Kuro no Maou

On the 26th of the month of Xinyang, the Crusader Daedalus Western Occupation Force led by Knolls occupied the village of Quaal, which became a shell similar to that of Iles.

Naturally, food could not be obtained here either due to the scorched-earth operation carried out by Krono.

It is something we already knew would happen more than no one else in the Quaal, and Knolls only waits for the supplies to be ready in great numbers.

Knolls predicted that this harvestless occupation would continue day after day until the village of Alsace, which is probably still at its westernmost point.

Since we have not been able to detect the demons as far as we are currently allowing them to reconnaissance, it was also discernible that it was actually beyond Alsace and through Daedalus territory, between the Galahad Mountains leading up to Sparta.

The distance between Alsace and Sparda is in addition to the mountains, and even if we were able to evacuate smoothly to Alsace, moving forward from there is, of course, harsh for the Demons, and the marching speed is greatly reduced.

Even if he left a week ago, only the cavalry would be able to catch up enough, so Knolls was in no hurry to keep the soldiers on track.

But on the 27th of the month of Xinyang, when the main unit arrived in the village of Hejito, next to Quaal, Knolls felt some disturbing signs, no, more intuitive hunches, in front of the village that was supposed to be deserted.

And that will soon be in the middle.

"Oh, this warehouse is safe!

Crusader soldiers, who were exploring the village of Hejito, discovered a wooden warehouse without one after burning and voiced their joy.

"I hope it's the pantry."

"No, I knew it was a treasure trove."

"Idiot, you can't have a treasure trove in a country like this."

"Oh, I didn't say anything stupid, so I'm just gonna check inside."

Copy that.

Under the command of the Force Leader, the soldiers lay their hands on the door of the warehouse.

It wasn't locked, the door opened lightly without resistance, leading the soldiers into a dim warehouse.

"Well, don't smell like it here."

His words were interrupted at the same time that a soldier who entered earlier sensed a strange smell like a beast drifting indoors.

"- Oh?"

The moment he recognizes the spear that pierced his belly deeply, he exclaims in fear and pain.

To him falling on his back as he summoned, several blades arrive, quickly scratching and extinguishing the scream of the Terminator.

"Whoa! There's something here!!

"What!? What the fuck?!

"Be careful, there's..."

The images of the men who killed the soldiers cannot be immediately confirmed in a dark warehouse.

"Once you're out there!

Soldiers fleeing outside under the life of a troop leader while wielding a sword against an invisible enemy.

"Whew! Ouch!

"Wait! My legs..."

You were cut off on the leg, two soldiers fell and couldn't move, one of them was on his side and was able to rescue you, but the other dragged you into the back of a dark warehouse in time.

Conscious of not listening as much as possible to the screams of his fellow conversationalists until earlier, the soldiers took two victims and finally went out of the warehouse.

"Damn, what the fuck!

Outside, soldiers pulled their bows toward the open door and waited.

Already detecting the anomalies in this warehouse, my fellow soldiers are gathering one after the other.

The soldiers regained their positions and put their weapons on each of their enemies who did not show themselves nesting in the warehouse.

"They're coming out!

A number of tiny shadows popped out of the warehouse door as beastly, monkey-like, and uncomfortable oddities arose.

"Shoot!!

The moment I recognized the sole, I fired the bow simultaneously at the door.

"It's goblin!

At the same time as you jump out the door, someone screams at your eyes for a body that rolls under an arrow all over your body.

"Damn, is that an ambush of the Demons?

"You've been lurking so much"

One door after another emerges a green goblin, the identity of the raider lurking in the warehouse.

Goblins wrapped around missing spears on the tip, rusty swords on the body, mace made of large bones, crude weapons without unity and worn-out clothes and dirty furs.

No matter how you look at it, it's not the type of demon that lives in the village, it's the wild goblins, or monsters, that live in the mountains.

Why are you here? There are many among the soldiers who doubt it, but now they do not have time to think about it slowly.

"I'll sweep the goblins, keep going with me!

The troop leader shook up a long spear and stormed a crowd of goblins, followed by the soldiers of his men roaring.

Sporadic fighting had broken out with monsters throughout the village of Hejito.

That is no exception to the village boulevard where Knolls, the commander, is now.

The sound of the monsters and the fury of the soldiers heard there allowed Knolls to understand all the circumstances before receiving a report from the decree.

"Was the Demons ambushing?"

"It looks like it's just a wild monster, the residents are nowhere to be found"

I don't know what logic led to wild monsters being in the village on purpose, but I do know that Knolls has to do it now.

"Send some men from here to battle platoons everywhere, and we'll take care of the wounded, Sister Sylvia."

"Okay, so what do you do?

"Ha ha, it will be decided"

As Knolls got off the horse, he pulled out a giant mace lowered from his hips and gently swung it up against his shoulder with one hand.

"In front of us is the enemy of God, it is the mission of our priests to destroy!

In front of the infantrymen who were forming a line-up, an irrational and gruesome goblin was looming as a herd.

"Really, good luck, Chief Priest Knolls"

Contrary to Sylvia pulling backwards, Knolls leaps forward across a line of infantry lined up in one hand with a mace one size larger than normal.

"Oh, priest!

As the commander himself enters the front line, the soldiers cheer him up.

Knolls is the type of soldier who leads the troops just like Kilvan, hence Sister Sylvia as a staff officer.

He was able to demonstrate his dominance for the first time on the Pandora continent by having clear enemies appear in front of him.

"Come on, monsters, on behalf of God, I'll punish you. Ugh!

It is unclear if he understands the meaning of the word, but the impending goblin turns his hostile gaze simultaneously toward the Knolls of the giant man who stands before him.

Each wields a rusty or missing weapon and the Goblins suddenly arrive at Knolls.

"The rubble collapse (terra ovablast)!!

Slap the mace to the ground, while the ground sprays up dirt and sand.

It seemed from the soldiers as the ground protruded, by the fact that many conical pillars of stone were thrust up towards heaven.

When the soared dirt curtains disappear, there are a number of wretched goblin carcasses that have been skewered by stone columns, or whose hands and feet have been shredded.

Luckily out of the range of magic attacks, the surviving goblins are still there, but the steps of the march, which we orchestrated with oddity until just before, have already stopped.

Knolls thought that if he ordered an assault here, he would be able to destroy the remaining goblins as well.

"Well, apparently you have a boss."

Beyond the protruding stone pillar, I wrapped my superior fur around it like a robe than the others, and when I saw a goblin appeared with a bone short wand (wand) in my hand, I retained it from issuing an assault command.

(Sorcerer type boss, or risk damaging soldiers in vain if you don't stay put first)

Furthermore, the boss has followed many subordinates, about half of whom carry bows and have already narrowed the strings towards us to set their aim.

"Coupon!

Goblin's boss is a dummy voice, but he does start chanting magic, and a fireball forms on the tip of a short wand (wand) that he hands within sight of.

"Oops!

When the chant is complete, about 30 centimetres of fireballs with burning heat and explosive power are released from the goblin.

Arrows were released from the goblin archer at the same time to match the boss's attack magic.

"What are you talking about? - The Great Stone Shield (Terra Armacildo)!!

Goblin's attacks are, however, prevented by Knolls' immediate defensive magic.

A hard rock shield protruding from the ground covered almost everything from the end of the street to the end, stood majestically in front of a fireball and arrow,

Dodd dodd dodd!!

The explosion sounded and the rock shield vibrated loudly, but it prevented a brilliant attack without cracking one.

"Ha, ha, ha! Rock Fall (Terra Blast) Ooh, ooh!!

Range attack magic unleashed unchanging with roar.

When Mace of Knolls struck the rock shield, the boulder shield (Terra Armacildo) splashed apart, no, it became a myriad chunk of rock, also as big as a man's head, killing him to a goblin standing like a shell.

It was Knolls' specialty to prevent attacks with rock walls and crush rock walls shortly thereafter to fly and use them for attacks.

Rock shells flying in at high speed.

Gushari, and Goblin's little body crushed by overwhelming weight. As the sound and the scream of the Terminator echoed,

"Now! Assault not good!!

An assault command is issued by Knolls.

Thus the flock of goblins, opposite Knolls' main unit on the main street, was to be annihilated less than ten minutes later.

Before the sun came to pass, the monsters that nest in Hejito village were annihilated, and the Crusaders left the village completely under occupation in the sun.

Knolls came to a warehouse with soldiers.

Among them was the ‘cause’ of which monsters such as goblins were in the village.

"Mm, this is..."

Behind the dim warehouse sits a sturdy steel cage.

Inside it lay four bodies of goblins that were still believed to be children.

The soldier who discovered it must have killed it beforehand, with many arrows used in the Crusades piercing that little body.

One of the soldiers who led him to Knolls, who frowned, said he saw something dirty.

"Same thing as this has been discovered all over the village.

Perhaps they took children and eggs from wild monsters from their nests and locked them in cages. "

If you stare, the thick lattice of the cage shows several scratchy marks.

A wild monster who can't have the skills to unlock keys or anything like a bandit probably tried to break the cage as hard as he could to save his own child.

But a monster of about rank 1 has no attack power to destroy the Iron Cage, nor does it have the wisdom to open it in another way.

"So what, you're saying that the Demons keep monsters in their villages using their children as bait and use them for ambushes against us?

"Yes, you wouldn't think this happened by chance"

"Even monsters use the emotions of their parents and children… what a devil's plan!

There is no aversion on the part of Knolls or Crusader soldiers to the fact that the monster dies.

But all I could think was that the idea of forcing a completely irrelevant being into battle by holding a child hostage was an evil enough measure to make him nauseous for Knolls with a strong sense of crucifixion justice.

"I thought they just ran away, but apparently they really tried to resist us"

There is no basis, and we can also conclude that this is just a small measure to buy time.

But Knolls' intuition tells me that the enemy is definitely going to use ‘whatever means’ to fight it.

"After all, the evil being of the Demons must be wiped out as soon as possible."