Kuro no Maou

"I'm the leader of Element Master, Chrono."

I quickly introduced the name of the party I had just decided to over fifty adventurers gathered in the lobby of the Alliance to greet them on their inauguration.

Even so, there was no wacko that could do anything like a powerful American president-like hot speech if it appeared in a Hollywood movie, and we only talked about administrative matters, such as confirming the contents of the emergency quest and introducing the central members.

For once, everyone was asking me a lot, but all I showed was the power that bogged down Vulcan, and I'm in a situation far from being trusted as a leader.

I have no experience in Rank 1, and I have no other track record.

It is about the 21st of the month of Xinyang, the day after so determined.

"Hold on, I didn't know you couldn't even ride a horse on Locke. Is Temei really an adventurer?

"May, Vulcan, I'm concentrating now, stay out of my way."

Along the way I left for the village of Iles in the early morning, I was quickly beginning to be questioned by members about my qualities as a leader.

One of the signs that I'm crossing right now is a big horse that seems to have been riding the commander of the unit that attacked the village of Iles.

With its black-haired lustre and furrows, this stunning horse was caught lightly after defeating the Crusaders, for a remarkable reward.

Originally it almost belonged to someone else, but now that I'm the leader, I'm supposed to give in, and if I'm the leader, I think I need about one of the horseback riders.

Well, not only that, but since I was defeating a significant number of crusader soldiers in the village of Iles, it also includes the implications of that reward.

I was given such a fine horse, but at what point in the hell am I mastering such a high sophisticated skill as horseback riding, formerly a freshman in high school in the Literature and Arts Department, six months in human experiments and three months in adventurers?

No, I knew it, that horses are very common rides in this world on behalf of cars.

I thought I'd like to ride someday, but now I'm suddenly given a horse, and I'm like, "Come on, get on this, freshen up and run through the heads of the adventurers!" Not really?

Oh, by the way, Mr. Fiona crosses the horse refreshingly and lightly runs through the street with a magnificent mantra.

Apparently, as an adventurer, she has a day long...... muggy.

"Kahaha, you are a new American leader who is trying so hard not to fall!

"Damn Vulcan, let's shoot him in full burst one more time..."

Vulcan across a binocular-sized beast (bicorn) commensurate with his own giant overtook him for the head of the line with a high laugh that made me look stupid.

By the way, a dichotomy (bicorn) is a subspecies of that famous unicorn (unicorn).

Two splendid horns grow, as the name suggests, facing more closely to the goat than to the horse, but putting on a Vulcan well over two metres in length, so huge that its size seems to be an elephant.

"If this were to happen, I should have practiced early."

"Good luck Chrono!

"Thanks Lily, I don't know what would have happened without you, no really, seriously"

Lily is sitting in front of me, and at first glance she seems to be letting me sit in that position so that I don't fall, but the opposite is true, because Lily is here, and I am there to speed up my first horseback ride, and I can stay there without falling.

A fairy really has fantastic abilities, I can't believe you can put some heart into contact with an animal.

Thanks to such a lovely ability to dream, Lily is working to keep the horse from shaking me off.

I'm a bad man, I can't take care of Lily from what to what, you're making me cry.

"Are you crying?

"I'm not crying, I got a little garbage in my eyes -"

"Oh, if I let go of my hand, it's dangerous!

"Yay!? Oh, fall -"

Please, get to your destination as soon as possible.

I enjoyed my first horseback riding experience, praying for it.

It's not about Sparda that I went for, it's about the village of Iles, which is now a mushroom.

Vulcan questioned me as the representative of the twelve adventurers who brought me here.

"It's too much for reconnaissance, but too little for laying defensive lines, what the hell are you going to do here?

"I wanted to hurry as much as I could, so I apologize for not explaining it before I left, I was really trying to explain it on the road, because it was that zama, Sman"

There's a laugh among the adventurers, but I don't really care and keep talking.

"I came here to burn down all the grain warehouses in the village of Iles"

"What?

The chilling gaze concentrates on how unexpected or careless my answer was.

"Temee, you know what you're talking about? This is the village of Temehe, Tochi. You're not talking crazy."

"There may be resistance, but I want you to understand that this is one way to stop the enemy"

To my mind, adventurers are highly skilled at survival and fighting monsters, but they don't have much military knowledge of purely strategy and tactics.

Even peaceful Japanese have some knowledge of war, exaggerated when it comes to it, but it doesn't matter if it's a novel, a documentary, or fiction, if you know somewhat about fighting from those mediums, you'll soon know what I'm trying to say.

"This is Operation Scorched Earth."

"Operation Shord?

After all, he gives a look at what the hell he's talking about when no one hears a word.

"Simply put, it's an operation to destroy facilities and food worth using that will be taken away by the enemy in advance before they escape"

"... ha"

This werewolf named Vulcan apparently doesn't like brainwork as much as he looks, while there were a couple of good adventurers with the look of being somehow good at my short description.

"If we leave a lot of food in the village of Iles, the enemies who came here will be able to eat soon, and the fact that we can eat meals means we can fight soon, you know?

All we need is to stop our enemies, and we can't afford to fight them right away.

"Oh, I mean, you don't have a brother-in-law to feed your enemies!

"Yes, if the enemy can't procure food locally, they have to replenish it from the outside.

If we need supplies, the march speed will drop for sure, all we need is time to escape to Sparda, so we can get one step closer to victory without a fight. "

Though I've largely understood the logic.

Vulcan goes on with a face he only knows about half.

"Are you sure that's all right? How can the villagers here be convinced to burn down all the food they've been accumulating?

"Vulcan, you're a surprisingly good guy who doesn't look good on your face to think about the villagers"

"Shut up! What better than that!?

Whether it's a blackout or a real kick, I'm forced to do it with an awesome sword screen.

"Everyone will not be convinced, I will certainly disagree with this operation.

That's why I came all the way back now that I've completed my evacuation to Quaal. "

"Did you just fool me?

"I'll get him to persuade me later through Mayor Nahad about Operation Scorched Earth, now I have to hit one or more hands before the Crusaders get here.

After the evacuation to Sparta is complete, I don't care how much you blame me me, but until then, no matter what opposition I get, I'll keep doing my best, and I'll be the leader to do it.

So please, just trust me during this quest!

If it's not accepted here, I'm done.

I don't put it on my face, but I get anxious that everyone will trust me just now with such a mouthful.

But Lily at my feet turned to me with a smile that just said, "It's okay."

"Whatever. No, it's already decided that Temehe is the leader for now, there's no one to get rid of the rattling complaint now.

But remember, if you screw around, you're gonna change leaders with me right away. "

Vulcan sounds like a good guy against his looks after all, even if he makes mistakes, he just sounds like he says don't worry because I'm gonna change him.

"Thank you, then listen to me because I'll give you instructions for the work easily -"

Like I came to the village of Iles on a horse, so did all the adventurers who brought me here.

Not every adventurer has those means of travel, as I didn't have horseback riding as a matter of course in rank one.

Compared to the medieval period on Earth, horseback riding costs are arguably lower in this other world, but still not something that everyone can easily get.

It is the common sense of adventurers that getting horseback riding individually comes from around rank 3.

And the total number of adventurers I've been able to bring in now is twelve, except for me, Lily, and Mr. Fiona's "Element Master" members.

Basically horses, but some use different colored riding creatures (monsters), such as the binoculars (bicorns) on which Vulcan rides and the Skeleton sorcerers on large gools who are active in solos.

Ghoul, by the way, is not just a man-made zombie, but an animal-type undead who looks like a hyena.

You should think this Mr. Skeleton is on a big zombie dog.

In addition to individual horseback riding, in some cases they hold carriages at parties, but this time only members of the 'Vulcan Power' are accompanied by carriages.

Vulcan is the only extraordinary and big figure, so it's not a carriage, it's a favorite bicone.

The wake I brought in purposefully travelling on horseback, and finally picking only those who can travel by means that are overwhelmingly faster than on foot, because, as we just talked about, there is no time to spare.

Since it is an army composed exclusively of humans, it can be ascertained that, to some extent, the speed at which the Crusaders march, but that is only an anticipation.

It magically increases the march speed, or it transfers the whole force, something could happen.

All we have to do is act as quickly as we can, beyond knowing everything in their hands.

With that kind of wax, all the food here has to be burned down before the Crusaders can be stationed in the village of Iles in earnest.

Speaking of greed, I want to destroy not only the grain warehouse, but also large buildings such as the village chief's house and the Adventurer's Guild.

The troops that actually repelled were deployed around the guild, so I'm pretty sure they used it at least as a command.

It is Operation Scorched Earth that destroys facilities of value to these enemies, burns down food, and then retreats.

"Did Mr. Krono even attend the knight's school?

"No, I was just attending a 'normal’ school.

I didn't learn it properly, I honestly don't know what amateur soldier I hear or how effective it is. "

I will prepare for grain warehouse incineration as I go into more detail about Operation Scorched Earth.

Fiona is the only one who can hit me with a gavel, but the members working nearby seem to be listening at first.

"Besides, this isn't a perfect scorched-earth operation, maybe it won't work at all."

"Really? It's deadly not to have rice, I can't stand it."

Well, I guess Mr. Fiona can quit her job just because the rice is unsavory.

"Now it's best to just burn down the warehouse, but it's not perfect if you don't burn down the fields and private houses to the nearby forests.

Besides, Operation Scorched Earth works best in the snowy cold.

Food, of course, can kill a soldier if you lose firewood, the fuel that lights the fire. "

"Well, I've heard a lot about the republic also losing to General Winter and abandoning the invasion,"

It's the same for Earthlings and otherworlds that the cold can be a major threat, or there's a perception here that says‘ Winter General ’.

"We're running out of time and manpower, and we just have to hope this incomplete scorched-earth operation does a little good."

I put the last can of Alchemy Oil (Oil), a 'stockpile souvenir' of the troops that attacked the village of Iles, into the grain warehouse.

Now the incineration is ready, and then the flames will envelop the warehouse just as long as the fire is put in.

Finally throwing the fire in, that's when Lily pulled the end of my robe.

"Hmm, what's up, Lily?

I wondered if everyone in the village of Iles was going to preach even in the spirit of waste to me trying to burn a warehouse where lots of wheat harvested by sweat could be delivered, but I perceived disturbing signs to Lily, who raised her eyebrows and gave her a serious look despite her childhood.

"Hey Chrono, the enemy's coming this way!

That's what shouts out: one of the members of the adventurer party "Princess Sanhou," an elf girl with a bow on her back and across a horse who was putting her in charge of watching her surroundings.

I'm a girl, but yeah, I can see it. I'm a rank 3 veteran adventurer.

When she stops the horse in front of me, she briefly explains the situation.

"Sue found seven cavalry troops, ran down the street and came straight here."

Mr. Sue, is a Rank 4 bandit working solo.

At first glance it looks human, but its species is slime.

Sue, a conspicuous and bandit, also had him on the lookout, but he seemed to find his enemies quickly.

"Just the seven of us, and there's no one else?

"Soytes are the only ones running down the street."

Whatever you think, you're a scout.

"You're here to see how Iles is because his troops have been repelled."

The enemy will ambush an army of humans, a large number of them off the streets, through the woods, and there will be no such thing.

I don't bother to take anything more than the advantage of numbers, other than the choice to march the streets dignified in this case.

"What are we gonna do?

I don't even have to think about it and make an immediate decision.

"Intercept, no one left to finish here."

"Copy that, we have to!

The elf girl gave a casual grin and ran out to tell her she was ready for battle.