Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

The main force in the Nigata defense is 5,000 kingdom knights. In addition, as a shortstop, two thousand three units were placed around Nigata. The total is 11 thousand. In addition, there are 6,000 reserves in Nigata and nearby nobility.

There is no guard in the kingdom. He was fully prepared to defend Nigata.

"A report from the scouts states that 2,000 from the northern front, two from the northwest, a total of 10,000, and one from the northeast, 3,000 from here."

"What is my army squadron?"

"I'm heading here to follow the group of monsters I have supplemented."

"Hmm. Almost as planned."

After hearing reports from the scouts, the Knights seemed to be satisfied. Although the number is slightly smaller on the Knight Corps side, it is a good difference if it is a demon opponent, and it is in a state where it surrounds a group of demons and hunts in front of Nigata.

There is no need to be careful, but the troopers may still be convinced of the victory.

"15,000? Is the separate squad effective?"

Lancelot was listening to a conversation between the Commander of the Kingdom Knight and his subordinates, and asked a question in an ironic tone.

"The last time there was more, I think there was a little."

Maria answered that. He seems to be following up, and he can see the true intention in the place where the word is used. The leading role is yourself. I don't want Leon to get in the way anymore.

It was a big problem for Maria that Prince Arnold had joined Rio's separate squadron. I feel that the ending as a queen has gone away at a stretch. Maria was impatient that she had to deal with this situation.

"But it's still 15,000. If it's a small fish, it's fine, but isn't there a strong monster like the last time?"

Elwin was thinking about the upcoming battle without showing any concerns about the separate squad.

Of course, he just pretends not to care. Erwin is as impatient as Maria inside, or even more. If Lyon succeeded and further reduced his relationship with Prince Arnold, his position would be jeopardized.

Despite being expelled from the House of Winheels, Eriel was doted by the Marquis. It is quite possible that even if Rion is not present, the two children would be the successors of the House of Winheels. As Elwin, I want to show myself more than Leon, and to name herself.

"The monsters ... because there were monsters that I hadn't planned for last time."

Here again, Maria wanted to avoid imitating anything that would lose her trust.

"Yes. What kind of monster is the strongest monster in the first place?"

"It's not a demon, but a demon."

"But last time you were blunted by an unknown soldier?"

In the last battle, Kiel and members of the Blue Party have defeated the demon. For Elwin, all of the local territorial soldiers are unknown and insignificant.

"That's because the demon doesn't have the power yet. The demon gradually builds up power."

"Do you mean to grow?"

"It's a bit different from growth. The purpose of a genie is to revive the god, the genie for the genie. When the genie's seal weakens, the power of the genie manifests in the world, I will gain strength. "

"... A god of a demon?"

Elwin first heard of the genie. Elwin's fears over whether he can win by fighting what is known as God.

"You don't have to be resurrected. You have to defeat the evil spirits."

Maria, who sensed Elwin's feelings, told her to reassure her, but Elwin, who does not know the end of the game, receives it differently. However, Maria also thinks only on the premise of becoming a good end.

"What happens if the demon god is resurrected?"

"Bad end. The kingdom is destroyed."

“…………”

"I feel safe. I came to this world. I and everyone will protect this world from evil spirits."

"……I agree"

Elwin has no idea of Maria's confidence. But I just knew that I was more responsible than I had thought.

"It looks like you've come."

Lancelot, looking away, announces the demon.

"Finally, let's go!"

Maria, who believes she has not lost her sight as before, rushed down the outer wall to get to the Knights of the Knights, who were standing in front of the gate.

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Instead of following the same rut as before, Maria was trying to imitate Aeriel and try to inspire her, but she was unable to do so.

In a way, as expected, a separate squadron, led by Rion, appeared on the battlefield. However, unlike the last time, he suddenly entered the battle as if he completely ignored the existence of the Knights of the Kingdom Knights. In the form of suddenly attacking the group of monsters that appeared from three directions.

The Royal Knights Corps has not been able to intervene there so far. The monsters that have appeared are only two thousand from the north. There were three separate units, one hundred hundred horses, assaulted. There are no gaps to cut.

"At least we alone!"

If the Royal Knights Corps can't move, they will join in on their own. Maria thought so.

"I can't fight enough if I get involved in that fierce battle"

Lancelot denied. Lancelot is right. Their essence is in magic. If you use magic in a melee battle, you just get involved.

"But that's it."

"Maria, don't be impatient. There are still 10,000 groups that can be called the demon's main corps. When they appear, it is an opportunity to participate in the war. There must be a demon there."

"……Do you get it"

As expected, if the number of monsters reaches 10,000, there should be a turn. With that in mind, Maria decided to wait for the time to come. Last time, Rion rushed into a monster several times larger than this, but the demons that appeared this time do not include goblins and other monsters that can be called small fish. It is a group of pretty strong demons that have an auger class.

However, the group of demons, which should be strong, are being defeated one after another by separate squadrons. The reason is clear. The separate squadrons include not only Rion and Aeriel, but also Prince Arnold and Charlotte. Two men, supposed to be Maria's main force, are fighting with Rion. Maria does not correctly understand the anomalies of this situation.

When many of the two thousand monsters were defeated and the collective threat was lost, three thousand new monsters appeared. It was supposed to be a short break for Rion and the separate squadron, but the remaining two squadrons of the separate squadron appeared there. Not only separate squads. Two thousand of the main unit's shortstop units are also together.

A separate squadron, led by Rion, fires all four magical attributes of fire, water and climate at once. It caused massive damage to the newly emerging monster population, and a combined squadron and squadron unit of two hundred and two hundred attacked at once.

Meanwhile, the separate squadron, which had fought first, was preparing for the next battle, including the accommodation and treatment of the injured.

"... Lancelot"

Maria watching the battle call Lancelot's name.

"Oh, oh. I know."

Lancelot knows the situation. There are still 10,000 monster groups. However, there are two thousand remaining shortstop units, four thousand. Combining the squadrons currently fighting and the separate squadrons together will exceed 7,000. Even if you have 10,000 monsters, you can fight enough.

It ends without a turn. Such a frustrating thought was floating in Lancelot's head. It's the same with Maria, but in the case of Maria, it's not just frustrating. I was completely confused in my head.

Nigata's defense is also a game event. I can't understand the situation where the game event is completed in a way that the main character, I, is not active at all. What we all know is that there is a rival character in the second half, which is Rion.

Maria does not know such a scenario. I didn't know what to do because I didn't know. Why did this happen, just that thought came to my mind.

Why did this happen? One of the answers is because Rion is doing so.

"Soon! Take the battle squad!"

Rion's instructions fly to another squadron who was on a break. Shortly after the messenger came to tell us the information.

"What's next?"

Prince Arnold approached Lion.

"Two groups from the northwest. Six thousand and four thousand, a total of 10,000."

"If there are two groups, there is no problem if you respond individually"

"No, the group is too close. If a new group appears where you're fighting the preceding group, it's annoying."

"I see. Then what do you do?"

"... I'll take a break."

With a little thought, Rion said something like this.

"break?"

It's a totally unexpected answer from Prince Arnold.

"A messenger for each unit. Spread to the northwest. The gathering is behind the monster group that emerges from the northwest. It is about half an hour later. There are two demonic groups.

"Hah!"

The messengers heard Leon's instructions scattered around the units fighting around.

"A messenger for a companion of the squadron. Slow down the pursuit speed and wait for this to join.

"Hah!"

Rion's messenger flies to the shortstop who should belong to the main unit. He accompanies Bandou, along with the authority of Prince Arnold as the Guard Knight. In doing so, Leon was moving the squadron as directed, without authority.

"Well, how do you do that?"

After giving instructions to the messenger, Leon turned to Prince Arnold.

"Are you asking if it will remain a decoy?"

Prince Arnold, who was working with him, knew Leon's intentions. A decisive battle result is obtained only with separate squadrons. This is Rion's strategy.

"I don't say that."

"Yes, but I'll follow you. That looks more interesting."

"... Okay, so let's go."

Another squadron leaves the battlefield one after another. The squadron became somewhat confused without knowing its intent, but only for a short time.

There was no time to worry about the separate squad. A group of remaining monsters appeared from the northwest. If there were no separate squadron, there would be no choice but to fight. That is what the whole Kingdom Knight Corps wanted, not just the Marias. The knights also want to be successful.

After the massive magic of the Marias and the massive monster damage, the Kingdom Knight Corps' main unit, 5,000, rushed into battle with the demon. Two thousand squadrons. A monster group of 6,000 to 7,000 knights. The knights who are superior in number are overwhelming.

Until another 4000 monsters appear.

"Left wing. Support the demon assault!"

"Reinforcement from the center! I can't support it!"

The 4000 monsters that appeared appeared in a different way than the previous monsters. As a kind of monster, it looks the same, but its movement is different. It was the commanded army itself.

"Maria! What is this !?"

A knight corps, which had been dominating the battle, was stormed by monsters from the side and is greatly disturbed. Lancelot, who saw it, asked Maria in a hurry.

"There's a demon leading!"

"When is it!"

"I don't know where you are!"

A group of four thousand demons. There is no easy way to find a single demon in it.

"No, I was!

Elwin shouted that he had found a demon that could not be easily found. If Maria and Lancelot look in the direction of their pointing, there is certainly a demon that looks different from the others. The monster is riding. Monsters that are not horses, perhaps straddling the monsters, are directing the surrounding monsters from riding. It's like a captain or a general, anyway that kind of demon.

"... General class? No way?"

Maria remembers this existence. There are also classes in demons, and the general class is the highest class in intelligence and power that is different from other demons.

However, in the games that Maria knows, it is in the latter half of the strategy part, such as the appearance of general classes. It must have been a number of achievements, and it was only after Maria had led many troops.

"Isn't he a demon !?"

"It's not a demon! It's a demon! It's the highest species!"

"The highest species !?"

"Even in the same auger, there is a rank as an organic night or a general ogre!"

"That kind of thing ..."

Just as there are strong and weak in humans. It's just that the same kind of demon has strength. However, the presence of this strong man alone can greatly change the strength of monsters as a group. This is the same story as the human army.

"I can't be there yet"

Maria is greatly upset when she sees the demons that should appear after their level has increased. Maria is wrong. There is no level in this world. One of the reasons General appeared was because there were enemies for demons that needed it, not levels. Because there are nearly 20,000 troops.

"Anyway, I'll take that down. If you lose the commander, you will lose control."

Lancelot was much more calm than Maria, thinking about the fight. If the demon is organized like a human army, you can treat it like a human army.

First, you must stop the opponent's offensive and allow the knights time to rebuild the regime. We just do what we can do.

"It seems like there are some. It seems tough to kill everything."

Elwin was not just watching. I was looking for where the commander class was.

"I'll do that. First, that one."

Lancelots cast magic at the general class demons. I chose intermediate magic to make sure that I needed to shoot a number and to make sure.

Two spears of water brilliantly penetrated the body of the riding monster. In addition, several wind blades cut through the body. I don't know which one was fatal, but the monster slowly rolled over the monster. The effect is still the same as a human army. The movement of the surrounding monsters, who lost the commander, began to be apparently disturbed.

"Okay! First, one. Next is that!"

Continuing, the Lancelots set their sights on another general class and cast their magic. However, the magic never reached the target.

"Now !? It's defense magic !?"

The Lancelots' magic disappeared upon something on the dome spreading around the target monster. The attribute is unknown, but clearly a defensive spell.

"Devil! Possibly the devil used defensive magic!"

"Why is he somewhere ...?"

"……That is!?"

It is not a demon that Mary pointed to. It was a separate squadron that had disappeared somewhere, and Leon was running a horse at the head.

"What does that mean?"

Another squadron that had disappeared until now has appeared. Lancelot thinks hard about that. But before Lancelot came up, the answer came out of Rion's mouth.

"Intrude! Target is a little before the center!"

They are trying to find a goal and charge to defeat it.

"Aeriel! Keep on shooting the magic!"

Instructions flew further to Eriel. Aeriel seemed to be behind a separate squadron, from which several magics were fired at a terrible rate overtaking the equestrian. The same dome-shaped defense magic that protects the demon is deployed at the point of impact of the magic.

"The target is in that circle!

The magic of Prince Arnold of Rion attacks the monster. This allowed Rion to thrust the horse without hesitation in the vacant gap. With the fire dragon that develops around it.

The same as last time, the formidable enemy breakthrough, but Rion's appearance was definitely close to the target.

"That kind of thing ... that guy."

Finally, Lancelot noticed that they had been used. Not only myself, but the entire squad was a decoy to make the devil create a gap.

That is not all. Using the magic of the genie to prevent their magic, Rion showed him where he was. It is not something that can be done immediately. I was hiding somewhere and exploring it in advance.

The cornered witch turns to attack and casts magic at Rion. But all that magic is blocked by Rion's water magic.

Fire attribute magic that attacks the evil spirit with that gap. It's not Arnold's, but Prince Arnold's magic. The demon managed to prevent it, but a moment later he was pierced by an earth spear that extended from the ground, leaving him in the air.

"Lion Frey! Thank you! ! 』

This was the last word of the demon. No, she may have shouted something else. However, the violent wind swirling around the demon was blocking all sound.

The wind is gaining momentum and, on the contrary, shrinking in size. Everything I saw understood the meaning of the clear wind turning red.

The genie died, tearing its body to shreds. The battle is over. All you have to do now is chase the demons who are trying to get away from the demon.

The Nigata Defense War thus ended the battle.