Kuro no Maou

It was a series of total extermination and irregular events of the scouts at the destruction of the Kilvan squad, but on the 25th of the month of Xinyang, the Crusaders finally occupied the village of Iles.

It was delayed until this day as the main unit began marching after a deliberate reconnaissance effort.

You totally got away with it.

Naturally, the Villagers of Iles have already been evacuated for a long time and are still marching down the streets towards Sparta, and the commander of the occupying forces, Chief Priest Knolls, has not grasped the evidence, but it is not difficult to imagine.

Knolls anticipates even more, and middles in the bad.

"Not only the villagers, but we have lost almost everything: food, money, approximate value for use"

That was corroborated by a report by his deputy, Sister Sylvia.

In the first place, it is clear that the Demons would have conducted Operation Scorched Earth at the stage of discovering the site of the burned Adventurer Alliance.

"Shit, you devils, you smart bastards."

Knolls, who has participated in many wars and conflicts in the Republic, knows for himself what the impact will be as a result of Operation Scorched Earth, where retreating enemies destroy facilities of value for use.

On that basis, it was recognized that the current situation was to the extent of one bad state.

"But it's not a big deal, there's as much food we've collected from the village as we've ever collected, hurry up and let them carry it."

Operation Scorched Earth will play its leading role only in a situation where the enemy is unable to satisfy the supply by hitting local procurement.

In that regard, there was not enough food left in the village occupied before Iles, and Knolls was not in a hurry because of the replenishment.

"Well, let's arrange it that way"

I thought it would return even one of the ironies, Knolls, but I felt a little uncomfortable with the honest word of affirmation.

"Unusual and thoughtful, Sister Sylvia."

"Because the battle is your role, because my job is only to make replenishment more than we need to govern the village"

The usual chilling attitude, but the content of the word itself can even be taken as humble.

"Well, I see."

"Yes, that's right, I won't give you any extra mouth, so please feel free to take command"

"Let me do that"

I stand by myself unexpectedly.

This woman has spoken to herself once and for all about what she does, and she has been a jerk.

But after this situation, where it is certain that the battle will actually occur, there will be no more out-of-the-mouth opinions at all.

All I did was take in the Cardinal with a clever wisdom and a woman's weapon, a little girl who could do nothing but obey her orders if it was a battle.

Yes, Knolls interpreted Sylvia's attitude.

Whether it's right or not, the status quo is not delightful for Knolls. Naturally, there can be no defeat for Demon opponents, but if his deputy says all the extra things and gives him water, the winning booze will only fade for that matter.

"Pfft, let me ram you tomorrow for the first time in a long time"

Tomorrow?

"Mm, what don't you get? The demons will be waiting for us in the Quaal. The battle will be tomorrow."

Knolls went on to say more after sighing all the time that he didn't even know this was happening.

"Quaal is the only village around here with stone walls, if you want to fight to buy time to let the villagers escape, it's natural to choose this village with the hardest protection"

But according to reports of the scouts returning earlier, there are no enemies in Quaal. "

"... what?

I can't have heard you, but I accidentally questioned you again.

"There is no one in Quaal"

I'm ashamed of myself, but soon after that, another thought turns.

"No, wait, if that's true, does that mean the soldiers and adventurers escaped with the villagers - fu, they're all hipsters!

With the Kilvans and scouts destroyed, Knolls thought it was something the Demons would resist head-on against themselves.

But the last time they attacked seven scouts, suppose they hit one of the runaways, that's why they didn't ambush at Quaal.

"I didn't know that just that degree of attack and this halfway scorched earth operation would have bought you enough time to escape. No, did it simply happen with a broken company?

Well, all that matters now is that the Demons have all escaped.

The earliest guard is useless, we will advance the soldiers as soon as possible, because the foolish devils must not let one escape!

It was Knolls getting hot for the chase, but Sylvia continued reporting with unchanged low tension.

"I'll change my story, but a single seal was delivered earlier to the Knolls Priest Chief.

The sender is Bishop Gregorius. "

I don't think it's a return order.

Although the Kilvan squad has been devastated, it is not enough damage that an immediate return is ordered, on the contrary, Bishop Gregorius, the boss of Knolls, should be in Daedalus, and the report itself has not been received.

It is a fact that we all acknowledge that there is absolutely no place in Knolls where we can put special emphasis on the occupation of the village.

With various expectations in mind, Knolls peeled off the cross seal and glanced through the text.

"... he said it was reinforcements"

Knolls shrugged unexpectedly.

"Is that a reinforcement request?

"On the other hand, I heard you sent reinforcements, read them."

Sylvia received the written statement and told Knolls that she would finish reading it as a whole.

"I saw an ominous black shadow standing at the head of the Knolls Priest's destination, is that some kind of code?

"I don't know, it probably means as it is.

Bishop Gregorius calls himself The Prophet. What a frigid man, don't you know?

Knolls, who cuts and discards the bishop as frigid as his current direct superior, but the ability to predict the future with absolute certainty also does not exist in this other world.

Nonetheless, if we named the 'Prophet', it would be natural for everyone to question its ability.

"Does that 'prophecy' hit you?

"Same as the occupier in the alley, just saying what applies to everyone like that"

But he's not just an abstract, proper man to say, so Gregorius climbed to the high ground of bishop, and Knolls is well aware of that.

"Say 'prophecy', but it's probably an advanced 'prediction'.

In short, the bishop is a very smart man, who calls it "prophecy" and conveys it euphemistically, and I don't know what he's doing that for. "

"It says' ominous black shadow ’, but the bishop perceived some kind of threat and sent reinforcements here, you can interpret it."

"Um, but..."

Knowles thinks.

It just says in this sentence that you foresaw an 'ominous black shadow’ standing at the destination of the occupying forces, sending reinforcements in case, and any details of reinforcements as to where and how many troops you sent are unknown.

Acceptance on a thousand basis is possible in itself, but I do not understand more the significance of the Bishop sending reinforcements at this time.

If you can really perceive a threat, a black shadow, that just Knolls' soldiers can't deal with, a massive undead, or the emergence of a black dragon, you could say that the Bishop's 'prophecy' has hit you.

However, the ambiguous phrase "prophecy" can be interpreted later, and the possibility can be considered that the identity of the ‘shadow’ is not a monster, it is a sudden accident, a revolt of troops, etc.

When I came to that point, Knolls couldn't imagine how this reinforcement was dispatched purely to help himself.

Worst of all, this reinforcement, or in addition to it, some of the current subordinations, could join in, assassinating themselves at the end of the occupation of western Daedalus, and even allow the bishop to embezzle the handwriting.

If that happens, the bishop will surely speak in tears, "The chief priest of Knolls did not fight the despicable demons until the end, and scattered his honorable life", but he cannot give material rewards to the dead, and consequently only the bishop, the boss, will gain.

"... there is no need for reinforcements at this stage, if the troops arrive, do not join them and do not let them advance to the village ahead of Iles"

"Yes, so be it"

Yes, Knolls is able to carry out the mission of the Daedalus western occupation he was given, and there is no assassination here, but it is difficult to halve that process because he accepted reinforcements poorly.

Bishop Gregorius is not trusted, although he is his immediate superior in the organization of the Crusades.

Knolls interpreted this unintelligible reinforcement based on prophecy to be one of the number of manoeuvres currently swirling inside the Crusades.

"Hmm, it does absolutely nothing extra"

Knolls had nothing to hide from his boss.

He was to accompany the main unit led by Knolls and the Cypriot mercenary regiment was also to be stationed in the village of Iles during the 25th phase.

Eye told the crusader, "Don't wander around!" and avoided people to the extent that they were not angry, and looked around at the village of Iles, where the burning marks would remain here and there.

After going all the way around and lowering his back to the right place, Eye starts eating an unknown ingredient of rice called 'portable food' from the porch.

"Not to mention, taste some more."

It is a portable food with colors and shapes like a chocolate bar, but with little flavor as the eye fools, and not to mention poor texture as hard bread.

It's a substitute for hesitation as to whether to speak for a while, even if you're hungry.

"Tumiki, do you want some?

The black cat, sitting at his feet, turned and ran away.

"You don't have to refuse..."

A voice came from behind to the eye staring at the direction in which Tsumiki disappeared.

"Oh, you were here, Eye."

"Wow, even the unsavory rice tasted even worse"

Eye's grumpy is on the dialogue without hiding it.

"Oh, my God, this shit tastes bad, you can't eat it often."

You handed it out to everyone.

"Am I? I don't remember."

From the appearance of the leader of the Cypriot mercenary regiment, who laughs at the Guerraggera, Eye quickly strays his gaze.

Two female mercenaries, supposedly escorts, were following on both sides of Cyprus.

Against Cyprus, which is still unarmed, the two women wear thick armor, although not so much a full plate.

The expression is not well seen by the helm, which was deeply worn by both.

Eye releases his voice without any concern for the existence of the two.

"Don't ever distribute this unsavory again, when all the food is here, there will be a riot, eh? Atashi will kill you, I'll stab you with a slow knife in the heart and kill you"

"That's all. Come on, there's no such thing as a loco eater because a wicked, witty fucking yarrow has uprooted and roasted the village rice."

"Eh, lie!

"Seriously, did you even see the eye burning all over there?

I just couldn't deny this line to Eye because I'm in Cyprus saying how appropriate it all is.

Eye also knows how much food the mercenary regiment may have and how much it knows from the size of the luggage, hence the need to procure a certain amount of food first to go.

And if we could not procure food locally, it would have been certain that the food we have now would have bottomed up within a week.

"Then ask the Crusaders to share the food, you'll have some room. Over there."

"No, I can't, you know, let that musty Osama bow his head and grace you. Seriously, I can't, so my pride."

This man can earnestly compel all mercenaries to starve just for his outfit, and without any offense and naturally, yes, I thought, and it was also true.

"No, but it's okay, my rice is decent, he's delicious"

"What's everyone's share?

"Mobile food"

"Die, you better really die"

Half serious. You reacted to the Eye line you said away, or you put your hands on the broadsword the two escorts put on your hips.

I see two faceless faces hiding beneath the helm from the eyes of a seated posture.

Ai thought that those black eyes, blurring and gazing this way, were more of a slave's eye than a warrior's.

"Hey, you can live with portable food, even this and water. Come on, let's all eat friendly, I'm not eating."

You're aware of the two of them or not, Cyprus kept talking in the same tone of joke, and the sword never pulled out.

"Aye, if you eat with me, I'll take care of it. So come to me tonight."

"Huh?"

"There's all kinds of booze and happiness, and it's fun, right?

Return the words of rejection with a heartfelt aversion to the gaze of a licking Cyprus.

"The only fun part is in your head, if you're hungry for a woman, go around."

"Hey, it's just the eyes that are left in our house - I'm tired of the hits and hits, and I can't get my hands on the Crusader Sister, and the Demons aren't in my hands for a while."

"Know or not"

I thought it was time to continue the conversation. Eye threw the last piece of mobile food into his mouth and just stood up.

"For now, you're the leader of the regiment, so do something about the food."

"Uh-huh."

Ai left the spot without a glimpse of Cyprus responding carelessly.

She hasn't decided herself whether to keep going back to the camp or walk around the village again, for now that would have been nice if she could have stayed away from this disgusting man.

"Oh, I knew you'd be tight. - Ai is."

Growling boringly, Cyprus swung up her arms at the same time as she turned herself over, knocking her fist straight into the face, the woman of the escort standing next to her.

The blunt sound of a hard fist striking flesh and bone echoed.

There is no leaking screams, and neither Cyprus nor the woman who was not beaten is particularly concerned about how she falls on her back while spraying her nosebleed.

Beating is normal, being beaten is normal, there is no good reason there, and asking for a reason is unacceptable in the first place.

"Ah, shit, why aren't you with the Demons, don't run away, you're gonna get me in trouble"

The thick sole of the boot is slapped against the fallen woman over and over again.

There is no forgiveness or hesitation, like trampling a feather worm crawling on the ground.

"Seriously, I don't know, I'm going to get rice and women for a while - I'm going to move on - no, no, no, no, it's still a mess. That's, fuck, I'm just going to have to put up with it after all"

Finish the bumps and thinking and look up.

"Well, look, it's more than half a dozen matches anyway, and if you release it properly, you'll have rice until you catch up with the Demons.

Hey, let's go. How long have you been asleep? Don't be sweet. "