Kuro no Maou

By the time I recognized it, it was already too late.

"Awkward! Stop me."

All the Crusaders deployed on the Rhone saw the emergence of an enemy fortress, a giant fireball on its roof, hated as the Black Hall (Black Box).

It emits a golden light that is more brilliant than gold, but its appearance with the flickering of flames is nothing more than to describe it as a fireball.

They intuitively understand that a giant fireball about five metres in its direct line is an attack magic directed at them, even infantry who is magically oblivious.

The enemy is across the river, there is no way to stop the attack, there is no time for so many people to escape, the only option left is defense.

"Deal -" Sacred Heart Wall (Lux Woldefan) ""

Multiple Sorcerer Squads have already deployed on the banks of the river, or above Icada.

Alert your enemies for ranged attacks, they had already deployed defensive magic, but loosen up further defenses against this unusually sized fireball flying in.

Almost simultaneously with the healing of all of the Sorcerer and Heavy Knight forces within defensive magic, finally, that fireball moved.

It even looks as if the air is shaking around the fireball, distorting the space itself, how high temperatures and flames it has.

That speed, which flies with a parabola in the air, seemed terribly slow.

"Now, shoot me down!

A unit of magicians shoots attack magic, such as ice arrows (Eyes Sagitta), at loosely flying fireballs.

Ice and cold air become blizzards, killing them to the impending fireball.

But none of that goes out before it reaches the golden flame, and the overwhelming red fever doesn't come true to the extent that it was shot into the magic of ice by ten or twenty.

"Shit, they're coming -"

Finally, in the middle of a unit deploying on the riverbank, a fireball jumps in.

This is all the magicians have layered defensive magic, defense is complete.

Infantry soldiers who were unluckily unable to get into the shield's protection may die, but magicians located at the heart of their defense, or heavy knights protected by strong armor, will not be scratched one by death.

No matter how big you say it is, one shot, yes, only one enemy attack.

There's no way you can break it, there's no way you can't prevent it.

But...

"Oh, God, please..."

This huge, burning mass of flames looming from overhead shines as if the sun had fallen as it were.

If the sun went down, it couldn't have been supported in the first place.

Praying to God, they understood at this moment the inescapable death.

And 'The Golden Sun' burned down everything there was.

"Hey, what the heck, here!!

Light, heat and blast passed and Knolls finally recognized the sight spreading before his eyes.

The view of the river plain that I was looking at until a few seconds ago is changing.

Sorcerer and heavy knight units, which form the core of this occupying force's power, as well as numerous infantry troops, should have deployed in majestic beauty, but now its shadow is nowhere to be seen.

The change did not just leave the figure of the soldier disappearing, the very terrain of the river plain had also changed.

It has become a giant crater, showing the destruction that was just there in what you see.

A few seconds ago, the river should have flowed. All the water there had vanished, and the water from upstream poured in furiously to fill the lost volume as if it were now remembered.

Not so much, the stream of the river will return to normal, but there can be no soldier who disappeared.

"What's going on, just one blow, like this -"

The nightmare of losing an entire force in an instant has already been experienced last time.

But now Knolls didn't expect to lose any more soldiers in the same place.

No matter how strong the opponents are, they cannot possess first-class magician troops or ancient weapons, not a single army of demons standing in a small village in the countryside.

Nonetheless, a commonsense crusader, even if not Knolls, wouldn't be able to predict it, such as this kind of wide-area exterminator attack magic flying.

"Hey, why don't you calm down?

A chilling voice pierces Knolls' confused head.

"Sister Sylvia... why are you here"

"I'm a deputy for once, so I'll be on the front line like this sometimes.

Wouldn't it be better if you gave them instructions sooner? You won't be able to clean them up. "

"Hmmm... right, you're right"

Knolls shakes his head and forcibly but calmly returns.

I'm not the only one who's been struck by this sight, and the soldiers here are the same. If I don't take the initiative, I won't be anywhere near the attack.

"Hurry and retrieve the wounded soldiers! That fireball is probably the enemy's back hand, never to be shot in a row!

To the word of instruction, a frightened surrounding soldier rushes to begin to move.

"Deploy a new force! It's a painful blow, but it hasn't been wiped out, keep the offensive policy in place and get ready to cross the river between the sorcerer and the heavy knight!

"" Ha!

By the time I dropped off the soldiers taking orders scattering to all sides, Knolls himself had regained considerable calm.

"You devils, don't think we're going to leave."

"Right, if you leave here, the other person's thoughts.

The last time I attacked you, I saw that you didn't use this fireball attack, it must have been your wife's hand, as you said. "

"Oh, there's still enough soldiers left to attack, if you attack as planned, there's no obstacle to dropping Alsace"

Just like before, he suffered a great deal of pain in the first hand, but not enough to determine the battlefield.

The Crusaders still have enough infantry and sorcerers, heavy knights, Heavenly Horse knights, cavalry, and troops to carry out the operation.

Most importantly, this battle has already become an unforgettable and humiliating memory for Knolls.

"... but only our defeat will be forgiven, and we will surely set the flag of God in the black hall (black box), which is abominable."

Burning his anger inside, Knolls gives an assault order without hesitation as soon as he is ready.

No matter how much demons resisted and sacrificed, only today they never retreated and swore to God that they would triumph.

"Are you all right?

Experiments had predicted that the aftermath of Foona's "Golden Sun (All Soleil)" would reach before our walls, so it covered a wide range with defensive magic beforehand.

I'll let you know I'm safe. The reply will be back soon.

Besides, looking around, no one's been hurt, apparently it beat well.

"Wow... the whole enemy force that was here just now is gone"

I totally agree with Irina.

I saw it once, but once I saw this power, I couldn't be surprised.

"Oh, you bugged me with no shields, no armor,"

Heavy knights and magicians riding into Icada before attacking us had vanished neglectfully.

You've fallen into the middle of an enemy group, you don't have to think about what kind of tragedy the explosion is.

"But still, the enemy still seems to be jerking off"

Once again, the Crusader soldiers flourish and avalanche into the river plains.

You're alerting me to sniping, and I'm floating Icada to the river to start preparing to cross the river while I deploy defensive magic exactly.

From here on out, it's a war of annihilation.

"Yes."

Neither the Heavy Knight nor the Sorcerer have been wiped out by the enemy.

We'd have lost quite a few, but still, there's plenty left to take us down.

"Today's the biggest mountain."

"Yeah, let's do our best."

My heart calms down just a little to Irina smiling.

Oh, calm down, that means I guess I was nervous, I...

There's no choice, either, because today, we know for sure, there will be a lot of sacrifices.

However,

"Well, we have to work hard."

Me and everyone are already ready.

"- Are you ready?

Standing up and looking back, there is already a gathering of all the members of the assault force, headed by Vulcan.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

What we're going to deal with is a Heavy Knight Squad with the enemy's greatest defenses.

They are made up of an elite with a strength commensurate with their luxurious gear, just like the Tenma Knight.

You can't just defeat an infantry, a knight protected by thick armor is highly resistant to ranged attacks, but therefore unstoppable by crucifixion.

Therefore, the only way to defeat them is to make sure that we approach and slash them down.

"... Lily, Fiona, can you hear me?

"Yeah!"

"Yes."

Through telepathy, I speak to both of you.

"Fiona, you did a great job, leave it to us to rest."

"Seems to have helped, more importantly"

Am I in the process of being transported to my guild bed by now?

It will take some time for her to get up, even using potions for magic restoration.

"Lily asks again when the Heavenly Horseman arrives.

Just don't be impotent. When the ‘shelter' limit comes, we'll be right back. "

"Yeah, well!

"All right, then, I'm gonna go for a second"

"Yes, there you go, Mr. Chrono"

"Come on in!

Pushed back by the two voices, I've already reached the front gate.

On the right hand is the "Curse and Wrath", on the left is the "Black Barista Replica", and in the shadows are several black blades.

"Let's go!

With the roaring assault force, I jumped out the open main entrance.

The arrows, the thunder, the fire, the ice, descend from the heads of the crusaders crossing the river.

But that attack will not reach the heavy knights who rode Icada.

Those who possess the high strength to master magic and martial arts are allowed to wear this silver armor (full plate May).

There's no way they can prevent this degree of ranged attack.

"It's true that the big bang was the Devil's Hand."

"Oh, they didn't have any luck with the second squad, not a single one of them if they ate that."

"Let's take our revenge on him, and the medals he was supposed to mention."

Considering that the devils' measures had already been exhausted, they had somewhere to spare because they thought that they could not lose as long as they fought from the front.

"Behold, the demons came out brave."

Ahead of one knight pointing fingers, a group of people wearing diverse races and piecemeal gear, led by a man wearing a black robe.

I can tell at a glance that race is a group of adventurers differently.

But that group of adventurers held the infantry assault in small numbers in the first day of battle, a unit threatened with no more than one death.

Everyone in the Heavy Knight understood that their spearheads were themselves without having to be explained again.

"Hey, isn't that the blackest guy in front of you, the rumored 'demon’ guy?

"Oh, no, I'm talking about the only other guy in the front line with a black robe is Skeleton, the only guy dressed like that is the devil Yarrow"

"Hehe, why don't we call it the devil?"

I don't see the look on their faces covered with full-faced helms, but there was definitely a grin on their faces.

"All right, get off Icada!

Take a cross line and kick your enemies all at once!

One after the other the heavy knights jump from Icada to the river, which became shallow enough for their feet to climb over the deepest part of the middle, in line with the instructions of the captain leading the Third Knight Troop.

The heavy knight, with his feet on the ground, quickly created a horizontal row of formations without even taking the stream of the river as one, and prepared himself to intercept an impending demonic assault force.

"Come on, let's go! Destroy the Evil Demon Clan and name the Knight!!

The heavily knighted force of iron walls, with axe spears (halvards) high and protected by silver armor (full plate mails) and large shields (tower shields), finally took that heavy step to ravage the Alsace defensive line, whilst speaking out.