Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki

Episode Twenty: Defense Battle

"Everybody, get in position!!

Empire raids had begun early in the morning.

The elves who were positioned on each side for surveillance will ring the bells of the watchtower and slam the people of Elsier.

Elves and fire foxes all rush to a determined placement.

Instead of concentrating its forces, the Empire seems to disperse and carry out simultaneous attacks from all directions.

Elsier's defense is carried out by climbing the outer wall. Scaffolding is provided properly inside the outer wall. In addition, a wired communication machine is installed, which makes it possible to communicate with all aspects. Having said that, the principle is that telecommunications machines are as primitive as yarn phones.

I was giving directions to each side while the attack was most fierce to the south.

The rest, east, west and north, each have their own commanders, follow my instructions on the comms, and give instructions to the people in that regard.

When the empire approached about 150 meters, the range of the crossbow, the Elsier side was finally ready to intercept as well.

"Attract and shoot enough, everyone. The use of grenades is forbidden until I authorize it. Focus on the attack with the arrows!

As per my orders, elves from all sides are sniping from the high ground in each self-crossbow at the Imperial soldiers approaching the outer walls.

Now they all use wind magic.

Ashno can take control of Mana only if the effect range is about 300 meters. I can't deal with all aspects. So there's no point in refraining more than necessary.

As a precaution, the use of grenades and cluster bombs is prohibited in this battle until I give my permission.

Because if Ashno pops up and bounces off cluster bombs and grenades with the wind, and it's like exploding inside a wall, it's going to cause unspringy damage.

If I can confirm interference with the wind magic, I'm sending instructions to all sides to contact me using the comms immediately. At that point, I can see that Ashno is there.

Then I'll rush. If I can stop her, it's just me.

... and the use of grenades is supposed to be lifted only while I'm fighting Ashno. Then we will do everything in our power to destroy them with grenades and so on.

"Come on, guys, let's get you in the mood!

"" "Ooh" "

A leading group of Imperial soldiers pushing toward Elsier is blown away by a blast, screaming. I stepped through the mines.

Countless mines are buried around a short distance from the outer wall.

I'd appreciate it if you'd hesitate to advance, but unfortunately, while the damage has been done, the Imperial soldiers are marching on.

Damn, that's a lot of guts. But countless damage has been done as a result of that barbarity.

"Shoot me, shoot me"

Sniping from heights is an overwhelming advantage.

Not to mention, this time the outer wall is drilling into the crossbow rays, so it shoots out the back of the wall.

In addition, we use windy mana to blow down winds, so enemy attacks don't linger to the wall, and attacks from outside the wall make little sense.

"Dear Cyril, this is your next bow."

"Thanks"

I get a crossbow from an elf boy.

This time it's a total battle.

He distributes hand-turned aids to allow children who are lacking muscle strength and cannot pull a crossbow, or even those who are impotent, to set arrows in even spare crossbows.

There were other directives, meal preparation, and various assignments of work.

By doing so, we're making sure everyone can help us fight.

In a small number of Elsiers, they are quickly crushed without the help of all the people.

The elves, who save time pulling arrows, release one crossbow after another.

They can do damage unilaterally by reducing the number with mines and releasing arrows so that they can be further bathed.

... but there are still too many differences in numbers. So the Imperial soldiers were packing the distance.

There were dozens of Imperial soldiers, pushing trolleys with giant round-tails with pointy tips into them.

It's a broken castle hammer. The elves prioritize and target the soldiers pushing the trolley, but their efforts are also vain. A broken castle hammer pierces the outer wall of Elsier.

But......

"It's an exterior wall built in anticipation of a cannon. I don't even think about it."

The broken castle hammer that stuck into the wall crushed the other way round.

Elsier's outer walls are quite modest about four meters high, but after 10 meters thick, they are hardened by fire foxes.

This level of attack is not even frightening.

The portions of the gate are slightly inferior in strength, but they will not penetrate first, as it is also a stubborn gate that creates a layer of soft clay that absorbs shock in the center of a giant iron plate.

Other than my south side, reports are coming from everywhere, but they're attacking the same way everywhere, but they're preventing it without any problems.

The Imperial soldiers, who gave up the destruction of the outer walls in Marutai, now storm with giant wooden hashigos.

Indeed, an outer wall of about four meters would make it easy for you to climb as long as you have a hashigo.

"It's time. All right, guys."

Cyril, the fire fox is ready.

Mixed with the bow loader, the fire foxes raise their voices, including the coo who was setting the bow.

Their role is threefold, the first being to continue to set arrows to increase the rpm of the elf shooting.

(d) The second is the activation of the trump card. This is still a haste.

And the third is the elimination of sticking enemies.

"[Fox Fire]!!

Firefox starts the magic of fire with a few people.

The Firefoxes can initiate sorcery if the subject is within range, as long as they can visualize it. They peered into the Imperial Soldier through a hole to secure the crossbow ray and activated the magic while hiding in the wall.

Hashigo begins to burn well and the Imperial soldiers who were beginning to climb fall.

Firefox power is much faster to deal with at close range.

There are means to defeat the scythe with the wind, but if it can be suppressed by a few people, the wind that does not have mass is also a great drain on this one, and above all, I want to burn it and prevent it from being reused.

The battlefield glues.

No, they're pushing me around.

I can't stand the amount of stuff over there. Tiredness began to be seen in the elves releasing arrows and in the fire foxes burning their enemies against the walls.

As long as the amount of arrows remains.

"All of you, bear with me now. Don't use the trump card yet!

I'm a comm machine. I'll give you directions on everything.

One, we have something to overshadow this situation. Desperately endure the temptation you want to use now.

More, I have to use it at deadly times.

Time is running out. It will only be three hours since the war began.

Everyone was losing focus.

I see a limit on the Elsier side.

The hitting accuracy of the elves releasing the arrows has fallen, and the fire foxes are also sweating when releasing the magic of fire. I kept loading arrows, the powerless ones are also hands shaking and desperately hanging in there, but the pace is obviously down.

But there is no sign that the momentum of the Empire will stop.

A number of scissors were erected on the exterior walls, which prevented the Firefoxes from catching up on their treatment.

If we can attack in a few moments, the Imperial Soldiers will gain momentum and put more and more troops into it. At this moment, there were most Imperial soldiers around the outer walls today.

Absolutely desperate. But it's also a chance.

... We've been waiting for this moment!

"Use the trump card, rep hurry up and get ready!

"You can always do it on the north side. Yukino, good luck."

"The east side, too, is fine. Crowe, you can always go."

"Dear Brother Cyril. The western side is also ready. Anytime."

Use the phone and grant permission to use the trump card in all aspects.

A reply came back from Yukino, Klone and Chemin, summing up the fire foxes on each side.

The fire foxes, including Ku, start to move on the south side of me as well.

Firefoxes are coming from the outer walls and laying their hands on the ground.

Come on, now we're ready.

"Start counting down. Use the example magic all at once on my signal.... three, two, one. Startup!!"

When I gave the order, I began to hear the ground.

Yes, I had dug the perimeter of the outer wall three meters to a considerable depth of ten meters in advance and consolidated the surface.

It is difficult to stack the outer wall high, which boasts a thickness of ten meters.

Then it has the same effect as building a high wall if you dig around in reverse shipping.

Fortunately, the Firefoxes are good at soil magic next to fire magic. I could dig this many massive holes in a short period of time.

And then I looked at that hole and thought.

I was wondering if this could be used as a trap, not just to give you defense.

For this purpose, serve the soil over the hole. It was well cooked and hardened to provide such strength that it would not collapse without the use of earthwork in the Firefox Exodus.

The deadliest timing, to do the most damage to an Imperial soldier.

I have trouble breaking it with a semi-subsistible load.

And finally, the ground cracked.

One imperial soldier after another is being sucked into the ground.

Cyril, that's a big success.

Lucier, who was unleashing an arrow next to me, said with a breath of relief.

I smile back.

"Right. The operation has gone down."

"This is all, if you get in a terrible state, will you pull up the imperial people too?

Lucier was right, the soldiers who were stuck on the wall were falling into pitfalls for every scythe, and many things died instantly. Surviving ones are also pursuing serious illnesses.

Plus, what didn't fall into the pit, in addition to the misery inside, I thought I could attack in a few moments, but instead of going back to shaking it out, the difficulty was increased and flashing.

Perhaps this will pull you up today.

While the morale of the soldiers is devastating, we still need to rescue the soldiers who are alive.

If you're concerned, there's no Ashno movement at all.

I hope I don't think about something good...

"People of the Empire, we're retreating."

"Right...... sniper at each one. Leave your enemies out of range! Don't go deep! There's a limit to the number of arrows."

And today's battle is over as we chase the fleeing soldiers.

I exhaled for a long time.

"In all respects, withdraw and rest your body, except for the guard soldiers. Six hours, as planned."

The long first day was over.

The Battle of Cage Castle has just begun.

After tomorrow, an empire that learns how to defend this one will not push the force that leaves it to numbers and momentum. It will come with some tangle. I'm still unconscious.

And most importantly, the presence of Ashno, who doesn't show up at all, was creepy and I couldn't help it.