289 Episode 0289



"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh..."

 a soldier's man who gazes around him with some incredulous eye, breathing hard.
 Next to it is a colleague who had been fighting with the Mystery until recently.

"Why, dear... do you think they disappeared all of a sudden?"

 It must have been a fierce battle. The soldier asked while holding his breath, but the man sitting next to him shaking his head silently, thinking it was troublesome to talk.
 Looking at his colleagues, the soldier was largely aware of the reason why the demon soldiers had retreated.
 the magic of fire in the sky Seeing it, the demons immediately stopped fighting and retreated. It's not just one or two. All the demons around him are:

(Well, if I hadn't, I'd be dead, too.)

 Take a breath and look around again.
 At first there were nearly a hundred soldiers, myself included, but fewer than ten are alive now. Several people. Only a few demon soldiers were damaged this much. In fact, even the demon soldiers that the man had just confronted are confident that they would have died if they had fought for a few more minutes. On the other hand, he was saved in that situation, so he was grateful to the person who gave him something like a signal to announce his withdrawal, and he didn't have a grudge against him.

"Well... I managed to survive anyway." That's all right, isn't it?"

 The man sitting on the ground muttered, apparently, that he had finally settled down, and that the man and the survivors around him agreed.

"But it was a great deal of course.

 Beyond the gaze lies the corpses of soldiers severed in their torso.
 What the men were fighting against was a crab-and-human demon. The upper half of the body is covered with crab crusts, the sword and spear are ineffective, and the scissors on both arms cut off the soldiers easily. Those who had been spat out of their mouths were paralyzed by poison and beaten to death with sturdy scissors.
 The men were fighting against such magicians, but there were also magicians with dog faces and scales all over their bodies, or magicians like children of beetles and humans. The man feels deeply that they must have been lucky to survive fighting against such opponents.
 That's how a soldier's man thinks, and a few knights appear on his horse.

"…is this all I can survive here?" What's your commander?"

 The words of the knight who opened his mouth fell silent.

"Why? Is there no commander in this unit?"

 When asked again, the soldier's man, who saw no one around him, spoke as if he couldn't help it.
 I can't keep silent, and above all, there's nothing to offend the knight.

"Well, the commander was attacked by an enemy monster during the battle..."
"...I see. You've heard something rude. But who was in command of the battle?"

 It's almost impossible to fight a demon soldier without a commander. In response to the knight's question, the gaze of the soldiers on the spot is directed at the soldiers whose commanders told them they had died in battle.
 He was the first man to speak when the situation was settled.

"Well, yes," Well, it's me."

 a soldier who opens his mouth as if he had thought, with the eyes of the rest of the surviving soldiers and even the eyes of knights.

"Then you get them together," The meeting place is ahead. It is there that the scattered men on this battlefield will gather to reorganize their troops. ...don't worry, we're only at the meeting-place. Once the restructuring is over, a proper commander will lead the force."

 The knight's words let soldiers breathe in relief.
 In fact, it is no wonder that he was said to have survived this battle by commanding his troops, since it was almost a random command.
 It was natural in a way that the soldiers were not trained as commanders in the first place.

"All right. I'll be right there."
"Well, it's true that the monsters have withdrawn, but it's quite unclear what will happen in the future. It depends on the judgment of the Earl of Arius."

 While muddling his words, the knight's words had the implication that he was certain to go on the offensive.
 You must have understood the implications. Soldiers rise to their feet in spite of themselves, breathing.
 We are only soldiers in our position. It would be possible for aristocrats to object to the order, but it was impossible to do so even if heaven and earth were turned upside down. In other words, all they could do was pray for a competent commander to be assigned to them, and manage to survive this war safely according to his command.

"At any rate, hurry up and get together. for I must speak to others scattered on the battlefield."

 Tell him so and ride away with the other knights.
 Seeing off the back, the soldiers also use their recovered strength to stand up.
 I was praying that the soldier, who had been called the leader of the men around me, would be a decent commander... ...and that he would be officially appointed commander of this unit at the meeting place, and that similar soldiers would be assigned as subordinates, and that the man's wish would not be granted.
 But the man's forces will survive the war without a single death. As a result, a man of soldiers who should have been forced to command is valued, picked up by senior military officers, and eventually awarded the title of baron. In addition, it is said that many of the vassals who became barons were subordinates in this war.





"Are you safe, Count Arian?"

 When Arius calls out to me as if he was worried, he snaps back.
 The aristocrat, who approached him for the moment, distorts his cheeks uncomfortably, but immediately erases them and reopens his mouths.

"I was very surprised at the attack," I had no choice but to act on my own judgment so that there would be no more reinforcements from around me, but it seems that, being on guard, the Imperial Army could not send any more reinforcements."

 The remark, which can only be said too brazenly, makes Arius mute the words of the nobility.
 Of course, Arius does not forget that the nobility before him was the first to escape when the demon appeared. But he could not act like a judge here, because the house of the man in front of him was the same Count's house as himself, and, moreover, he was above his own.
 All Arius can do is deny the nobility in front of him a place to distinguish himself in this war.

(d*mn it, if he had the strength of a bastard... at least he could be punished here if he held the marquis'

 He suppresses the bitterness of his inner teeth and silences the aristocrat's excuses without expression.
 Siminar watched him with a wry smile.
 But the place where Siminal is located is much more central than when Ray was called... near Arius. This, of course, included Arius' idea of sharing a battlefield, and he felt different from the rest of the nobility because he did not escape in that situation.
 However, it was only natural for Siminar to fight to protect the supreme commander, since if the supreme commander was killed, they would lose.
 Siminar's reputation had risen relatively because many nobles had failed to do so.
 Siminar laughs bitterly at his position and suddenly finds the soldiers and nobles surrounding him buzzing.
 It was probably the same with Arius. Looking around suspiciously... the soldiers surrounding them split right and left, creating a path.

"I'm glad they're all safe."

 While telling her so, she appeared to Elena, who has a dignified atmosphere as usual, and Arra, who is also the head of the Knights Guards. And it was Ray. Elena's shoulders naturally bear the shape of Yero, but not Seto. The sight of the Gryphon prevented him from being brought here, for the sake of intimidation to the nobles.
 The figure...especially the heart of Ciminard, who saw Elena, throbbed strongly, and her face turned palely. Siminar, realizing himself, mutters with a wry smile.

(I don't think so. I can't believe I'm going to fall in love with General Hime.Even in Siminar, he went to a brothel with his aristocratic associations and subordinates. Of course I went to a place called a high‐class brothel for the wealthy, including the nobility. I knew what was going on in my present situation because I was also experiencing love imitation of love there.

(Even if I, a member of the royal faction, think of General Hime, it is unlikely that it will come true.) Well, it's only temporary. It'll disappear soon, won't it? ...I hope it will disappear.)

 She begins to shake her head into her heart as she looks at Elena, and into her own heart as she shakes her head slightly, embarrassed by her desire to speak to Elena.
 Of course others were trying to speak to Elena. But those who had fled first had no choice but to shut up when the cold glances of Elena had been directed directly at them, and the nobles who were fighting with Arius were pushed down by Elena's dignity to say thank you.
 For these people, it must have been envious and grateful that Siminar was the first to speak.


"Thank you, Mr. Elena, for your help."
"Siminard, sir. I'm glad to hear that you're safe, too. It's a good thing to say that he was able to fight even against the demon soldiers by himself."
"No, that's not the case," In fact, that plant woman was doing me a good job. ...well, I'd like to talk a little more, but we have to decide what to do from now. Count Arius, what are you going to do now?"

 At Siminar's words, those around him turn their eyes to the Earl of Arius.
 Alius, the only nobleman in the room not to be oppressed by Elena, takes it for granted that Ciminard's question.

"It is true that the headquarters was raided. But it is also true that they repelled it, and at the same time they are now pushing the army of the Vestian Empire in the front. That's why I'm going to go on the offensive all at once."
"Yes! We repulsed the surprise forces! Then we could destroy the Imperial Army!"
"I agree with the Earl of Arius," Let's get our troops in order at once."
"If it takes time to reorganize the troops, don't you miss the chance to win? Then only those who can move..."
"Don't be silly! You can't do anything! Our troops are exhausted by the surprise attack of the enemy. At least we must reorganize the troops without commanders and rebuild our military capabilities..."

 The words of the Earl of Arius come together in the opinion that all the nobles present will agree and launch a full-scale offensive. such a time

"Shouldn't it be better to stop?"

 Words that come out of Elena's mouth go into the ears of the mysterious royalists.

"... What did you just say, my dear Elena?"

 Among these royalists, Count Arius, who wants to achieve more than the blunder of a surprise attack on the headquarters, turns a strong gaze on Elena.
 There is no sign of gratitude in his eyes for saving me from my crisis. Rather than that, it had turned into a view to exclude the person who prevented me from making any achievements.
 But of course Elena could not have been frightened by such a stare.

"I said no further fighting was necessary. The aim of our army in the Kingdom of Milliana is to prevent the enemy from invading. I wonder if he has accomplished his purpose."
"No, I don't think so. Let's keep the Westian army safe and sound. They're going to invade us in the near future, and we need to do as much damage as we can to prevent it."
"...the strength of the Magnificent Army, and I think we can say so, is that we succeeded in dismissing that flash, but more than half of the Magnificent Army are still safe." Now that we have exposed them to the public, there will be no cause to prevent them from coming to the front."

 Elena's words buzz the nobles around her.
 Originally, seeing the strength and outlandishness of the demon soldiers, the nobles of the royal faction fled to each other. When I was told that it was possible to fight the opponent again, I could say that it was strange not to be upset. No, it can be said that Arius, who is not so distracted in this situation as a fragment, or Ciminar, who is fascinated by Elena's appearance, is more special.

"Unfortunately, I don't think so. Did you see the deformity of the Magnificent Army, too? I don't think the soldiers on the front lines would see the Magnificent Army as compatriots. It will probably be a limited use of the Mystery."

(The flash of light acts as a short-range unit leading a demon soldier.)

 He spoke again, confidently anticipating, but confirming that his words would calm the agitation of the nobles around him.

"And unfortunately, the general command of the army of the Kingdom of Milliana is under the control of 儂. Therefore, we will not change our policy. According to the information we have, the enemy's vanguard unit has already collapsed and joined the headquarters. We can't afford to miss this opportunity. Therefore, we will launch a full-scale offensive."