This Is What Cavalry Is # 1
"Are you here?"
"I greet you, Mother Duchess."
I calmly took a step back, bowed my upper body, and offered my greeting. Carti thought that she had been summoned like this quite often lately. Since there were so many things to report, starting with Culs and then the angels.
"Was the experiment a success?"
"Yes. It was a success."
At the news that the experiment had succeeded,
"That is a relief."
The corners of the Duchess's eyes curved upward. This experiment had been that important.
"Yes. Definitely."
The angels of the Great Heaven were cunning; as soon as they succeeded in descending to the Middle Realm, they began work to reinforce the dimensional barrier. As a result, any being possessing mana above a certain level would be blocked by the barrier and bounced off while attempting to cross it. Of course, they couldn't be bounced back exactly to where they came from. They would end up unable to return, drifting somewhere between dimensions. Because of that, it became effectively impossible to send any valid combat power. While this also meant powerful angels couldn't descend easily, the Great Heaven had already secured a foothold in the Middle Realm.
It was as if they meant to block the demons' intrusion entirely and do their own business. If there were no demons, the angels already deployed could stably establish their position. Naturally, if one spent enough time, such a barrier could be destroyed, but... right now, there was a lack of both time and resources.
"Well done."
That was why Carti's successful experiment was encouraging. Carti had improved the Evil Eyes, which were like mere insects. She had modified, improved, and cultivated them so they could cross the angels' barrier and collect information in the Middle Realm. The first generation of modified Evil Eyes, deployed experimentally, had successfully collected information and returned.
"Even though it was an experiment, because we deployed a large number of Evil Eyes, we were able to obtain meaningful information. Ah, before that, let me explain the method."
She would descend a 'mother' unit, into which she had injected a spell to allow it to return to the Demon World, into the Middle Realm. The mother unit would immediately generate clouds to hide its appearance, then scatter the Evil Eyes into the surroundings. The scattered Evil Eyes would be deployed to various regions to collect information and return to the mother unit. Once the mother unit, inscribed with the return spell, was brought back to the Demon World, it was finished. All that remained was to split the Evil Eyes' heads, extract their brains, and read the information.
"For reference, the monster used as the mother unit was created by modifying angels to deceive the barrier. It worked quite well. Anyway. Thanks to the prior knowledge gained from Culs-oppa, we were able to collect information more smoothly than expected."
Based on the coordinates and information Culs had sent in the meantime, she had collected the human world's language, approximate geography, country names, and power dynamics. As a result of compiling the information with that knowledge, she had learned a very significant fact.
"That is a very good thing. So, what is the collected information?"
"To pick out the most important thing... the angels of the Great Heaven have succeeded in making contact with the leadership of the human kingdoms and religious factions. We have also confirmed that the angels have revealed their presence before the human masses."
At those words,
"..."
The Duchess was silent for a moment.
"The reaction?"
"It is not good. As expected, the humans have shown great support for the angels. I would have to watch further to be sure, but if things continue like this, surely..."
She didn't need to finish the sentence. It meant the angels would swallow the Middle Realm. The battles between the Heaven World and the Demon World had been evenly matched, but if the angels grew their power in the Middle Realm, the Demon World would no longer be a match for them. It would be better to use this as an opportunity to launch an all-out attack on the Heaven World, but that was impossible for the divided demon race. They would surely try to invade territories whose power had weakened while the others went to attack the angels. They had been able to form a loose alliance only because there was an absolute hostile force, the angels, launching fierce invasions; once they left that situation, the alliance would become a bubble.
"It is not good. Still, you did well, Carti."
"...Yes."
"Continue the reconnaissance."
"I understand."
With those words, Carti left the audience chamber. There was no time even to receive praise.
"..."
Having returned to her room, Carti...
"Ah! Seriously!"
While hugging the doll standing next to her,
"Culs-oppa, what are you doing!"
She screamed.
"All you do is have sex! Always sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, and then sex! And then sex and more sex! And more and more sex! Just sex! All day long, sex! You're just continuing to have sex! Do you know how dangerous the situation is right now? You're just keeping on having sex, seriously!"
Culs, who was building his own power base in the Middle Realm. He had shown quite a big achievement, but even so, he couldn't even properly deal with a single human lord. How could he do anything against the angels like that? Culs still had a long way to go.
"Is sex that good! Huh! Sex, sex, don't you get tired of it! You have sex all day long and then have sex again the next day...!"
Of course, since Culs grew his power and expanded his influence through sexual acts, it was natural, and rather diligent, but Carti, who had learned the approximate situation, just felt frustrated.
He had to increase his speed. He had to grow his power faster. Culs had to do something more right now.
"I have to provide support...!"
Still, the fortunate thing was that preparations were now somewhat complete. Both she and Culs. Both were in a state of readiness. If she invested just a little more resources and improved the spell, she would be able to support Culs, who was having a good time with females down there. Perhaps she could inform Culs of how the human world was turning, and what the angels who had settled in the Middle Realm were doing. Beyond that, she could even provide information on the human territories around Culs's dungeon. Not only that, but she could also support him with the Demon World's resources or technology.
If she provided that much support... wouldn't Culs be able to do even better than he was now?
That was the thought of Carti, who had been watching Culs all this time.
"He must have a grudge because he couldn't have sex! Culs-oppa is having sex again!"
The Culs on the screen was violating a captured mage. She couldn't even imagine how many more females he would violate.
Still, there was one important piece of information. Culs could even turn angels into demons. Even the demonized angels followed Culs quite well. There were a lot of angel prisoners in the Demon World. If she could give these prisoners to Culs, it would be very good.
"Then he'll just spend all day going 'hehehe' and having tons of sex again!"
Carti felt frustrated.
Snake Pit.
"Ah."
It was truly a snake pit. I was lying in such a snake pit.
Kyaaaa...
Kyaeuuu...
The naked Lamias sprawled everywhere were letting out gasps and moans. During this long night, I had succeeded in imprinting the Demon Brand on all 7 of the Lamia warriors who followed Princess Julia. I thought I was going to die from exhaustion. Every single one of them squeezed me. Not content with that, the excited Lamias squeezed the Lamia who was squeezing me, or squeezed two at once, so I really thought I was going to die. Still, well done, Culs. You subdued all the snake women in one night. I was so proud and pleased with myself.
Anyway,
Now that the Demon Brand was imprinted, these Lamia warriors would surely follow my orders now. And I had already prepared all the training content. I had the Hobgoblins make the armaments the Lamia cavalry would use as well. It would be fine to proceed with training starting tomorrow.
"Ugh...!"
But I need to rest today. I'm very tired because I was squeezed by the Lamias all night long. No matter who I am, it's bound to be hard if I enjoy this kind of exotic sex for hours on end.
Thud!
"Th, this bastard...!"
"My Lord!"
At that moment, Reika and Sharan burst in. With very worried faces.
"Ah. Reika. Sharan."
"You're okay!"
I... am okay...
"I'll get better if I rest for a day..."
Let's get some sleep for now.
The next day.
I began training the Lamia cavalry in earnest.
"Goblin platoon! Build a formation!"
"Keruuuuuuuk!"
Clack!
The Goblins built a defensive wall very skillfully.
"Oh."
"Fast."
"That's fine."
The Lamia warriors watched that and were impressed.
"Isn't it fine? If you make a wall that sturdy, it's not easy to get over."
"It's truly amazing. I had heard about it before, but to this extent."
Julia said, covering her mouth with her hand.
"If you receive my guidance, you can all do that. Julia-nim. This is a question, but how do you think one should break through that?"
"Hmm."
At that, Julia and the Lamias thought.
"Break through. How?"
"A long spear. A long spear is needed."
"From afar. Throw stones."
Ordinary answers.
"Hehehe, throwing stones is fine."
Lamia slingers are worth considering too. But that seems like a waste. As I was about to say that, Julia answered.
"Should we go around to the side?"
"Oh! That's exactly it!"
"Yes?"
"Crushing a phalanx! The simplest method is for highly mobile cavalry to bypass the flank! You guessed well!"
"Fufufu, I guess it was the right answer. Thank you."
There are two things I will train the Lamias in today. One is training to bypass and crush a phalanx. And the other is to have the Lamias, who are waiting behind the Goblin phalanx, perform a grand charge to a specific location. And another is to use Pixies to gather the Lamias hidden in various parts of the jungle to a specific point and perform a grand charge again. They had already mastered the tactic of lining up in a row and attacking all at once. Since Lamias have intelligence, they know how to do that much. So, it's straight to the advanced course.
"Then Impsung-ah! Go and bring the Lamias' equipment!"
"Kruk! Demon King-nim! Understood! You there! Go and bring the equipment!!"
"Krrrrrrk!"
As Impsung gave the order, the Imps ran into the dungeon in a swarm. And soon, the Imps, accompanied by Hobgoblins, brought long spears and slightly large wooden shields. They were cavalry spears and cavalry shields made exclusively for Lamias.
"Oh my, what is that?"
"Julia-nim. Aren't the Lamias the experts of this forest?"
"Yes. They are skilled and powerful warriors and hunters."
"If it's those Lamias, then handling a spear of that length shouldn't be a problem, right?"
When I asked that,
"Problem. None."
Sashunal, who was holding a spear and checking it, answered. She was Julia's confidante.
"Hehehe, is that so. Then please take that spear and shield. Once you've taken them, stand in a row facing the Goblin phalanx in front of you."
"Understood."
Sasharak.
At my words, the Lamias took the spears and shields and stood in a row.
"Oh."
It was truly a spectacle. The sight of women with snake lower bodies holding spears and round shields like hoplites.
"Keruk...! Demon King-nim! The intimidation is no joke!"
Buril said that, as if he felt the same thing.
"Keruk...!"
"Keruk!"
The other Goblins were the same.
"Hehehe, right? Hey. Buril-ah. What do you think would happen if things like that aimed their spears and charged at the same time?"
"Please spare me, Demon King-nim! It's totally fucked! We need longer spears!"
Buril had already realized the need for pikes!
"But that's not the only way. Anyway! Training will begin!"
After training them enough to handle the Lamia cavalry like my own limbs!
I will conquer this jungle!