The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

The seven-day march was better than expected.

Good transportation of goods thanks to the provision of a sturdy carriage. The monsters that appeared on the way were processed by the soldiers without the Rileys going on a business trip, and they colored the meal of the day with fresh, dry meat.

The sunshine hours were short due to being sandwiched between the mountains that pierce the heavens, but not many people could use magic for lighting.

I was able to see Tarosheim on the scheduled seven days, because the march was going well.

But the moment the march ended, it wasn't going smoothly.

"It doesn't seem that the scouts have seen hallucinations."

General Maubit set up a temporary field on the grasslands surrounding Tarosheim. Obstacle is good because there are only obstacles on flat ground that have grown to the height of the waist. In a war, it is a place where you do not imitate building a headquarters first.

There, Maubit, along with other expeditionary officers, saw Talosheim's oddities.

In front of your eyes, there is a wall of about 30 meters. According to Maubit's standards, the height is unlikely to be the imperial capital or a stronghold fortress, but giants are twice as tall as tall people as tall ones. And because the surroundings are almost magical environments, it seems that such robustness was necessary.

It seems to be much higher than the record of two hundred years ago, but it is also possible that there is some error since the military master at that time only measured it by eye.

The funny thing is that even if it looks like the wall is tattered and it seems that it will collapse if you hit it once with a forcing hammer, you can not see the two large holes drilled by the hero Michael two hundred years ago It is.

"What's the matter? Was the record two hundred years ago wrong? ..."

As Deputy Commander of the Expeditionary Force Cesare Legston says, military records are often incorrect. It's time to leave an exaggeration to promote past heroes and generals.

However, the roaring Cesare was answered by Priest Baumac Gordan.

"Perhaps he ... Dampir and Vandalu, who fled with hundreds of ghouls from the Barchess Viscount."

"That is what high priests always say, huh?"

"Um. That dampier would have ordered the ghouls under his command to repair the wall."

Cesare seemed distrustful of Gordan, who confidently asserted. To date, no ghoul witness testimony has been issued in expeditionary forces. Nevertheless, Gordan's opinion affirmed Cesare's danger.

"But do you do that? I've heard of demons living in ruins, but I've never heard of demolished ruins. Ghoul is one of the smartest categories of demons. It seems that many huts are built, but when it comes to a castle wall ... "

"Hmm, Cesare, it's a common-sense view. Ghoul is led by a dampiel, a monster with human-like intelligence.

And look closely at that wall. If it had been that way two hundred years ago, it's almost gone by now. ''

"Yeah, sure ..."

As Gordan pointed out, if you look closely at the walls, you can see that the whole structure is rough and poor. It is unlikely to last for several decades rather than two hundred years.

Until the hero Michael participated, it is hard to imagine a strong citadel that had rejected 10,000 Milg shields at the time.

"It's good to see that Vandaloo is standing in Tarosheim with a highly organized swarm of ghouls."

"I see. The opinion of the High Priest is likely."

Although Maubid nodded so heavily, his heart was displeased with the opinion of the High Priest Gordan.

Why is this old aging not telling the vampires, but telling the truth? Even though Ira in this place does not respond even if he glances at the transformed mercenary captain, it does not seem to be their back work.

By Maubitt and the Islay vampires, there was no intention of teaching Vandaloo or Eleonora to themselves until the end.

He escorts the expeditionary forces to Tarosheim without teaching anything, and asks for the ghouls and traitor vampires that may be led by Vanderlu.

It is already clear that Eleonora is still a magic item in Tarosheim, and there are no subordinate vampires or ghouls to hear this move near the tunnels or in the magical areas that have progressed so far.

It was a common understanding of Maubit and Ira that the Vandaloos were unaware of their expeditionary forces.

Therefore, the expeditionary soldiers and knights must be rushed in first, and if they escape, Riley and Ira will be killed. As long as there is a magic item, Elonora will not be lost, and Ira asserts that she does not know the magic item exists.

That's why Vandaloo will try to escape with her, not her crush, which should have been her greatest force.

Conversely, if you break away from Eleonora and escape, it is not difficult to follow any number of ghouls.

It's unlikely, but Riley will take down if you're going to fight hard without escaping.

Amidst those terrible things, the disturbing Gordan High Priest is also killed.

So the goal is complete for the Maubits. It is not a matter of knowing that the elite of the Milg Shield has diminished in the process. Occupying the remaining Talosheim, returning at a suitable time and saying, "I will report the results to my home country," Maubitt retired due to health reasons. Riley can also take him if he's alive when he returns.

Islay is just a mercenary, so it's enough to leave the expedition and disappear after the contract expires.

Later, the vampires collapse the tunnel, the pathetic Cesares are left behind in Tarosheim, General Maubit becomes a vampire and has eternal life, and Riley has the glory of New Maubit and the world.

Because of that, it would be a pity to be cautious about the existence of the Vandaloos before proceeding with the soldiers.

Because the targets don't notice the expeditionary forces and don't want to give them time to regain calm, as they might be upset now.

"So what do you do? Even those rags are walls, it's hard to scout inside?"

So Riley says, but actually does Ira we Kish vampire is that looking into the inside even with a high no matter how the wall because it is possible to fly the sky is difficult.

Even if archers are placed, they are handmade of monsters. There will be no good bow and arrow, so if you fly high you will not reach the arrow.

However, they are vampires, and it is a secret of Riley and Maubit alone, so it is impossible to take such an operation. Of course Ira is silent.

"Of course, they attack in group battles, just like in a normal war. First, stiffen the outside with heavy infantry and watch out for archers and magic soldiers, then break the castle gate with a hammering hammer. It's usually cunning because they're led by Dumpel, and they break out into smaller squads, hiding in the ruins and mimicking urban battles. Maybe. "

However, Gordan was also known as a "vampire hunter" by two people, and was not a cautious one, but a war-like plan to aggressively attack.

"First, should we siege the city?"

"Besieging a fortified city of that size makes soldiers thin. And here it's just a meadow, but it's a magnificent magical universe. Is it? "

"... How are you, general?"

"Um, let's take the advice of the high priest shrine. Prepare a hammering hammer and organize the topping unit!"

The soldiers start moving fast. Originally, there was no plan to siege the battle, but a rambling hammer prepared just in case that it may be necessary in the process of capturing the ruins of Tarosheim was brought out, and the heavily armed garrison was our spear. So volunteer for the unit.

Gordan was concerned about the sun without seeing the situation. Already, the day is beginning to fade.

"Did you miss it?"

It was still early in the evening, but the border mountains blocked the sunlight. Most dampirs are not vulnerable to sunlight, but they are more nightly than ghouls under their control.

This is almost all race. I wanted to decide before the darkness, but I wrinkled my eyebrows to see if it would work.

However, when the top of the expedition is connected to the vampire, it cannot go well.

Hiding just above the gates of the Third Wall, Vandaloo, who saw the expeditionary forces in the eyes of the golems, was timing while watching the approaching heavy soldiers guarding the hammering hammer.

Apparently, they don't know anything beyond. Since the Rileys emerged from the tunnel, they have been watching for enemy reconnaissance, especially the vampire-savvy familiars, but it seems that the secrets have been kept if the monsters of the Makai have eliminated them.

"[Rock wall]! [Rock body]!"

Heavy infantry with shields use shield and armor techniques to increase defense. These are soldiers armored with axes and maces, armored with tower shields in metal armor, apparently having a different dimension of defense than skin soldiers with spears and shields.

Maybe at least 3 for each skill ... No, it's about elite, so maybe 4 or so. Elonora and others have told us that the average soldier is about two, and if you apply it to an adventurer's guild, it's about E-class, but the elites are likely to defeat each of the rank 3 demons. If you have a few people, you may be able to go at rank 4.

Other soldiers are fairly strong enemies if they have the same skill. If you're not a high-level player in an earth game, you can be a warrior rather than a warrior.

Vandaloo was satisfied with the moderate strength of such an enemy. That would be more than enough for later.

"Yokoisho"

And Vandaloo stood on the ramparts casually. He was exposed to all enemy troops, including his team, as well as approaching troops.

"That's ... Dumpel !?"

"I'm surprised you were really there."

Cesare drew his eyes and Maubit drew his voice and face in the magnified image of the light attribute magician. I didn't expect Bandarrou to appear majestic, so for both reasons they were upset.

"Oh! This is the guidance of my Lord Arda! Everyone continues to me!"

"Wait, wait, priest! He's on the wall !?"

"Wait a minute! He's my prey!"

A young priest warrior with the assistance of the High Priest Gordan and Riley stop him for different reasons.

On the other hand, Ira, who is silent among the other upset executives, was wondering about Vandaloo's actions.

(Why did you show yourself alone? Did you look desperate after seeing this army? Did you intend to escape Ghoul or Eleonora using yourself as a decoy?)

Ira thought that it would not be possible to escape the ghouls because Tenesia had ordered them to bring the ghoul skin, and there was a movement in Vandaluo in the video.

Vandaloo lifted a spear and showed him.

"That's ... Ice Age! Ice Age!"

"Is Dampel the national treasure of Japan?"

The spear was very similar to the national treasure Ice Age, a Milg shield country.

"That's it, it's mine! Pussy, don't touch it with your dirty hands!"

"Hey, you can use [Appraisal]! Is that really an ice age !? If it's real, it should be made of Orichalcum!"

"It's impossible at this distance!"

Vandalu, watching the expedition's headquarters as an insect undead, is comfortable that they are upset as expected. It is worthwhile to have Datara make a fake ice age with iron.

Then, Vandaloo folded the fake ice age he was holding with his hands and folded it with [golem training] and dropped it on the ground.

At that moment, Honjin calmed down with Shin and exploded.

"Oh! Well, our national treasure!"

"There's a degree of insult! I'll take the pride of the knight and kill him!"

"There's a damn thing! That artifact was supposed to be mine! I'll kill it ..."

Yes, many of the expeditionary forces did not come to execute Vandaloo or the traitor Eleonora. They came to wipe out the bitter memories and humiliation of their country two hundred years ago.

He came to occupy Tarosheim, reclaim lost national treasures, and bring prosperity to his country. It's natural because they've only been told so.

If the national treasure spear is broken and thrown away in front of it, there is no doubt that blood will rise on his head.

"Wait! The spear made of Orichalcum cannot be broken! That is a bluff that upsets us!"

"That's right! Calm down, calm down, don't break the platoon!"

Cesare and Maubit keep calm and try to quell the escalating executives, but the inside of the expeditionary force was rattled more than Vandalou thought.

First, General Commander Rangil Maubitt, in the light of the knights and soldiers of the Mirung shield, who make up most of the expedition, hated that he was not a respectable superior but a noble of the sovereign nation. He is just a superior.

However, Deputy Commander Cesare Legston is the second son of a current Military from the Milg Shield, and the knights honor him.

"It's annoying! I don't disturb you! I'm so foolish but you're still calm ?! I'm out! If you're afraid of dumpels and hundreds of ghouls, don't sit there!"

However, Riley, who is higher than her aim, carries a spear and tries to get out on the front with her own slaves, and the knights and nobles who are supposed to stop it rise all the way up.

"It's exactly what Riley says!"

"This is the pride of our country! I'm sorry, but I can't listen to the orders of His Excellency!"

For them, Riley is a hero, as the country glorified. Not everyone believes in their entirety, but at the same time, Riley isn't without charm.

On the contrary, she has a good appearance and a strong desire to reveal herself, but she has good personality. He served the knights and soldiers generously with the meat of the monsters they hunted, and in the tunnel fort where the expeditionary forces passed, protected the fort from dragons several times and distributed the meat to all soldiers.

As a result, Riley was gathering surprisingly high hopes from knights and soldiers.

"Nuppo !? Did the oracle still tell you about that d'Ampiel, Vandalu !? Inspire, reverent believers of Arda!

This is a holy war! "

Vaumac Gordan, a vampire hunter, stood up and declared a holy war.

The tents are only religious, albeit the religion of the religion of Arda, and the enraged and angry head is more enthusiastic about the legendary situation where the hero and the clergy confront evil. Would.

The knights and nobles, who were so intense, continued on without thinking of their appearance.

"Thank you! I'm following orders! I'm in breach of military regulations!"

"Kuh ...! The Knights of the Black Cow are set out following the troops! The bowmen are the guards! The light cavalry is a messenger!"

"Cesare !? What are you saying?"

"The generals, it's impossible to calm down the soldiers anymore! I can't help but keep the squads working together."

"Shut up! It's an act of passing rights!"

The poor relationship between the commander and the deputy commander was revealed. Cesare ceases to assist with Maubit, and Maubit chooses to abuse him rather than upset his soldiers.

(Already in the mid-Uraai people ... the human army is so fragile. Zachart once said that human power is in helping each other ...)

Ira, who was merely the commander of the open-air mercenary unit, sighed deeply behind the helmet. With just one spear broken, I can mourn what this means, and what it means to dive into this expedition and feel cramped.

"Ira-sama, can we move on our own?"

Despite the slight voice of his deputy, Ira replied with a small reply, "No, I will continue."

"I'm not losing the strength of human strength, and it's okay."

For the same reason, Ira answered her deputy, and the expedition's cadres were soaring in Noh weather.

There is no losing. Certainly we can win.

Because there was such a common recognition.

There are 6,000 expeditionary soldiers who can beat each other alone if they are rank 3 or so. There are even class A adventurers and vampire experts.

Noble vampires like Eleonora are also enemies, but only a small part of the expedition knows this.

And the number of enemies led by D'Ampeel was heard by all the leaders at the headquarters about Gordan's repeated claims during the expedition, "Must be nesting in Tarosheim."

There are at least 500 ghouls under the [Dr. Even if you add more minions, you can't beat this number. It may be a mix of the giant undead from Talosheim, but it's just an intrusion, not an organized movement.

So none of the expeditionary troops really felt a sense of danger at this point.

"Somehow, it was more effective than expected. There were still a lot of times when it was bad, but it is OK"

The expeditionary forces and breakthroughs who are approaching here while maintaining the platoon are also struggling with the surprisingly persistent opponent.

"Then, the Third Wall ... start attacking."

After attracting enough enemies, she muttered, and Vandaloo moved to the second castle wall by [flight].

"That kid, run away-what?"

As the Rileys headed, the walls began to crumble. I thought it was tattered, but I didn't think that the whole wall would start to collapse at once, and my feet stopped.

"Nup, it's a trap! But it's too early, it seems like we were going to break down the walls and put us underneath, but we're too far away!"

The troops were slightly injured, but had already activated their martial arts. Maybe one of the bones is broken, but I can't die.

The rest of the Gordan expeditionary forces, who thought they were just going over the remains of the wall ...

Behind the collapsed wall, I noticed that there was a slightly lower, but seemingly robust, white wall.

"Now !? There was nowhere in the military record that the walls were double-built!"

"Yeah! That's why I'm saying I'm going to get soldiers!"

"Certainly ... Bowman, support the withdrawal of the breaching unit!

Cesare, who was rushed by Maubit to give directions, inadvertently leaked a stupid voice.

The wall that I thought collapsed stood up with Mukuri.

"Wow!

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!

Screaming grunting voices, the stone golems and rock golems, which had been the ramparts, stood up. Its number, slightly more than a thousand.

The stone puppets ran and flinched far less apparently to the expeditionary forces, which had stopped moving, and hit them.

"T, withdraw! Withdraw!"

"Uoooooo! Hold the shield! It's not the back but the front!"

"Keep the formation, what's the point of the heavy infantry?"

There was still some distance between the stone golems and the expeditionary forces heading toward the ramparts. The tragedy was the heavy infantry of the breakthrough units.

Suddenly, he could not be crushed under the collapsed castle wall, but was surrounded by a stone giant who was hit by an octopus.

What's more, the iron gate they were hitting has been transformed into a rank 6 iron golem.

It seems that he will not give up until the end while keeping his morale, but the fate of the breakthrough unit is the light of the wind.

"We'll rescue the troops!"

"Advancing the Knights of the Black Cow! Don't loosen your feet, what afraid like a dead golem!"

The expeditions screaming violently are the elites of the Milg Shield. Naturally, she has been dive many times in the shambles. Therefore, they were equally tied from a knight to a soldier with a strong bond of comrades.

And even about a thousand golems are not deadly enemies for them.

Thus, while the Cesare and Maubbit were rigidly stuck in their heads, the expeditionary forces continued to advance at their own discretion. The same goes for those led by Riley and Gordan.

And they come in contact with the golem, defeat the stone giant who raises his snarl and raises his fist one after another with the power of his personal skills and cooperation.

If you go as it is, you will be able to defeat all the golems and rebuild your posture.

"Release"

At that time, Vandaloo issues an order to a catapult-type curse weapon installed on the crossbow of the Second Wall and on the roof of the Tarosheim building.

"Gua !?"

"Gyu!"

"Hey! Rock jumps ...

Some of the crossbow's arrows pierce the rock golem, but as the number of rock golems has diminished, about two-thirds will head to the expeditionary force.

In addition, the rock of the catapult that comes from overhead can be incapable of fighting even if it is hit directly by some elite heavy soldiers.

And rock golems and their debris get in the way of trying to escape the orbit, and they can't move quickly because they're heavy, as the name suggests.

"That's so! A large number of archers, a catapult !? Wow, what are we fighting !? What is the general?!? What is the Empire hiding from us !?"

"I don't know! I don't know anything!"

"I'm going to close my mouth for this period!"

It is not unusual for sub-human monsters to use bows and arrows, but Cesare did not know about using a catapult. In the first place, catapults are not easy to make. Engineers who can be created in the elected kingdom as well as the empire and shield nations are joined to the guild to keep track of them and monitor them so that they cannot be created without permission.

Why does the catapult exist in Tarosheim, causing it to rain rock on them?

Two hundred years ago, there is no statement that giants used the catapult.

(Don't you say that Dumpel made a catapult? Such an idiot!)

However, as a matter of fact, rocks were thrown one after another in front of Cesare, and soldiers escaped and were crushed.

"That, remove-"

"While pretending, should we attack here with all troops?"

At that time, the captain of the mercenary who had been silent ... Ira shut his mouth.

"Thank you, mercenaries aren't holding your mouth!"

"Yes, you're going to force my army to wear on the cowards' habits that are still in the team!"

Cesare's aide rebukes the rude mercenary, but Ira doesn't care for his teeth.

"It looks like the soldiers are confused on the battlefield. You can't expect a quick retreat in this situation, and heavy infantry is a good target.

If you go up to the inner wall, the catapult will no longer be a threat. What, the enemy has seemingly a thousand stone dolls so far. Once that is over, let's build a platoon in any way. ''

Ira's words made sense. Despite the mercy of neglecting the loss of soldiers, it is not uncommon for ten sacrifices to save a thousand lives on the battlefield.

Also, for lightly armed rabbits, if heavy infantry with excellent horn life and defense are put in a row, there is no harm in hitting average ammunition several times.

"Yeah, good! All the forces move forward!"

"General !?"

However, the only reason is if the enemy no longer has a trump card.

If the fortified wall becomes a golem, the catapult will not stop. Also, no ghoul has yet appeared.

Perhaps it was all about operating a crossbow or a catapult, but Cesare had a bad feeling.

"Shut up! This is an order as Commander-in-Chief!"

Maubit also remembered the same premonition as Cesare. In the first place, he had always shouted out. But why did he change his opinion here 180 degrees?

That's because Ira said.

Although his tone was polite, he was irritated and hidden. Contrary to this, you may be disqualified as a trading partner and erased.

"Oh, I'm gonna help you!"

"Of course, His Excellency, His salary must be useful."

This exchange is, in essence, equivalent to Maubit calling on Ira for help and declaring that if Ira does not help Maubit, he will give up.

In fact, however, at this point it was correct to follow Ira's words.

"Nupun! [Hayama hammer]!"

"[Large whirlpool]!"

“…………!”

"[Large healing]! Look here, don't be sick, do your best!"

"Oh yes, please be good, my husband!"

The Gordan High Priest's fighting club smashes the rocks, Riley's spear pierces, and Flark's shield bounces off. Messara also returns the wounded soldiers to the front, and Genny moves around a bit to support him.

The golems were almost defeated, and the expeditionary forces were recovering, partly due to the impact of the catapult. If heaving infantry with shields and activating [martial arts] to form a platoon, the arrows of the crossbow are not afraid.

In addition, Gordan and Riley crushed the "golem bullet" that transformed into a golem after falling, so he succeeded in supporting the expeditionary force and forcing Vandalou to tongue. …… They didn't notice it, and were nervous about why they had only gained experience by breaking the rock.

However, due to their activity breaking rocks in the air, the expeditionary forces were delayed in noticing that the barrel had been cracked in the air outside of their activity.

"Well, the human army seems to be somehow useful."

"Otherwise, it's worth the pain of Tenesia. Let's go, just make it less noticeable until they break the wall."

"Hah!"

But when Ira arrived on the battlefield, it became difficult to fulfill the command to be inconspicuous.

"Goho!"

Someone coughed.

-Average status of Milg shield country elite

Name: Heavy Infantry

-Race: Race

Age: 20s to 30s

Two names: none

Job: Heavy Infantry

Level: Around 50-70

Job history: Apprentice soldier, infantry

Passive skills

Ability enhancement: Under command: 2Lv

Ability boost when equipped with metal armor: Medium

Shield Equipment Ability Strengthening: Small

Active skills

Martial arts skill: 3Lv

Martial arts skill: 2Lv

Shield technique: 4Lv

Armor technique: 4Lv

Cooperation: 4Lv