Dungeon Defense (WN)

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After the blueprints for the dungeon were forged, I had nothing to do.

Citri needs to support the dungeon even if it's going to be built. Citri can move funds only after the War of the Monthly Blinds ends. Therefore, I was completely free until the war was over.

Citri and I often communicate through the crystal ball. From what I heard, the situation was very favorable for the Demon King's army. It's just a stubborn problem for the Monthly Blind. There was a shortage of food compared to the troops.

─ We've gathered as much as we can, but the troops are playing separately again.

The citrus projected from the crystal sphere protrudes from your mouth. According to her, the supply of 100,000 monsters has been consumed so immensely, they've been quickly draining the rations collected by the Sixth Armed Forces.

─ Fast Humans, let's keep fighting... Ugh!

It seemed like it would take a big battle for the monster army to gain food. Human corpses from combat are immediately used as food for monsters. Naturally, the human side also knew about it. The Humans forced delayed warfare while avoiding as much contact with the Demon Lord as possible.

A very upsetting scenario was unfolding for the Moon Blind Army.

The Humans slowly pulled back the wires and seized a nearby patch of farmland. 100,000 monsters are gathering in the crowd. They told you to run away and drove the peasants away. In the meantime, of course, he gave money to the peasants and plundered their food.

People who have received a penny will be better off. There were many people who had lost their family fortune without receiving any compensation. Even the Humans burned down the town.

When I heard the nature of the war, I said something to my mouth.

“It's a blue-eyed tactic.”

─ Yes...? Clear field tactics? What the hell is that?

Aha. Isn't there a word for "audiovisual tactics" in this world? Usually my words are automatically translated and communicated to the other person, but sometimes they are literally mistranslated as they are now. I explained to Citri what audiovisual tactics are.

Citri frowned as she listened to the explanation.

- Yeah? What about their people later?

“It's basically a strategy that we don't think about later. and it's just as effective. …… the human monarch is different from our Demon King. They can't feel their own kind. You have no choice but to lose your respect for your own kind. ”

Speaking of which, I thought it was a pretty good strategy.

First, you can get rid of monsters to eat and increase your rations. At this time, the important thing is how to rob the people of their labor with excuses. The Demon Lord has invaded, the monster army is approaching...... There's no other reason to be more powerful than this.

‘No, that's not all. ’

I immediately remembered two or three man-made targets.

If I were the head of the Human Army...... I would value maintaining the morale of the army above all else. A man named Dantalian sprayed poison on the legend. There must be a disturbance between the soldiers and the commander. What can we do to seal up disagreements in the military?

Simply put, it is a 'accomplice' ritual.

Let the soldiers plunder civilian villages all they want. Poor soldiers. They will be more eager to participate in the plunder than anyone else. Fill your belly and you'll feel good right away. But after the pillaging? Can we blame only the nobles without any guilt....

Stealing other people's property to survive. At that point, the soldiers become like nobles. It may not seem like you can trust the nobles, but at least it's hard to complain publicly. It is unlikely that military morale will deteriorate enough to bring about an uprising.

Go further.

‘If I were you, I would share the Black Herb with the villagers who were plundered. ’

Last year, human nations cultivated black herbs with all their might. Although the harvest will be scarce to save the entire country, the number of soldiers has been gathered. There should be some extra room. I'm using it now.

If a civilian village is pillaged by soldiers, of course, the farmers blame the head of the military. At that time, the monarchs distribute the black herb like they use a box. Not only is there some reward, but it can maintain the monarch's own image.

What happens then? I can't trust the noble commanders, but I can trust our merciful monarch…… roughly that's how the atmosphere is formed. Soldiers will hardly move unless the monarch gives them a direct order. Military rule converges naturally on one person, the monarch.

Given the entire army, it is clearly a great harm to lose trust between the commander and the general soldier. But if a monarch can see the far future in this difficult situation...... he will know that this is an opportunity at the same time.

Nobles aren't fools, either. As soon as the monarch starts to use this method, he notices. In other words, only the monarch who can do this way is the nobleman, the one who has the self and the spirit to battle in front of him.

Which country's monarch would use such a tool? Which country is strong enough to gamble? We need to watch out for the war in the future.

Interesting. I personally applaud Henrietta of the Kingdom of Brittany and Elizabeth of the Habsburg Empire, but perhaps there will be some overlap between the two of you in this war. These two lords competed for control of the continent at. Which side is the leading edge here....

Well, then, what should I do?

I decided to leak the information to Citri.

“Dear Citri, Perhaps the Humans are willing to give up the entire northern Habsburg region, or the central region. ”

- What are you talking about?

“If this is the only purpose of depleting food, you don't have to set fire to the village. Monsters don't need a town anyway. They like to live outside rather than inside the building. I set fire to it…… This means that I will destroy its function as a territory. ”

Queen Elizabeth loves her people. She uses brutal means whenever necessary, but her nature is fragile. It is natural for us to kill relatives for power. However, I can see Elizabeth von Habsburg's personality just by looking at the guilt of killing one of her brothers for life.

Such a princess cannot destroy her territory in vain. I will not allow it to be destroyed. In other words, the princess had already given up on the north-central region of Habsburg. She would have given half of Habsburg to the Monthly Blind Army and instead decided to reinvent the Empire in the South.

“A large defensive line should be forming in the south of Habsburg by now. And that's where the final resistance will take place. Will it be autumn this year or winter if it's too late…… The Moon Blitz will be in great opposition. ”

The more you bite the border backwards, the easier it will be for reinforcements from other countries to arrive. As the current human army retreats to the south, more foreign reinforcements will join it. I don't know how much it will take. How am I supposed to know how many people there are in this age?

─ Hmmm? But if Dantalian is right...... won't Humans go into siege rather than counterattack? The capital of the Habsburg Empire is ironclad. If we're stuck in there and defend ourselves for years, we'll have to give up Habsburg.

“Oh, you can't do that. ”

I shook my head.

“We don't have enough food. ”

─ What's the food?

Citri tilts her head.

─ But it will be autumn soon…….

“Fall is the best time to harvest humans. A robust adult male was drafted into the army while the plague devastated the population. Absolutely insufficient farm manpower. I'm sure the human army will face severe food shortages. ”

I smiled.

“So we have to go into counterinsurgency on the southern front. Maybe they're aiming for a spin? Well, that sounds great…… Mr. Citri. You should leave the war as soon as possible. ”

─ Woof?

Citri was almost depressed that she could no longer follow the story. Cute. I felt cozy enough to explain it to her.

“Think about it. Humans run desperately, regardless of how much damage they're going to take. Do the Demon Kings really want to take a stand when they find out? ”

In advance, there are quite a few Demon Kings who sincerely hope to succeed in the Lunar War expedition. Only the Plain Demon King and the top Demon Kings are confident enough to fight. I want everyone to fight and win.

The 8th month's Armed Forces have already won moderately.

“Who's going to flip the poison first?" No, we all want to be somewhat beaten. We have to take the fall for that, because we're going to take it away from the Moon Blind Army. ”

And in the meantime, they will cast a torpedo on the ground emphasizing the lessons they've learned.

“There's only so much damage here. ”

─ Ugh…… Sorry. I don't know. What's the best way to do that?

“It's your strength to be honest, Citri. ”

I smiled.

“Fight roughly any mortal army. Take some more damage there. You'd better battle in glamour.... Yes, I think a siege will do just fine. If we do that, we can get out of the Moon Blind Army first. ”

─ Good. This is a siege, right?

“You need to take some damage. Fair enough.”

─ Okay!

Citri nods forcefully. She clasped her hands together as if she would make my plan come true. I was delighted to see that it seemed motivated. Citri's power must be intact before I can be trusted. We're friends after all.

This is the only case to remember.

I took my hands completely off the Moon Blind Army and spent the rest of my free days. I have nothing else to do, so I'm going to enjoy another day and night with Laura, where she protests vigorously. It was a naughty thought in my head because I was stuck in a cave on a fictitious day.

“Go out and farm! If you sweat, you'll lose your ability to have sex. ”

“I hate to move my body.... ”

“Is it okay for a girl to hang herself? ”

Laura asked with a very serious voice. I was so hung up every month that I had to go outside. I built a villa in Parsi and stayed there all summer.

I cultivated the fields separately. While you're at it, I've taken the monsters and made them swing their pickaxes, and it turns out it works wonders. Village farmers were astonished at the movements of monster-farmers for the first time in their lives.

“A monster can do what six men can do! ”

“I, Your Majesty. If you have any spare time, you can lend me one at my house... ”

“Son of a bitch! You filthy bastard. ”

But only monsters were great.

Farsi taught me farming, and every time he saw my pickaxe, he snorted.

“Aren't you supposed to use your body as a jam bottle? ”

“ ……. ”

Parsi says I'm less efficient than a 12-year-old kid in town. Holy shit.

However, efficiency was not a problem. It seemed to impress the villagers that I, the lord, had gone out to work in the field. The villagers who had been difficult to deal with until now gradually came to me with sincerity.

“My goodness, the Demon King. Because you're leaving now?”

“Ah.”

“Have you had breakfast? Why don't you join us for lunch later? even though my inside man is like this, he's a potter in the bread. ”

As I went out to work at dawn, I was greeted with a polite but loving greeting when I met the farmers. It was a strange feeling to say.

Looking at the well-growing wheat eggs, I felt helpless to wander so far without knowing where it was. What the hell was so important that I crawled in my teeth?...... Is this the world a farmer sees?

That's how the summer went.