Chapter 57 – The Bomb
Early in the morning, just as it was about to break, Hero’s party and about 3,000 soldiers gathered in a wasteland a short distance from Tektis.
The other soldiers were not here as they had decided to join elsewhere, but they would soon meet at the junction as scheduled.
But there will be no warriors there. Because there was something I had to do first, according to the operation.
“Is it really okay to proceed with this operation? .”
When Martha spoke with an uneasy expression on her face, Rose also frowned and said in response.
“Even the hero wouldn’t have said such a thing without any countermeasures. … Well, I’m anxious, too.”
Rose still couldn’t forget the shock of hearing about the strategy from the hero.
If you succeed, many soldiers will end without dying in vain, but if you fail, everything will end here.
“Ha…”
“Ha…”
A sigh came out of Martha and Rose’s mouths almost simultaneously at this irreversible reality.
As if it bothered them, the two glanced at each other and turned their heads away as if they didn’t like it.
“What are you two doing?”
Lina, who approached Rose and Martha with such luck, asked with a carefree expression.
“Are you that worried?”
“Of course… So, are you saying that Lina-san doesn’t think of anything even after hearing about a strategy that doesn’t sound like that one?”
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried, but for some reason I thought a hero would do something for me.”
She was the same with Behemoth, but Lina felt that no matter how hard she was, if she was a hero, she would do it somehow.
Hearing Lina’s words, the two nodded slightly as if they were thinking about something.
“Let’s do it… He said he received help, but he defeated Behemoth, who had defeated three corps commanders in the Demon King’s army.
“That’s right. But… When I think of the executives and witches in it…”
No matter how much a hero he is, if he pushes with quantity, he will eventually reach his limits, whether it is physical strength or mana.
“Once I heard about that strategy, I taught him some effective magic that fires in all directions…”
“I also have a little bit of a miracle to keep my stamina as long as possible…”
“I also shared some tips for street fighting that I learned while working as a mercenary in the past…”
Even if I was careful and gave me useful countermeasures, I couldn’t get rid of my anxiety because I thought there were over 20,000 enemies in there.
“But what… What am I supposed to do to come here And should I say that special move? There’s that too, so anything will work out.”
“And… There are also new equipment.”
When Rose spoke, the three of them looked at the adventurer of the Azul Kingdom, equipped with armor and a sword made from the by-products of the Behemoth.
As the saying goes, clothes are wings, and when I looked at the adventurers wearing armor and swords made of by-products of the Behemoth, they looked so reliable and reliable that I couldn’t compare them to before.
Those equipments weren’t just like that on the outside, they were made from the by-products of the Behemoth, which had strong magic resistance, so even the king of a country wouldn’t have equipment like that.
The warrior’s was more special than the adventurer’s, and the armor used more materials than theirs, and above all, the sword was made of the horn of the Behemoth.
The sword of the warrior, made from the horns that withstood the mana of the Behemoth, was able to withstand the mana of the warrior, unlike the sword he used before.
In addition, it had the ability to amplify the ability of brain attribute magic several times, and it was an ideal material as a catalyst for magic, so it was good to call it a sword and staff, not just a sword.
“Hmm… To be honest, I was a little nervous earlier, but don’t you think you can win with this much?”
“… Yes. The hero has become stronger than when he fought the Behemoth.”
The stronger he gets, the slower his growth will be, but the hero was an existence that transcended such common sense.
Recalling that fact again, the anxiety that filled the two of them’s hearts until just a moment ago was relieved a little.
– Boo-woong!
As he was thinking about that, he heard a distant beating that signaled the end of the break.
Just as Martha and Rose were about to get up from their seats to march again after a break, Lina said to them.
“Then I have a place to stop by before marching, so I’ll be back for a while.”
“Yes? Is there a place to stop in this wasteland?”
“Yeah, to be exact, there’s someone to watch at the back, so it’s like that anyway, so it’s okay to start first.”
“Cove…”
Recalling being at the rear, Marta frowned at her, but she was all that and didn’t particularly stop.
Rose, unaware of her situation, tilted her head as if she did not understand her reason, but Lina did not mind and headed to her rear.
The cove was lined with wagons for supplies, and when she arrived at the cove, Lina waved her hand when she spotted Horde.
Unable to participate in her battle, Horde, who was driving one of her supply wagons, naturally frowned at Lina as she waved her hand in the clear sun.
“… What?”
Since she was strangled by Yuria that day, Horde couldn’t trust Lina at all.
Horde, who still feels like she’s strangled when she thinks about that night, said to Lina, not hiding her displeasure.
“What’s the matter?”
“Ah~ When did we have to see something? It makes me feel a little sad.”
Lina, who was laughing like that, got on top of the wagon driven by Horde as if she were in her own home.
Seeing Lina sitting next to her, Horde frowned at her and sat a little away from her.
However, when Horde moved away from the seat, Lina clung to Horde even more, and Horde couldn’t stand it.
“What the fuck are you thinking this time, what the fuck? If there is something you want to say, just do it!!”
“I’m in a hurry… Well, you’re a guy who’s far from being patient. You told me before about why you hate heroes.”
Why the Horde hates warriors,
It was because the hero laughed at the fact that his hometown had disappeared.
“What is that…”
“What if that fact is a misunderstanding?”
“…”
Possibilities that he hadn’t even thought about because of his inferiority complex, or he didn’t want to, flashed through Horde’s mind.
“… Uh, what does that mean?”
Horde’s hands and voice began to tremble with anxiety.
Lina laughed at Horde as if he was laughing, then whispered into Horde’s ear.
“They say the hero’s hometown was burned down. Is that hometown really a village? Or is it about the country? Think carefully about which one it might be.”
*****
The white-bone blacksmiths, who had not a single piece of flesh left, struck their hammers in front of the hot brazier.
The same work continued for several years after the establishment of this base, but not a single blacksmith expressed dissatisfaction.
Because the dead had a heavy mouth.
Nine, one of the commanders of the Demon King’s Corps, looked at the sight that would have screamed if a human soldier or general saw it with a satisfied expression.
Once a human, but now a higher undead lich, Nine has always lived in the shadows.
Having such great power, he spent his whole life lamenting why he had to live such a life as a rat.
He once had the ambition to rule the world by creating an undead legion, but all of his predecessors who followed the same path as Nine had their bodies broken and their souls fallen into hell.
No matter how powerful a lich was, it was nothing more than a wizard in front of the social system that mankind had built up until now.
While struggling in despair over that fact, a divine being who denied all of that with his own power appeared.
Devil.
An ideal being who truly wanted to be Nine, leading demons and spreading evil and death.
When the demon king appeared, Nine thought that this was some kind of revelation and entered the military gate immediately.
And he rose to the rank of corps commander today and was entrusted with a supply mission that was just as important as being on the front line.
It was a little dissatisfying that I couldn’t go out on the front line and make a mark, but I could endure it because this was also an important mission.
“… Nine-nim, it’s time for the corps commander’s meeting.”
“Hmm… It’s already that time. Requests to further increase the supply of weapons came from the corps commanders on the front. You will take measures to further increase supply here.”
“Yes…”
So Nine left his lieutenant and headed for the huge tower in the center of the base.
There were two other corps commanders in this base besides Nine, and honestly, Nine didn’t like them very much.
When I entered the tower in an instant with flying magic, it was rare for two corps commanders to gather first.
“Oh, is it any wonder that you, me, are the last?”
Saying so, the succubus Mirine stroked the head of the human being who was using it instead of a chair.
Looking closely, the number 829 was written on the back of the slave, and it was a human that Nine had saved for human experimentation.
“… You stole my test subject again.”
Due to the nature of the base where the undead took over all work, the only living humans were the humans Nine used for experiments.
As for the succubus queen, she didn’t even need to consume human spirit, but Mirine kept taking Nine’s test subjects just for pleasure.
Nine protested to Mirine several times not to do it, but that was the only time that Mirine didn’t listen.
“… That’s the last test subject. Don’t kill me this time…”
Before she could finish her words, the human that Mirine was using as a chair began to dry rapidly and in an instant turned into a ghastly corpse like a mummy.
“Sorry~ But is this also my fault? You should have said such an important thing sooner!”
“…”
Nine clenched her fists, feeling all over her body that the non-existent blood was gushing backwards.
‘No… Have to be patient…’
I wanted to curse that giggling face right away, but otherwise, everything I had endured until this day would be gone.
Resolutely convinced that she could never fall to the same level as Myrine, Nine pointed to the corpse that was the last human at this base and said,
“… Bring it back to where the other bodies were later.”
“Yes~ If I ate, I should of course wash the dishes. But what do you have to say?”
Mirine and Nine almost simultaneously looked towards the last corps commander.
Dun, the last mutant troll of the corps commander, was by no means reticent, but today he was particularly quiet.
“Doon?”
“… Yes?!”
I called Doon’s name, wanting something, and Doon woke up in surprise and said,
“What? Did any enemies come?”
“… I thought it was quiet, but was it just sleeping? If you don’t have anything to say, it doesn’t matter if you keep sleeping.”
“No! I have something to say! They say there is a city of humans near here, but when are they going to invade it!”
It’s this shit again
Nine frowned at the low-level question that had already been repeated several times.
“As I have said many times, this is a secret mission, so there is no need to attack humans and there is no need to be attacked.”
I built a base in a remote place so as not to be seen, and set up several barriers to obstruct perception.
In the first place, even if this base was discovered and spread into a battle, it would naturally lead to a siege, so the kind of battle Dunn wanted would not happen.
Unless you’re a madman, there’s no way you’d invade this base alone.
“So you’re just… !”
Before Nine could finish speaking, all the barriers connected to Nine disappeared with the sound of breaking glass outside.
“What… !”
“I guess… It seems the sky is on the side…”
Nine borrowed the eyes of the undead near the barrier and looked at the sky to find out what had happened.
In the sky, there was a young man who broke the barrier and fell alone to the ground.
‘One person?’
I looked elsewhere to see if I was mistaken, but there was only one young man and no other colleagues.
Just in case, I borrowed the eyes of other undead outside the base to look at it, but there were no humans outside that seemed to be the young man’s companions.
‘What? Are you crazy?’
