Chapter 27 – Assault
I was watching the whole situation from the sky while riding the wyvern I brought from the Devil Castle.
It was the last day of the year, so the moonlight wasn’t too strong, so it was perfect to hide in the dark.
‘As expected, the kingdom army is going to go to the defense battle.’
Although archers and mages were placed on the wall of the main gate, it did not look like they would come out and fight, seeing as the entire force moved within the fortress.
Perhaps they will try to defend the walls thoroughly.
Well, even if I were the commander over there, I would make the same judgment.
Basically, human soldiers’ physical abilities are far inferior to demon soldiers, but if there is one more big difference, it is that they have good night vision.
In a situation where even allies could not properly distinguish each other in the dark, even if they fought the demon army, only a picture of a disorganized defeat was drawn.
Rather than that, it would be much better to shoot a bow with the lights on in the watchtower.
However, the commander of the enemy army made a grave mistake.
‘Your side is empty.’
The southern wall was partially destroyed by a large-scale avalanche around noon.
Restoration there has not yet proceeded properly.
Now, it seems that they repaired it as much as possible by taking the sand and soil piled up inside the fort and filling in the collapsed places, but in the end, it was only a temporary measure.
When I saw it, it was no different from a sloppy sand tower that would collapse with a single blow.
Well, up until now, there was no need to deploy a lot of troops to the south of the fortress because the walls were on both sides of the canyon, so there was no good foothold, but today the situation was completely different.
I knew of the existence of a secret passage for transporting goods under the fortress because of my experience as a war mage in the kingdom army, and I had already prepared about a hundred elite soldiers as separate units.
It was for that reason that they did not attack right away during the day, but waited until the sun went down.
To be perfect in everything.
I turned my gaze from the southern wall to the main gate again.
A group of people protruded from the main body of the Demon King’s army, which marched slowly over the canyon.
A cavalry unit led by Dorothea’s lieutenant, Eva.
‘Am I going to charge now?’
Usually cavalry is not used in siege warfare.
This is common sense.
However, in the case of the Hamburg Fortress, which the Demon King’s army was on its way to capture, the terrain conditions were basically too bad.
Although the fortress itself blocks the middle of the road to the capital of the Kingdom of Oz, it perfectly occupies the high ground, so those attacking from below must be forced to one-sided attrition.
Moreover, the width of the road going up is narrow and steep, so it would take a year just to climb it all if you put the foot soldiers in the lead.
That’s why it was not possible to meet the time until the start of Operation Yangdong.
What was prepared to forcibly meet that condition was the Demon King’s cavalry, which, if nothing else, could certainly catch the enemy’s gaze.
With its unique mobility, it can cover steep hills at once, and since it basically wears heavy armor, it doesn’t matter if it’s a shower of arrows.
Not to mention, since there were many rhinoceros beasts whose whole body was like armor, they were able to ignore all the barriers and traps set up on the way.
… Of course, magic is still a bit dangerous, but it’s less painful than an infantryman wearing cloth or leather armor.
“Turn around!”
Taking Eva’s voice so loud that it resonated across the canyon as a signal, I lit a huge flame with magic on top of the wyvern.
It was a hand signal set in advance during the military meeting.
In this operation, timing is very important in many ways, so if I act as an observer from the sky, the detached unit that confirms the start signal will immediately infiltrate the southern wall.
As bright lights flashed three times in the dark night sky, the beasts crouching in the darkness began to move.
Using the stars and clouds as a blanket, I decided to watch the battle unfold from a special seat with the best view.
***
“Captain, this is the operation signal.”
“I checked too.”
While the Kingdom Army was confused by the sudden appearance of the main body of the Demon King Army, the members of the conifers hidden in the coniferous forest to the south of the Hamburg Fortress appeared one by one.
Its types are very diverse.
Starting with an eagle beast, an owl beast, a Duke beast, and a crane beast, the appearance of the joiners was as diverse as the types of birds.
But tonight, they all had one thing in common.
That is, they spread black ash over their proud feathers.
The Duke Suin, who would normally have boasted a fancy tail, looked at his tail as if he didn’t like it.
“Tsk, even if you don’t have these things, you can do as many infiltration missions as you like.”
“Shut up. Parvo. The captain didn’t say anything, but of course you should too.”
The one who was the only one who didn’t need ashes because his feathers were originally black said that and bruised him, and the Duke beastman said in annoyance.
“You must be quiet. You vulgar crow.”
“I’m a magpie!”
Seeing the childish argument between the two, the vulture shook his head as if tired, and spread the brown wings on his back.
“I go first! Follow me on your own!”
“Ah! Captain!”
“Let’s go together!”
***
Under the cliffs of the southern wall, dozens of prisoners hiding in the secret passage through which the kingdom army transported supplies secretly raised their heads.
It was because black shadows from the coniferous forest below flew up into the sky all at once.
“Captain, the new heads are also moving, but we are also leaving soon.”
“Yeah. I can’t lose to the arrogant Joein.”
“Guys! Stay alert and follow me!”
What emerged from the dark shadows were beasts of prey whose bodies were full of muscles.
Lion man, Cheetah man, Jaguar man, Tiger man, Wolf man, Hyena man, etc.
All of them were soldiers with thick bones in the forefront and honed in battle.
Using their sharp claws and teeth as weapons, they began to climb up the wall with no place to step, using pure brute force alone.
***
“It’s about time.”
At the main gate, cavalrymen with spears and shields had just arrived and were attracting attention, and at the southern wall, a detached group of joiners and beastmen who had invaded under cover of night was secretly killing human soldiers.
Perhaps soon, the soldiers waiting inside the fort will notice the commotion inside and rush to the southern wall.
No matter how covertly they act, there must be a limit to completely hiding their movements as long as there are a large number of intruders.
As expected, the soldiers inside sensed an abnormality and began to rush towards the southern wall.
Cavalry in the front and detached troops on the flanks.
Attacks from both sides forced the enemy commanders to make a choice, as none of them could be seen through.
Eventually, it was confirmed that the main body of the Demon King’s army had arrived in front of the fortress.
The infantry and archers trod comfortably on the road that the cavalry had pushed up like a bulldozer.
In many ways, the war situation was ripe.
I strongly pulled the reins of the wyvern I was holding in both hands to execute the last three precepts.
Then the wyvern, who understood my meaning, folded its wings and began to descend quickly.
The moment the wyvern descends to catch prey, the speed is close to about 250 km per hour.
The more you accelerate, the more vividly you hear the sound of the wind tearing in your ears.
Before it was too late, he took out the wind armor and wrapped it around the wyvern’s body.
Only then did the archers on the wall, who noticed my presence, shoot arrows at me.
However, there was no way you could hit a wyvern that fell vertically with an arrow.
Even if I get lucky, I’ll just be bounced off the wind barrier I hit.
I felt the ground rapidly approaching, awakening the virtual magic pathway in my body.
“Sueuup…”
Kooooo-
Following the sucking breath, the pure mana flowing through the veins oscillates.
The target is the enemy gate.
In order to destroy the gates of a fortress with all kinds of protective magic in one blow, magic far more powerful than conventional elemental magic is needed.
But Little Boy is a bunch.
Its power is also powerful, but because the attack range is so vast, there is a risk that allies will be involved.
So take it down a notch.
Quadra (x4), not Penta (x5)
“Ex-“
After memorizing the first phrase of the starter word, without any warning, a white sphere suddenly appears and rapidly inflates in front of the gate.
The nearby wizards hurriedly tried to neutralize it with other magic, but it was a mistake in judgment.
Ether has the property of being more strongly repulsive when mixed with various elements.
“—Flosion!”
Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwak!!
With a blinding flash, a huge explosion engulfed the fortress gates.
