Vol 4 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Volume 4 Chapter 8, “The Names of Those Who Cannot Return”
Demon Thrush: “……”
The Hero: “Don’t screith me!”
Dery, sir”
The Hero: “What?”
Demon Thrush: “People, whether Human or Demon are all like that”
The Hero: “……?”
Demon Thrush: “People are not like you, they do not have your ical power or your battle ability or your teleportation, they do not have your lie and your iht now, people are hundreds of times more powerless”
The Hero: “Ah……”
Demon Thrush: “However, people are not wooden dolls”
The Hero: “Sorry I…… …… I said so I didn’t mean”
Demon Thrush: “……”
The Hero: “Okay, continue your surveillance”
Demon Thrush: “Yes, sir”
Flaps away
The Hero: (I want to help them Everybody Humans and Demons both Why can’t I help them? Why can’t I do what I really want to do? Always and always—- De…… Please be okay In just a little while, just a little while, the Mage’s preparations will all be complete So just hold on”
——- The City of the Gate, the Self Governing Council, the Barracks
“The De!”
“The De!”
“The De has returned!”
Human Elder: “It seems that she’s returned safely!”
Fiend Merchant: “Her Majesty has returned without harm”
The De worry Make preparations, ill hold a military conference”
Aide-de-Camp: “My lord I have been very worried”
The East Fortress Base Commander: “You and I both”
Aide-de-Camp: “I am pleased to see you unharmed……”
The East Fortress Base Commander: “I wouldn’t say unharmed……”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “Your Majesty”
The Deood that we are all unharmed”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “Yes”
The Denise that Even if I were to wager ”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “…… Yes”
The De: “For the names of those who cannot return”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “……”
The De: “Somebody! Call the person responsible the defences of the fortress The n the fortifications It should be a Fiend with a sleepy face I’uy to an unwavering adult with forward-facing red eyes Call him over!”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “Banshee……?”
The Tattooed Chieftain of Fiends: “Your Majesty, who is this person?”
The De tio If he continued to build up on his experiences from that time, he should be able to construct some very formidable defences now If he is as I expect him to be, these fortifications may well form the lifeline of this battle”
Human Elder: “…… What!”
Aide-de-Camp: “So that person is your Majesty’s discicplE?”
The Fire Dragon Lady: “So that’s why he illing to do it”
The De Council”
Human Elder: “Yes”
Fiend Merchant: “Yes”
The Dee aise for the impact my naivete has had on the turn of events —- And I thank you for enduring thus far”
Human Elder: “No……”
Aide-de-Camp: “……”
The De: “We will need to continue to survive Chieftain”
The Tattooed Chieftain of Fiends: “Your Majesty”
The De: “How are your wounds?”
The Tattooed Chieftain of Fiends: “With some more rest, I should be able to rejoin the battlefield”
The De: “Do not press yourself I do not want to see a repeat of what happened to the Silver Tiger Lord”
Aide-de-Camp: “……”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “……”
The De: “Base Commander Can I count on you?”
The East Fortress Base Commander: “Yes”
The De: “Then I appoint you the Commander-General and entrust to you our counter-attack”
The East Fortress Base Coive my life as your shi+eld”
The De: “—– That’s”
The East Fortress Base Commander: “I won’t alloord of co”
The De: “…… Witch-Queen”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “Yes”
The Deanisation of the interior of the City, as well as theCouncil The Witch-Queen and the Tribe of Banshees shall take charge of this I entreat all to lend her your assistance to expedite things”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “I understand”
The De: “I will not allow this City to fall That is so I promise to the Deain in a blaze of furious fire, the echoes of their screa a black chain that will forever bind the fates of the Human and Demon Races We were not born for conflict However, in order to prove exactly what it is ere born for, we have to live beyond today I will not allow this battle to consume the City of the Gate!”
——— The City of the Gate, the Enca the Fortress
Green Ash King: “How is it?”
Scout: “I apologise We did not detect the surprise attack from the rear”
Green Ash King: “No, I do notfor the sake of the dominance of His Holiness under heaven It is our duty to protect hi the outcome of the attack?”
Scout: “It appears that the Demon Army losses amount to 30,000”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “Green Ash King, how is it going?”
Green Ash King: “The eneth”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “Half? Were you not instructed to exterminate them!?”
Scout: (A si of the realities of war)
Green Ash King: “Please do not say that Well…… Under doctrine, in order for an army to be unable to function effectively, all that is required is the loss of a third of an army’s forces The Demon Army, which has lost half of its forces is practically destroyed”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “Heh Demons…… Exterminate them”
Green Ash King: “We will need to regroup our forces and reform our frontlines The noble soldiers will rest for the ti, and in the hts of the Kingdom of the Mist”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “Hahahaha We shall ride into the City and squish them like insects”
Green Ash King: “Yes The Deht us in the field Furtherhtly, turtle-like fortifications should not be able to endure another afternoon of cannonade fire”
Leader of the Hundred Paladins: “I assume it is no question that they will drown in a sea of despair and pain?”
Green Ash King: “We will continue our siege Musketeers to defensive positions Cannons, adopt positions and begin firing! Infantry units link up with logistics units to construct our rear support area!”
———- The City of the Gate, Atop the Citadel, Defenders
Beast Soldier: “The sun is going down! Hurry!”
Disciple Engineer: “Light the lanterns”
Giant Craftsht”
Volunteer Archer: “What is this?”
Disciple Engineer: “A glass ineers, raise the ramparts! Load up the oil and rubble”
Giant Craftsman: “Understood……”
Volunteer Archer: “Open up! Open up, there are wounded!”
Human Craftsman: “We cannot do that, the people will flood in”
Disciple Engineer: “Open the doors to the tee between the hills”
Boom! Boom!
Giant Craftsman: “!”
Human Craftsman: “What’s that sound!?”
Boom!
Disciple Engineer: “Stay calunpowder”
Huht?”
Disciple Engineer: “Listen up! The fortifications will be fine They are thick and we have built the is proceeding within our calculations Tiood fortifications So, calm down!”
Giant Craftsman: “That’s……”
Banshee Craftsed to build those incredible stone bridges after all!”
Human Craftsman: “He is?”
Disciple Engineer: “assist the soldiers! Volunteers, carry in the wounded”
Beast Soldier: “Understood!”
Banshee Craftso!”
Human Craftsman: “How about us?”
Disciple Engineer: “Engineers will stand watch The clock tower of the Temple is not appropriate While it isWatch the enehts, try to observe by your eyes alone”
Human Craftsman: “Understood!”
Disciple Engineer: “Apart fro water up using the pulley systeht of cannon fire Let’s have a rotating shi+ft Uency headquarters? daineer!”
Fiend Signaller: “Hey! Hey!”
Giant Craftsman: “What is it……?”
Fiend Signaller: “Who’s in charge here? Who’s the n the forts?”
Disciple Engineer: “Design? That would be me”
Fiend Signaller: “Sir! You are wanted by Her Majesty the De”
Disciple Engineer: “The Deineer Why would such an important person…… No, perhaps she’s not pleased with the state of the fortress Spare me!! I’m not a military person! I shouldn’t be punished under military law!”
Fiend Signaller: “Her Majesty had instructions for me —– ‘If he seems reluctant to comply, tell him that the one ants him is Ruby Eyes’
Disciple Engineer: “Master!?”
——— The City of the Gate, a Busy Street, a Covered Tent
“Aghhh, ”
“It burns It burns”
“Aghhh”
“It hurts Somebody”
“Water Please Just a glass…… Water……”
Dehtly injured people, help with the bandages, and soet me more thread”
Human Civilian: “Water!?”
Deave instructions as if I was soshot”
Middle-Aged Dragon Woe of the Teet it!”
Medic: “Coh!”
Demon Girl: “Sorry!”
Signaller: “Madam, we have exhausted the stocks of cloth in the warehouses of the Self-Governing Council What should we do?”
Demon Girl: “Umm, that’s… Well…… Hands……”
Signaller: “Hands? I understand I will get the volunteers to come and help”
Demon Girl: “Sorry Sorry!”
One-Handed Beastirl……”
Demon Girl: “Ah! Sorry”
One-Handed Beastman: “damnit, what now”
Dee you up now Leave it to ood at it”
One-Handed Beastman: “It doesn’t really matter I’m already one-handed anyway”
Demon Girl: “Sorry, sorry!”
One-Handed Beastet me some wine to drink?”
Demon Girl: “No, no! If you drink it’ll make you bleed!”
One-Handed Beastman: “Shut up! What kind of battle is it when you can’t drink?”
Demon Girl: “No, no! I already told you no, didn’t I! And you’re already ht!?”
One-Handed Beastht to the finish Alright, hurry up and fix ood and hard, ht”
Tightens bandage
Demon Girl: “……”
One-Handed Beastman: “Thank you”
Demon Girl: “…… I couldn’t help at all I’m sorry”
One-Handed Beast hat you can do That’s the best thing to do”
——– The Kingdom of the Lake, the Capital, the Headquarters of the Union
Union Employee: “The report is finished”
Young Merchant: “How is it?”
Union Employee: “As expected, ere unable to coraph…… We control 30 of theroutes”
Female Union Employee: “As expected, the sheer number of churches is just incredible”
Even if we turned all our branches into banks, ould still need ten times that number”
Young Merchant: “Leaving the number of branches aside, if our friends in the banks were to begin issuing money orders as well, how many lines would we be able to open?”
Union Employee: “Umm 38 routes”
Young Merchant: “As expected, those are the critical trading routes”
Union Ein with, the branches of the Union are concentrated in ioods are being produced, so it’s obvious that the routes we have access to will co routes”
Young Merchant: “The problem is, if we take a share of these routes, in other words, if we take over their e can we do to the Church?”
Union Employee: “Umm……”
Young Merchant: “What do you think, Branch Chief?”
Branch Chief: “I can’t give you an exact answer, but our annual revenue fro routes can increase by up to 15 However, routes apart from this, in other words, routes which are subordinate to theroutes, can still be heavily affected by our transactions”
Female Union Employee: “What do you mean subordinate?”
Branch Chief: “For exa cities to the port cities through s like that These regions have networks of s routes which fall outside the purview of our operations However, these routes all share thepoint, don’t they? In that case, a large proportion of the wheat will pass through the pri routes Even an unih possibility of havingroute”
Female Union Employee: “I see……”
Branch Chief: “If you think about it this way, I would estimate that ould be able to s up 20-30 of the Church’sroutes”
Young Merchant: “30…… In that case, perhaps we need to conquer these trading routes”
Branch Chief: “How much do we need?”
Young Merchant: “To avoid a n, 60”
Branch Chief: “Hmm……”
Young Merchant: “How about it?”
Branch Chief: “No So 30 is not possible then?”
Young Merchant: “We need a bittheir share That’s the kind of impression I want to make”
Branch Chief: “What can you buy with that impression?”
Young Merchant: “We can discuss that after in”
Union Employee: “Hmm” Scratches head
Fe your head like that?”
Union E It feels like son…… Uhh It feels like a similar situation has happened before”
Female Union Employee: “How did it turn out?”
Union Employee: “No idea”
Female Union Employee: “That’s no help at all”
Young Merchant: “Mmm”
Union Employee: “30…… I suppose the point of view is that it’s before the competition”
Young Merchant: “Before the competition—-“
Union Employee: “…… Yeah, that’s the key”
Female Union Employee: “……”
Branch Chief: “What are you so troubled about? We can’t make a decision just yet”
Young Merchant: “Yeah, let’s wait”
Branch Chief: “…… Pressure the the enemy doesn’t have, that we have!”
Young Merchant: “Time How about that?”
Union Employee: “That’s true Hoe use that……?”
Young Merchant: “We will stockpile the money orders we have purchased and flood the market with them…… Then ill announce our victory in that time and raise our share…… That’s double Double of 30”
Female Union Employee: “Huh? Huh!?”
Young Merchant: “I understand First we need to win Anything else coo with this?”
Union Employee: “Okay It’ll definitely work!”
———– The City of the Gate, the Enca the City
Boom……