Undying Berserker

Chapter 67 - Back Attack

When the cavalry approached, some archer units fired in unison toward them, but as the arrows flew in an arc and descended, the cavalry had enough time to move away from the rain of arrows and escape the barrage.

The chariots had an even easier time blocking them instead of dodging; some archers tried to hit the horses, but the animals suddenly sped up and escaped those. When the passengers were about to get hit, they raised shields and blocked the projectiles.

After several faile...

Chapter 66 - More Trouble (Thank you, Osslawx.)

Heirina sighed after hearing Zelos’s words. He was brazen as ever, even when he was talking with the princess. She already told him many times to be more mindful about that kind of thing, but it didn’t look like he couldn't care less about it. Still, she didn’t lose her patience this time around.

“We are on the defending side, Zelos. We shouldn’t attack unless the conditions are perfect for us. Kaitrine is disposing of some of them when they mess up or when their scouts get to...

Chapter 65 - Difficult Way

Everyone knew how fast Zelos could heal, so they weren’t that worried about him, but Heirina wondered if it was fine to let him stay like that… even now, he barely showed any emotion while interacting with them, after all.

The next day arrived and soon the group confirmed that Zelos was completely healed. While that was surprising enough, there was another surprise waiting for them… the enemies were still in their camp. Without their general, that was weird… beyond weird. Everyo...

Chapter 64 - Rules for Thee

Zelos squinted his eyes for a moment and wondered what he should do… his club won’t last long. As crazy as that sounded against a glaive. In the end, Zelos put his club away and then equipped his sword and made Nightstorm move to the side a little. He was still holding the sword with a single hand, so the enemy wondered what he was on about.

Without hesitation, the enemy’s general approached and then swung his glove, and Zelos did almost the same move. He swung his sword a bit upw...

Chapter 63 - Versus

The group looked at each other, understanding who that guy was. He was the enemy leader… the only guy calling the shots there, the general only didn’t have a good head for strategy, he also could lead the charge if he had to because he was that strong.

The group had heard about him from the captains… When that guy showed up, they suffered an utter defeat and the other three captains were captured and then executed. Liry took a deep breath while looking at the enemy one kilometer a...

 Chapter 62 - Commander

“This isn’t the best of outcomes, but this isn’t one of the worst ones either. We can still push the enemies a bit more, but the terrain ahead is a bit troublesome.”

The terrain ahead had some hills, so the enemies will be able to set up some traps and ambushes. That definitely would be trouble… moreover, they should know that the defenders will try to capitalize on that victor. Surprising them once again will be difficult.

“For now, let’s just rest and heal for tomo...

Chapter 61 - Risk and Reward

Moving in the middle of the enemy’s lines was a pretty risk, tt was almost suicidal, but thanks to the darkness of the night and the chaos, Zelos was able to do so without being stopped. Some people found it odd seeing someone moving from one side to the other of their formation, but they just assumed that he was a messenger or something.

It didn’t take long for him to find another mounted archer, and then Zelos got closer and then threw an iron ball at him. Another skull was crushe...

Chapter 60 - Defense Efforts

One week later, the group arrived on the southern battlefield. The area there was a massive plain land that in any other time of the year would have looked pretty nice, but even from a distance, the group was able to feel the aura of death in the battlefield. It didn’t seem like the enemies were planning to advance anytime soon, so they were planning to make the defenders endure that oppressive atmosphere for as long as possible. 

The camp on the defending side was completely sil...

Chapter 59 - Absolutely Nothing

Once Liry got ready, the group headed toward the largest area of the palace, this time, they found a bunch of guards stationed there armed to their teeth and ready to fight. The group stopped in front of it, but when Liry walked towards the room, the guards moved and then opened the door. 

The group didn’t have the chance to take a glimpse inside, but Zelos was able to see a big bed ahead. At least the point of it… it looked like the king didn’t have anyone nursing him at the...

Chapter 58 - Moving Out

“... It pains me to say this, but the prime minister will try to dispose of me in all ways possible. The direct means like assassins are probably out of the question while Huxi is around, but he leaves pretty often. Still, me dying when he isn’t here would be suspicious. So, he will use indirect means, like sending me to my death. Recently, I have heard that things in the South are becoming quite heated, so he will probably send me there to rally the troops, since we have been losing a lo...

Chapter 57 - Privacy

Whoosh, Whoosh…

Since Zelos was bored out of his mind, he decided to push his limits with training. He occasionally does that on his days off, but he usually takes it easy after a couple of hours since he needs to keep his routine steady. Instead of trying to rush ahead to get stronger, he would increase his strength at regular periods. That was the key to getting stronger with as much efficiency as possible.

“Even if the room is free, Zelos, you don’t have to make it smell ...

Chapter 56 - Too Cold

“Well, all things ended well, and our clan received a lot of help, so it doesn’t matter who was praised for it. Thanks to Your Highness, we had the chance to meet someone impressive and learn a lot, so we are very thankful.”

“Just call me Liry. Whenever I hear anyone referring to me in any other way, I can only hear the sarcasm in their voices, but since you are friends with Reina, I think that I can trust you all to be my friends as well.”

Liry showed this amazing smile...

Chapter 55 - Well, Actually…

With the box in hand, the group ended up gathering some attention, even more so since they were heading to the palace. The place was around ten blocks wide and long, so a bunch of guards were patrolling the place while marching around and gathering at the entrance of the palace as well.

The guards of the palace were all equipped with red spears, and they were also wearing a different kind of armor, it wasn’t that heavy since it mainly protected the sides of their limbs, their chests, ...

Chapter 54 - Following the Lead

“I guess the best option would be to avoid his death, but that isn’t something under our control or that we can influence. Reina should know that doing that would help the princess, but if she didn’t try it… it is beyond her means, or anyone’s, for that matter.”

The path toward the capital was pretty straightforward, and the group didn’t find many obstacles. Even the people going in the opposite direction seemed like they wanted to avoid trouble, probably because the horse...

Chapter 53 - Dangerous Place

“We will have to wait and see… that is also something that Reina told us to do. In the end, we can only work while considering the merits and demerits and then accepting the jobs where we can gain something for our services. That is all.”

Zelos was satisfied with that kind of answer. They weren’t running a charity organization, after all. There was no point in trying to act like heroes when they could only do so much with their numbers. First of all, they had to defend their ter...

Chapter 52 - Uncertainty

“It is time for lunch already. Let’s get going.”

“Good call.”

Everyone, aside from Zelos and Reina, chuckled. Zelos was at least easy to please. Fortunately, he wasn’t a kid dumb enough to be lured by food, otherwise he would have faced some serious problems.

In any case, after eating lunch, the group walked around the town a bit while Zelos memorized the places where he could buy some food by bulk. He wondered if the people there would sell that to him later, bu...

Chapter 51 - Fist Democracy (Thank you, CAPTAINCAEL!)

Reina's words cut deep… Heirina was aware that things were very troublesome in the capital. Hei even told her that if she had the choice, she had to avoid politics as much as possible since the problems caused by politics couldn’t be solved by a single person’s sword. In the capital, they fight a different kind of war, one that people from the clans aren’t very good at… the war of deception.

“... All right, we accept the job. We just have to deliver her the gift, right?”&n...

Chapter 50 - Troublesome Job

“I don’t think that they would give us a very difficult job, but at least it should be something that they don’t want to do for whatever reason. As for the possible jobs that they could be, it is hard to say.”

Irlan nodded. While it was interesting to think about that, ultimately, it was better to wait for Reina to confirm things. Just as expected, finishing the preparations for the mission had been pretty easy for Zelos. It seemed that the old man farmer had laid the groundwork...

Chapter 49 - Call from the Mountains

Zelos imagined that the woman was Irlan’s mother and the little girl was his sister. Come to think of it, he had mentioned at some point that his little sister was turning twelve at some point. Since he imagined that Irlan’s little sister could be troublesome, like Heirina and Kaitrine, he decided to avoid her. In the end, his gut feeling was correct. When the little girl saw him, she didn’t try to hide her frown… it looked like Irlan spilled the beans about the first time they talked...

Chapter 48 - Traitor

“This battle was a mess… it showed me that there are plenty of people out there who are way stronger than me. I need to try harder.”

At the same time, Zelos realized that his basic moves needed some more polish or perhaps power… he thought that the natives could give him a few hints about that, but they had no reason to help him whatsoever. They didn’t want to waste time there further, as well, so the idea of asking them never crossed his mind.

After training for a bit, ...

Chapter 47 - Relic

Elmer charged and then swung down his sword, but then Zelos used his charging technique and then targeted the stomach and the hands of the enemy with the tip of his weapon… Once again, the enemy moved his gauntlet in his left hand and blocked the attack. The sound of metal colliding echoed again, but then the enemy showed a look of discomfort in his face, and he lost the strength in his attack and was pushed backward.

The smile disappeared from his face, and then he began to study Zel...

Chapter 46 - Duel

All those in the camp who could fight were following them… There were only around three thousand warriors against almost ten thousand enemy soldiers. The odds were stacked against them, but the natives looked like they were going to enjoy themselves instead of heading into a battlefield where they would be outnumbered three to one. 

When the army crossed half of the distance, they finally had the chance to see the enemies in the distance moving, and they seemed to be in a hurry�...

Chapter 45 - Warm Up

Everyone looked at each other. That was an unusual demand from Reina. Maybe despite her blank expression, she was a bit annoyed by the fact that she had to leave her territory to help the plains folk. Hei didn’t say anything about that, but it was clear that he didn’t like the idea of letting Heirina participate on the front lines in her first battle to defend the borders.

“Fine by me. I take it that we will be paid well enough if we survive until the end. Right? What are we going...

Chapter 44 - Overwhelming

“Reinforcements? When are they coming?”

Something was off… Hei never saw the enemies raising that much dust when they were moving. Besides, they were coming in a hurry for some reason, like they truly had come to finish things as soon as possible. However, instead of moving to attack another area… they came directly to the back of the enemy formation, and soon bodies and weapons began go fly around. 

Hei never saw anything like that happen… was it an enemy division ...

Chapter 43 - Back Attack

The current emperor only has a single heir, and it is a woman. That is why things are so chaotic and a lot of people are trying to take advantage of the chaos since no woman has ever ruled one of those countries. All the four countries around think that this country is done for, so they want a piece of it. Perhaps even those close to the imperial family want to dispose of her to buy their seat in the court of the countries that will take over this one.

“Wow… I didn’t think that th...

 Chapter 42 - Reason

Heirina furrowed her eyebrows when she heard that… those numbers didn’t make much sense. She could only imagine that Reina was talking about something completely unrelated. Fortunately, she decided to explain it.

“I decided that the contents of the letter are worthy of one week of my and five hundred warriors’ services. That is all.”

“That means… that you are going to help?”

“We are three days away from the front lines, so for four days. As Long as your tro...

 Chapter 41 - Hidden Base

While looking from a close distance, Zelos saw that most of the people had body tattoos, but most of the paintings were only white. Some people had a mix of white and blue, and others of blue and red. Some only had red, and they looked really pissed.

The group left the boats when it approached a bridge, and then one of the natives began to pull the group. Zelos looked over his shoulder for a moment and then took a good look at the guy who kicked him. He had a serious look on his face an...

Chapter 40 - Surrounded

Zelos felt eager to keep the iron balls ready to be thrown, but he imagined that the board mentioned that kind of weapon. In any case, the group reached that area and then they raised their guard. Since he couldn’t see the abyss anymore, Irlan looked pretty refreshed.

“Finally, some peace… humans weren’t made to exist in mountains.”

“Perhaps you can convince the natives to leave the mountains to save you from the hassle the next time.”

“You sure are annoying ...

Chapter 39 - Tribes

Irlan nodded several times… it was obvious, and he wondered why he didn’t think of that, it was probably because of the excitement. Learning new things from others was good, learning new things himself was even better.

Considering what he had learned so far, Zelos assumed that the barbarians, natives or wildings are a group of people who prefer to live a peaceful life. The emperors of the past tried to force them to join them, but their strength made them fail when they tried to use...

Chapter 38 - Haunted Past

“Zelos, Kaitrine. Go deal with the archers. Attack them silently from the side!”

Those two nodded and soon moved away from the area as fast as possible. It didn’t take long for them to eventually the regiment of archers since they unleashed another barrage of arrows. Without hesitation, Kaitrine used her trait… it would have been better if they arrived at the same time, but Zelos soon followed her by using his charging technique. After using it five times, he reached the enemies...