouted.

“Fly as far as possible!”

[Regardless of the direction?]

“Yes. Either way, just fly all the way in one direction and if you see anything out of the ordinary, come back and report it.”

‘What kind of rice cake is this?’

Good food!

Yuna-kyung was bewildered but flapped her wings vigorously.

Sooner or later, I’ll be released from the cage.

At this point, I was going to escape and visit the place where Limon was, but…

[Huh?]

Yuna-kyung was taken aback.

It flew straight east.

It was because the procession of Egyptian troops, including Nadia, appeared in front of them before they knew it.

No matter how many times you change direction.

Try using space travel.

The result was the same.

As if they had become fish in a fishbowl, no matter how straight they flew, they were back above the heads of the Egyptians before they knew it.

In the end, Yuna-kyung, who gave up running away, came back and reported the fact with her wings drooping.

After hearing her story, Nadia looked at Hasneti with a hard face.

“I think the princess is also closed around here.”

“How many?”

“The roll call isn’t over yet, but even if we roughly estimate, more than one division has already lost contact.”

“…is it.”

It’s appalling that at least thousands of people have disappeared without any contact.

Indeed, Hasneti was neither surprised nor embarrassed.

I just shot across the meadow.

Thanks to that, Nadia had to bow her head with a more intimidated face.

“sorry. I should have noticed that the barrier was spread out a long time ago…”

“This is not a barrier.”

“What do you mean?”

“It means we’re trapped in the truth.”

“yes?”

At Hasneti’s words, Nadia made an absurd expression.

I don’t know if it was a barrier opened by skill or magic.

It was because there was no way he would not have noticed if it was a large-scale battle method using psionics.

The only way to do that is…

“…!”

That moment.

Nadia involuntarily held her breath.

Then he looked around and caused an earthquake in his pupils.

Huge shadows standing sparsely in the wide meadow.

It was only then that I realized the existence of the eight stone pillars that I had not even recognized even though I had seen them dozens of times.

And as far as Nadia knows.

There was only one theory associated with this absurd phenomenon and the eight stone pillars.

“Seo Seokbyeong8 Gates Golden Sweeping Jin?”

From the Bronze Age to the present.

One of the most advanced techniques among the many jins made by the Seven Dragons.

A money-eating hippopotamus that is so delicate that only one clan can make it and requires a huge amount of time and budget.

Nevertheless, because of its excellent utility, it was installed without falling into any facility.

“We’re trapped in the camp of the demonic Black Dragon Clan?!”

Age of Heroes of the Past.

Nadia couldn’t help but be astonished at the fact that they were trapped in the ecstasy that prevented even the sword master from invading the Leviathan.