A Journey Of A Delusional Witch
Chapter 42: Battle of the Barriere Forest (2)

The sun started to set but the Mobs wave seemed far from over.

Although individually it is relatively easy on the opponent, but with this much they are definitely a big threat.

Those of us who initially excelled in this battle have now been forced to take shelter behind a simple barricade that was somehow able to endure for how much longer.

The victims also began to fall.

For us Otherworlders, we can still bounce back despite taking time. But the same cannot be said for Locals.

Seeing a lifeless body neatly arranged behind a wall and covered only by a piece of cloth was a sight I hoped I would never see in my life.

And that's just counting the bodies we're capable of saving. Not a few of them are no longer shaped because of the ferocious Mobs.

Not only that!

Many of us are already getting tired. Be it Otherworlder or Locals we all need a break. Moreover our Otherworlder must also Log Out or it will burden our bodies that are there.

Even so, we have no other choice but to fight.

"Doragon! The barricade is almost destroyed!"

Damn it, if the barricade is destroyed then we will have no choice but to take cover behind the fort as our last move.

"Prepare Tower Shield! Take them forward, now!!!"

"""Ready!!!"""

Not long after, several warriors advanced forward while carrying giant shields capable of covering almost the entire body of the wearer. Each of the Tower Shield was stacked firmly and tightly to form a sturdy wall.

Right after the defensive wall was made, the simple barricade we made by cutting down the surrounding trees finally collapsed as well.

!!!(!The fortress)!!!

Each warrior holding the Tower Shield activated a skill simultaneously.

The Tower Shield they were carrying was glowing tanned.

The crazed Mobs finally collided with the defensive wall. A loud voice echoed loudly as the bodies of the Mobs struck the sturdy Tower Shield with such force.

"The spear!!!"

The spearmen raised the Long Spears high they were carrying and simultaneously thrust it firmly towards Mobs who was restrained by the defensive wall.

Not only that, the rain of arrows and magic also ceaselessly rained down on those Mobs mercilessly.

This way the Mobs are back on hold.

But I know that this won't last long. We have to figure out a way to at least hold them off even longer until help will arrive.

...

The sun has completely set.

We have to light torches or ask those who have [Light Magic] to provide an adequate source of illumination.

All day long we have been trying to keep these Mobs from crossing our defensive line.

Although this was only the first day, it seemed that this was too much.

"How much damage do we have?"

"Report, as many as 10% of our total troops have been honorably killed. More than 30% of our troops are lightly to moderately wounded and 5% are seriously injured to the point of being impossible to return to duty"

So there's less than 60.

Of the originally 15,000 troops, now only about 9,000 remain capable of fighting.

The number of enemies is still not known with certainty. But, from the corpses of those who had piled up, we had roughly finished off about 10,000 of them.

That's a lot of numbers. However, since we don't know what their actual troop numbers are, I don't know if they've sustained any minor or major damage.

"How's the rest of our supplies?"

"Report, be it food supplies or medicine everything is fine. With the current supply, it is estimated that we can still survive for a week. However, our weaponry is not very good"

Just natural.

Equipment will definitely suffer damage while in battle. Especially on the scale of the current battle. Even the most high-performance Equipment will be quickly damaged.

I've made sure to bring a lot of spare Equipment. But it seems that's still not enough.

"That's an expression no Commander like you should show"

Without me noticing the Cardinal Witch was already beside me.

Her little girl-like appearance can sometimes be deceiving and make me forget who she really is.

"You know how else, things start to get worse while we still don't know how much longer we have to hold those Mobs"

"Oh, isn't the root of all these problems already known. Why not just pull it out?"

"Easy saying. But, the enemy's existence was deep within the forest. Right in the middle of the hundreds of Mobs that always surround him. Not to mention the relentless attacks they've put on leaving us with no chance to dispatch an elite team to overcome them"

As we have seen in previous meetings. The ringleaders of this endless wave of Mobs were people from Narsist Kingdom. Clearly their goal was to cut off the only access from Drakon

Kingdom to another kingdom.

Of course I've sent this news to the center. But, until now I still haven't got anything in return.

Damn it, what are those stupid nobles doing!!!

"It is not necessary for you to be so angry. If things get out of hand, we will definitely intervene. In fact, I've sent out a personal bodyguard from the boy to help"

It was true, if it was him, then these Mobs were nothing more than pebbles on the highway. Also, the four girls well. It was true that they were strong enough to deserve to be called a bodyguard of the Sol Witch

Ciel's. But, could they be of much use in this battle?

"Although I said that, it seems that I still have not intervened. Look, your help has arrived"

...

Damn, because limited visibility makes these Mobs stay away more dangerous.

Skill (Fortress) does not last long. In its limited activation time, the Magicians (Mages) successively cast their AOE magic each hoping to reduce as many Mobs as possible.

Thanks to that we managed to get rid of quite a number of Mobs that swarmed around and came back giving us some breathing room.

Even so, the accumulated fatigue was already unbearable anymore.

Soon I'll have to Log Out or I'll be having serious health problems.

"(Minotaurs)!!!"

What had just appeared was a giant bull-headed Mobs. His body exceeded 3 meters with iron-like hard muscles coated by reddish skin which was also overgrown by short, coarse hair.

On both of his arms were a pair of Twins Axes that had been covered in blood. This made anyone who saw him tremble in fear.

From the aura he exuded, it was clear this (Minotaur) was a Boss-class Mobs.

(Taunt)!

I had no other choice, I had to face this (Minotaur) and defeat him.

Responding to the skill (Taunt) from me, (Minotaur) then turned his eyes to me. His fiery red eyes looked thirsty for blood.

Not long after, the (Minotaur) lunged straight at me.

Grrroooaaaaaaa!!!!!

With an earth-shaking roar, the (Minotaur) ran straight towards me regardless of everything in front of him.

Be it my opponent or comrades all bulldozed just to be able to come reach me.

"I won't let it!"

Yari who was beside me threw a special spear that he bought just to throw. With the obvious (Javelin) he activated, the spear he threw shot straight towards the approaching (Minotaur).

The effect... There aren't.

"Oi... The oi... You're serious!!!"

(Minotaur) it doesn't even bother fending off or dodging. He just took it for granted and the spear that Yari threw shattered into pieces.

(Stand) (Defense Up)

Lifting up my shield, I prepared to accept the impending impact.

When that (Minotaur) was only a few meters away from me, something shocking happened. A hole suddenly appeared above the ground that made (Minotaur) it stumbled and slid hard to the ground.

"WETTER! FOCUS ON THAT (MINOTAUR)!!!"

The arrows then began to rain down on the body (Minotaur) that was still lying on the ground. Even so, only a few arrows were able to pierce through his hard skin until the rain of arrows seemed insignificant at all.

Feeling annoyed, (Minotaur) was about to stand up... Just to get a hard hit on his face.

Unbeknownst to me, a knight with a jet-black Full Armor slammed his Buckler right into the face (Minotaur) very hard. Not until there, he then wanted to continue by swinging his sword right to the neck (Minotaur).

Honey, this time (Minotaur) it will not stand still and throw a blow to the chest of the knight.

The sound of iron clashing against each other resounded loudly in the middle of the battle.

Receiving a crushing blow, the knight was pushed back until it reached where I stood.

If I had been hit by that attack, I would have been severely injured and would not have been able to fight anymore. However, the knight was still able to stand quietly as if the punch earlier was nothing.

Taking back the Twins Axes that he had dropped, (Minotaur) turned his eyes to the knight who dared to hurt him.

"Oi Miss, are you okay?!"

"Calm down, it's common. More importantly, we have to overcome that first"

Missy? So this knight is a woman?!

Basic Yari, when it comes to girls he responds once.

Wait a minute, if I look around again, isn't this knight the personal bodyguard of the Lavender Witch?

Grrrraaaaa....!!!!

Right, that (Minotaur) focus must be defeated immediately.

"Let me hold him. You guys focus on attacking"

After saying that, the knight, Percy. Forward facing the raging (Minotaur).

...

Due to the orders from Mrs Cardinal, we have to help in the face of this threat from the Mobs.

Now that I think about it again, I guess this is the first time I have fought without receiving any direction from Master.

Even so, facing the Boss is something far from my guess.

Especially punch. If only I had not activated (Ignore Bashing) which was able to reduce the damage given by the blunt force attack, I would have been sprawled back like I was when I first

fight.

After I evolved into an Advance Golem, I obtained [Armor Skills] that had been at the maximum level, I got many useful skills to significantly increase my defense.

And now, I have to face one on one with Boss (Minotaur).

(Stand) (Parry) (Defense Up) (Parry) (Strengthening) (Lightweight) (Parry) (Sturdy Defense) (Defense Area) (Parry) (Protector)

One by one I activated all the skills capable of increasing my defense even further. As I did that, I continued to fend off all the attacks directed at me.

At the moment when the (Minotaur) was starting to grow furious because his attack seemed meaningless, a shield floated up and hit his face very hard.

In response to this, the (Minotaur) repelled his attack by using one of his axes.

He looked unmoved as his axe clashed with a burning sword before he finally pushed back Doragon with just a single swing.

The opportunity!

By activating the (Defense Cutter) I slashed the stomach part of the (Minotaur). My darling slash isn't too deep.

Grrroooaaaaa!!!!

Wrath, (Minotaur) it began to attack me again with much more ferocious.

"Don't let your guard down!"

A spear was swung quickly right towards the head of the si (Minotaur). If it's not wrong he's Doragon's partner.

Now (Minotaur) it has to face three people attacking from three sides simultaneously. Even so, the (Minotaur) was still able to face the three of us.

That's when the fourth guy joined.

A cat girl with black hair appears out of nowhere and has attacked the legs of the (Minotaur) with both of her Dagger.

This makes (Minotaur) difficult to maintain balance.

We will not waste this opportunity. We got into offensive mode and managed to hurt (Minotaur) it quite badly.

Grraaaaa!!!!

Finally, the second round began.

A reddish aura enveloped the body (Minotaur) and the gaze of his eyes began to emit a blood red glow.

He then stomped his feet so hard that it created a shockwave that blew away everything around him.

Although pushed far enough away, I was still fine. Likewise with Doragon and his colleagues who are quite far from (Minotaur) which makes them have time to avoid.

However, the same cannot be said of the cat girl.

Because of its position just below (Minotaur). Coupled with his defense being quite low, it caused him to crash very far and suffer quite severe injuries.

"Well..."

"Filin!"

The cat girl, Feline. Spewing fresh blood from his mouth while grabbing a Potion bottle and directly downing it.

Throwing the empty bottle, Feline clasped both weapons back and intended to return to fight.

Good, that's how it should be.

All right, I think it's time to get serious.

In order to increase my defense even further, I used magic (Wooden Armament) on myself.

The roots of the tree emerged from the ground and began to envelop me.

The jet-black armor was now coated by tanned wood that completely covered all parts of my body.

When I first showed it to Master, he named this form as (Forest Knight) which I think is very suitable.

The only drawback of this form is to increase the weight of the Armor that I have to bear. However, I was able to handle it thanks to the skill (Lightweight) that reduced the weight of the Armor I was wearing.

Lifting Buckler which now looks more like a Round Shield. I welcome the axe swung at me.

The impact I felt was much heavier than the previous one. If only I hadn't activated (Forest Knight) then it was highly likely that I wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Doragon and his partner also started to move.

They attack from both sides simultaneously. Unfortunately, their attack was successfully tackled by the (Minotaur) with ease.

However, thanks to them (Minotaur) it became wide open.

"Now!"

From behind me, there was a person who was running fast before finally jumping by using my back as a foothold.

He is Vier who has been waiting for an opportunity to perform.

With a new Halberd in his hand, he activates (Giant Swing) which makes his Halberd head seem bigger and dangerous.

"Yahoooooo!!!

Vier swung his Halberd with all his might right towards the head of the (Minotaur).

Since both of his hands were busy fending off the attacks from Doragon and his partner, the (Minotaur) should have no other way to protect him. But I was proven wrong.

(Minotaur) it used its powerful horns to fend off the attack from Vier.

The attack from Vier proved to be insufficient to counter the rigors of the (Minotaur) horn. Not only that, with his shrewd (Minotaur) it used its horns to hold Halberd Vier and threw him far behind.

"Whoiii...!!!"

Vier, unwilling to let go of his Halberd, attempted to adjust his posture in mid-air.

Because (Minotaur) it had to raise its head in order to throw Vier, making his neck wide open.

Without needing to be paused, Trita used my back as a foothold just as her sister had done.

With a sword in hand, Trita activates (Sharp Edge) and then continues with (Pierce) before finally he imprints his sword right into the throat (Minotaur).

Trita's Long Sword pierced deeply into the other side of the neck (Minotaur).

Fresh blood flowed profusely from the open wounds. Trying to get rid of the person who dared to hurt him, the (Minotaur) immediately directed his two axes right towards Trita who was trapped because

unable to pull his sword out.

At that time, an arrow shot and landed on the ground not far from the (Minotaur). No, rather than on the ground, rather the arrow landed right above the shadow (Minotaur).

Instantly the shadow belonging to (Minotaur) was starting to get darker. The effect of the arrow became clear. A pair of twin axes directed at Trita instantly stopped before reaching their target. Not only that, though,

the movement of the si (Minotaur) had also stopped completely.

Not wasting this opportunity, Doragon and his partner immediately attacked the leg (Minotaur) and successfully left a wound that made (Minotaur) was no longer able to stand properly.

Simultaneously, Trita was finally able to pull back his sword. Removing herself from the (Minotaur), Trita prepares to return to fight.

Finding himself forced to kneel, suddenly makes (Minotaur) who can finally move back into a big rage.

Grrrooa.... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Cutting off the screams from (Minotaur) was a pair of arrows lodged right in his two eyes that made him blind instantly.

From the shape of the arrow, it was clearly an arrow released by Zweite who was standing on top of the fortress along with the other archer troops. The arrow before him must have been released by it as well.

"Haha... It's over!" "Haha... Die you!"

Following the twins who just advanced, we also launched our attack on the (Minotaur) who were already helpless.

...

Grrroooaa.....

Ha... Ha... Ha... Finally, it's over...

With the fall (Minotaur), the biggest problem at the moment has disappeared so we do not have to worry about anything other than the Mobs who still do not stop coming.

"You're tired, aren't you?"

The one who came to me was a knight wearing a giant wooden Armor.

She is the bodyguard of the Lavender Witch, Percy.

While in the middle of the fight, he used a kind of magic that made his body coated by hardwood that formed a Heavy Armor that looked very intimidating. Not only that, but also the sword and shield

hers also changed and seemed to become stronger as well.

"...well you're right. I leave it here to you"

I was really at my limit. Since then my VR machine continues to send a warning alarm that tells me that my Log In time has exceeded the recommended limit.

Not only me, Yari and Feline also seem to be unable to continue any further.

"Although so... They're too many"

"I can't deny it. But, take it easy, after all it seems that your friend has arrived"

Just as I was about to ask Percy what he meant, a shadow suddenly passed by on the battlefield.

Looking up, I could find a Wyvern flying low and from him two people jumped off Wyvern's back without any safety.

The first person was a girl with long black hair as well as a Shortsword in her hand.

The girl swooped sharply right at the direction of a (Ogre) who was still unaware of its existence.

With just one swing, the girl managed to cleanly cut the neck (Ogre) until her head separated from her body.

After landing safely above the ground, the girl further slashed at the neck of every Mobs nearby.

The second person was a man wearing a Scale Armor and a sword in his hand.

Even from far away I knew exactly who he was.

Different from the girl earlier, that person chose to land on an empty spot. However, the action after that was not much different from what the previous girl did.

Each slash of his sword was able to cut down any Mobs that attempted to approach him.

Although it was only a moment, but there were no more how many Mobs were victims of the violence of the two of them.

"Finally you came too, Turbo"

"Sorry it's too late, but now you can relax. Help has arrived"

Not long after that, a loud sound came from the direction of the fortress.

From inside the open portal, came an army carrying a flag with a sword symbol that hit the earth.

The Iron Sword Guild.

"Forward.... Don't let the Headmaster be alone with his lover!!!"

"""HYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"""

"Basic fucking Nos!"

Don't mind the girl, Sisteen. Her cheeks became red. Turbo instead cursed his friend who was leading the rest of his Guild while continuously slashing at Mobs nonstop.

"Haha... I think it's time I got some rest. FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXHAUSTED, BACK OFF!!! HAND OVER THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE IRON SWORD!!!"

After making sure the exhausted or injured troops had retreated safely, I greeted Turbo one last time before I myself also retreated.

"That's it, Turbo, Percy, I leave it to you two"

"Yes, okay"

"Just calm down, you can rest in peace while we hold back those senseless Mobs. Anyway I also want to get acquainted with Lif's stalker"

"Wait a minute, did you say!"

"...dinner today is oseng mercon extra cayenne pepper"

"Calm Sisteen, we are now in the battlefield!"

Although a little chaotic, thanks to the arrival of the Iron Sword Guild. The battle flow returned as it had been and they managed to intercept the onslaught of the Mobs for three days in a row.