The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar: Volume 21 by Seiichi Takayama

Author:Seiichi Takayama [TAKAYAMA, SEIICHI]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

ACT 4

“Their witchcraft has finally come to an end, it would seem, and not a moment too soon...”

Nobunaga let out a slow breath.

To the Steel Clan’s scouts, the Flame Clan was an impenetrable iron wall—a force that effortlessly brushed aside their assaults. The reality, however, was quite different. The scales had threatened to tip against the Flame Clan at several points during the conflict, and it had required total concentration from Nobunaga to keep his forces together.

“To find myself so shaken after something as minor as this... My age has caught up with me.” Nobunaga said derisively, chuckling self-deprecatingly as his knees trembled—the aged patriarch struggling to remain upright. The relief from having withstood the Steel Clan’s assault had drained the tension from him, leaving exhaustion in its wake. Fatigue gripped his mind, and his limbs felt like lead.

“My Great Lord, it may be too early to relax. This could very well be a trap to get us to let down our guard,” Old Man Salk, serving as his adjutant, said as a warning. The art of drawing the enemy into a false sense of security at an apparent victory was a tactic as old as warfare itself. Salk’s caution was understandable, however...

“No, there’s no chance of that,” Nobunaga declared simply. If Gjallarhorn could be activated and deactivated that easily, they would have used it much more proactively in battles past. The fact that they had never employed it in that fashion meant that it required a certain degree of preparation. That said, it was still a small price relative to the sheer power of the rune itself.

“More than anything, I can feel the fear from the Steel Clan soldiers. The troops don’t lie,” Nobunaga added smugly, his lips curling into a feral grin. A general in his position needed to chomp down on every morsel of information he could gather from the battlefield. The snippets of voices he heard from in front of him were clearly frightened—and the number was significant. He no longer felt the sting of the enemy’s determined gaze either. There was no way this was a feint.

“We’ve slain the Mánagarmr!”

“We’ve avenged Lord Shiba and Lord Vassarfall!”

“The Steel Clan is finished!”

The cheers of Flame Clan soldiers echoed from the battlefield’s left flank. That settled it. The death of the Steel Clan’s talismanic warrior, the Mánagarmr, who had slain two of the Flame Clan’s Five Division Commanders, had just been announced. It was the kind of news that would shatter enemy morale while providing an enormous boost to their own. Nobunaga smacked his knees to steady them and stood to issue his proclamation.

“The time has come! Send word to all units! Pursue the enemy and wipe them out!” Nobunaga yelled with thunderous vigor.

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