Episode 139 Tyrant (9)
“Are you saying the elves are coming?”
“He said he could no longer watch their actions.”
Naan conveyed Lucy’s intentions to the Allied leaders, who were delighted. Of course, the ones who are really stepping forward are not the elves, but the devil’s army disguised as elves, but the Allies, who are in an urgent situation right now, may have wanted help even after knowing their identity.
“If you help us, our troops will be greatly boosted.”
The Allied Command was delighted and asked the elves to attack the church forces near the Great Forest. And Lucy, who was directly participating in the war in this way, decided to do as she said and move the elf base troops stationed in the Great Forest to attack the nearest church forces.
“Priest! “The enemies are coming!”
“No, sleep, wait a minute. “Those are elves?”
Naturally, the church was embarrassed and flustered by the elves’ sudden declaration of war. However, the biggest cause of their panic was not simply the fact that the elves were attacking them.
The priest who was in charge of commanding the defense at the front line was mesmerized when he saw the elf army coming from afar with a blank expression on his face.
It is true that the elves became a mysterious race after secluding themselves in the great forest, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know much about them.
I was able to consistently find out news about the elves through Raon and other sources. And the army of elves that was coming now was something that completely contradicted that information.
The entire body is covered in heavy black armor, and even the face is covered with a heavy helmet. In addition, there were elves riding and driving huge, unidentifiable beasts. It was heavy and pitch black. With that alone, the light and elegant image was almost believable, even though it was an army of demons swarming everywhere.
“It’s in heaven too!”
“This is ridiculous!”
There were even people in the sky riding birds that seemed to resemble the legendary animal Griffon.
It is not known how the elf army fights, but I know it is not like this. It was a bit excessive that Lucy, who was playing an elf, went against historical research and modified it to increase power.
“But I don’t think there will be any problem. “Because there are very few people who really know about elves anyway.”
However, Yuria, who is also a local, thought this problem was not a big deal. In any case, the elf army only appears in legends from the distant past.
Even if Lucy invested a little too much in remodeling, there was no one who could tell whether it was true or not.
[Then there is no need to wait. The entire army charges.]
Lucy had the elf army under her command attack the church’s base.
“Now, stay where you are! The Goddess will help!”
Naturally, the religious forces fought fiercely. As people united by one faith, everyone fought without fear of death.
This was also their greatest strength. While the Allied Forces were all united and large in size but somewhat lacking in substance, the religious forces, although small in size, always fought steadfastly.
In a fight between those who have much to lose and those who have nothing to lose, it is natural that those who have much to lose are discouraged and suffer losses.
The problem was that it was not a story that would work at all for the demon king army wearing the shell of an elf that was coming now.
“Shoot!”
The priest who was commanding the troops ordered the mortars, which were supported weapons, to be fired. A mortar shell with powerful magic-level firearms fell across the sky and into the crowd of elves, but the elves collectively cast magic and blocked it with a shield called forth.
[Bombardment begins.]
Then they also started shelling. Lucy, who strictly adhered to the fact that all members had magical powers, moved the soldiers and unleashed collective magic.
“M-stop it!”
“Too many… … “Ugh!”
Compared to the Demon King’s army, the church lacked the troops to block the magical power. It’s not for nothing that we supplement our firepower with the firearms provided.
Eventually, their shortcomings were revealed and they were unable to block the artillery fire, and holes began to form in the defense line.
[Attempt to break through.]
Lucy pushed in the ground forces to squeeze through the gap. It is true that sacrifices occur in the process.
“Die, a race that does not follow the goddess!”
One of the church’s paladin attacked with a spear strengthened by magical power as if it was a decision to make, and deeply pierced the chest of one of the elves.
His eyes widened the moment he was stabbed with the spear. Because he killed an elf, a mysterious race, with his own hands.
“Wow.”
But the elves didn’t even care.
No matter if a colleague gets hit by a spear, gets hit by a bullet, or gets blown up from the side. The Paladin who fell after being counterattacked by another elf was embarrassed.
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As a veteran paladin who fought right in front of him, he could tell even as he was dying. Right now, he doesn’t feel the slightest emotion from the people he fought with.
‘how.’
In fact, this was an area that Lucy could never act in, so she got goosebumps at the strangeness that was inevitably revealed and trembled even at her blurred vision.
* * *
[We won within the expected time with an expected win rate of 98%. This is my first time doing an elf-style battle, but it seems to have achieved its purpose.]
“You mean the elven way?”
Lucy, who had smoothly captured the target base without the slightest risk, criticized her tactics in her own way.
Naan, who received this scene, was so dumbfounded that he almost burst into laughter.
Obviously, it was he who was once an elven knight who taught the elves’ fighting methods, but the way he interpreted it without any flexibility and ‘somehow’ achieved it was far from historical research.
[Even if they suspect it anyway, there is no evidence.]
“Yeah, that’s true.”
Of course, Lucy had some faith. Even if the enemies captured the allies, they judged that it would not be a problem because the contents were biologically perfect elves.
[Naan, if you join, we will continue to move forward. Until the attention of the entire denomination is drawn to this direction.]
After loudly declaring war, Lucy waited in the occupied area until Naan joined her.
Following the order, Naan was now joining the elf army along with Chris and Yuria as he had requested.
“How far do you say the elf army will advance? “It’s dangerous to go too deep!”
“The goal is to disrupt the rear and provide assistance to the Allied front lines, so I won’t go in too deep.”
Chris, unaware of the situation, rode next to Naan and asked about the elf army.
The elf army in his head was completely different from Lucy’s demon lord army, so he thought that the fight against the cult, a fanatical group, would not be easy.
“uh?”
That thought came to mind after seeing the elves who had already won the battle and occupied the base.
The elf army, which felt somewhat foreign, felt something awkward even after winning and occupying the base.
“Don’t worry too much, Chris. “They will fight better than us.”
Yuria couldn’t bear to tell her the truth and smiled bitterly at her younger brother’s confused look, knowing nothing.
[The main force of the church has begun to move in this direction. Prepare for battle right away.]
But somehow, no time was given to adapt.
Lucy, who had already sent out scouts to check the surroundings, succeeded in shaking up the main force of the church and attracting some of them, just as she had intended.
“Are you the Lightning Knight? Or perhaps a great saint?”
[That’s not true. Liam and Evelia are still on the central front, and the person coming here now is a paladin known to the world as Liber.]
“Liber, I’ve heard of it.”
Yuria sighed softly after hearing Lucy’s familiar answer to Naan’s words.
[That’s right. A Holy Knight who has been active since the Great War. [One of the heroes]
Lucy didn’t call Naan and Yuria for nothing.
Anticipating that the opponent would dispatch a strong force, a special species with high power was deployed separately to counter it.
[Expected win rate is 78%. If there are no variables, you win]
However, it wasn’t like he did his best anyway, it was just a kind of shaking to deceive the opponent. Lucy has long decided that she will benefit no matter who the opponent dispatches. Even if Great Saint Evelia came and our army was completely destroyed, we still thought it was a benefit because we got Evelia’s data.
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“The location of the elves.”
“They say it’s still there.”
“Are you waiting for us? “Comps are not advantageous for defense.”
Near the base occupied by the elves, a group of troops was marching towards it. Leading the group is a large paladin with a neatly trimmed white beard.
He chuckled at the story of the elves who were still stationed in the city they occupied.
‘It would have been better if I had come with him.’
Ryber regretted not being able to come here with Liam. Although he was the one who taught Liam the sword, he knew that Liam’s strength had already surpassed his own.
I wanted to fight with a new hero who would be the hope of the battlefield, but the church did not have enough room to overinvest in either side.
“I will take the lead and break through. Let everyone follow. “There must be someone strong among the elves.”
Liber, who immediately drew his sword and said he would take the lead, charged the troops.
The strategy was simple. If you break through the defense with your body and create a crack, your allies will sneak in through the gap and engage in a melee.
This was possible because I believed in my own abilities. In fact, according to his calculations, this was the most efficient and effective way to reduce sacrifice.
“Shoot tear gas!”
Of course, I didn’t really rush in without doing anything. The poisonous tear gas that the religious group uses as much as ordinary firearms is an item that can have a great effect with a small investment for those who are not resistant to it.
[This has no meaning when using the elves’ elemental magic, but it is judged that they have very little information.]
Lucy took control of the soldier and kicked the tear gas canister, which fell to the ground and spewed out smoke.
No one in the Demon King’s Army suffered from tear gas. Because they were people who couldn’t feel pain in the first place.
“He is coming.”
Naan, who used the wind spirit to blow away the nearby gas, became nervous as he saw Liber charging towards him.
If you think about it, it was the first battle where a being called a hero faced the demon king’s army.
[This is a good opportunity to accumulate data.]
“Is this person also an elf?”
Lucy dispatched the soldiers she had put on standby in advance. It was a soldier who looked slightly embarrassed when Chris saw him.
It certainly looks similar to other elf-based soldiers with a slim body, but it is a higher-class elf-delta type soldier with a hidden heart inside.
Led by this Delta type, the Demon Lord’s army wearing the guise of an elf collided head-on with the main force of the church.