The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 769

Episode 769 My World is… … (4)

Kyle also arrived at the dwarf residence area he was in charge of.
However, the dwarf residence area was quite large. He waited, anticipating where the enemy would come, but it was difficult to pinpoint the exact location.
Unfortunately, there was a slight difference between where Kyle had been waiting and where the enemies had appeared.
Dark, who had been sent out to scout, returned in a hurry and shouted.
“Damn it! Those guys came in strangely! They’ve already started a fight with the dwarves!”
“Oh, this is going to be difficult.”
Kyle frowned.
He had to convince the dwarves to run away as quickly as possible. However, if they’d already started a fight, it wouldn’t be easy.
As Kyle had expected, the dwarves were already fighting the enemies with a proud expression.
“You guys! Where do you think you’re going!”
“Push them all back quickly!”
“Don’t be scared! We can definitely win!”
The dwarves continued to attack the enemies while shouting loudly.
Their momentum seemed to pierce the sky, and their faces were filled with the spirit of a brave warrior.
But Kyle’s expression hardened upon seeing that sight.
No matter how you looked at it, the difference in power was unwinnable.
Nevertheless, the dwarves stuck to them and brandished their weapons.
“Wow!”
“You can’t back down here!”
“Get the kids out of here!”
Kyle could quickly understand why they were fighting for their lives.
Kyle bit his lips as he watched the dwarves running away to the other side.
“Damn… This is the place.”
Countless dwarf children were desperately running away.
Just like elves, dwarves had a communal childcare system. This was because adult dwarves were busy with their work as warriors and blacksmiths.
In Valscrum, parents with children lived together in some residential areas. This was to effectively educate and raise their children.
And old warriors and retired blacksmiths mainly took care of the children.
Kyle knew that much. And he now knew that this was one of those residential areas.
“Don’t back down!”
“If we back down, the children won’t be able to escape!”
“Hold on and fight to the end!”
It was natural for the dwarves to rush at the enemies without regard for their lives.
The children’s parents, as well as those who were not related to the children by blood, were the same. They were risking their lives to protect the future of Valscrum.
‘Why is this the place I’m in charge of!’
Kyle held out his metal rod toward the giant sandworm, almost going crazy.
“Gisselle!”
Kwaaaaaaaah!
It was a little late, but the magic that shot out from the metal rod was enough to focus their attention.
While everyone was surprised by the sudden magic, Kyle shouted loudly.
“Run away quickly! We have to gather at the castle! Everyone is gathered there and fighting!”
Kwaaaaah! Kwaaaaah!
Kyle shouted the same words several times while spraying magic here and there.
However, the dwarves did not listen to him. No, they could not follow him.
Gwaaaaah!
The dwarves were already engaged in a melee with the monsters that were rushing in. Even if he wanted to pull out, he couldn’t.
Kyle couldn’t use the metal rod in places where dwarves and monsters were mixed. He
could only use it on monsters that broke through the dwarf formation.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
Kyle spared no magic to save even one more dwarf. The more he did, the faster the metal rod was destroyed.
“Hurry! Give it to me!”
The mercenaries next to him handed over the metal rods they had.
Kyle received the recoil of the magic with his whole body and continued to use it without stopping.
This wasn’t the original plan. The metal rod was meant to be used as a deterrent when the dwarves ran away, to buy time.
However, given the circumstances, he couldn’t spare it.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
Kyle extended the metal rod and fired magic wherever the enemies swarmed. It would have
been nice if he could keep using it, but unfortunately, there was a limit to the number of metal rods he could use.
Since he used it faster and more than his colleagues in other directions, he soon ran out of metal rods.
“Damn it!”
The enemies that had been rushing in front were almost all destroyed thanks to Jiselle’s powerful magic.
In particular, the giant sandworm could no longer endure after being hit by the magic multiple times and was completely destroyed.
However, monsters continued to swarm in from behind.
‘What should I do?’
Kyle looked around. The situation was hopeless.
The dwarves who had been fighting ahead were already close to being annihilated. Even so, they did not retreat.
The children who were running away could not help but be slow. The same was true for the old dwarves holding their newborn babies.
‘No… … .’
They had bought some time, but at this rate, they would soon be caught up by the enemies who were rushing in.
The biggest problem, of course, were the priests and black magicians of the Salvation Church who had stepped back and observed the situation.
They had been startled by the sudden magic and had retreated, but they would move immediately if they knew that Kyle could no longer use magic.
“Brother! We must evade now!”
“There are no more metal rods!”
“Vice-captain! If we delay any longer, the enemies will catch up with us!”
The mercenaries urged Kyle. There was nothing Kyle could do here now.
Kyle smacked his lips several times. In fact, the mercenaries were right.
There were not many dwarves left fighting now. They had barely survived thanks to Kyle.
However, they could not run away even if they wanted to. If they ran away, the children would be caught.
One dwarf raised his weapon again and shouted,
“Hold on somehow! We have to buy some more time!”
“Yes! We will die here!”
“We have to save the children who are running away!”
They shouted and charged at the enemies who were coming back.
Kyle could not stop them.
It was useless to fire magic, but he did not blame them either.
The dwarves were just doing what they had to do.
“Brother! Let’s go!”
One mercenary grabbed Kyle’s arm. They
had to run now.
The only chance they had was now, when the dwarves were buying them some time.
If they bought them any more time, it would be difficult for them to run away.
Kyle bit his lip.
‘I know.’
Running away was the right thing to do here.
Giselle had clearly told them to do as much as they could and then run away.
But still, their feet would not move. It was hard for them to leave the dying dwarves and the running children behind and live alone.
A bloody dwarf spoke to Kyle.
“I don’t know who you are, but thank you for helping me. You should run away too.”
After finishing his words, the dwarf added with a bloody face and a smirk.
“Dwarves should take care of their own business. I don’t want people who don’t care to die.”
“…….”
“What you’ve done so far is enough, so go ahead. We’ll do what we have to do.”
With that, the dwarf grabbed his weapon again and ran.
Kyle kept seeing him limping forward.
The sight of him trying to fight even in that state pierced his heart.
Dark, who had been looking around from the sky, quickly came down and shouted.
“This is a mistake! The operation has failed! Let’s get out of here!”
Kyle said nothing.
After a while, he looked at the dwarves falling in front of him and opened his mouth.
“You guys, go and help the children run away.”
“Brother! The enemies are coming! Even if you help them, they’ll catch up to you soon!”
“Hurry up! Carry the kids who are falling behind and come with me!”
“What are you going to do, hyung?”
“I’ll hold off the enemies, so hurry up and go. Don’t bother me.”
Dark shouted in shock at those words.
“Hey! Are you crazy? Are you crazy? Do you think you’re the master? You’re really bad at fighting!”
“Go quickly! Go and help the kids escape!”
At Kyle’s urging, the mercenaries had no choice but to retreat.
In fact, even if the few of them helped the kids, it wouldn’t mean much. They would have been better off fighting and dying here.
However, Kyle had sent them to save them.
If he could somehow hold off the enemies here and buy time, everyone would be able to survive.
Of course, Dark was furious at that reckless plan.
“You idiot! How are you going to hold off all those enemies!”
“……I don’t know.”
“What?”
“I don’t know!”
“Hey you crazy idiot! What the hell are you thinking!”
“Anyway, we have to buy time until the kids escape!”
“So you’re saying that it’s impossible with your skills! You’ll die if you do that! Don’t you know that you can’t die?”
“…….”
“You suffocating brat! Don’t you really know how important your life is? You’re the comrade of the warrior and saint who will save the world! You have to live to win the war against the demonic realm and save the world!”
“…….”
“If you die, you don’t know how the future will change! So just run away! That’s why the master told you to run away! Please let history flow as it was!”
“…….”
Kyle just listened to Dark’s words pouring out quickly.
Like Yulien, he didn’t really believe that he would save the world.
Even if that were true… … Right now, he couldn’t follow Dark’s words.
Kyle slowly opened his mouth.
“I… said I would save the world, didn’t I?”
“Yes! You’re more amazing than you think!”
“I know that I’m amazing. There aren’t many people as cool as me. I’m stronger than Yulien.”
“Anyway, just run away! Think about it after you run away!”
Instead of answering, Kyle threw his scabbard on the floor.
Throwing away a scabbard meant fighting with the determination to die.
Dark, who knew that, glared at him fiercely.
“You! Are you really going to throw your life away here?”
Kyle said, looking at Dark who was getting angry.
“Saving the world… is such a wonderful and valuable thing. If that’s true, I want to do it too.”
A small smile spread across his lips.
“But there are many people who can save the world besides me, right?”
“What?”
“There’s Yulien, Deneb, Astion. There’s Erenes, there’s Lionel. There’s Giselle… I don’t know if he’ll be with me until then.”
“You, what are you talking about….”
Kyle looked back and gave a short laugh.
“But… right now, I’m the only one who can save those kids.”
“You….”
“Leave saving the world to those guys. I’ll save the people I can save right now.”
Boom!
Kyle tore his clothes. He then tied his hands and sword tightly with the hem of his torn clothes. He
was determined not to let go of his sword until his wrists were cut off.
“Huh….”
He took a deep breath with a determined expression and looked around the battlefield. There was no longer a single waver in his eyes.
He did not move even as the dwarves died in front of him.
‘It would be useless to help them now.’
It would be better to let them waste a little more time in front of them.
From now on, we must fight with cool calculations and judgments rather than emotions.
That way, we can save the children who are running away.
The few dwarves left began to scream and fall one by one.
“Eww!”
“You damned bastards! Our king will not leave you alone!”
“Let’s fight to the end, even in hell!”
The dwarves swung their weapons one more time, screaming.
Kyle watched their last resistance with his eyes.
At the same time, he began to analyze the monsters’ movements and make a plan on how to fight.
Dark, who had been looking at Kyle in disbelief, soon burst into laughter.
“You seem similar to Kaor and Alfoyne, but you’re different.”
“What do you mean?”
“It means that it’s cool even though it’s
not tall.” “I’m already pretty cool.”
“Yeah, even if he’s going to die anyway, I can’t just let him die. I’ll help you fight.”
“How?”
“It’ll take a lot of strength to hold this battlefield alone. I’ll turn into a horse, so ride me and move.”
Dark had fought in countless battles with Giselle. With all that experience, he now knew how to fight well.
Kyle asked with a curious expression.
“You’re not just going to ride me and run away, are you? It’ll be difficult if you trick me.”
“Well, it could happen if it gets dangerous. But don’t worry, it won’t happen right away.”
Dark’s body, which had been a sparrow, gradually swelled and soon transformed into a cool horse made of blue energy.
Kyle was slightly surprised when he saw that.
“I knew he could transform, but I didn’t know he could do it this cool.”
“This is the horse that Aiden used to ride. His name is Koko. Now, Alpoy rides him.”
“The name isn’t that cool.”
“Get on. Let’s move quickly.”
Kyle, who was about to climb onto Dark’s body, paused for a moment and asked,
“Can you transform into another form?”
“Yes, you can. Why?”
“Then transform into a really big, cool wolf.”
“A wolf?”
“Yeah, isn’t that cool? It’s something every man has dreamed of at least once.”
Dark snickered at those words.
“Kid… so romantic.”
Dark immediately transformed into a giant wolf. Of course, he had made a saddle and reins that were connected to his body for Kyle to ride comfortably.
Kyle’s eyes sparkled when he saw that.
His expression was filled with laughter, as if he really liked it.
“Tch!”
Kyle climbed onto Dark’s back and rocked his body a few times to get into position.
“Okay, it’s very comfortable. Then shall we go?”
“Of course, Bro. Let’s show our strength.”
Goooooooooo!
All the dwarves who had been fighting ahead fell.
Now, the group of monsters began to rush in the direction the children were fleeing.
And… … .
Kyle and Dark boldly charged towards them.