Battle Race in the Fantasy World

Battle Race in the Fantasy World – 86

EP.86 It Was There, Now It’s Gone

“What, what are you doing, Sir Mathieu! Use the enhancer immediately!”

Grusi Nicholas, one of the Three Heroes of the Allied Kingdoms, shouted in a desperate voice.

Seeing Mathieu struggle against a young man and on the verge of defeat was nerve-wracking.

Bernadotte Brun, another of the Three Heroes, also held his forehead in frustration.

“Even at such a critical moment, Sir Mathieu wants to remain noble. How foolish!”

Meanwhile, Mathieu took a hit from Kyle and collapsed to the ground.

He had several chances to use the enhancer. Kyle had even waited for him at one point.

If he had used it during that moment, even a top-ten-level warrior would have been defeated.

Their anger and hatred towards Mathieu, who stubbornly refused to use it and ended up losing, were immense.

“This won’t do. Let’s intervene. It seems those people are the Empire’s top forces. If we don’t defeat them here, morale will plummet.”

“You’re right. Let’s go, Sir Grusi. Let’s show these Imperial scum the terror of our alliance.”

The two opened their bottles without hesitation and drank the contents in one gulp.

At first, they felt a refreshing sensation, but it quickly spread as a fiery heat throughout their bodies.

Soon, they felt something surging within them, as if they were about to explode.

“Grr!”

“They said 30 minutes is the limit. Let’s go! Within that time, we’ll crush any enemy the Empire throws at us and send those Imperial scum back to their homeland!”

In the past, wars with the Empire occurred almost daily.

In those battles, they had to lose so much.

Their families, their senior knights, their mentors who had taught them.

Even their pride as the kingdom’s glorious knight cadets and their beautiful homeland, all gone!

It was only natural for them to grind their teeth at the thought of the Empire.

Even though they were just teenagers back then, and even though they were now middle-aged.

The flames of anger in their hearts never subsided.

Instead, they burned even bigger and fiercer than before.

Some said it was time to let go of anger and hatred.

They claimed that continuing like this would lead to mutual destruction, or rather, the alliance’s self-destruction.

As humiliating as it was, they argued that for the sake of the future, peace with the Empire must be discussed.

They spouted words that seemed to offer up everything, even their guts and gall.

‘Nonsense. Peace, now?’

‘We’ll fight until we die, and if we all die, so be it. That’s our fate, the fate of the alliance!’

It’s much easier for baseless hardline stances to gain traction than rational moderate ones.

People in groups are more easily swayed by extremism than moderation.

Especially since anyone who disagrees could be branded a traitor, making it even more so.

Thus, the alliance, whether they liked it or not, moved towards a showdown with the Empire. To put it nicely, a showdown.

In reality, it was more like a guillotine match for the alliance alone.

The Empire had nothing to lose if they were defeated, but the alliance would lose everything.

Therefore, they had to fight using every means and method available.

The hardliners, and their leaders Grusi and Bernadotte, proclaimed this loudly.

The result was their unhesitant use of enhancers.

“Haaah!!”

“Kraaah!!”

Power surged through them. Mana roared within them. It felt like they would go mad if they didn’t use this power.

Their hearts felt like they might burst at any moment, but they could still control it.

With enough concentration, they could manage the mana that seemed ready to overflow.

‘This data was obtained through the sacrifices of the suicide squad. We can’t let their sacrifices be in vain!’

They had given the less important members the status of the suicide squad and induced mana rampage.

The reason was to conduct experiments to create a more stable product.

By understanding the effects on the human body and the processes involved, it became easier to improve it.

The alliance had chosen their sacrifices without hesitation and called them the suicide squad.

It was an atrocious act, but the alliance, now dominated by hardliners, was out of its mind.

Winning was all that mattered. If they won, nothing else would matter. The victor never bears any risks.

Only the losers bear everything and disappear into the annals of history!!

“Sir Bernadotte, retrieve Sir Mathieu and fall back for a moment. Convince him to join us, and if he refuses, force him to take the enhancer and join us. I’ll hold them off!”

“Understood, Sir Grusi. Hold on for a moment, I’ll be back soon!”

Now, even their comrade Mathieu was being forcibly dragged into their logic by the two remaining Three Heroes.

It was a repulsive act, but they seemed completely indifferent.

They believed that what they were doing was right and that this was the only way.

“Where are you going?”

Until a woman suddenly appeared beside them.

‘When did she get here?!’

Grusi and Bernadotte were startled and quickly stopped in their tracks.

There was still some distance to cover before reaching Mathieu.

If they had reached him and were then ambushed, it would have been understandable.

But they were intercepted while charging forward with all their momentum.

“Hmm. It seems you two are originally very strong.”

Lea, who had blocked their path, smiled gently.

Her smile was so pleasant that it lifted the spirits of anyone who saw it.

Her eyes also showed genuine admiration, not sarcasm.

“It looks like you’ve trained very hard.”

Blink-.

Lea slowly closed and opened her eyes, assessing her opponents.

“But why on earth.”

Blink-.

“Why did you make such a choice?”

Whoosh!!-

In an instant, Grusi and Bernadotte instinctively took combat stances and stepped back.

Their muscles tensed up, and cold sweat began to trickle down their spines.

When Lea opened her eyes again, the friendly aura was gone.

The only thing left in her eyes was contempt.

The warm smile was replaced by a sneer, and an ominous aura began to emanate.

The beautiful woman was no longer there. What remained was a predator with gleaming eyes.

“Which one do you want to take, brother?”

“The strong one.”

“Don’t say that. If you do, I won’t back down either.”

“…Then, the one on the right.”

“Then I’ll take the left.”

They chose their opponents as if they were arguing over a toy.

Feeling humiliated, the two remaining Three Heroes launched a surprise attack as if they had agreed upon it.

They aimed their sword auras at Lea and Leo.

It was an act that was shameful both as warriors and as knights.

But for those who had already gone too far, there was no hesitation.

If they lost, they would lose everything. If they could win, they would do anything!

Boom!!-

With a loud noise, dust and shattered ground flew in all directions.

Even Mathieu, who was one of the Three Heroes, was so shocked that he tried to get up.

“Such a disgraceful act!”

It was a perfect ambush. No matter how strong they were, it was impossible to react in time.

Even Mathieu himself hadn’t sensed it. That was how powerful the enhancer’s effects were.

Such power, immense mana, and overwhelming speed combined to create a perfect ambush.

Even though they were from the Empire and currently enemies, he hoped they were safe.

‘Oh dear. This is a big problem.’

Despite his brother and sister being ambushed, Kyle was worried about something else.

‘They won’t take that kindly, will they?’

If the ambush had happened after his brother and sister had formally challenged them to a duel,

they might have let it slide, saying that the fight had already started.

They might have even laughed and applauded the sharpness of the initial attack.

But unfortunately, neither Leo nor Lea had formally challenged the two yet.

Before a proper ‘battle’ could even begin, the two had thrown dirt in their faces.

Given this, there was only one reaction they could expect from his siblings.

Thud!!-

“Gah?!”

Before the dust even settled, the two figures shot forward like arrows.

Despite being top-tier warriors using enhancers, they couldn’t react in time.

In an instant, the two figures grabbed their necks and heads and moved to the opposite side.

Perhaps to avoid interfering with each other’s fights or to prevent the other from getting greedy after finishing their own fight first, they created distance.

“Raaaah!!”

Grusi, who was now facing Lea, screamed as if he wouldn’t go down without a fight.

He grabbed Lea’s arm and forcibly pushed her away, causing a brief flicker in her eyes.

But that flicker disappeared within seconds.

“…Other than my parents and brother, no one has ever shown this much strength. Oh, I got excited for nothing.”

If this strength had come from their own efforts and training, her heart would have raced madly.

They might have fought until night fell, deep into the night, and into the early morning.

But the strength this opponent had wasn’t earned through hard work and training.

“Trampling on a woman’s pure heart like this, you deserve some punishment, don’t you?”

Whoosh-.

“Huh?”

He had used every ounce of his strength, clenching his teeth so hard they almost cracked, to push the woman away.

But why was he not even slightly free and instead found himself slammed into the ground?

Boom!!-

One of the Three Heroes of the alliance, a warrior who had even taken a mana enhancer after extensive research.

Lea had just executed a German suplex on such an opponent.

“Ugh….”

The last thing Grusi saw as his vision blurred was.

“Aaaah!!!”

His comrade and another of the Three Heroes, Bernadotte.

“Weakling.”

He was being swung around like a broomstick in the hands of a giant man.