Dungeon Defense (WN)

“Baron de Blanc. ”

“Aye, aye! ”

I wonder if Laura was suddenly surprised by her name. The mercenary commander, Juliana de Blanc, stares blankly at this side and is stunned.

Somehow, in her eyes, a new color emerged that eluded Laura. It was not a respectful and sound feeling. It was a little warmer. You know, a kind of fear.

“I will leave you with 2500 soldiers. ”

“Hey... do you need to clear out the Scouts?" ”

“No. You must lead the army and hurry to Fabia. There should be a forest near Fabia. Burn it to the ground. ”

I suddenly smiled as I listened to the conversation of two people. I've been to a forest near Fabia. It was the place where Jack Orland, a slaver, killed himself with his head on a rock…….

“Fire. ”

Baron de Blanc did not quite understand.

“Smoke rises in the direction of Fabia. Earl Fabia will be in a hurry. ”

After Laura had simply solved the Baron's question, the baron looked very realistic.

“As an Earl, there are two possibilities. First, we've already entered the territory and plundered it in an orderly fashion. Secondly, there is a full-scale siege going on. The Earl, the former or the latter, will see a good chance if we ambush our backs. You will be in even more hurry. ”

“I see……. ”

The baron is a little tired. Laura gives strict orders to make sure you know that.

“Baron! Though you may have few men leading you in this battle, your duties are heavy on your shoulders. If you fail, I will fail to ambush the Earl, and our expedition itself will pass! ”

“… I understand, Your Majesty! ”

The baron takes the weight of the command seriously. Laura nods earnestly as well.

“I'll give you eleven wizards. Put up a anti-communicative spell all over Fabia. Use it to start fires in the forest. ”

“I take my orders! ”

The baron shouts.

As the river split in two, our armies were divided. The baron leads two cavalry squadrons out of the way. This leaves Laura without magic.

Our troops are speeding up.

By the time the sky became red in the sunset and so on and so on.

Then Laura gave a stop order to the entire army. The place we arrived was a must pass to get from Milan to Fabia quickly, but there was a forest quite far from the road.

“Ambush here. ”

Laura then sneaks a scout ahead.

The cavalry falls to the ground. I've already run down Hannah Day. I needed a break.

Soldiers rest on trees in the forest, or snacks for combat. The horses cool their bodies in the night air as they run in the summer sun.

I raised my head and looked up, and the moonlight illuminated the outline of the branches. But there was a sound coming from the tree.

─ Elves, Elves...

─ Lots of Dwarves. What's going on?

─ What could be happening? Scary people.It must be scary...

The spirits of the forest hide in the branches and whisper.

You must have been terrified of the sudden intruders. Spirits groan in anxiety between the wind and the wind, and the leaves shoot and cry against each other.

I waved at them.

“I'm sorry. I'm going to borrow your house for a while. ”

The small spirits pull their heads away from the branches.

─ Nonsense. The great master is here!

─ The wind is too small for a great master...

─ Idiot, idiot, since when do you not know the difference between a hurricane and the wind?

Then, in the dark forest, the herd of light grew one by one.

Hundreds of light were all spirits. The moonlight from the sky shined faintly and brightly. It was a light closer to blue than white.

“Oh my God……. ”

“Artemis.”

The soldiers open their mouths and look up.

For Demihumans, spirits were familiar. But spirits are basically very shy kids. As so many spirits illuminated the dark forest, mercenaries were overwhelmed by the sight that was before them.

I smiled and said.

“I'm glad you're here, but won't you turn out the light? We're playing hide-and-seek. If Sulai finds out, we're in big trouble. I'd appreciate it if you'd shut up.

I remembered the spirits running around in my dungeon, and my voice softened on its own. Spirits look at each other and whisper in each other's ears.

─ It's a game changer! Everyone needs to be quiet! If I disturb my master, I'll be damned.

─ Idiot, you're the loudest.

─ Shh.

─ Shhh.

The light slowly darkens. It wasn't dark at all, and the brightness was reduced to the level of fireflies. Hmm. It was fine. At this rate, I won't draw attention to my enemies.

Spirits gather around me. I wonder if they'll be careful to be quiet in their own way. He asked me almost as if he was whispering in my ear.

─ Master, Master. Who are you messing with?

─ Is this an ugly Orc? Is that a ferocious Centaurus? Is that a scary Basilisk?

─ They all died a long time ago. A long time ago. We're the only ones here...

─ Humans killed him. I burned a lot of forests...

The spirits shake their heads. You're so cute.

I raised the child closest to me. The spirit tilts its head. I took out the special seal I had sealed for a long time. It was tickling my armpits.

─ Oops.

The spirit bursts into laughter and quickly covers its mouth with both hands. It reminds me of what I was asked to keep quiet. You struggle like you're about to die, but you don't take your hands off your mouth. How extraordinary!

I smiled at him and said,

“We play hide-and-seek with the humans. ”

─ Yippee, human?

─ Humans have no credibility to play with.

─ They burn the forest all the time. Master, you can't trust humans.

That's a tough word to use.

I smiled small. After my level as a Demon King rose, I understood the voice of a spirit that once sounded like a moaning - moaning - as I now do.

“Indeed. You are very bad, mortal. ”

─ Yes, Humans are really bad!

─ Built-in branches are not cool!

The spirits spill their grumbling furiously. Humans and elves born and living in forests that must be burned to the ground were born enemies.

“Then will you do me a favor? Humans will pass by in a few moments. If you think Humans are coming, let me know secretly. I'll teach the bad guys a lesson. ”

The spirits asked me to leave it as much as possible.

Laura then returns with a scout out front.

“Isn't the forest suddenly bright and shocked? ”

Laura frowns.

“Joo-gun...... No, the palace white. What have they done? ”

I smiled at her who hurriedly changed her name while trying to call her Lord as usual.

“I was about to hire the world's most secret scouts. ”

“ ……? ”

Laura said she didn't know the English language. Well, you'll see in time.

It's been about an hour since we got to the forest.

“Look over there. ”

Laura points her finger at the horizon over there.

“The baron has managed to start a fire. ”

It really was. It was the only place that was glowing.

Laura nods satisfied.

“I set it on fire at the right time. Day after day, it takes the Royal Army to figure out our course and decide how to respond, to form an army and then to run all the way here. It takes at least a day. ”

“Time flies, doesn't it? ”

“It was a close call. That's why the girl marched on Milan like she had seen.... ”

A girl. A group of Commander-in-Chief was inappropriate for self-esteem. I wanted to warn you, but there were no soldiers nearby. I shrugged and quit.

“The defeat of this operation depends on how much slowing down the enemy's forces. There didn't have to be a lot of delays. An hour or two between Earl Fabia and Duke Milan. That was enough... ”

Laura shuts up. At that time, the spirit suddenly pushes its face out of the bush.

─ Master, there are tons of Humans coming!

I bent my waist and stroked the spirit's head. The spirit cried, and panted.

An hour or two delay……. Enemy forces were approaching just around the same time we got here. It was as she predicted.

“Laura.”

“That's what the lord said. ”

Laura had already understood what I was going to say. She turns away, smiling bloody.

“Lord, watch over the girl from afar. With the Lord, the girl can be as strong as she wants. ”

“About this, Duke de Farnese. ”

Laura gives orders to the commanders in secret. Soldiers who were resting freely quietly mounted their horses. Occasionally, the groaning of the horses covered the forest.

You hear horseshoes from afar. Enemy approaching.

I learned the size and validity of my enemies through information from the Spirit. They rushed ahead, but they set up separate vanguard. I don't know how skillful Earl Fabia was in the military, but at least she seemed alert.

“The enemy's example is roughly 5,000. ”

“Oh, I see you've brought all the cavalry. ”

Laura smiles in contrition.

“I wonder if Earl Fabia had the right to speak. Or did he not want to hear that Duke Milan had let his people go? Either way, thank you. ”

Normally a big enemy would scare you or at least be nervous. Laura is the opposite. Laura rejoices at the enormous size of the game, just as a warrior smiles at the bear in the middle of winter and says, 'I'll make it through this winter.'

Laura raises her right arm.

Then the whole army took a step forward.

It started with Marvo. I felt like walking lightly, and the soldiers ran. Around the time the first and second columns completely exited the forest, the speed went up to the trot.

If the first column showed the attack speed, it was the way the second column, the third column, and the fourth column replicated. There was no shout from the sergeant to speed up. There was no excitement before the battle. The world's most serene horseman charge is now underway.

Sardinia's cavalry marches in front of her for a long march. Enemy forces have revealed themselves to us flawlessly. However, no matter how quiet they moved, they couldn't erase the hooves, so they recognized us.

“It's a surprise! ”

“Turn the horse! ”

The enemy grows noisy. Ambush, ambush, and screams.

The enemy is running at top speed to save the territory. It was extremely difficult to change formation against a sudden attack. Already at the point where they move sparsely, their cavalry is at top speed.

We don't have to kill anymore sounds.

I triggered the grail spell on the necklace that triggered the reaper.

“Warriors of Helvetica! Charge!”

That was the point.

The mercenaries who have been approaching with their last breath have vomited a battle cry.

“Kill the Sardinian countrymen! ”

“Huge! Huge! ”

“Wipe them out! ”

The warhorse lunges forward.

Enemies are as elite as they are, and somehow they are attacked by their own raids. The problem was the distance.

The distance needed to speed up the horse was overwhelmingly lacking. Compared to an ally who had already broken through 400 meters and sped up, the enemy was only given a distance of less than a hundred meters.

Results are clear.

The first column of this side and the first column of the enemy clash with a loud hiss of iron. There was even an enemy that was hit by an ally's horse and thrown away. The enemy's first heat was broken without a crack in the scream. It literally evaporated.

The first row of the Imperial Army did not buy us any time. They were just building a second row, and apparently an incomplete row was exposed to an attack by an ally.

Then this is no longer a battle.

My solemn command echoed through the plains that had become battlefields in a flash.

“All troops, slaughter! ”

It was the beginning of a one-sided massacre.