"What a surprise."

Nares-Ragnahorn groaned small.

"I didn't expect an attack from Linendall to reach this point"

Leongand recognizes that it is rare for him to have a bitter look. He has always worked things out with a cool look on his face. Whatever the painful circumstances, they should have handled it cool and won.

That's why he was called a rare military master.

But there is something unexpected about him. The same goes for Ciuscloud's plot to lay on the hospital bed, and for his work in Zalwarn to be exposed. Nor did we know that Orian-Lebaen would use pseudo-subpoena magic in the Zalwarn War. He even grabbed the fact that he was conducting some kind of experiment at Merris Ellis, but there's no way that a godless nares would know that would lead to the summons of a guardian dragon.

Nevertheless, the pseudo-subpoena magic itself was not unexpected beyond what had been found to be the true name of Orian-Lebaen. It was obvious that some kind of trap was set in Linendahl, where there were no residents or defensemen, and he seemed to have thought to the point that it might have something to do with pseudo-summoning magic. However, it was not possible to leave the linendahl alone or to stop the internal investigation. For example, even if the Gandhian showdown had been entrusted with the offensive of Linendall, the investigative force would have dispatched. And a giant ghost is summoned.

The summons of the giant ghost could not be avoided.

So nobody's making that a problem.

The problem is the range of the giant ghost. Giant ghosts can fly bullets of light and attack distant targets as well as the blows that made them say things to their immensity. It's new to my memory that the Abad army has caused so much damage by doing so.

The only way to fight a giant ghost is to leave it to an armed summoner who, after identifying its range, can attack it from outside range - the conclusions of the military council were denied yesterday. As Nahless said, the attack of the giant ghost of Linendaar reached this Fort Waydrid.

While the Leongands were holding a military debate, a leading armed summoner headed by Lyohan's goddess of war was working out measures for the giant ghost. In the meantime, they tried to attack the giant ghost. An ultra-long attack using the immense power of a black spear, although it hit a brilliant giant ghost, did not bring it down, he said. And a giant ghost counterattack passed over Waydrid.

Although Faria-Valdish had the Four Great Heavenly Samurai build a protective wall, it meant it would only buy time. It means there will be no rest in the coalition unless we disable the giant ghosts. Regardless, it is also not impossible to travel out of the range of giant ghosts. Using the walls of the Four Great Heavenly Samurais, you'll manage to be exposed to giant ghost attacks.

But even if you get away from a giant ghost's range, that doesn't make things any better. Even if he could bring down the Demon King in that situation, Kruselk would continue to hold a giant ghost.

Linendahl is a major traffic shock in Kruselk. When the range from Linendaar to Waydrid is incapable of transportation, it is clear to everyone that the functioning of Kruselk as a territory is significantly reduced. Either way, we need to destroy the giant ghost.

Except for the story of the person who summoned the giant ghost - Olias-Leviath - descending into the coalition and returning the giant ghost to the original world, from what I've heard, I didn't think he would descend into the coalition. I can't throw away the possibility, but I can't even be optimistic.

"The fall of three cities to the giant ghosts of Linendall. And the movement of the Xenokis fortress… everything, as Kruselk thought"

"No, you wouldn't. Kruselk should have wanted to get an overwhelming victory, at least in a fight, and take down Gandhia as it was. Otherwise, we wouldn't be turning 30,000 troops over to Malware. But it didn't."

The arrival of Lyohan's goddess of war and the four great heavenly samurai changed Zalwarn's war situation.

From the beginning, the Gandia Showdown Army had also fought well. There was also the activity of the armed summoners who put in large quantities and the warriors equipped with summoning arms, who had succeeded in creating more battle stations than they could have imagined. Seeing it as unfavourable, the Demon King's Army joined the Imperial Demon of Malwale to the battlefield of Zalwarn. The situation was reversed, and the Gandia Showdown Army began to be pushed.

It was then that the wind of Lyohan blew.

The descent of the goddess of war and the four great heavenly samurai motivated the Gandia Showdown Army. The overwhelming violence of the great armed summoners offered the possibility of winning. It would have been a big disturbance in the chain of command of the Demon King's Army. The fact that the Imperial Demon was organized worked in our favor. There was no need to be afraid, such as a monster who could no longer act without an order. Thus, the Gandhian showdown decorated the first battle with victory, and the three cities of Kruselk also fell into the hands of the coalition.

That was as Nares thought. The lure measures, the simultaneous attacks on the three cities, everything worked.

"Who can imagine that the majority of the 30,000 Imperial Demons deployed to Zalwarn will be taken over and withdrawn? There's no way a human army can fathom an army of Imperial Demons. Everyone thinks so. How many of us believed in victory."

"Lost, three cities attacked at the same time, you bought the Demon King's fury"

"It may be so"

Nahless did not deny Leongand's joke. Nahless also knows who Yubel the Demon King is. And he was convinced, for once, that we should figure out a way not to kill the Demon King.

If you want victory only, it is quick and certain to assassinate the Demon King and not to increase any more Demons of the Emperor under the Demon King's rule. At the same time, however, it also leads to the diffusion of uncertainty.

Kruselk has greatly expanded its prints last year. Four countries were swallowed up: Niwale, Knox, Ridjiul and Haska to gain a national territory that could rival Gandhia. The Imperial Devil may be scattered throughout the land.

The figure of 60,000, which was eliminated before the war, is the number of Imperial Demons recognized by the Allied forces. Perhaps there are more Imperial Demons under the command of the Demon King.

Supporting that is Baran-Diaran's testimony. He testified that the Haskah side had a large number of Imperial Demons that were terrorizing the Haskah people. I don't even think a person like Balan would make a lie. Haska will definitely have an Imperial Demon under the Devil King. If so, it should be seen that Imperial Demons are also placed in Niwale, Knox and Ridjiul.

Do you not move that force because you think you don't even have to move it, or because it's a last resort?

Anyway, if you kill the Demon King, it's more obvious than seeing fire that the Imperial Demon, which was ruled by his alien powers, will be unleashed on the wild. The Imperial Devil will go wild. It's not what I found out how many humans die.

"It doesn't make sense to rule a deserted field."

That is how Nares has thought of various ways to bring down the Demon King and has told Leongand. The use of Ur was one of them, which meant that it was a powerful means in him. Sure, though if Ur's powers of alienation were determined, he would be able to win as easily as never before.

"Well, what do we do? Teacher Nares-Ragnahorn. Do you want to fight the giant ghosts of Linendall? Avoid. Proceed or retreat."

"Retreat or hell, advance or hell, Your Majesty"

"Then we'll have to move on. So, how do we fight?

"You'll have to strike it out. Even if I'm caged here, I can't fight. We're talking about supply lines being cut off and giant ghost attacks becoming more precise. The more time passes, the more certain our defeat will be."

More than the former, there is no point in the undesirable cage battle of reinforcements, etc. Caged in the castle, because reinforcements could be expected, within enemy territory, and without any meaning even with supply lines cut off. And the fact that the supply line was cut off meant that a long-term battle was no longer possible.

This, too, was originally out of consideration. We also knew that the longer the battle, the less advantageous the Allied forces would be.

If we consider the possibility that the Demon King can follow the Imperial Devil inexhaustibly, that is also the conclusion.

"The enemy has just sent troops out of the Xenokis fortress this morning. Perhaps you're going to put pressure on Fort Waydrid from the north. The south is contained, as is Nevia (east), which belongs to Kruselk. Are you going to siege the coalition in a far-flung fashion or are you going to intensify the oppression from the south and chase the coalition out of Weidlid..."

Zenokis Fortress is the largest military base in Kruselk, in the north of Kruselk and slightly south of the capital Kruselk. It was in an inevitable place beyond the coalition's aim of crusade control, and an unprecedented fierce battle was expected in the Zenokis fortress. There have also been reports that the Kruselk army is gathering their remaining forces in the Zenokis Fortress. It would be natural to assume that we are waiting at the Xenokis fortress.

But Kruselk struck out. Someone has witnessed the sight of Kruselk's army being thrown out of the Xenokis fortress. It's Quol-Ethen. Ravensfeather's ability to fly at long speeds allowed him to scratch the attack of a giant ghost in Linendahl and reach the Xenokis fortress.

It is the opinion of Ruufa herself that it would not be possible with silfed feathers with the same ability to fly.

"But don't we need to get more power out of the Xenokis fortress than there are giant ghosts in Linendall?

Giant ghosts are just so overwhelming. Shooting range to tremendous attack power is enough to assure you that there is no need for the Imperial Demon army or anything else. Of course, we cannot destroy the Allied forces by giant ghosts alone, but we have succeeded in putting threats and pressure on them, even more than they are anchored in linendahl. And it's the threat and the pressure that matters.

Because it has succeeded in frustrating coalition warfare and significantly reducing morale.

"You're going to have a showdown,"

Nares glanced out the window. The sun sets and we are about to mark the end of February 1st. Five days have passed since Waydrid's reign. The General's fatigue recovered, but morale decreased dramatically. The mood for war is spreading. Even fighting a monster named Imperial Demon is disgusting. It's not like a regular man fighting in front of a man. Come there, it's the emergence of a giant ghost. There was no point in losing morale.

"Prove more than anything that you put all your power into it."

The Imperial Demon wasn't the only one spit out of the Xenokis fortress. Human soldiers, commonly seen as regular soldiers, were also marching out of the Xenokis fortress and starting marching south. We expect to reach Fort Waydrid in five days, but as mentioned, there is no point in the Allied deploying a cage battle. I just have to strike it out, but even so, if we don't do something about the giant ghost in Linendall, there's nothing we can do about it.

"I'll leave the giant ghost to Uncle Setuna."

Maybe Nares laughed at herself because there's nothing she can do about an out of standard existence like a giant ghost, even if it's enough to be called a rare military master.

"No matter, Uncle Setuna, it's not. I will provide everything Uncle Setuna needs, and I will have him fight in complete condition."

"If even a giant ghost can be defeated, let's raise the morale of the Allied forces"

To put it the other way, there's nothing you can do if you can't defeat the giant ghost.

It was no exaggeration to say that the fate of the coalition depended on the activity of Setuna Lars-Enjour.