Influences of demons from the demonic realm and avalanches into the Strom Kingdom naturally brought information to the city of Suphore, where I live. Neither was it something that could be ignored because it had not been directly attacked, so the city close to the Kingdom of Strom called on those traveling in the vicinity to evacuate, and the soldiers stationed moved to a state of alert so that they could fight at any time. And the Kingdom of Bordeaux decides to send reinforcements. The day after the raid, it seemed to have caused three thousand instantly marshalable soldiers to leave the castle.

Positively, there's no way that such information would have come into me, but Master Grom, who took a heavy look at the situation, seemed to have taken care to keep me informed first.

"Alliance Master. I can't seem to afford to wait for Rubias and the others, so I'm just gonna go ahead."

"Okay. The Kingdom of Strom would be comfortable if you went. Master Rubias and the others will come later, so don't push too hard to run alone. If you don't have enough hands, rely on the people around you. Be careful."

"I understand. Thank you for your work. Bye."

When I got the news, I told the Alliance Master I was headed to reinforcements, and then I hurried home and explained the situation to Maria and the others. Although Leena hasn't figured out what it means because she's still small, Maria seemed quite surprised and sent me off confused.

"I'll keep a month's worth of money for now. Please tell me about the house. Leena, listen to your mother and be a good girl."

"I'll take care of the house. Take care."

"Lapis, sister, bye bai!

As I began to float in the sky, I gently raised my hand to Leena, who waved loudly to bid farewell, and I began to fly into the southern sky like a released bow and arrow.

And although it is good to have come to the Kingdom of Strom, it was difficult to grasp the place of the Demonic Army and the Strom Royal Army at the heart because of the strict restrictions placed on people's access in every city. It took longer than I thought because I had no choice but to go for the King's Capital of the Kingdom of Strom and from there I moved to ascertain the traces the troops had passed through. Fortunately, we were able to rendezvous just before the army bumped into each other, but don't tell me it was something cold inside.

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"- That's how the operation works for now. Let's go ad hoc later."

"Mmm..."

The King and the surrounding generals are silent on the proposed operation with a difficult face. Proposed operation - that's infiltration and destruction, to put it simply. Only me and Flair broke into the city in the dark of night, then lit the enemy's food, and then stormed out to wreak havoc. Infiltration comes from the sky with my magic. I'm in charge of the destruction as well, and the flares will have their enemies dull with sacred magic. Because Flair is only a brave man and is strongly protected by the Lhumiel God, and has the power of a high priest-class who is also endowed with heaven, he can use divine magic to suppress the movement of evil beings. The magic runs fairly widely, and demons and other things under the influence seem to move a little duller than usual.

"Expanding the range also weakens the magic power, but in order for all residents of the city to escape a little more, we have to expand the range"

As a rule, we infiltrate the city first. Next, let the flares down, and I'll destroy the city gate first. Set fire to enemy food, etc., without letting your hair in. When the firehand rises, Flair uses magic to get the city under the influence. And it was a step in saying that the Royal Army, which was waiting outside, would collapse into an avalanche and stop the evacuation of the inhabitants and the pursuit of the enemy. It is impossible to keep all the Royal Army on standby, so they will lurk near the city in a small number of places, and if anything happens to them, they will put up their bodies and protect the residents until the main body arrives. Like us, it was a pretty dangerous mission.

Needless to say, there should be a large number of casualties among the inhabitants as a result of the disruption caused by setting fire to them. But there is no other way to help them all, so we have to help them as much as we can. As a king, it would be a bitter decision, but if we fought from the front, the damage would be even greater.

"... what do you expect to happen if you run into an army against an army?

"Perhaps with all the cost of going, many of the residents are likely to be slaughtered or taken away as they are. Which way is it just going to be made a wall of meat as it is. Given that, I was wondering if I could rely on Lord Lapis' maneuver..."

It didn't seem like a clear question to anyone, but one of the generals who had refrained behind his back responded to such a king's whine.

"Right..."

Even as a king, you really want to help without letting one die. But no matter how brave I am, I don't have the strength to get that far. It is best to reduce the number of victims at best.

"Okay. Then let's adopt Lord Lapis' draft operation. The showdown is tonight. Extract only fast legged troops and let them participate in rescue operations. Lord Lapis, Lord Flair. Nice to meet you."

"I'll take care of it"

"I'll do my best."

I don't know how far I can go with just a few, but I'll just do everything I can later.

§ § §

Late at night. We hid ourselves near the city walls, killing our breath and watching what was going on in the city. The city is noisy to say it's late at night, and brilliant lights illuminate the night sky. Apparently, the Demon Army intends to crush the oil it uses throughout the year in just a few days if it's a normal household. And from within the city, you can hear people screaming slightly.

"You devils... you seem to be doing whatever you want..."

A soldier of the Strom Kingdom Infiltration Force accompanying him groans with regret. I know you feel like pulling out your sword and cutting in right now, but that's not going to happen in this situation either. I looked back and told Flair and the soldiers to dive in.

"It was unexpected that the enemy wasn't asleep. I was going to board in the shade of the night, but I had to change the operation."

"What exactly do you do?

Flair listening back in a whisper. I think a little into her words.

"Right.................. Okay, here's what we'll do. The general flow is the same, just change the details. After my party with Mr. Flair infiltrates the city, can you use your sacred magic first? Because I want you to gather the eyes of the enemy. And to some extent, if the enemy arrives at Mr. Flair's, I will destroy the gate, so all soldiers, start entering immediately. I will give up setting fire to the food at this time. Let's go fast."

"Right. If your enemies aren't asleep, you need to attract them somewhat."

"Got it. So let's do it."

All right. All we have to do is move it to execution. When I breathed in quietly, I stopped for a moment and concentrated my spirit, using extensive detective magic. Human beings in the city are, of course, overflowing with demons and demons, and counting is also a ridiculous number. Of course I didn't want to look into that either. I wanted to see if there were any lookouts outside the city.

"... there are no lookouts outside the city. We'll start the operation in twenty minutes after you start moving."

Nod and the soldiers start to move without sound. They paint their entire bodies black from body to equipment, making them as discreet as possible. The equipment is also made of leather, except for the sword, which is thorough enough to turn off the sound. As far as strength can be seen from the waist, it seems to be considerably above the average soldier's level. Looks like the king has collected his arms, too.

"I hope it goes well..."

"It's okay. I'm sure it'll work."

I took Flair's hand and tried to smile... but I was also depressed when I thought about what was ahead. I'm sure many people will die in this battle. Because no matter how rambling me or Flair is to catch the attention of the enemy, or how hard all the soldiers work, there will always be people out there who are running late. Besides, it should be just a weak person with no power to escape.

I glanced at the flare sitting next to me. She's either nervous or her body is shaking fine. I can't help it. Even if you have had experience fighting demons as brave men, you must have never been present at a scene where people are killed in large numbers. I haven't been so upset because it's a sight I've seen many times a long time ago, but she won't be.

All we hear in our ears, waiting for the operation to begin without words, is the screams we hear from within the city and the unpleasant laughter of the Demons. Time had passed that required patience while holding back the anger that gushed in boil, and the time I had finally waited for had come.

"I'll go. All of you get caught by me."

The flares could not use flying magic, so naturally they had no other choice but to rely on me for travel. Rising with fuzz, we quickly crossed the city wall and descended into the heart of the city ignoring the sight beneath our eyes, which continues to make foolish noises. It seemed like a fountain gushing square there, but now it's destroyed without a shadow to see. The statue of a woman with a water bottle is pulverized from about half her face and dirt is thrown into the bottom of the pond. The surroundings were overflowing with many people who remained fallen and didn't even move with Pickle. The demons who suddenly appeared to us only understood the drunken demons and simple orders were watching with their mouths open, but they were not obliged to wait for them to regain their sanity.

Flair, with his hands off me, puts his hands in front of his chest and begins to pray wholeheartedly. And her party began to pray in the same way as it assisted her like that.

"It's Lumiel, God of Light! Please help us free people from evil! Justice and light are with me! The Light of Destruction (Holly Wright)!"

Moments, the waves of light that revolve around her spread throughout the city. The low-level demon he watched up close fainted as soon as he came into contact with the light, and the demon clan was holding his chest in groan to face, whether it was also pain or suffering. But the safe demons and demons are about to take their weapons and attack the flares immediately. And when I jumped up at the same time as the magic activated, when I reached an altitude that overlooked the city, I created three giant light spheres and flew each to the gate. When the light bulb released from my hand crashed into the gate at a tremendous rate, it blew the gate and surrounding city walls to pieces along with a huge burst sound.

Come on, it's finally the beginning of the battle.