Kuro no Maou

Back inside the gate, I once again showered a crossfire at the enemy with Mo, whose machine gun was resurrected.

Quite a few had approached the gate, but the resumption of the crucible fire and the return of the hand-worked adventurers who made up the assault unit have succeeded in pushing the enemy back.

Again, I realize that the crucible fire's killing power is tremendous, but if the machine gun becomes unusable, we have to leave the gate again and stop the enemy.

Though I returned earlier without a single person dying in battle, from the second time there will surely be a dead man.

Besides, I can't keep firing demon bullets (Barrett Arts) infinitely myself.

Even though we can still afford it, it's also suspicious if the enemy keeps attacking us at this pace and we can protect the day.

But the idea apparently ended in concern.

"... the enemy has retreated."

After starting the second crucifixion, he pushed back the enemy soldiers approaching the barrier and then, less, the enemy returned one heel after the other and retreated.

"Hey Chrono, they got away, but don't you want me to chase them?

Vulcan threw his bow out, and the momentum just popped out of the gate now.

Pursuing fleeing enemies is not fundamental to military law...

"I'm not going after you."

"Okay, I'll take care of it - why not!?

Easy, Vulcan, so stop putting your hands on the sword pattern.

"There are no machine guns on the enemy, but there are too many magicians on the other shore to make up for it, if this one storms, he'll unleash a range attack with all his chances, and that's the only way to get away with it."

"How can you freak out and do adventurers like that!

"If the Assault Squad is in return, this place falls without holding for half a day, even if it is not, there will surely be a dead man if pursued here.

We can't reduce the number of Assault Squads to defeat a hundred or so infantry. "

"Shit, I don't have a choice, if the leader says so much, I'll have to obey.

Hey, Teme, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! I'm patient too!!

A member of the assault force, who was expecting a pursuit order just like Vulcan, scatters with a funny, seemingly uninteresting face.

"But it's Chrono."

"Hmm?"

"Will the enemy come again?

The Crusaders turned back to the opposite shore, and there was already no shadow on the Tenma Knight Squad, which had deployed over them.

It is now completely out of combat, but it is not a simple battle enough to honestly make this a victory and a joy.

This is a defensive battle, not a meeting, we have to keep defending it as long as the enemy comes, so to speak, a muddy battle.

The enemy has only temporarily retreated.

"I don't know when you're going to attack me, but you'll never give up"

"Well, the purpose here is to buy time, and it doesn't matter what they're skipping."

"Yeah, but you can't loosen your guard, you might make another assault, possibly an ambush or a night assault, you can't lose your mind"

I don't know what the Crusaders will think in this first battle and what kind of operation they will launch into.

This one must remain on alert for the next 24 hours to avoid surprises.

We're going to spend the next week in a situation where we don't know when our enemies are going to attack us, and fatigue will accumulate even without direct combat.

"From here on out, it's a long war -"

It was time for the yang to start leaning, and Knolls woke up shot and passed out by the barista.

If I looked around, I could immediately understand where I was.

This is a crusader position laid in the village of Wat, a rapidly constructed field hospital set up in it.

Large buildings had been destroyed beforehand by Operation Scorched Earth of the Demon Nation, thus replacing relatively large civilian houses.

It is in the highest position on the scene that Knolls can lie down in bed: the commander, and the wounded average soldier is put directly to sleep on the floor where only thin sheets have been laid.

"Uhm......"

When you wake up a body that still hurts, a health guard comes instantly who notices you have woken up.

Sister Sylvia, a deputy officer, came after a wake-up report while Knolls and the health guards exchanged to confirm the situation.

"How about an addition or a subtraction?

"No problem, we can fight soon"

Now at this moment, the Demon Clan has stormed in, and the more reports I receive, the more I recover to be able to grab the Mace and jump out immediately.

Conversely, I don't think it would work in vain if it weren't for so many emergencies.

"I don't want you to die lightly, I want you to weigh yourself in from now on."

"Grr... more than that, what happened to the fight? I guess Alsace could have occupied it by now, huh?

In that inquiry, Sylvia sighed one and then uttered a word of denial.

"No, the attack stopped and we withdrew temporarily from Alsace"

"Hey, what the hell!? What does that mean!

It's a no-luz that absurds the narrative to an overly unexpected response, but Sylvia is just settling down to say that the reaction is as expected.

"The enemy's line of defense is more robust than we expected, and if we continue to storm, we have a decision on the scene to do more damage to the people, and we are retreating."

"Don't be ridiculous! How many soldiers are there in such a poor fence?"

"We'll have to gather each captain to discuss the report and future responses after we leave here."

That's all Sylvia left to say, she just left the room.

"He said he couldn't drop one of those little villages in the countryside, even though he mobilized up to the Tenma Knight Squad for a stupid, massive infantry..."

Without even realizing that Sylvia had left the room, Knolls holds his head and grinds with this unacceptable fact.

It was a battle I wanted with absolute confidence, but first I wiped out every single heavy knight squad in the trap of my enemies, and when I rushed in and stormed, I fell on the barista and couldn't even achieve my original purpose of not dropping even the village of Alsace.

Totally unexpected, such as leading so many armies but retreating to small demonic groups, is a serious breakdown, both as commanders and as crusaders.

So much so that I think I'd still be dressed up as I am.

But Knolls shakes his head and switches such thoughts, what should be resented is the demon tribe who makes evil and mourns palliative measures.

The demons who stand in the village of Alsace will be buried without a single soul.

Even if this battle is over and you are held accountable and disposed of in some way, only those demons must be destroyed.

Especially the black magician known as the ‘devil' whose soldiers make a scene, the man is crucified, and I don't mind unless he keeps showing off his body until it decays.

"All demons... I'm not going to let you live, but don't think you're going to die easy..."