It's been two weeks since I got to the fortress.
The Demon Empire continued its deceptive attacks, but the defense of the fortress, to which support supplies had arrived, was not even frightening at that level of attack.
That's why we haven't had enough enemies strong enough for brave men to go out, but we brave men haven't had time for the past two weeks.
Alec was training the soldiers, and Sagami was given some soldiers to train him as an intelligence officer. Fairis was worshipped like a goddess by the soldiers while he was doing his wounded recovery. Although he was shy and desperate to deny it.
When I said I was fixing broken walls except for the time I was doing El's special training. Originally, I was just going to rebuild the lost northern surveillance tower, but thanks to it, it's popular with the craftsmen. Though it is least known by the other soldiers.
Elle's special training is generally going well. In the beginning I was imprisoned by the common sense of this world, but as soon as I unplugged my magical memory, my understanding of the surgical ceremony was speeded up. I've already learned all I can activate a tactical technique, so all I have to do is increase the amount of magic and increase the accuracy of the magic manipulation.
Since that night, Elle has had more skinship against me. That said, I forgive you because it's not excessive stuff like that time, but to the extent that it hugs me in the arm.
Due to the approaching winter, it is a waste of cold outside if you don't weave your jacket. This is the time of year, so I know exactly why I can't fight in the winter. If you wait a month, it will be winter, so if you endure that much, you can return to Tia and Sofi's waiting castle.
But I know perfectly well in my life that nothing is going to be so good. Something must happen. The idea didn't seem wrong.
"It's tough! There was movement on the part of the Demon Empire!
The preaching was communicated just when we were having breakfast.
An urgent meeting was held, and naturally I was called there too. A soldier is rushing to prepare a map in a room as tense as one night.
"I just got word from the north watchtower. Finally, they say the army of the Demon Empire has arrived. Based on the size of the army, we'll settle for an overwhelming difference in force before winter."
"Is the enemy as powerful as the last raid?
"No, just checking is definitely more than the last one."
"No way, there are so many soldiers..."
"They say the number of soldiers hasn't changed much, but the number of demons they can follow seems to be much higher than expected. You're seriously going to drop this place."
Listening to the meeting, I was wondering how I could make the other brave men stand out.
I'm a little weak in my work so far, so I need to make people act more like heroes of stories. But with these guys' strengths, it's hard to hunt a lot of demons, and what the hell am I supposed to do?
"Excuse me on the way to the meeting!
The conductor opened the door and came in. When I approached Margarete for ear punches, she faded all at once, looking ever harsh.
"Oh, my God..."
Apparently she's pretty bad info, keeping her head down and sticking it up against the table.
"They followed the dragon more than anything."
Are dragons mighty enemies enough to forget how to speak politely? To see what's going on with the humans around you, you don't seem to be mistaken in that view.
"But aren't we brave?"
"If it's just a dragon, it'll be fine... he says it's 'Red Scale'..."
"No way! How do you say you let that monster follow you!
There are so many other humans wandering around besides the brave ones, I ask them what kind of monster they are.
'Red Scale' seems to be a dragon with bright red scales, as the name suggests, living in the mountains of the northern part of the Demonic Empire, occasionally coming down to the foot and attacking prey around. He seems strong enough to drop a big town with even one regular dragon, but that 'red scale' is strong enough to feed the other dragons.
The atmosphere in the meeting room is at its worst due to the desperate information brought about. Well, normally you do.
But for me, it's a hell of a chance. With this, I can raise these guys' fame at once. Alec would be nice to have you become a hero. Probably keeps me on track the most. I hope Fairis is already popular, me and Sagami should have quite a role to play, too.
He says he just wants to talk a little bit, get the three of them out of the conference room.
"So what's the story?
"Oh, let's defeat the dragon called 'Red Scale' with our power"
"But your story is that the dragon is very powerful..."
Activate Thought Induction (Guidepost) on the three of you who will see me with a puzzled look. If you don't take down that dragon, I'm in trouble.
"In my view, you're the only one who can defeat that dragon."
"Me? But I don't think I can defeat that dragon."
"No, I can take him down. Your sword has hidden powers. That's what I'm saying because I realized it."
"Really, there's such a power in my sword..."
All right, I believed it. You're doing great. I believed you'd believe me easily.
"Whatever the other demons, head straight for the example dragon. Perhaps the moment you attack, the power you want to keep will be unleashed. The demon opponent will be me and Lord Sagami. Will that be all, Lord Sagami?
"Oh, I'll take care of it"
"Um, what should I do...?
"I ask you to inspire the soldiers. Probably won't be a frightening battle until 'Red Scale' is defeated, but I want you to manage to brave it there. This is something you can only do that's popular with the soldiers."
"Okay. Not to all of you who are in a dangerous role, but I will do my best."
The brave men were motivated. Now we're ready. After that, Alec would be a hero if I didn't get the right time to activate the operation.
"I want you all to listen!" Red Scale "will be defeated by us! Please don't be frightened, I want you to fight out of the power you can have!
Almost everyone in the fortress is now gathered before the battle. After Margarete has already finished talking about the operation, Alec is now speaking on behalf of the brave.
We all seem to know that the 'Red Scale' is coming out, and there is widespread agitation among the soldiers. I'm pretending to be listening on the side, drawing a magic formation on the ground with the cane I got.
Class 4 Tactical Ceremony, Group Inspiration (Mass Heroic). This is a technique that soothes the fears of certain human beings in the range (this time only allies), turns them into a state of excitement, and grants them resistance to mental attacks. The procedure activates and the expression of the soldiers who were upset is tightened.
"All right, you're all ready! Let's go!"
Alec's words signaled his departure, and the soldiers headed to their respective quarters. I also get my arm pulled where I was about to join the other brave men. When I saw it, Elle looked anxious.
"Master, are you sure you're okay?
"Oh, Alec's motivated, and he'll be fine as long as there's nothing left to do."
"But in case anything happens..."
"Don't worry, I'll promise you I'll be back no matter what. Or do you think I'm weak enough to worry about you?
"Yes, no! The master is very strong!
"Then I'll be fine. Nothing to worry about."
Slap her head pounding and leave her side. Looking back, I had a girlfriend smiling as relieved, so I gently raised my hand before heading under the braves. I thought that was a little cool.
Since there were many demons among the enemies used for the siege, three brave men, including me, and the troops Sagami had trained were waiting on a high platform away from the fortress.
I can already hear the sound of battle elsewhere. It's only a matter of time before the front opens up here.
Then from the right of our army came an ambush by enemy forces. The troops on the right instantly collapsed into a sudden event.
It's a situation where soldiers in the vicinity are headed for reinforcements late and have managed to maintain a front.
On the right, our troops were originally scheduled to be assigned, but suddenly in the morning, Margarete changed their placement. You probably thought there was an inside man and the information was leaking, but that prediction seems to have been misplaced.
Hearing demon roars and enemy soldiers hanging up, stop Alec and the troopers from trying to make their way over there too.
If we head here, the operation will be ruined. Our job is only to defeat the enemy's main unit and the Red Scale.
But the difference in power is hopeless... this is a more flashy technique than planned. Kill the Red Scale instantly and don't frustrate the morale of the enemy.
A little while after the battle began on the right, you could see the enemy's main unit from the front.
There were numerous demons and soldiers who were able to follow them, and over them there was a red lizard flying, about fifty meters. That would be the example dragon.
Seeing the dragon begins to wander about the ever motivated soldiers. Well, I'm scared of that, too, and I don't think I have a choice.
Art ceremonies and demons are unleashed towards the fearful Royal Army. The surgical one is disappearing before it reaches us thanks to the pre-tensioned Magic Decline (Magic Jammer), but the demons are getting closer and closer to us.
The scary part is the Red Scale. The kingdom soldiers who don't run away when they see that one coming this way are surprisingly gutsy. If I can't use the technique, I'm confident I'll get away with it.
Alec also has a sword, but the tip of the sword is slightly blurred. Don't lose confidence. If they stop me here, my plan will be ruined. We have to do something.
When I thought of it and fanaticized (Madness) on 'Red Scale' to try it out, it worked brilliantly. The enemy army is confused and the demons' control is disrupted by dragons that suddenly shake off control and start attacking soldiers and demons around them.
Alec looked at this tragedy and thought it was a good opportunity, or when he exhaled loudly, he turned to this one. I can see a look full of confidence in my expression. Looks like it worked.
"Here's your chance! Both of you, let's go!
"" Roger!
Alec running out with the hanging voice and the sagami following it. I'm a guard. We will work with Sagami to precisely eliminate the enemies that have popped up before Alec. Then he sneaks off and starts drawing magic formations.
Finally, Alec arrives at the 'Red Scale'. Alec stops once and confronts' Red Scale '. But "Red Scale" hasn't seen Alec, or even noticed.
"Sword! Give me the power to defeat this demon!
When I found out the truth, it would surely be black history. Spit out the dialogue and Alec cut it. The moment the sword is about to hit, it activates the magic formations it was sneaking up on.
Huge enough rays of light are fired from the tip of Alec's sword to wrap the whole 'Red Scale'. When the rays stretched out uninterrupted and ran all at once to the other side of the horizon disappeared, what remained was the wreckage of the 'red scale', which had lost most of its body.
This is the power of the fourth strategic-class technique, extreme light (Greater Laser). This procedure emits a special high-strength laser that disables the opponent's surgical resistance and surgical resistance barriers. It will be resistant to heat and light, but it is also impossible to physically defend it because it plasmas the object it hits. By the way, the effective range is roughly 20 million kilometers.
Soldiers from both armies are amazed to see the remains of a dragon slammed to the ground in a flash, losing its magic power to fly. His skin and eyes were burned with the diffused light and enthusiasm of the laser, and only the groans of the enemy soldiers beating around were heard.
"'Red Scale' defeated! Continue after us, soldiers of the kingdom!
Alec shouted out loud as he swung up his sword sounded on the battlefield. At the same time, I told the fortress that Alec's hand had defeated the Red Scale.
As soon as possible, the Royal Army will launch an assault with cheers. The soldiers of the Demon Empire who were killed the trump card in an instant were so confused that they could no longer retain their form as an army that one kingdom soldier after another took them down.
After that, it's like hunting leftovers. I sneaked up on demons that were out of the hands of the soldiers, and the enemy soldiers who fought without escaping to the end were hunted by two brave men and soldiers.
It was a surprisingly modest curtain, but this one killed about a hundred people, while the other went up to half of the total. This victory for the kingdom is like a miracle because the original war power difference is more than ten times greater.
Back at the fortress, a loud cheer rang. The guys who had a dying look on their face until a while ago were laughing now too.
Alec is under question-attack surrounded by a large crowd. Everyone asks questions about the light then, but it won't be possible to explain that even Alec doesn't understand the principle. I still only say "thanks to the power of the Great Spirit".
There were so many people at me and Sagami's, but I didn't like being surrounded by people, I decided to take refuge near Elle. Since some people still think Elle is one of their enemies, most people are no longer close.
Elle is totally in a better mood with me back safely, and she is serving me with a laugh with Nico.
"Master, don't you have to go that way?
"I don't like the noise."
"... Was it okay for me to join you?
"What are you talking about? You must be my apprentice, right? There's no way you're complaining where you were."
"Huh! Yes!
Reply without even trying to hide your joy in my words. I just ran out of booze, so get me some extra booze.
"... I didn't know the guest of honor was on such an end. Lady Yard, we all want to hear about your martial arts, don't we?
Margarete came this way, wondering if I was on the edge. The commander won't even bother to call.
"Lord Alec will be the star of the day. It's nothing compared to my work."
"Oh, be modest. We have heard of many demons defeated. Besides, why don't you share the joy of victory with everyone?
"This battle is only for a moment. If winter ends and the cold eases, they will attack again in the Great Army. I'll stop rejoicing until the end of my war with the Demon Empire."
"... the innocent. Even so, if you have won a great victory over your opponent, you should also say one word of joy. I still hate you."
"Well, that's a shame"
Without waiting for my reply, she tried to go back, but stopped a short walk and looked back here.
"Yes, all of a sudden, the brave men will return to the royal castle one foot away. Please be ready by tonight because the departure is tomorrow. And I don't mind taking that girl, but you can do something about the trouble that happens."
When I told her that, now it was time for her to go back.
It's nice to be able to go home tomorrow, but didn't we keep protecting it until winter when we were originally scheduled? No matter how many enemy armies you say you drove back, isn't it normal to leave them until you can be safe?
Could something be happening at the castle?
Think that far and reconsider that you think too much. I'm sure he's just relaxed about the victory.
I thought it would be more important to try not to drag this festival until tomorrow, and turned back to my room.