A Wish to Grab Happiness

Episode 494: The Showdown Against the Devil

A showdown against demons. The day has come when the citizens of Volvato will be told that.

Survival of the Volvato main army about six thousand and three thousand crest instructors, plus less than 10,000 soldiers combined with a few volunteers.

Only a few of them slept through the night and were transcended. In a city where you don't know the tension on the battlefield and when magic will rip your fangs off, it's just hard to sleep. The thin sunlight lit up the hollow and the soldiers finally took a breath.

They have different gear, different regions of origin, different flags to list. The common denominator was that their distant fathers undoubtedly pushed their spears and swords against each other to encourage each other to kill.

Now their goal is just one.

Elimination of demonic co-existence with its roots down in the Volvato capital. Everyone had a hunch that the likeness of this city was the figure of humanity in the future.

Anxiety is natural. Demons fought and defeated from the front by the Lord Army of Volvato, and the Great Demons who refrain behind them.

Is there anything that can be done in front of them and this herd of people who gather them? Isn't this just being given a place to die?

With such doubts and anxieties, the soldiers chewed to death with the will to overflow. I thought it was a better way to die scattered on the battlefield than to die miserably from witchcraft.

"But I didn't know I'd be in command again. I thought it was Lord Rugis's job."

Said Mastiguios, a magical guide, as he saw up close the soldiers lined up in front of the showdown. The voice behaves calmly and then makes you feel majestic. That's what he wore after he joined the army.

At this time today, before the showdown, many commanders as well as Mastigious were gathered in front of the soldiers. Close to a simple soldier's ceremony.

The soldiers breathe their last heat into the creation of the position, whilst pouring their gaze on Mastigious and the commanders.

As a matter of fact, I cannot read to Mastigious and others what action the Demon Army will take. I thought I'd come and crush this one right away, and I'm taking a strangely long time.

But that's why defeat is imperative if you strike truthfully and honestly from this side. Enemies win by number, even by quality. That's why we ask them how to get out while creating a defensive position on the streets inside the city, moving forward a little bit. And it was a place where we had to go on a distracting offensive to build positions again.

Luckily, in that demonization was not as long as humans. They find out that the human side is ready, or they have begun to amass demon armies again.

Perhaps Mastigious thought that he had the soul nerve to smash this one that came together in one go. They still have the momentum to attack this way today.

Karia responded to Mastigious's words with her silver hair shining by her side.

"You can't. I don't know how much direction he can take right now, and I don't want him to have any more command in the first place."

Unexpectedly Mastigious opened his lid to Kalia's ruthless words. If you don't want me to, does that mean I'm not good at directing?

Mastigios had not seen Rugis's soldier command in person either, but he has nonetheless heard of numerous battles that led him to victory, as in the Sanio Games. I had never heard of poor troop operations, etc.

And more importantly, I don't expect it to come out of the mouth of Kalia, a follower of Rugis.

"You don't want me to, because I don't have any experience. I think the soldiers are more popular than they deserve."

To the words of Mastigious, Karia responds with her silver eyes narrowed.

"Right, you treat soldiers very well. He drinks with soldiers as if dealing with his parents and brothers. But what is a commander? Is that good, General?"

Kalia was also thin about Mastigious being reluctant. But the words were frank for that matter, and Mastigious soon drew on Kalia's intentions.

"I see. Is this what you're trying to say? Soldiers are handled well. But I can't tell the soldiers to die."

Karia shook her head sideways only slightly.

To be precise, you can say die to the soldiers. But then, when you die with him, you say so, and you do.

It can't be that as a general. Sometimes the lives of thousands of soldiers are scattered, but it is the generals who must survive.

The life of a general and a soldier is not worth it. But Rugis lightly offers his own life the same price tag as a soldier.

It was horrible. If he dies, many gears go crazy, at least humanity loses one hand tag to counter demonization.

Besides, Kalia herself, it's not like she figured out what would happen to herself if Rugis died. Karia leaks a heavy exhale as she presses her finger against her temples.

Last night, I was remembering a word thrown at me by the gem Agatos.

- Love is blind. I wonder if I would affirm any means.

You can say whatever you want. Unexpectedly Karia chewed her lips hard.

Karia and I don't think this is normal right now. It's more like a temporary dream. Rugis is just being deprived of his memory and past, and sooner or later he's bound to get what he needs back.

But tell me. I should tell you what I need to teach you now. Was it too close at that time?

- What, are you trying to tell me it was my girl?

Asked by him like that, how can you answer no?

In fact, Karia doesn't know what Rugis thought of herself before. But Karia was not strong enough to be questioned directly by him and answered no.

Besides, maybe Rugis and I were thinking that. Even if not. If I put it in words like this now, I might do so when I regain my memory.

The bitterness and poisonous delight of drinking lead are cohabiting in Kalia's chest.

Karia was never taught in her studies as a knight, such as how to handle this.

"- Lord Karia, Lord Karia. Are you okay? Lord Rugis will speak to the soldiers now."

Second, it brightens my vision. Karia rubbed her eyes, saying she was apparently delayed in thinking. Rugis is looking over a large crowd of soldiers up the stairs on a wooden high, easily built platform.

Before the showdown, the general sees the soldier, and the soldier sees the general. It was particularly important for Rugis, a useful actor in the Mastigious recapture, to show himself in front of the soldiers and to inspire them.

For this reason, time was also taken, and the unit leaders, who were supposed to divide it somewhat, were gathered at the main street position.

Karia could see Rugis on the table looking at something like parchment with one hand. It's a draft of a speech that Karia and Mastighios have been working on for days.

Rugis didn't seem willing to tell soldiers or people anything right now. For this reason, I made a compromise by reading the draft that I had made here. Apparently, there was no such thing as forgetting parchment.

Karia looked up at Rugis, even remembering a slight relief.

Rugis glanced lightly at the parchment - and opened the throwing mouth with it intact.

"- I heard they're a bunch of big idiots here."

That didn't say a single letter in the draft. Karia cramped her shoulders and opened her eyes wide.

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Before ascending to the wooden platform, Rugis heard as he hung his feet on the stairs.

"Why are the humans so gathered?

The Red Copper Dragon Shadrapt, which Karia had commanded to follow, and the Warcraft Eye Beast Doha Sura behold the word. Doha Sura said, gently suppressing the corners with her right hand, contemplating the intention of the words.

"... Well, then, it would be to go kill demons and demon armies. What's the matter, my memories are flying away?

"No. I heard about it. You guys know that if you're demonic, there's no way you can beat a demon where just humans get together. I didn't think humans would come together that day."

Yes, what Rugis said finally swallowed up the intentions of the Doha Suras as well. Doha Sura agrees with that opinion.

I don't see how humans can get together without confronting demons like this. They won't be able to scratch one by themselves anyway.

But at the same time, Doha Sura thinks that Rugis has been transformed for a long time.

The prudence and bold cunning that were his strengths, and the eyes that read people's emotions, disappear, and now only strange invincibility remains.

Maybe this was his nature by nature, and the others were cultivated by memory.

What is certain is that perhaps he will not be able to gain the courage to drive soldiers to the dead together now. But only at this time today must we be allowed to fix it.

"That's easy. It means they're all big idiots! If I were you, I'd be on the loose when you told me to fight demons!

"Yes, I understand. Will you shut up for a second?"

Doha Sura works out her words while suppressing Shadrapt with one hand, who would have thought nothing of it. How odd it was from the side to see the boy's body Doha Sura holding onto the long shadow Raptor.

"That's right. It's a strange story to say that I'm demonic. The point is, you're here."

"Because I'm here?

Rugis surprised him to pull a single eye and replied raw. Doha Sura says while keeping Shadrapt's neck in check.

"You've been leading soldiers to fight what they call unscrupulous and reckless battles, and you've won. That's why I'm counting on you. That said, demon opponents, you're ready to die."

Well, cheer up the soldiers here as planned, and Doha Sura hands Rugis a round little parchment.

Rugis received it, but seemed uninterested just through a blink of an eye. Rather, there is even the appearance that Doha Sura repeatedly contemplates what she said in her mouth.

As it was, Rugis showed his back and went up the stairs. On the high ground, you can also see Doha Sura opening the parchment with dignity.

"... no, I think it would be good to add and subtract good!? Why are you so restrained all the time!?

Shadrapt comes looking for liberation with a bang and a slap on the arm of Doha Sura. Honestly, it was Doha Sura's real point that she didn't want me to be extra free because she had no idea what she was going to do.

But I couldn't get it to shut up, so I finally tried to loosen my arm, the moment.

"- I heard they're a bunch of big idiots here."

I heard that voice. Unexpectedly, Doha Sura let her cheeks snap and strangled Shadrapt.