In front of Wiltord City, the Inrudian army and the Erdtree Army were facing each other hundreds of meters apart. In front of the Inrudian's formation, there was an old man with black skin and white beard wearing a hood and mage robe, holding a crystal ball staff in his hand. This person's name is Shufeth, a well-known mage in the Eastern Territory, known as the "Great Sage of the East".
A mage who holds the title of "Great Sage'' is only allowed for a mage who has reached the pinnacle of magic. There are currently only five great sages in service to the kingdom. And Shufeth being one of these great sages, is definitely worthy of his title. His magical power is more powerful and advanced than most ordinary mages in the kingdom.
But at this moment, he regretted becoming a mage. There is no other reason than that he is standing in front of the Inrudian army to duel with Queen Malika of the Golden Dynasty!
That is a monster that can transform into a dragon and defeat "that" Osiris with one blow! Shufeth is quite different from other mages. Instead of battling against fellow mages, he much prefers to study various novel spells with his disciples in his quiet library. Fighting with magic is not his specialty at all! Shufeth's own timid personality is even more afraid of fighting. While it's true his magical prowess surpasses other ordinary mages, compared to the other Great Sages, he is the runt of the litter. The only reason he was even considered as part of the Great Sages was due to his research and his unique spells of mana evaluation.
If the Great Lord of the East and the nobles under him hadn't threatened him with the lives of his disciples, he would have escaped far away from this goddamn war! Instead of issuing a challenge against that monster with a crown!
Facing such a powerful enemy, Shufeth felt extremely nervous and oppressed. Marika was now in front of the Erdtree Army, confronting him with a long and terrifying cross spear, the unicorn flag behind her fluttering in the wind. Although she didn't say a word, the strong magical pressure made Shufeth so scared that he couldn't even breathe.
At the same time, Marika's Newtype senses clearly felt the uncontrollable fear emanating from Shufeth.
'Is he scared?'
Just when Marika was feeling Shufeth's fear, the system's voice also sounded a mission notification.
"Mission trigger: Defeat or kill "Great Sage of the East" Shufeth. Mission Difficulty: Easy. Mission reward: Multiverse Lottery x1"
After reading the mission content, Marika looked back at Shufeth, still silent. But compassion has arisen in her heart. It was obvious that this man felt extremely fearful and nervous, and was probably pushed out as cannon fodder to buy time for the nobles to come up with strategies to deal with her army. Therefore, if she could just get this poor man to surrender without taking action, then a bloody storm would be avoided. But how can she make him give up resistance without being violent? At this time, Marika smiled slightly, and the smile made Shufeth tremble!
'It's over! I am going to be killed! I will definitely be killed! '
Shufeth thought uncontrollably because of his extreme fear.
Meanwhile, Marika has thought of the best option! That is to use greater fear to force Shufeth to surrender! As a mage with the title of "Great Sage", Shufeth must be able to sense her powerful mana. So as long as Marika uses all her strength to activate her mana and aura, she will definitely be able to scare the old man into throwing down his staff and surrendering.
When the time comes, if she takes this mage for her own use, won't she have one more useful talent at her disposal? Marika also knows the name of the Great Sages. With him under her command, doesn't it mean that she has access to the advanced magic of this world?
After confirming the plan in her head, Marika ramped up the aura of her mana, her divinity and NewType power, and pressed all the oppressive mental energy against Shufeth. And reflected in the outside world, the magic circuit on Ma5ika's body lights up, and the powerful force around her is visible to the naked eye, directly shattering the earth around her!
"Master actually has such power! I didn't expect that Master's power would become this much stronger in such a short period of time!"
Bedivere marveled as he watched Marika from his horse. Feeling the crashing waves of mana filling his body with his master's vigorous power, Bedivere felt relieved about the outcome of this duel. How could Marika, who possesses such overwhelming power, be defeated?
On the other hand, Shufeth was not feeling well at all at this moment. Great despair and fear enveloped his heart, and his hand holding his staff trembled crazily. How could he not sense Marika's terrifying power at this moment? At this moment, Shufeth couldn't produce any resistance at all. Facing such powerful mana, Shufeisi was already on the verge of incontinence!
'What a terrifying power!'
At this moment, Shufeth felt that the woman in front of him could not be called a human being at all, but a monster in human skin! Even elves who are known for their affinity with magic cannot match this powerful mana! To make matters worse, Shufaith's magic skills as a great sage, especially his unique magic skill "Eye of Descernation'' that can directly analyze the opponent's magic attributes and true source with the naked eye, allow him to see through the essence of Marika's mana.
What a terrifying sight that is! Like endless stars, carrying the chaos and disorder of the universe! But this chaos happens to be restrained by tyrannical and profound rules that ordinary mortals cannot understand. Just a glance can drive even the most mentally powerful mage crazy! What it contains is a law that governs the operation of the entire world. How can a mortal like Shufeth understand this knowledge that transcends human reason!
At this moment, Shufaisi's limbs were weak and he didn't dare to move! If it weren't for the cover of his robe, everyone would be able to see his feces covered bottom!
But it was precisely because he was motionless that Marika was confused.
"What's wrong, 'Great Sage'?"
Marika asked with a cold voice.
'Strange, why isn't this guy reacting? Are you trying to play it tough? Then I guess I will have to ramp this up a notch! '
After the thought ended, Marika recalled the thought of killing in her mind, integrating the murderous intention into her aura! After dozens of battles, as well as experience gained from life-and-death fights with the Qi masters in the mission world, her murderous aura now is even more terrifying and domineering than when she first started out in this world!
"GUAGGGGHHHH! I-I-I don't want to look!"
He can't stand it! At this moment, Shufeth screamed miserably, and tears of blood flowed from his eyes. Marika's maddening aura was far beyond what he could bear! He has been driven insane by the sight of the ancient god's power hidden within her! And before anyone could make a reaction, Shufeth fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing the great sage's terrible cry and fainting, Marika and everyone on the battlefield felt confused. The majestic Great Sage of the East, that's it?
Bedivere took the lead in dismounting and walking out while everyone was still confused. He walked to Shufeth and knelt down to check on him. As soon as he got closer, an unpleasant odor emanated from Shufeth's lower body. Under the robe, Bedivere could vaguely see the feces and urine flowing out. Holding back his nausea, Bedivere tried his best not to touch Shufeth's lower body and reached out to touch his neck to feel his pulse.
After just a few seconds, Bedivere quickly stood up and took a few steps back, away from the smelly Shufaith.
Marika asked loudly at this time:
"Sir Bedivere, what's the result?"
Bedivere glanced at Shufeth a little embarrassed, and echoed:
"Master! The mage is dead!"
"HUH!?"
After hearing his identification results, everyone was even more confused.
"He-he seemed to be scared to death by you Master!"
Bedivere continued to report loudly.
"Y-you sure?"
Marika asked in disbelief.
"Yes, Master. And he even has some incontinence in his lower body!"
As soon as these words came out, the Erdtree Army could no longer hold back. Although they were somewhat disrespectful to the deceased, everyone in the Erdtree Army still couldn't hold back and burst out laughing. There is no way this great sage's death is so embarrassing!
"How pitiful..."
Marika suppressed a smile and clasped her hands to pray for the unlucky mage.
'I hope he won't die in such a miserable way in his next life.'
"GUHH! Everyone surrender quickly! Surrender quickly!"
The Inrudian soldiers in the city shouted in horror.
Seeing that the great sage was frightened to death by the enemy, the soldiers in the city were immediately frightened and wisely wanted to hand over the city and surrender.
"Shut up! Get back to your post! We haven't lost yet!"
Also watching the battle on the city wall, the city lord with a mustache shouted angrily, his face already distorted with anger and frustrated madness. Shufeth was his trump card that he resorted to the underhanded tactic of kidnapping his disciple to obtain. Offending a great sage was no small matter. But in order to achieve the results of blocking the Erdtree Army, he could no longer consider the consequences. But even so, he still failed.
"Screw this! Men tied these fools down! I won't have my men die to that monster!"
A low ranking officer flashed a face of anger, and ordered his men to turn on their former lord, to the shock of the nobles. Soon, all the soldiers and low ranking officers follow suit in their mutiny.
The city lords and nobles who still wanted to fight were quickly betrayed by the army who still wanted to live. After being tied up and captured alive by their own troops, they were handed over to the Erdtree Army. These noble fools were detained by the Erdtree Army and placed under arrest. What awaited them, since they did not surrender immediately, was the bloody chopping block. And for those who held slaves, some really long and pointed stakes.
After the Erdtree Army entered the city, the people chose to obey their invaders obediently after hearing the century-level embarrassing news that the great sage was scared to death and died on the spot. To be able to scare this world-famous mage to death, what kind of terrifying monsters are there on the other side? !
In this regard, Marika only felt that this expedition went too smoothly. The losses of the army alone were minimal. The enemy troops they encountered either switched sides and surrendered or there were too few of them to put up a decent fight. Marika originally prepared herself with great determination for a hard battle ahead. Instead, the entire battle ended in an anticlimactic manner and was not challenging at all. Are these nobles of the Yingrud Kingdom useless?
'My epic pre-war speech was all in vain. '
She thought to herself dejectedly.
But all in all, the results are good. The civilians were not affected too much, with her army largely leaving them alone, and her own troops suffered minimal losses to boot. At this time, the system's rewards also arrived as promised.
"Multiverse rewards: Shimazu Toyohisa (C), Oda Nobunaga (B), Nasu Yoichi (C)"
"Huh? Is it the Drifters trio?"
Seeing such a combination of historical figures, Marika couldn't help but think of a manga she liked very much in her previous life, "Drifters". In the manga, various famous warriors and tacticians in history were transported to a fantasy world by a mysterious god, "Murasaki" before they died, and competed with hostile drifters, "the ends" for hegemony of that world. Among them, three famous Japanese samurais, Shimazu Toyohisa, Oda Nobunaga, and Nasu Yuichi, are the protagonists of the story.
"Yes host, your guess is correct."
After receiving the system's approval, Marika clicked on the partner interface.
Character name: Shimazu Toyohisa
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Character rating: C
Skills: Unarmed fighting (B), melee weapon use (B), nodachi use (B), Taishe style (B), long-range weapon use (D), combat endurance (B), riding (C), Samurai's Will (A)
Special items: tachi (D), wakizashi (E), short-barreled iron cannon (E)
Biography:
Appeared in the manga/animation Drifters.At the age of 30, after being seriously injured in the Battle of Sekigahara, he was suddenly teleported to a corridor with countless doors and transported to a completely unfamiliar world. He is good at using Taishe-ryu swordsmanship and uses Nodachi and Kumite armor style to kill enemies in close combat. Later, he was selected as the leader of the Drifter trio by Oda Nobunaga. His character is very militant, and he is fearless of death in battle. He is praised as being born for fighting, but unfortunately he is not the brightest person outside of battle. He attaches great importance to the spirit of Bushido. Currently serves as a training instructor for the Dwarf Infantry Regiment.
Character name: Oda Nobunaga
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Character rating: B
Skills: Unarmed combat (D), use of melee weapons (D), use of long-range weapons (C), use of Tanegashima (B), leadership qualities (B), army command (A), military strategy (A), riding (D), Samurai's will (D), Matchlock firearm and gunpowder production technology (A)
Special items: Wakizashi (E), Tanegashima matchlock rifle(D)
Biography:
Appears in the manga/anime "Drifters". At 50 years of age, when the Honnoji incident occurred, he escaped with his servant Mori Ranmaru, but after meeting the strange "Murasaki" like Toyohisa, he was also transported to another world. Nobunaga was a genius strategist who was good at inciting the people. A person with an insidious character and full of ambition. However, the incident at Honnoji Temple and the knowledge that his son died fighting for him made him restrain his past violent character and ambition. His goal also shifted to cultivating a qualified king that he would guide as his adviser. He had his own war strategy and knew how to use fear to drive his enemies away. Nobunaga was not only familiar with the manufacturing methods of gunpowder, but also the tactical use of matchlocks. After the "Saint Earl" incident, he also became the commander of the first firearms unit in the fantasy world Murasaki sent him to. He advocates establishing a new country in that fantasy world to implement ethnic autonomy, military centralization, and a samurai system of class.
Character name: Nasu Yuichi
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Character rating: C
Skills: Unarmed combat (C), melee weapon use (C), ranged weapon use (B), Yumi bow use (A), clairvoyance (F), dexterity (B), riding (C), samurai will (C)
Special items: Wakizashi (E), Yumi bow (C)
Biography:
Appeared in the manga/anime "Drifting Samurai" at the age of 19. Yoichi is handsome and androgynous, and is often mistaken for a woman. At first, he was mistaken for Nobunaga's servant Mori Ranmaru by Toyohisa. He was very good at using bows and arrows, and there are related deeds that are passed down to this day, such as shooting through the bow fan of a Taira ship from the shore. During his lifetime, he was a famous general in the Genpei War and a loyal subordinate of Minamoto Yoshitsune. He has ten brothers, but Nasu claims to be the roughest-looking ones in the family. He currently serves as a training instructor for the Elf Archery Troops.
After reading the character cards, Marika's mind started spinning again. Both Shimazu Toyohisa and Nasu Yuichi are the kind of people who don't have many schemes. As long as she wins their trust and respect, she doesn't have to worry about them too much. But Oda Nobunaga was different. He was a famous name during the Warring States Period, and was a genius who was just one step away from unifying Japan. The wisdom and ambition of this strong man cannot be ignored. To control him, Marika must be extremely careful. Although the system says that her summoned partners will not betray her, it is possible that Nobunaga can still create trouble for her covertly. However, Marika lacked a wise general like him. If she wanted to ensure his loyalty and obedience, Marika would have to find a way to make sure that Nobunaga had no reason against her to rebel against her. If she can use her divine power and charisma properly by then, it will be a way to make Nobunaga obey.
"Bah! Let's do that later! Let's take care of the post-war matters now. First, let's start with the celebration banquet for everyone!"