Battle Commences! #4
"Hahahaha!"
Watching the Baron’s encampment from a decent vantage point on the high ground, I couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Kyahahaha!"
"Ahahahaha!"
Morale was at rock bottom. Supplies were depleted. They were exhausted from not being able to sleep because of the pixies, and everyone was gripped by terror.
They weren't an army; you could have easily mistaken them for a group of drug-addicted homeless people who had lost all hope in life.
"The pixies are doing a fantastic job!"
"Demon King! Hurry up and pet us!"
"I want a breast massage!"
The excited pixies clung to me, purring with affection. Pure joy. As I stroked their heads as requested, they stood on their tiptoes, delighted.
"Ooh! I love it so much!"
"Kyahahahaha!"
Since victory was all but guaranteed, I was just having a great time.
"Kerurung! Humans are total pushovers!"
"Keryaaaaak!"
The goblins were also laughing at the humans, making their signature chattering sounds. The imps were also going wild, claiming that humans were no match for them.
"Humans are too easy."
"Kyaak, kyaak. Hunting is fun."
The lamias, who were satisfying their hunting instincts by continuously picking off the soldiers, were the same.
But the most encouraging thing was that the dark elves had finally gained real combat experience.
They hadn't had a proper battle before, but by 'hunting' the Baron's troops who had been separated from the main force, they had gained combat experience and tasted the enemy's blood.
Tasting blood is very important.
They had finally been reborn as warriors.
"Necree. How does it feel to fight humans?"
"How should I put it? I feel confident. Because I can hunt them much more easily than I imagined."
"Good. Keep that confidence with you."
The dark elf women were all agile and swift. It would be a sight to see once beings with such physical traits were truly reborn as warriors.
The battle with the Baron's army had become a learning experience in many ways.
"But it's a mystery."
Vanessa said as she watched.
"I don't understand why they made such a move."
"Indeed. Do you have any guesses?"
"I don't know. If I were the commander, I would have at least tried to break through at high speed... At this rate, they'll just be isolated and killed."
I agreed.
If they just stayed put, they would only wither away, so what were they doing there? I asked the angels, and they said there were no other angels. There wouldn't be any reinforcements, so what were they doing?
As I was pondering, Lea came over and said,
"They might have lost their way."
"Oh, Lea?"
"Or perhaps they intended to set up a camp to regroup, gather information, and then deal with the situation. Though it seems a bit late for that."
"Hmm."
The hypothesis that they lost their way. It was quite plausible. If they lost their way, they would have to find it again. They would have no choice but to do that.
And well, they had suffered near-total casualties, and the unit was devastated. They might be agonizing over how to act after gathering information about this area and the enemies.
Everything was clumsy, though.
"Well, I suppose."
There was no way out from the start.
Let's say you're playing a card game, for example. The field is empty, and you have no cards left in your hand. If you agonize over it in that situation, there's nothing you can do, so you have no choice but to struggle in vain.
"Hehehe, I see. Because no matter what they do, they're bound to be crushed."
"It's already over. Honestly, I feel relieved, too. To dare to chase after the Saintess... They all deserve to die."
Her voice was dripping with hatred.
"Lea. Do not be so angry. If you think about it, weren't you able to come here thanks to them?"
"That is..."
"I found true love and happiness here. I am truly grateful for showing me the life and joy of a woman."
The Saintess clung to me stickily and groped my pelvis.
"I once mistakenly thought it would have been better to just quit being a Saintess and live as a whore... but that was all an illusion. Such a pathetic cock, it's disgusting even to look at. There's no way I could put that in my pussy. Just imagining it makes me feel unpleasant."
She really is the most lewd Saintess in the world.
"Only the Demon King's dignified cock makes me a woman..."
"Saintess... please, calm down. Lea. Quickly, calm the Saintess down."
"Kuh."
"Aah!"
Lea, who approached with dissatisfaction, put her hand under the Saintess's armpit and dragged her away.
"Anyway. Since the Saintess is head over heels for you, the Demon King, she'll follow you, but if she ever turns her back on you, be prepared."
"Yes, yes."
That won't happen.
To give that lewd Saintess pleasure, there would have to be an incubus stronger than me, but there's no way someone like that exists in this Middle World.
They'd only be in the Demon World.
And by the time I advance to the Demon World, I am certain there won't be an incubus stronger than me.
"Anyway, I need to train Lea with tentacles a bit more."
I need to make her a bit more obedient.
—Vroom!
Just then, Serineu returned.
"Serineu! How is it!"
"Everyone is half-asleep! I think we can kill them all if we strike tonight!"
"Good! Then let's attack at night!"
I'll let my soldiers sleep a bit and then attack when the sun goes down!
Night fell.
The exhausted soldiers of the Baron's army were nodding off, but my soldiers, who had taken turns resting and sleeping soundly during the day, were in peak condition.
High morale.
Proper nutritional intake.
On top of that, full energy.
It would be truly simple for the Demon King's army, possessing all of that, to annihilate the exhausted human army!
"Everyone!!!"
I gathered those soldiers and gave the order!
"Advance!!!"
Advance toward the enemies!
—March, march, march!
The goblin infantry advanced first, followed by the imps. Then the lamias. The dark elves advanced. Although the races were diverse, they had all been trained by me. Look at my soldiers moving in perfect order without any disorder!
"Listen! The enemies are exhausted!!!"
And the pixies provided cover by flying low around us. I stood at the very back with my guards, watching the backs of my soldiers, and gave a speech.
"They are even trembling in fear, starving, and haven't even been able to sleep! Killing such guys is like killing weak livestock! The invincible Demon King Culs army! Isn't that right!"
—That is correct! Keruk!
—Grrrrr!
—Kyaaaaaaak!
The soldiers answered loudly.
"Then everyone!! Let out a war cry!!!!"
—Keryaaaaaaaak!!!
They let out a powerful war cry!
"Scream so that the humans holed up in that cave can hear you!!!"
They were just holed up in their encampment anyway. If they just stayed like that, flanking or whatever wouldn't work. This time, there was no choice but to go in head-on and attack.
It could be called a kind of head-on confrontation, but in reality, it wasn't.
Anyway, let's let out a war cry to instill fear once again. If we could chip away at the enemy's strength just by shouting, we should do it.
As we advanced toward the encampment while shouting like that,
"Hwaaaaaaak!"
"It's a monster legion! Aak!"
"It's over...!"
As expected, the Baron's soldiers fled in a hurry with faces full of fear. And these were the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the entrance and the front-line barricades.
"Hahahaha! The guys are running away!"
That wasn't all. They tripped while running. They screamed and dashed into the darkness. It was chaos.
"Kerueeeek!"
"Keryaaaaaaak!"
As a result, we made a bloodless entry into the encampment they had gone to such trouble to build. Traps? As if they'd have any. The pixies had already scouted it several times and reported everything to me.
They didn't even have the energy to build traps.
"Kill them all!"
We broke into the enemy's main base, but there was no resistance worth the name. The panicked soldiers were just struggling to run away.
—Thwack!
—Thwack!
The goblin infantry advanced at a brisk pace, spreading out slightly, and thrust their spears. And the lamias advanced to the left and right as if wings were spreading.
There was no need to charge.
"Kyahaaaaaaaak!"
"Kyaaaak!"
"Uwaaaaaaaaak!"
Because the lamias were just using their size to run wild and cut the soldiers' throats with their swords. It really was a too-simple subjugation battle.
After using every means and method to chip away at all of the enemies' combat power, we unilaterally suppressed them.
That is the jungle warfare I pursue.
Just then,
"Hwaaaaaaaaaak!"
Perhaps they had bypassed our flank at some point, but someone who looked like a capable fighter came rushing at high speed with his sword pointed at me. Is he aiming for me?
Of course, there's no need to worry.
—Whoosh!
Vanessa, who was standing behind me, kicked off the ground,
—Clang!
And deflected the attacker's sword by swinging her own sword upward.
"A knight, are you?"
"Y-you witch bitches!!!"
At the same time,
"Sha! If you attack the Demon King, you die!"
Sharan expressed her anger and jumped out, scratching the space with her vicious claws as she passed by.
—Splat!
That was the end of it. The head of the guy, who couldn't even move because of Vanessa, who had entangled his sword, fell off.
"Well done, Vanessa! And Sharan! Thank you for protecting me!"
"Sharan will protect the Demon King!"
"Hehehe! Yes!"
I stroked the head of Sharan, who had approached, and assessed the battle situation.
—Aaaaaaak!
—Uwaaaaaaak!
—Khaaaaaaaaak!
My soldiers were running wild and unilaterally slaughtering the Baron's army.
It was different from last time.
"This time, there will be no survivors."
I would consume the Baron's entire army and sever the link with the angels. If I aimed for that timing and infiltrated the Baron's castle... I could put the Saintess at the forefront and swallow the Baron's territory.
"Kill them all! Don't leave a single one! Necree! Team Human Hunter, deploy! Kill every single one of those guys who fled into the jungle!"
"Understood! Come on, let's go! Team Human Hunter!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
The disciplined dark elves ran off like the wind.
"We have won again this time!"