Vol 3 Chapter 9 (2/2)
The Hero: “Hey, let the horse stop It’s going to die, it’s really going to die”
Young Mercenary: “Don’t argue with me”
The Hero: “…”
Young Mercenary: “Heh, I’m surprised he’s still alive at all”
Tiny Mercenary: “But…”
Horse trotting
Tiny Mercenary: “The Chief’s orders are absolute Otherwise, everyone would be dead”
The Hero: “I didn’t need you to save me Why? Why? Why?”
Young Mercenary: “…”
Tiny Mercenary: “The Chief is a Hero He saved us We’re mostly orphans, but in those streets there, people were thanking us Even tiny people like us We experienced soine”
Young Mercenary: “That’s right He’s a brilliant ets to choose when and where he dies”
The Hero: “What the hell…”
———— On a Shore Rippling With Blue Light
Bang! Bang!
Aghhhh!
My hand!!!
Heretics! Die heretics!
Dammit! Dammit!
Put it out! My foot, it’s on fire!
Somebody! Give me a hand! I’m trapped under this tree!
Boo!
I can’t see anything! Help…
You are all enemies of the Spirit!
The schism between the Humans ends now!
Spirit of Light! Give us your Mercy!
What is going on!
Aghhhhh!
Boom! Boom!
The Mage: “…”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…I understand”
The Mage: “…”
The Elder Sister Maid: “I understand”
The Mage: “……”
The Elder Sister Maid: “Why did it become like this?”
The Mage: “…Cause and effect”
The Elder Sister Maid: “Cause and effect?! Cause and effect means everybody has to die like that? How could you let such a thing happen!”
The Mage: “How could you let so outside cause and effect happen?”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “…”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…Well, that’s…”
The Mage: “When two different existences are proceeding at contradictory vectors, there tends to arise ideological differences which can create a state of tension However, if the two are close to each other, they can influence one another, causing each of their vectors to streamline with the other This relationshi+p can be drawn as a curve Reports have shown that such an occurrence will basically lead to a paradigm shi+ft”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “The friction of shi+fting ideologies is satisfied by bloodshed With sufficient blood, the wheels of motion can turn smoothly”
The Elder Sister Maid: “Does it have to be this way?! This is a lie! There must be a way to curve towards peace!”
The Mage: “There are no examples of that I knoay of which consciousness can be shi+fted without bloodshed Even if there is no physical bloodshed, there is at least some level of spiritual bloodshed”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…That’s a lie”
The Mage: “It is not”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “Sometimes, it is an individual itnesses the bloodshed of the e with the flowing blood of thousands of people, maybe even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, is placed on the shoulders of just one person That person may have caused all that blood, but how much does the person have to bleed to make up for it? It’s al at all”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “That is not a lie In any case the evidence is that — you can feel it too”
The Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “Now you understand Now you have learnt…what it means to conquer the Demon World It is a revolution However, for the revolution to succeed, it will require the necessary a) and an additional amount of +α”
The Elder Sister Maid: “I have no idea what you are talking about”
The Mage: “…There is no need for you to understand Because you can feel it”
The Elder Sister Maid: “That’s—”
The Mage: “That’s why you’re searching for your path Or a?”
The Elder Sister Maid: “What do you mean that’s why!”
The Mage: “That which the Hero was unable to do And especially with the world the way it is If you e to save it, you will probably be revered as a God; but if you fail, you will simply be erased fro the De to his own existence The Hero is like a star, shi+ning so brightly it destroys itself”
Elder Sister Maid: “Don’t tell me…you are…”
The Mage: “That is the truth”
Elder Sister Maid: “In that case, you are evil”
The Mage: “Is there really a difference between conscious sin and unconscious sin?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Yes!”
The Mage: “…In that case, we should all just be ignorant If we tried to know as little as possible, ould have no sin whatsoever, right?”
Elder Sister Maid: “That’s not the point!”
The Mage: “…”
Elder Sister Maid: “Blood, blood is just drops — Just who do you think this entire sea of blood was bled for? Somebody who let them die”
The Mage: “…That is a sort of truth as well”
Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “Are you feeling unwell?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Of course”
The Mage: “In that case, you should follow your path and save who you can”
Elder Sister Maid: “…!”
The Mage: “You should not forget You are in the sa blood Onto a boat floating on this river of blood”
Elder Sister Maid: “But! But!”
The Mage: “…I’ll send you out”
Elder Sister Maid: “…”
The Mage: “…This library is not suited for you after all”
————- The Plains of Scilla, the Frontlines
Boo!
“Aghhhhh!”
“Noooo!!!”
The Female Paladin: “What the hell is this?!”
Minister of Winter: “Stay strong! Men of the South! Cavalry, file out fro and attack!”
Boo!
Spearman of Winter: “For the Female Paladin!”
Archer of Winter “For our homes!”
Infantry of the Pale: “Save us!!!”
Boo!
Aghhhh! I can’t see them! Invisible spears?!
The Female Paladin: “—! Minister!”
Minister of Winter: “Yes!”
The Fehty paces from the frontline!”
Minister of Winter: “What is going on?!”
The Female Paladin: “A new enemy has appeared behind the Demons of the Pale with countless numbers — I fear they are Crusaders from the Church I never expected the about that sound… In any case, raise three smoke alarms!”
Scout: “Commander! The enemy are definitely from the Church and they number in the tens of thousands!”
Minister of Winter: “Tens of thousands?!”
Scout: “They are equipped with unknoeapons and are attacking indiscriminately, whether we are Demons or Humans!”
Minister of Winter: “What?! We had such a hard time with just twenty thousand Demons of the Pale and noe have to face them?! This is the end…”
The Female Paladin: “It’s fine, we’re still alive We haven’t been defeated yet Maintain the line of defence, avoid the wet marshlands and persevere! We are not yet into the afternoon but the te is about to move in”
Minister of Winter: “…Understood!”
The Female Paladin: “Hurry up and evacuate the wounded! Apart from the red line marked on the battle plans, all other routes are forbidden All units move!”
Spearman of Winter: “Push!+ Push!+”
Archer of Winter: “This is our Kingdom!”
The Feed… I don’t kno far back their cooperation goes But it’s no coincidence that we’re fighting them both at the same time”
———- The Plains of Scilla, the Ambush Point
Lieutenant of Metal: “That’s—”
Infantry of Metal: “The se is for all units are to pull back and regroup!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Got it Sound the drums for the settler militia in the forest!”
Infantry of Metal: “Yes!”
Bong! Bong! Bong!
Infantry of Metal: “They will be co immediately”
Lieutenant of Metal: “They’re here…”
Settler Militia of Metal: “The water level has risen…”
Lieutenant of Metal: “It’s fine, it’s just going back to what it was in the previous years”
Infantry of Metal: “How is the water route?”
Settler Militia of Metal: “Yes… It’s fine! It flows through the marshlands However, in just twenty ain!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “And the equipment?”
Infantry of Metal: “No proble on the water”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Then we have achieved our objectives here I hope the Minister for Defence and the Female Paladin will be safe…”
——— The Plains of Scilla, the Army of the Pale
General of the Pale: “Retreat now!”
Officer of the Pale: “Where to!”
Boo!
General of the Pale: “North! Infantry units are to foruard All units, beginning with cavalry, retreat to the North!”
Officer of the Pale: “That’s…”
General of the Pale: “What?! What is it now!”
Officer of the Pale: “The water level in thesteadily At this rate, the flatlands are going to becoed and the route will be lost…”
General of the Pale: “Route will be lost? Even if the water level increases, it’s not going to go up to your knees, is it? Don’t be scared! Even if we have to, we’ll dish on foot!”
Boo!
Officer of the Pale: “Yes! Let’s go! Cavalry! With h the enemy units!”
———- The Plains of Scilla, the Frontlines
The Female Paladin: “Fire arrows!”
Whoosh!+ Whoosh!+
Minister of Winter: “How is it?”
Blazing fire
Spearman of Winter: “?!”
Archer of Winter: “What?!”
The Female Paladin: “All units retreat!”
Minister of Winter: “What’s with this light?”
The Feh the entire battlefield Since they’re peat-covered they burn easily, allowing us to create this inferno of a maze The Demons of the Pale will never be able to establish a stable formation and now they’re trapped in the blaze with no way to advance and no way to retreat…”
Minister of Winter: “Then is this…our victory…?”
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Explanation
Rear Guard: During a retreat, they serve to deter the eneht all the way to the end, theyat the very end only when all the others have succeeded Hence it is common for these units to be completely wiped out even if they have performed their mission successfully
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The Female Paladin: “That’s fine It seems that the bulk of the Church forces are on the mountain paths These are probably just an advance party…but in any case, we have no time to waste Hurry up! More people to tend to the wounded!”
Spearman of Winter: “Yes!”
Archer of Winter: “Alright! Let’s go home!”
The Female Paladin: “The flames are all around… Make sure to stick to the path!”
———– The Plains of Scilla, the Chaotic Battleground
Soldier of Light panting
Spear here, advance!”
Musketeer of Light “Hey, wait If we don’t reload we can’t fire later”
Platoon Leader of Light: “Hey, what are you doing, hurry up!”
Musketeer of Light “Heh, I was chosen I was chosen! I am a musketeer… Eh?”
Platoon Leader of Light: “What is it?”
Musketeer of Light “There’s so on the surface of the water… Ah!”
Soldier of Light: “Fire! Get away frohhhhh!!!”
———- The Plains of Scilla, the Mountain Path
Raging fire
Crown Prince Marshal: “Oho…”
Holy Ihness, this is—”
Crown Prince Marshal: “I fear it is sodoms”
Holy Imperial General: “Even so…”
Reconnaissance Unit: “Report! The fire you see ahead of us has co a distance of 15km at present!”
Holy Ie that?”
Reconnaissance Unit: “I apologise, I’m not sure…”
Crown Prince Marshal: “The water paths”
Holy Imperial General: “Sorry?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “With daybreak ca mist They placed a special oil on the water and let it flon They are the only ones who know the course of the water paths”
Holy Imperial General: “Hmph”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Fine Reth is to retreat”
Holy Iht?”
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Explanation
Special Oil: This is likely petroleum It was known since ancient times that petroleum could burn on the surface of water but it was only used extensively beginning from the 19th century
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Crown Prince Marshal: “We did not come here to exterminate the Tripartite Economic Union”
Holy Imperial General: “Yes”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We caht and secure the path that could be used to invade the Continent That is our first objective Our second objective is for the Faithful of Light to exterminate the Demon forces on our lands With this, from now on, the amount of support and recruitment for the Holy Crusades is likely to increase dramatically Our third objective is to field test these neeapons, thethe weapon is, it has to have its pros and cons It is only with field testing that we can understand these characteristics”
Holy Ihness suggests Thank you for opening lorious victory”
Crown Prince Marshal: “It’s too early to say that We have to analyse the attrition rate and the equip this battle”
Holy Imperial General: “Yes”
Crown Prince Marshal: “If you become drunk on victory, you will fail to see what is beneath your feetand you will surely be brought down by it… Hey, what about the thing I told you about earlier?”
Holy Imperial General: “Sound the retreat for all forces immediately! Hey! That’s an order!”
Crown Prince Marshal: (…That being said, the Commander of the Tripartite Economic Union was a woman She truly is some sort of hero What splendid use of her forces… This inferno a power of her eneed a completely harmonious use of both archers and spearmen in defensive positions to control and protect the central hill This unwavering conviction and the meticulousness required to ensure there were no breaks in her line is truly the mark of an incredible commander It is truly a waste that I do not have such talent on my side)