Chapter 161 Demonic Front (4)
The movements of the monsters noticeably slowed down.
The Knights of Lichtenauer, who noticed that the Archbishop who was in charge of them had been defeated, set out to annihilate them in earnest.
“The captain and vice-captain killed the archbishop! Now we sweep away the small pikes!”
Professor Valentiano, who is in charge of the 1st unit commander, raised his voice and encouraged the knights, and Professor Angela, the 2nd unit commander, led his subordinates and attacked the monsters without hesitation.
The main force of the Lichtenau Knights is the academy’s graduates who have been active all over the continent.
They have been defeating several families with a small number of elites, but their weakness was that they lacked numbers.
However, with the cooperation of the Agrippa family and the Schreyer family, this problem was also resolved.
Thanks to the sending of swordsmen by two powerful families in the south, the Knights of Lichtenau were equipped with a force capable of responding to large-scale battles.
“Lady Serene! I will hit the monsters on the right!”
“Yes, we will do it!”
And there was a student-centered unit that stood out among veteran prosecutors.
They were guerrilla units that did not belong to either the 1st or 2nd units, and students selected by Aernas were assigned to them.
It was divided into the 1st squad led by Serine and the 2nd squad led by Heinrich, especially in the 1st squad, Berithrije, who came from the academy, belonged.
“Hap… … !”
Dismissed!
The monster on the right was knocked down by Schmitz’s blue sword.
Seeing that, Serene, who had been fighting alongside him, admired it.
“Schmitz, now you can use the Calesius lightning sword proficiently.”
“We are still far away. It doesn’t even reach Aernas-sama’s toes.”
Currently, Schmitz was active in the Calesius spear swordsmanship.
After being taught by Professor Yoles, I continued to practice on my own, and recently I finally realized the trick.
“But definitely… It’s a lot more stable once you reach advanced grade.”
“I guess so.”
Serene nodded and looked around.
Chloe and Viola were also knocking down enemies with powerful sword skills.
“At some point, we all… You have reached the advanced level of the graduate.”
Not only Celine and Schmitz, but also Chloe and Viola were now advanced graduates.
Recently, everyone was able to greatly increase their magic power because they received white elixir from the imperial palace.
Originally, not everyone could receive a white elixir, but Aernas took the time to prepare one by one.
Thanks to that, all four of Aernas’ aides were able to demonstrate the power of advanced graduates.
“Yes, it’s all thanks to Aernas.”
Fu-wook!
While piercing the head of the attacking monster with a rapier, Berithlyze opened her mouth.
Berithrisse was not currently an academy student, but, according to Aernas’ judgment, she belonged to Serine’s first squad.
“Thanks to the elixir prepared by Aernas, I was also able to reach the advanced level of the graduate.”
Berithri Island obtained the white elixir through Aernas.
Originally, it was bestowed on Aernas, but it was handed over to Verisrize, saying that the current Aernas did not need it.
Originally, Berisrize had promised to receive a new elixir later instead of handing over the ingredients for the elixir that her father had collected.
Since Professor Ferdinand has yet to produce additional Amrita, he received the White Elisir instead.
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“Berisrije… You haven’t been able to play for a while, but your movements are very sharp.”
“Hey, do you think I was just hanging out in Schreier’s castle?”
Now, Berithrisse was using the Schreyer family’s unique swordsmanship, the Schreyer Sky Sword Technique.
Klauvice is a graduate-exclusive swordsmanship used in close combat, and is characterized by a quick attack focused on stabbing.
While staying in the Schreyer family, Berithrisse thoroughly trained in the Schreyer Sky Sword.
So that someday, when I go to the battlefield again, I will be able to show a shameless figure as the representative of the Schreyer family.
“Stop talking nonsense and conduct, Serene.”
Berithlyze fired in a gruff voice.
“Right now, with my abilities, commanding others while fighting enemies is too much for me. But can you?”
The reason Aernas placed Berithlyze in the guerrilla squad 1 was also to lighten the burden on Berithlyze.
It was because if he didn’t do that, he would also have to take on the role of commanding the troops of the Schreier family.
Because the guerrillas had to move under the direction of Serine, Verithrize was able to fight while wielding a sword, away from complicated tasks.
“I hate to say it, but you have a better ability to lead people than me… It’s because I understand Aernas’ plan well.”
“Berisrije… … .”
“So Aernas must have entrusted you with the squad leader. Play that role well.”
Hearing Berithlyze’s voice, Serine nodded with a serious expression.
“all right. Help me a lot, Berithlyse.”
“I’m not helping you, I’m helping Aernas.”
In the meantime, a monster with a bigger body than others approached.
Right before the battle, it was a giant monster that Aernas had warned him to be careful with.
“Berisrize and Schmitz, please check it from the front! I will flank you with the others!”
“okay!”
Nearby, Heinrich was already fighting a similar giant.
Thinking that she had to defeat Heinrich before the second squad, Serine unleashed her swordsmanship with her advanced grade magic.
* * *
The first leg ended with a complete victory for the Lichtenau Knights.
Archbishop Jenula and Archbishop Charnard died, and the Demonic Cultists who were manipulated by them were also annihilated.
However, the battle time was longer than expected.
It was because they had to be completely annihilated, not just defeated.
“It was certainly difficult to annihilate without missing a single one.”
“Because if you miss it, it could attack civilians.”
Inside the temporary barracks, Valentiano and Angela expressed their grievances.
“If I didn’t, my ally’s stamina would have been depleted first.”
“If it weren’t for the troops of the Agrippa family and the Schreier family, we would have had to retreat.”
It was a complete victory, but it was by no means an easy battle.
Realizing that dealing with the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult was more difficult than they thought, everyone had serious expressions.
“As a result of checking today, it seems that there are three main types of monsters.”
Chloe, who was attending as Aernas’ staff, opened her mouth.
“A monster with great strength because he is fat, a monster with a well-developed upper body and strong muscles, and a monster who is more than twice the size of others… There are three types.”
Saying that, Chloe showed me a comparison drawing she had prepared in advance.
“Let’s call them the Orc type, the Ogre type, and the Giant type, respectively. In terms of numbers, Orc types have the most, followed by Ogre types, and less than 5% of the total are Giant types.”
“It was quite a headache when they formed formation and attacked.”
said Valentiano, stroking his chin.
“If the Orc type takes the lead and blocks the 1st attack of the allies, the Ogre type quickly jumps out and counterattacks… Giant types try to break the formation of their allies with superior physical abilities. It moved in perfect order and was quite intimidating.”
“Even among the monsters, if there is a commander-level entity, there are cases where they show organized movements. But this time it was more threatening than that.”
“But when the archbishops who were commanding from the rear collapsed, the formation collapsed in an instant.”
Saying that, Valentiano turned his head.
“at last… When dealing with them, the key will be how quickly you can defeat the commander. Isn’t that right, Aernas?”
“Right, Professor.”
I nodded and agreed with Valentiano.
“Monsters have strong physical abilities, but have lost the power to think for themselves. If the commanders don’t control them, they just instinctively attack the people around them.”
“Yes, they even fought among themselves.”
“That’s why it’s important to get rid of the commander quickly.”
Today I ran to the archbishops with Brantly as soon as the battle started.
It was because he knew that getting rid of the archbishops quickly was the way to minimize the damage.
“We need to take a similar strategy in the next battle.”
That’s why me and Brantley… And the role of the guerrilla forces commanded by Serine and Heinrich is important.
While Valentiano and Angela face the enemy head-on, we must work separately to find and destroy the enemy commander.
“The next battle… … .”
Valentiano frowned.
“Aernas, do you think the next battle will be similar? Are you saying that the Demonic Cult will turn people into monsters and send them in?”
“Yes, I guess.”
“Will there be that many troops of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult?”
“If we gather as many laymen as we can, it will be possible.”
To the head of the Black Heaven Demonic Cult, the lives of the Demonic Cults are just consumables.
There is no problem even if you turn them all into monsters and send them to the battlefield.
“and… They’ve been kidnapping civilians all along. Sacrificing those people will suffice.”
“That’s an angry story… … .”
“That’s why we have to annihilate them all the more quickly.”
Saying that, I looked at the people around me.
“There is no time to wander. Let’s march south as quickly as possible.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Right then.
Brantley, who had been silent, opened his mouth.
“Aernas, how do you think the archbishops will come out?”
“You mean the archbishops?”
“The fall of Archbishop Genula and Archbishop Charnard must have been unexpected for them as well.”
Zenula and Charnard must have been thinking of retreating after tying us up as much as possible.
But Brantley and I threw everything aside and ran at it, and lost our lives.
“Now, only Archbishop Polka and Archbishop Alberich remain. Do you think they will lead the monsters themselves and come out to stop us?”
“I don’t think so.”
I shook my head and said.
“The bishop-level subordinates will be put forward. Even though they are shutting themselves in the head office.”
“Why are they shutting themselves up in the headquarters?”
Brantley questioned.
“If the situation is unfavorable, shouldn’t we just run away from the headquarters?”
“It can’t be.”
I shook my head and said.
“They’s leader, the Patriarch… It’s because I can’t come out of the general headquarters.”
* * *
The basement of the headquarters.
Archbishop Polka stepped into the dark laboratory and raised her voice.
“Alberich!”
After a while, a man with a white face appeared from inside.
He is currently in charge of the Black Heaven Demonic Church on behalf of the Patriarch… The head of technical development was Archbishop Alberich.
“Sharnad and Jenula were attacked! He spoke confidently, but what is this!”
Polka said, glaring at Alberich with fearful eyes.
“Weren’t you confident that you could stop Aernas and the Knights of Liechtenau?! But what the hell is this!”
“surely… It is true that their momentum has exceeded our expectations.”
Alberich replied with a bitter expression.
“However, there is no significant difference.”
“what?”
Polka raised her eyes.
“There is not a big difference? Charnard and Jenula are dead?”
“Yes, it doesn’t make much of a difference whether they die or not.”
“He is an archbishop who has reached the pinnacle! Two people died, so what makes no difference?!”
“Let’s change the perspective, Archbishop Polka.”
“aspect?”
“Anyone who could die so soon… It is not necessarily an important force for us.”
“… … !”
Polka is speechless at Alberich’s sophistry.
“Thanks to the sacrifices of those two people, we have been able to get a lot of data. especially… I was able to more accurately grasp Ernas Landstein’s current capabilities.”
“Ernas Landstein’s… current capacity?”
“Yes, so this is a pretty big achievement.”
Saying that, Alberich laughed.
“Of course, it is true that we are in a difficult situation. It’s getting harder to take them down before they get to the headquarters.”
“Yes, so that carefree sound… … .”
“Nevertheless.”
Alberich laughed as he interrupted Polka.
“If it is difficult to prevent them from accessing the headquarters… Wouldn’t it be enough to defeat it after approaching the headquarters?”
“… … !”
“Don’t worry, Archbishop Polka.”
Alberich turned his head.
And he said, fixing his eyes on the deep darkness he had just walked out of.
“I have already identified Aernas’ capabilities. Before they get this far… We can finish preparing.”
“If you are ready… … .”
“Yes, it is quite possible.”
A smile formed on Alberich’s lips.
“Once they reached this point… They will be annihilated by the Patriarch who has awakened from his long slumber.”
The head of the Black Heaven Demonic Cult, the Patriarch.
The day when he would return in full form was approaching.