The Branded Female Fencer

It worked, thanks to you.

"Right? Without my experience and knowledge, I wouldn't have been able to fight this well." You should be grateful. "

I see. But I can't believe there was a herd of Orcs in the past.

The shadows also laughed, as Alphilees seemed to be relieved.

"The female oak actually occurs in a certain percentage. But it was a female who suddenly appeared in the Orc herd. A freshly-occurring, powerless bitch is thrown into the hungry orcs. Do you know what's going to happen?"

"Um... I don't really want to imagine it."

"Well, as you can imagine, it happens." And the precious females will be crushed, but if they survive somehow, they will be a terrible threat. An unbelievable female occurs that produces powerful subspecies while capturing the characteristics of the individual that ate it. "

The giant orcs and dragonless subspecies that Rhine reported. If orcs are born one after another beyond the fence of the race, they will be equal to the flock of demon kings.

How many times have you experienced a herd of Orc females surviving?

"Convenient, twice." Arnelia would have crushed it once, but the other demon kings were crushing it once more. Although it was not in the historical facts, it was definitely the Great Demon King class. And in that herd-- "

There was a secret species like this one and someone with an abnormal brain development.

“That's right, that's exactly what happened first, raised the female orc.”

“I don't know what would have happened without Lisa.”

I'm sure he'd have gotten away with it.

Alpha Reese roared in the shadows. Oriented evolution. There is a theory that organisms change to adapt to their environment, but if you can manipulate the direction of herd growth from the beginning, there is a real possibility that powerful herds will grow in a short time. In the first place, he was dead, but Anomaly was working on the same thing when she created the Demon King.

If we nurture monsters that are far more powerful than humans and grow faster as physical abilities--

I wonder what would have happened if I left it there for another month?

"Well, I may not have lost, but I may have struggled harder." The dead cannot be compared to this time. "

"That doesn't scare me to think about it."

"But we defeated them. That's all."

The shadows are gone, but Alfilise can feel the anxiety in her chest. The shadows were once called "instructors" and only mentored a number of demon lords, and Alpha Reese also believes that she often apprentices the worst assumptions. I was thinking of a similar strategy this time, but it was very doubtful whether Alphilees could have conceived it that way by herself.

“What is your anxiety?”

"Huh?... well, you'll understand, so it's useless to hide it." I wondered what would have happened if this had been a more powerful monster. "

"But are there monsters that outgrow the goblins and orcs with their growth ability?" Didn't you say that even people like bugs need food and a place to be stronger than orcs? "

"The limit of saturation is certainly true. That's why the herd led by Karamiti had its limits. But there's a way out of these things. I always assume the worst. Especially, you have a lot of friends, don't you?"

That's right. That's true.

I can come up with any worst idea. Betrayal of allies, sudden stoppage of supplies, outbreaks of vermin and epidemics, ransacking black magicians, the appearance of unexpected enemies, and more. What kind of reality does it refer to to to choose a proper path from among them?

In the meantime, I'm going to cover the insurance in case of defeat.

“I see. I don't think we can do much more than that. This is the second best we've ever thought of. The problem is from the next ─ ─"

"That's it, but... can I tell you what I expect?"

"What, that's not a very good behavior." But it's not prediction, it's a hunch, right? "

"Yes, yes, perhaps other fronts..."

In the sidelines, it would have seemed that Alphilees was only thinking about it alone. Alpha Reese, however, is a well-established and experienced army master, who has been wary of his next strategy and tactics without being overwhelmed by the joy of victory.



Alfi, we have a report coming up.

The next day, Lisa arrived with Rhine and Corwin to report on the other fronts to Alpha Reese, who was checking in on the wounded and supplies. Looking at Lisa's mysterious expression, Alpha Reese imagined what was going on.

I may have had a hunch.

"What do you mean?"

“So let's match the answers. Please tell me what to expect.”

Beside the strange line, Lisa replied unexpectedly and slightly challengingly. But in Alpha Reese's case, it's not beyond our expectations.

Continued