Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

The sound of the chains being untied was particularly clear in the dim dungeon.

Guts rubbed his wrists that were handcuffed with red marks and took the familiar armor handed to him by the servant.

When he carefully pressed the mustard flower hidden in his chest under his armor, the soft touch of the petals seemed to still carry the warmth of the sun.

"Move quickly."

The butler's voice came from above.

"Master can't wait to stretch his muscles."

Pushing open the heavy iron door, the midday sun poured down like molten gold.

Guts narrowed his eyes and saw the giant man in full belly armor across from him swinging a battle axe.

The metal armor plates flashed a ferocious luster in the sun, but could not hide his cold-blooded eyes.

"Hey man, you're telling me this is underage?"

"Come on son!"

There was a sickening kindness in the Viscount's voice.

"Remember, killing is as easy as hunting! Just treat it as killing a pig!"

Next to Guts was the short butler, who came to check on Guts's condition.

"Boy, can you still move?"

"If I can't move, can I lie down?"

"Seeing that you can still talk, there should be nothing to worry about."

Perhaps thinking that Guts would die this time, the butler said something more:

"As you can see, my young master is a very violent man, and he often strangles livestock to death as a game."

"Later, he chopped off the head of a nearby civilian child and was imprisoned by the Viscount. Because of the king's order, all the eldest sons of nobles must join the army, so he was released today."

"A jerk dad and a violent son?"

Gus complained.

The butler didn't dare to respond, he just handed him a long sword and said:

"Just struggle hard."

Gus touched the sword and found that it was not sharpened at all. It would be difficult to chop melons, let alone kill people.

"Boom boom boom!"

The young master opposite walked towards him with heavy steps, then raised his battle axe high and chopped down at Gus.

The moment the battle axe choked down, Guts almost suffocated. The huge force caused his palm to crack, and his body retreated several steps uncontrollably, with his back hitting the wooden stake hard.

My body still has no strength...

Faced with the enemy's attacks, Guts had no choice but to dodge continuously, and only used his sword to resist when he was left with no alternative but to do so.

However, the opponent was extremely strong, waving his battle axe with a whirring sound. Finally, during a block, Guts was knocked flying.

"Did you see it? Did you see it? My son just delivered a beautiful blow and sent his opponent flying. Maybe my son has the talent to become a general!"

The Viscount shouted loudly, and the people around him kept praising him.

After seeing that his attack was effective, the Viscount's foolish son did not pursue, but instead raised his weapon high and enjoyed the praise from others.

As a servant, the butler naturally had to speak for his master, but he found that the guy who fought with the young master was not simple. He could still stand up after such a terrible situation.

Gus took this opportunity to take a break. If he continued like this, the wound might crack. He touched the flower and realized that there was no time to waste here.

The stupid son of the Viscount in front attacked again, Guts dodged sideways, and his battle axe got stuck directly in the wooden stake behind Guts.

Guts took advantage of this opportunity and chopped at his head from behind, but because the blade was not sharp, only a thud was heard.

Seeing that the head was not working, Guts aimed at the opponent's knee. After dodging another attack from the battle axe, Guts chopped directly at the knee. This time, not only did he fail to hurt the opponent, but the blade broke.

"call!"

The Viscount in the audience breathed a sigh of relief. For the safety of his son, he specially bought a full body armor, so that even the joints could not be cut.

Guts also discovered that this armor has strong defensive capabilities. The helmet should have been broken with the first attack, but now his wrist strength has decreased and the blade is broken. What should he do now?

His mind once again recalled Gambino back then, as he blocked a heavily armored mercenary for him.

"Gus, you have to remember this. This person who is covered in armor without any gaps must be a wealthy noble. In this case, people like us should deal with him like this..."

The memory passed quickly, and Guts immediately launched a counterattack, this time his target was the opponent's wrist.

"A sword is not just for slashing and stabbing, it is also the most suitable tool for dealing with heavily armored soldiers. Remember this, or you will make a lot of money for me in the future."

During the fight, Guts used his feet to trip his opponent using his cleverness, and then stabbed the broken sword in his hand directly into the opponent's wrist. Since the armor on the wrist was relatively weak, Guts used all his strength to pierce through the armor and pierce the broken sword into the flesh.

"Ahhhh!"

The opponent screamed in pain, but Guts did not stop attacking. After pulling out the broken sword, he stabbed the opponent's eyes directly with the jaw of the sword.

"my son!"

the Viscount shouted hastily.

Guts took advantage of the situation and took off the helmet of the viscount's stupid son, and put his broken sword on his neck and said to everyone:

"If you want him to live, get out of my way and prepare a horse for me to leave here!"

"Don't take action!"

The panic-stricken Viscount quickly stopped the soldiers who were about to rush forward. In this way, Guts held the young master hostage and moved slowly. At this time, the archers on the city wall were ready, waiting for the moment when Guts showed his back.

However, before he had taken a few steps, the flower on Guts' chest fell out. He reached out to grab it hastily, and this made him lean forward and directly avoid the arrow shot by the archer, so that the sword that was supposed to hit Guts hit the young master's back directly.

A scream came from the young master's mouth. The viscount, who loved his son dearly, foamed at the mouth and fainted when he saw this.

At this moment, there was a sudden roar from a distance, followed by an explosion above the city gate, and suddenly a cloud of dust filled the air.

"Enemy attack!"

The soldiers on the city wall shouted down, but it was too late. A large number of shells hit the city wall directly, and the huge explosion turned the city wall into ruins.

Everyone present suddenly ran around in panic, and Gus was at a loss as to what to do.

Not long after the bombardment, a team of cavalry rushed out of the gap and charged directly into the fortress. The one leading them was someone Gus was very familiar with. He was the old prisoner of war who had betrayed him before.

"What a coincidence, old man."

"What kind of old man are you? Just call me Manudino."

"Thanks to you, I learned the exact location of this fortress, and then hired the Black Watch artillery to bombard it. If nothing else, this artillery is too powerful."

"So you sold me out anyway?"

Gus said indignantly.

"But I won't come back to save you."

"Then we're even now."

"Don't be so sad. You are a hero after all. You might even get a share of the bonus."

However, Gus didn't care about that. After some searching, he found the flower, but now it only had a few petals left.

Gus brought Squeak to the hill he promised. There were indeed flowers everywhere and Squeak's companions everywhere. Guts let Squeak fly away, and its petals floated in the air with the wind.

“Can they find Squeak?”

Gus thought so, he didn't know whether what he experienced was a dream or reality. Many years later, he would only feel that it was a buried memory of early spring in his youth long ago.