The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 588

Episode 588: Destroy the Enemy (5)

By the time Julian began his pursuit, Leonard had already run quite a distance away.

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

Blood flowed from wounds all over his body, but he had no time to care. He muttered incessantly, with a look of bewilderment on his face.

“Crazy… … He got stronger in the meantime? Does that make sense? What the hell is that guy?”

I fought Julian once before. He was too strong, so I couldn’t stand it and ran away.

This time, when we met again, I thought it was a good thing. So I persuaded Count Kalmund.

– We must kill him while he is alone. Send in your priests and your best knights.

Count Kalmund is a great commander. He also knows how important Yulien is to the Allied Forces.

That is why Count Kalmund actively accepted Leonard’s opinion and sent out priests and knights.

It wasn’t enough, it was too much. In Leonard’s opinion, that was enough to kill Yulien no matter how strong he was.

With himself, four priests, and fifty elite knights, he has the power to destroy any territory in a day.

But the results were disastrous.

“How could that be possible? What on earth did you do?”

Even that great power was only able to ‘hold on’ to Yulien. Yulien swept away the priests and knights with his amazing skills.

Leonard panicked and had no choice but to run away.

“You crazy little monster… … .”

Leonard kept cursing. With Yulien’s intervention, the friendly troops also fell into disarray and confusion.

There was no way they could handle it when the enemy cavalry came charging in between.

“Can you catch him?”

In fact, since all the troops had rushed in, it wasn’t easy for Yulien to deal with them. It’s impossible for a human to have infinite strength.

However, Yulien shows no signs of fatigue even when the battle is prolonged. It is not easy to detect his restrained mana.

This meant that the opponent had no way of assessing his true state. So he either got scared and gave up the fight or collapsed.

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

Leonard, who had been running away, stopped walking and looked around.

The place he hid was in a mountain quite far from the battlefield. He barely managed to escape because he ran like crazy.

“I’ll have to hide for a bit and then run far away.”

In any case, he survived. The main force of the Revolutionary Army was destroyed along with the 3rd Army Corps, but there were still some scattered throughout the continent.

“We can just gather our forces again.”

In a world of war, thieves abound. If you have the skills, you can gather them.

Although he had to give up his ambition of taking over the kingdom and stepping out into the open, it wasn’t difficult to continue raiding the territory secretly like before.

Anyway, wasn’t he a superhuman too?

“Duke Fenris… … Prince of Turian… … Let us never meet again.”

As he was cautious by nature, he was also good at assessing the situation. He realized that he could not handle two people with his own skills.

“Phew… … .”

Leonard hid himself in a tree-covered and rocky area. He sat down to catch his breath when he suddenly heard someone’s voice.

“hey.”

“What!!”

Startled, Leonard lowered himself and looked around. He saw no one.

Then, the voice was heard again.

“Here, here.”

Leonard’s eyes widened as he raised his head slightly. There was a crow sitting on the tree.

“crow……?”

“You managed to escape all the way here. Oh, it was hard to catch up.”

“What is that crow talking about… … .”

Leonard closed his mouth immediately. He had seen that plump, plump crow before. It was definitely the crow that had been flying around Julian.

Come to think of it, when I was running away from Duke Fenris, I also blew up a crow while running away.

I also heard a rumor that there are talking crows in the Rutanian army. That’s why their communication speed is so fast.

I didn’t believe it, but now I see that it was true. That crow that never dies was acting as a messenger.

“Are you… chasing me?”

“So, you dared to think that you could escape this body? You are such an ignorant fool. Do you feel the difference in skill?”

Dark spoke with his chin raised in a very arrogant manner. Just looking at his momentum, even the legendary Demon King would be put to shame.

Urrrrrrr.

Leonard pulled out a chainsickle. His location had been discovered, so he had to kill him and run away.

At that moment, Dark spoke to Leonard.

“You, be my subordinate.”

“……what?”

“If you kneel down and beg to become my subordinate right now, I will give you a chance to live. In fact, both Yulienne and Giselle are my subordinates.”

“… … .”

“Both of you will die if I say so. Saving you at least won’t be a problem at all.”

Ugh.

Leonard ground his teeth and filled his chainscythe with mana. He had run away once or twice, but now even the crows were mocking him.

It was strange to hear the crow speak, but that was about it. Thinking it was some kind of spirit, he immediately tried to extend his chainsickle.

‘back?’

Leonard, who was about to extend his chainsickle, rolled to the side because he felt a faint movement behind him.

Dark laughed at the sight.

“Poohahahaha! What the! I didn’t do anything, so why am I rolling around by myself!”

Leonard ignored Dark and turned his head. Sure enough, behind him stood Yulien.

Julian didn’t attack, but Leonard, who had been hit by him many times, dodged as soon as he felt his presence.

‘I thought you’d already chased me… … .’

Leonard gritted his teeth. It seemed as if he had been chased by that damn crow.

He couldn’t possibly win one-on-one. He rolled his eyes and raised both hands.

“I surrender. I will do anything, just let me live. You know very well that my skills are useful, don’t you?”

Leonard glanced back and continued.

“That crow promised to spare my life. You are said to be the crow’s subordinates… … . I hope you keep your promise.”

Then Dark suddenly flew to Yulien’s side and shouted.

“Don’t get me wrong! I was just trying to hold him back and buy some time!”

Dark was embarrassed. He had intended to persuade Yulien to give his loyalty to Leonard. But he had not expected him to be so blatant.

Julian ignored Leonard’s and Dark’s words.

Slurp.

He drew his sword. He had no intention of sparing Leonard’s life, no matter what happened.

Leonard said, taking a step back.

“Look, I surrender. I said I’d spare the crows too.”

“I refuse.”

The Revolutionary Army had thrown the continent into chaos even before the Salvation Church was established. They committed numerous lootings and disturbances, tormenting many people.

So, he was determined to catch and kill him at this opportunity. That’s why Julian postponed joining and chased after Leonard.

Julian swung his sword without saying a word.

Scratch!

“Ugh!”

Leonard dodged sideways, his chest slashed long. He had been hit several times, but he could never figure out how the technique worked.

All I could do was just barely dodge before my body was completely cut off.

Phew!

A thick fog covered the surroundings. It was the fog created by Leonard’s smoke grenade.

He instinctively twisted and bent down as he threw the smoke grenade. A sharp pain shot through his shoulder.

Scratch!

“Ugh!”

I was lucky. If I hadn’t twisted my body, my neck would have been cut instead of my shoulder.

There was also something I learned from this. Although the opponent could sense my presence, the detection was not perfect as long as there was fog. If I moved quickly, I could probably avoid detection and escape.

He immediately threw a chainsickle at Yulien.

Kaang!

I knew it wouldn’t work. It was just a restraint to get rid of the body anyway.

He had already hung another chainsickle on a nearby tree. He moved his body, pulling on the chainsickle.

Phew! Phew!

Leonard set off several smoke grenades to obscure the direction in which he was running.

As the smoke bombs exploded, thicker fog covered the surrounding area.

He also did not forget to keep a close watch by continuously throwing his chain sickle in the direction where Yulien was.

Leonard had never fought with such determination. He was determined to get out of here, no matter what.

Kaang! Kaang! Kaang!

Julian chased after Leonard, swatting away the chainsickles flying from afar.

Certainly, Leonard was a great fighter. Even when he sensed movement and cut down, he moved quickly and somehow managed to avoid fatal wounds.

Especially, this fog that obscures vision could be quite a hindrance when dealing with a strong opponent like Leonard.

“Phew… … .”

Julian took a deep breath as he ran. First, he had to clear this fog.

As he raised his sword with ‘will’, the air around him rippled and twisted. Julian could feel the secret flow of the world hidden in the fog, something invisible to the eye.

Julian swung his sword as it was.

Paaaaak!

There was a thunderous sound and the fog began to part.

The fog struggled and resisted like a living creature, but it was powerless against Julian’s will.

In an instant, the fog dispersed and disappeared in all directions. In its place, a clear and vivid world was revealed.

Dark, who was floating in the sky, muttered when he saw it.

“Are you a monster?”

Since Dark was a being made up of energy without a physical form, I was able to better understand what kind of phenomenon was occurring.

A phenomenon and flow that occurs naturally. Julian forcibly cuts it off and eliminates it.

“Now that I think about it, that… … .”

It was different yet strangely similar to the technology that Giselle had recently shown. Dark, who shared consciousness between his clones, could see both.

While Giselle went with the flow of the world and exerted her power, Julian was dominating it by forcibly going against the flow.

Leonard, who was running away, was startled when his vision suddenly brightened.

“What, what is this… … .”

The fog that had spread so thickly disappeared in an instant.

Even if a wizard could blow away the fog, he couldn’t ‘disappear’ it in one breath like this.

I hesitated for a moment, but it was a big mistake. Yulien, who had come closer, swung his sword.

Kaaaaang!

Leonard barely managed to block the attack by swinging his chainsickle, then threw the other chainsickle at Yulien.

Kaang! Kaang! Kaang!

Two chainsickles and a sword moved at a speed that was invisible to the eye. If others had seen this, they would have been unable to stop admiring this high-level fight.

Leonard gritted his teeth. His muscles were tense to the bone, his nerves stretched taut like a bowstring.

He was fighting with all his might, even drawing out his instincts.

‘I have to survive somehow. If I see just one opening… … .’

But Julian’s sword moved like a living creature, squeezing Leonard.

Kagagagagagagang!

In an instant, hundreds of attacks and defenses took place.

The speed and accuracy were beyond human limits.

Although Leonard was far more skilled than the priests of the Salvation Church, even he was pushed back by Julian’s overwhelming skills.

Kaang!

Hope flashed through Leonard’s eyes as he crossed his chainsickles to block the sword. He took advantage of the opportunity to throw one of his chainsickles at a nearby tree.

That moment, when he thought it was his chance to escape, became the turning point that determined his fate.

Scratch!

Time seemed to have stopped. Julian’s sword cut through the air, drawing a blue trail.

And in the next moment, Leonard’s arm flew into the air.

“Kwaaah!”

Leonard screamed. In that split second when his concentration on the battle was broken, Yulien’s sword mercilessly cut through his body.

Phaaaat!

Blood spurted out like a fountain.

Fear and despair flashed across Leonard’s eyes.

He knew that this fight was over.

Leonard desperately tried to move the remaining chainsickle, his body shaking in pain.

But against his will, his body was already betraying him.

Julian’s movements seemed to control time itself. His sword flew towards Leonard’s neck.

Scratch!

A sharp red line was drawn across Leonard’s neck.

His eyes opened wide. Red foam sprang from his mouth.

Leonard let out his last breath in a trembling voice.

“You monster… … . You’re not human… … .”

His voice was a mixture of fear, awe, and deep despair.

Crunch.

Julian put his sword back into its scabbard with a face devoid of any emotion. His movements were as calm as if he were doing something routine.

Toouk.

As soon as the sword was fully retracted into its scabbard, Leonard’s neck fell to the floor.

This is how the revolutionary leader who once caused chaos on the continent met his end.

Julian stood there for a moment, looking down at Leonard’s body.

– You are not human… … .

It was a long time since I heard those words.

When I was young, I often heard it from my father and other royal family members.

It was because of his strange growth and ominous momentum.

But even as he recalled his dark past, no emotion appeared in Julian’s eyes.

Like a mere tool that had completed its mission, he calmly left the battlefield.

Dark suddenly flew in and flattered me.

“Oppa, you’re so cool. Aren’t you just the best in the world? Wow, if I were you, I’d conquer the world right away. You can’t do it with this kind of skill? You’re really vicious, vicious.”

“… … .”

As always, Yulien ignored Dark’s words. The only thought in his head was that he had to join Giselle.

* * *

“I knew you could do it.”

Jiselle smiled as she heard about Yulien’s exploits through Dark.

Leonard was a pain in the ass in his previous life. This time, the fight against the rift was urgent, and it was hard to worry about someone sneaking around.

How much power did that bastard increase and how many people did he plunder using that gap?

I was relieved that Julian finally finished it off.

“Okay, then let’s deal with the next one.”

Various issues that arise during the post-war process will be dealt with by the Kingdom of Sardinia together with the Allied Forces.

But there was someone I had to deal with here.

Clank, clank, clank.

A group of soldiers walked briskly, dragging someone along.

The person being dragged in was a traitor who had acted as a spy in this war.