“Gangwayyyyyyy!!!”
When I shouted while running into the center of the gate, the people quickly parted ways.
My shoulder turned a pale blue when I ran at full speed and activated the warrior skill 【Shoulder Smash】. A large hole appeared in the gate and the guards that had been pushing against the other side of the gate were blown away like leaves in the autumn breeze.
For a moment the area went quiet and only the sound of the fight outside the castle gate could be heard.
“The gate is opened!! Charrrrgggge!!”
Once the moment of silence passed, Labatt gave a rallying cry at the top of his lungs before running at the remains of the gate.
People got their bearings as their morale was raised and they soon followed after Labatt and begin to stab at the guards that were left in a state of shock.
When the surroundings became a crucible of confusion, I heard a joyous cheer from behind.
The drawbridge at the front gate had probably been lowered.
Soon a rumble could be felt and a battle cry could be heard approaching, causing the morale of those who had already broke into the castle to raise even further.
The guards that initially tried to fight soon scattered.
It would’ve been nice if they had been more tenaciousness in this battle, like in an RPG where a hidden boss would be brought out, but that was unlikely.
Occasionally, a few magicians would try to cast spells in our direction, however, they were easily dealt with by a clothesline to the throat.
Now we just have to search the castle for our objective.
“Ariane-dono, we should begin our search of the castle.”
“Yes”
After speaking up, Ariane moved out from behind me and the two of us quickly headed towards the castle.
Both of the castle doors were already ripped from their hinges, and the looting had already begun.
“These people raised a revolt to put down a tyrant correct?”
Ariane raised an eyebrow as she looked at the current state of affairs.
It was a familiar scene within human history, not everyone that takes part in a revolt was the noble sort.
I couldn’t say anything against them because I did something similar in Diento not too long ago.
When I saw a man chasing after a female servant with a sword, I swept his legs out from under him as he passed by.
First of all, we should check the underground dungeon.
We immediately found the stairs to the dungeon and descended into the darkness.
The guards had already run away. The cells of the prison were lined up next to each other, and while we did see an old man and a bearded man of unknown ages, there were no signs of the all important elves.
As we continued to thoroughly search the castle, we finally found what we were searching for in a corner room on the third floor.
In the center of the stylish room was a roughly made cage that clashed with the interior and inside the cage, a sole female elf was calmly sitting in a chair.
She had the green-tinged blond hair and long ears of the elves and she wore a black collar around her neck, as well as a thin silk dress. While she was looking ahead, her green eyes weren’t focused on us.
“Aniki, is that a real elf!? This is the first time I’ve seen one!”
“Hah hoh, quickly search for the key! Hurry before someone else takes her!!”
The two men that came here before us started to search the room for a key so that they could take the woman home as a war trophy.
“Unfortunately, she is one of the people we’re looking for, so please leave.”
I called out the duo from behind.
“Huh!? That’s unfair, you’re trying to swipe our trophy away from us!!”
The well-built man referred to as Aniki had an awkward expression as he shouted that the woman was their prize.
Based on the way he looked it was clear that he saw how I blew the gate away, and that he was terrified of me.
When I simply took a step forward, the man reflexively drew his sword and took a fighting stance.
He seemed to want a physical altercation, so I took another step forward and delivered a backhand to the man’s temple.
The man instantly lost consciousness and fell to the floor.
“Bastard! Aren’t we allies! What’d you do that for!!”
Unlike the other one, this man wasn’t afraid, and he attacked with open hostility. So, I punched him in the face hard enough to knock a few teeth out and throw him into the back wall.