A flash of red and black light swept over the city walls.

"...... No way.

　The archer, whose hair was shaken by the flash, looked fearfully next to him. ...... There were many things lying there that had been people a few seconds ago.
　There are many things that were people a few seconds ago lying around. Bows reduced to ashes. Strange corpses that looked dried up and burnt.

　The pure and glorious protective wards had simply disappeared.
　The wards that were supposed to keep away all evil were broken by evil magic. And by a single named monster.

"No, no, no, no, no!　That's ......!　The priests and adventurers of the temple should have joined forces to put up the ......!

　So much power. The fruits of our prayers. Unity. Justice.
　All that power, all that prayer, all that unity, all that justice, broken by a single spell.

　I heard something that sounded like the wings of an insect.
　It was the sound of footsteps. Footsteps that were all too familiar.
　The undead were advancing in line. Even the timing of their footsteps was the same as when they were running, a morbid coincidence.
　They are holding ladders made of wood. And then there was a huge log with an iron cap on the end, carried by several men.

　For a moment, the knights could do nothing but watch in amazement.

"Shoot!　Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot!

　I'm not sure if it was some troop leader or a knight from Hira, but someone shouted, and everyone finally started to move awkwardly.

　With a roar, the projectile cannon was fired. A dozen or so skeletons were blown to pieces and hoisted up as bone fragments. But the others did not slow down. The black wave of rushing continues.

　Arrows dipped in holy water rained down on them. The undead who were unlucky enough to be hit were purified and turned into mere corpses, never to rise again. But the others do not slow down. The black wave of rushing continues.

　Eventually, arrows began to fly over the city walls in the opposite direction.
　The skeleton archers on the ground began to shoot their bows in heaps. Their unhindered fire became arrows that fell in a horizontal line. A knight who had failed to hide himself behind his shield fell.

　The entire city wall shuddered. A hammer struck the city gate.
　The sturdy city gate, built to drop into a ditch, was only slightly dented. But if it continued, it would be breached.

　A concentrated attack began on the undead holding the hammer from the top of the city wall. Skeletons with large shields formed a roof to protect the wielder of the Hammer.
　Stones, earthen pots, and other blunt objects were thrown down. The skeletons hit directly were torn apart.

"Who the hell brought boiling oil?　Who brought boiling oil?
"No, wait!　No, wait! Then pour it on them and set them on fire!

　A pot of oil, followed by a lit magical lighter, was thrown down, and several undead in front of the city gate burst into flames.
　A zombie with its entire body burned came off the handle of the hammer with a slow dancing motion. But another zombie soon filled the hole.

　Almost simultaneously with the second blow of the hammer, a series of ladders were hung on the city wall. The moat around the outer wall was completely useless, and the ice magic of the lich had created a path.
　Zombies and skeletons are coming up the ladders. The knights drew their swords and set about knocking down the ladders, knocking down anyone who came up.
　However, the undead are not fazed by the fall from the ladder. The undead were not fazed by the fall from the ladder, and quickly rose up again to hang the ladder.

"Fireball!
"Water Shot!
"Holy Arrow!

　I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. But there were too many of them.

"Mages, hold your fire!　Use your magic to heal and buff!

　A hand-to-hand battle had already begun here and there on the city walls.

　It's a good idea.

"Well done, Princess.
It's light.

　Alastor praised her, and Rene stretched a little on the palanquin.

It was a mistake to try to compete with me on magic power.
That is true.

　You'll be able to find a lot of people who are interested in this sort of thing.
　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　No matter how sacred the wards were, they could be broken by hitting them with magic of the opposite attribute until the wards used up all their energy, that's all.

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that. ...... Oh, there's something burning in front of the gate.
It looks like it's been doused with oil and set on fire.


Fire's a little tricky.

　As is often said, undead are vulnerable to fire. Even fire, which is not magic or anything else, damages them to a certain extent.
　If they continue to burn, it will be a bit troublesome. ......

I just thought of something. ...... <>

　"Aaah!

"Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ......
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Run, run, run!

　Suddenly, several flaming zombies flew to the top of the gate and turned the area into a screaming inferno.
　The zombies, waving their arms in the air, rushed towards the oil pot before throwing themselves down.

"Oh, no!　Get away!

　Which was faster than someone shouting.
　Which was quicker than someone shouting, "Get away from him!" Several oil pots ignited in a chain reaction.

　"Oh, it's burning!

"Oh, it's burning, it's burning.
　Ten grilled zombies are waiting. It's very hot, please let it cool down before eating. ......

　Even from a distance, I could clearly see the pillars of fire rising.
　A few knights tumbled through the city gates, their bodies on fire, and were being devoured by zombies on the ground.

I'll give them a little more of a push. We need to get them into the city first.
　≪"Fly, fly, fly, fly. ......

　The undead are lifted up by Rene's magic and carried to the top of the city walls.
　In the event you're not sure what you're looking for, you'll be able to find out more about it here. Rene was casting a spell on the undead in front of the castle wall from the top of the palanquin at the very back.

　The strength on the walls increased further, and it seemed as if they would push through at once.
　However, a huge shadow appeared from inside the wall and swept away the undead on the wall as if it were a piece of trash.

"Oh?

　A huge wing flapped powerfully.
　Shiro, fluffy feathers, sharp eyes and beak. The horse's lower body covered in brown hair like a baby's.
　A hippogriff. The rider on it flew over the city wall, wielding a lance.
　More and more hippogriff riders appeared.

The Order's airborne horsemen are here.
　...... Alastor. Show him my airborne cavalry.
"Yes, sir. ...... Skeleton Riders, ride forth.

　The wind was blowing and the curtain of the Rene palanquin was agitated into a mess.
　The four hippogriff zombies that had been waiting near the main camp flapped their wings and flew up.
　They had the skeletons riding their asses.
　Three of them belonged to the Dukedom of Gerald, and one was privately owned by a rich man in Wesara and was commandeered by force.
　The four hippogriffs flew ahead of the others, leaving behind billowing winds instead of footprints.

　The airborne horsemen, who had been fighting unbeatably against the undead on the city walls, gained altitude and took up a stance to intercept them.
　In a low-altitude battle, the density of air attacks determines the superiority or inferiority. They did not want to be attacked by the skeleton archers.

　A dogfight began, like a territorial dispute between birds of prey. Flying objects intersected in an irregular pattern, flying over the royal capital.
　However, it was not hawks and falcons, but giant hippogriffs that were doing this. They are not armed with claws, but with lances held by their riders.
　There is a type of jousting in which two knights joust with each other while riding around a track. After all, the hippogriffs were so huge that ordinary swords could not reach the enemy because they were blocked by the wings of their riders.

　The side that loses this air battle will be at a great disadvantage in the battle on the wall.
　The reason why walls are effective in battle is that they provide a valuable means of flight.
　The first and most obvious means of flight is the "fly" spell, but if you want to carry someone other than yourself, you have to get very close to the wall (usually). In other words, the defender can kill the sorcerer by shooting from the top of the wall. It would be more effective to let the valuable sorcerer support the soldiers climbing the wall with magical bombardment.
　Then there are the aerial cavalry, who will fly overhead without question. They are valuable and expensive, but they are a very powerful means of attack in wall and siege battles. However, when they reach altitudes where anti-aircraft attacks cannot reach, their attacks are frustratingly limited to throwing down spears from the sky. The damage is limited if you have properly placed mages with anti-air defenses.
　The problem for the attacker is how to break the antagonism.

　Feathers fly from the impact of crossfire.
　A clash of lances will not be enough to end the conflict. However, a hippogriff of the Order screams as a pursuing arrow pierces him.
　The skeleton archer riding behind the skeleton rider fired an arrow.
　The hippogriff zombie's movements are nimble. They are only bone riders.

　The air battle is close. The outnumbered hippogriff zombies and skeletal riders fought evenly against the airborne horsemen, who were more than twice as numerous due to their undead advantage. Both sides were too busy dealing with the enemies in the sky to touch the ground.
　On the other hand, the top of the city wall had already become a hellish scene of screaming.
　This was due to the fact that Rene was sending undead onto the wall one after another, using the Fly from the palanquin at the rear.
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　--But with the battlefield shifting to the skies above the city, the skeleton archers outside the walls would be hard pressed to provide cover fire.

　As Rene watched the game, continuing to deliver undead like a drudgery, one of Alastor's callers suddenly began to rant.

I'm not sure what to make of this. The sun emblem is emblazoned on the side of the beast.


"Huh?

　Rene leans back from his throne and turns to the left rear.
　A black shadow like a grain of wheat was floating in the blue sky.
　I'm not sure what you're talking about. It was followed by a number of hippogriffs and a large, unidentifiable bird (apparently a monster called Vizovnir), each carrying one or two riders.

"A light emblem of life and prosperity. ...... Could it be Noacurio's airborne cavalry?

　Alastor muttered.
　The four major powers that backed the king's brother and forced him to stage a coup. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　Even if Noacurio were to send reinforcements, it would take several days for the ground troops to reach the royal capital.
　However, if you are looking for a small group that specializes in mobility,......, for example, dispatching only a squad of airborne cavalry,......, it's a different story.

　The cavalry, which had been the size of a grain of wheat, soon grew so large that the naked eye could make out the sharp-angled head of a wyvern.

Incoming!
Skeleton Archer, prepare to strike!

　A scorching wind blew through the air.

　It was an instantaneous event, but if I were to explain it in order, I would say that the wyvern flew low into Rene's main camp, and the skeleton archers shot arrows at it to intercept it, but they were shot down by the wind shield surrounding the wyvern. The wyvern flew through the air, reaping the ground with flames, and headed straight for the sky above the capital.
　Renai was defending herself with magic, but the wyvern cavalrymen were so wary that they avoided attacking the palanquin.
　After it flew away, the undead were knocked down by the windbreak created by the wyvern's flight, and the zombies were left to burn.

"A tandem with a sorcerer, and now a flamethrower!　Well done.

　You'll be able to use the "Repair Corpses" magic to heal the undead, who roll around on the snow to put out the fire.
　I think that was a kind of greeting as we crossed paths. It was just a ping-pong dash to join the air battle.

Is this all the reinforcements we have?
"I'm assuming it's a rush of troops based near the border. We expect a second wave of airborne cavalry to arrive within the next few hours, possibly ground troops within the next few days.
...... Let's get this over with before the second wave arrives.

　In any case, even though the ground troops were fine since I was planning to finish it today, I was concerned about the possibility of more enemy airborne cavalry if I took it easy.
　Even if they didn't, the addition of Noah Curio's air cavalry would push back the air combat.
　The targeted hippogriff zombie narrowly avoided the charge of the leading wyvern, but was caught in a flaming inferno and burst into flames. It's only a matter of time before he's shot down.

I want that.

　I'd like to have one of those," Rene said, watching the wyvern cavalry rampage through the air with a trio of horsemen's spears, flamethrowers, and tandem sorcerer's magic.

Shall I make arrangements to get it?
"No.

　Rene stood up from his throne, controlling Gerald.
　As soon as he grabbed his hair and removed his head, his whole body regained the weight of flesh and the red staff transformed into a cursed red blade.
　Dullahan form.

I'll get it. I'll get it. You'll lead the invasion and carry on with the operation as planned.
"Yes, sir. Good luck.