The Saintess! #3
I wait for the pixies I sent out to form the formation. In battle, communication is more important than anything else. If this were a regular army, I could use a 96k radio to report that a position has been secured, but that’s not the case here.
The pixie messengers have to run their hearts out.
"The imps have arrived at the rear! They haven't been spotted yet! They're just waiting for your order!"
A trained pixie is an excellent messenger. The pixie, who flew over with her large breasts swaying, reported in a very clear tone.
"Well done, Pixie. Go to the rear and rest your wings."
"Okay. Ah... that feels good."
When I squeezed her breasts a little as a reward, the pixie immediately felt good and made a face that said she was comfortable.
"Okay. That's enough."
"I want more..."
"I'll give you more when the war is over."
After sending the pixie off like that.
—*Vroom!*
"The Lamias have taken their positions! They're waiting for the attack order!"
The pixie I had attached to the Lamia side also returned and reported. As expected of the Lamias. Even with just a rough order, they find their combat positions on their own. This is why subordinates in the field need to be competent.
"Good. You've worked hard, Pixie!"
"Yeah!"
I gathered the reports from the pixies in that manner.
"The torches are getting closer! In a little while, they'll notice us too!"
The troop deployment was complete, and the torches were drawing nearer. According to the pixies' reports, there wasn't a single sign of the enemies preparing for a defensive battle.
They didn't even dream that they were about to be attacked.
Summon Evil Eye
—*Whoosh!*
I summoned an Evil Eye and scanned the surroundings from the air. I couldn't find the Saintess, but I could see human soldiers holding torches moving in a hurry. They were even shouting.
They’ve gotten close enough.
"Buril!!!"
I immediately unsummoned the Evil Eye and called for Buril.
"Keruk! Give me your orders! My King!"
Buril, the elite soldier himself!
"The enemies are approaching! How do you think we should deal with the enemies that have come so close!"
"Impale them on skewers! Keruk!"
"That’s it! Infantry! Advance!!!"
"Keruruk! Infantry, advance!!!"
—*Tramp, tramp, tramp.*
As soon as the order was given, the goblin phalanx, formed in two rows, marched forward. Invincible soldiers armed with shields in front and spears in hand!
Although the terrain was uneven with trees and rocks protruding here and there, my infantry skillfully widened and narrowed their intervals to overcome the terrain.
"Gyusatsat! Watch the left and right sides!"
"Gyusaaaat!"
"Gyusatsat!"
To the left of the goblin phalanx, Kobold spearmen were positioned, and to the right, Lizardman shock troops were burning with fighting spirit.
"Shuwaaak...! A feast of humans!"
"Shurararararak!"
"Shuraak!"
Then, Serineu flew in.
"Hey! They're really close now! Our position will be exposed within a minute!"
"Then let's begin."
The torches over there were starting to get closer. I could start to see the faces of the human soldiers. Even in this situation, the humans still didn't know anything.
"Kerueuk...!"
"Keruk!"
The moment the goblins started to burst with fighting spirit!
"Infantry!!! Maintain formation and execute a short-range charge!!!"
Responding to that spirit, I gave the order!
"Kerueueuk! Short-range chaaaarge!"
—*Keryaaaaaak!*
At the same time, the goblins matched their speed and executed a short-range charge in unison. As soon as the goblin infantry entered the range of the humans' torches!
"Uh, uh?"
"Uhhhh!"
"E, enemy! It's the enemyyyy!"
The confused humans shouted. Suddenly, an enemy force had appeared in the darkness. And right in front of them, too. They were holding swords, but could they even respond?
—*Thwack!*
—*Thwaaaack!*
Of course, it was impossible.
"Keryaaaak! Kill them all!"
"Keruk! Keruk! Kill them!"
"Die! Kerueueuk!"
The frenzied goblins stabbed the approaching humans with their spears. The battle had begun!
"Pixies! Flying Culls On! Repeat after me!"
"Flying Culls On!"
"Flying Culls On!"
"Flying Culls On!"
The pixies, who shouted in unison like magical girls, clung to me, and thus I was able to fly through the sky once again.
—*Haa.*
I took a deep breath!
While watching the battlefield!
"All troops!!!!!!!!! Attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I shouted loudly in the language of the demons!!!
—*Whoaaaak!*
My voice echoed! With this, the Imps and Lamias I had placed would move!
"Land!"
"He said land!"
I immediately descended to the ground.
"Keryaaaaaak!"
"Kerueueuk!"
"Uhaaaaaaaak!"
The front was already a scene of carnage. They had been caught in a surprise attack while in a wide search formation to find the Saintess, without knowing a thing.
There was no way they could respond.
"Formation! Make a formation! It's the enemy!"
"Go, goblin?! It's a goblin!"
"No! It's an orc!"
"It's an orc tribe! It's an orc!!!"
Meaningless shouts were exchanged among the humans. The humans who entered my field of vision couldn't even resist; they were just being stabbed by spears or were busy running toward the back...!
My goblin infantry!
They were stronger than I imagined!
"You're doing well! You're doing very well!"
They were stabbing the humans mercilessly!
"Keryaaaak! Kill and trample them all! Don't get separated from your comrades!"
Buril's voice erupted.
"Demon King! The imps are setting fires in the back!"
"Good!"
The pixies' reports covered my surroundings. At that moment, as the infantry marched and slaughtered the soldiers.
—*Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!*
—*Boom, boom, boom!*
The sound of the Lamias' charge could be heard from over there.
"Kyaaaaaaaaak!"
"Kyaaaaaak!"
The Lamias' battle cries rang out clearly in the darkness.
—*Thud!*
—*Boom, boom, boom!*
—*Wham!*
And then, the sound of flesh being torn.
"Uhaaaaaaaak!"
"S, snaaaaake!"
"It's a monster! It's a monsterrrrr!"
The voices of the screaming soldiers were truly sweet! The Lamia cavalry swept through the battlefield!
"Now is the time! Lizardman platoon! Charge!!!"
"Shuwaaaaaaak!"
"Kill everything in your path!!!"
This was why I had organized the Lizardmen. The shock troops would crush the battlefield that the Lamias had swept through.
My personal guard, still behind me, hadn't even moved yet.
"Wipe them all out!!!"
The rear was being disrupted by the imps. They wouldn't be able to easily form a formation where the fires were burning. If they went to the side where there was no fire, they would be able to slaughter the experienced soldiers who had managed to judge the situation calmly and gather!
The knight, Kanto, couldn't understand what was going on.
Screams seemed to come from the darkness, and suddenly, the cries of monsters swallowed the whole world. And when a demonic voice echoed like thunder, the chain of command was shattered, and the soldiers began to run away in disorder.
"Huaaaaaaak!"
"Save me!"
"Stop!"
Kanto tried to calm them down by grabbing the fleeing soldiers, knocking them over, or slapping their cheeks, but the panicked soldiers wouldn't listen to a word he said.
"Come here! Don't run away, stick together, I said! You!"
"Aaaaaak!"
"It's a monster! They're monsters!"
"Damn it...!"
The unit had completely collapsed. It was impossible to control them now. Kanto decided that he should at least figure out what was happening, so he drew his sword and headed toward the front.
"Th, that is!"
And what he saw was.
"Monster!"
But.
"What on earth!"
It was strange for a monster.
They looked similar to goblins or orcs, but strangely, they were wearing armor, and they were even advancing while forming an infantry phalanx with shields and spears.
Trampling over the corpses of human soldiers as they advanced, stabbing with their spears. They were a trained army in the truest sense.
"Monsters are an army...! That's ridiculous!"
It was incomprehensible. In all his life, he had never heard of such a thing. Kanto stepped back. Not out of cowardice, but out of rational judgment. Even a knight couldn't break through such an infantry phalanx alone.
"I see!"
Kanto turned his body and ran.
"The witch must have really existed!"
The Baron had given the order to track down the witch very suddenly in the middle of the night. Honestly, he had wondered if the guy had gone senile, but seeing the situation now, it was certain.
The witch, currently on the run, must have used wicked sorcery to summon an army from hell!
There was no other way to explain this situation! They were literally a prepared army! Even the search formation had been caught in a night surprise attack, making combat impossible!
The only way was to save the soldiers who could be saved and retreat.
However.
—*Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!*
—*Boom, boom, boom!*
A strange sound was heard.
"Cavalry? But here..."
It sounded like cavalry charging. It was strange. But Kanto decided that saving the soldier standing stupidly in front of him was the priority.
"You there! What are you standing there stupidly for! Wake up! Follow me!"
"Knight... that."
"That?"
The soldier pointed over there with a bewildered face. Because of the darkness, he couldn't see well. He was even hallucinating that something like a woman was approaching.
"A woman?"
A real woman?
A scantily clad beauty was approaching at a very high speed.
—*Boom, boom, boom!*
Yes, making that noise that kept ringing out.
The moment he noticed she was holding a spear.
—*Thwack!*
"Guaaaaak!"
The soldier in front flew into the sky, scattering his entrails.
—*Swoosh!*
And then, a large snake was visible.
"S, snake! A giant snake! It's a snakeeeeeee!"
Kanto couldn't believe this reality. So he just sprinted. Women with the lower bodies of snakes were rushing at a terrifying speed, like cavalry, tearing the soldiers apart!
"Uaaaaaaaak!"
"Khaaaaak!"
"Save meeeeeeeee!"
The soldiers who were trying to form ranks were also hit by the snake-women and shattered.
"Shuwaaaaaaak!"
"Shuwaaaak!!"
That wasn't all.
Lizardmen who had suddenly appeared from somewhere were wielding stone axes with wooden shields in front, smashing the heads of the fleeing soldiers.
"Run away! Run!"
"Come this way!"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaak!"
Even in the midst of panic, Kanto used his knight's senses to the fullest, setting a direction to escape and sprinting. In times like this, one must run toward the rear at all costs.
However.
—*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.*
Purple flames were rising from the rear of the unit.
As if it were from hell itself.
"It's hell! This is hell!!"
A soldier's shout.
"The witch has summoned hell!!!"
"Save meeeeeeee!"
And the shouts of other soldiers.
"The demons of hell have appeared!!!"
Kanto added his own scream to that as well.