「Is that Bernada’s King Henry? As the files say, he still looks young.」
He was a prodigy who took the throne in his teens.
His feat of defeating even Spear Saintess Orika and routing Galastone was staggering.
There was no doubt he was a warrior who could match ten men, and he could not be underestimated.
「Perhaps he came to offer formal greetings before the battle. To risk approaching the gate exposed to archer fire shows remarkable nerve―――――hm!?」
At that moment, Henry suddenly sprinted straight for the main gate.
The captain was baffled.
「What is he trying to do?」
One subordinate asked, and the captain shook his head.
「I do not know. In any case, do not let him get close to the gate. Deploy troops and block the path.」
With that order, the subordinate blew a whistle.
At the signal, Rilincross soldiers quickly formed up in front of the main gate.
「Archers and mages, take him down with a volley!」
The captain ordered further.
The archers and magic troops immediately understood and opened fire on Henry.
A rain of arrows and spells poured down on him.
But.
「Hahahahaha! Can such a barrage stop me?」
Henry did not so much as brush off the arrows and magic.
He took them head on. Yet he emerged unscathed and did not slow.
He accelerated and closed on the shut main gate.
The captain broke into a cold sweat.
「Unharmed!? Dammit… Make a spear wall at once. Defend the gate to the death!」
The captain barked the order like a shout.
About thirty spearmen deployed to block Henry, forming a spear wall.
These were not ordinary foot soldiers. They were seasoned veterans.
Their spear wall was solid and sturdy.
Moreover, every spear tip had been coated with various poisons.
Contact would bring pain, paralysis, or incapacitation.
Even battle-hardened fighters would struggle to break such a spear wall.
…But.
「How naive.」
Henry had noticed the poisons, yet he plunged headlong into the spear wall without hesitation and struck it head on.
「「「Guaaaaaaaaa!？」」」
Unsurprisingly, the spear wall was overwhelmed and shattered in an instant.
Despite the thirty veterans forming it, Henry bulldozed through, driving spears and soldiers aside.
But rather than a tackle, it was more like he simply ran through them.
Still, many of the thirty men were thrown, tumbled, and died instantly.
「He keeps going!?」
The captain leaned out from the outer wall in astonishment.
Henry showed no sign of suffering from the poison and kept sprinting.
(Could it be… he intends to force his way through with brute strength? Alone?)
The captain shuddered.
Henry was running alone, separated from the main Bernada force.
He charged alone toward the main gate.
His aim seemed clear… to break through the gate by sheer personal force.
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