Dungeon Defense (WN)

“Your Excellency. Incoming feed.”

“What's going on? ”

The old man raised his head while working on the paperwork. Fritz von Rosenberg. He was a nobleman of the Habsburg Empire. It was also one of the two change bags that governed the Black March area. He had powerful knights.

“Green acidity has fallen. ”

“Oh.”

Von Rosenberg takes off his sunglasses. He looks at the butler with a sharp eye.

“Enemy troops? ”

“Reportedly, it is said to be a thousand monsters. Three Demon Kings have united, of which there is no Demon King within the ranks of 30. But there were five Ogres. ”

“Five Ogres. ”

The change bag touched my mustache.

“Threatening. But the acidity is holding itself back. What did the commanders of Acid say? ”

“Rest assured, we'll stop them. That's what I reported.”

He nods.

“This is your chance to build an air force. It's only when I intercept their balls that I get worse with the acidic commanders. With your opinions, the Change Bag Army will not march. But if you ask me, I will be ready to march at any time. Tell the Red Wild Pig Knight Captain to gather the Knights as well. ”

“Yes, sir. ”

The butler leaned back politely and left the office.

Von Rosenberg's change bag thought for a moment that a thousand monster armies could threaten the other three acidic, blue-yellow-red. I didn't have much to worry about. A thousand did not pose any threat. All you have to do is recover what the defensive forces at the castle have suffered after this battle.

The change bag got back into paperwork. The Black March was safe. The problem was not external, but internal. I heard that the conflict in the islands (+2493; ) has been heating up more recently. The Emperor was worried about whether the Emperor would win or not.

* * *

The plot was straightforward.

The 5th Cavalry bypassed the green acidity, building a camp behind the acidity. As soon as you build a real estate, attack the mountain front with another five hundred men. We hit the gate back and forth. I feel like I'm crushing a tomato with my bare hands. Green acidity was simply knocked down.

Usually in siege warfare, the attackers must have three times more troops than the defenders, but that was when the humans fought each other. Goblins, Orcs, were fundamentally outmatched by Humans. A siege was possible with the same number of attackers.

A thousand monster armies, including five Ogres. The Demon Kings command in an orderly fashion, and they attack back and forth. Even though the guards were elite, they captured the walls of 500 human armies without great damage.

“War is surprisingly futile. ”

“Unlike defeating a small group of adventurers. ”

Laura sincerely replied to Toro, a mixture of my emotions.

“The monarch conducts in Jungjin, not at the front line. It is rare for a commander to see the horror of war before his eyes. ”

Laura and I ride side by side on horseback to look around the camp. It was just like she said. I intervened in the operation but did not participate in the battle on a tactical level. My troops, who publicly joined the Moon Blind, were just thirty-two golems, ten fairies and 42 total. We were outcast in battle.

I smiled bitterly.

“The horror of war. It's terrible enough that we're watching right now. ”

A monster, an ally, was eating around us. Soldiers are the most important thing in military operations throughout their time. How to provide supplies to allies, including food, so that the tide of war could be established.

Unlike modern times, military intervention strategies were fundamentally 'locally sourced' in an era where it was difficult to maintain a proper paratrooper. In humans, local procurement takes the form of purchasing or pillaging. What about monsters?

─ Rrrrgh, crrrgh.

An Orc bit a chunk of meat just a few meters away. He carefully peeled off the leather armor or chain armor that prevented him from eating like a fish thorn. And I asked. I heard a loud splash.

The chunk of meat was on one side of the human leg.

The local procurement of the Democratic army was violent. Providing food to the dead during combat. Not only human corpses, but also Goblins and Orc corpses. There were still dozens of smoke rising from every corner of Jinji. It was all smoke that turned the bodies into smoke...... This place must really be hell for Humans.

Three hours ago, I was pouring nausea on the ground. The stench of human viscera, the stench of burning corpses, rises up through the nostrils and presses firmly against the skull. Nevertheless, the emotions that were conveyed to me, the emotions monsters felt, were appetites. Oh, shit.

My senses were smelling a horrible smell, but my appetite bloomed in my mind. Really, it's not a fucking situation. I can assure you. It was never a blessing to read other people's feelings. I really wanted to stop feeling appetite for human beings.

“The Lord is right. That, too, is a threat to war. However, the girl thinks that the yoke the monarch should bear is different. ”

“The bruise only on the monarch.... ”

I inadvertently muttered. Laura nods.

“If you're a soldier, you can cry out at the battlefield. You can cast a curse on the absurdity of the world if you're in Mincho. But the monarch is different. ”

She stops talking. I stopped, too. Suddenly, the two of us were facing each other on horseback. Laura's gaze comes straight this way without hesitation.

“The commander cannot leave the cause of the disaster to anyone else. I can't leave it to the world. Because he is the commander responsible for the war. ”

“ ……. ”

“Lord. Look at the bodies scattered here. No need to cover up Humans, Goblins, Orcs, or Races. What did they die of? Who forced them to go to war? ”

I didn't have to.

I gave them the battlefield. Zephar, Ami and the rest of the Demon Kings were masters of combat. However, the fact that I have many accomplices does not change that I am one of them. Specifically, the operation went according to my intentions. What if the battle had gone a different way? …… someone who is dead now may not be dead. I have summoned their deaths.

Laura looks at you like you're steel.

“It will be painful. It will be hard. You can suffer and suffer. But as much as you blame something else, it is never acceptable to the monarch. ”

“…… I am. ”

I opened my mouth and was surprised. Your voice is wet. Am I grieving? I feel sad even now that I have fully accepted Laura's words. Funnily, I was relieved.

I have now fully embraced the emotion of the appetite of hundreds of Orcs. Those weren't my feelings. In these infernal crucibles, what do I settle in? Sadness alone, this was my only emotion. I was establishing myself...... but it was so fragile.

How long can I stay in the waves of other people's emotions? Now I've had enough bipolar disorder. But one day, the Demon King syndrome that Laffith told us about, a split personality... Laura is right. The monarch must bear the yoke. However, what happens if the person who has to bear the yoke breaks their personality? I was afraid of it.

“What if I suffer too much? when you're in a situation where you can't even carry a yoke. No, if it gets damaged enough that I can no longer call it Dantalian.... ”

“There is a girl. ”

Laura said.

“The girl will never leave the lord alone. Have you forgotten? I have given everything to the Lord. It is an oath that my successes and failures lead wholly to my lord's successes and failures. The opposite: my success and failure are my successes and failures. ”

It was a voice without temptation. I couldn't help but overhear her.

“The Lord has killed a thousand people. I decided to follow such a lord. So it is my responsibility to kill 1,000 people. I'm going to suffer for the Lord, too. I will also suffer the pain the Lord will feel. ”

“ ……. ”

“Do you remember the one who was the slaver of the girl? ”

Of course.

Jack Orland. A foolish, beautiful slaver. I wanted to be a friend, but I couldn't.

“Then the Lord was able to kill the slaver, and of course he had to. It may be a threat to the life of the Lord if we keep the merchant alive. But I didn't kill him. The Lord answered my question: To myself, life is about accepting accidents. ”

I remember. How could I not remember?

“The Lord wanted to save the slaver somehow, so that he could come back as a threat in the future, no matter what. Lord, would you regret it if a slaver appeared to seek revenge later? ”

“…… No. ”

Laura nods as if she knew.

“He wanted to save the slavers. Wherever you go, you choose. Regardless of the outcome of that choice, the Lord accepted it without regret. The girl was fascinated by the way of life and decided to follow the lord. Death is not the only thing a man can guarantee as he lives...... The Lord has shown it. ”

She smiles.

“The girl wants the Lord to live that way until the last moment. ”

“…… That's too much, Laura. ”

I shrugged my shoulders a little. I didn't think I could stand it if I didn't play around like that.

“You know Laura. I'm not the only one responsible for this battle. The Eighth Monthly Armed Forces was driven by me. The vanguard, the Sixth Legion, the entire Moon Blind Army, the many wars they would wage…… I eventually started them. Laura now demands that they all be carried under a yoke. Maybe hundreds of thousands of lives will be lost. Are you asking me to bear hundreds of thousands of lives? ”

“Yes.”

She said without hesitation.

No, I even had a smile on my mouth. Usually one man is too burdened with one life. She's demanding that I take the responsibility of hundreds of thousands of lives. As if it were natural.

“The Lord is not a member of the Royal Family. You're a Demon King.A Demon King is responsible for his life in such a way. Lord, walk in the ways of the Demon King. ”

“The Demon King's Path... hell. ”

I laughed helplessly. But Laura was right. That was the only way I could choose to live.

Then I realized why Laura had dragged me out of the barracks, and why she had me riding around on a horse like this. It meant don't run away.

A field full of dead bodies, dozens of black smoke rising into the sky as it roasts. That's what you've brought upon yourself, and more than anyone, you have to accept it with your own eyes - Laura has been saying. And I will also bear this sight. I swore to myself that I would accept the same weight that is coming my way, Laura.

I couldn't stand it without laughing.

“A lord who throws a monarch into hell. I seem to have a disloyal servant. Very well. Will you go to hell with me, Laura? ”

“Of course.”

The answer was immediate. I knew it wasn't a light answer. For a seventeen year old girl, the scene of this slaughter must have been horrific. Laura replied as she felt it. Seriously, you were so much older than me.

We drove again. You make your way between the burning smoke and the carnivorous monsters. If the Moon Blind Force expedition goes according to my plan, there will be an unparalleled slaughter. I couldn't have survived until I couldn't even bear to see it now.

I drove as slowly as I could. Laura conforms. For a little while, to engrave the sight in front of the retina and the brain. The sound of the fire and the sound of meat chewing did not leave my ears for a while.