Chapter 301 – Chapter 29 – Soon
The demon soldiers who were fighting in the middle of the battle sensed something strange.
The fairies, who had been engaged in a bloody battle until right before, at some point stepped back, and what appeared in front of them were human soldiers who could not be said to be particularly strong.
Of course, they are also obvious enemies, so they attack with the intention of subduing them all quickly.
As time passed, I realized that things were going strangely.
“Mi, don’t push! Don’t push!”
Human soldiers don’t focus on the front, but keep looking back and shouting like that.
It was as if someone pushed me from behind and threatened me with a spear.
It was as if they were driven to the center of the battlefield not of their own will, but of their own will.
Whatever it is, in the end, they are also their enemies.
So, the Demon Soldiers have always been and will continue to do as they should.
They dutifully wielded their spears and swords and mercilessly killed the enemy soldiers who stood in their way.
Whether the enemy in front of you is trying to fight with all your might, or it’s not knowing what to do.
There was no hesitation because they had to become machines that killed enemies on the battlefield.
“Kyaaak!”
“Knock! Knock!”
They are soldiers who left their homeland and followed the nobles to this distant place just to live.
Of course, there was no will to fight, and all he did was struggle and die.
It was on a different level from the soldiers on the Asmodian side who were fighting with a clear goal.
“… Is something strange?”
The demon commanders who were in command at the scene also noticed something strange.
The enemies, who had been fighting on equal footing a while ago, suddenly began to crumble.
Even the fairies don’t scream well at the moment of death, but now the enemies are just screaming in all directions as if the world is leaving. It was very annoying.
They hurriedly gave orders to the soldiers to assess the situation.
It was not difficult to read the situation as the enemies were on the verge of completely collapsing and fleeing.
And after a while, reports from here and there reached Ferdinand, the commander-in-chief.
“What do you mean? The fairies have already retreated. Are there any enemies left?”
“It turns out that the human soldiers who were fighting together were thrown away as bait, and the rest of the troops safely retreated while the few remaining fairies drove them back.”
“You mean you know that now? If I had known earlier, I would have pursued you!”
“Perhaps because the fairies fell for them so naturally, and the battles that took place in the kingdom influenced them, an air current was formed that did not ignore humans and did their best to fight. It seems that the field commanders were fighting to the best of their ability and realized relatively late that something was wrong.”
“… Damn it. I went through all kinds of hardships to catch a big fish, but in the end, all I caught was a killifish.”
From Ferdinand’s point of view, it was a matter of anger.
Recently, how much effort have they made to attract the enemy to their side, giving up fighting worthy of battle?
Even Klaus stepped out and smashed the beast warriors, making the enemies nervous.
It gave me the feeling that I didn’t have to worry about this side anymore by continuing to drag the time.
Lastly, I intentionally leaked the news that allied reinforcements were coming, so I made it so that the enemies couldn’t stop moving.
I really sprinkled all kinds of bait to make a golden fishing ground, but I couldn’t get any.
“I have nothing to say…”
“… I’m sorry, Ferdinand-sama.”
The adjutants are well aware that they have prepared a lot in the meantime.
That’s why it was painful to miss almost all the fairies.
Apparently, the battle was reaping a great victory, but rather heavy air settled in the command barracks.
If someone didn’t open up, I’m sure it would have gotten even worse.
“You don’t have to be too angry, Ferdinand. Rather, this is enough.”
“… Aren’t you misunderstanding something, Klaus? You were also involved in this operation. So, would you be even more upset? Instead of fighting, the fairies threw humans as bait and ran away. If this is the case, the enemies will once again encamp in that confined space and just hold on.”
“The reinforcements are coming. If Cecily LeBlanc comes, the magic will be neutralized, so there should be no problem.”
“Klaus. Do you know? His Highness, the Demon King, wants a sure victory so that the enemies will never rise again. If reinforcements come and put pressure on them, the enemy will be forced to surrender, or else they will fight with the thought that they will inflict the worst damage and die even if they die.”
If at least half of the fairies had been destroyed this time, they would have asked for surrender too.
It is more important than anything to obtain surrender after making the will to resist no longer.
Since this is the end of the continent, it is unreasonable to send troops, and above all, the beasts and fairies are not on good terms with the demons, so it is essential to reduce their strength as there is always room for rebellion if they do not surrender. Could
And by subtracting strength, in the end, cutting off the source of the enemy’s power.
The warriors on the Beast side will not be able to raise their voices recklessly anymore, as more than half of them were killed this time following the previous battle.
All that was left was the fairy, but since this opportunity was missed, Ferdinand had no choice but to regret it forever.
However, Klaus still did not hide his relaxed appearance.
And Ferdinand, who had faced him during the First Continental War, strongly felt that he had something else in mind from Klaus’ appearance.
So, after sending out his aides, Ferdinand quietly opened his mouth.
“Looks like you have a plan. Otherwise, I cannot be so relaxed.”
“Yes. Of course there is. And that plan has already been over half executed.”
“… The fairies backed off intact, even though we couldn’t catch them?”
“Anyway, just because I caught more of them, the fairies said, ‘Oh, I lost. I will surrender. Long live the demons!’ Ferdinand. They’re holding on this far with their pride. Then, what the hell is the way to break down that ego? The one that constantly attacks from the outside and brings defeat? That’s not bad either, but it only boosts their will to resist, and if they’re unlucky, it’ll only boost their pride by giving them a victory.”
At those words, Ferdinand nodded his head in approval.
Humans don’t know about it, but if it’s a fairy, he thinks that it will be enough.
So he wanted a big victory with the intention of crushing that pride, but Klaus seemed to be thinking of crushing it with something else.
“It makes them fight each other from the inside out. Or to be more precise, from now on, you are reducing yourself to a low level, so that you can’t even mention that pride.”
“… You mean cut it down? So that they themselves become inferior beings?”
“Yes. Take a look right now without looking far. They threw the humans who had fled here as bait to save their lives, and returned alive. In the short term, it would have been a reasonable decision. But? Those who claim to be the noblest and strongest race of the West, left behind the humans they so ignored to live, threw them into the battlefield, and just got out? That’s not it.”
“…”
“The reason they can endure even in this unfavorable situation is because of the superiority they implicitly possess. We are at least better than demons, superior to humans. Something like this But if that’s all wrong. Being pushed to the limit, in the end, if fairies also commit ugly things without hesitation. Even those who have been shouting to endure with just one are bound to get tired.”
Even among the fairies, there were quite a lot of disgusting things.
However, because there were humans who were more idiots than them, it was easy to cover it up with the news.
In addition, because there is an obvious enemy, the Demons, they were able to continue to remain as fairies by spreading malicious rumors about them and proving their superiority.
If that collapsed, they would be nothing more than humans and demons.
“Kingdoms and empires were already rotten and bruised on the inside, so it was enough to defeat them with force. However, fairies and beastmen are different. They are also things that they believe are great. You have to smash those good perceptions first. Only then will you be able to rule. Beastmen say that warriors are literally smashed by a human and lowered their tails, so it’s okay, and for fairies, it’s most important to erase what noble and clean beings they say they are. It is to let them know that they are not good at anything except for handling magic and shooting arrows well.”
“… It seems that the conversation with His Highness the Demon King is already over.”
“Let’s just say that.”
Actually, I haven’t talked about it, but it’s a life that I’ve already repeated several times, so there’s no problem.
Kingdoms and empires, if only the nobles are cleaned up anyway, the rest will be absorbed quietly on its own.
However, fairies and beastmen have lived without a single doubt that they are the best since the days of the Western Union.
If you don’t destroy it first, it’s a problem later, even if you subdue it by force and get it to surrender.
In order for the rear to be quiet, it must be completely subdued, so that the fairies themselves break their arrows and the beastmen curl up and whimper.
“Ferdinand, by the way, this is not the end.”
“What do you mean?”
“This is not the end of the ugly things that the self-proclaimed noble fairies are doing. But this time it’s a battlefield, so I’m assuming I can give an excuse, but what happens next will be more serious and more fun.”
Hearing that it was fun, Ferdinand tilted his head and smiled as if he was looking forward to it.
If Klaus, not anyone else, said that, then there must be something.
It seemed that he was quite curious about what the interesting thing would be.
“Oh right. Klaus. It seems that the human soldiers over there will surrender without being able to fight properly. How should I handle it? Still, since he was a human in the kingdom, he made him a prisoner…”
“Kill.”
“… Kill?”
“Yes. I threw it as bait, but can you save it and keep it in a fish tank? I have to get rid of it.”
“But if you hurt the prisoners carelessly, you could end up in another part…”
“Don’t worry. The demons who harmed the captives will not be highlighted, but only the fairies who threw out those who fled to live will be highlighted. Even for that, they all have to die. Miserably.”
I don’t have any sympathy just because I’m a human being.
If I had left my hometown and came here with you, wouldn’t I have been prepared for that?
Even though they were commoners, because they were enlisted soldiers under an aristocrat, they also acted as devils.
It was Klaus’ intention to pay the price for that, so he didn’t want to feel too unfair.
