Vol 5 Chapter 3 (2/2)
The Fe, Crown Prince Marshal”
Holy Imperial General: “Kill them!”
The Feht!”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Enough”
“Agh!! Destroy it!”
“Right flank, support us What are you doing!!”
Crown Prince Marshal: “…… What are you trying to do?”
The Female Paladin: “I’m sure you can understand As a fellow servant of the Spirit of Light I have but one answer Peace”
Holy I with the Demons……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Just like the Hero”
The Feht Hand of the Hero”
Strategist: “Then you stand in the way of His Imperial Excellency?”
Holy Imperial General: “……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Is that possible?”
The Female Paladin: “How can it be impossible!? I will do my best until my effort runs dry!!”
Crown Prince Marshal: “……!!”
“Pursue the!”
“The enemy are few! Don’t run away!”
Bang! Bang!
Strategist: “Ahh!”
Crown Prince Marshal: “No!”
The Female Paladin: “…… Until next time, Crown Prince Marshal!”
——— The Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Southern Alliance
Fairy Attendant: “So happened!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “What?”
Fairy Attendant: “Somebody attacked the Crown Prince Marshal’s army and they are headed here now! It’s a weird ar”
Iron Fist King: “What!?”
Lone Winter King: “What sort of army, Demons?”
Disciple Soldier: “No, probably not What is their composition?”
Fairy Attendant: “Half Human cavalry and half Beast infantry”
Disciple Soldier: “It must be the Female Paladin All units to ar out!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “The Female Paladin!?”
Disciple Soldier: “We’ve got to go now”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!”
Fairy Attendant: “They are co from the enemy!”
Disciple Soldier: “They aren’t fleeing They are clearly baiting theround has been set, one li froround!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Hurry! Form ranks!”
———— The Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Crown Prince Marshal’s Camp
Scout: “The aistics division Our forces are in hot pursuit, mostly formed from musketeers”
Crown Prince Marshal: “……”
Holy Imperial General: “We have to destroy them”
Strategist: “We were rattled so heavily by a force so much smaller than our own There appears to be deficiencies……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Deficiencies?”
Strategist: “Much of the casualties are our command structure, mostly commissioned officers Especially the officers of the musket units”
Crown Prince Marshal: “We have to reorganise our forces and reform the command line Let’s withdraw our had for now”
Holy Iistics division”
Strategist: “This is a trap from the enemy……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “I know But if we do nothing, ill lose 20,000 friendly forces No, on’t just lose them, we have much more at stake here We won’t be able to fend theuard All units advance and prepare for battle The ene fro to save our comrades! The enemy is the Southern Alliance! We will protect our fellow Crusaders and brothers in the Light!”
——— The Demon World, the Rear of the Crusader Invasion, the Combined Southern Alliance Army
The Female Paladin: “Disciple Soldier”
Disciple Soldier: “Master! I kneas you!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “It has been some time, Female Paladin”
The Fe up well, Lieutenant”
Lieutenant of Metal: “No, no, you are too kind”
Disciple Soldier: “How are your forces?”
The Feistics division, and my cavalry have split up as reconnaissance The Beasts are hiding in a nearby valley, waiting for an opportunity”
Disciple Soldier: “How is the area?”
The Female Paladin: “It’s a sea of wasteland in all four directions It used to be one of the Deed it, and it’s all but barren now”
Disciple Soldier: “…… It reat”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Yes”
The Female Paladin: “There is no suitable terrain for an ambush nearby We used the forests further to the east to launch our aer possible”
Disciple Soldier: “Indeed”
Disciple Soldier: “Sir, the rear units are ready for deployment!”
Disciple Soldier: “Excellent, uard”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Will it be alright if we go first?”
The Feistics division It seeht them here”
Disciple Soldier: “Do you know the position of the Southern Alliance?”
The Female Paladin: “Of course”
Disciple Soldier: “Then what do you think of y?”
The Feh to beat the logistics division, which has no plans or strategies? Oh right!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “?”
The Feunpowder Those are expensive goods in the Demon World”
Disciple Soldier: “Of course”
The Feed bloith the Crown Prince Marshal”
Lieutenant of Metal: “That’s……”
Disciple Soldier: “Hoas it?”
The Feht to the death He’s strong He’s smart And he’s determined —- He quickly determined the numbers of our forces based on the circumstances”
Lieutenant of Metal: “I see……”
The Feht have a chance The Crown Prince Marshal is strong I believe that if we have to destroy him before he has the opportunity to link up with the main force of the Holy Crusaders”
Disciple Soldier: “I agree”
The Feo”
Disciple Soldier: “Roger that!”
———– The Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Crown Prince Marshal’s Army
Holy Imperial General: “Commander! Is there a commander here!?”
Depot Commander: “Y, yes I’m here”
Holy Ith now”
Depot Commander: “Umm, 1600”
Strategist: “Are you joking? Just with my eyes I can see at least 20,000 soldiers here!”
Depot Commander: “Well, umm, 1600 of them are mine”
Holy Imperial General: “Well that’s coe of the entire logistics division?”
Depot Commander: “I’m sorry As far as I know, there isn’t somebody with that role…… The closest would be the co Yeah”
Holy Imperial General: “! So there is nobody who can tell us about the strength or formation of this division?”
Strategist: “How stupid How are we supposed to mount a proper defence like this?”
Depot Commander: “I’m sorry I am, I am, my family is……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Fine Let’s move”
Depot Commander: “! Sorry!”
Holy Imperial General: “……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “The logistics division will continue advancing at this pace If we keep this up for another day, ill reach the main force At that ti to command the unit But between now and then, I want to knoe lose even one soldier”
Depot Commander: “Understood!”
Holy I wind”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Terrible dust”
Holy I close to the positions of the Southern Alliance That formation is……”
Strategist: “A strange forons are in front”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Whatever kind of ene”
Holy I this?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Probably to protect the musketeers Musketeers have tremendous firepower but terrible defence We Crusaders provide direct cover using spearons instead”
Holy Imperial General: “So that is”
Strategist: “Probably a type of fortification”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Probably”
Holy Imperial General: “It would be stupid to think they can attack against us in this way”
Strategist: “That’s not necessarily true Just from previous encounters, the eneistics division If ant to protect these terrible people, we are going to need to jump into that trap”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Fine This is our welcome then…… They remember our muskets But now they will taste the pressure we can apply on them with our tactics Let them try”
Holy Imperial General: “Yes!”
Strategist: “I will organise the rear guard”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Let’s get prepared”
Strategist: “Understood”
————- The Demon World, the Rear of the Holy Crusaders, the Southern Alliance, Atop a Hill
The Female Paladin: “Is that the Crown Prince Marshal’s army?”
Iron Fist King: “Hmph Pitiful”
Lone Winter King: “They see That division is clearly elite”
Disciple Soldier: “A truly splendid force Four line colule misstep, to maximise their musket force concentration Whatever the Feet devoured by the formation”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Thatwarfare”
Lone Winter King: “How scary”
Iron Fist King: “Are they equipped with muskets?”
The Female Paladin: “A fair number appear to be Of the 50,000 soldiers, it would appear that 20,000 of them are armed with muskets”
Lone Winter King: “In that case, we e numbers of casualties”
Iron Fist King: “Indeed”
Disciple Soldier: “Let us take advantage of e have The Crown Prince Marshal does not have the ability to choose the battleground On top of that, in order to save the logistics division, he will have to divert soe of”
Lieutenant of Metal: “But, just that alone……”
The Feht Their co rather cautiously He has his own fortifications, and it may not even be possible to destroy him entirely”
Seneschal: “Then the chance of victory is slim?”
The Female Paladin: “That would depend on the Disciple Soldier”
Disciple Soldier: “Lieutenant How are the armoured caravans?”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Yes, well…… The first wave is ready”
Seneschal: “—- What’s that?”
Disciple Soldier: “It’s a strategy where we align the armoured caravans side-by-side as a fortification The caravans are built froht wheels, allowing the with it, and can also be braced by human hands if necessary With thirty of them, we’ll be able to construct a fully mobile fortification”
The Feht into this”
Disciple Soldier: “I just want to do my part to make sure nobody dies But please make sure you fulfil your part of the promise”
The Fe to be craes! Load up!”
Seneschal: “Those are……?”
Disciple Soldier: “These are our sharpshooter rifle units Their nuhly elite members trained by the Fee and firepower, they nee as table platforons may bemuskets to fire from In other words, they are basicallyto worry about their safety, they can fire confidently”
Lieutenant of Metal: “It’s simultaneously a defensive fort as well as an offensive weapon”
The Fey meant to maximise the utility of the rifles, despite ho they are”
Seneschal: “I see!”
Disciple Soldier: “On top of that, the infantry units will be carrying shi+elds The shi+elds are shaped like a kite with a sharp point which can be inserted into the ground to brace against
Lone Winter King: “…… A”
Iron Fist King: “Alright! Kingdom of Metal! Southern Alliance! This will be a decisive battle with the Holy Crusaders! Don’t worry about your lives! The enemy are the muskets, but you’ll be protected in your caravans! They won’t be able to touch you! So take them out in the first volley!”
Disciple Soldier: “Believe in your allies! The shi+elds and wagons are crafted by uilds! Fro more than twenty paces away, their o!”
Alright!!
Let’s go!! Let’s go!!
The Feo then”
Disciple Soldier: “I will take the forward command Master, please back me up”
The Feo!”
————- Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Battle, the Crown Prince Marshal
Fire! Fire!!
Kill the betrayers!
As the Spirit wills it! For the Spirit!
Holy Imperial General: “Advance! The enemy musketeers are few! Spread out and advance and you will be fine!”
Imperial Chevalier: “For the Crown Prince Marshal!”
Musketeer of Light: “Fire!”
Bang!
Crown Prince Marshal: “How tough”
Strategist: “Yes Apart from the horses the metal plates We won’t be able to destroy them with musket firepower”
Holy Imperial General: “But we don’t have the element of surprise They may be few, but they still fire muskets when you approach…… And what they lack in nu Their accuracy is so truly fearsome”
Strategist: “How troublesome”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Then we can do nothing against them”
Holy Imperial General: “We may have to withdraw then”
Strategist: “What are our losses?”
Holy Imperial General: “This isn’t a pitched battle Both sides are operating outside of e So our casualties have actually been re of their horses, we are down about a hundred”
Crown Prince Marshal: “How about them?”
Holy Imperial General: “Because of those troublesohly the same At this rate, we’ll win”
Strategist: “Let’s continue the offensive until dusk If we can delay theh, the cannons will arrive to the front from the rear And then we can attack them like a fort and smash their caravans”
Holy Iot the cannons, those caravans will be nothing”
Ie for the Crown Prince Marshal!!”
Strategist: “Calm down! What is the matter?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Speak”
Iistics division was a the cannons!!”
Holy Imperial General: “What!”
Strategist: “What did you say!?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Hmph It must be the Female Paladin I did think it eird that I didn’t see her anywhere on the frontlines Haha! Haahahahahaha!”
Holy Imperial General: “Crown Prince Marshal!!”
Crown Prince Marshal: “How shauarded by some of my most elite musketeers They were taken down so easily! And there’s so even worse How could they be familiar with the terrain in the De on the palm of their hand”
Strategist: “It’s bad……”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Apply pressure on them, and order the whole formation to advance! We attack!”
———– The Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Battle, the Southern Alliance
“Advance! Advance! As the Spirit wills it!”
“As the Spirit wills it! Crush the Demons!”
“Destroy the enemies of the Crown Prince Marshal!”
Fairy Attendant: “They’re co!”
Iron Fist King: “Here they couard of the Crown Prince Marshal”
Lone Winter King: “It’s the ot more than 20,000 there With the musketeer formation, that’s a total of at least 40,000”
Bang! Bang!
Disciple Soldier: “600 paces backwards”
Lieutenant of Metal: “600 paces backwards! Move!”
Seneschal: “Right flank cavalry ready”
Disciple Soldier: “Approach, volley, then cycle Go!”
Seneschal: “Understood!”
Lone Winter King: “How is it?”
Disciple Soldier: “The ene us After the first volley, subsequent shots will be aimed at their frontline commanders That’ll force them to hide within the formations and disrupt their command ability”
“Yahhhh!”
“For the Light!”
“As the Spirit wills it!”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Volley!”
Disciple Soldier: “300 paces forwards! Fire!”
Lone Winter King: (How meticulous This is what it means to command)
Disciple Soldier: “Is so the matter, your Majesty?”
Lone Winter King: “No I was just worried about you”
Disciple Soldier: “?”
Lieutenant of Metal: “It is truly a sticky situation”
Lone Winter King: “Mmm?”
Disciple Soldier: “As expected froe to smoke his command system, at the very least, even if we cannot throw his lines into disarray, we’ll disrupt his frontline command —— If I was him, I would panic Under these circumstances, he would need to convey his wounded to the rear, and commit resources to resupply and coordination, it would make it very difficult for hie is to resist our y”
Lone Winter King: “By strategy, you mean his link-up?”
Disciple Soldier: “That’s right Without his lines being destroyed, he needs to force us down, allowing him to advance to the north”
“For the Light!”
“Advance! Advance! Take the enemy heads!”
Disciple Soldier: “The Crusaders still have to contend with stubborn resistance from the South Gate of the City of the Gate And now, they’ve opened another front to their rear against us Caugt between the two battles are the tents of the nobility, y, as well as their rations and supply stocks The Crown Prince Marshal did not get drawn into our bait, his lines are well structured I fear he isto close the distance between the frontlines and the main force of the Crusaders, and then use his nue to cross us”
Lieutenant of Metal: “Well, that is so we predicted”
Lone Winter King: “Indeed”
Disciple Soldier: “But for hioal is abnor to teach us”
Lone Winter King: “Then it will be difficult for us to crush him?”
Disciple Soldier: “It’s a stalemate If the Crown Prince Marshal continues to pressure us in this way, his troops will coe of our muskets and then he will have placed the us to control the battle Or the pressure he places on us ht absolutely destroy us It remains to be seen”
———— The Plains of Strange Cliffs, the Battle, the Crown Prince Marshal
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Strategist: “What are the enemy’s movements?”
Ier: “They have yet to pursue They have continuously repulsed our attacks, and also reorganise their positions every now and then That is all”
Crown Prince Marshal: “What meticulous use of troops”
Strategist: “The Female Paladin?”
Crown Prince Marshal: “No, the feeling is different Rather than dealing with a fearso spear Hein the pursuit of his goals, and he won’t lose The South has some talent”
Strategist: “It see it, but it would appear that theirdown our command system”
Crown Prince Marshal: “Those are not… h accuracy —- But there aren’t a lot of them”
Holy Ihness! The enemy formation has retreated half a li Our main force will soon be in direct conflict with the ene the ranks of the main force”
Strategist: “The Holy Crusaders are 200,000 undefeatable soldiers, but because of the size of the formation, many of them have no combat experience Many of the serf soldiers do not even have the experience of acco the Crown Prince Marshal to defeat the Demons of the Pale So of it as soated most attacks to cannonfire, so some troops don’t even have direct exposure to the battlefield, and now they are scared when they see it
Crown Prince Marshal: “This pressure ood luck, or bad luck But if we continue to approach the frontline at this rate, the nobility and the clergyth Give h Coather their forces to arch on the Southern Alliance!”
Strategist: “Yes The order is already prepared”
Holy Imperial General: “With this, ill have assembled the army we require”
Crown Prince Marshal: “The personal levies of the nobility will be sufficient to e on the City of the Gate Send our 20,000 musketeers to support them On top of that, I want the cannons currently aimed at the City to be redeployed to our front With this, the Southern Alliance is finished”