118 – 118. Battle of Sheet (4)
“W-Where did they go? I’m sure…”
“Where have you gone! These selfish bastards…!”
“Ha-ha-ha… Ran away…? It can’t be. All my comrades I used to fight with are here.”
“…”
I asked what happened, but I knew the truth.
All of these people are not good at proper combat.
No matter how much Professor Meuniher cheered me up, I was only able to come to my senses for a moment.
“Did you really run away? Leave us alone…? Are you lying?”
“No way… It will come. It will come. It will come!!!”
“What shall we do…? We…”
“I’ll come but don’t say that I ran away!!”
Breaking out of the battlefield.
It was the result of primal fear.
The question of whether they can win against those rats pushes them into the abyss of anxiety, and this fear must have created a deeper hole as the body gets tired.
I was aware that there could be signs of a breakout, but I couldn’t understand their position as I had been fighting the demons calmly.
I should have been more specific.
In order not to bring out this plan fee that clearly shows the disastrous back side.
“…Everyone, unleash your powers. If you have a secondary weapon, go with it.”
“Take it out…? Earlier…”
“Now the situation is different from before. We should create an opportunity to escape instead of thinking about counterattacking.”
“Then magic…?”
“Yes. I will use all methods.”
You will chew your lips.
I know myself well. That this is not the direction you wanted.
However, since division has already taken place, the only outcome that can be drawn is to prevent them from being eaten at least, even if they infect them.
Knowing the truth, knowing that the karma I didn’t tell you would come back sooner or later, I gave them this battle.
“It was so hard to hold back! Wouldn’t it be nice if I told you to write like this?”
“I think it’s because of the liquid that bursts. Everyone must have thought about it.”
“It’s okay. I thought it wasn’t a good idea to learn the magic and not use it.”
The Scourge’s magic circuits constantly rotate and explode as they spend their magic here and there.
Everyone gets annoyed at the liquid that the explosion gives off, but everyone says they feel better now.
But…
‘Am I… Using these guys to survive? And that… Only me?’
Usage. No, more than that
Everyone here will later point a finger at one person and, like back then, look with contempt.
Why didn’t you tell me in advance? While being so resentful.
I know very well that I will not be welcomed by anyone after I realize the truth, but no one will understand my position.
“Hey, hey! Even so, save some mana! Do you know how many more numbers you have left?”
“Don’t you know that if you cherish it, you’ll poop? You should tie it up while you can.”
“Noel is right. We’re running away now.”
“And by the way, since Junon told me to save my magic, I can use magic like this to get away. I should look behind me and think instead of the road in front of me.”
“Uh, uh… Is that so?”
“Yes. So don’t waste too much.”
It’s not like that.
It’s because you can’t use magic.
I couldn’t answer that there was such a reason for Jon and Noel’s shield.
Even in the midst of that, the two were different. John and Noel haven’t pulled their magic yet, and they’re sticking to the way they’ve always been.
…Damn it.
“Oh, hey! Junon!”
At some point, my body was taking care of the Scourge before anyone else. The two hands clad in magical power ruthlessly break the rats’ magical circuits.
I don’t even remember what kind of support was behind the scenes and what kind of buffs were given to me.
How many of them were infected?
And if I go out like this, how much more time can I buy those guys?
That was all I could think of as my whole body was covered in Scourge bodily fluids.
At some point, there was a gap for us to move between the monsters who were tired of the offensive.
“It falls into the back where the road is open. The avant-gardes move back and forth wrapping the rest of the position.”
I don’t know if this is really falling out, or if I sacrificed them to live alone.
I…
***
The commander raises one hand to signal. After confirming this signal, instructions were given to each unit.
“It’s a signal. Everyone prepare as instructed.”
In response to the onslaught of the rats, countless spells are emitted. On the battlefield where the explosions and chaos erupted here and there, there was still nothing to be pushed back.
The words of Meuniher, a rare tactician, were right.
If the forward units were pushed back, they would have had to pull down this line of defense instead of advancing.
Meuniher, who returned after giving instructions, turned his head back and forth to report the situation. As you can see, it’s not a very good situation.
“Is the back all right?”
“Yes, Commander. There are still no hordes to attack.”
“Okay. Keep an eye on it.”
But despite the orders of the rare strategist, they were unable to advance through the onslaught of the Scourge.
The number of the Scourge was so great that it was understandable that the mole-beasts, canolatl, and large locust-beasts, Osoptera, which preyed on small species such as Kud Rats, fled down the Shet State.
“To the extent that the defense line can be maintained only when the soldiers rotate while sleeping for only three or four hours… How many are there?”
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“Well, at least we don’t have a chance to run away. Even though there is an arcab party.”
A solid formation and solid ranks. And although there is a strategist who ordered this, it was impossible to reach Moras Marsh beyond Mount Utulum with just these three.
Although they knew that they had to advance thanks to them, they could not advance, so they camped here and waited.
“…Commander, wouldn’t it be hard to stay here longer?”
Longer means this subjugation war. But isn’t the other word somehow transparent?
“Just say it. What do you mean?”
As the adjutant seemed to be at a loss for words, Meuniher asked a direct question.
The adjutant, who opened his mouth for a moment and then closed it again, chose what to say, and also revealed his candid state of mind.
“Everything feels lacking.”
“It’s not enough… Which one?”
“Material support can actually be sent from the Principality, but no one will come. The soldiers here are all there is to say. Not to mention, information about the Scourge, which seems to be the cause of the Lemtert Plague, is still unknown. It hasn’t been fully revealed. Even if we last forever, aren’t there too many things missing?”
If you look at the battle situation, you can see that they are barely maintaining the defense line.
Weapons are not lacking, but if you run into an urgent situation, you will have to carry one or two more objects to use while taking damage from soldiers, and soldiers have about 3-4 hours of sleep, but they will be exhausted. I have no choice but to
In addition, to the point that it did not mention the infection route of Lemtert Plague considering fraud.
If blue spots were formed one by one, the soldiers would be stained with fear one by one.
“To sum up, time is not on our side. That’s what I’m trying to say. Is that right?”
“Yes.”
Here, the adjutant mentioned one more thing.
“And so. At this amount, I doubt that one team can handle the named monsters. Really, is it okay?”
If they were going to advance, it was enough for the main unit to go, but the adjutant questioned that they broke away from the ranks and advanced separately.
The look in his eyes was that he couldn’t understand why a team of only seven was allowed to act alone.
“Beasts aim for places where there are many prey. If we advance, we may be surrounded and annihilated.”
“I know, but the higher the number, the easier it is to deal with the mother…”
“It seems that they drew attention from this side and sent a detached unit.”
What is Byeoldongdae? It was absurd. Only seven, and all of them are quite outstanding, but I couldn’t understand what the team was giving me so much trust.
“A team needs at least 5 years of experience to properly hunt named beasts. Do the authors have such experience?”
“I don’t have a career like that. But, isn’t it widely known for dealing with the elite witch beasts of the Algeneuve state. Thanks to that, I became a regular team.”
“But they are slow. They are advancing much slower than our main forces are going! When will these Scourge onslaught stop?!”
Thembris is advancing as the blue flame recedes.
But it was really slow. It was unknown how long it would take to deal with the named monster.
By the way, Meuniher retorted, slightly narrowing his eyes at his lieutenant’s words.
“Yes, that sounds like you’re abandoning the troops heading towards the academy.”
“Sacrifice of cattle for generations is inevitable. To protect the principality…”
“Isn’t it even more strange then? There’s no swarm of rats running our way, even though we keep watching behind us.”
“…Yes?”
A sense of incongruity buried in those words began to bloom.
It’s so quiet, and the commander checks over and over again to see if there’s anything wrong with the rear.
I thought it was just a boundary, but it was never a boundary.
Meuniher enjoyed his adjutant’s realization as he looked at the adjutant, now realizing what it meant to be still quiet behind him, with a bewildered expression on his face.
“That’s it. It’s not that we’re holding out, it’s that those guys who can barely realize the Mirage-state demons are holding out for us.”
“…That’s right…”
Although these units had the most power, the unit was actually divided into three groups when divided into the entire subjugation war.
Thembris Team, belonging to a detached team to dispose of the Scourge’s body.
The main unit holding out against the rats heading to Sheet State.
And.
The academy student corps in the rear prevent the main unit from being surrounded and give Tembris time to deal with the named monster, Plague Shanberesh.
It could be seen that the biggest focus of the main unit, which was not pushed by the unexpected number of monsters, was the tremendous struggle of the academy students.
Again, there was a certain memory in Meuniher’s head.
-‘What is this reagent bottle?’
Before the subjugation began, it was the process of checking belongings.
A boy, you mean this? He said and took out the reagent bottle himself.
-‘This is the Mystellis solution. I brought it just in case.’
The image of the boy who foresaw a step ahead still creeps up.
‘Don’t trust me. Junon.’
***
In the end, things went wrong.
Is it a dream too big to buy time for the main unit and return without damage?
“Hey, it’s all done. It’s neat.”
“What’s neat? We’re a mess.”
“Ahahahaha, is that so?”
I tried to move away from the Scourge’s offensive and move to another place, but the rats that spread all over Utulum Forest pursued them relentlessly.
We had no choice but to deal with all these things on the spot.
“Besides, what about the children who ran away? We’re the only ones having a hard time. Mr. A.”
“Still, originally, they might have been annihilated, but they survived because of one great center. That was enough.”
No.
“Well, that’s right. If it hadn’t been for Junon telling me not to use magic and to cherish it, it would have been a mess.”
No.
“Thank you Junon! We live because of you!”
No. That’s not to say!
“Uh, hey… Why is your expression…”
“Did you chew your lip? Is it bleeding?”
“I must have fought with my teeth clenched to hold on in front of you earlier. Hey, you nice guy.”
“I brought some medicine. Do you want to apply it?”
“…That’s okay.”
Bitter taste in the mouth. The bloody smell did not stop for a while, as if to taste the bitter failure.
Get used to it. You just have to get used to it.