Chapter 274 – Chapter 26 – Wildfire
While sporadic battles are taking place in the border areas of the kingdom.
In the center of the kingdom, which felt far from war, a huge army of 40,000 men from both sides stood facing each other.
The aspects of each other’s armies were a bit unusual, one side was the allied army of fairies and beastmen, which were not so pleasant, and the other was the combined army of humans and demons, which would not be enough to eat right away.
No one expected this kind of scene, so they looked at each other and were dumbfounded.
However, in the current situation, they were comrades who would look after each other and stand in front of each other, so they did not openly reveal it.
“Your Majesty, the deployment of troops has been completed.”
Cayla, who had entered the command barracks, gave a simple courtesy and conveyed the situation.
As Klaus had said a few days ago, Julia placed the infantry of the Marquis of Kienmeyer in the center and her cavalry at the ends of the wings.
And the right wing and left wing of the infantry formation, which would play the most important role, were listening to a very simple speech in front of Klaus, not Julia.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you all.”
“Commander.”
Some lived in the south, others in the central region, and both lived and worked in different places.
But today, they gathered in one place and lined up just like when they fought a battle a few years ago.
All of them were soldiers who fought against demons under Klaus during the First Continental War.
Now, it’s so funny that they fight with demons, beastmen, and fairies.
If this was the case, there would of course be people who would react or be disappointed, but no one here showed such feelings.
“First of all, I want to say sorry to you guys. I tried to become a shield that protects the kingdom until the end, but in the end I couldn’t. On the contrary, how could it not be sad that I had to stick a spear into this place?”
“Don’t talk like that. Doesn’t a shield play the role of a shield only when someone uses it to block it? There are people all over the place who want to break the shield like the commander right now, but if I foolishly ask them to do so, who would stand still?”
“We fought for the kingdom, but the kingdom abandoned us like devoted partners. All we have now is the glory of the past, the comrades who fought together. And the commander is everything.”
Klaus smiled at the old soldiers’ answers and looked at them.
Then, he secretly turned his head towards the demon cavalrymen and opened his mouth.
“It is the way to join hands with old enemies and fight against old friends. Even if you win, it will still be hard, and if you lose, until you die. No, even if I die, I will be branded as a traitor. All family members are considered traitors and become slaves or, in extreme cases, lose their lives.”
“Anyway, if it wasn’t for the commander in the previous war, everyone would die.”
“Think of this life that was mortgaged at that time, that you are going to find it now. We will too.”
Many years have passed since the Continental War ended, and now everyone has returned to their daily lives.
Still, they were good warriors and skilled veterans.
And they were still serving Klaus as their commander.
“After this war is over, His Majesty the Demon King will rule this land.”
“Be it the Demon King or anyone else, I’m fine with it, so please just catch and kill those damned nobles.”
“Her next door daughter-in-law was only 15 years old, and she was dragged into an aristocratic family, and she was raped just like that. Commander, is this for real? If we were just giving that shit to protect those guys, I’ll give it up. I’d rather be a traitor and cut off the heads of those idiots.”
The conversation between the soldiers and the commander was very radical, and there was no sense of hierarchy.
However, this was the reason why Klaus received the absolute support of the soldiers.
He did not seek authority like the nobles, but treated them as comrades who fought alongside him.
When they are disappointed in the nobles and disappointed in the end, even when they show resistance to the group called the kingdom, they can attract them with a single word and a single presence.
Although the soldiers of the Marquis of Kienmeyer were numerous and well trained.
Although he said that the Eastern cavalrymen he selected were equipped with skills that surpassed those of the fairy cavalry.
It is true that they are far from lacking compared to the warriors who can still take on the center of the enemy.
Even though the fairies are covered by the beasts, they are not only good at shooting arrows, but also strong in close combat.
Their breakthrough power is terrifying, so even the slightest twist will quickly break the formation.
A fight between cavalry never ends with a single charge.
You have to hit once, seize the victory, and then completely route the enemies so that they can’t regroup and aim for the back of your allies, so that they can’t return to the battlefield.
If you think about the return of the allied cavalry later, it is more important than anything else to maintain formation.
“To those of you who survived the limb, I would like to ask you to fight again. This time neither for the kingdom nor for your families. I just ask them to fight because they need me, because I want them. I am asking for your lives.”
“…”
“Can you still follow me?”
As soon as Klaus’s questions flew in, his soldiers did not respond verbally.
However, the shield, spear, and sword he was holding collided with each other and let out a huge iron cry.
They stamped their feet and expressed their own will to fight, which they used to see in previous wars.
At their answer, Klaus smiled and nodded his head.
“Don’t promise anything. If we turn the world upside down, those damn nobles won’t be there.”
“…”
“And there will be no world that has forgotten you guys.”
That alone was enough, because I couldn’t prey on those who fought hard, let alone treat them favorably.
I didn’t want to encounter a world that was so anxious to treat me that I didn’t want to treat it again.
“You take on the left and right wings of the formation. And if the enemy concentrates their strength excessively in the center while aiming for the right time, push the enemy hard from the side. So that they wouldn’t even have room to wield spears and knives in close proximity. So that there is no way to go but the center. Can you do it?”
“Yes! Commander!”
“I only believe in you. Your swords will be the key to our salvation.”
After Klaus’s words, they were deployed as left and right wing respectively.
Now, on Julia’s side, the infantry of the Marquis of Kienmeyer surrendered in the center.
Next to them are the old soldiers of Klaus who have come all the way here and joined them.
Finally, the demons were in charge of the cavalry, which served as the wings of the infantry formation.
And the alliance of beasts and fairies approaching from afar also had a similar formation.
Fairy side cavalry were positioned at the end of both wings, and the most powerful beastman side warriors were concentrated in the center in order to pierce the center.
And that side was filled with the remaining fairy soldiers, and it was a large army that numbered well over 20,000.
“…”
“…”
Finally, not far away, the two armies were in full formation, glaring at each other.
After the suffocating silence, the first to move were the demon cavalry led by Kayla.
While shouting, they charged, and soon the fairy cavalry charged against it, and the two armies, which were forming a huge formation, also began to advance slowly.
Little by little, the two formations got closer and finally began to battle in the middle of the plain.
As Klaus, who stood at the forefront, sped up, the Marquis of Kienmeyer and his subordinates, who naturally followed him, also sped up, thanks to which Klaus’ former soldiers got into battle relatively later, giving them time to conserve their stamina. .
“Aaaaagh!!”
Bang! Bang!-
Shields collided from all sides, spears and knives flashed, and shouts and screams abounded.
After colliding once, the beast warriors rushed forward and tried hard to disrupt the formation of the Marquis of Kienmeyer.
In their explosive charge, the soldiers of the Marquis of Kienmeyer, who had bravely charged after Klaus, began to be pushed back helplessly.
They are not the same human soldiers, but beast-man warriors who are much more advanced in physical strength.
Every time they gathered in one place and pushed properly, the shield and formation were dangerous, as if they would collapse at any moment.
Right away, the danger was visible even in the eyes of Yulia, who remained at the command post.
“…”
Her hands trembled and trembled, but Yulia didn’t move at all.
This time, he remembered Klaus’s words to believe in himself and stand by at the command post.
He said that he would defend the center, that his cavalry would return to the battlefield after driving the enemy cavalry as far as possible, and that his soldiers would show more fighting power than he thought.
With those words full of confidence, Yulia watched the battle with all doubts removed.
Wow!!-
Thump!! Thud! Visor! Chaeeng!!-
All kinds of goosebumps of battle hit the ears from all sides.
In it, Klaus used amplification magic to command the soldiers around him as much as possible.
At the same time, holding a spear, he ran around the battlefield to save an emergency place, and on the contrary, he even gave his allies a chance to breathe by destroying the enemy’s weak spot in one blow.
“Corsair! Corsair!!”
“These traitors must be punished! They are the disgrace of the Western Union!!”
“Haaaaa!!”
As the attack slowed down due to Klaus’ interference, the leader of the beast warriors became even more venomous.
I was looking down on the infantry on the human side who were seated in the middle of the day.
I thought I would be able to break through soon, so I pushed harder.
A guy named Klaus was stuck there, standing there, crushing his warriors.
Thinking that all the warriors were blocked and struggling because of that one human made them angry, and they were also worried that the fairies would look down on them.
“Push! Push away! I’m going to go through the center and go to the command center where the demon king is! Cheer up!”
“Break it! Pierce it!!!”
Even if it wasn’t so, the beast warriors, like a huge wave, gathered in one place and pounded hard on the soldiers of the Marquis of Kienmeyer.
At least he was holding on somehow because Klaus kept distracting them and at the same time ordered them to focus only on defense.
“His Highness the Demon King. Couldn’t the center break through like this?”
In a battlefield where such a large number of soldiers were intertwined, magic could not be used recklessly.
So Cecily, who stepped back for a while, asked that question in a worried voice.
“… Klaus said, I said. This battle must be won.”
Even if there is even a little bit of anxiety swaying inside.
As a king, it was also sometimes necessary to never show it.
You will be able to make it, you will be able to hold on. And you can win
Thinking so, Yulia looked at the formation of her allies, which were being pushed back little by little.
If they are pushed back just a little bit more, the formation will eventually be pierced and divided, and each one will be defeated, and the enemies will rush into the command center here in an instant without any defense walls.
They said they had no intention of dying to the beastmen warriors, but if the formation split in two in a turn like this, the battle would be lost in that state.
It is said that you should never lose, but if you lose in the unlikely event, it was the moment when you thought that it would be nice if only Klaus could safely retreat.
“… !”
Yulia’s eyes, which were observing the war situation, became fierce in an instant.
The left wing and the right wing, who had avoided fighting as much as possible, conserved their stamina, and looked at the situation.
In the First Continental War, Klaus’ veteran soldiers who had not been pushed back even against his demon soldiers and wrote the legend of the southern front were finally starting to move.
