The arrow, released with remarkable precision, flew straight towards Ryu's forehead.

But it was absorbed into a magical circle that appeared in front of Ryu and vanished. As for the arrow, it emerged from a magical circle that materialized before the archer, piercing the archer's forehead.

For a moment, there was a stir on top of the city walls, but after a few seconds, countless arrows and attack magic flew towards Ryu all at once.

Arrows, fireballs, wind blades, ice spears - an abnormally large number of attacks directed at a single person. The number was countless, exceeding 100 or even 200. A fireball exploded at its impact point, creating a cloud of smoke that obscured Ryu's form, but the attacks continued unabated.

Eventually, the attack stopped.

The wind swept away the dust cloud.

However,

Ryu stood there calmly, just as before.

The countless attacks were unable to penetrate the dimensional barrier Ryu had erected.

In the next instant, Ryu's eyes gleamed. And the upper and lower bodies of the soldiers on top of the city walls were severed by dimensional severance.

A magical circle appeared beneath Ryu's feet, and he disappeared, though no one on the city walls was left to witness it.

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Ryu appeared inside the city gate.

He manipulated the city gate from the inside and opened the gate. Seeing this, the Kingdom knights on horseback charged to enter.

There was no work for the Kingdom knights when they arrived, as Ryu had instantly killed all the enemy soldiers around the city gate as they entered.

Ryu then moved onto sweeping the city.

He searched for humans using his Divine Eye. When he found them, he teleported there, repeating warnings and attacks.

In Melledyere, he had scanned a wide area with his Divine Eye and cut down anyone he found without hesitation, so it hadn't taken that long. This time, however, he decided to give them a chance to retreat. He intended to spare anyone who retreated obediently. It was a time-consuming process, as he had to warn them each time.

About half of them didn't heed his warnings and fought back. Seeing those individuals instantly killed, the remaining half hesitated. There were also some who bravely launched attacks, but seeing them instantly killed again, the rest panicked and retreated. This pattern was common.

Those who defied his warnings and challenged Ryu were all experienced veterans, some might have even been famous warriors, but Ryu didn't know their names.

Because of the repeated process, it took quite a while, but eventually, the enemy soldiers disappeared from the city. Some were still visible fleeing from the opposite gate, but Ryu ignored them.

He allowed them to retreat or flee this time to show them his power.

Ryu thought that if they understood the difference in power and retreated peacefully, he could avoid unnecessary killing. Of course, he didn't really believe the army would actually retreat.

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There were those who were terrified while watching Ryu's fight. The first prince Rezild and General Bax.

A single person had conquered a fortified city and driven the enemy into retreat.

Power to overwhelm even an army alone.

The prince had seen the S-ranked adventurer Bat before, but Ryuujin's power seemed to far surpass that of Bat. It was understandable that Bat had been defeated by Ryuujin.

Ryuujin's power to take a life with a single glance. Rezild couldn't think of any way to counter that power. Was it divine power...? Could one person possess such power? Should they possess it?

At least Ryuujin was on their side.

He remembered receiving a report that Princess Sophie wanted Ryuujin to be welcomed into the palace. At the time, he thought it was ridiculous that the princess would marry a commoner adventurer, but now he understood. Sophie was right.

If they made Ryuujin their enemy, their country would be destroyed. They would have to bring him to their side, even if it meant sacrificing his beloved younger sister.

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Ryu, on the other hand, wanted to keep pushing forward and finish it as soon as possible, but it still took several days to rebuild and reorganize the recaptured cities.

He could go ahead alone, but he couldn't leave the recaptured cities and castles empty. He needed to leave a certain number of people for management and defense.

Ryu also lent a hand with his storage and teleportation magic for city repairs, which greatly accelerated the work.

Despite this, it took another 10 days to recapture the city of Antri and reach the city of Biero.

The enemy army had been continuously sending soldiers and equipment from their homeland to the city of Biero, so their equipment was quite extensive. The soldiers who had retreated had also passed on information, so they were naturally prepared and waiting.

As they approached the city of Biero, Ryu, just like last time, approached the city gate alone. Probably to have Ryu fight them, 10 warriors were waiting outside the city gate.

However, Ryu ignored the warriors and this time, teleported directly into the city.

There was some commotion outside the closed city gate, but those inside the city were still unaware of the intrusion.

The city was filled only with the soldiers of the Republic. They were in a state of tension as the enemy army had approached the city walls. Everyone was concentrating on their jobs. Under such circumstances, no one happened to see the magical circle appear and Ryu emerge, even though it was a coincidence.

Ryu began to walk leisurely through the city. It was naturally conspicuous for him to wander around a city that was supposed to have only soldiers. But perhaps they thought he had permission to enter, as he walked so confidently through the city, without anyone causing a fuss.

However, among the soldiers who were rushing around the city, whether they were commanders or military police, there was one who remained still, observing Ryu. The military policeman felt a sense of unease about Ryu and called out to him.

Military Police: "Hey, where are you going? What's your unit?"

Ryu: "I'm Ryuujin. I want to see the general or the commander. Where are they?"

Military Police: "The general is probably in the castle's command room."

Ryu: "Oh, yeah, that makes sense."

Military Police: "By the way, who are you?!"

But a magical circle appeared under Ryu's feet, and he vanished.

Only then did the military policeman realize that he was an intruder and began to raise an alarm.

Military Police: "Intruder! He's infiltrated the castle!"

He hurriedly called back the warriors who were waiting outside to deal with the situation, but Ryu was already walking near the command room inside the castle.

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